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man-child
04:08
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man-child
man-child, who are you waiting for?
oh, man-child, there’s no one who can make up your mind
there’s no one who can make this alright
so, he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home
in the morning he swears he’ll begin
old friend, oh you’re killing me
there’s no friend, who could watch you as you turn out
the lights
there’s only so many last times
so, he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home
in the morning he swears he’ll begin again
the proud clown of a dead-end show
there’s no shame, to sing them what they’re
waiting for
but you just don’t have the heart anymore
so, he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home
in the morning he swears he’ll begin again
you were right, i was wrong
what the hell was i thinking of?
i’m too young to grow up
all this light, all this love,
all the colours i’m dreaming of
places i promised i’d go
i always knew…you were meant for more
i’m the weight in your chest
i’m the dreams that you chase
i always knew you were meant for more
so he gets drunk, he gets broke, he gets home
in the morning i know he’ll begin
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2. |
avalon
03:44
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avalon
avalon, we were hanging on by the grace of a thread
and silence waits for all your good questions to rattle
round my head
i light up another cigarette
close my eyes cos there is nowhere left to hide
we carry on, just like before
though our melody’s changed
this time i am serious
think we know what we’re giving up, the night
you said be there
in the morning never quite at my best
just be there
and we’ll know this is a good day
one where i am more than enough
this is a good day
I'll listen to your wrong radio
so jump in my boat and i’ll row us home
jump in my boat and tell me it all
let’s spare the horses, let’s spare the horses
you and me we’re in this together,
i’ll put you in my pocket let you lean upon me
you and me together forever
i’ll sing you a little closer let you lean upon me
avalon, we’ll keep on holding on.
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3. |
saddest waltz
04:40
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saddest waltz
we had all the time in the world
to watch the search-lights shine upon
your ramshackle boats as they drifted and dived
shame on our bitter hearts
empty as the promises we knew we’d never keep
we waltzed while your cities burned
drank wine whilst you choked
and i sang at the top of my voice
we slept through your tragedies
safe behind our walls
and pretended you were part of our world
we had all the time in the world
to stand silent as pirates sold off
sons and daughters like meat at the side of the
road
we’ve become lonely satellites
distant from the real stars, new gods up on high
we waltzed while your cities burned
drank wine whilst you choked
and i sang at the top of my voice
we slept through your tragedies
safe behind our walls
and sent the next wolves to your door
we had it easier than most
can’t tell you why
everything we touch now is growing cold
now we tell you we told you so
no better than the devils you know
we waltzed while your cities burned
drank wine whilst you choked
and i sang at the top of my voice
we slept through your tragedies
safe behind our walls
and pretended you were part of our world
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4. |
sight of me
04:41
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sight of me
must be the drink when i talk
i never knew enough is enough
she can’t stand the sight of me the days
look at the years that we walked
backs straight five feet tall
but it’s hard to be your man this way
and oh i know we’ve been bracing ourselves
but no one’s ever really ready for this
it’s all that i can do
to kill this feeling
bite my tongue again
and it’s more than i can take
to see the back of you
to lose my friend again
alone in the beds that we chose
she asks me if i still feel the love
i swear she sees right through my crooked smile
so tired of the masks that we wear
too old to think that i’d ever change
can’t even fool myself i’ve got the strength
to stay
and oh i know we’ve been bracing ourselves
but no one’s ever really ready for this
it’s all that i can do
to kill this feeling
bite my tongue again
and it’s more than i can take
to see the back of you
to lose my friend again
where did i go wrong
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5. |
the win
04:00
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the win
fathers hold tiny hands and happily remind me
that i’ll never know the true meaning of love
well, bless their big hearts
champagne charlatans take all they want
and deserve from my plate
whilst the rest of us work forever,
sent far away to fight for their sons
and i read somewhere that the 90’s kids were sent to
save us all
i heard they’re smarter than your average bears
we said we’re ready when you are
but they became the new
god-fearing, finger-pointing, porn-addicted
meat-eating, bricks in the wall just like us all
you win, you win
we’re deep in bubbles of communication
all trapped in the cloud
the algorithms are wearing us down
my echo chamber just confirms what i know
that i could hate most anyone
i heard a billionaire on the radio
he said the enemy is close
and i’m wondering where i’ve heard this before
and i’m still wondering, as we hand him the codes
turns out he was just another
god-fearing, finger-pointing, porn-addicted
chancer who was selling out our world
you win, you win
we’ll keep hanging on for your miracles like before
you can still kid a kidder like me
sleep easy
you will always kid a kidder like me
you win, you win
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6. |
trust
03:44
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trust
i meant every single, last word that i said to you
but now it's cold and it's late, i'm dead on my feet
can't we sleep on it again
she said 'it's all every well hanging our dreams by a
thread, is there still room for me?
