1. |
Still got Shoes
03:22
|
|||
|
-
Sail along, sail along boat
It's not rough
It's not calm
It's just the sea
In me
Walk along, walk along girl
from fixing what’s unbroken
with broken glue
It's not you.
You’re running wild
lost problems you don’t mind
you're running free, finally
She's found her glow
In things she didn’t know
Little boxes and herself.
When you're left with nothing, well
I hope you still got shoes
if you’re left with nothing else
You still got you
Swim along, just swim along through
There's a hole in that net,
Its made for you
It's made for you
Run along, just
fly along horse
here there’s just stables for you
badly painted fences, grumpy hairdressers
and that’s not you
You’re running wild
lost problems you don’t mind
you’re running free, finally
Shes found her glow
In things she didn’t know
Little boxes and herself
When you're left with nothing, well
I hope you still got shoes
if you’re left with nothing else
You still got you
You still got you
|
||||
2. |
Nobodys Heroes
05:16
|
|||
|
-
Bullet-proof grandpa, at the bar
92, and counting still
I hear he did his time out where
once killed a bear himself
They swore he’d never go down easy
been through whiskey, cigarettes, and hell
but tonight the pool table’s short a guy
Seems, the odds, evened in
His face was rough, rough but kind
the kind from a life well lived
but now old scout, he counted out
the last good heroes are dead
That old and broken single mama
she’s been cleaning tiles for skint
yet raised kids smart, all dreams and heart
kind, but classy still
From three job days, she came home late
yet built them up to rise
when a superhero died that day
just four people cried
You just don’t see the kind no more
The kind that gives and gives then dies
all the old school heroes are dead
like mama’s old fashioned sacrifice
And they’re
nobody’s heroes
tonight.
They’re nobody’s heroes
tonight.
Come around
come around
and take it away
away, away
And wont you take just this moment, to feel
where you are
all these places you’re gonna be
And close your eyes, and say
goodbye heroes
the reason we’re here
Somebody’s heroes
the reason we’re here
Goodbye heroes,
the reason we’re here.
|
||||
3. |
The Pirate Way
04:39
|
|||
|
-
You know
I’ve been feeling
the weight of something
and i’m not sure what kind
Theres always been this knowing
when life ain’t glowing
everythings gonna be alright.
Aye, Aye, Aye
I think its time
It feels like, I’ve been alive
but done no living
so phoenix rise, I’m setting fire
to things that just
ain’t givin
This ships going sailing wide
i’m the captain on this pirate ship, mate
and those good times a comin
i’d just fallen in need of some meaning and bearings
but now my headings set
to soul
just one captain on this pirate ship, mate
so no point in waitin
it’s different seas, when you’re living free
horizons blue, north true
It feels like, i’m bleeding fire
there’s good winds blowing
so phoenix fly, say goodbye
to lands that
lost all meaning
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel
I’m the captain on this pirate ship, mate
through storms and raining
i’ve just been following me
on my own soul searching
but now i’m good,
to go.
Just one captain on this pirate ship, mate
charts and canvas are changing
setting sail, blue pirate skies
the first days of the rest
of your life
Of your life
You’ll find yourself
On those seas
Sail on, Sail On
You’ve got places to be
live the Pirate way
live the Pirate way
I live the Pirate way
I lived the pirate way
and my life will clean my slate
I lived the pirate way
and my life will clean my slate
|
||||
4. |
The Ledge
06:27
|
|||
|
-
Don't take those steps back
this leap could change your life
or you could die, you know
Who knows, who knows, I don’t
You've made it this far, though
chances are, you'll make this jump too
But for sure
Who knows, I sure don’t
But me, I’d rather be
the one that jumped
Than the one that never did
And know I never did.
But you just need to see
Its more than just this ledge
here it’s life, thats happening
Don't worry dear, you're a pioneer
it's alright, you're feeling fear
Take your time, but don't change your line
Don't worry dear, you pioneer
Its alright, its lonely here
Take your time, but don't change your mind
You rare kind.
