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The Line That Divides
03:06
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I went out hunting in the wintertime ---
Nobody saw my arrow pierce his heart
Nobody else saw him die
Our breath hung silent in the frozen air ---
My arrow held, suspended in the light
As I took the glint from his eye
And in that moment
Everything is life
Then, in a bygone time I saw you
Standing in the kitchen, making bread
The house alive with lavender oil
And I remember what you said ---
About the line that divides the living and the dead
And in that moment
Everything is life
And I wonder if I can really go on
As I shuffle closer to the edge
Of something new, something dangerous
And I remember what you said ---
About the line that divides the living and the dead
Divides the living and the dead
Divides the living and the dead
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Dress Lady Dress
02:12
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Beneath the setting sun
When the truth is yet to unfold
Will you take me with you when you go
Dress lady, dress lady, dress to impress
Tonight, we’re taking no prisoners
Lay waste to the streets and we’ll dance in the wake
Of all the lost in the morning
In love with everyone
When it’s time to leave your foxhole
Will you take me with you when you go
Dress lady, dress lady, dress to impress
Tonight, we’re taking no prisoners
Lay waste to the streets and we’ll dance in the wake
Of all the lost in the morning
When all is said and done
If I’ve still got some sense of control
Will you take me with you when you go
Dress lady, dress lady, dress to impress
Tonight, we’re taking no prisoners
Lay waste to the streets and we’ll dance in the wake
Of all the lost in the morning
Unleash a combined rage so powerful
We can be sure of the outcome
Let the wind blow, let your hair and dress flow
Stood in the ash of what we’ve done
Dress lady, dress lady, dress to impress
Tonight, we’re taking no prisoners
Lay waste to the streets and we’ll dance in the wake
Of all the lost in the morning
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How To Serf
02:13
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You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!
The clock ticks ever on
Beneath a dim, indifferent sun
But tomorrow never comes
Neither for you, or for yours sons
You are chained unto the work
Diggin’ the bowels of the Earth
An’ your worksong’s never heard
By man or beast or bird
You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!
You are working a shop
With all the shutters locked
Got one eye on the clock
But your shift is never up
Time for rounds down on the ward
Where the patients can’t be cured
Such trauma makes you ill
But you hide the way you feel
You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!
We make money on the game
We’ve put the prices up again
We want a weaker pound
Bank on disaster in this crowd
The Sovereign Self seeks only wealth,
For this will scorch the Earth
They promised to teach us how to serf….
You pay the rent, pay the rent, pay the rent
Get up, go work and go to bed again
As Sure as eggs, sure eggs
As sure as eggs is eggs you need to pay the rent
Pay the rent, pay the rent ---
The rent; the rent, the rent is due again….
Again. Again and forever!
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Turkish Revelee
03:07
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There was a little ship and she sailed on the sea
And the name of the ship was the Turkish Revelee
Ah, she sailed down in that lonely, lonesome water
Ah, she sailed on the lonesome sea
Up stepped a little sailor saying what’ll you give to me
To sink that ship to the bottom of the sea
If I sink her in that lonely, lonesome water
If I sink her in the lonesome sea
Well, I have a house and I have some land
And I have a daughter that shall be at your command
If you sink her in the lonely, lonesome water
If you sink her in the lonesome sea
He bowed on his breast and away swam he
And he swum till he came to the Turkish Revelee
She sailed on that lonely, lonesome water
As she sailed in the lonesome sea
He had a little awl, all made for to bore
And he bored nine holes in the bottom of the floor
And he sank her in the lonely, lonesome water
Ah, he sunk her in the lonesome sea
He bowed on his breast and away swum he
And he swum till he came to the Golden Willow Tree
As she sailed in the lonely, lonesome water
As she sailed in the lonesome sea
Captain o' Captain, will you be good as your word
Or either take me up on board, for I've ---
Sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Ah, I've sunk her in the lonesome sea
“No, I won't be as good as my word
Or neither will I take you up on board
Though you've sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Though you've sunk the in the lonesome sea”
If it were not for the love I bear your men
I’d sink you the same just as I sank them, ah I’d
Sink you in that lonely, lonesome water
Yes I'd sink you in the lonely sea
He bowed on his breast and downward sunk he
A-bidding a farewell to the Golden Willow Tree
He sunk in that lonely, lonesome water
O, he sunk in the lonely sea
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Silverlode Leeds, UK
Silverlode is a folksome indie rock band from Leeds.
A folk band in the broadest sense of
the word; dogs of pop; self-taught musical ruffians who play to their own traditions. Reinventors of self and prone to playing their songs in a myriad of ways, join Silverlode on their mythological journey through history, future, fantasy and good times via their ever-evolving music.
DIY since 2001.
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