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Wake me when the world makes any sense my darling
Won’t you stay right here beside me while I wait
Hear the cold wind blowing as the summer turns to autumn
Something drained all of the colour from the frame
All my life I have been hoping for somebody like you to
Keep me company on these cold nights
Oh my darling won’t you hold me close and softly whisper
Tell me everything will be alright
The stars hang high above the desert
I search intently for the wires that must be keeping them there in their place
Cos here on earth I’m skipping sleep and replacing it with black coffee
Trying desperately not to break
I guess it’s just another one of those days
All my life I have been hoping for somebody like you to
Save me from the emptiness inside
Oh my darling won’t you hold me close and softly whisper
Tell me everything will be alright
Keep me company on these cold nights
Help me make some sense out of this life
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Bury Me in the Garden
03:52
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When I die, my darling
Bury me in the garden
No stone, no name, no cross to mark the place
Don’t forget me, but don’t leave a trace
I want to be the secret you take to the grave
When I shake loose from this earthly tether
Lover burn all of the letters
Destroy every last shred of evidence
That I was someone in your life who held any significance
There is no one who knows me in quite the same way
I want to be the secret you take to the grave
No there is no one who knows me in quite the same way
I want to be the secret you take to the grave
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Here Am I
03:14
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Floating on nothing
Here on this dead sea
Where everything drifts along endlessly
Why move, why do a single thing?
Why wake from your dream of flying?
Yeah, can you stay here with me?
Cos for so long I’ve waited for the world to pass me by
Now here am I, here am I
Quiet green in the shade
Full colour games on the CRT
Faded curtains, and the cracks in the hall
One day it’ll all cease to be
Cos for so long I’ve waited for the world to pass me by
Now here am I, here am I
My father and mother loved me, fed me, clothed me, raised me
And I won’t be a waste of all their time
But brother, this same old place is starting to lose its shine
Do you know the way towards the light?
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Talk
04:12
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Was it something in the air, or was it all the cheap red wine
That set the wolves to howling in my troubled head tonight
Or has nothing changed, after all this wasted time?
I still can’t seem to stop you running riot in my mind
How slow the old love fades
Feels like nothing's getting better and it's never gonna change
So call me if you get the chance, hope I didn’t wake you up
But darling, I could use a friend, I just wanna talk
God I hate this song and dance, I don’t wanna mess you up
Love is such an ugly thing, I just wanna talk
Well it don’t seem all that long now since those fateful summer nights
When all our friends were smiling in that garden filled with light
And you could hear me say “I miss the simpler times”
As if I’d ever had it any better my whole life
But quickly go the days
And the harder that I hold on, the faster you slip away
So call me if you get the chance, hope I didn’t wake you up
But darling, I could use a friend, I just wanna talk
God I hate this song and dance, I don’t wanna mess you up
Love is such an ugly thing, I just wanna talk
Forever seems an awfully long time
But that’s how long I’ll be here waiting for the dream to die
So call me if you get the chance, hope I didn’t wake you up
But darling, I could use a friend, I just wanna talk
God I hate this song and dance, how did we get so messed up?
Love is such an ugly thing, I just wanna talk to you
You don’t owe me anything, I just want to talk
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Best Friend
03:32
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Met when we were both children
Things were simpler back then
But I know I owe so much
To the time that we shared
But you're looking to the future
And I don't fit into your plan
And if you don't see that changing
I guess that I understand
Cos if you think it's the right thing
It probably makes sense
But it don't stop the aching
I still miss my best friend
Do you remember the night on the hospital ward
When the both of us woke to the slamming of doors
In the distance, you smiled, slipped your hand into mine
And you said the three words I'd been hoping to hear my whole life
Well put it out of your mind
Let it fade from your memory
As our shared path unwinds
Cos if you think it's the right thing
It probably makes sense
But it don't change a damn thing
I still miss my best friend
Yeah I still miss my best friend
I still miss my best friend
I still miss my best friend
I still miss your love
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Still in Love
02:32
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It came up in conversation, as these things tend to do
There’s this guy that you’ve been seeing lately, he’s been real good to you
I try my best to play it kinda cool
I say I’d like to meet him
While pretending that my heart ain’t torn in two
Oh but no one knows me better, darling, you can see straight through
Now you say we can’t keep hanging out, it’s probably a smart move
But I’m really going to miss you
I knew this day was coming, I just didn’t know how soon
But I put my bravest face on as I walk out of the room
Cos I told you I was happy for you, and I’m over the goddamn moon
It’s just an awful way to find out that I’m still in love with you
All the best days of my life were spent with you
Oh but darling I won’t lie, there were some awful ones there too
Still no one’s ever meant as much to me as you
But you mean that to someone else now
I knew this day was coming, I just didn’t know how soon
But I put my bravest face on as I walk out of the room
Cos I told you I was happy for you, and I’m over the goddamn moon
It’s just an awful way to find out that I’m still in love with you
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Against the World
02:43
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A blood red sunset spilled its light across the room
With your jaw set in silhouette, I’d never seen a thing as bright as you
And in all that came to pass that day, my heart was beaten black and blue
But for a solitary second there, I’d dreamt a lifetime spent with you
But nothing makes the time stop
And I can’t make my mind up about anything
It was us against the world
Could we ever kid ourselves?
