LYRICS
DEVILISH FOLK
NOW OR NOWHERE
THE DAMN TRUTH
WHITE LIES
Lit a fire in me
And it burns burns burns
And when I try to put it out
It hurts hurts hurts
I can't remember the last time I felt
How good it is not to be scared
Stop trying to save me
No one’s coming for me baby
Stop trying to save me
It's my time to cry time to say goodbye
Lit a fire in me
And it burns burns burns
And when I try to put it out
It hurts hurts hurts
I can't remember the last time I closed my eyes
How good they feel your little white lies
PIRATES & POLITICIANS
They used to put flowers in gun barrels
I tried it once and got my face maced
And I feel just like a little girl facing a mountain of trolls
Armed with only my clothes and my words
Voluntary slavery to the debt machine
Pirates and politicians are the same thing
"Give me your money and you will be saved"
You bought your place in heaven don't you wish you were dead?
Mama
What have you left behind for me?
Mama
What have you left behind for me?
Mama
What did you leave behind?
I don't want it
No
There is no point in going back to the sea
All the fish are dead we've got a hit on radioactivity
Pollution everywhere I can't breath the goddam air
What have you left behind for me?
Mama
PLASTIC FLOWERS
Summertime for my obsession
Winter for my thoughts
All around us mongrels and legends
Faces in the dark
You keep on staring straight at the sun
You've got nothing to lose
Got nowhere to run
Plastic flowers don't know why
Plastic flowers make me cry
Plastic flowers never die
Fall is coming for our deception
Springtime is for our hopes
Ghosts of our lovers in every corner
Limbs going up in smoke
Plastic flowers Lord I try
Plastic flowers not to cry
Plastic flowers never die
WOULDN’T BE LYING
I took a big sip from the kettle before it boiled over
The light was coming up and I was nestled up against your shoulder
And I don't remember how or exactly when I left for good
All I know is I was lost somewhere deep inside my neighbourhood
No I wouldn't be lying
About the things that I'm trying
I wouldn't be lying
About the things that I'm trying trying trying
I took a good look into the mystery of all things dying
When the soul leaves the body and the spirit soars to keep from crying
I walked along the path and I came across a golden door
Leaving all my cares behind I won't need them there anymore
No I wouldn't be lying
Something about what you said just doesn't sit right
It's strange to find out what the truth is all about
I’ve been to the heavens with you and all the way down
But I never looked at it from where you came from
I was foolish to think that we could be
All I wanted was for us to see
When we're clear it's hard to imagine
Why one could be short and the other a distraction
Now that the time is finally over
Let's assume that we can get through
That we're love first and lie second
That we're friends and not haters
No I wouldn't be lying
BROKEN BLUES
Once I was broken
You didn't know what to say
But just by being there
You made it somehow ok
I used to turn off the lights
And listen to you pray
As you begged for piece of mind
I just hoped you would stay
But forever is coming
It’s coming to its end
Forever is just a dream I had
Forever is coming
It’s coming to its end
Forever is just a dream I had
I used to be a victim
Of cruel hypocrisy
You showed me how wrong
This world could be
And as I stood there staring
Straight into the fire
My heart was melting
In a cool desire
Before you judge another
Take a look at you're soul
Have you yourself become
Another brick in the wall
Forever is coming
It’s coming to its end
Forever is just a dream I had
Peace ain’t coming
It ain’t coming to our beds
Peace is just a dream I had
Some dream I had
ALEX
Alex was my first best friend
"Gonna see the world" is what he always said
And I begged him "take me with you"
Alex played guitar and I sang
We were gonna be in a rock n roll band
Dreaming was the only way out
Small town and alcohol
Our parents sold their goddam souls
And we were so angry
A single tear from his blue eye
As he looked at me and he said goodbye
I promised I would never forget
Alex said to his dad
If you ever lay your hands on my mom again
I swear I will kill you man
Alex came home through the kitchen door
Found his mom lying on the floor
Then he grabbed that knife
His lawyer claimed self-defense
But Alex never showed any signs of regret
So the judge he said "life"
A single tear from his blue eye
As he looked at me and he said goodbye
I promised I would never forget
How we used to ride our bikes down to the lake