You rare kind.
The place you’re seeking is
just the other side of here
The only life worth living
is the other side of fear
And if your hearts worth saving
save it here.
If you let go, you could glow
who knows.
Rather safe, than sorry, they said
but who the hell, is they, anyway
i heard him all my life
But never even met the guy
so im listening to me this time
I’m listening to me this time
Don't worry dear, you're a pioneer
it's alright, you're feeling fear
Take your time, but don't change your mind
Don't worry dear, you pioneer
Its alright, its lonely here
Take your time, but don't change your mind
You rare kind
You rare kind
|
||||
5. |
Flaky Trains
03:34
|
|||
|
-
He was never quite a winner
at the waiting game
but for a pretty girl
there’s always a rule he’d break
He gives me the ‘she’s coming’, ‘I know’, and ‘just see’
and he sits down with his dreams, and a bottle or three
You just can’t bring a blind man, to see
That it’s been three years on this platform
with your heart in a bag
waiting on a flaky train, to come
That’s never even left, my friend
And never will
Coz she’s never coming back
She’s never ever coming back
So you can drink yourself to dead
tell me she messed with your head
But mate, she ain’t, comin back
Well there’s reason to move on too
see the blonde there, dressed in blue
She’s got those eyes, the kind you like
and look, shes got a book, to boot
You could wait on the flaky trains.
Or you could, grab your heart and go
There’s a time for believing
and a time for leaving
But no time for flaky trains,
as you watch your life go by
There’s a time for fighting
And a time for letting go
Hey that’s a good book, I’ve read it too
She says cheesy, but it’ll do
How about dinner, he says
you got any plans?
She says - fuck it, come on, lets go
I’ve been here forever
waiting on a flaky man
You could wait on the flaky trains
Or you could, grab your heart and go
There’s a time for believing
and a time for leaving
But no time for flaky trains
as you watch your life go by
Theres a time for fighting
And a time for letting go.
|
||||
6. |
Gin with Pete
04:58
|
|||
|
-
Theres palm trees
Like the way we used to dream
Just like we used to dream
Silver beach
Met no one yet
Here the sun never sets
But don't get here just yet
Tears in your eyes,
I can see it from the skies
You always hated goodbyes
Oh, don't cry
Don't you worry about me,
There’s still places you gotta see, be free
cause now I'm drinking gin with Pete
down there is all they talk about here
Don't cry
don’t be a mourning shadow of yourself
I hope you live this life
like we did
like I said I would
And I did
Go burn bright
spark that fire in your soul
like I'm by your side
Always
go on and fly
you're holding me too tight
So don't you worry about me,
I’ve been great, chilling, way more than I did
now we're drinking in the sea
To the stories that we loved and lived
Don't cry,
Don’t be a mourning shadow dear,
I hope you live this life
Like we did
Like I said I would
And I did.
