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Feeling Indigo
03:26
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There’s a smell here in the kitchen.
There’s stains on all the walls.
The dirty dishes keep getting taller and taller and I’m
Rejecting all my calls.
Reasons to be grateful.
Reasons to believe.
These lists keep getting smaller and smaller
and I’m
Forgetting how to breathe.
CHORUS
Nothing’s gonna happen
when you’re saving all your rations
And you’re staring at a fork on the road.
Filled with indecision, feeding superstitions
‘till your head explodes
You’re feeling indigo
Feeling indigo
For so long now I’ve been losing.
Cause I didn’t know the game
Lately I’ve been studying the rulebook and
So far, all the outcomes stay the same.
I was daydreaming on the freeway
And this preacher was selling it well, he said;
“God save those who live in
comfort,
while all the sinners sink into hell”
Nothing’s gonna happen
when you’re saving all your rations
And you’re staring at a fork on the road.
Filled with indecision, feeding superstitions
‘till your head explodes
You’re feeling indigo
Feeling
indigo
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2. |
Just A Venial Sin
03:53
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Like a snake in the desert, you can shed your skin
And you couldn’t care less about a state I’m in
Everything’s right ‘til you discover it’s wrong
And then you stomp your feet to a different song
There’s a bluebird singing all the cardinal hymns
When no one’s left you let the right one in
Freedom wants whatever freedom gets
You’d lay it down for the price of a cigarette
There’s a crack in the ice
You’re as subtle as a shotgun
Now you’re exposed
Lying naked in the hot sun
Ah, let’s call it a win
It’s just a venial sin
You said you’d swallow the gun
But all the dyin’ is done
Since he turned fourteen, he’d been putting it away
Got himself a one-way ticket for a penny a day
Worked a part-time job on the lower east side
Upper class dreams in a working-class mind
Let’s make a move
Send ‘im back to where he came from
Before he’s too old
It’s better in the long run
Ah, we’ll call it a win
It’s just a venial sin
You said you’d swallow the gun
But all the dyin’ is done
It’s just a venial sin
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Kerosene
04:32
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She struggles with anxiety
She’s a product of society
Talks about it all in her poetry.
Poetry’s her lifeblood
But it’s always so misunderstood
People say it’s bad, she knows its good.
She knows that it’s good.
Harry’s got a new dream
Says he’s gonna make it on the big screen
If he’s a movie star, then I’m the queen.
He’s always on the backfoot
Listens to the whispers in the neighborhood
People say he can’t, he knows he could
He knows that he could.
Throw away another journal
Don’t stray outside your circle,
Who do you think you are?
Get your head out the stars
Crippled by another feeling
Staring at another ceiling
Weep it away, night turns to day,
Find your something to say.
You didn’t act like they told you
Didn’t love who you’re supposed to
Someday the devil’s gonna get you.
There’s no time for laughter
No time for happy ever after
When people wanna own you.
People wanna own you.
Here comes the cavalry
In waves of depravity
Coming for you, turning the screw.
To sniff out the blasphemy
Broken scales of morality
Draw a line in the sand,
Get up make a stand.
Take your place with the damned.
You’ve still got the big dreams?
Still think you’ll make it on the silver screen?
We’ll smother that all in Kerosene.
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4. |
Katie
04:26
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Katie, come over and show me the lover I knew.
This venom and hatred, it doesn’t seem one bit like you.
Katie, be kind, don’t you leave me behind in the queue.
Give me one chance to tell you how I’m feeling venomous too.
Hold on.. Hold on..
Hold on.. Hold on..
Katie, give over, get up off my shoulder and run.
Why don’t you have it your way, I’ll be the villainous one.
I’ll be an island with nothing below or above.
We are two steps from freedom, we’re one step from falling in love.
Hold on.. Hold on..
Hold on.. Hold on..
Katie, come over lets leave all the venom behind
I was wrong and I’m sorry, but now that I’ve settled my mind
Katie, don’t leave me stranded I’m so heavy handed with love.
But this time its different, there’s nothing we should be scared of
So lets pick up the pieces, lets stop keeping score.
Katie, I promise, I wont break your heart anymore.
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5. |
Win Lose or Drown
04:06
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I tie my shoes,
Listen to the morning news
Wonder if I’m gonna win, or lose, or drown today.
The bills are stacked
Feels like I could have a heart attack.
How am I ever gonna pull this back together?
Look at him
He’s living out his
every dream
He’s peaceful like a flowing stream in the morning.
He’s got it all worked out
Makes me wonder what it’s all about.
Am I ever gonna stand up proud and tall again?
CHORUS
How’d it ever come to this?
