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Miles Away
03:54
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I spend days that turn to weeks lying in wait
For letters blotted by ink that bleeds
Like brothers on the fore
I miss them all but I miss you more
Do you ever think that we could be what you see in dreams?
Twenty-four wars a day when I'm away, miles away
We know hell for heaven's sake
Miles away, you're miles away
Live to fight another day
Miles away, you're miles away
Can you feel me in the moment you awake?
Feel the breath and the gentle weight
I still see you every morning
Getting dressed while I'm still half asleep
Does the image ever fade away?
I used to love that autumn breeze
But every draw of air's a waste
When you're deader than the leaves
We know hell for heaven's sake
Miles away, you're miles away
Caught a fever that won't shake
Miles away, you're miles away
Boots are shined and rifle's clean
Miles away, you're miles away
Live to fight another day
Miles away, you're miles away
It's all we talk about these days
All the waiting and the wanting in between
I know that you'll keep safe all those miles away
But now I want to bleed
Like every brother before me in the war
I’d rather walk toward the gates
Than march in line and miss you more
We know hell for heaven's sake
Miles away, you're miles away
Caught a fever that won't shake
Miles away, you're miles away
Boots are shined and rifle's clean
Miles away, you're miles away
Live to fight another day
Miles away, you're miles away
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Fix Yourself
03:41
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So tell me now, do you ever wonder
Just what does it take to be a beggar or a priest
To be a sinner or a saint
Do you live your life never satisfied
In a world of sex, drugs and petty crime
Ooh, keep on living in the fast lane
Ooh, till the sirens come a-wailing
Waste away the days in a prison cell
So beg, borrow and steal, ain't got no soul to sell
Make a trade to save yourself a fate in hell
But heaven can't fix you, you're gonna have to fix yourself
With belief in a bottle and faith in a knife
You're a staggering drunk wasting all your life
What will it take to be ashamed?
Lost every friend, lost a family
Ooh, take a little bit of everything
Ooh, till there's nothing left for sharing
Waste away the days in a prison cell
So beg, borrow and steal, ain't got no soul to sell
Make a trade to save yourself a fate in hell
But heaven can't fix you, you're gonna have to fix yourself
Found a home lying cold in the dirty ground
So kick, yell and scream, ain't making any sound
Turn your eyes to the sky but it don't help
Heaven can't fix you, you're gonna have to fix yourself
Waste away the days in a prison cell
So beg, borrow and steal, ain't got no soul to sell
Make a trade to save yourself a fate in hell
But heaven can't fix you, you're gonna have to fix yourself
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Heavy Head
04:02
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The millstone hangs around your neck
And leaves a mark upon your skin
I’ve held it in my weathered hands
And shared the weight of all your sins
So hang your head and make your way
Through all the longest, darkest days
But there’s a light that’s shining down
And you can wear it as a crown, my dear
When the sun was a common scene
We were living so blissfully
The days would flourish and when dusk would fall
You were a roaring flame
Now dark clouds hide the sky
In between each horizon line
And you are the faintest fire flickering under the pouring rain
Halo, halo, let the glow illuminate your face
Halo, halo, let it give you levity and grace
Hold up your heavy head, and
Hold up a light to guide the way
You toss and turn at night
Cloaked in blue hues of moonlight
I’ll softly sing a lullaby
To ease your mind enough to get some sleep
Halo, halo, let the glow illuminate your face
Halo, halo, let it give you levity and grace
Hold up your heavy head, and
Hold up a light to guide the way
The millstone hangs around your neck
And leaves a mark upon your skin
I’ve held it in my weathered hands
And shared the weight of all your sins
So hang your head and make your way
Through all the longest, darkest days
But there’s a light that’s shining down
And you can wear it as a crown, my dear
Halo, halo, let the glow illuminate your face
Halo, halo, let it give you levity and grace
Hold up your heavy head, and
Hold up a light to guide the way
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Golden Age
03:35
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Everyone had sailed away and left the rest of us behind
I would sit along the shore and watch the turning of the tides
But then a ripple in the water grew into a crashing wave
So I held my breath and let the current wash me far away
And I keep thinking…
Hey now, hey now, let it go
The golden age feels like a life ago
While I gaze into the darkness high above the city lights
There’s a busker on the corner playing softly to the night
In this town I’ve loved forever, I will hum its favourite songs
There’s a clock tower that keeps chiming and my heart beats right along
Yeah, I keep thinking…
Hey now, hey now, let it go
The golden age feels like a life ago
Let my body float down the river to my home
For every colour turned to grey
Gild a lily and see it gleam
In a golden age, a new golden age
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5. |
Live Forever (Never Die)
05:38
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There's a bird in the sky
I've been watching it fly
In a circle outside the window of my bedroom
Why won't it soar away to some far-off place
And spread its golden wings?