Write songs about the love we'd make
Watch the fire burn deep against the cold
We promised right then to never grow old
The way the starlight how it hit the waves
Just like diamonds shining in a miners cave
We danced naked with no regrets
I promised I would never forget
HEART IS COLD
My heart is cold for you my dear
My love grew old from pending fear
The waves are high too high to swim
I'll lose my cool if I jump in
Take everything you want
Maybe I'm just too good for you
Our sky has fallen in
But my cold heart you can't win
The days are long without you here
A winter’s song is drawing near
I've grown too old too old to dream
Each tear that falls becomes a stream
Come on now just give me a solution
I can't see it in my mind’s eye
Don't wanna deal with your delusions baby
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Get with you
You've got something that I really want
You're lovin' is so far out it's true
I wanna get with you
We used to live in black and white
Now in colour you look so tight
You do
I'm gonna get with you
I've been contemplating left and right
Telling lies and picking fights
Now I've got you figured out
Come on baby lets freak out
I'm gonna get with you
People say you are what you eat
You must like honey darling
You're so sweet
Like glue
I'm gonna stick to you
You've got something that I really want
Your lovin' is so far out its true
I'm gonna get with you
I've been contemplating left and right
Telling lies and picking fights
Now I've got you figured out
Come on baby let's freak out
I'm gonna get with you.
THE MATCH
I look at you
Do you see me too
Stars around my head
Do you know my name
I can feel your pain
It is clear today
In the middle of the night
You started up a fight
It’s the biggest show to see
You and me
Sometimes I'm a mountain
Sometimes I'm caving in
Sometimes I'm on fire
At times I'm cold as sin
It's times like these that
I just can't believe you
We step into the ring
I take the first swing
Even before the bell rings
Fists are in the air
I'm on the ropes and you don't care
Going round after round
Tonight there'll be no referee
Just me and you and you and me
Your kisses they taste so sweet
Bitter sweet
Sometimes you're a feather
Sometimes a ton of bricks
Sometimes you're my anchor
At times just a quick fix
It's times like these that
You just can't believe me
You’re a mountain
I'm caving in
When I’m on fire
You’re cold as sin
I just can't believe you
HANGING ON
I waited all night for you to come back
And when you finally did how could you treat me like that
I tried to talk sense I tried to be heard
But you wouldn't even turn and you didn't say a word
So I took a long walk to ease my head
The light was coming up and I wished that I was dead
Spinning streets like spinning tops
Falling down just to make them stop
I'm hanging on
On the line between right and wrong
All the time and when we get it on
You'll be mine I love to turn you on
You had your will and you had your way
Like oncoming traffic at the end of the day
Like a drunken bully acting real tough
So stop the damn car I wanna get off
LEAVE IT IN THE DARK
When we were love
I never knew right from wrong
Now that we're through
I still don't know what to do
I'm like a stranger wishing you I forgot
There are doors that I can enter
If you just say so I'll leave it in the dark
Leave it in the dark
Time lingers on
And I'm alone so far from home
They will wait for me
On the road to insanity
DEVILISH FOLK
She came in from the desert on a sunny afternoon
The devil was among us she was right here in this room
And you could cut the air with a knife
Drive a stake through her heart
But no one is getting out of here
Not alive
My revolution is in disconclusion
Allegations of hope
There's no room for people like you and me here
We're devilish folk
He came in from the ocean with his big green eyes
He couldn't stop pretending that he had seen the light
But the truth is as bright as the moon
You could feel the tension in this room
And I would be the first to admit
That a broken soul cannot be fixed
My revolution is in disconclusion
Allegations of hope
There's no room for people like you and me here
We're devilish folk
THIS IS WHO WE ARE NOW
Stepping outside and I’m right back in
Breathing black air of this mess we’re in
Spending all my days just staring at the screen
Jumping on a plane into another life
Closing my eyes to all the pain inside
Wondering all the time is this just a dream?
No more honey, no more tears
No more of what could have been
waves are crashing d’you know what I mean?
