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music + lyricsEd Caunt2023-12-01T00:37:29+11:00

Better Him Than Me

Guess you were lonely at the time
‘Cause you phoned me every night,
Just to make sure I’m alive
Only your lips and casket wine
Kept me off olanzapine,
Stilled these trembling hands of mine

If things were different don’t mean much
There were lines we couldn’t cross,
Minds I couldn’t trust
Oh, so-and-so said such and such,
That gets thrown around too much
Where the hell does that leave us?

As I fall back and watch you fall in love
With just someone or other who ain’t sharp enough
To know how to love you, covet you quite like you need
Still, better him than me
Better him than me

You disappear sometimes for weeks
Then I call you up to speak,
You pretend to fall asleep
Neglect can rust respect and trust
Collecting dust like broke antiques,
Our love grew weary then grew weak

As I drift off, I see you drifting away
With some moustache who ain’t worth the time that it takes
To tell you I’m sorry, I wonder how sorry I’ll be
Still, better him than me
Better him than me

And as I look back with hindsight, you’re looking the same,
A face flushed with fury and a stare of disdain
Oh, if you really knew me, you knew what I’d turn out to be
Still, you’re better off with him than me,
Better him than me

Atticus

Heave ho, Atticus
This ship’s almost ashore
And the waves, they seem so mad at us
And I don’t know what for

Good man, Tobias
Go up and trim the sail
There’s few riches for the pious
No option here to fail

Oh, I see it rising
I see it rising
I see it rising
I…

Well hold on, Mary
In the winter I’ll be home
Oh, god forbid this ship of mine
Don’t splinter on the stone

Hold on, lover
It’ll only be awhile
‘Til you and I discover
Softer swells and one another

Oh, I see it rising
I see it rising
I see it rising
I…

Hold fast, Elijah
The bow is bound to break
Take that devil down inside ya
And try to pray, for heaven’s sake

Well, I see it rising
I see it rising
I see it rising
I…

Cynics

Well I hung my sheets and stomped the streets
In a Richmond summer rain,
And I saw this girl who smiled just like you

Well I burned with regret, like my first cigarette
As you crossed my mind again
And I watched her pass in the polish on my shoe

See, there was a time when you were mine,
And the world was mine as well
But I’ve a mind as stubborn as a mule

And love, it waits at no man’s gate,
It rings at no man’s bell
And I boarded all my doors up like a fool

Well I guess this city turned us both to cynics
I guess it got the best of us somehow
If I could turn this wishing into whiskey
Well darling, I’d be drunk by now

There’s someone new, he’s not like you
He keeps it all inside
I’d sooner summon blood out of a stone

Ain’t it strange how some things change
But others don’t subside
I’m just terrified we’ll both end up alone

Well I guess this city turned us both to cynics
I guess it got the best of us somehow
If I could turn this wishing into whiskey
Well darling, I’d be drunk by now
Oh darling, I’d be drunk by now

St Philomena

Kneel to pray before we eat,
Before we go to bed
My mother said, she said I had a saviour
But it seems my dreams have lost their way,
Bound for flame on judgement day
I pray that I get out on good behaviour

So baptise me, oh cleanse my soul,
Forgive me for the hearts I stole
It starts to take a toll as you grow older
Deliver me out of the hands
Of wolves in wool and sinner’s plans,
Eternity’s a burden I can shoulder

Oh, time has never stayed this slow
Oh, try to take me as your own
Oh, I was better off alone,
I was better on my own
Lord I’m coming home

Come on now, take me in,
Hear it howling in the blowing wind, I said
Come on now, bless my soul,
I fear I feel we’re growing old, I said

Come on now, take me in,
If I die, oh let me live, I said
Come on now, bless my soul,
It’s cold out here, oh don’t you know, I said…

Oh, time has never stayed this slow
Oh, try to take me as your own
Oh, I was better off alone,
I was better on my own,
I was better on my own
Lord I’m coming home

Oh St Philomena,
How I prayed for a return,
Just learn that we have been forsaken

But with that big book on the shelf,
Maybe I’ll convince myself
To share the loss, and bear the cross you’ve taken

