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- about
- Selected tracks 2008-2011
This record is pure passion. Raw, noisy, gentle, tender, harrowing, transcendent. Above all, melodic, hook-laden, and lyrically evocative. No slick package of super-produced technical gloss, this is a human album of human invention. Reaching, soaring, grinding, roaring. Hi-Fi/Lo-Fi. Listen, think, and feel.
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released 04 November 2011
Scott Villard: Words, music, guitars, vocals, keys, programming. - tags
- tags: folk ska techno alt blues alt rock alternative choral indie pop industrial pop rock techno Honolulu
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- Track Name: Drive
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Night all around you
you’re still waiting for the sun
and so you drive
and so you drive away
Nothing ever seems right
doubting that the day will ever come
and so you drive
and so you’re driving me away
I know where you are ‘cause I’ve been there, too
think it’s gone and there’s nothing you can do
like you’re all alone but it’s not true
‘cause I still love you
Whenever you are feeling low
look in your heart there’s still a glow
protect that light and let it grow
fight for your life, don’t let it go
Stuck in the shadows
nothing left to save or defend
and so you drive
and so you drive away
Don’t believe a word
but I’d stay with you to the end
and still you drive
and still you’re driving me away
I know where you are ‘cause I’ve been there, too
think it’s gone and there’s nothing you can do
like you’re all alone but it’s not true
‘cause I still love you
Whenever you are feeling low
look in your heart there’s still a glow
protect that light and let it grow
fight for your life, don’t let it go
Night all around you
you’re still waiting for the sun
and so you drive
and so you drive away
Nothing ever seems right
thinking ‘bout the world to come
and so you drive
and so you’re driving me away
©2008 - Track Name: Surrender to the Beat
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Know what we got, know what we got it for
We got the music, got it down to the core
We take the rhythm, take it to the street
Get on the pulse and then we ride the beat
Fire up the current, see what’s in store
Follow the flow as we start to explore
We’re gonna say what we want to say
And all our troubles gonna fade away
This song parade
Is for friends and lovers
Sisters, brothers
A sound arcade
You can come inside
Surrender to the beat
Spin up the melody and break it on down
Fill in the harmony and turn it all around
So let it move you, make you feel the heat
You move your body and you move your feet
This song parade
Is for friends and lovers
Sisters, brothers
A sound arcade
You can come inside
Surrender to the beat
This song parade
Is for friends and lovers
Sisters, brothers
Color and shape
When you close your eyes
Surrender to the beat
Surrender to the beat
©2008 - Track Name: And the Moon Comes
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The battered leaves are falling free
surrendered by the broken tree
they fly in tatters over me
when the moon comes, all will flee
when the moon comes, all will flee
The night-bird cries inside my head
longing for its starry bed
and grieving for the life it's led
and the moon comes, bloody red
and the moon comes, bloody red
And the moon comes on a black sea
And no one can save me now
The clouds retreat and come apart
but leave a shadow on my heart
a gray tableau of bitter art
when the moon comes, the end will start
when the moon comes, the end will start
And the moon comes on a black sea
And no one can save me now
The heavens glide across the span
set adrift without a plan
blinded to the plight of man
but the moon sees all in its scan
but the moon sees all in its scan
And the moon comes on a black sea
And no one can save me now
©2008 - Track Name: Standing in the Cold Rain
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What's your number?
What's your name?
Why did you come here?
To stick your fingers in the flame?
You stand around now
You wait all day
You wear it on your sleeve
But patience doesn’t always pay
And then she turns
To face the lamplight
You feel the burn
And then she fades into the night
You want to play a part in someone else’s game
And now you’re stuck there standing in the cold rain
You try again and in the end it’s all the same
And now you’re stuck there standing in the cold rain
And now you’re stuck there standing in the cold rain
And now you’re stuck
So what's your number?
So what's your name?
Why do you come here?
