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Kevin
03:54
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The man I remember poised like a tower of cards flawed and ready to fall
So proud of his music that he’s been stealing it back – when it’s ready’s his call
If it’s ever ready at all
Still the – The time would come when he would open and sing
And for those few hours he’d forget everything
A hollow look under a furrowed brow
You’d never tell but he’s happier – now
And he tired of the travelling so he up cut his ties with his band, a green light turned red
The words of a poet but set to older ideas - still lost in his head
Why couldn’t it be someone else instead?
Still the – The time would come when he would open and sing
And for those few hours he’d forget everything
A hollow look under a furrowed brow
You’d never tell but he’s happier – now
Out in the words and stories illness could never stop
There’s a generation shouts out Geno, Geno, Geno
He’s out of the public eye now, but he’s still at the top
Forever glowing brightly – cause that man had
Soul, soul, soul
I am searching for him cause he was searching for me x 8
Soul, soul, soul
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Possibilities
02:40
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Some time, way back in the day
We came together just to try it
And it all seemed to be rolling on fine
- Until it suddenly went down down
So I’ve tried to figure it out now
Thinking back through all of the shouting
And maybe you’re all that I need today
<Maybe I just need to know>
Is it too late for L O V E?
And will you come and see me? See me?
We’ve got all possibilities.
In the months gone past my memory seems to be tainted
As the hours roll by I remember the laughs, and forget about the ear ache
Did we really spend so many days fighting when all the time we could’ve been dancing?
And maybe you’re all that I need today
<Maybe I just need to know>
Is it too late for L O V E?
And will you come and see me? See me?
We’ve got all possibilities.
Try taking a backwards step see where it leads
Cause you’re not the same now, and it’s all a game to me
On second thoughts you’re better off back there, memories belong in the past where
Those little moments are ours
I’ll think of you with a laugh and a smile
At all of the good time
But my life here right now is my own,
and I’m doing fine
<Maybe I just needed to know>
It’s too late for L O V E?
So don’t come and see me, see me
We’ve got no possibilities
It’s too late for L O V E?
So don’t come and see me, see me
We’ve got no possibilities
It’s too late for L O V E?
So don’t come and see me, see me
We’ve got no possibilities
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3. |
The Everyday Man
03:18
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As the daylight breaks in the vale of white horses
A busy hive of human Endeavour
A man wakes up part of the machine
And starts once again his unending routine (cause)
He’s
An Everyday Man
With an Everyday life
Doing all that he can to fight it out
As the door swings closed on his suburban castle
Without a word for his wife and his children
He walks the same streets, year after year
Whilst the clocks ticks on and retirement draws near (cause)
He’s
(An Everyday Man living)
An Everyday Man
(In his Everyday life hoping)
With an Everyday life
(That some day it’ll all be worth it)
Doing all that he can – to fight (but)
Say what you will about him
In this life you get what you put in
Day by day it’s dull and it’s grim
Time – And – Tide but he soldiers on
But on this particular black and grey morning
A change of plans arrives without warning
And down he falls, his heart given in (and he thinks)
“If this is the end why did I begin?” (cause)
He’s
(An Everyday Man living)
An Everyday Man
(In his Everyday life hoping)
With an Everyday life
(That some day it’ll all be worth it)
Doing all that he can – to fight (but)
Say what you will about him
In this life you get what you put in
Day by day it’s dull and it’s grim
Time – And – Tide – But that has run out
Too much – too late – He’s got no further to go
And in his – Memories – He’s wasted everyday
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4. |
Sickness
05:01
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I came down with an illness, a sickness of the heart
What should’ve been heaven was hell from the start
And oh how desire and will can disguise
The right from the wrong pull the wool over my eyes
But it was fun girl I won’t lie - like the blind leading the blind
Still there was something awry - and now, now I know why
I came down with an illness, a sickness of the heart
What should’ve been heaven was hell from the start
And oh how desire and will can disguise
The right from the wrong pull the wool over my eyes
Well they say nothing lasts forever and we had troubles you and I
So I’m packed up and leaving today cause we had our love and it wasn’t enough
You see it seems you like complaining and I want an easy life
So I’m heading for the open road cause we had our love and it wasn’t enough
It goes on, my heart goes on to better days
It goes on, my love goes on
Now life a running battle and misery loves company
So I’m leaving through that open door cause we had our love and it wasn’t enough
It goes on, my heart goes on to better days
It goes on, my love goes on
Well you know that I still love you, but I guess not by that much
So I leave you this fondest farewell cause we had our love and it wasn’t enough
It goes on, my heart goes on to better days
It goes on, my love goes on – yeah
It goes on, my heart goes on to better days
It goes on, my love goes on to better days
It goes on, my heart goes on to better days
It goes on, my love goes on and on and on and on and on
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5. |
Better Than This
03:39
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People say I’m all about forgiveness – I guess they don’t know
About the hopes and dreams that faded away and how I love you so
(Can’t go on) I just can’t go on / (Feeling strong) Oh with these feelings strong
I’ve got so much to lose / When I dream of you
Still I said heartache fade away, why you leaving me this way?