Get On

You’ll do me no harm, I got the psalms in my pocket
If you wanna get to heaven, son, you’re gonna need a rocket
You wanna make the pearly gate before they start to lock it
Once they lock it, oh you won’t get in

See, hell’s just heaven with the lights turned down
A few more fires we can dance around
And all my friends will be there anyhow
‘Cause I’ve always been a sucker for sin

You gotta get on, get to moving
Get on, before the night’s too cold
You gotta get on, get to moving
Get on, before we’re all too old
Get on

Well I was calm, then I was critical, but now I’m just inspired
Slow to go political but I’m getting f**king tired
Of the demon screaming freedom with her hair on fire
Saying kindness seals our fate

See, first we steal the land, and then we set the laws
Boundless plains with the fastened doors
Oh can’t you see the irony, can’t you see the flaws
Oh no we won’t just wait

You gotta get on, get to moving
Get on, before the night’s too cold
You gotta get on, get to moving
Get on, before we’re all too old
Get on

I’m feeling like this life for some’s a little out of reach
When your coffee and your scones cost you twelve bucks each, but
I’m not here to scold you brother, I’m not here to preach
I say to each their own

But if we gave a little more, spent a little less
You take out what you need but you leave some for the rest
And pay some more attention to the pounding in your chest
And maybe just skip those scones

You gotta get on, get to moving
Get on, before the night’s too cold
You gotta get on, get to moving
Get on, before we’re all too old
Get on

High Horse

Deep pockets, shallow souls
Silence bought, violence sold
And nought forgiven,
Lord I’m tired of these ways
That ain’t living, that’s just life these days

They taught you little but tortured smiles
Life’s this riddle where the answer is lie
Oh, so lie down boy,
A high horse leaves a long way to fall
Your feet don’t reach the stirrups,
It’s clear your spirit’s feeble as it’s small

If we hold on,
Are things gonna change, son?
They’ve always been this way, son
Is it how they’re gonna stay?

They say nothing ventured means nothing lost
Not to mention they stabbed holes in the box,
Oh, you should be grateful you can even see outside
And that dangling carrot
That’s just salad for the wealthy and the white

If we hold on,
For change that’s coming
If we hold strong,
Are things gonna change, son?
Or are we bound to bow, boy
Raise the flag, throw in the towel, boy
Or finally stand our ground?

If we take a look, and take a lesson
(And hold on, and hold on)
And tame mistakes from all the guessing
(And hold on, and hold on)
If we count our luck, and count our blessings
(And hold on, and hold on)

You can hold on, you can hold on

Watermark

When I met her
She was headed some place south-west
And I should’ve let her
I couldn’t breach my house arrest

She said we’re too clever
To ever coexist or coalesce
I thought I knew better
But she knew best

Oh, she’s like flooding rain
And I never saw the weather change
Two years together, four more apart
But I’ve still got a watermark

Well, I hear she married
Some circuit judge out near Adelaide
And her sister Sally
Said all of the groomsmen dressed in suede

Oh, but she still carries
Some sort of semblance of a flame
She took all of me except my name

Oh, she’s like flooding rain
And I saw it in her eyes as she drained away
Two years together, four more apart
But I’ve still got a watermark

Well she’s got a son now
And this Sunday he’ll be three
And her husband’s hair’s brown
But that boy’s as fair as fair can be

His cheeks red as sundown
And his eyes are as clear as sea
You can’t tie his tongue down
Guess he sounds a lot like me

Oh, he’s half flooding rain
And the other half’s too scared to change
Downtrod, down here in the dark
Just scrubbing at this watermark

Cold

He keeps all his sleepless nights
In the bags under his eyes
And he asks if it’s alright
If I leave after we’re done

And so I gather up my pride,
Throw my shirt over my shoulder
And his last scorn in my side
He says he’s waiting on someone,
He’s waiting on someone

But I take solace in the fact
That his past is checkered as the blanket
That he drapes across his back
As he turns away to sleep

And that boy’s a stiff old drink
You always wonder why you drank it
And it burns more than you think
Still that burns all I keep
Oh, that burns all I keep

Don’t grow cold
Don’t grow cold on me
I’m cold enough for both of us, so,
Don’t lose your hold
Don’t lose your hold on me
I’m twice the fool I knew I’d be

