Then You Called

Let her dream of some luck
Beautiful duckling to ugly duck
As she checks her spot on the map
And wishes the voices would stop

In the incoming flood she can
Swim better than swan
She spits in my face:
'It's only water man

And nettles on my tongue
And tumbles in the grass
If a wrong day's coming up
It's all rock n roll, it's punk

We no longer look like daughters or sons
Daughters and sons are the beautiful ones
Try to hold my hand now, no you can't
You're imagining this baby, you're imagining us...

So now i'm gonna be your ghost. Your ghost..
Now i'm gonna be your ghost. Your ghost..

Your ghost.. 

On a black and white day
On a black and white walk..
Your ghost'

Nettles

bye bye motorcade

track 15 of 'the magic of time'

Lyrics
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i don't remember her anymore
must had been something
coming unbound
gone with the wind
a thousand years ago...

i stuck her in the silent box
never replied never said a word
and now i know for sure
the top of my skin is all i got
sometimes it's warm, sometimes it crawls

but it's the top of the world
top of the world ma'
the top of the world...

now everybody knows my name
and loves me down at the street below
i don't remember her anymore
she's not even a ghost

and the top of my skin is
the top of my world...

the magic of time

sister moon

moby dick

samples from the following hammill tunes:
'what i did', 'nadir's big chance', 'the lie'-live

what i did (Peter Hammill cover)

track 2 of 'the magic of time'

Lyrics:
a sip of hot coffee 
on your day of pretty eyes
a street of yellow leaves
out of some postcard in my memory

god's own tidy colors
radiate down from the summit
bed softly in my mind
guess, i'll keep them in my mind

so we're standing on the bridge
on your day of pretty eyes
whatever you choose to do with me
will float in the river, flowing underneath our feet

so we're standing on the bridge
on your day of pretty eyes
soon we will be running...
but now it's quiet.

on your day of pretty eyes,
just look at me

a little winter's coming
on your day of pretty eyes
alone or together..

just look at me
look at me
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jewelry by marina skiadaresi/shadowlike
paper boats by marianna kokavesi

on your day of pretty eyes

the all clear (instrumental mix -2015)

track 1 of 'the magic of time' (wordless)

he said, she said, they said

new vocals, drums and mix take on the hospital neon track from the 'numbers on my skin' EP track

had to make this fix... there will probably another, with the gospel done by shadowlike, not me.. 

original here:

https://soundcloud.com/pndc/hospital-neon-here-in-heaven

here in heaven (we are) - 2014

words & music by Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston
cover and arrangement by housework

so this is love (the cinderella waltz)

the rarest kind

I wish it wasn't making me so sick
Brutal men of wonders
Brutal boys those workers
I wish i had some memory
You'll find me in a basement
You'll kill me in a dream
But in the dying light
I wish had someone to kick

Which was my left leg
I need to have a pivot for the kick
I got a theory, stuck between 
the diaper and the shit

I wish i had my good legs
But last legs ain't no good
I barely notice faces
I've unregistered all truth
You'll keep me in the basement
You'll kill me in a dream
And in my raging twilight
I wish i had someone to kick

(I got a theory...)

Point my belongings to the sunset
Load them up and wheel them in
Whoever wants them most, well, i can't give a shit

And all these skins and beauties
dark horses, useless kids
i engineered a thousand years,
i wish i had some memory

From diamond to demented
I smile through half eaten teeth
I wish i could remember 
I wish i had some memory

You keep me in a basement
You'll kill me in a dream
And all my good belongings,
High, high
Hang them high
Cause i don't care to reach

High high
Hang them high
Hang them by the rafters,
and leave them dry
High high
Hang them high
Hang them with their brothers
by the strobing light..

A Pivot For The Kick

Hot With Joy

Between the clouds of iron
You were landing on a deal
All the cards were laid down
But you didn't get the game

On your little tray
All the figures and the colors looked the same
How every day is sunny
And every sky is grey

The gorgeous lady
asks a simple question now
Are you an imposter 
or can you play

You crack your knuckles
You fix a serious face
Why venture answers
When you can just be brave

(be brave, you can just be brave)



Her gold watch and her jewelry
Are bobbing in the wake
She looked so surprised when
The color left the page

Last words she said
Before turning away
They won't kill you yet,
For that you'll have to wait..

Yeh, you didn't break her heart with answers
Her heart just wouldn't break
For all the moves you rush to put together now,
All you can do is lie awake



The judge and jury were irrelevant
This was not the case



Bird voices, it's the first light
Between the clouds of iron
Is the sweat stained bed on which you lie awake,
Why break your heart with answers
When you can just be brave

So, through the clouds of iron
Such variation unicorns
Over folktale villages
Suck on teats of holy grail
Why scare yourself with answers
When you can just be brave

Your silence bears repeating
Your back looks better than your face
Take that as a compliment or take it as you may,
Why bother with the answers
When you can just be brave.

.
It's a night out somewhere
She' breathing gently
With her tools and broken heart
Over the final play

Why bother with the questions
Love can't be explained

She's touching gently
It's gently touching
As she's walking away
(and she's walking away)

Three Variation Unicorns

Under The Sun

Some Reflecting Evening

The Freedom

Black Rain

Revenant

collaborations:
- marina skiadaresi/shadowlike 
- predrag nedic (thePNDC/hospital NEON) 
- dreamline
- this fluid

songs on soundcloud will appear and disappear. complete albums can be found and downloaded free in bandcamp.

housework albums:

- shooting light (2008)
- honeystorms   (2009)
- alway something sings (2010)
- rubbing alcohol (2011)
- sometimes in her eyes (2012)
- magic of time (2013)
- vanishing points (2015)
- perfect plans (2018)
- beta (2020)
plus 4sw - one (2011)

with shadowlike:

- long lost weekends (2009)
- new songs (2011)
- cameras and light (2014)

with PNDC/hospital NEON (main items):

- fading away (2007)
- 2nd hand language (2008)
- moments of grey forgetableness (2010)
- nothing in the sky (2011)
- numbers on my skin (hN 2012)
- cheap flowers (hN 2013)
- made by hand (hN 2014)
- bitterlemon ballads (3 eps 2015-7)

Dreamline:
- here and gone (2015)
- black tigers (2016)
- warning (2017)

This fluid:
- scan_living (m. faros 2008)
- heartbreak hotel (2008)
- Save My Soul (2014)

Links to all of the above, below:

housework

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