There’s nothing for you anyway
You want to play a part in someone else’s game
And now you’re stuck there standing in the cold rain
You tried again and in the end it’s all the same
And now you’re stuck there standing in the cold rain
And now you’re stuck there standing in the cold rain
And now you’re stuck there standing in the cold rain
Standing in the cold rain
Standing in the cold rain
In the cold rain
©2008 - Track Name: Free
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The light of day is failing fast
The veil of night will fall at last
A heel to crush the glow
A spell of darkness cast
And I am free
A firefly trapped in a jar
A memory in bone and scar
The morning sun collapsed
Into a shadow star
And I am free
And I am free
Free
Over the moon I'll be
Full of heaven, full of hell
Open sky and prison cell
Release the heart's desire
Shake off the fractured shell
And I am free
And I am free
Free
Over the moon I'll be
Rise through the air, you'll see
Now that I'm free
And at the bottom of the well
Are secrets that no one can tell
I'll mark the hours by
The tolling of the bell
But I am free
Now I am free
©2007, 2009 - Track Name: Hole in the Sun
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Sometimes the four walls really close in on you
Sometimes it all comes crashing down
Sometimes your direction is no longer true
Sometimes you’ve lost all that you’ve found
Sometimes your uncertainties loom over you
Sometimes you are crushed to the ground
Sometimes you will doubt all the things that you knew
Sometimes all your thoughts are unsound
Sometimes all your thoughts are unsound
Cracked up
and shaking
Shut out
and coming undone
Blocked in
and breaking
Fell through
A hole in the sun
Nobody can see what you most want to show
Nobody can miss what you hide
There’s no one to help when you stagger from blows
Nobody to stand by your side
Nobody recalls anything that you say
Nobody remembers your face
There’s no one to hold at the end of the day
Nobody to fill in the space
Nobody to fill in the space
Cracked up
and shaking
Shut out
and coming undone
Blocked in
and breaking
Fell through
A hole in the sun
So now the four walls really close in on you
and now it all comes crashing down
The things you believed in were clearly untrue
Rise up to the beat and the sound
Rise up to the beat and the sound
©2009 - Track Name: Big Storm
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Hold on
Be strong
It’s comin’ around
A big storm
About to blow
Gonna knock you to the ground
When it comes
And explodes
Blow so hard
Gonna flatten this whole town
No place
Will be safe
I’m not foolin’ around
Like a devil
In your head
Well, you never heard such a sound
When it comes
And explodes
Blows like hell
Gonna cut everybody down
So hold on
Stay strong
‘Cause it’s comin’ around
A big storm
Got to blow
Just might put you in the ground
©2010 - Track Name: In a Bubble
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Living underwater
In my little bathysphere
The strangest kind of being
That ever ventured here
Peering through the window
At the lights that glow and fade
Sinking ever deeper
In the quiet world I've made
Save me
Save me
Save me
Help me use up my bubble of air
Memories of the morning
Longing for the day
All I've known is endless night
In the time I've been away
I've broken all the levers
And still the rotors spin
Gauges, dials, and ticking clocks
Just take up space within
Save me
Save me
Save me
Help me use up my bubble of air
Raise me
Raise me
Raise me
Though I wonder if anyone's there
Is anybody there?
Send down a beacon
A sunshine souvenir
Oh, won't you give a signal
That you know I'm stranded here
Can you hear?
Can you hear?
Save me
Save me
Save me
Help me use up my bubble of air
Raise me
Raise me
Raise me
Can I still hope there's somebody there?
Love me
Love me
Love me
Every last breath I will share
©2011 - Track Name: A Still Life
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All is well tonight
Soon be sleeping tight
Hold you close forever
Done with everything
Our completed ring
Binds us to each other
Captured in a still life
All is calm tonight
Coals are still alight
Warmth amid the cold ash
Captured in a still life
All the love we bring
Saves us as we sing
Take us to a new dawn
Wake us to a new life
Wake us to a new, still life
©2010 - Track Name: Bonus Track: Ball and Chain
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Endless years
a sorrow I’ve sustained
sorrow I’ve sustained
Cursed by the light
I bear the mark of Cain
bear the mark of Cain
Hear my story
One baleful night
I was restless and strange
restless and strange
I heard a voice
from somewhere in the rain
somewhere in the rain
Raised my lantern
Through the trees
saw a figure bent with pain
a figure bent with pain
A man like me
And his eyes were pools of fire
but my mind was profane
my mind was profane
Swung my rifle
Saw him fall
but I swear I’m not to blame
I’m not the one to blame
Washed my hands
but I couldn’t clean the stain
couldn’t clean the stain
Blood on my head
Came the light, was the light of the world
it was calling out my name
calling out my name
Saw the flash, heard the crack in the sky
and it all went up in flame
all went up in flame
Burned my vision
Now hear my voice
as I whisper through the rain
whisper through the rain
I walk these hills
weary, with a ball and chain
weary, with a ball and chain
weary, with a ball and chain
weary, with a ball and chain
©2011 - Track Name: Bonus Track: Forever Days Gone By
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In the summer
Of our happiness
The time flowed ever onward
Treasured moments
Of impermanence
That brought us together
Never promises
Just things we’d try to hold to
In the autumn
Gathering small regrets
We tended the garden
Petals falling
Always coloring
Our vision in endings
Didn’t know what made you cry
Just a memory now
There’s nothing I can hold to
But I wonder why
As I keep on getting older
It’s forever days gone by
In the winter
Drawn in loneliness
You stood at the window
I could see you
Your fading silhouette
And then it was over
I was calling out your name
And it’s all gone now
There’s nothing I can hold to
Did I really try?