Well I wonder if I need him
Maybe I’m just smitten
By the grass that’s so forbidden
On his side of the fence

I’m a feather in his cap
I’m the fresh notch on his bedpost
And the thing that hurts my head most
I feel a chance
Oh, I swear I feel a chance

Don’t grow cold
Don’t grow cold on me
I’m cold enough for both of us, so,
Don’t lose your hold
Don’t lose your hold on me
I’m twice the fool I knew I’d be

Lover, I'm Pleading With You

Been waking up mornings,
Bolts in my throat
Think I’ve done all the talking,
Now I just sit and croak

Seems only appropriate
To try feed you a smile,
But I keep on choking
Let’s get away for awhile

Lover, I’m pleading with you,
I just don’t know what to do

Gonna get in your car,
You know it isn’t too far
Gonna drive towards the calm,
See if the world still holds calm

And I know you’ve gotta work,
You ain’t getting no help
But I can pay your way, at least for a few days,
So don’t worry yourself

Lover, I’m pleading with you,
I just don’t know what to do

I don’t talk to those people anymore,
That’s not why I’m going
I don’t talk to those people anymore
Just need a chance to get home,
But life keeps on going,
‘Til we’re all set in stone

You tell me you’re busy
Think I already knew
Punching in, clocking off,
Dressing down, scrubbing up,
Doing what you’ve got to do

And I know I can take it,
Though I’m thinner than ply
Cities just shake me,
But I can just shut my eyes

Lover, I’m pleading with you,
I just don’t know what to do

Fourteen Days

Darling, I was married when I met you
And I guess I should’ve told you at the time
But I knew that girl since school,
And I was such a fool to make her mine

Darling, I was young and I was fickle
Oh, love was just a trickle, until you drown
I took her fear for love
But she’d love you just enough to keep you around

Oh, fourteen days of pouring rain
With a shiver I can’t shake
Come hell or high water, I pray that I taught her
Love ain’t a given, it’s all give and take

Well darling, I was sober ’til I met her
So how’d I get here drinking like a fish
Oh, our love was longer,
And stronger than the wall that broke my fist

And darling, I was wise and she was wily
Oh, something in her eyes gave her away
And I just pray that she learns before her
Body returns to the clay

Oh, fourteen days of pouring rain
With a shiver I can’t shake
Come hell or high water, I pray that I taught her
Love ain’t a given, it’s all give and take

If It Keeps On Raining

Well, the weather’s far too cold
If the banks stay firm and hold, we’re safe here
If the levee starts to burst
We best expect the worst and race, dear

Oh, I need this bed to float now
Take my leave, go on and row down stream
Just leave me be

Oh, the river gonna bring me down
Oh, the river gonna bring me down

Well, the weather starts to change
As I put that mountain range behind me
As I drifted through the port
I lost the fleeting thought they’d find me

Oh, each day this river widens
Oh, I’d see the change inside her now
If I turned around

Oh, the valley gonna pull me in
Oh, the valley gonna pull me in

Never saw a sign of shore
‘Til I hit the ocean floor and lay there
Though boring half the time
I’ve more than half a mind to stay there

Oh, these skies are growing dark now
Seas will rise and fall, this tide we ride
It rules us all

Oh, the thunder gonna roll on in
Oh, the thunder gonna roll on in

Stovetop Coffee

We’re watching the stars, they’re watching the moon
We all wait for the sun to come break up the gloom
And the wolves they still howl, for the day will break soon
So we stumble on home, kicking bottles and stones
We stumble on home to our room

Well I draw your smile, and you draw the shades
We’ll wait here a while for the sunlight to fade
And evening arrives as the wolves start to bay
The moments will pass and shatter like glass
And leave us at last where we lay

So lay down your sword and come in from the rain
Kick off your boots and shed all your chains
You can stay there all night, still the wolves will remain
I’ve twice checked the locks, I’ve my gun in my socks
And this door can hold more than the strain

In For A Penny

I could not see this going this way, no
I could not imagine this showing on your face the way it does
I could not hear you speaking of this, no
I could not imagine you telling me the way you think it is