This is who we are now
Stardust Burned to ash
I saw the golden gates In your face
We were birds high on the sun
Wings were traded in for bomber planes
Flying low in a mounting rage
But you and I we hold the reigns
This is who we are now
We’re waiting to be free,
To ride that high
Until the next one comes,
Never gonna die
This is who we are now
ONLY LOVE
Only love can keep us going
through this morning of our times
And even when it’s dark
The moon still shines on
So if we hold on it’ll be all right
It’ll be all right
Free, What does it mean to be?
Open your eyes and see
But don’t look at me
Control, Don’t wanna lose my soul but man,
There’s so many things I don’t understand
All this fighting takes its toll so hold me close dont let me fall
Money, always need more honey
I’m gonna breath in deep
I can smell the revolution .
On my knees, Still praying to the money gods
Just wanna get lost in your sad eyes
These days are all we got
I’m gonna scream it out!
I’m not giving up
EVERYTHING FADES
I pick up the phone but I don’t want to hear
I know what you’re saying your voice gives me chills.
You talk about dreams that forever lost their way
How good people change and what we used to say.
And just like that you realize you’ve got everything you need
Just like that you pick up the broken pieces of your dreams
Just like that you understand that song and what it means-
Just like that you know
There is no going back because you’ve changed
And everything eventually fades.
Later I try my best to explain
But all the words that I say just try to maintain
I’m a survivors guide to heartache
I should know what to do
But I can’t deal so I sigh and forget about you
LOOK INNOCENT
There’s a game that we play that I always lose
Cause I don’t know the rules
But that’s ok baby I have no regrets,
when I think about you I forget that I made peace with my roots.
Listen, you have a way with words that make everything sound old but I have hope for our
future.
Cause you know one day baby
We’re all bound fall into each other’s arms and spiral out of control.
Come break my heart
but don’t look so innocent
don’t look so innocent.
Break my heart
but don’t look so innocent,
don’t look so innocent.
I remember that time you said maybe we should get a pet
You said you like birds and cats and I said dogs are definitely the best.
So we argued for a while then decided we’d be better off if we didn’t get anything at all
Cause commitment is hard but life is harder so why should you bother with a cheap trick like me - why can’t you see?
Maybe we’ll just stay together
live forever baby never say never,
let’s make a run for our lives
Look inside and see what’s hidden
In our hearts we are bleeding
We do what we do to survive.
SHOT EM
We used to raise our fists to fight for what was right
Now we close our eyes and block out the light
It’s a funny little thing
Give peace a chance is just something we sing
Oh no! We shot em dead again
His pockets full of lead
He’s crazy in the head
These days are never gone end,
Never will begin, never will be spent
Look around see what what we’ve done
If the battle has ended tell me who has won
Wounds unseen as we bleed from inside
We’ve gotta hurry time is not our side
Shout it out put a bullet in my heart
I remember the flowers but I lost my power
On the floor I need more, I want more, give me more.
TOMORROW
Your feet keep dragging down the same old street
You seem to be to be awake but you’re just losing sleep
The only way you know to be appears to be so wrong you see
And everyone around you just pretends to be happy
You’re making all the same mistakes you knew you would
Losing friends, and you’re up to no good
Your heart is beating at a rhythm that you can’t keep
AND the only thing that’s certain, is the world is turning, oh baby we’re in too deep.
I don’t know what tomorrow brings
Can’t remember yesterday’s dreams
All I know is we’re right here right now
We belong in each other’s arms
I know you’re out drinking Jack all alone
Soon you’ll be crying on my shoulder, over the phone
What can I say to make it all go away?
To change your mood but not lead you astray?
You just need to let it all hang out
Scream and shout and dance about
Those tears that you cry are in the blink of your eye.
CAUSE The only thing that’s certain, is the world is turning so baby let’s get high
LONELY
I’m standing by the sidelines
Waiting for the sunshine
In the meantime I’m kicking up the dustbin
For a space to crawl in I’m talking real time
Later on the highway no one’s going my way
Looking for good times
I spent all my cash in an alley smoking hash
And it’s mealtime
Brother can you hear me?
I’m lonely
Preacher talking crazy teacher calls you lazy
You better stop crying
You try to play their game and pretend we’re all the same
But there’s no use in denying
I’m eating up your Bullshit
The world is going apeshit over things they could be buying
A hundred dollar bills will get you guns and pretty pills, but where is justice lying?
