1. |
Isle of Skye
05:04
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When I awoke
from slumber Four Oak
reading the words imagine them spoke
with never a regret
or word to revoke
the words in the digital note bring us close.
Since there's been times
when I said words unkind
I promise now my action with stand the test of time
Chorus:
Cuz I am an ocean away
from Isle of Skye with 49 days
until I promise to be by side
leaving all of my sad songs behind.
It's a love of passion
that makes fools rush in
with no discussion,
afraid they'll change their minds.
We've left no stone unturned
and no word unheard.
We've checked and balanced our love unblind.
Chorus
And if your sisters ask
why take things so fast
tell them only a fool would refuse to rush in
when he is an ocean away
from the girl of his dream with 49 days
and he'll promise to be by your side
leaving all of his sad songs behind.
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2. |
Purgatory, CA
03:02
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Lakeside on the fourth of July.
Kin and a calendar to make the days go by.
I know this place.
I hear it ain't half bad.
It's familiar just as your face.
I'd trade it all for a union jack.
Everyone else here celebrates.
It's a firework symphony.
To call it hell would be a bit extreme,
it's California alright,
just feel more like
Purgatory.
Here is where they make the wine,
it's all I can do to pass the time.
Sure the sunsets fine,
but I'd rather see clouds in your eyes.
A temporary holding cell.
Visit you through technology.
To call it hell would be a bit extreme
it's California alright
just feel more like
Purgatory.
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3. |
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Him: There’s a little slot in door
Her: Can I come through?
Him: No, but you can pass me notes
tell me what to do.
Is this the world or just this city
that feels fake?
Her: Well honey you have to find your place. Don’t drive yourself insane.
Him: Everyone says pleasure to meet cha, I’d love to see ya if nothing better comes up.
Her: Oh don’t take things so damn personal, it’s just life, it’s not bad luck.
Him: I remember when I was looking forward for my inspiration
now it always seems to be behind.
Her: Said it once, say it a million times,
Live in the now!
Him: I know, now is what’s the problem, because the past was a lie.
Chorus:
You’ve got to sober up
For heaven’s sake, dammit, sober up
Things aren’t so bad,
even though you might not still have what you had
You’ve got to sober, just sober up.
Him: To know what this is I need to know what that was.
Her: Perhaps you’ll never find.
Had one too many, unintentionally
now eveything’s a crime.
Her: There’s a big difference between falling and tripping yourself.
Him: I’m so sorry honey, but I keep stumbling, won’tcha help a brother out?
Chorus
Her: Wha’t your problem? Already seem to have like you have everything you want.
Him: But what I wanted is not what I thought it was.
Her: Then you’re shit out of luck.
I’d trade what I have for half of what you have.
Him: This ain’t the greener side of this fence.
You see the white picket, but it feels like prison.
Her: Won’t you listen to yourself?
Chorus
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4. |
The Nurse and Me
05:21
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Pretty nurse,
I don't need to take my medicine no more
You've been slipping me sips of love between the doses.
Go tell the doctor
I'm not gonna stay in his hospital no more.
He did his best to cure my broken heart,
but he came up short and never found that cure.
A priest came in
with a cross tattooed on his hand
and heard confession of a dying man.
Both the doctor and priest looked to me
as if their sun had already set in the east
bitter old men who can't find peace.
They said if you take the precautions you won't catch the disease,
but I just can't believe that love is anything like disease
I believe that love was made for the nurse and me.
They said love is allergic to the light
so they never let me open up the window
and I can't reach the cord, it's so far away
and so is the daylight.
Pretty could you pop open my pillbox,
read me aloud the side effects,
because growing wings must be one of them.
I thought I'd already learned how to fly out in the daylight,
but every time I try I hit the ground.
Don't let me down.
Pretty nurse
take my hand.
You may stand more steady that me.
And we'll leave this hospital,
we'll fly out the window,
prove there's a cure for this disease.
Broken hearts can still bleed,
but love is the cure for the nurse and me.
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5. |
Start a Country
04:14
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I remember the good ol' days from the stories I read,
but not from memories.
Now you walk around with bad news in your jeans.
It's in your pocket constantly.
And you say to me "Let's start our own country."
Well Donald Trump can go fuck himself along with the republican party.
My protest don't need no poetry.
I'm just saying what your thinking, your just thinking what I'm saying,
so let's meander down a European path to be free.
And you say to me "Let's start our own country."
We want to put our people on an airplane, send them across the sea
so they can see who is not their enemy.
So you and me, let's start our own country...
with no asshole politicians...
with only people willing to listen...
where all my student loan will be forgiven...
ain't no for profit prisons...
Die from old age and not from a killing
with no preexisting condition.
Let's start our own country...
Let's start our own country...
where no billionaire can buy an election...
where I can stop and get some directions...
where your firearm ain't for protection
cuz' you're just compensating for your lack of an erection.
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6. |
First Time
04:28
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I used to blame love
even when, even though
I didn't know what it was.
And now this is the first time
I can feel name and define
a love devoid of passion lies
with confidence that you'll always be by my side
and I with you.
Without you
I guess I could survive,
but never again, never once feel alive
Because now this is the first time
I found someone to share diatribes,
canvas, guitar string, loving eyes.
Someone beautiful outside and inside.
And now this is the first time
I can feel name and define
a love devoid of passion lies
with confidence that you'll always be by my side.
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And anyway you want to see it babe is okay
as long as you see things my way.
And anyway you want to take that babe is okay
just as long as you don't take it to say that I don't care anyway.
And any day you want to come and stay for a visit
I'll be sure to show you the way.
And any day you want to come and stay I'll be sure
to take the time off dear. I'll take the time off dear.
And when you ask me to see things your way
you can say almost anything.
And when you say all you wanted to say you make my heart melt.
I understand just what you felt
in your mind,
in your heart,
behind your eyes.
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The Hermit Colony London, UK
The Hermit Colony is an Indie Rock Band from Southern California featuring music by singer/songwriter Dustin Murphy.
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