Hold on tight, I was not prepared for you
Your tongue you should bite, cause if you feel the same way too
Then darling, we might find out what we need to do,
But oh, give it time, cause I’m into you, oh

I could not see this going this way, no
I could not imagine this showing on your face the way it does
I could not hear you speaking of me, no
I could not imagine you seeming so comfortable and free

Hold on tight, I was not prepared for you
Your tongue you should bite, cause if you feel the same way too
Then darling, we might find out what we need to do,
But oh, give it time, cause I’m into you, oh

Oh, she said, the days grow long my dear
Oh, he said, if it’s so wrong, why I am still here
He said, when I’m with you my dear
Oh he said, I feel the same way too

To Build A Boat

Amy, go put on your coat
I promised I’d build you a boat
And I pray each day that it may stay afloat
Amy, go put on your coat

Amy, this wind is too still
And we’ve got a sail to fill
I’ve not a doubt, further out, that it will
Amy, this wind is too still

Darling, there’s rocks to the west
Oh and I can’t shake this ache in my chest
Morning is dawning, it comes without warning
It’s best that we’re going now, better start rowing now

Amy, let’s drift out to sea
And trust there’s a gust in the breeze
Leave both the oars on the shore when we leave
Amy, let’s drift out to sea

Amy, we ain’t coming home
I’ve packed up the things that we own
If anyone rings there’s a note on the phone
Saying Amy, we ain’t coming home

Darling, there’s rocks to the west
Oh and I can’t shake this ache in my chest
The morning is dawning, it comes without warning
It’s best that we’re going now, better start rowing now

Whiskey Jesus

I need whiskey
(You need Jesus)
I know it’s risky
But I’ll do whatever pleases me

I know she’ll love me,
I know she’ll love me either way
I know she’ll love me,
I know she’ll love me either way

He’s so good at listening
(She don’t stop talking)
We’ll still be dancing
When we’re too old for walking

But I know he’ll love me
I know he’ll love me either way
I know he’ll love me
I know he’ll love me either way

Well, I ain’t tactful
(Subtle as gunfire)
But it’s a fact that,
That you’re the one, I

I’m gonna love babe
I’m gonna love you either way
I’m gonna love you
I’m gonna love you either way

He buys me jewellery
(She rathers roses)
Well I thought he knew me
That’s how he shows it

But I know he’ll love me
I know he’ll love me either way
I know he’ll love me
I know he’ll love me either way

Well, I’m hardly a heartthrob
(I’m mostly a hot mess)
I fear my heart’s stopped
‘Til she’s in that white dress

And she says she loves me
She says she loves me either way
She says she loves me
She says she loves me either way

Libertine

She’s always had a passion for anything like fashion
But thinks it looks better on the floor
And for someone who knows everything about clothes
Well she barely wears a thing anymore

She says that something’s missing when we get to kissing
Cause she doesn’t like the lights turned out
So she throws open the curtains, tears off her shirt,
And turns to candles when the sun burns out

Married to the preacher man, faithful ain’t a feature
And I promise that she’ll eat you alive
She says darling quit your stressing, just give me your blessing
It’ll be the best thing you survive

You don’t know where you went, you don’t know what you spent
But you can smell her scent on your shirt
It’s all for the best, take your heart from your chest
And the rest is all going to hurt

No, you’ll never love her but you see it through
The kind of girl your mother wouldn’t want for you
She’s gonna love you ’til you’re black and blue
Frozen through, your heart in two
Black and blue

Everybody’s needing a story to proceed ’em
But I’m worried that it’s happened again
Cause every time you’re here, I just start to fear
That you haven’t even told them your name

Everybody’s saying you’re simply just playing around
You’ve got a mind of your own
But even just by playing, you’re basically saying
That you’re really scared of being alone

No, you’ll never love her but you see it through
The kind of girl your mother wouldn’t want for you
She’s gonna love you ’til you’re black and blue
Frozen through, your heart in two
Black and blue

Foolish Child

Stupid child, the streets are wild
And they lied when they said the world was better
You called to the night, your voice out of sight
And you were thick to think that he felt it

Foolish child,
These games are far too hard
Mind your heart next time
Foolish child,
Watch your bones fall apart
And boys can’t put them back together