Were there things I should have told you?
Yes it’s all gone now
All I want to do is hold you
And I wonder why
As I keep on getting older
It’s forever…forever days gone by
In the springtime
Crouching in the rain
Among all the flowers
Beds of violets
And blooms of hyacinths
Recalling forever days gone by
©2010 - Track Name: Bonus Track: It Was Always Goodbye With You
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You carried a look like a beaten-up stray
With an end-of-the-line point of view
And a head full of secrets you’d never betray
From that troubled debut
It was always goodbye with you
I tried to reach out in a genuine way
Though motives are hard to construe
I wanted to hear what you needed to say
But I failed to see all the clues
That it was always goodbye with you
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to you
I fell in love with the songs that you’d play
With a voice that could cut me in two
From the very first tone to the final decay
Every last note of it true
But it was always goodbye with you
So goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to you
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to you
I realize no one is here to stay
We’re all just passing on through
We stumble through life on our feet of clay
Then spirit off into the blue
And good friends are precious and few
‘Cause people may come, but they’ll leave you, too
And it was always goodbye with you
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to you
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to you
So make your departure without delay
There’s nothing more that I can do
Go on as the darkness eclipses the day
No need for another adieu
Or hear my last goodbye to you
When it was always goodbye with you
©2010 - Track Name: Bonus Track: Save Me, O Superman (demo)
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Superman gets up and he puts on his clothes
Leaps buildings, but what does he know
About the dreams and plans of the ordinary man?
But he was let go from his newspaper job
Crawled inside a bottle and sobbed
Cursed those who gained from causing him pain
for profit’s sake
And Superman is starting to look more like me
Gets run down continually
By life’s frequent trials until he can’t see
What little light’s left in the land of the free
Can you save me? Can you still save me?
O Superman
Well, Superman walked home through three feet of snow
In a blizzard wind twenty below
He’s stiff and he’s tired, sits down to the fire
Then the neighborhood became quiet and calm all around
And the driveway still buried in mounds
All he had done was coming undone
and the universe might yet make it worse
And Superman is starting to sound more like me
Gets discouraged so easily
By life’s frequent heartbreaks until he can’t breathe
So little sense left in the land of the free
Can you save me? Can you still save me?
O Superman
And they make
Ignorance an object of pride
And difference they just can’t abide
Go back to your planet, we don’t need your kind!
Like a good man, he tried to do everything right
To see colors, not just black and white
But now fact’s become fiction, and truth a dereliction
from ideology and political purity
And Superman is trying to be more like me
Only certain of uncertainty
Clearing out all false clarity
And though life’s beat me down I’ve got to believe
If you give what you can, you may find what you need
A little compassion in the land of the free
Can I save you? Can you save me?
Can I save you, and can you still save me?
O Superman
©2010 - Track Name: Bonus Track: Mother and Child (demo)
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Find me
cast aside
Give me
a place to hide
Take me
from this hell
Soothe me
‘til all is well
Both of us unloved
Braced against the future
We can help each other
Find the grace we long for
And belong for a while
Like a mother and child
Love me
I’ve been lost
Shelter me
Don't count the cost
Reach out your hand
I’ve only mine to give
In these fragile fingers
Is the grace we long for
If just for a while
Like a mother and child
Hold me
Cold and small
Give nothing
less than your all
©2010 - Track Name: Bonus Track: A Still Life (a cappella)
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All is well tonight
Soon be sleeping tight
Hold you close forever
Done with everything
Our completed ring
Binds us to each other
Captured in a still life
All is calm tonight
Coals are still alight
Warmth amid the cold ash
Captured in a still life
All the love we bring
Saves us as we sing
Take us to a new dawn
Wake us to a new life
Wake us to a new, still life
©2010
