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Lovers, Kings, Wicked Things

by Bryan Lisa

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1.
Solferino 04:29
Boats on the water In no special order Just like my brain Spinning around me I think that they'll drown me In the river again Two can share the whole world Our flags unfurled Our colors blend I'm a dress that she tries on But like this horizon Love has no end I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go...Solferino In time it's a window To the bridges where we go To find a sign But despite how I wanted you Cried at you and haunted you You were never mine I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go...Solferino All you can do is sit and watch While the best days of your life disappear All you can do is sit and watch The best days of your life
2.
It was you all along It was you all along It was you all along I'll sing you this last song Searching high and low Searching high and low Searching high and low Gently falling snow There's something missing here Something missing here Something missing here We'll find out through the years You'll always be mine You'll always be mine You'll always be mine Perhaps in another time You and I, we're the same You know that we're the same You and I, we're the same Alone on a bridge in the rain It's how they play their game It's how they play their game It's how they play their game They'll only want your name Nothing's missing here Nothing's missing here Nothing's missing here There's nothing left to fear We start out so small We start out so small We start out so small The end comes to us all
3.
There’s a place in the canopy Where you used to call home A world full of secrets Long since outgrown The wood is all splintered And the nails rusted through The swallows have nested It stands sound, it stands true When will you come back to your house in the trees? There’re whispers of laughter In the wind as it blows A place that you ran to In the rain and the snow The silence, it haunts me I could sit here for days I still feel you moving Your face in the sun’s rays When will you come back to your house in the trees? Up here you are anyone A king on a throne A hero, a legend Just a kid all alone So if you have wonder If you have dreams If you long for the days of the bugs and the leaves When will you come back to your house in the trees? Someday we'll fall on our knees and we'll weep ...and we'll understand everything.
4.
Think back on what it was before What it started for Dig through the past I reach for you in an empty bed And you're in my head Broken glass And if you close your eyes in sleep you'll melt Won't take away the lies you told yourself You could have been mine for what we felt I'm not yours, you're not mine Once upon a time Without you, I feel fine Once upon a time We never really were the same It's an endless game That faded fast And I know that you'll never know Always played it slow And finished last And if you close your eyes in sleep you'll melt Won't take away the lies you told yourself You could have been mine for what we felt I'm not yours, you're not mine Once upon a time Without you, I feel fine Once upon a time I said leave, I never thought you'd go This is all for show A fragile mask You never know just what's at stake You'll find me in the lake An empty flask I'm not yours, you're not mine Once upon a time Without you, I feel fine Once upon a time
5.
Gypsy Haunt 02:54
(INSTRUMENTAL)
6.
In the bowels of the galley Where the wormwood weeps and moans The briny deep through the creases seep And I hang my head alone The master cracks the whip Points a crooked finger at me “Get along, you cur” and I say “yes, sir” Raise the anchor, drift asea Hoist the rag, away, we leave for home today The bells ring, I long to hear that sound Hoist the rag, ahead, man, I’ll sleep when I’m dead And my love sings sweet for me deep underground I scan the vast blue blanket While the rain squalls pound my head The sirens scream till my ears bleed And their voices wake the dead Now Johnny pours the whiskey And Edward pours the tea But the fire that lives deep inside Burns only just for me There’s a beauty in destruction A crash of turquoise sea We climbed atop like vikings and screamed “we are free” Now, me, I’ll bring my lovers And you, you’ll bring your kings And we’ll sip old world sangria And talk of wicked things I’m digging in the earth In sweat and dirty rain I’m finding out just who I am Amongst ragged roots and pain Hoist the rag, away, we leave for home today The bells ring, I long to hear that sound Hoist the rag, ahead, man, I’ll sleep when I’m dead And my love sings sweet for me deep underground
7.
Everyone dreams of dying young Everyone dreams of dying young But no one dreams of dying alone… with all our sins left to atone Everyone dreams of dying young Someone sings to whatever gods Someone sings to whatever gods Lungs burn, my heartache plods…the man in the corner gently nods Someone sings to whatever gods Bubbles form before my eyes Moments when the child within us dies Were you scared…were you scared…were you scared when you were swept away? We all get scared…all get scared…we all get scared when we’re swept away Everyone dreams of dying young Everyone dreams of dying young We want to drink life from the source… no great adventure, just a matter of course. When our last breath leaves our lungs And friends they leave us too soon Friends they leave us too soon Can’t take blood from a river stone…in the end we’re always alone Friends they leave us too soon. Were you scared…were you scared…were you scared when you were swept away? We all get scared…all get scared…we all get scared when we’re swept away.
8.
Rudy 03:57
In the woods, in the meadows, where the sidewalks meet the street Wind whips the plains and her horses all run wild She sits on the curb with her shadows at her feet Sunshine on her face lights up her inner child Rudy, don’t let me down… I can see you walking slowly…see that smile upon her lips Paints pictures with her words and sings her fire song And it’s all in slow motion…as his heart it gently slips Opens up his eyes and sees you all along. Rudy, don't let me down... Had dust on your coat from the sand and the clay. Just promise me four walls won’t hold you at bay. For life will sneak past you and you’ll watch it walk away. Now it’s open mic night at the neighborhood saloon He comes in from the cold in time to see your set In the middle of a chord that you know you’ve played too soon His eyes burn you like the ashes of your cigarette Rudy, don’t let me down… Rudy, let no man love you…less than I love you… Rudy, let no man love you…less than I love you…

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Recorded in the summer and fall of 2013.

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released January 7, 2014

Music and Lyrics: Bryan Lisa
Produced, Recorded and Mixed: Jeff Tareila at The Pussycat Club
Mastered by: Eric Rachel at Trax East

The Players:
Bryan Lisa, Alex Bryant, Jeff Tareila Pete DeMeo
with:
Bill Noren, Squidd Subject A, Phil Kennedy-Grant

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Email contact: blisa00@gmail.com

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