1. |
Temple
04:10
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I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Heaven and earth I've never moved so fast
You'll never know the fear your mama has
I know your father can't call anymore
He never meant to be a man of war
But we found freedom what will you do now
Bury the burden baby make us proud
I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Why would I bother to remember when
Our people baby die and live again
Look at this one
I want you to see
Fashion was high
My hair was so long
This was maybe '73
You know I have been adored by good and kind men
They sent their love with poetry
By day I gave grand speeches
At night, like you
We danced to be free
I lost my city
In the prime of my time
Mud
Silk
And the dust of life
I was a diamond of the embassy
It doesn't matter what I meant to be
Girl you come from the fortunate ones
Gold
Sky
And a first born son
We don't have words for the way you have grown
We'll always feed you
You can always come home
Why would a million dare sink in the sea?
I don't want to say anymore
But I have been here before
I don't want to say anymore
Find what you need
I don't want to say anymore
But I have been here before
I have earned this sorrow
Mine to keep
I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Why would I bother to remember when
Our people baby die and live again
I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Heaven and earth I've never moved so fast
You'll never know the fear your mama has
I know your father can't call anymore
He never meant to be a man of war
But we found freedom what will you do now
Bury the burden baby make us proud
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2. |
Phenom
02:39
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Sip on joy the purest drink
Move to make
Thought to think
They can feel us from afar
Avenues and boulevards
White collar cannibal
Whatcha gonna do
Everyone's a tendon
So who you gonna chew
I will not equivocate
If that's so let's celebrate
Shamefully shame's claim on me
Led my life with infamy
But I don't call it
I don't solve it
I dissolve it
Famously
I've been so politely at the bottom
Pull it tight boot strap
Strap it on and top em
I've been so politely at the bottom
Pull it tight boot strap
Strap it on and top em
In the past
I was patient
Now I'm so tired
Fa fa fa feverish few I will not drop it
Power cowards never stop it
I have nurtured
You corrupted
I am erupting
Don't interrupt it
Careful I'm an animal
Trap trap trap
First of the secondary class class class
You know I don't trust you what's the catch catch catch
Don't you fucking touch me I will gnash gnash gash
Cause I am an old phenomenon
And I am an old phenomenon
Show them we believe
See the unforeseen
Sharpen canine teeth
Get those ringside seats
When the scorched of the earth
Come back by sea
Sip on joy the purest drink
Move to make
Thought to think
They can feel us from afar
Avenues and boulevards
I've been so politely at the bottom
Pull it tight boot strap
Strap it on and top em
I've been so politely at the bottom
Pull it tight boot strap
Strap it on and top em
I've been so politely at the
In the past
I was peaceful
Now I'm on fire
I'm a creature
I'm a feature
Of the future
And I am on fire
But I am an old phenomenon
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3. |
Lion on the Hunt
03:14
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I want to star not guest
Simply because I'm best
What have you got to get
I know there's plenty
Yet Yet Yet
The nation wide search is upon us
I'm a sight to see
They said I polish and astonish
And so why not me
And then they said it's complicated and some wah wah wah
I made the map and you put you on it
Pay me handsomely
I wanna do more than just feed us
Wanna lift us up so they see us
Do it so they hope they can be us
However do you want it baby
Just have to say
However do you want it
I'll have it made
(Lion on the hunt)
(Yes we are the ones)
However do you want it baby
Just have to say
However do you want it
I'll have it made
(Lion on the hunt)
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4. |
Pure Cinema
04:29
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Traveled so lightly cause
I was a fraction out there
Bodies in motion just
Wanna belong somewhere
I gave it good enough
I watched it all
Pure Cinema
Live a little my love
Keep a little for once
Who do we think we are
Live a little
Traveled so lightly cause
I was a fraction out there
Bodies in motion just
Wanna belong somewhere
I gave it good enough
I watched it all
Pure Cinema
I was once a shell
You could turn as well
Who do we think we are
Live a little
Won't you stay a while
Find your family
Let them anchor you
In the open sea
It could get dangerous baby
But how bad could it be
Look what fear has done
To a young buck like me
Won't you stay a while
Find your family
Let them anchor you
In the open sea
It could get dangerous baby
But how bad could it be
Look what fear has done
To a young buck like me
Scattered here
Scattered there
Don't be scarce
Don't be scared
Scattered here
Scattered there
Don't be scarce
Don't be scared
Traveled so lightly cause
I was a fraction out there
Bodies in motion just
Wanna belong somewhere
I gave it good enough
I watched it all
Pure Cinema
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5. |
Marauders
03:29
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My darlin