I wanted much better than this
The fall out from you and I, has left this hole inside
And I wanted much better than this
People say – what about the endings? Where do you go now?
Cause when you left it seems my heart lost forever under a darkened cloud
(Can’t go on) I just can’t go on / (Feeling strong) Oh with these feelings strong
I’ve got so much to lose / When I dream of you
Still I said heartache fade away, why you leaving me this way?
I wanted much better than this
The fall out from you and I, has left this hole inside
And I wanted much better than this
If I did wrong forgive me honey / it’ll always me my cross to bear
And I can see the rain fall down my tears are soaking through
I look in my arms but you’re not there
(Can’t go on) I just can’t go on / (Feeling strong) Oh with these feelings strong
I’ve got so much to lose / When I dream of you
Still I said heartache fade away, why you leaving me this way?
I wanted much better than this
The fall out from you and I, has left this hole inside
And I wanted much better than this
Still I said heartache fade away, why you leaving me this way?
I wanted much better than this
The fall out from you and I, has left this hole inside
And I wanted much better than this
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Waves
03:56
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The morning light it fades, down to chilly grey
the lines fall from my fingers to the page
Wrapped in alcoholic haze, I wander to the riverside
For there I'll make my name by stopping time
Thinking
I hope this voice won’t leave me
‘Cause I will be the one who’s screaming out
For God and all to hear me
Believe me when I say…
The bramble roots inside my mind, dig into my heart
As the icy water stings my fingertips
To leave you happier alone, is happiness itself (So)
With a final look into the cold I dive
Shouting
I hope this voice won’t leave me
‘Cause I will be the one who’s screaming out
For God and all to hear me
And I will be the one departed
Become a ghost, become all that we dreamed and all that we hoped
And I will be the one who’s screaming out
For God and all to hear me
And I will ever be the one
That’s leaving
There’ll be no difference when I’m gone
As I open my eyes underwater now, I see my spirit go floating away
And the rushes and weeds are holding me down in the wash and the silt of this bed
A frozen breath it enters my lungs, and I'm held in this liquid caress
The current draws past as I'm breathing my last, pulling the words and the air
And the waves pour down they’re falling on me, washing away
I hope this voice won’t leave me
‘Cause I will be the one who’s screaming out
For God and all to hear me
And I will be the one departed
Become a ghost, become all that we dreamed and all that we hoped
And I will be the one who’s screaming out
For God and all to hear me
And I will be the one departed
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Divorce
03:13
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We’ve been going round in circles for weeks now we’re through
Door slams and crash lands as this falls apart
And I’d like to say that the memories are always gonna be some of my worst
Don’t let the door hit you as you pass my heart isn’t breaking now you’re
Gone – who cares just where it went wrong?
I’m well out of this, well out of here so thanks for the years
It’s better for me now with a D.I.V.O.R.C.E
And where do I go and what’ll I do now that we’re through?
It’s not up to you
6 years, 3 months and 14 days clocks ticking away god what a waste
Stop drinking and talking and get the hell on out of here
Onwards and upwards step by step, forwards to never look back again
Good riddance I’m best off by myself, my own path to walk down now you’re
Gone – who cares just where it went wrong?
I’m well out of this, well out of here so thanks for the years
It’s better for me now with a D.I.V.O.R.C.E
And where do I go and what’ll I do now that we’re through?
It’s not up to you
We’ll always be together even though we hate each other
Cause you’re still stuck here in my head
We’ll always be together even though we hate each other
Cause you’re still stuck here in my head
You’re still stuck here in my head
I’m well out of this, well out of here so thanks for the years
It’s better for me now with a D.I.V.O.R.C.E
And where do I go and what’ll I do now that we’re through?
