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Genevieve
02:25
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Headed out to California
But before I go
know I did adore you
And it wasn’t hard no
Don’t let them tell you so
I wish I could assure you
Like the paint on the ragged road
And the dam below
Okay maybe it was hard to know you
But did you know me, Genevieve?
When rarely did I speak
For fear that you might think
Me damaged in my need
To think you family
Headed out to California
But before I go know I did adore you
But did I know you Genevieve?
I couldn’t read your plea
Did your eyes say not to leave?
With fear you’d overreach
And think me family
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2. |
Violent Jubilee
05:09
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Violence and jubilation
Violence and jubilation
Violent jubilee
Headed out from airport city
All the way to airport city
Oh I hope there’s silence plenty
Silence down in Silent City
Cause then it’s up to Family Country
Where supplies are running low
And the girl in black is pregnant
I can’t stop watching how she shows
When she strolls past John and Angel’s
Where the wind chime blows
And the cold’s pumped from their trailer
Out the window through a hose
Violence and jubilation
Violence and jubilation
Violent jubilee
John and Angel let me sleep in their backyard
On days I can’t take the heat
They’ve never had one of their own
I think they like me in their keep, now
But don’t it feel like nothing’s happening
And don’t it feel like that it should
This town’s been stamped in the floor mats
I used to think that was good
But Silent City’s just a drive away
For when I’ve had enough of the empire state
Tell me where will your child be raised
And do I love you just enough to stay?
Violence and jubilation
Violence and jubilation
Violent jubilee
Can you hear that distant thunder?
Is it a pack or beaten banner?
I don’t know if i can remember
How these violences made me dimmer
But I’m so thankful I don’t take in much
I don’t think, don’t see, don’t hear enough
I used to be a child once, and all that’s left of
Is a way to shut down when it gets too rough,
but
I like driving with the odometer busted
When I know the stars are gonna fall any minute
and I’m ready to burn up with it
I’m ready to receive my hurt
Violence and jubilation
Violence and jubilation
Violent jubilee
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3. |
Town in Decline
04:14
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At least the house stays warm when it’s ten below
And Sarah’s cooking in the front room to the morning show and
When it’s over I’ll clean the gutters and I’ll rehearse the news
Then I’ll burn out and look at you
What else is there to do?
Except to throw the hammer around
Since the plant closed down
There’s not much to do now but we keep trying anyhow
Like walking the abandoned roads I used to grind
Well now you get me overtime
Next year I’ll do us right
Hard as silver, hair like pine
I’m fine loving you all the time
Let’s sing that worn song just one more time
And I’ll shine
Like the lights of a town in decline
The lights of a town in decline
I’ll bring candles, we can celebrate
The paper plates are fine
Yeah we had no money and paid no mind, you know how this one ends
The road wasn’t closed and the country seemed open
Then we had kids…
I told a friend in need stay poor in all but company
And you’ll be fine, you’ll be fine
We did not mean to stay here, it did not fit our pride
But nothing you could say to me could make me leave this town behind
I’m going out, I’m taking you with me
I’m gonna climb the road salt pile on Bridge Street
It’s a beauty, well
Happy Birthday, Sarah Lee
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4. |
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If you say come home
I'll find a way
And if you say come home
I'll take a Maine or Pennsylvania Train
But if you need to know
Why I’m away
I cant say I know
I let an old enemy trade places with me
Trouble, old friend from olden mind
Came asking round to find
Whose gotten worse and who got better
Trouble, so gentle on my eyes
Don't act like you're surprised
By whose gotten worse and who got better
Cause I know it'll never be me, no
So if you say come home
I'll find a way
to get better for us
I'll go dancing, do anything, embarrass me
But if you need me whole
I can't I won't
I'm doubled
Loaded in New England
Where an old enemy traded places with me
Trouble, been around a time or two
I hear I’ve been a fool
Who’s gotten worse while you got better
Trouble, so hard on my age
I’ll try it, I’m afraid
If I can’t get worse I guess it’s better
But I know it'll never be me, no
If I get drunk I’ll do something
I didn’t think I had it in me
But I’d probably like it
Oh I know I’d like it
Doing the wrong
Though it’s best left imagined
If I get married in hurry
I know I can be annoying
But I think you’d like it
Oh I hope you’d like it
All of my wrongs
Though they’re best left imagined
If you say come home… yeah
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5. |
Late Hour
02:30
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Didn’t know it’d be the late hour, late hour this time
Didn’t know we’d work the late hour, late hour tonight
Didn’t know it’d be this hard, didn't know it’d be this hard
Yeah the factory wall came tumbling the yard
And the town cheered, burned up their timecards
I bet this year it’ll be hard, bet this year it’ll be heard
But something in your eyes is keeping me alive and running
And every ounce of hate is keeping me awake and running
Cause I can take the late hours if you’re with me
I won’t break, won’t fall down if you’re with me
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6. |
Rockfort Bay
01:55
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Do up your best tonight
I am taking us to shoreline
I am ask you for small life
Do up your best tonight
I am praying we do not fight
I'm thinking we'll be alright
But don't you ever get to thinking?