And everything left unforgiven will eventually all be forgot
When we fertilise the sacred dirt in which our earthly forms will rot
And it may be a shitty joke, but I will laugh along at least half-heartedly
Cos I got all of this for nothing, and it never asked a thing from me
But nothing makes the time stop
And I can’t make my mind up about anything
It was us against the world
Could we ever kid ourselves?
Love will always hurt
But the lack thereof feels worse
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Perfect Afternoon
03:48
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The sun is shining
In a sky so pale and blue
There’s apple blossom falling
And the whole garden’s in bloom
As golden sunlight
Spills all around my room
Well it ain’t so hard believing
That better days are coming soon
Then the black dog started howling
Yeah he never changes tune
But it don’t seem so bad
On such a perfect afternoon
The war is almost over
We made it through the worst
And new green shoots are breaking through
The surface of the earth
Well I watched you slowly breathing
Yeah I can’t deny the hurt
But I felt such love for you
I thought my heart was going to burst
Then the song birds started singing
It was an awful funeral dirge
But by some stroke of good fortune
They’d forgotten all the words
And the black dog kept on howling
Yeah he never changes tune
But it don’t seem so bad
On such a perfect afternoon
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Make Do
04:08
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The days are getting stranger, and the air out here feels heavy
I ride my bike all night with just the cold white stars for company
Singing songs that have no meaning to drive away these dark thoughts
Like, what’s left for the poor boy who got everything he asked for
And is now stuck staring at the suburbs, wondering if you’re still awake
Neath the soft glow of the streetlight, I think it’s more than I can take
And of all the awful shit for which to so desperately yearn
Why’d it have to be the comfort of a moment to which we never could return?
And when the grass grows through the cracks across the lives that we once knew
What will be the point of all the time I gave to you?
I never asked the reason why you looked at me so strange
Hoping still you’d call me lover, as though nothing ever changed
I slowly turned to stone as we sat trying to make pretend
As though this life could ever compete with the visions in our heads
And when the grass grows through the cracks across the love that we once knew
What will be the point of all the shit we suffered through?
When every shred of evidence cements a concrete truth
The universe is unkind, it cares not for me and you
We’re going to have to just make do
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It was the weak last gasp of something that long since should have died
When we polished off the whiskey and cracked a fresh bottle of wine
It was a perfect autumn evening, yeah the stars were all aligned
And I hadn’t seen you smile like that in such an awfully long time
Now if you need me
I’ll be waiting
On the wrong side
Of the weekend
Waving goodbye
To all my old friends
Wherever you are right now
I hope you’re smiling
Well the midnight train is leaving, yeah it’s leaving me behind
Watch the lights in the distance as I’m coming off the high
If you told me all those years ago this is where we’d be tonight
With that whole head full of dreams I had back then, think I probably would have cried
Now if you need me
(Time keeps moving)
I’ll be waiting
(Life keeps changing)
On the wrong side
(In the last light)
Of the weekend
(I’ll be waiting)
Waving goodbye
(All those good nights)
To all my old friends
(The hours we wasted)
Wherever you are right now
(Did it mean anything?)
Well I wish that you were here
Yeah I do
Yeah I really do
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11. |
Marion Bay
05:48
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After Midnight
03:42
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I killed the engine, rolled the car up to the curb
The failing brakes squealed, prayed to god that no one heard
Parked at a distance, somewhere her stepdad won’t observe
And in the warm air, tried my best to find my nerve
The wind it whispered, and the stars wheeled overhead
I felt the distance close with every passing step
Knew she was waiting, and I’d been waiting half my life for this
But I swear that something clicked inside my head
When I saw her in her slippers and night dress
After midnight, I take in all I’ve left behind
Out on the clothesline, we hung the bed sheets out to dry
She held my hand tight, her skin so pale in the moonlight
And on that hot night, a million stars wasted their time
Because nothing burns as bright
As the light that shines behind her eyes
The dawn commuters moved like phantoms in the street
As cold grey light crept through the window like a thief
I’d grown so tired, yeah the morning called to me
But I couldn’t seem to bring myself to leave
No I didn’t want to wake up from the dream
When I’ve faded, when my organs fail me
My vision blurring, my body broke beyond belief
Old and jaded, only three remaining teeth
In the half light, and in the changing of the leaves
Well that night will stay with me
Til the day it finally comes my time to leave
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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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