Velvet voice, your car the only noise
As you soothed the creases from my brow
All my fears that I’ve harboured all these years
Were forgotten by the end of the hour

Foolish child,
These games are far too hard
Mind your heart next time
Foolish child,
Watch your bones fall apart
And boys can’t put them back together

Watch your step, ’cause your soul’s all you’ve left
When you’re lying deep in the ground

Copperphone

Oh, we’re spinning ’round too fast
I reach out but I don’t get a grasp
Oh, we’re spinning ’round too fast
I speak out but I don’t ever ask

Hey, you’re screaming at me too loud
I can’t figure out a way around
Hey, you haven’t even told me your name

Say you wrote the song that I heard
But I know you didn’t write a word
Still you’re the one who’s getting the fame

Every hour, every station
We’ll be blessed by your creation
Everyone will have that song on their mind

But I know with every playing
There’s no truth to what you’re saying
They’ve just written what they know we will like

Stay with me any minute
Now you’ll see they’ll be finding
So many reasons for them
Not to leave

Stare Well

Meet me in the hallway, in the middle of the night
The door reveals the mountain air, there’s still no sign of light
The love within your stare, well
It’s making me feel I’ve been hypnotised

Meet me in the forest, and it’s there we’ll build our home
The city life is boring, there’s enough warmth in our bones
And every time you’re close, well
You’re making me feel like I’m paralysed
You’re making me feel like I’m paralysed

Meet me in the mountains, and we’ll turn towards the east
And as the sun arises, it supplies us with our heat
And every time I speak, well
You’re making me feel like I’ve improvised

Meet me in the morning, as the rain settles in
The storm confirms that winter’s here, we’ll shed our summer skin
And every time you’re near, well
You’re making me feel so romanticised
You’re making me feel so romanticised

It’s time we leave this town
We’ll head for higher ground
We’ll say we’re mountain-bound for somewhere better
It’s time we build our home
We’ll find strength in our bones
We’ll leave, forever known for this adventure

So it’s okay for you to change to somewhere higher
We’ll make a move, we’ll make a way, we’ll start the fire
We’ll sleep for days, and when we wake
We can retire

It’s not the same, it’s not the same, now that we’re older
We wish for warmth, and wish for change, and want it colder
A change of place, a change of pace, pick up our shoulders
Pick up our shoulders

Aisle Seat

I guess I should be leaving soon
But right now I’m scared to leave the room
Cause if I return, well I know you’ll be here
We can pray I miss the lights
And then I’m too late to catch the flight
And I’ll have to stay with you another year

It’s probably best if I don’t speak
Cause what I want to say
Is not acceptable in places quite like these
Not sure what I should do
I guess I’ll just appreciate
The company of someone quite like you

It’s just a mass of stony beach
We’re travelling so fast, but those below,
They underestimate our speed
We’re swallowed into blue
Could this be the emergency
That finally puts those exits to their use?

But in time we will all
Fall down to where we started it all
And this time when you call
I’ll tell you I’ve been sorry since the moment I departed New York

It’s probably best if I don’t sleep
The nights are getting longer,
You’re just trying to fill the space between the sheets
Still I won’t fill the room
I’ll rearrange the house
But never quite remove the space left there by you

My neighbour’s fast asleep
Still, I can’t help but think of how
They’re using up the honoured window seat
They’re blocking out the view
The infinite blue ocean,
We’re doing what we can to chase the moon

But in time we will all
Fall down to where we started it all
And this time when you call
I’ll tell you I’ve been sorry since the moment I departed New York

‘Cause if my plane had never shown,
And if our pain had never grown
We’d have worked it ’til near perfect
And believed that we were home

And it’s been hours since I woke,
And it’s been days now since we spoke
And I’ve been drinking, slowly sinking
Since my television broke

Still the puzzle’s left undone,
And we’re just left chasing the sun
I’m left wishing it was over
Just as soon as we’d begun

And I’ve a suitcase filled with sand,
And I’ve your letter in my hand
I must leave it and can’t see it ’til we land

If Only, For Now Pt. 1

Lay your head on my shoulder
Pour your scars on my skin
I know we’re getting older
Just let it begin