Don't you ever get to thinking...
Cause I’ve got a bad feeling
I’m never gonna change
When I leave Rockfort Bay
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7. |
Open Water
03:57
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It's a mystery what you said to me
It sounded like an ode to open water
You said I got a love too deep to bother
And even if we are start to drift apart
it'll be just as it oughta
I've got no low in my rock bottom
But don't you know the road won't let the load go
Sitting there waiting on a sign to follow
You said aid I got enough to get Jackson
But I thought I smelled the rose of jericho
I thought I heard the rattle of your car door
Coming up the driveway
I think it might snow
Who am I to know what goes on below
The anger, the remainder, and the harrow
I plow my memory, I find some trouble
But you found a way to let it go
And maybe you've got time inside you
but I know I'll go years without any growth
Tell me how’d you find my hidey-hole
I thought I learned to quieten my rock-n-roll
Said you rented an apartment
Up by the railroad
But I don’t have the heart to let you know
that you being gone didn't bother
me all that much
No the whole damn band’s coming up tomorrow
The sun lights up our city
And it writes a little ode to open water
Says you can have your distance but can't escape the ether
So what I want more than anything better
Is a little old home to call my own
Where I like the wallpaper and what the sun's done to it
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8. |
Oil Leak
04:06
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I was hiding away, true to form
Then you appeared from nowhere chewing cork
And when you spit at me I couldn’t love you more
I wish I didn’t dread to be explored
But if I’m too far gone when you find me
Let me sleep in the oil leak
I try not to give you what I can’t give you
Though sometimes I speak with a voice ignored
But I swear despite my con you know me
Just an underbody, tired and rusty
But if I’m too far gone when you find me
Let me sleep in the oil leak
And sometimes you seem lonely
Used to make me think you came from money
But your mom’s worked two jobs since the late nineties
Not for you just to make it out but to make it out lovely
But if I’m too far gone when you find me
Let me sleep in the oil leak
Okay now here comes Jimmy with the silent crew
I’m gonna talk too much, you know I do…
But I love them all, my brothers blue
And sometimes angels pass through too
But if I’m too far gone when you find me
Let me sleep in the oil leak
When I stop talking Jimmy gives it to me straight
He says you mistake your care for pain
And the ways that you’re messed up you know they ain’t
Just a part that you get to sometimes play
But if I’m too far gone when you find me
But if I’m too far gone when you find me
Let me sleep in the oil leak
Let me sleep off all of my drunk
Let it be sweet
Let me sleep in the oil leak
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9. |
Searchers
02:05
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Drag the river, we’ll be here for days
What we’re looking for is difficult to say
What could have been?
Is it under every leaf?
Is it hiding in the walnut tree?
Gonna trash the house, in search of what we’re losing
What we’re looking for is difficult to say
But it feels good to be a part of a greater kind of looking
Gonna be a searcher for the rest of my days
Drag the river, feel alive tonight
If you need something you know we’ll help you find
Was it last seen in your double wide?
Is it dying and trying not to die?
Did you lose it or did it never have a name?
What we’re looking for is difficult to say
But it feels good to be a part of a greater kind of looking
Gonna be a searcher for the rest of my days
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10. |
A Clown Like Me
06:49
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Did I hear them say you got a job for the county?
Don’t mind my hard face I take this news proudly
But I guess those days are done when you’d come around to see me
Oh your sister is worried, says the quiver’s been growing
My fault I fear, can i come near
Though I know you’re okay
You’re so gentle when you’ve hurt all day
Is it true what they say, are we better off this way?
Got your legs on the couch, no I cannot sit down
Though there’s nothing I want more
I just came by knowing there’d be nothing more
Oh your bed is curved like it’s only held one force
And buckled under the weight as it tries to stop your course
But I know you’re okay
Your books stacked up tall, I’m in awe, and regret everything
How’s Sam?
He always loved you better than…
…You take my hand
The hurt makes you gentle your sister is worried and I’m falling
It’s a hard recipe for a clown like me
Don’t use the front door
No the bike rests on the knob
You should park on Fourth, you know the neighbor likes to talk
And I don’t work til 3
Guess it’s my turn now to find a way to meet
Light pours in the kitchen on your mother’s hutch
Why’s it always hard, I’ve forgotten how much
I love you though I would never tell you and you would never tell me
Oh your sister is worried
I take Sam for a fool
And I don’t know what I want
But that’s what we do
Your legs on the couch
Take me down
Take my will out of consideration
I thought you’d want what i want
This song plays hard on the place that I knew you were dark
I was just trying to tell you how proud I am but
You should keep the painting of the harp
And we’ll never know what keeps us
Keeps us apart
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