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Cannery Row
03:43
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Fell asleep in last night’s clothes
Next to last night’s companions, filled with last night’s hope
Fist still gripped around the bottle where I drowned all my sorrow
Well we got caught up in the moment
Now we’re stuck in tomorrow
Cigarette butts at the bottom of a brown glass bottle
And the air still thick with stale smoke
Where it uncoils like a nest of vipers
In the morning light that’s pouring in
Through the living room window
And I knew that this would happen, I knew I couldn’t stay here
But still I kinda hoped
And I’ve run far too many circles ‘round this slowly burning candle
To have not learned to let go
Well let me go
Back to Cannery Row
Oh let me go
Back to Cannery Row
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2. |
Bell Curve Blues
02:54
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The day is long
Yeah work’s a drag
And this is the worst cup of unsweetened unfiltered coffee I have ever had
But the mug warms my hands
And the view’s not bad from where I stand
At the top of the bell curve
Where you can see for miles
All the red brick houses with the cracked roof tiles
And the cars in the driveways, and the vacant smiles
My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted
Is a mortgage, a bank loan
A house that I don’t own
And a shitty desk job
That I’ll make the best of
Cause when I come home
I come home to you
Now life is dull
Yeah it started to drag
When I hit the longest consecutive grouping of bad days that I have ever had
But I won’t get mad
Cause one day I’ll have all I’ve ever wanted in my hands
Is a mortgage, a bank loan
A house that I don’t own
And a shitty desk job
That I’ll make the best of
Cause when I come home
I come home to you
And we’ll have cheese toasties in the afternoon
Yeah we’ll walk the dog someplace where the sky is blue
But above the clouds the sky’s always blue
And alone in my room, I am too
Without you.
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3. |
Over Everything
03:20
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The birds sing praise for the light
That the sun brings after the night
When the sky spills its guts
Over everything
In a dark room the warrior stirs
She will wake soon and face down the world
Though she's oh so tired
And over everything
So let the good times roll
Until the fire's burning low
May it's light shine on
Long after the years take their toll
Well I wanted only your love
But we both should have known it was never enough
When the black cloud hangs
Over everything
The king fell down to his knees
And the crowd cried, "hail to the thief!"
As the black fire rained
Over everything
So let the good times roll
Until the fire's burned to coal
May it's light shine on
Long after the years take their toll on you
The birds sing a final refrain
For the sweet things the darkness will bring
As the sun sinks down
Over everything
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4. |
A Few Simple Lines
02:24
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Well the words just elude me sometimes
For all the beauty in this life
And all the perfect things I’ve seen
With my two unworthy eyes
‘Neath skies so infinite and blue
Where the sun runs rings around the moon
But of all they cast their light onto
None of it compares to you
So why oh why
Did I
Think I could describe
All your light
With a few simple lines
And make it rhyme?
And if I said I liked your body
Would you hold it against me? We could sway
We’ll dance the long dark night away
And sing until the break of day
Yeah you’re so lovely
It sucks the breath out of me, and it’s true
If I had to pick 'tween it or you
I know which one I’d choose
So why oh why
Did I
Think I could describe
All your light
With a few simple lines
And make it rhyme?
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5. |
Waiting
04:04
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The only constant in this life is change
And though I'm proud of who we both became
I can't help but to miss the simpler days
Playing Sufjan on your old guitar
Drinking brine out of the pickle jar
And riding on our bikes long after dark
Yeah I miss all the days
We wasted
Just waiting
For something
The moths condemn themselves to seek the light
I watch in horror as their wings catch fire
And I wonder if I'll make it through the night
Don't think I didn't see your small sad smile
The kind that doesn't really reach your eyes
When I told you everything would be alright
Made me miss all the days
We wasted
Just waiting
For something
To take us out of this place
We hated
But that day comes
For no one
We're lost and we're waiting
We're waiting for something
We're lost and we're waiting
We're waiting for something
Ain't it funny how it never seems
(We're lost and we're waiting)
To quite hold up against your memories
(We're waiting for something)
We were living in a fantasy
(We're lost and we're waiting)
But it felt good while we still both believed in something
(We're waiting, we wait for something)
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6. |
Lions
04:12
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We were once lions, my old friends and I
We had no fear of anything, we drank all the time
And stayed up all night dreaming the stupidest dreams
Devoutly believing they were worth anything
But before we had noticed, day’s cold light did break
And it washed all the colour from our once shining faces
And hard as I’m looking, I can’t find my friends
But I know that they were lions once
And they will be lions again
We were once lions, my woman and I
We clung to each other and lost track of time
But how could I not -- when her eyes shone so bright
I’ve drowned in their depths now a million times
But eventually, life wears love down to routine
And a cumulative sorrow hangs over everything
But I know that beneath, our love means what it meant
And I know she was a lion once
And she’ll be a lion again
The wheel keeps on spinning as the seconds tick away
And it moves ever onwards as the minutes turn to hours turn to days
Turn to weeks turn to months turn to years
Until eventually all of this shit disappears
And in the depths of the void from whence everything came
Everything will return to nothing once again
But before that we’re given an entire life
And I see no reason why we shouldn’t get to be lions twice
I was a lion once, so long ago
Back when I thought my whole life would move by as slow
As it did before I learned how quickly time eats the days
And before I had wasted my whole youth away
Until all I had left were these vague memories
Fear and nostalgia and anxiety
A good hearted woman, a handful of friends
I was a lion once,
and I’ll be a lion again
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7. |
Sirens
03:46
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It’s long past time since we should’ve been asleep