You can’t reason with lovers
‘Cause they only see reasons why
It’s hard to see what you need
With stars in your eyes

So don’t let me down
You don’t know what you’re talking about now
Don’t go and say that you mean it,
‘Cause I believe you won’t let me down
I know we’re just thinking out loud
I won’t just say that I’ve seen it
I’ll leave it to work itself out

Sometimes I wish we were strangers
Then leaving wouldn’t hurt me so much
But I’d sooner die than goodbye
And not know your touch

So don’t let me down
You don’t know what you’re talking about now
Don’t go and say that you mean it,
Cause I believe you won’t let me down
I know we’re just thinking out loud
I won’t just say that I’ve seen it
I’ll leave it to work itself out

But I will fight
And hope that there’s hope left inside of you now
I’m frightened that everything you ever loved
Has now lost its desire

If Only, For Now Pt. 2

The dust it set, the flag it blew
The lights went out all over you
And as we left, the tree came down
There was not a breath to break the mighty sound

The humming tone drew us in
The hidden door, the blowing wind
From the river bed, the stony ground
The iron shed, the ocean sound

We could just stay here, if only for now
We could just say this won’t bring us back down
To the ground where we lay

The dust it set, the flag it blew
The lights went out, and darkness grew
And as we left, the silence broke
And from the depths, the voices spoke

And what they said drew us in
The secret note, the blowing wind
From the river bed, the stony ground
The iron shed, we’re homeward bound

We could just stay here, if only for now
We could just say this won’t bring us back down
To the ground where we lay

So hold on tight, hold ’til it’s numbing,
‘Til your palms have gone white, cause change is always coming, so
Check your grasp, the movement approaches
And it’s coming on fast, we’ll hit before you know it, so

While We're Here

She said to find peace in this life,
You have to live it well
I said, how can you tell

She said the only cure for this love
Is to learn to love you more
I said, how can you be sure

Cause try as we might, we don’t get out alive
And we are all just driven by the fear
So let’s take this night, begin to live or start to die
Cause loving’s all we’ve got while we’re here,
While we’re here

You said my only fear in this world
Is to truly show my face
I said, don’t let life go to waste

You said I never believed
That love is even real
I said you never got to feel

Cause try as we might, we don’t get out alive
And we are all just driven by the fear
So let’s take this night, begin to live or start to die
Cause loving’s all we’ve got while we’re here,
While we’re here

She said, don’t you remember,
Cause I can’t seem to forget you
You know I’ll never let you down

He said, that’s not the issue,
But every time I was with you,
My feet wouldn’t touch the ground

She said, don’t you remember,
Cause I can’t seem to forget you
You know I’ll never let you down

The Storm

Well I know how you’re feeling,
Come on I’ll take you home
You’re walking on the ceiling,
You’re stealing the show

In the morning you’ll feel better,
But this is not a joke
It’s a storm that you can’t weather,
It’s better we go

So close your eyes and take a breath
I will only try what I think’s best for us

Take a seat and slow it down
Try to see how this is for the rest of us

Cause I can see the storm, it’s closing in
And the rain will only fall where we have been
And we’ll be fine as long as we keep travelling, oh

I know that you’ve been thinking
The room is spinning ’round
But darling you’ve been drinking,
And it’s bringing us down

I know that you’ve been dreaming,
Cause I can see it on your face
It’s time that we were leaving,
Cause you’re not seeing straight,
Oh, you’re not seeing straight

So close your eyes and take a breath
I will only try what I think’s best for us

Take a seat and slow it down
Try to see how this is for the rest of us

Cause I can see the storm, it’s closing in
And the rain will only fall where we have been
And we’ll be fine as long as we keep travelling, oh

Wave

Oh, my love for you, it goes on, it goes on
My love for you, it goes on

There’s a bridge running over the water
And I could take it and get straight to you,
But there’s so much left to make of this

Though the water’s running faster than ever
We could dive in if we wanted to
And it could take us somewhere else than this

There’s a ship going over the ocean
And we could take it at a steady pace
Cause there’s so much more to learn from this

But if it comes to be the greatest of options
We could dive into the tidal wave
And I’ll still be glad it’s turned to this

So I’ll run, cause it’s all that I can do

There’s a place where the river is narrow
And we could jump it rather easily
But there’s so much left to still decide