It just flutters nearby, forms a nest in my mind
I've been feeling like a flower that has barely taken root
And I have blossomed but I still have yet to bloom
With the silvery grey and the wrinkles of age
The afternoon light glows warmly across your face
In fragments of memory, lost and retrieved
Assembled patiently into words on a page
Your story is safe
I've been tearing out the pages trying to rewrite and rework
With your initials in the margins full of notes
If only I could live forever and this book would never end
I'd set it up in flames then start it all again
But it's not like that
No, I can't live a lie that I will never die
But I'll go slowly and gracefully into it
The seasons go by with the passing of time
As I carry my pride and regrets alike
But one day I'll pull the weeds
And plant new seeds
In gardens that you grew
Where I blossomed and then finally came into bloom
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Swan Dive
04:59
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Looked out the highest floor at roads and cars beneath
The concrete begs to break the man who takes the leap
So swan dive into the dark, dark waters
Final prayers to the holy father
But then I saw you on a ledge across from me
I knew to save your life I'd need to save mine
Of all the lonely souls, what luck that ours would meet
The air so sharp and cold on four dangling feet
So run far from our dark, dark desert
Meet me down by the edge of the river
Bathe in graciousness and wash the conscience clean
I knew to save your life I'd need to save mine
Climb off that ridge, go to bed and close your eyes
No heroes here, just a man who changed his mind
Soft in my hands, let me hold you like a prize
My cross to bear, to carry on and save a life
I knew to save your life I'd need to save mine
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Sleeping on a Train
02:52
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Watch the daily setting of the sun
The last gold ray of light and your face in the landscape
Hours spent on lines across the earth
The ties that bind two souls and form a trail of longing
Blame it on the phases of the moon
Blame the wax and wane and all those days that I spent sleeping on a train
Sorry for the nights I spent alone
Sweating out the guilt of leaving in a fever dream
In the hotel bars there'd always be
A lonely old man who looked just a bit too much like me
Now it's been a year since I’ve been gone
It hasn't felt like very long
The distances get greater every day
So blame the sun for fading light,
and blame the moon for lonely nights,
and blame the life that led me far away.
And I'm sorry for the goodbyes and so-longs
Sorry for the pain and all those days that I spent sleeping on a train
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8. |
Down by the Lake
03:48
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Down by the lake the ice began to thaw
Slowly warmed by the early spring's sun
It looked almost safe enough to cross
I tested it to see if it would hold
Left a single footprint in the snow
The second step carved a jagged hole,
and I fell right through
You found me fighting off the deadly frost
Pulled me out and let me sleep it off
Wrapped up like a blanket in your arms.
(Skin on skin for body warmth, a rush of blood to the core.)
I was cold and blue in the lips
But you lit a little fire in your area hands,
Kissed me so I'd close my eyes again
While you sang under your breath.
(Tender touch to soothe and calm, not unlike a mother's love)
(Songbird singing slow and soft to the rhythm of a beating heart)
So say goodnight before I fall asleep
For parting words in case I never wake
Why'd it have to be me?
Walked out in a daze after dark
Bartender said I'd had enough, but
He couldn't fix a drink too strong.