Go burn bright
Spark that fire in your soul
Like I'm by your side
Always
Go on and fly
You're holding me too tight
And don’t you worry about me,
I'll be drinking Gin with Pete
|
||||
7. |
Mr Suicide Man
03:59
|
|||
|
-
Heartbreak, Winter aches
whatever the problem is mate
You don’t need to go this way
Climb down, we get a beer
this bridge is great, but
I’ve got a bar to see at 8
You’re making me late,
suicide man
too hurt to live
kicking his own can
on this lousy bridge
Trust me, it ain’t a long way down
100 feet, that’s busted ribs
broken teeth
Tomorrow I’ll show you a better place
Theres a cliff this high
there, you can live or die
Take me honest
sometimes the worlds a strange place
give it another day
Trust me, I know
life is a shitshow
hey, it’s late we gotta go
You can live with the world
you can live with your heart
learn to live with yourself
get out of your head
Do what you can
Mr Suicide Man
If you can smile now
You’ll laugh again
Better living, than half hearted suicide
there’s only darkness on the other side
sometimes its a strange place
but it sure beats heaven, hell and outer space
Take me honest
sometimes the worlds a strange place
give it another day
Trust me, I know
life is a shitshow, but hey
it’s late we gotta go
You can live with the world
you can live with your heart
learn to live with yourself
get out of your head
Do what you can
Mr Suicide man
If you can smile now
You’ll laugh again
He’s just doing what he can
another sad man, still kicking his can
but now it’s tomorrows plan
|
||||
8. |
Road Trip Begging
03:04
|
|||
|
-
You say, you’ve gotta fix things
before you fly, high
You’re running around searching
for things you never find
Come on baby, come on baby
you’re going pale without the light
come on stranger, there’s no danger
take one chance, on life
But don’t take it sad
life’s but a graveyard of plans
we still got the road
Bring your hat, bring sun tan
Leave your files and bills behind
bring your dreams, and that stupid cat
we made room for an
asshole at the back
Just bring some feel, bring your fire
that dorky smile its been a while
Pirates we’ll be, the treasure we’d find
and hills to climb
on this road trip
we leave in 5
Just bring your feel, and that fire
bring your smile, it’s been a while
And bring your favourite Spongebob shirt
the one that never fit your world
‘cause where we’re going
it works.
|
||||
9. |
Last Requests
05:41
|
|||
|
-
Grab my kit off the wire
Its dry now, good to go a year
Clear my bunk, send it all home
ain’t going back for a while.
Tell captain he did right
let chaplain know, he sucked this time
Don’t go looking for my lucky strikes
They'll find em out on the battlefield
On the battlefield, with me
And all these, last requests
incoming, coming in fast
Promises hard to keep
And now you’ve seen it all
sinnin and savin
heaven and hells
So here’s beers and cheers to you old friends
Tell my dad, I did well
Didn’t die out on a rock, for some hill
flags good freedom, you know the drill
tell him it was all worthwhile
Sell my shit, to the highest bidder
keep ol trusty knife for yourself
don’t you worry about my wedding ring
They’ll find it lying, on the battlefield
On the battle field with me
So won’t you stand for me
swing around and head for the trees
they say winners write history
he said, write this one for me
write this one for me
And all these, last requests
incoming, coming in fast
Promises hard to keep
And now you’ve seen it all
Sinning, saving,
heaven and hells,
So here’s beers and cheers to you old friends
|
||||
10. |
Heart Pieces
04:02
|
|||
|
-
And I hope that you’re gonna be fine
Old friend of mine
Lost time, gotta pack your things
And wasted metal rings
And its no ones fault
When the worlds all wrong
There’s a billion hearts
And three page forms
So hold your
Heart pieces
Fix em up with tape
And cheap drinks
Save your
Heart pieces
You’ll need em
You’ll need it
So set your compass straight
‘coz walking looking back
Won’t do you great
you’re not that old my friend
And you’re still a pretty face, in the end
You can go high
And fly
You can be
All you need
You can go high
Yeah
Promises were made
Forevers were said
Nothing stays unbroken
But nothings dead
You’ll do okay
Going your own way
Don’t cry babe
Over good riddances
The skys clearing
So don’t be grey
And fly, girl, instead of falling
its calling, its calling now
Freedoms come calling
So wash those tears away
Make room for smiles and better days
If theres still that spark in your eyes
Theres still some beauty in goodbyes
Theres still some beauty in goodbyes
You can go high
Yeah
yeah, yeah
Save your heart pieces
you’ll need em
you’ll need it.