wish that i had your faith, how could you ever change?
you're just the man i've always known'
you said, trust in me
so, i put my life in your hands
we saw the future
fragile but beautiful
just like your mother always told you
we’ll be alright on the night
and i won’t let go
i've slept by your side, seen the midnight hours awake
you when your pride comes to call
i know you're hard on yourself, harder than anyone
else, but let me walk a mile with you
i know that i have been blinded, let a darkness define
me and whisper to my hope
i only needed my friend to help me begin to find the
man i'd always known
you said, trust in me
so, i put my life in your hands
we saw the future
fragile but beautiful
just like your father always told you
we’ll keep the lights on tonight
you’ll need them to keep dreaming
here is something to hold on to
i want you to know
i will always believe in you
and i won’t let go
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7. |
a-ok
04:56
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a-ok
he says he’s doing better now
but i can’t believe a word that he says
so we just stay scared
wish i could’ve listened more
wish that there was someone out there who needed him most
it’s what he needs the most
he says 'it was years ago, it’s too late to talk
and i know the weight in my bones is all my fault'
i am a-ok, i don’t take pills anymore
i am a-ok, i can paint my smile on at the door
sometimes i think that maybe i am just wired this way
you can’t tell anyone round here, don’t tell anyone
round here
good luck, good luck, good luck, good luck, good luck
i know he keeps telling himself
this is all i deserve and i get what i get
i’m just living in dreams
there’s a silver-tongued liar in his head
slowly talked him into whipping himself
but a liar’s never happy till he’s got you on your knees
he says 'oh, the years go by and i’m frozen where i was
i don’t even know anymore what i’m raging for
but it’s all my fault'
i am a-ok, i don’t take pills anymore
i am a-ok, i can paint my smile on at the door
sometimes i think that maybe i am just wired this way
i know i’m never good enough, who could use somebody like me?
i know i’m never strong enough, who could use somebody like me?
how long have i lost? thinking i was a-ok,
waiting for the echo to change
but i never needed you more
but i never needed you more
maybe i am just wired this way
we are a-ok
we’ll be ok
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8. |
plastic soldiers
04:45
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plastic soldiers
we’re not who we say we are
we were never in the stories we tell
it’s just the proud names we took
but this is the real skin we choose to wear
it’s too late for us
that ship has sailed it's long gone
how can i wait for us
when all you know is what you don't want
what happened to the people that
i thought i know?
who am i to tell them
that their hearts are wrong?
we are the plastic soldiers
in a revolution you can’t understand
i never hated anyone
we are the plastic soldiers
you were never my kingdom
we were never the same
i never begged you for anything
i’m not who they say i am
and i don’t want to hear the loyal songs
that they sing
it’s just my name they took
but these are the colours i refuse to wear
it’s too late for us
that ship has sailed it's long gone
how can i wait for us
when all you know is what you don't want
we are the plastic soldiers
in a revolution you can’t understand
i never hated anyone
we are the plastic soldiers
you were never my kingdom
you were never the same
i never begged you for anything
we’re holding on, we’re holding on,
alba we’re holding on for you
what happened to the place that i called my home?
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9. |
no weddings
05:01
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no weddings
i know that i called you trouble
but by now you really must know that you’re
the trouble i need
won’t you just stay close to me
stay too close to me?
our hurricane years went past
how many times you watched me crash
as i was brought to my knees
by my latest dead-brained schemes
how’d you stay here with me?
and i know you’d never hold me back
and you know i’d never hold you back
how could i hold you back?
i need no weddings and no secrets
to know i belong wi you
i want no promises,i need no reasons
to know that my home is you
we find our way
we always find our ways
home to you
i know that you thought i was leaving
i know that you thought that my tides
would carry me home
but i could never sail them alone
only sail them with you
i got to see the woman you’ve become
you let me hold your hand, you let us grow
but you’re still always the last one to leave
stay my love, burn this fire wi me
and i know you never need me to change
and you know i never need you to change
but oh how we changed
i need no weddings and no secrets
to know i belong wi you
i want no promises,i need no reasons
to know that my home is you
we find our ways
we always find our ways
you always see the best in me
everything, everything you had you shared
with me
it’s you who’s the best of me
you are, the most beautiful robot
executing a command
my love, my heart, my mind
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Stuart Neville Vienna, Austria
STUART NEVILLE (INDIE-FOLK) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Vienna, Austria.
A beaten-up voice
and a down-tuned guitar…beautifully crafted songwriting fuelled by the raw indie and grunge of his youth and welded together with the people and stories of his life.
www.stuneville.com
www.facebook.com/stunevillemusic
www.youtube.com/c/StuartNevilleMusic
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