1. |
Birds When Disturbed
03:17
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Cat came in sat by the fire
Log fell down flame rise
Late night radio must have left it on
Sound of sleep country blue
Things I have heard beyond midnight
Birds when disturbed sing with no light
Yesterday it rained grass will grow
Leaves are rustling storm on the way
Goodnight said the moon to the stars' surprise
Visions of destiny disappear
Things I have heard beyond midnight
Birds when disturbed sing with no light
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2. |
Derelict
02:37
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I come from over there I am going God knows where
I'll leave it up to him I am waiting to begin
If he exists at all I'll be waiting for his call
This can't be what he picked this place is derelict
Birds were living in the eaves they've all flown the nest
The tree will shed the leaves they'll be nothing left
Winter all year round that's what they predict
White noise is the sound this place is derelict
Please don't remind me of mistakes I have made
When I look behind me I see cradle I see grave
Nobody sleeps round here no one dares to dream
Hope has disappeared along with self-esteem
They skies have turned to grey dirty nondescript
I'll be on my way this place is derelict
Please don't remind me of everything I've done wrong
You're never ever gonna find me when I'm gone I'll be gone
I come from over there I am going God knows where
I'll leave it up to him I am waiting to begin
If he exists at all I'll be waiting for his call
This can't be what he picked this place is derelict
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3. |
Panic
03:05
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Get on the train
Going God knows where
Trying to stay alive
Till I get there
Can't find my breath
Nothing but death
Can't find my breath
Panic
I'm on this train
Certain to die
People in pain all around me
I can't see their eyes
They nothing of me
They can't see I can't breathe
Panic
My life is erased
There can be no turning back
How to escape
Without throwing
My head on the track
Panic
More people roll on
Can I survive
Can I hold on
Till we arrive
Nothing but death
Can't find my breath
Can't find my breath
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4. |
Stumbling
04:14
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It's totally dark machine is humming
A dog is barking and the pipes are rumbling
I am listening what am I what am I missing
I can't move I don't know what to do
This is thee way that the night falls into another day
So slow out of disarray
I am fumbling trying to find the key on the shelf
I am mumbling mumbling to myself
There's a lock on the door that I can't find
A clock is ticking in the hall I don't pay it no mind
I'm trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel
And I stumble yes I stumble
Nobody safe this time of night say goodbye no one answer
Listen to the horizon of my mind tree against the sky
Sleep of knowing wind blowing branches are dancing
And I'm praying to whom it may concern
Nowhere to turn night or day
Tomorrow is no more I'm trying to find the gift of sight
Nothing nothing no light at all
Where are you going someone say it's in my mind
Get down on your knees and pray to whom it may concern
What I've learned is there's nowhere to turn
This is only what I expected so lonely disconnected
Lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely disconnected
Now I'm stumbling stumbling
That's all I can do just trying to make my
Make my way back to you and I'm stumbling
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5. |
Ice In The Water
04:44
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Midnight in my dream
It was midnight going down to the bay
Nothing was coming through I had no words to say
I was listening nothing coming through
I was listening to Neil
I was listening to St Thomas
Because I know the way he feel
Don't it make you feel so cold
Don't it make you feel so old
It's Christmas
Only Christmas ain't Christmas to me
There's lights and shining stars
Colours on all the trees
But something happened don't know where or when
I think something happened to you
But I know something happened to them
Don't it make you feel so cold
Don't it make you feel so old
I was halfway to Blind River
Broke down on the road
Hitched a lift to the old junkyard
Waiting to be towed
We was going nowhere
Twenty four the place to be
First time I felt the cold
Ice surrounding me
Don't it make you feel so cold
Don't it make you feel so old
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6. |
New Year's Eve
03:51
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New Year's Eve I want to be like everyone
Want to believe things I see
Will be different from now on
But everywhere I go no one wants to know
I guess it must be New Year's Eve
Take your time you will sign your life away
Not long now make your mark another day
Everywhere you turn a new way to burn
I guess it must be New Year's Eve
And the things I have forgotten
Are the things I wanted to hold
The promise of tomorrow brand new same old
New Year's Eve rain beats down on my roof
There's no defence
My catching bowl will overflow where will it end
Hope no fear another brand new year
Another brand new same old
And the clock ticks on and on thy will be done
Ad the midnight bell will toll brand new same old
Hope no fear another brand new year
Another brand new same old
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7. |
Unravelling
04:05
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I can feel the pain of the spider climbing up the train
I am watching the ivy blow against the window in the rain
I have been sleeping today my life is seeping away
I don't know what is happening
I am unraveling
The sider is terrified in the parallel lines
The shadows of the circle all around serve to remind him
He spends his time travelling up and down
He is unravelling
The wind is haunting as it howls its messages to me
I am standing in the daunting shade of the sycamore tree
I have long since ceased to grieve
So many leaves I can't breathe
I live in a labyrinth
Everything's unravelling
Unravelling
Out in the wilderness so cold
Time isn't on your side you are told
The train has broken down and the carriages are bare
The words for what I found come from long ago
No one wants to know what's there
It's all unravelling
Unravelling
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8. |
River
01:50
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Ripple river
River flow
River
Flow
I see lightning
Dead of night
I see light
So white
No flower
I see bee
Minute hour
Only me
Happiness sorrow
Either one
Time tomorrow
I be gone
River
River flow
River
River flow
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9. |
Day For Night
03:09
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I just can't tell you
You are too far away
Can't seem to reach you
Anyway there's probably nothing more I could say
I get up switch on my radio
We used to joke the news is all bad
But at least it reminds me of all the years
And just what we had
Everything seems like nothing
Nothing is what it seems
Nothing is real it all just feel
Pretty much like a dream
I've got something strange inside me
So blue it changes the light
That is why I am living
Living day for night
I will always be with you
Whatever comes into sight
If you want me to I'll be watching you
Every magic carpet ride
You're gonna be fine you will be fine
Your future is so bright
It's me that's the problem I am living
Living day for night
I should be used to it by now
The distance between everyone
Sometimes I think you are the father
And it's me who is the son
We all have our own problems
Mine is aching hold inside
I'm kind of living
Living day for night
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10. |
The End Of Love
03:55
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Empty the bottle you are bereft
Lose your voice till there is nothing left
You bought some time upon this earth
You almost found a sense of worth
Listen my friend what is that the sound of
Listen to the end of love
Kill the kindness in your eye
Embrace the blindness you will find
The book half-opened upside down
In mud that once was hallowed ground
Listen my friend what is that the sound of
Listen to the end of love
And so I lay me down to die
And all the world is floating by
And all that passes through is me and you
I numb the pain what is will be the end
The end again
Again of love
There is a song you will not hear
It will never reappear
The songs do not apply
It is time to kiss them all goodbye
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11. |
Heart Going Home
02:58
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Darkness my companion
Where have you been
I can no longer tell you
Of the places I have seen
Memory same old story
Heart nothing more
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Turn to stone on the shore
Heart going home
Thought strings dangling out of reach
End of light
Somewhere far away part of me
Hear someone say goodnight
Light cannot find me
Nor voices nor song
Whatever is behind me
Will soon be gone
Heart going home
Night train going downtown
From the sea
Senses all closing down
Goodnight sleep tight me
Heart going home
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Channel D London, UK
Channel D is writer-singer, visual artist and film-maker Nick de Grunwald, whose debut 2013 album Mosaic Of Disarray was described by Q magazine as offering “worldly lyrics, no little panache and a gritty edge” and by Uncut as “dark baritone story-telling”. Unravelling is a giant step forwards, being less a collection of songs and more a cohesive album-length statement. ... more
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