|
||||
11. |
Starface
07:00
|
|||
|
-
Tearing through the streets, at 55
Taxi driver, me and a party invite
Chance came along for the ride
some strangers by the day
get stranger by the night
You’ve been standing, smiling asking me
about the places i wanna go
all these dreams i never talk about
and things i don’t yet know
like you
Now its bye bye
all the things i knew
I don’t want to know more faces
they just melt into the same
they’re all busy running races
while i just wanna know my name
There's people going places
and I'm here searching
for some sane
Until you
Now its bye bye, everyone i ever knew
And she glides, from, door to door
Vodka punch table
To old friends on the floor
She's breeding smiles
it's all so swell
And then she glides to me
and asks, are you feeling well
I'm feeling wide awake
I’m feeling wide awake
I’m feeling wide awake
I’m feeling wide awake dear
All this running, far away
was always heading to this place
You seem a little lost, a little tired
She said come on in old friend
it’s been a million years
since we met
I'm feeling wide awake, dear
All this running, far away
was always heading to this place
You seem a little lost, a little tired
She said come on in old friend
its been a million years
since we met
Higher
Higher
Soulmate
Starface
|
||||
12. |
The Last Gravedigger
03:33
|
|||
|
-
The day we learned, it was time to go
still packed our bags for no reason
Some carried bread, some had chocolates
though, they won’t need those in heaven
The boys going down, grabbed some cigarettes
They said hell ain’t a pretty town, but atleast its got some fire
The dancing girl screamed to the skies - that's unfair
but the skies just screamed blue
The world got high
The day the we died
The world got high
The day the we died
The cows did flips, the birds they sang
There was no one left who missed a man
But the dogs still gave a damn
the dogs still gave a damn
The nurse sat in the hall, she had no more to give
Hey, there’s a lot of lives worth saving
just one to live
Old soldiers got no more wars to fight
he found his peace of mind, he said
Dying ain’t what it used to be, boys
And he's died
many times
And the last gravedigger
sipped his last beer
He’s got one more hole to dig
no more to fill
When sun went down that night
he'd go down too
The worlds one big prison
when its only you
It was bright on that darkest night
the whales and birds
they sang along
as gravedigger, he downed his last beer
and as he wrote his last song.
|
||||
13. |
Kings of Nowhere
05:45
|
|||
|
-
Zoki’s got troubles you know
they find him every season
Even in this prison cell, though
He's got that smile
he aint one for bitching
though he’s got time, to go
20 years, that 80 summin seasons
All for pissing off some big business guy.
But Zoki don't cry
He says, he's living out
the Bosnian dream
the Bosnian dream
of a cigarette
and being alive
And Mo, he ain’t too bad you know
he’s from pirate country
but he’s got a good soul
it shows
But it's burying dreams
of selling beads, or something
in new york city
He was caught eight thousand miles
and ten years short
But Mo just smiles
he’s still living it up, the Somali dream
the Somali dream
of peace
and food that's free
And if there’s saints in heaven
and sinners in hell
perhaps that’s why we’re stuck in between
drinking, waiting
But there’s Zoki smoking in the corner
and Mo he’s praying
And it sure seems like
heaven and hells
the same.
For these Kings of nowhere
for the Kings of nowhere
for the Kings of Nowhere
Still smiling out there
Still shining out there
You see, I’ve got troubles too
But it seems the grey
don't last as long in here
as some Kings do
as some Kings do
Coz Mo’s got a dream
and Zoki just needs some living
but now they’re here, three and a half walls
prison dreaming
Living, dying, dead, still believing
Kings of nowhere
kings of nowhere
still smiling out there
still smiling out there
And if there’s saints in heaven
and sinners in hell
perhaps thats why we’re stuck here in between
Drinking, waiting
But theres Zoki smoking in the corner
and Mo he’s praying
And it sure seems like
heaven and hells
the same.