(Liquid courage and heavy smoke, another couple for the road)
Stumbled my way back down to the bay
Not too far from where I was first saved
Will you be there this time if it breaks?
Just to bring me back from the brink
(Nothing gained and nothing lost. It’s still a line I’ve yet to cross.)
(But I’m drunk and not myself. My bad luck has taught me well.)
So when I go please don't forget my name
For a soul at rest to not have lived in vain
But why'd it have to be me?
And say goodnight before I fall asleep
For parting words in case I never wake
Dark wind blowing from the north
I'm shaking as I'm pulled ashore
Cold air crawling up my spine
I'm out of luck and out of time
Lay me down to watch the stars
Through the moonroof of your car
Bring me home and dry my clothes
I’ll sleep so soundly, comatose
Count my blessings, say my prayers
As gentle fingers comb my hair
There's a halo over your head
Golden light so magnificent
How'd you find me? How'd you know?
It doesn't matter, I suppose
But I won't make the same mistake
of tempting fate down by the lake
Never ever, not again
Never ever, not again
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Beautiful End
04:09
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Called you up on Sunday morning,
at the cemetery gates
Reaching for the words in vain
So many left to learn to say,
and it makes me so afraid
Never been a man of faith
But I would kneel to pray
At your bedside or in the nave
If it meant that you could stay
But it won’t change a thing
I'll burn your letters and look for your face
Faintly silhouetted in the flames
Love rekindled at our beautiful end someday
On little walks we'd watch the sunrise
New light on everything
I'd chase the gulls along the shoreline,
with envy for their wings
And the will to fly away
Shadows cast on rolling hills
The skyline in the night
After heaven's light has spilled
Into the azure of your eyes
Skin this thick shouldn't bleed for anything
But they're sharpening their blades
Be my healer at our beautiful end someday
Till once again we meet
I'll save reminders, gather memories
Locked away in boxes or in frames
Cling to relics at our beautiful end someday
Years rush by at such a hurried pace,
and we're all showing our age
Will you wait there at our beautiful end someday?
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The Evergreens
03:36
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The city gets the best of us
Young lovers with old hearts
Just trying to make it through the night
Sunrise on red eyes and I resent the morning light
New scenery could comfort me
Those yesterdays are far away
Fast living has us wasting time
Away from love and away from life
So I'm off to the country
Where the stars are your eyes watching over me
I'll live with you forevermore, 'cause I found my way to the evergreens
Do you remember when you were a kid,
Rosy-cheeked and innocent?
Lying small and naked on a bed
Cradled in forever-loving hands
Halos over angels' heads with bodies full of oxygen
We were given all we need to live a better life and now I'm living it, so…
I'll live with you forevermore, 'cause I found my way to the evergreens
On the outskirts of town in that cool, autumn breeze
With the howl and the whisper of the wind in the trees
I will bury my sins and the dirt won't remember my name
I'll live with you forevermore, 'cause I found my way to the evergreens
Never felt so lost before, when I fell out of love with everything
Now I wait at heaven's door, 'cause I know what a life of loving means
And I'll live with you forevermore, 'cause I found my way to the evergreens
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11. |
Simple Pleasures
04:14
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Brother, come and wake me up
Every day is remade from dusk to dawn
Life and death will guide us all
Simple pleasures help me carry on
Brother, come and sing a song
While we're waiting for the sky to fall
The day of reckoning has come
Hell and heaven ain't so far along
I never could decide which way to walk
I fought these wars for years and years
Did none of them really exist?
I woke up screaming in the night
And never found a cure for it
But it's past time to recognize
The little things that make a life
Brother, look at what we've done
There's a better world before our eyes
I’ll bite my lip and taste the blood
Just to know for sure that I'm alive
The storm has come and gone and we survived
Brother, come and wake me up
Every day is remade from dusk to dawn
Life and death will guide us all
Simple pleasures help me carry on
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Rock 'n' roll band from Ottawa, Canada.
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