1. |
Pepperhaus Suite
06:28
|
|||
|
The Rites of Man are slowly being sold
The price of warm embraces
Races skywards out of reach
Cruel reflection, passed rejection now
Relentlessly refrain
My one remaining wish
That tender heartfelt kiss
My one true love
My only desire
Accept this sensual offering
I lay down at your feet
Deflower me, devour me
Make me more a part of you
Than I could ever dream
Again this quick sensation
Takes a hold upon my reasoning
Discarding, disconcerted
Leaves me open and exposed
And I would trade this foolishness
For an ounce of childish innocence
Caught on zephyr lost in sands of time
With the spiral slipping tight
I can't undo what has begun
I can't quieten down these voices
That keep saying she's the one
The pendulum is beating time now
Hard against the walls
And the Pepperhaus is shaken hard
Then buckles and then falls
Faked passion, poison, pain
False temperament sustained
This nectar sends my senses shifting
Silently surrenders me
|
||||
2. |
Charlie Says
03:16
|
|||
|
Charlie says
That things could turn out well
Of one thing we're all sure
Time is gonna tell
But Blue has gone away
And Little Joe as well
And the medals that you gave to me
Too precious now to sell
Charlie says
Some things are meant to last
Like painted wooden castles
Treasure from my past
Of eleven years you gave to me
Only fragments still remain
But the bliss of generations
Somehow handed down
And given with my name
|
||||
3. |
||||
|
Stepping out into the morning
Realising my new calling
Thinking only of the things
That independence brings
Apron strings are now corroding
Feelings lovingly exploding
And the tenderness collides
In the sweetness of her eyes
Her eyes
It doesn't mean you love her less
Fleeing from the nest
Leaving her for something new
Growing spiritual unrest
Like a boy-hood quest
Leaving her for something new
Wasting time 'tick-tocks' in seconds
Open spaces seem to beckon
Thinking only of the things
That new-found freedom brings
Vision blurred and still half blind
You cut the cord a second time
Hands and knees are worn from crawling
And then you're suddenly free-falling.
It doesn't mean you love her less
Fleeing from the nest
Leaving her for something new
Growing spiritual unrest
Like a boy-hood quest
Leaving her for something new
|
||||
4. |
Seraphilia
04:27
|
|||
|
Naive and still half blind I find
I stumble in the dark
Serpents twisting around my legs
And the crows plucking at my heart
The seeds within now washed in sin
From this carnival of hate
With lotus petals on the floor
I symbolize my fate
With eyes that beg forgiveness
I pray that she will stay
But the Seraph turns her head
And looks away
I know that I'm not worthy
Yet I pray that she will stay
And the Seraph gently sighs
And walks away
Neon glitz and midnight clear
Superficial stranglehold
Underneath this sheer veneer
Pathed in fools gold
With eyes that beg forgiveness
I pray that she will stay
But the Seraph turns her head
And looks away
I know that I'm not worthy
Yet I pray that she will stay
And the Seraph gently sighs
And walks away
|
||||
5. |
Old Ebor Bridge
04:14
|
|||
|
In the springtime I walked on down into the valley
And rested on old Ebor Bridge
From there I would wait for a glimpse of the girl
Who lived up on Catclough, the cottage and ridge
Then one evening in summertime there she sat waiting
Waiting on old Ebor Bridge
She asked me to kiss her and held herself to me
We watched the white swans slowly glide on the river below
She had eyes of warmest hazel
Skin as pure as the snow
And her hair as soft and silken
As I would ever know
In the wake of the winter with the dam frozen over
She ran to me calling my name
She said "As I grow older my heart's growing colder
And I can't seem to love you the same"
Now that years have passed by I'm still questioning why
Our emotions can turn with the fall
We surrender our dreams and how sad that it seems
At the hands of the faithless we reach for the blackening sky
|
||||
6. |
Circles Within Circles
03:05
|
|||
|
Can you sense the air grow colder?
Can you feel the nights grow long?
Can you sense the Earth in gentle motion?
And do you feel you don't belong?
Circles within circles
Wheels are turning wheels
Turning, turning
Longing for the summer
Remember winter tumbles slowly
Melting into spring
Does it all seem so much different?
Or was it something that he said?