Every dream’s a counterfeit
Every singe swing’s a miss and I cant look me in the eye.
I’m falling like a cannonball
I’m gonna lose it all.
I keep staring at the ground when the writing’s on the wall.
Hmm.
God made man,
Oh what an evil plan.
Made me a player in a game that’s damned to failure.
So I close my eyes,
Try to escape the noise
Try to think about a better life worth chasing.
How’d it ever come to this?
Every dream’s a counterfeit
Every singe swing’s a miss and I cant look me in the eye.
I’m falling like a cannonball
I’m gonna lose it all.
I keep staring at the ground when the writing’s on the wall.
Hmm.
I tie my shoes,
Listen to the morning news
Wonder if I’m gonna win, or lose, or drown today.
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6. |
When's it Gonna End
04:09
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I’ve been a long time searching for a piece of the puzzle
That’ll make the journey easier and stop me seeing double
Draw a line in the thing that’s keeping me awake and
Making me the hand that no one wants to shake.
I’m a thorn in the side who’s looking for a bride
I’m that fool playing pool making a straw man
Drooling on the dancefloor, wearing out my shoes
Just like I’m wearing out my welcome.
Oh I’m in a dark place, dizzy, trying to keep it together
Trying to keep everything down is taking all of my effort
Baby, you should see my bedroom, see my record collection
What’s your name? What’s my name?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
Now it’s the morning and I’m finding it difficult to remember
There’s a dark cloud soaking up all my latest endeavors and I’m
Staring at the ceiling, things ain’t getting any better, I’m alone again.
So I check my phone again, numbers that I don’t recognize , and
The light from the screen is burning up my eyes and I just cant sleep
But I really don’t wanna rise.
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
I’d make a deal with the devil just to get me through,
Keep me straight and narrow; let everybody see what I can do,
Pick me, pick me, till there’s no one left to choose.
See I’m crippled and I’m chained and I’m about to capsize
And I wish that I could slip into a beautiful disguise
What’s the point in dreaming, when all your dreams are lies?
So I stumble to the mirror and I’m staring at my face
Thinkin; What’s it gonna take to get me out of this place?
Is there any kind of dream that’s worth this kind of chase?
I don’t know, I don’t know..
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
Now the sun is beating down and my mouth is so dry,
And the people passing are staring at my bloodshot eyes
I’d giv’em just about anything to help me get high again..
Cause I got nothing in my pockets, I got nothing more to spend,
I could really use somebody, I could really use a friend,
Some one to sit me down and tell me I don’t need to pretend.
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
When’s it gonna end?
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It ain’t a mystery
Why she’s got nothing to say to me.
I’ve always been a loser
But I thought that I could keep her.
I remember when we moved in,
Every night I’d take you dancing.
Now I just spin out of control,
Blacked out and all alone.
CHORUS
Feels like my dreams are all dying in the rubble,
I keep tripping up, I can’t get very far.
I know there’s a dozen ways of staying out of trouble I’m just finding it hard, to make a winner of this losing heart.
It’s so hard to let the light in.
When the morning feels like dying.
Its too late to be the one she can rely on
Can’t break a promise to a lover who’s gone.
Feels like my dreams are all dying in the rubble,
I keep tripping up, I can’t get very far.
I know there’s a dozen ways of staying out
of trouble I’m just finding it hard, to make a winner of this losing heart.
This is not the way it was supposed to be
I still remember when you said you were in love with me
Don’t think I’ll ever get that high again
I’ve forgotten how it feels to win.
Cause my dreams are all dying in the rubble,
I keep tripping up, I can’t get very far.
I know there’s a dozen ways of staying out of trouble I’m just finding it
hard, to make a winner of this losing heart.
Will I always be looking for the answers?
Can we ever change who we are?
if I could just stop staring at my feet through the bottle and pick my
head off the bar, I’d make a winner of this losing heart.
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8. |
I Woulda Done it For You
03:25
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If you’d have asked me to find a farm,
To raise some pigs, and do no harm,
So we could live off the land, walking hand in hand
I woulda done it for ye, I woulda done it for ye.
Then if you asked me to leave the farm,
Find a place in Peru, and start tending Bar,
Down at the Hotel Belmont, so we could be near the Amazon
I woulda done it for ye, I woulda done it for ye,
I woulda done it for ye.
Anything you want
I’d give it to you, Id give it to you.
Anything you need
Id give it to you, Id give it to you
If we got lost in a movie screen,
I’d hold your hand, in every scene.
Then, when the credits rolled, I’d have your name in Gold.
I woulda done it for ye, I woulda done it for ye.
