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He never laughed in quite the right way
He never jumped into the fray
He never danced and he never got laid
But he was like a god to me
And when I think back to those first days
He always there, he never left me
I start to wonder if I'm the one to blame
For all his never having done much of anything
Oh won't you help me
I'm drunk I can't sleep
I'm out here on my own
I just want to come home
What ugly things those insect wings
And I don't care for interpreting
Because after all, it's just another stupid dream
And I know it doesn't mean, doesn't mean a thing,
Doesn't mean a thing, doesn't mean a thing
Ooh-Ooh-Ooh. Ooh-Ooh-Ooh.
Half a mile east of anywhere
And the rains began to calm
I left my brother standing there
With a sliver in his palm
Where once I'd swung from his great big arms
We were now both free to roam
But still I find myself missing him
Like the arrow miss the stone
I snuck into your room and I put your records on
I read your comic books, so glad that you were gone
And I hope you understood that it was just my age
I wanted to be you, but with a different name
What ugly things those insect wings
And I don't care for interpreting
Because after all, it's just another stupid dream
And I know it doesn't mean, it doesn't mean a thing
And I know it doesn't mean, doesn't mean a thing,
Doesn't mean a thing, doesn't mean a thing
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Left behind
The hospital
He told himself blood and wine
Weren't so different, so different at all
Held so tight
Wiped the tears from my eyes
And told me our paths through life
Come together time after time
He came in from the East
In a two-door-beat-in Ford
Got a position techin' blood
In an open-hearted ward
And there he met his gal
Said she was all he'd ever need
He put away those childish things
And he took down to a knee
Well in a year they'd had a son
And in seven had one more
‘Cuz he did everything he could
But he was restless at his core
One night he drank 'til he was drunk
Out in the vineyard in the rain
He took a tumble in the mud
He cursed the wife and walked away
But he didn't turn his back
Not the way that some men would
'Cuz he was restless at his core
But he did everything he could
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Alice
04:02
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It's been a long time
Out on our own
Thinking that somehow we might
We might have got it wrong
I kept telling myself I would
Find my own way
You were only there just to
Try and hold me back
Boy what a brat, yeah
Do you remember
Piggy-backs back home
Tricky at the Mayan and
Breaking all your bones
I'm sorry for every time
I didn't try in school
I'm sorry for every time
I ever lied to you
Oh Alice
I promise I've stopped
Oh Alice
I promise I've stopped
It's just a variation on a common thread
A dedication to a love we can't forget
Passed back through the start
Slipped into my broken heart
And will it carry us unto our dying bed
This secretariat that's hanging overhead.
Pulling up the boulevard,
Right back at the start.
And if we don't
Make mother proud
Who's gonna buy
Our second round
I'll do what I can, ooh yeah
And by the way
I want to thank you all
For everything
That I have
And that I am
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Escape Artist
04:42
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Life support's all shot to shit
And Heaven knows how it came to this
Daddy's there beside the bed
Strokes his beard and shakes his head
He's smiling but his eyes are wet
And I don't like to ring the nurse
Maybe it's just a case of nerves
Lord I know she's trying to help
What she's got I can't accept
So in the end she blames herself
And I don't wanna be alone no more
A junky on the jones no more
You gotta understand I'm sorry and I'm sad
So darlin' hold my hand
I think I'd like to stay in bed no. 4
Here on the emergency ward
A screw through the jaw and a rib through the heart
And that's how it starts
We dance around before the fight
Ball up our fists and let 'em fly
Nervous endings sever here
Whole hosts of angels disappear
So shower down the chandeliers
And I don't wanna be alone no more
A junky on the jones no more
You gotta understand I'm sorry and I'm sad
So darlin' hold my hand
I think I'd like to stay in bed no. 4
Here on the emergency ward
A screw through the jaw and a rib through the heart
And that's how it starts
My head was up in the clouds
My family is so damn proud
I'm slamming a double down at Mars Bar
And I said we should shut it down
Get a cab and head uptown
I might have known we'd take it all too far
We'd take it all too far, yeah
These are the veins that break in our hearts
When all of us take an unwitting part
In our own demise (passed back through the start)
These are the veins that break in our hearts
When all of us take an unwitting part
In our own demise (passed back through the start)
These are the veins that break in our hearts
When all of us take an unwitting part
In our own demise (passed back through the start)
These are the veins that break in our hearts
When all of us take an unwitting part
In our own demise (passed back through the start)
These are the veins that break in our hearts
When all of us take an unwitting part
In our own demise
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STRANGE ANATOMY Brooklyn, New York
Drawing together immediate melodies and ever evolving instrumentation, STRANGE ANATOMY bridges the gap between the familiar
rock and roll that we feel in our bodies and the strange sonic artforms that can only be dreamt of in our minds.
Now regulars in the NY music scene, the band continues to refine their sound. They are currently finishing up their high-concept sophomore album, OBSCURIA.
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