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Shannon Bridge
03:44
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Where should I go?
I'm afrtaid to be alone
watching the undertow
The town steps into the night
Everyone goes about their life
The distance between us all
flows by the cement factory lights
Drag me, across the river
To see, that there is a glimmer
Foundations scream
Out along the estuary
overcome with uncertainty
The town steps into the night
Everyone goes about their life
Struggling to dull the edge
As I follow along the fairy lights
Drag me, across the river
To see, that there is a glimmer
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2. |
Cleeve's
03:23
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Corrugated Iron
Leads down to the lane
Halfway lit up
Helps to hide some of
The shame that I'm not sure
Why it's buried in me
beneath a stack
thats long been left be
If the council's happy to leave it there
Maybe they can let me be.
The tide will climb
To meet the road
Drag me out to sea
If there's no choice
Can't say that I
Wouldn't leave gladly
I'll wait to find out
Those bricks have always been there
Long before the bridge
They've seen all of my nightmares
Hidden underneath it
They face into an empty courtyard
I hoped was for me and you
A cathedral of industry
I hold onto so desperately
The tide will climb
To meet the road
Drag me out to sea
If there's no choice
Can't say that I
Wouldn't leave gladly
I'll wait to find out
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Sarsfield Bridge
04:15
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Thought I saw your shadow
Wandering in the night
Your love for life perched by
A cast-iron lamplight
Not out of place for
Dulwich or Herne Hill
But worlds away
So I'll just swallow the pill
Because it said that
It will rise with the moon
If it does i'm sure
It'll happen way too soon.
I think this
Is how you'll feel
On your wedding day
A hallowed heart
As empty as the riverbed
Peaceful danger trapped
Inside of my own head
As the hotel glass tries
to look away.
Its reflection is begging
for one more day.
Because it said that
It will rise with the moon
If it does i'm sure
It'll happen way too soon.
I think this
Is how you'll feel
On your wedding day
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4. |
Sky is Closer (Rest)
04:10
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Thought this ground was sacred
I think I was mistaken
My freedom was ill found
A rush felt never ending
A skyline always changing
Knotted stomach, homeward bound.
I feel like the sky
is so much closer
It's crushing me in.
Sat in a freezing chair
No pressure from the air
I remember their faces
Shone through marina blue
Desire to pursue
Left it buried in wet clay.
I feel like the sky
is so much closer
It's crushing me in.
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5. |
Falls
00:59
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Sorry you have to wait.
I hope to see the day.
I want to see the day.
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6. |
A Treaty of Sorts
03:31
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One foot
dragging on the other
Rib cage splits in two
So it can smother
Any doubt i'd do it.
My body's fighting
With my mind
To bite the bullet
If this really is it
I have no grounds to complain
Roaring falls
Pointed finger
Choking up
So that those thoughts
Can linger
Longer than they have to.
Praying that the boardwalk
would just fall right through.
If this really is it
I have no grounds to complain
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Thomond Bridge
03:12
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Warning signs
A patronising message
You should be fine
Reads a broken fluorescent
Hung to an arch
Like Ivy holds the ruin
I won't let the funeral march
No one ever talks about
How we got there
No one ever talks about
Anything but themselves
Christmas eve
When my heart grows harder
Castle Street
Spares it for my father
The island field
Hears the bells
From Mary's tower
If I leave them off
He'll be relieved
No one ever talks about
How we got there
No one ever talks about
Anything but themselves
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Oldest Part of Town
04:53
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You could have stayed here, longer
If I had asked when we were kids
Before they left from the widows' houses
No one ever really cared
For this part of town
Back when the tops of the walls
Layed idle on the ground.
When all we had was time
I would paint every cobblestone
At night the street was mine
When all we had was time
I would paint every cobblestone
At night the street was mine
I know you,
Deserve the change
And whatever comes its way
But I can retrace your old footsteps all the same
No one ever really cared
For the oldest part of town
That never mattered
When you were around
When all we had was time
I would paint every cobblestone
At night the street was mine
When all we had was time
I would paint every cobblestone
At night the street was mine.
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Derelict
04:40
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Sat your back up to the wall
Those Georgian bricks
Won't break your fall
But who am I to say?
No high horse
Left in town
Brittle bones
Are breaking down
There is no reason to stay
There's not
much left
between us now
There's not
much left
between us
I don't see any way
Back from here
The dream is over
It's totally fucked
But I survived this year.
I've seen you age
From day to day
The streets are so poorly paved
Do you feel the same?
Clinging on for dear life
On the balance of a knife
Now I understand
There's not
much left
between us now
There's not
much left
between us
I don't see any way
Back from here
The dream is over
It's totally fucked
But I survived this year.
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