A collection of my covers from 2011

Recorded and produced by Peter Hollens


Firework

01. Firework

Miracle

i woke up from a dead sleep and less than three days later i had this reverse murder ballad on my hand! album art credited to parker @/cuttlefishkitch on tumblr!

posted on tumblr here: https://gerrydelano.tumblr.com/post/616237643010834432/

LYRICS:

honesty
that's what she gave to me
into the water i bleed
into the sea

truthfully
even when she lied through her teeth
it only meant she trusted me
to lay at her feet

oh, heave-ho
it's over the edge i sink
in pieces in ribbons in tatters i'm thrown
into the dark of the drink

oh, heave-ho
it's over the edge i go
blow the man down, he's a jewel for your crown (blow me down)
and no one will ever know

war, you see
is somewhere you go just to bleed
the end of a book you can’t read (books you cannot read)
a legacy’s greed

distantly,
familiar hope came to me
that even with blood in our teeth
my son stayed asleep

oh, heave-ho
the ship is my body, i gave
to my wife as the captain, the whip, and the brine,
the shark lurking under the waves

oh, heave-ho
the ship is my body, she cracks
the mast of my spine, spills my blood as her wine (lightning strikes and)
cuts a flag from the skin off my back (takes all the skin off my back)

way, ay, i wanted to say
though blinded i still saw the light
at the end of the hall, in a crib with his eyes
almost grayer than mine in the night

i gave up the sight of his face for his life
and i would have lost more for the same
i'd cut out my heart to save his from her bite
and i almost don't know who to blame

is it a murder if i made my bed
by her side when i knew what she was?
perhaps i'm complicit; i fell asleep first
in the bloodcutting comfort of jaws

forgive me, forgive me, i did try to swim
with my hands and feet bound to my heart
weighted and anchored with love for my son
who by birthright deserves more than scars

my eulogy
the carpet red under my feet
like standing on top of the sea (standing on the sea)
the frenzy beneath

infamy
how do you remember me?
that fool just so desperate to leave
that he couldn't see?

oh, heave-ho
a dead man has only one tale
i knew she had hunger for blood in the water
and that means it was no betrayal

oh, heave-ho
though, i have one request of you now
if my son can be found and his own hands unbound (find my son)
cut the rope - don't you dare let him drown 
(don’t you dare be the reason he drowns)

01. Firework

Peter Hollens

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