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Phantom Pains
06:16
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Awake again
I cant help but
Search my extremities
For your familiar shape
But now you've been and gone and I'm just holding on
To thin air
I shift my weight
But without your support
I'm not equipped to hold myself
In the same way
I tried to replace your actions with aritifical means
But they lack the substance
The feelings you gave freely
That now only elude me
Tried to replace you, tried to replace you, tried to replace you...
And these phantom pains remain the only thing that continue to remind me...
Phantom Pains remain the only thing that make me whole again
Linger a little longer
Linger a little longer
Out on a limb
I'm half the man
And cant afford to lose any more of my self respect
I've got to rebuild
I've tried to replace you, tried to replace you, tried to replace you
With artificial means, by any means
But they lack the substance
The feelings you gave freely
That now only elude me
Tried to replace you, tried to replace you, tried to replace you
And these phantom pains remain the only thing that continue to remind me...
Phantom Pains remain the only thing that make me whole again...
Linger a little longer
Awake again
I cant help but
Search my extremities
For your familiar shape
But now you've been and gone and I'm just holding on
To thin air
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2. |
Feel Some More
04:38
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So I've gotta feel some more
Feel some more
Enough to prove I feel anything at all
I've gotta feel some more
Feel some more
Set a tear aside
For when you say it's time
To let go and show I'm not dead inside
Is asking too much?
Asking too much?
To throw a punch
And feel some commotion in the deep
Is it asking too much?
Asking too much?
For a heart string to pluck
And feel what echoes inside that empty gut
Cos I can't dip a toe without being swallowed whole
By what lurks beneath the heart of the ocean
And when I'm down there
I can't help be scared
By the reflection revealed
And the realisation
A penny's not enough
A penny's not enough
So hold that thought
And save it for an empty well
A penny's not enough
A penny's not enough
To crack this nut
And open up the floodgates on the these long harboured thoughts
But I can't dip a toe without being swallowed whole
By what lurks beneath the heart of the ocean
And when I'm down there
I can't help be scared
By the reflection revealed
And the realisation
That I don’t know half of it
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3. |
Dreams of North Korea
06:24
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72 hours
And I'm still there
Dream of North Korea
Are all I have to cling to
I know it's not much
But I'll drink to that
Not that i need an excuse to abuse myself
It's funny how those
Good intentions fade
If there's room left
Mark it up to another error made
But I've got no apologies
If the truth is at heart
Well my minds at ease
And those dreams of North Korea
Are all that I had, all that I have (and I'll drink to that)
And those dreams of North Kor, Dreams of North Korea
Are all that I had, All I had...
All I have and I'll drink to that
All I have and I'll drink to that
7 years straight on the front line
Ashamed of my behaviour
It takes a near miss to realise
I'm the last of my kind
Endangered wildlife
And as I fall through the ever decreasing circles (of familiar faces)
I wonder how long I can sustain this habit of a lifetime?
And those dreams of North Korea
Are all that I had, all that I have (and I'll drink to that)
And those dreams of North Kor, Dreams of North Korea
Are all that I had, All I had...
All I have and I'll drink to that
All I have and I'll drink to that
Endless days of thirst and rage
Paying for the excess of my younger self
You remind me it's for the best
Endless days of thirst and rage
Paying for the excess of my younger self
You remind me it's for the best
But it doesn't make it less difficult
To forget the taste
To forget the taste
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4. |
All The Seasons
03:53
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All the seasons in one day
From listless breeze to scorching rage
Remorseless guilt
That tidal wave
To drown my love everyday
To drown my love everyday
So switch me off
I'm someone else
A strong indifferent second self
But always green shoots dare to grow
So cut me down and bring me low
Always green shoots dare to grow
So cut me down and bring me low
Gutted vessels drift around
Tending not to make a sound
Their noisy engines came to cease
As those who drove them chose release
Their lost
At sea
Not you
But me
Comfort lies in distance now
A slow comfortable disease
Where only love can rescue you
Or bring you to your knees
I'm back to where I started from
I never should have left
Cos those who know of nothing better
Are never left bereft
So cut me down and bring me low
Cos always green shoots dare to grow
So cut me down and bring me low
Cos always green shoots dare to grow
They'll grow
They'll grow
They'll grow
I'll grow
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5. |
Aesopica #15
03:37
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Listen, Listen, Listen...
Listen, Listen, Listen...
Left hanging high
And dry on the vine
Take it from me
The bitter taste
Of those sour grapes
Won't improve with time
No
Hanging
High and dry, On the vine
While the fruits of your labour are laid to waste
Bitter taste, Sour grapes
While the fox parades
With no regard
For the past or the aftermath
No regard
My battered face
Is on a first name basis
With each brick in
This proverbial wall
But what's one more bruise between friends
Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen...
Hanging
High and dry, On the vine
While the fruits of your labour are laid to waste
Bitter taste, Sour grapes
While the fox parades
Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen...
I'm not saying this for my own health
Listen, Listen, Listen, Listen...
If the ghosts of the past haunt you
Why raise the dead?
