From the new album CARRIE & LOWELL by Sufjan Stevens
Get it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:

I should have known better
To see what I could see
My black shroud
Holding down my feelings
A pillar for my enemies

I should have wrote a letter
And grieve what I happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I’m light as a feather
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud 
Frightened by my feelings
I only want to be a relief

No, I’m not a go-getter
The demon had a spell on me
My black shroud
Captain of my feelings
The only thing I want to believe

When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Be my vest, be my fantasy

I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should’ve wrote a letter 
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Don’t back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I’m a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me

Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination 

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Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

Taken from the 'Stronger EP', available to stream/download now on all platforms fyfe.lnk.to/EPStrongerALL

Lyrics: 


I'm tired of all this waiting,
Can't you see I'm bleeding,
That I'm barely moving. 
How much can I lose,
Before my time is through. 
Everybody's watching,
Everything I'm doing,
Am I just a fraud. 
At least that's how I feel,
This paranoia's real. 

I swear, what you want 
Is everything I'm not. 

It's symptomatic,
I life-long habit,
You've got to let it go. 
All this waiting,
Pent frustration,
You've got to let it go. 
All of me, I can't take it any longer,
But I feel I'm getting stronger. 

Pain is so addictive,
I'm tempted to just sit here,
And count how I'm afflicted. 
Narcissistic man,
Is not how I began. 
I wish I could be part of,
Part of something bigger,
Rather than pursue
This self obsessive plan,
To be a modern man. 

I swear, what you want 
Is everything I'm not. 

It's symptomatic,
I life-long habit,
You've got to let it go. 
All this waiting,
Pent frustration,
You've got to let it go. 
All of me, I can't take it any longer,
But I feel I'm getting stronger. 



Stronger

Now That The Light Is Fading

Alaska

Prisoner

Do You Still Love Me?

Recorded at The Sonic Lodge in Edinburgh in January/February 2017, Archipelago is Union Canal's second EP. 

Drew Murphy - Vocals, Guitars, Piano 
Ally Graham - Vocals 
Tim Britton - Bass guitar, Electric guitar 
Peter Duncan - Violin 
Ben Seven - Drums, Vocals on 'Another Place'. 

All songs written by Drew Murphy. 
All songs recorded and mixed by Mark Neal at The Sonic Lodge, Edinburgh. 
All songs mastered by Dan Lyth at Hark! Mastering. 
Sleeve design by Ben Seven, from original artwork by Hamish McWilliam.

Something Lost

I make music. Sometimes under the name Union Canal. Sometimes not.