For the Kings of nowhere
for the Kings of nowhere
For these kings of nowhere
Still smiling out there
Still smiling out there
|
||||
14. |
Bad Fairytales
05:15
|
|||
|
-
Life out in the forests been great
there ain’t a beer out there that can top
the feeling hills and stars, create
In the big city all this fire goes waste
there ain’t a club in town that beats
a night out under the skies
with good mates
But Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh
He said his hearts gone beating again
oh man
in this desert town with no fish, and no sea
and all the sleeping beauties taking their time
sleeping in
every Cinderella is
just the wrong size
Been three winters since she’s seen a worthwhile face
lately there ain’t been soul out there
that beats a date with me and my space
I’ve been feeling good
avocado, coffee and zen
nothing beats that feeling
of feeling good in my skin
But, Oh oh oh
oh oh
she said, her hearts up, it’s wakey again
oh dear
no Prince Charmings anywhere near
and all the knights are out tripping
oh damn
big bad wolves dressed like pretty men
We’re stuck with, fairytales
long broken but they’re still
what we need
It’s all we got, bad fairytales
old and broken
but they’re still what we need
So he headed out to the hills again
robin hood, he ain’t no good in a world built for gel
mermaids are all out posing
on beaches, of gold
She went back to her diary and her den
ain’t no peace in the world, like the peace
she feels within
besides, all those hearts that were broken
just don’t see the point of it all
anymore
But then his heart started beating again
oh damn, real ponytailed knight
in a land of suits and ties
One day her heart went beeping
fuck man, early rising fairytale girl
in a modern day land
all those times she was thinking
bad, fairytales
good knights were just in the wrong disguise
and all those times
he was thinking bad ,fairytales
good stories were just in bad disguise
All those times they were wondering about
fairytales bad
now theres a ring out there
under desert skies.
|
||||
15. |
Like Knox
05:53
|
|||
|
-
We were walking, on leads
marching to the beats
of what we’re told
growing up, ain’t the same
as growing old
We were, the same people
we swore we’d never be
God knows, its hard, to just pack up and go
when dreams are out of sight
they’re out of mind you know
it was never you, or ever me
this town just ain’t the one we need
And hey, now, look around
the old place is falling, down, down
who cares what names we call it, now
And baby, we can be free
you and me
if we don’t go oh
We'll never know
We could ride away
grab 3 bags and leave these devil streets
find what’s golden
fix this love that shouldn’t be broken
And drive away
down sunset roads to sunset city
live our lives
for some stories to tell
The world may say, we’re falling out of line
but these bones they say, this feeling’s fine
And all the way, we’ve seen it all the time
when you’re running out of dreams, here
all you gotta do is drive
and drive
And drive away
grab 3 bags and leave this devil streets
find what’s golden
fix this love that shouldn’t be broken
And drive away
down sunset roads to Sunset City
live our lives
for some stories to tell
Riding on when life got down
with leaps of faith
we seized the day
Now these walls are falling
colours coming back
theres magic in the wind
That freedom taste,
yeah
and the stars say
You’ll do okay, yeah
You can start all over, again
Start all over, again
Start all over
start all over, again
Start all over
you can start all over
Again, again....
You can start all over
start all over
|
||||
Bad Knights Cape Town, South Africa
An accidental rock band with stories to tell.
If you like Bad Knights, you may also like:
15 years into their career, the Toronto indie rockers sound sharp and ebullient as ever.
go to album
Too Prickly For This World
by Wife Patrol
Wife Patrol make instantly catchy alt rock with streaks of punk, new wave, and metal, overlaid with Bangles-esque harmonies.
go to album
Your Church On My Bonfire
by PAWS
The trio’s fourth LP confronts failed relationships and personal loss head-on.
go to album
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo
The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher.
go to album
Cardiff band Red Telephone can't disguise the pure pop sensibility in their blistering alt-rock songs.
go to album
Fuzzy Austin trio follow up their first album in 20 years, released in Spring 2015, with a stomping new EP of noisy rock & roll.
go to album
A slow drip of Tropicália-infused psychedelia from New Orleans rock outfit Blue Basin: balmy one moment, aggressive the next.
go to album