But we’re out here tryna prove that there’s still blood in us to bleed
And as the city lights lay shining through the trees
You whisper something simple like you see the light in me
Well lately it’s been something I’ve been struggling to believe
As these picture perfect evenings grow so few and far between
And nothing’s come of all our pretty plans and schemes
Well the weight of all the heartache, it makes me wanna weep
We burned our souls on all the bright lights, as sirens droned beneath the dead skies
Down here
We’ve been searching for our whole lives, for something that we know we won’t find
Down here
And as the tail-lights disappear
We know there’s nothing left to fear
Down here
Old friend you know that you can call me any time
I wrote you letters, but you never did reply
This place ain't safe, but it’s better out the light
I polish off the bottle and I screw the lid on tight
Drink for the ghosts of all the friends we left behind
Sing for the silence that is eating me alive
The hungry beast creeps ever closer every night
You’re gonna get what’s coming to you - and so will I
We burned our souls on all the bright lights, as sirens droned beneath the dead skies
Down here
We’ve been searching for our whole lives, for something that we know we won’t find
Down here
And as the tail-lights disappear
We know there’s nothing left to fear
Now there’s nothing
Left for us down here
And as the tail-lights disappear
We know there’s nothing left to fear
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8. |
Nowhere Town
04:40
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The trucks roll by my house each day
Headed for some distant place
They rattle all the window panes
Then disappear without a trace
But life moves slow in this nowhere town
Where all our hopes have run aground
We raise them up on cinder blocks
And in the yard they sit and rot
Another solitary day
Just tryna chase these blues away
But the roots have taken far too deep to shake
Never ceases to amaze
How quick the hours all slip away
And how easily we let them go to waste
Man it’s been an awful year
So much I’ve loved has disappeared
Nothing survives this rising heat
It sucks the life right out of me
But by the creek, wild roses grow
And through the fields the hot wind blows
This ugly place is still my home
The only one I have ever known
Another solitary day
Just trying to keep the wolves at bay
Well I’ve tried and I’ve tried, but it’s more than I can take
Never ceases to amaze
How quick the years all fall away
But I love you still like it was yesterday
The sun sets slow over nowhere town
The sky is dressed in a sequin gown
It’s here you set my heart ablaze
I’ll take the embers to the grave
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9. |
Flowers on the Sill
03:20
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Place the flowers on the windowsill
And the sugar in the bowl
Fill the house with laughing photographs
But black the eyes and hide the soul
Carve your name into the fascia board
For future generations to behold
And never tell the one you love
They’re the one who makes you whole
Live quiet, live light, live long
Plant the seeds of brighter futures in the garden, give them love and make them strong
Hang lanterns from the lemon trees
Flood the flowerbeds with light
And lie to all your loved ones
Tell them “everything’s alright”
Let the spiders spin a minaret
In hallowed corners black and high
Fill the fireplace with lavender
Send your signal to the sky
Live quiet, live light, live long
Plant the seeds of brighter futures in the garden, give them love and make them strong
Live quiet, live light, live long
Plant the seeds of brighter futures in the garden, give them love and make them strong
Live quiet, live light, live long
Plant the seeds of brighter futures in the garden, give them love and make them strong
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10. |
Falling
05:11
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It should have been simple, but it wound up so much more real
I’ll spend my whole life with my heartache on my sleeve, cause it’s too much of a struggle to conceal
And all of the virtue I can see inside the me that’s in your eyes
You know I would never hurt you, but there’s this face you make, and it makes me want to die
Yeah, you set my soul on fire
Now I’m burning up inside forevermore
But falling in love
Was a walk around the park
And before you know
It sinks its teeth into ya, hard
Well I hope you know
That it ain’t ever letting go
And neither am I
Well I never really worried about the answers
No I was really only asking for the truth
And though I’m drowning in a sea of self-importance
You know I’d give up anything for you
If you asked me to
But falling in love
Was a rope around your neck
And when you put your head in the stove
Tell me what did you expect?
Well I hope you know
When you’ve got nowhere left to go
I’m going to stay by your side
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11. |
Stay
04:39
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Well I can’t think if I’m not moving
And I can’t breathe if I’m stuck in place
And all the passing hours move so quick it’s frightening
And the older I get, the more they pick up the pace
I wanted to write my name in a million places
And I wanted to start a million fires
Because before too long, we’ll leave our world-worn corpses
And I want to believe the journey was worth my while
But I will make my home
In whatever room you occupy
At any given time of the day
And I hope you know
That if I ever leave it’s only for a while
‘cause in your heart is the only place I’ve ever wanted to stay
I know I don’t mean much, but maybe that counts for something
I want to waste my life in the sunlight
Not going to give it up to the white-collar leeches
Who pay me money just to drain me dry
And take me from my home
In whatever room you occupy
At any given time of the day
And I hope you know
That if I ever leave it’s only for a while
‘cause in your heart is the only place I’ve ever wanted to stay
But I will make my home
In whatever room you occupy
At any given time of the day
And I hope you know
That if I ever leave it’s only for a while
‘cause in your heart is the only place I’ve ever wanted to stay
Well in your heart is the only place I’ve ever wanted to stay
Yeah in your heart is the only place I’ve ever wanted to stay
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Sturt Avenue Adelaide, Australia
Sturt Avenue is the project of SCALA award winning singer/songwriter Bryn Soden. Drawing inspiration from folk artists such as Conor Oberst, Elliott Smith, and John Darnielle, Bryn crafts melancholic indie folk tunes that aim to shine a soft light on the quiet sorrow and stubborn defiance that keeps the embers burning in the dead heart of the world. ... more
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