It’s not up to you
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8. |
The Unknown Soldier
03:25
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Just by closing my eyes the world disappears
and this mud flattened hell returns to a field but I’m
So far from safe and warm
My one embrace is the rain falling
So I’ll wait for the war
To take men as it did before, it did before
So day after day, week after week
I’m cradling cigarettes nervously counting
the shadows of men as normal as we are
hoping and waiting for 3 clear signals to
Light up the night sky
but all I get is the bombs falling
So I’ll wait for the war
To take men as it did before
And I’ll pray that this gun won’t fall
Over land and the ocean blue, so blue
With luck and fortune and the beat of a heart
I’ll find a way
So I’ll wait for the war
To take men as it did before
But I know that this gun won’t fall
And I’ll be dancing again in my true loves arms, dancing again
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9. |
21 Days In July
05:11
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On the loneliest road on the grandest of stages he rides
Making a name for 21 days in July
The quietest form of a champion testing his might
For 3 weeks and a dream, chasing yellow not gold for a prize
(cause) He’s come of age
He’s come of age – he’s come of age
(piano solo)
Now further down the road he takes time to see what he’s become
As the names and threats fall back far below, yet he carries on
The confidence is coursing, his heart a driven thumping so strong
If the boy became a man, then this man’s become a kingdom of one
(cause) He’s come of age
He’s come of age – he’s come of age
So one foot after next will fall, to drive him through the barriers
With back and blinding honest pain, through gritted teeth he’ll carry it
He’s climbing up, the highest heights
Through altitude and oxygen
To find himself to be the one alive
(cause) He’s come of age
(the day he came of) age
(that man’s come of) age
He’s come of age
He’s come of age
The day he came of age
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10. |
In This Night Time
04:29
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As the rain falls on satin wood floors a pattered refrain
The only traveller drunken teacher I sit lonely again
But now I notice a shape and outline silhouetted clear
I feel my breath short as this vision whispers close and says… and she says
“Well what is your name?
(Well…………………………….What is your name?)
Do you have the time to stay out late?
(…………………………………..stay out late?)
Let’s, let’s find a way
(Let’s……………………… Let’s find a way)
To be one, and the same”
And my heart screams so loud that I must be dreaming
Spirit or woman, never fade away
Take all my money there’s nothing I will be needing
For in this night-time I’m King for a Day
You are the Beauty shimmer and saviour this moment’s the end
In captivity you captivate me so whisper close and say… and you’ll say
“Well what is your name?
Do you have the time to stay out late?
Let’s, let’s find a way
To be one, and the same”
And my heart screams so loud that I must be dreaming
Spirit or woman, never fade away
Take all my money there’s nothing I will be needing
For in this night-time I’m King for a Day
Reborn where we are alive in your arms woken now to find my way home
Well every touch and small caress, fleeting as they pass, stirs me from my slumber again
If it’s a minute or an hour the sun can hide its face, I never want this evening to end
Cause as the rays rise in the sky you try to fade away and I find myself I’m pleading now
Let’s find a way let’s travel the world in a pair but even as the words come out you’re gone
I hope we meet again under the evening sun I’ll walk right up to you and take your arm… and I’ll say
“Well what is your name?
Do you have the time to stay out late?
Let’s, let’s find a way
To be one, and the same”
And my heart screams so loud that I must be dreaming
Spirit or woman, never fade away
Take all my money there’s nothing I will be needing
For in this night-time I’m King for a Day
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11. |
Mata Hari (Parts 1 & 2)
05:10
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In a little part of time and space
An elegant beauty in the lure of fame
From small town, to far east, she chased a dream of gold (and yet that)
Saddest smile remained
But with a name, Parisian, the eye of dawn
She became the daydream of one and all
And so her act, would carry fame, from one coast to the next (till the)
Men began to call (but)
She should have been careful who she lay with
Kept hold of her secrets
Cause nothing was as sure as it seemed
The lives of 50 thousand
Sat upon her lips but
You play with fire you end up burnt
So little bit by little bit the trap closed in
The decadence through hard times made heads spin
Until the time, came finally, to slam that prison door (so the)
Face could take the blame
She should have been careful who she lay with
Kept hold of her secrets
Cause nothing was as sure as it seemed
The lives of 50 thousand
Sat upon her lips but
You play with fire you end up burnt
And so, the rifles fired, the memory fades – away
Through the mists of time, When the passions cooled, And the cameras rolled
One face still stands clear, Bright and radiant, Mystery unfurled
As with her parting gift, She raised up her hand
And she blew a kiss, To every girl and man
And her heart it lept, With a knowing smile
Cause for a hundred years,
The memory still remains – yes the memory still remains
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