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The Dark Ships
01:46
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The dark ships on the airstrip
Did you want to be the pilot?
The dark ships never let go
Working up from the ground
Where do you go when you're this low?
The dark ships in the long grass
Don't forget that I'm up here
You can't reach anything after
There is nothing even out there
And where would you want to fly to
If you could find the time?
The time is never leaving
You only came back alone
The dark ships often remember
The sound of the heavy air
It's time we should be leaving
There is nothing even out there.
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2. |
A Great Song
01:21
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Has my drinking improved since I last saw you
Or have I reddened like an old star
And fallen like a drunk sun
Was it obvious when I was young
I would always leave things undone?
Shall I copy a great song
Written for someone who was loved
And written by someone who isn't me
Or shall I try to believe to just be real
Just be me?
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3. |
Snow
03:32
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I trail this hope in the snow
I'm led by dogs down a country road
My train howls as I fall away
My train rumbles over where I lay
I've hunted reasons buried in leaves
I'm traveling the albums and the sleeves
My fingers touch the fingers of your hand
My fingers are lost as you touch back
All the crows and roses and the months that can't be filed
The documents I've printed off and left for you outside
The tiny little messages like kisses on your neck
The things I've come to celebrate are the things I don't expect
I follow the last words written
I've read all the books that you keep hidden
My engine turns over very slow
My engine charts memories in the snow
And the hours drop by frequently to pass the time with me
The things I've come to hope for are the things you hope for me.
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When I first heard the train I knew
A magician was now in training
If I could live up to my name
When I first heard the train I knew
A sister of mine was driving
If I could face up to you
When I first heard the train I knew
There was no point in hiding
If I could throw myself in I would
If I could do myself in I would.
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5. |
I See You've Got Horses
02:23
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No trains left, I am not yet dust
Scratch it out until I am red and bruised
This is the real country
I see you've got horses
Is it hard when you fall?
I see you've got horses
Do you always fall?
In the smoke of the scenery
How slowly your sweet smiles rusts
Black as the traveler who's tired from lack of rest
I see you've got horses
High above the snow line still
Have you been hiding them there
To prolong this useful kill?
Have you been hiding them there
Along with my lack of will?
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6. |
Filled With Friends
02:32
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Fuel the jet and wait for comfort
I forgot to aim off target
And the camera shoots you dead, where's your armour?
Race for the only thing that will suit your needs
Leaving for far too long again
Record a message for me again
Talk into the mic with your wisest words
Release this for free, one sound at a time
And hang around the airport until morning
Race for the only thing and have a drink for me
Leaving for far too long again
An empty home is mine again
A heart falls out of line
Leaving for far too long again
A suitcase locked and filled with friends
Leaving for far too long again.
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Archives
03:27
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Creating archives, silos and beehives
I'm never going back to that house
A suitcase of old times, I'm finished with old times
And I'm not humming another old song
Remember the porch and the drowning lake
The stained glass light and the thoughts just before you wake
Remember the heat at the end of June
The knives you took up to your room
I heard something in your voice break
Lighting the lanterns and burning your fingers
These houses were built on burial land
Missing your brother, discovering letters
I never forgave you for leaving the city
Remember the hinge on the garden gate
The finger I tore on the wire rake that you swung
Remember how we first met
The bench where we sat and watched the jets
I heard something in your voice break
Becoming a photo, but what would I know?
I'm constantly seeking you in other rooms
We're traveling slower but never closer
I'm never going back to that house
Remember the feel of the ferris wheel
The pull of the season as it started to reel
I remember headaches and sick beds
The hope that this year would never end
I heard something in your voice break.
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8. |
Instrumental Mountains
01:05
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9. |
Nighthawk USA
02:06
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We have hope, we have bears
And compass reading girls
In Nighthawk USA
Golden lights, demon souls
Hold on tight to your gold
In Nighthawk USA
One of these stations might be a wrecking ball
One of these engines will rev and then stall
Meet me on the border
A map of another land
In Nighthawk USA
We have hope, we have bears
We'll make camp before it snows
In Nighthawk USA.
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10. |
It Means So Little To Me
03:09
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Clapboard sided churches and talks
General stores and wharves
What a good day for going out
Walk on down to the quiet park
A higher mist than we had thought
The biggest fish I ever caught
What a good day for throwing bait
After work I'd always wait for you
When the summertime is gone relocate the old hometown
For better schools and blacktop roads
My grandfather doesn't want to go
He's never seen a city scene
I read it all in a magazine
This means so little to me
It all means nothing to me
Black and white old photographs
A long striped tie I used to have
What a good day for dressing up
Weren't we always the sharpest lot?
A bottle of wine your uncle aged
The dance that seemed to last all night
What a good day to spend our pay
Here's the necklace that I bought for you
When the summertime is gone relocate the old hometown
For power lines and postal codes
My grandmother doesn't want to go
She's never seen a city scene.
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11. |
A Country Heart
01:47
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A rural love, a country heart
This sort of charm didn't even start
Remember the road, remember the drive
I think you thought I was someone else
Another friend, another friend
Another chance you wouldn't have to explain
Past the village and open farms
How can you say you didn't mean me harm?
Went for a walk with a country heart
You never told me what fell apart
Wasn't I a friend?
Wasn't that enough?
I was the friend you always left in the dark.
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We never reached the mountains
With all of our hands
Remember when I said, "I'm going back"
We spent the summer
In slow attack
Remember when you said, "I'm never going back"
And when will this book turn into leaves?
I'm writing it slow, I'm old and almost asleep.
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13. |
The Grey Birds
02:35
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And hunt
Until there's nothing left
Remind yourself that this is how it has to be
And race
Along familiar ground
Recognize the times you don't have time for now
And grey are the birds that watch us daily
Grey are the words we never say
Most days I just stay inside now
And run
Past endless horses
Be alone and out of sight
And break
All our bones to be strong
Rationalize the uselessness in using all you've got
And every morning we keep lifting hands
To golden birds that just fly away.
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14. |
Beehive
02:24
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I'm lined up like a morning in the spring
Have you ever done anything to get behind?
"Me," you've said, "I'm like the first snow"
But how many folks know these bruises are real?
I'm warming up, how much time have we got?
Soon I'll have to go
It's almost dusk, that's when I regret
The engines that we let
Go to sleep by the side
Is there a whale boat close
Why did you just dive?
And why did your beehive never sting?
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No Museums Edmonton, Alberta
No Museums: A homemade hybrid of creaking pop and basement rock, using an array of textural devices and hummed
noise.
Echo boxes, delay pedals, soft distortion dynamics and guitars with buzzing strings. There is drift and there is direction. Enjoys the sounds of The Fall, Guided By Voices, Velvet Underground, Wedding Present, Television Personalities.
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