Somehow nothing seems to quieten down
All those voices in your head
Every road you've taken
Leads you back to here
And every thought mistaken
Somehow becomes clear
Circles within circles
Wheels are turning wheels
Turning, turning
Longing for the summer
Remember winter tumbles slowly
Melting into spring
|
||||
7. |
Love Letters
05:39
|
|||
|
Tattered bits of paper
Tied with tattered bits of string
Faded ink once washed with perfume
Words that eloquently sing
The sweetest, softest moments
Like scattering silk ribbons
And we commit those crimes to paper
A testament of time
Fatal words keep on failing
Fail to scan and strain to rhyme
Proverbial eleventh hour
The slowing down of time
The sweetest, softest moments
Like scattering silk ribbons
And we commit those crimes to paper
A testament of time
One day they will tear this whole place down
And this lingering ache will finally fade
Maybe I can put love-letters down
(Love let us down)
And maybe I can bring myself around
Tattered strands of memories
Hazy words that slowly pale
Birthday smiles and secret kisses
Catclough never seemed to fail
The sweetest, softest moments
Like scattering silk ribbons
And we commit those crimes to paper
A testament of time
One day they will tear this whole place down
And this lingering ache will finally fade
Maybe I can put love-letters down
(Love let us down)
And maybe I can bring myself around
|
||||
8. |
Second Birth
05:34
|
|||
|
We filed inside, my father and I
Row after row of downcast faces
Lives held together with frayed shoelaces
And the hope of second birth
We'd walk the streets week after week
Engineering works and machining factories
Notice boards and apprentice vacancies
Finding out that it all adds up to be
A slowing downward spiral
This dirty town betrayed it's work force
Workers children's cries then echoed
Through the revolutions mills
Where once the spinners rhythm manufacturing
A deaf defying roar
Now only ghostly silence haunts the empty floor
Maybe my eyes so inexperienced
Couldn't see the pain
But my heart was washed in admiration
And the love I would sustain
Coloured by the pride inside
And the offerings in vain
As my father held his head up high
Despite the driving rain
Demarcation and slamming doors
A mercy mission on foreign shores
Divided family dejected son
But work is work when all's said and done
Shining light of all hope reborn
Weathered through this infernal storm
To the hope of second birth
|
||||
9. |
Emily and Charlotte
04:00
|
|||
|
This moorland isolation
Sleeping centuries surround
You can feel the Earth rotating
As the core beats out aloud
Cumulous and sirrus
They float above my head
As I recall the bitterness
Of everything she said
My heart is somehow warm here
As if Emily and Charlotte are by my side
By my side
Maybe I'm confronting something
Challenging my past
Personified, reconciled
I'm offended by my left hand
In my right handed hell
And I'm reminded of the Heartland
Reading 'Curer Bell'
Ancient words that cannot harm you
As they sleep beneath their tomb
A crystallised cocoon
A hollow empty room
Another makeshift womb
A moths erratic flight
Under thirty watts of light
In my final degradation
Can atonement still begin?
A last chance for salvation
As the walls start closing in
|
||||
10. |
The Swan Suite
08:02
|
|||
|
Ugly ducklings on my side
Another friend of which to sympathize
Tulip graces tucked inside
Unlike the shoddy feathers
Set before my eyes
Whether hidden or on show
Somehow slowly feelings grow
And the seeds you thought were sour
Sweeten, soften and then flower
Hands are reaching for the light
Clutching confidences tight
Waiting for your finest hour
Feathered faces they don't know
Just how cruel that northern wind can blow
In the quiet stream of youth
You can't tell how fast the giant river flows
Whether hidden or on show
Somehow slowly feelings grow
And the seeds you thought were sour
Sweeten, soften and then flower
Hands are reaching for the light
Clutching confidences tight
Waiting for your finest hour
Then one day she will emerge
Discovered passion now diverge
Sunlight radiantly sings
With the first beating of her wings
Paparazzi stare inside
The gathered crowds will now divide
The doorman watching her with pride
As she makes her way inside
Full of grace she climbs the stairs
Strange how everyone now cares
Awoken debutante astounds
Heads are turning all around
Could this really be the first time
Those eyes have melted hearts?
And the feeling grows amid the swelling sound
Electricity somehow seems to ricochet around
Excited cheers from all her peers
The triumph of those hungry years
Spread across her smile
|
||||
11. |
Wild Heather
04:42
|
|||
|
Swallows swooping low over the marshlands
Pale sun fading fast
Still silhouettes the trees
And I live and breathe the same air
Ten years ago we shared before you left
Sands of time they say will heal the memories
Long summers gone it seems 'forever'
Wasn't quite just what you meant
And I live and breathe the same air
Ten years ago we shared before you left
If you stood on this rock
Where we last kissed
And looked out on the moorland
If you could smell the wild heather
Maybe this could be forever
One more time
This God-forsaken place has seen some changes
And with each change I feel
An insult to our time
And I live and breathe the same air
Ten years ago we shared before you left
A hazy spring I think I took for granted
Counting petals that I assumed belonged to me
I'm a fool that's chasing rainbows
Through the sunshine and the rain
And a spirit wild and free
If you stood on this rock
Where we last kissed
And looked out on the moorland
If you could smell the wild heather
Maybe this could be forever
One more time
And time is in my way
Time is in my way
Time is in my way
Time is in my way
|
||||
If you like Neil Thomas, you may also like:
Following up their excellent comp of Bay Area talent, OIM release Whiskerman's new gospel-tinged LP.
go to album
The Power Of The Heart: A Tribute To Lou Reed
by Various Artists
Keith Richards, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams, Joan Jett, and more pay tribute to the enduring and visionary music of Lou Reed.
go to album
Changes Happen To Everyone, Everywhere
by Chet Sounds
Recorded in a shipping container, the Australian artist's quirky second album is a love letter to 70’s classic rock, folk, and psychedelia.
go to album
Fear of Frying
by Eggs Over Easy
In honor of the band’s 50th Anniversary, Yep Roc have reissued the 1980 album by pub rock pioneers Eggs Over Easy.
go to album
Harp-wielding Brooklynite Pamela Martinez crafts frisky songs, blending epic vocal harmonies with a horn-heavy orchestral backing.
go to album
Parisian indie pop quintet En Attendant Ana bring smart songwriting and considered arrangements to their latest and strongest record.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 12, 2024
go to album