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6. |
Feel Today
05:04
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Wish I was
Like you turn it off just like a tap
Barely share
Or discuss it, just an impulsive turn of back
It makes our history seem shallow, purile and skin deep
With hardly a murmur you just lobbed it on the heap
That's how I feel today
Tomorrow who's to say
Won't want you back again
You'll score a perfect ten
I can't help but question what it meant to you
Cos the first thing that I knew
About the feelings, you wern't feeling anymore
Was the day you cut me loose
So why get offended when I say this to you
Say I am turning fiction into fact
Cos the way that you went about disposing of me dear
Like something pretty from eBay
You decided to send back
That's how I feel today
Tomorrow who's to say
Won't want you back again
You'll score a perfect ten
That how i feel today (feel today)
Tomorrow (who's to stay)
Won't want you back again (back again)
You'll score a perfect ten
Won't want you back again
Won't want you back again
Won't want you back again
Won't want you back again
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7. |
764
05:35
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I'm tired of hearing that ominous toll
You're the only one who's got the number
So I know what's in store
There's not much more I can say on the matter
That this hallway hasn't heard before
But that doesn't stop you dialling
And whispering tales of heartbreak
Down the old 764
I'm trying to justify the merits of another day
Why this family and our future
Could be your saving grace
Eventhough the echoes of their laughter
Will haunt your every step
There's not a skeleton out there
Who wouldn't give anything for one last dance
I'm tired
I'm tired of you telling me not to be upset
I'm tired of you talking about a premature trip
To the otherside
I'm tired
I'm tired
Stop telling me not be upset
I'm tired but I'll hold the line
I'll hold the line
I'll hold the line
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8. |
You're a Thief
06:28
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You're a thief
Rose tinted glasses, silver linings
You sink your teeth
But not to kill though we sometimes wished it
You're so discreet
You're thousand cuts are well concealed
But we can feel
Every treasured part of lift you steal
You made me suffer in silence for too long
My own voice feels like offence
Tied up in daydreams of dying
Cut me free from hope she'll ever be well
You're a thief
Perpetual break and entry
No space for relief
Every day you visit uninvited
Baron rooms
Painstakingly replenished
Their potential blooms
Nurtured only to be diminished
And I can feel (I can feel)
Every symptom of our broken home
And I can feel (I can feel)
The empty space where all our love belongs
And I can see (I can see)
Rich veins of hope that broke in stolen time
Don't wanna feel anymore
You're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief
You're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief
And we can feel
Every cherished part of life you steal
You made me suffer in silence for too long
My own voice feels like offence
Tied up with daydreams of dying
Cut me free from hope she'll ever be well
Let it out and give me peace
You held them hostage and I'll never get it back
All that love, I know I'll never get it back
And still you steal, your cold monotonous attack
There's nothing left except the memories of setbacks
Daydreams of dying, from despair to where?
Daydreams of dying, you've gotta get it out somewhere
Daydreams of dying, do you want somebody to care?
Don't hold your breath
Unless you're drowning it's a waste of good air
You're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief
You're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief
You're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief, you're a thief
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9. |
Spanner in the Works
04:25
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Bite down on it
Things might change for the good
Even though it tastes like shit
You say it's better to survive
But I'd rather choke on my own stubbornness
So stop counting your chickens today
Dressed in veils of lies
They only disguise the obstacles ahead
And I'm sorry to say he's had you for fools again, again, again
Walk away right from this
I'm sorry, I've shot myself in the foot again
Yeah, well I've been up all night thinking of this
But my selfishness carries me down a hole
Crack a joke about me
Well I'm sorry, who's the real fool?
Well I'm sick and tired of people laughing
About the demise of all we know
So stop counting your chickens today
Dressed in veils of lies
They only disguise the obstacles ahead
So don't try and make me feel guilty
About being a spanner in the works
Cos I'm sick and tired of bending over backwards
For no reward, no reward
Bite down on it
Bite down on it
So don't try and make me feel guilty about being a spanner in the works again
So don't try and make me feel guilty about being a spanner in the works again
Cos I'm sick and tired, sick and tired
Of bending over backwards for no reward
No reward, No reward
Bite down on it, bite down on it, bite down on it, bite down on it
Things might change for the good, change for the good
Bite down on it, bite down on it, bite down on it
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I'm bored
I'm bored
Drowning in the flood of entertainment
You stately things
It must be a pleasure to live amongst you
But your actions compel me to outlive you all
See you on the other side
Scale, scale the heights
Wouldn't it be nice to see the things
Beyond which there's only room to fall
But I've witnessed my place
And if it's nothing better than this
Leave me enjoy it for what it is
I remember when I was naive
And I spoke aloud
But you were blind to it all remembering yestereday
Hoping they're in the now
Confident in my investment
I'll give my all
And hope for a return
Escalation beyond my wildest thoughts
I can't conceive a loss
I'm bored
I'm bored
If it's nothing better than this, leave me, leave me
Enjoy it for what it is, what it is, what it is
We're confident in our investment
And we'll give our all
We'll give our all
We're confident in our investment
And we'll give our all, give our all, give our all
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