Brother can you hear me?
I’m lonely
Sister can you hear me?
I’m lonely
THE FIRE
You are so heavy, You’re driving me crazy
And I don’t know how to tell you that I’m broken
The fire that made us, It will destroy uS Until there’s no one left to trust.
I could never be a part of you
I pretended to but it wasn’t true
I could never show you how I feel
It was just too real for you
You’re so heavy, you’re driving me crazy
I want to tell you I forgot about it
But I’m broken and I can’t put out the fire that made us
Heavy, you’re driving me crazy
I want to tell you I forgot about it
But I’m broken and I can’t put out the fire that made us.
Don’t keep it going , Don’t wish for the morning
Cause the veil of night was meant for you and me dear
The fire that made us it will destroy us
Until there’s nothing left but dust
FULL ON YOU
Do you know exactly who you are?
Are you getting close or still so far?
Somehow you’re running through the park
you buried feelings in the dark
Just wanna run
It’s easier said then done.
I wish I could change you and the way you feel
But I don’t blame you, you just needed to heal Like that time you told me you were letting go
It was so hard to do
My moon’s not waning it’s full on you
I wear a ring on my finger
I keep your key on my chain
It’s so heavy
The ring is from your mom she’s had it for so long
What have I done? Just gotta run
It’s easier said then done.
I JUST GOTTA LET YOU KNOW
Without a purpose
I walk the streets all alone
I curse this fuck
My heart is turning to stone
With all the silence and the pain
In your leather jacket frame
WOAH!
Yeah you you got a hold on me
Even the blind can see
What you’re doing to me
When I think about you baby
It sends a shiver through my bones
I can’t deny this feeling lately
But I just gotta let you know
I’m nervous
I’m glued to the phone
Can’t deal with people
Just leave me alone
It’s a 21st century thing
A dream that makes you scream
WOAH!
BE SOMEBODY
Yeah If I told the truth
I’d be wasting my time
everyone’s carrying a cross
and this one is mine
I’ve got my head in the clouds
I can feel my mother’s crutch
I just want her to be to be proud
Am I asking too much?
I just wanna be somebody
So I left that night
I almost crashed my car
Felt like nothing nothing to lose
So I’m heading far
And it’s a cold cold world
When you’re a stranger
In a giant town
I just need I need to be strong
I don’t wanna let you down
I WONT LET U DOWN
Cause I’ve been running round in circles
No no one is immortal
I’ll be your freak I’ll be your queen
Just give me something to believe in
IF I DON’T MAKE IT HOME
It’s been such a long road from the sunshine through the cold
These memories that I hold dear cause only courage can kill the fear
So stay with me shed a tear
Until the skies open up around here
I’ll walk this land I’ll make my stand
Alone
But if I don’t make it home
Tell my sister tell my brother
Give up the fight you know you love each other
Tell my son don’t cry over my bones
Remember that I love you baby always be strong
If I don’t makes it home
It’s been told in songs and in stories from the days of old
What we all really need is a little prayer a little plead
So fly with me across the seas
Over the mountains of reality
This old town can still be found
It’s where we belong where we belong
LOVE OUTTA LUCK
I’ve said some things that I shouldn’t have said
I’ve made decisions that I shouldn’t have made
I didn’t pay attention
I let the drinking be my passion
And now I have to watch you walk away.
Tell me what to say?
To make you stay
You’re my sun you’re my stars
And you’re burning me up
I can’t take you I can’t leave you
In Love outta luck
I wrote some songs that I shouldn’t have sung
I made a damn fool of me you and everyone
And now you wanna leave me
I know you can’t forgive me
But baby oh baby hear me pray
Tell me what to say?
To make you stay
You’re my sun you’re my stars
And you’re burning me up
I can’t take you I can’t leave you
In Love outta luck
MIRROR MIRROR
Mirror mirror tell me what is this game?
I hear your voice echoing deep in my brain
Maybe if I tell myself again and again
The bed we used to lie on won’t engulf us in flames
Is there a happy ending?