Your patience
Rain it on me
I know daughters of marauders are just so hard to please
I got that poison
Carve it on out
Barely served me then
Only hurts me now
But you look like I could stay
Let all my intentions fall away
Kill all my defenses where they lay
Say all that's left to say
What to say
What to say
To me
Be sweet
Be soft with me
Be kind to me
Be kind to me
Oh how the haunted get so mean
The faith they shake
And their failure to dream
I got a hold on the handle
Won't let it loose
A fearful heart automatically moves
But you look like I could stay
Let all my intentions fall away
Kill all my defenses where they lay
Say all that's left to say
What to say
What to say
I am here now
I am here now
I am here now
I took it all in stride
I who would mistreat time
I never wondered why
I got that poison
Carve it on out
Barely served me then
Only hurts me now
My darlin
Your patience
Rain it on me
I know daughters of marauders are just so hard to please
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6. |
How Could I
03:16
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I was racing to your bedside
On, with no delay
How was I so far from you and why was I away
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
I was singing to the strangers late into the night
I'll be singing to the strangers til the end of time
I know it can give so much
I know it takes everything
I know it can give so much
I know it takes everything
Are you relieved
Are you revived
Rid of sacrifice
Tell me a lifetime of love
and what did love provide
Celebrate your life only upon the day you die
We come from people who come from people who don't mind
I don't want to be so disappointing
I don't want to be so disappointing
I know I should have stayed right there
Your girl
Just by your side
And when you opened those eyes
I know they should have landed on mine
I don't want to be so disappointing
I don't want to be so disappointing
I was racing to your bedside
On, with no delay
How was I so far from you and why was I away
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
I don't want to be so disappointing
I just gotta see you once before you go
Oh no
How could I
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7. |
Disclaim
03:12
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Hold me close
I have come so far
But how could you ever know
But how could we ever know
I was once an honorable man
but how could you ever know
but how could we we ever know
How did you end up under me?
How to deserve your destiny
What do you make of what a mess this is
How to make sense of senselessness
And then i wanted to
But then now what to do
I meant no harm to you
I meant no harm to you
But how could you ever know
But how can we ever know
I was once an honorable man
But how could you ever know
But how could we ever know
What do make of what a mess this is
How to make sense of senselessness
What do you make of what a mess this is
How to make sense
I don't believe it's your destiny
To always chase my memory
How could it be insincere
To very clearly disappear
How could the haunted
Still be so haunting
How could the haunted
Still be so haunting
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8. |
Rational Animal
04:19
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All at once I was
And then I was no more
Rational animal
What are we fleeing for
I was last seen
In your fever dream
Good riddance, good riddance
What if my fate
Was slain in vain
God willing
god
My love they want
All apology all the time
Cover, take cover
Wrap your body up in mine
I was last feared
Right before I disappeared
When they remember me to you
And what a fancy beast could do
Say how much you saved
Bottle my remains
When you leave that shit behind
When you leave that shit behind
When you decide you’re sanctified
When you decide you’re sanctified
I believe my own eyes
I believe my own eyes
See , see , see , see
My love they want
All apology all the time
Cover, take cover
Wrap your body up in mine
Make it messy
Make it messy
By the millions
They get so goddamn uncivil
With civilians
All at once I was
And then I was no more
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9. |
I've Got Something
04:41
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I've got something
Good for nothing
I love more than
You could even
Imagine
Good for nothing
Gotta give it up
Gotta give it up for the life of me
I've got something
What shape is this
Good for nothing
Do I confound you
My poor heart conforms
Still folds around you
Good for nothing
Gotta give you up
Gotta give you up for the life of me
I've got something
Gotta give you up
Gotta give you up for the life of me
I love more than
You could even
Imagine
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10. |
Marrow
03:29
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Would you believe
She wants to keep
The rest of me
The death of me
I've got grief in my marrow
Will you marry me still
I'm one of two on the straight and the narrow
And I'm coming for you
I was an island
Was I treading was I fleeing
I was silent
I could barely hear me breathing
You dawned upon me
To the least goes the most
I was the drought
And you were the coast
I promise I will be good to us
I promise I will be good to us
(What are you worth if you don't make a sound)
I've been searching all of my life
My life
When it's whittled to the middle
Is it alright
That I managed just a little
