I'll Get By

Lyrics:

Reckless self abandon
Sit there, scull your wine
Denial and your cruel arrogance 
It’s only a matter of time

Till she’s crying
Till she’s crying

Well I, I couldn’t tell you
Cause I don’t know myself
But everything just happens anyway
So press yourself against my mouth

Against my mouth
Against my mouth
Against my mouth
And the wind, that whips the pine trees
The regrets, that haunt my mind
I’ll bury your sweet sacred memory
I’ll reproach, a hand that pries

A hand that pries
A hand that pries 
The hand that pries

Well I’m sorry little girl
You were meant to be my wife
Goodbye to the long lost rhythms 
So long, lust and life

It was you, on my knees
it was you
My darling, it was you
It was you…

The Hand That Pries

Lyrics:


Tied down, hooked on living
Seams sewed, hooked to you
Acres of backcountry
Reefs of gold, vast sky blue

Well it’s nice to know, a stranger
For maybe I can touch the truth
Amongst the limb like back roads
I collect the clues

Illusions conquered, shelf life in view
I’m right here, I’m for living
I hope that I can bear that proof

Tied down, hooked to living
Seams worn, pressed to you
Open ground, mine shafts forgotten
Dirt mounds, blood red through

Well it’s strange to know a lover
It’s odd to know no proof
Where on your mind, I’ve pondered
Where I can find no truth

Proof

Lyrics:

Lush green meadow, five star resort 
No weight on sin, just lost in a thought 

Pack up the present, the hourglass, all time. 
New rental car fresh scent of pine. 

Two day sacred getaway, 
lost to the world kept the dogs at bay. 
Digging Holes, writing eulogies, 
speeding cars, secret miseries.

Apartment tower the bedroom you bought 
muted television passed out escort
 well I swear I don't do this very often

Long lost visions, played on repeat 
dirty young children's skin burns in the heat 
feign to wave, hold off thy hand 
sign reads 'go away, get fucked, private sand'. 

Two day sacred getaway, 
lost to the world, kept the dogs at bay.
Digging Holes, writing elegies,
speeding cars, secret miseries. 

Apartment tower the bedroom you thought. 
Shampoos, towels the discardable sort,
well does life always come up so short... 

Two day sacred getaway, 
lost to the world kept the dogs at bay. 
Digging Holes, writing eulogies, 
speeding cars, secret miseries.

Apartment tower the bedroom you bought 
muted television passed out escort
Well I swear I don't do this very often...

Digging Holes

Lyrics:

It stands to reason
That all the stupid things
They’re coming together 
Their triumph it stings

Well, new expectations
And common thoughts 
Hold us together,
Tear us off course
Off course, of course…

I think I’m falling and I can’t get out from under
I think I’m drowning, I got caught asleep asunder
I never dream is it really any wonder that I’m
Losing faith

And all these confessions
Of all your rash crimes
And all the denials
Got to you in time

But now that it’s over
You see with clear eyes
You were locked in a vision
Now it finally dies
It dies, it dies… 

I think I’m falling and I can’t get out from under
I think I’m drowning, I got caught asleep asunder
I never dream is it really any wonder that I’m
Losing faith

And she’s been gone
For weeks
But I still remember,
The tears from our cheeks
And the night enthroned
And how a heart’s fire, 
Burns to the marrow of your bones

But I can’t, no I can’t
Yes I'll stop my drinking
No, I won’t be bleeding no more…

Caught Asleep

Lyrics:

If you were to stay
I wish you would
Unpack your bags
We’ll make it good

Unclasp your hands
Hold on tight
Disperse the guards 
We’ll make it right

But one shot
Is all it took
A smoking barrel 
A twisted brook

To be at amends 
Not at amiss 
I dove headlong 
Into the mist

Is that your reckless heart?
That keeps fooling you?
That things don’t fall apart?
Hurt each other, it’s just what we’ll do
The word betrayal 
It won’t sit well
And I suppose it fails 
To really tell

How I faltered
How you pitched
How I ran our love over the cliff

And this despair
Is such a trial
Our pining bones 
And your denial

Life without you is some kind of death
You’re my every word
You’re my every breath

But your broken heart keeps fooling you
That things won’t fall apart 
Hurt each other it’s just what we’ll do

Yes your reckless heart, keeps ruling you 
We’re worlds apart, we’re worlds apart

Loving you 
It’s the cross I bear
Keelhauled, cast out
Forever on the tear

Through the ash, the smoke, the debris
The burn out world 
I see it differently

I see it shining bright, anew
Haunting, built upon a structure so blue
Another place, another time
It would have been, there you’re still mine

And darling, bitter, jealous hearts
They’re ruling you
After all you just went and did,
what your people told you to

And if you only knew 
How much my heart still beats for you,
It’s true
We’re worlds apart, we’re worlds apart

A World Apart

Colleen you’re always loose
You wear it as a point of pride 
All actions and no questions
Well frankly, I’m getting tired

Are you starving for attention?
Do you not know what you do?
I could not fail to mention
I think your daddy was no good to you

Well there goes a porcelain ghost 
Sucking at a cigarette
So blind and full of hate
Sheila you’re the worst I’ve ever met

Are you starved of all attention?
I think you know just what you do
I could not fail to mention
You’re all my worst dreams, come true

Oh what a beautiful city, but it’s tearing me down to my knees
Oh what a beautiful city, but it’s tearing me down to my knees

Sheila

Lyrics:

Well the street’s strewn with trouble
The bright and ageless
Girls tend to tumble 
Across the screens

And our father asks us…
Do you have faith now?
I like the idea of it
If you know what that means

And often, I forget that I live here
Locked in on the passenger side 
If someone, somehow, something lost could find me
The anchor would drop, the latch it would pry

Well through hulking houses 
And bloated basements
Through the linen on the line
The starch in the air

The silence will betray 
The blows not yet landed
On the embankment, the docks 
The streams that run bare

And often, I forget that I live here
Locked in on the passenger side 
If someone, somehow, something lost could find me
The anchor would drop, the latch it would pry

And our ceaseless life
Is bound in bracelets
Gold, salt, wine
Entangled on dreams

And she will ask you baby…
Do you still love me?
You’ll grab her by the hand 
She’ll know what that means

And sometimes, I remember I live here
Locked in on the passenger side 
If someone, somehow, something lost could find me
The anchor would drop, the handle would pry

Dylan R. Leech

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