For a heart that’s breaking down
No there is no cure
For a heart this pure
Give it give it time
Mirror mirror tell me what do I do?
The wet empty pavement reminds me of you
I’ve seen your lips swear these words
Through and through
But I can’t tell if any were true
Is there a happy ending?
to a heart that’s breaking down
Is there a happy ending
For a heart that’s breaking down
No there is no cure
For a heart that's pure
Give it give it time
THE WILLOW
The days are long and you’ve got time to wonder
Questions fly and your head goes under
Night turns to day
Days to a week
Weeks turn to winter that lasts for years
Oh so bare
My baby went on without me as if I was never there
As if I was never there
Lost to the clock and you’ve tampered with fear
Home is in your horizon but never really here
The willow stands naked and bare
My baby went on without me as if I was never there
As if I was never there
KILLER WHALE
When I’ve lost everything everything that I’ve become
I’m In my bed I’m on the floor
I can’t take it anymore
I wake up you’re not there
I still feel you everywhere
In my vains my breasts my face
I’m hunting for that untouched place
Our ship has sailed I’m a killer whale
I heard you found someone new someone new to love
Is she hot? Does she sing?
Do you still do me in your dreams?
I dress up party drunk
God why’d ya give me up?
In my veins my breasts my face
I’m hunting for that untouched place
An island you left that’s only mine
I can’t even find it in my mind
Our anthems were real rebellious and grand
Our city once wild now loveless and strand
Our ship has sailed I’m a killer whale
You made me crawl
I want it all
I still feel you I still feel you in my soul
BETTER THIS WAY
I’ll never forget staring at the wall
It was full of cracks and picture frames
But I didn’t see them at all
Just that old guitar hanging
The one my dad dreamt of playing
I begged for it the day that I met you
People say the best is yet to come
But these moments that shaped my soul
Are forever gone
And looking back I still remember your glow
Oh yeah it was so easy to go with your flow
Back when the nights were hot and slow
There will never be another day
No there’ll never be another day
But maybe it’s better this way
I’ll never forget your mom’s old place
It was always a mess and she was always stressed
We’d hide without a trace
And on your water bed oh baby
I discovered for the first time maybe
What love really was
ALL NIGHT LONG
Driving fast no reason why
I like the way you make me smile
Give me champagne on ice
It feels good it feels nice
Downtown summer heat
Boy you knock me off my feet
Let’s run away together it’s now or never
Let’s fly our freedom flag
We’ll do the best we can
Revolution starts in bed you see
All night with the one I love
All night with the stars above
All night with the one I love
All night long
Let’s fly to Paris and be bad in a rock n’ roll band
We’ll drink all night and sleep all day
No we’re not wasting our lives away
Spent all your money on a guitar
You don't regret it it’s who you are
I tie my boots put on my hat
You know I love you and that’s that
ADDICTED
You find yourself addicted to sex
Then you’re addicted to style
It’s your funeral pyre
If you think that you’re addicted to love
Then you’re addicted to pain
They’re both the same
You say that we were better in the past
Now you get no rest
You’re a total mess
Hey man don’t get addicted to me
Don’t get addicted to me
Don’t you know I gotta gotta gotta
Be Free
I’m so high
I’m so free
Here I am
I just gotta be me
When I think about it it freaks me out
I fall apart it breaks my heart
If you find yourself addicted to love
Then you're addicted to pain their both the same
If you always think about the past
you get no rest you’re a total mess
So don’t get yourself addicted to me
just let me be free
Sex drugs rock n’ roll
Keto yoga save your soul
Kittens shoes fast cars
Sun depression new guitars
Growing old staying young
Saving money Costco runs
Vegan diet climb a tree
Don’t you know I wanna wanna be free
THE DYING DOVE
In strange faith
I’m walking down your stairs
Lost and confused
I left my soul down there
Sometimes it’s just a little cloud
That hides the stars above
Ooo sometimes it’s just a little cloud
When I close my eyes
I see it all again
And I laugh to myself as the tears roll down
But I just don't understand
For the love of God
For this dying dove
We all need some love
Maybe you and me
Children of the moon and sea
Were meant just to be lonely