Of the good fight
Had to learn what truth does
The friction of the fiction was burning me up
I was meant to defend us
And I promise I will
I was an island
Was I treading
Was I fleeing
I was silent
I could barely hear me breathing
I know I've lived
As a quiet apology
I'm sorry to you
And I'm sorry to me
I was meant to defend us
And I promise I will
I was an island
Was I treading
was I fleeing
I was silent
I could barely hear me breathing
I know I've lived
As a quiet apology
I'm sorry to you
And I'm sorry to me
I've got grief in my marrow
Will you marry me still
I'm one of two on the straight and the narrow
And I'm coming for you
I was meant to defend us
And I promise I will
Be good to us
I’ve got grief in my marrow
Will you marry me still
I've been searching all of my life
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11. |
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I was racing to your bedside
On, with no delay
How was I so far from you and why was I away
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
I was singing to the strangers late into the night
I'll be singing to the strangers til the end of time
I know it can give so much
I know it takes everything
I know it can give so much
I know it takes everything
Are you relieved
Are you revived
Rid of sacrifice
Tell me a lifetime of love
and what did love provide
Celebrate your life only upon the day you die
We come from people who come from people who don't mind
I don't want to be so disappointing
I don't want to be so disappointing
I know I should have stayed right there
Your girl
Just by your side
And when you opened those eyes
I know they should have landed on mine
I don't want to be so disappointing
I don't want to be so disappointing
I was racing to your bedside
On, with no delay
How was I so far from you and why was I away
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
You know you'd always say to me
You know I don't need a thing
I don't want to be so disappointing
I just gotta see you once before you go
Oh no
How could I
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12. |
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13. |
Marrow (Strings Version)
03:43
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Would you believe
She wants to keep
The rest of me
The death of me
I've got grief in my marrow
Will you marry me still
I'm one of two on the straight and the narrow
And I'm coming for you
I was an island
Was I treading was I fleeing
I was silent
I could barely hear me breathing
You dawned upon me
To the least goes the most
I was the drought
And you were the coast
I promise I will be good to us
I promise I will be good to us
(What are you worth if you don't make a sound)
I've been searching all of my life
My life
When it's whittled to the middle
Is it alright
That I managed just a little
Of the good fight
Had to learn what truth does
The friction of the fiction was burning me up
I was meant to defend us
And I promise I will
I was an island
Was I treading
Was I fleeing
I was silent
I could barely hear me breathing
I know I've lived
As a quiet apology
I'm sorry to you
And I'm sorry to me
I was meant to defend us
And I promise I will
I was an island
Was I treading
was I fleeing
I was silent
I could barely hear me breathing
I know I've lived
As a quiet apology
I'm sorry to you
And I'm sorry to me
I've got grief in my marrow
Will you marry me still
I'm one of two on the straight and the narrow
And I'm coming for you
I was meant to defend us
And I promise I will
Be good to us
I’ve got grief in my marrow
Will you marry me still
I've been searching all of my life
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14. |
Temple (Strings Version)
05:10
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I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Heaven and earth I've never moved so fast
You'll never know the fear your mama has
I know your father can't call anymore
He never meant to be a man of war
But we found freedom what will you do now
Bury the burden baby make us proud
I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Why would I bother to remember when
Our people baby die and live again
Look at this one
I want you to see
Fashion was high
My hair was so long
This was maybe '73
You know I have been adored by good and kind men
They sent their love with poetry
By day I gave grand speeches
At night, like you
We danced to be free
I lost my city
In the prime of my time
Mud
Silk
And the dust of life
I was a diamond of the embassy
It doesn't matter what I meant to be
Girl you come from the fortunate ones
Gold
Sky
And a first born son
We don't have words for the way you have grown
We'll always feed you
You can always come home
Why would a million dare sink in the sea?
I don't want to say anymore
But I have been here before
I don't want to say anymore
Find what you need
I don't want to say anymore
But I have been here before
I have earned this sorrow
Mine to keep
I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Why would I bother to remember when
Our people baby die and live again
I lost my city in the light of day
Thick smoke
Helicopter blades
Heaven and earth I've never moved so fast
You'll never know the fear your mama has
I know your father can't call anymore
He never meant to be a man of war
But we found freedom what will you do now
Bury the burden baby make us proud
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