If it comes to be, the water is shallow
We should wait to get across the stream
Cause I’m still not sure which is the better side

So I’ll run, cause it’s all that I can do
It’s all that I can do

There’s a place, there’s a time
It’s a race to the line again,
I’ll give chase

There’s a start, there’s an end
There’s a place in my heart again,
I’ll make haste

There’s a place, there’s a time
It’s a race to the line again,
I’ll give chase

There’s a start, there’s an end
There’s a place in my heart again,
I’ll make haste

Oh, my love for you, it goes on, it goes on
My love for you, it goes on, hey hey hey yeah
My love for you, it goes on, it goes on,
My love for you, it goes on

Jacarandas

I hang my heart on the line
In the early afternoon
I try to wring it dry
But it still remembers you

I tell my friends I’m fine
And I tell that to you too
My ma says I’ve lost my spine

All of my body aches for your body
Still I tell nobody what I know
All of the reasons I stayed quiet,
I no longer believe them
These are the few things that I know

In spring, the jacarandas bloom
And hailstorms make me think of you
It’s all a little quieter when you leave

I paint my heart on the fence
And I wait and watch it dry
I sit and try to brush away
The thought you’re still not satisfied

Your morning kiss over coffee
Started feeling like goodbye
I saw the jacarandas die

All of my body aches for your body
Still I tell nobody what I know
All of the reasons I stayed quiet,
I no longer believe them
These are the few things that I know

If early skies are stained with red
The fishermen will stay in bed
I hope the hail makes you think of me

Nothing makes me miss you more
Than peach-grey clouds and all your flaws
The colours all feel tireder when you leave

When you leave,
I wake later in the day
When you leave,
My nights burn out in the tray
When you leave me
I run out of things to say

When you leave
When you leave
When you leave
Oh, when you leave me

Keep On Coming Over

You’re drumming on my door
Where I am pressed against the floor
And pressed for breath
And I’m a man, but often manic
I am the pound and I am the panic in my chest

There’s a side of you that’s tried and true
That tried to do the best with what I gave
But my anxiety’s like prejudice and lecithin
It’s in everything these days

Keep on coming over,
Keep on coming around
And kicking the door down
I need it more now
Than you’ll ever know
I got myself sober
So my mind’s a little quicker,
Quicker on the draw now
Better the devil you know
Than some drunkard you don’t

Here’s to the hopeless, the hopeful and hope-filling
The unstable, unable and unwilling
And here’s to those who need a break from feeling broke
Here’s to finding what it takes for us to cope
For us to cope

 

Well I kept my drug store saviours at arm’s length
At the expense of better sleep
Though it taught me to be patient
That brand of education don’t come cheap

And my shoulders grind most of the time,
But that’s fine, I’m told it’s where I hold my stress
Most of what I hold just tends to vanish
So I’m surprised there’s any left

Keep on coming over,
Keep on coming around
And kicking the door down
I need it more now
Than you’ll ever know
I got myself sober
So my mind’s a little quicker,
Quicker on the draw now
Better the devil you know
Than some drunkard you don’t

 

Here’s to those who need a break from feeling broke
And here’s to finding what it takes for us to cope

Thank God

Don’t they say that love evades the laws of physics?
I’m pretty sure that’s what I thought when I met you
Between my mother and my friends, you found your critics
Still there’s no limit to the boundaries you blew through

You always said enough with no specifics
Try and blind me with the science, and skip the truth
Well I tried to park the thought, but my mind kept driving
When it arrived, I found some second thoughts on you

Thank god that I’m prone to overthinking
Thank god that I thought ’til I was sure
Thank god I let it hurt and let it sink in
Now I can tell you without blinking
I don’t need you anymore

 

Don’t they say that love is blind and blame is blinding?
That explains most of the time I spent with you
So you can keep your family name and social climbing
It’s time I start shining like the diamond I outgrew

Thank god that I’m prone to overthinking
Thank god that I thought ’til I was sure
Thank god I let it hurt and let it sink in
Now I can tell you without blinking
I don’t need you anymore

 