And if we’re stuck in the woods in a snow storm
Without a glove or a hat, to keep ourselves warm
I’d lie you down on the ground and wrap myself around you
Keep you warm in the night, I’d get you out alive
I woulda done it for ye, I woulda done it for ye
I woulda done it for ye.
Anything you want
I’d give it to you, Id give it to you.
Anything you need
I'd give it to you, Id give it to you
And if you’d have asked me to build a home
With fifteen rooms, to call our own
And fill them up with kids, why don’t you pick up the telephone?
I woulda done it for ye, I woulda done it for ye, I woulda done it for you
Ohhh, don’t you say goodbye. Just give me one more try, I woulda done
it for ye.
Oh yea, I woulda done that for ye
(I woulda done it for ye)
Oh yea, I’da done that for ye
(I woulda done it for ye)
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Capsize
04:18
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It’s half past one
It’s midday sun
It’s lets just getaway
It’s midweek holiday
It’s a case of wine, name your place and time
It’s not security, it’s not stability
I don’t have money, no place, no plan
CHORUS
But its better than a smooth ride
Better than waiting for low tide
Better than watching from ringside
Better than taking the fall.
Better than missing every sunrise,
Trying not to capsize
Better than a compromise,
Better than nothing at all.
I’m easy, I’m slow
I can be lazy, I know
But I’m right where I wanna be
So spare me the third degree
I’m the ripple in your drink
I’m the smile that’s out of sync
I’m the rinbow at your funeral, I speak in roman numerals
I’m almost in-consumable, my parachute’s on fire
But its
better than a smooth ride
Better than waiting for low tide
Better than watching from ringside
Better than taking the fall.
Better than missing every sunrise,
Trying not to capsize
Better than a compromise,
Better than nothing at all.
But you know, like I know
I’m the bottom of the pyramid, I’m socially inhibited.
Headstrong, but it’s a heavy load.
When the wolves are at the door.
But its better than a smooth ride
Better than waiting for low tide
Better than watching from ringside
Better than taking the fall.
Better than missing every sunrise,
Trying not to capsize
Better than a compromise,
Better than nothing at all.
But its better than a smooth ride
Better than waiting for low tide
Better than watching from ringside
Better than taking the fall.
Better than missing every sunrise,
Trying not to capsize
Better than a compromise,
Better than nothing at all.
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10. |
Into The Light
04:35
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Before I met you I was cynical
Sleeping late and feeling miserable, stuck in a loop
Easy decisions feeling difficult
You know that I was really suffering
Looking down thinking everything I did was for nothing
Friends thought I was so insufferable
CHORUS
I blame it all on myself, I took the easy way out.
I never made any changes, tried to figure it out.
What if everything’s wrong? What if you’re only right?
You took me out of the dark and lead me into the light.
I read this story in a magazine
“Things lose their magic after 16 years on the planet”
I wrote a letter to the editor.
Cause since I found you thing’s been going right
Its easier to sleep at night
Ive always got you by my side, no matter the weather.
I blame it all on myself,
I took the easy way out.
I never made any changes, tried to figure it out.
What if everything’s wrong? What if you’re only right?
You took me out of the dark and lead me into the light.
You lead me into the light
You lead me into the light
You lead me into the light
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11. |
Precious Cargo
04:49
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My load was oh so light.
The road was lomg and I travelled day and night.
My feet were strong and I’d walk through fire and ice
Searching for you
When I found you I was scared
The road disappeared and I felt so unprepared
My strengths were down and your words sounded just like a prayer
And they went right through me.
You took my hand,
Walked me out to see the sun.
I’ve been on this road forever,
But the journey’s just begun.
Empty vessels disappear out on the sea
But I’ve got precious cargo
And I’m keeping it with me.
When things don’t go so well
When spirits fracture and tempers start to swell
I know she loves me and I love her as well
Things will be Okay in the morning.
When treasure comes your way,
You grip it tight through blizzards and hurricanes
And in the dead of night when your demons keep you awake
She’ll pacify your burdens.
I didn’t have much in my pocket
What was left soon disappeared.
I spent it all in taverns, chasing whiskey down with beer.
Gambling and wagering and looking for a fix.
Now I’ve got precious cargo,
And I’m not taking risks.
We’re united, we’re connected, we’re a pair.
Happiness is only real when it’s shared
So take the lead and I’ll follow you anywhere
If you let me.
So let me take your hand,
We’ll cast our shadows in the sun
We’ve been on this road forever, but our journey’s just begun.
I give to you my everything,
But be careful what you do.
Cause I’ve got precious cargo.
And now honey so do you.
Honey so do you.
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Pat Byrne Austin, Texas
Irish singer-songwriter based in Austin, TX.
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