You once said, “All that ends just ends poorly”,
So don’t try calling me bawling when you’re pissed
There’s no ‘happy’, there’s no ‘ever after’ to this story
And I’ve no urge to reconcile or reminisce
I’ve put more than I ought to into this

Thank god that I’m prone to overthinking
Thank god that I thought ’til I was sure
Thank god I let it hurt and let it sink in
Now I can tell you without blinking
I don’t need you anymore

thank god (single) – 2023

Thank God (single, 2023)
1. Thank God

CREDITS

Released 1 December 2023

Engineered and mixed by Renn Picard at his home studio, Belgrave
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne
Artwork by Simon Pickering and The Northern Folk

Written and performed by The Northern Folk: Paul Dyason, Georgie Currie, Jayden Dunne, Edward Caunt, Miguel Hutton, Alex Cameron, Khayl Picard, Renn Picard, Grace Hornsby, William Carey, and James Eggleston.

keep on coming over (single) – 2023

Keep On Coming Over (single, 2023)
1. Keep On Coming Over

CREDITS

Released 23 June 2023

Engineered and mixed by Renn Picard at his home studio, Belgrave

Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne
Artwork by The Northern Folk

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Written and performed by The Northern Folk: Paul Dyason, Georgie Currie, Jayden Dunne, Edward Caunt, Miguel Hutton, Alex Cameron, Khayl Picard, Renn Picard, Grace Hornsby, Will Carey, and James Eggleston.

jacarandas (single) – 2022

Jacarandas (single, 2022)
1. Jacarandas

CREDITS

Released 2 December 2022

Engineered and mixed by Renn Picard at his home studio, Belgrave
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne
Artwork by The Northern Folk and Mark Day

Written and performed by The Northern Folk: Paul Dyason, Georgie Currie, Jayden Dunne, Edward Caunt, William Carey, Alex Cameron, Khayl Picard, Renn Picard, Grace Hornsby, and James Eggleston.

watermark – 2019

Watermark (2019)
1. Better Him Than Me
2. Atticus
3. Cynics
4. St Philomena
5. Get On
6. High Horse
7. Watermark
8. Cold
9. Lover, I’m Pleading With You
10. Fourteen Days

CREDITS

Released 29 March 2019

All tracks recorded at Newmarket Studios, North Melbourne

‘Get On’ engineered and mixed by Callum Barter at Newmarket Studios
With Michael Parker – trumpet

All other tracks engineered by Julian McKenzie at Newmarket Studios
Mixed by Callum Barter at Remo Music, Highland Park, Los Angeles
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne

Artwork by Amber Gittins (original work titled ‘Outback Storm’)
Logo by Kristian Rasmussen

All songs written and performed by The Northern Folk: Paul Dyason, Georgie Currie, James Eggleston, Jayden Dunne, Edward Caunt, William Carey, Alex Cameron, Khayl Picard, Renn Picard, and Grace Hornsby.

stumble on home – 2016

Stumble On Home (2016)
1. If It Keeps On Raining
2. Stovetop Coffee
3. In For A Penny
4. To Build A Boat
5. Whiskey Jesus
6. Libertine
7. Foolish Child

CREDITS

Released 28 October 2016
Engineered and mixed by Adam Rhodes at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Mastered by Ross Cockle at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Artwork by Alison Percy

All songs written and performed by The Northern Folk: Paul Dyason, Georgie Currie, James Eggleston, Jayden Dunne, Edward Caunt, William Carey, Alex Cameron, Khayl Picard, Renn Picard, Michael Parker, and Grace Hornsby.

the northern folk – 2015

Self-titled (2015)
1. Copperphone
2. Stare Well
3. Aisle Seat
4. If Only, For Now Pt. 1
5. If Only, For Now Pt. 2
6. While We’re Here
7. The Storm
8. Wave

CREDITS

Released 2 October 2015
Engineered and mixed by Adam Boon at Professional Audio Services, Wodonga
Mastered by Tony Boon at Professional Audio Services, Wodonga
Artwork by Nora Goodbourn

All songs written and performed by The Northern Folk: Paul Dyason, Georgie Currie, James Eggleston, Edward Caunt, William Carey, Alex Cameron, Khayl Picard, Renn Picard, and Michael Parker.

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