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Animal
04:28
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Thirteen beers and a bad taste in my mouth
Fell asleep on the last train headed south
Passing through the suburbs of this town
Comatose and I’m not coming out
But I’m not an animal
I won’t die here for you
Take those worried eyes off me
Carry me home I can’t breathe
And let me fall into an empty sleep
Thirteen beers and a bad taste in my mouth
How the hell did I end up down south
I don’t live in the suburbs of this town
Someone help me how do I get out
I’m not an animal
I won’t die here for you
Take those worried eyes off me
Carry me home I can’t breathe
And let me crawl into an empty sleep
Take those worried eyes off me
Carry me home I can’t breathe
And let me crawl into an empty sleep
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2. |
Brooklyn
05:05
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I watched you fly on the rides at Coney Island
The wind was biting
The sky was red burnt
You looked just like birds overhead
You took polaroids of a man proposing
Everyone was applauding
Arcade machines sang on
As night turned to dawn then to light
I was weak and tired
The night before was a blur
The taxi drove too fast
The skyline rushing past our window
But oh! How we danced!
To the country band
We drank and we swayed
You told everyone it’s your birthday
Then we walked home to Brooklyn
And both of us were freezing
And I asked what you were doing with your life
I see you fading and I live across an ocean
I talked you out of staying but I don’t know when you’ll come back
You said don’t worry you don’t need anybody
You’re living out your dreams in New York
The sun came up behind us and everything turned to rust
And birds sang to us as we walked
And I know you’ll be alright
You say I can’t let things lie
I know you’re right you’re right
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3. |
Fractures
03:57
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I crumbled mountains under my feet
I took to the sky carelessly
And when I got nowhere I fell to my knees
Faced with face I swear this isn’t me
I’ve no idea who this imposter could be
And there’s no way of knowing so carry on growing at least
We’re chasing laughter, pasting up the fractures
And I know I can’t match up to her
So I’ll be this for you if you want me to
And I’ll love you endlessly
If you can pretend to love me
You left to go chase my dreams
I applauded louder than I screamed
And that’s the way that it should be
We’re chasing laughter, pasting up the fractures
And I know I can’t match up to her
So I’ll be what you need even if it kills me
And I’ll love you endlessly
If you can pretend
If you can pretend to love me
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4. |
September
03:30
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And it struck me then that we only served to
Offer each other temporary relief from solitude
An artificial light in each other’s lives
Dimly lit and flickering
September begins and everything ends
And you can no longer keep up the pretence
Well I don’t blame you, I’m not the easiest company
I don’t care about you
I don’t care about me
Please just let me sleep
And now I understand how mournful it all was
Threadbare and reckless and completely void of love
But there’s this side of me that will drown us
Together in the sea
Together in the sea
September begins and everything ends
And you can no longer keep up the pretence
Well who could blame you, I’m not the easiest company
I don’t care about you
I don’t care about me
I don’t’ care about you
You sure don’t care about me
Please just let me sleep
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5. |
TW
03:15
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We’re driving through the night to reach just south of Fife
Lost in headlights, blurred bleary eyes
We’ll celebrate your life
And I’ll celebrate mine
While I’m still alive
Who’s first to see the sea, I sigh it was me
No-one disagrees but no-one believes me
We’ll set your spirit free
Trapped for years in a failing body
Now you’re free
I remember you sat in the corner of the room
Smiling as if you knew something no-one else knew
We’ll celebrate your life
And I’ll celebrate mine
While I’m still alive
I’m still alive
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6. |
Night Avenger
04:23
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Cold nights sprung upon me and I can hardly breathe
I’m freezing but you don’t hold me
And oh, it’s such a tragic scene
The streetlight scatters through the trees and highlights your misery
I won’t be coming home
Another night alone will do us both some good hopefully
Train travellers with their heads in their hands and their hearts in their throats
We’re just like every one of them
Don’t take the best of me then turn around and leave
Don’t leave
You won’t be coming home
Another night alone will do us both some good
And I won’t be coming home
Another night alone will do us both some good hopefully
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7. |
Creatures
03:03
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I hear creaks at night
In a crimson light
Feel the ground shake
Half asleep half awake
I see creatures
They're my failures
Watch them crawl
Across every wall
Lose the battle
And lose the war
I am tired
I look older
But there’s no truth
In the glory of youth
Lose the battle
And lose the war
Lose the battle
And lose the war
We're pretending
Every day pretending
We go places and we act happy
But in the night our anger
Makes a monument
Between us
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8. |
Let's Go to War
05:54
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I stood at the top of the highest mountain
And still couldn’t see the light
And I walked the width of the universe
To lengthen this short sight
So we’ll rally the troops, lets go to war
And die side by side
The sun will set, scarlet red
Sat in a monet sky
Side by side we’ll die
Is it so hard to be
Hard to be free
When everything is crumbling
And it’s hard to feel
Like I’m not on a spinning wheel
Round in circles tumbling
I thought I conquered the unconquerable
But there’s nothing to show for it
You look at me, your eyes so miserable
And it’s so hard to admit
I’m the reason for it
Is it so hard to be
Hard to be free
When everything is crumbling
And it’s hard to feel
Like I’m not on a spinning wheel
Round in circles tumbling
The stage is set for war
Hear the peasants roar
The stage is set for war
Leave them wanting more
Is it so hard to be
Hard to be free
When everything is crumbling
And it’s hard to feel
Like I haven’t burnt the last reel
The finale is a mystery
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9. |
Peckham
03:17
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Wake up with a headache again
Call you up but you don’t say anything
Go downstairs, I can hardly walk
Holding on to a faint sense of worth
There’s empty bottles all over the floor
From when I felt alone the night before
And I can’t tell you
I don’t want to tell you
I am empty I am a mess
I’m not in control of any of this
I’m falling backwards, I can’t say why
The words always dissolve into lies
And I can’t tell you
No I don’t want to tell you
I can’t tell you
I don’t want to tell you
Wake up with a headache again
Call you up but you don’t say anything
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10. |
The First Snow
03:53
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We fought for this
We fought for everything we’d known
When the thunder came
We ran back to our empty homes
And waited
Waited for what would never come
Resolution
A sign of hope after all we’d done
They’ll follow you
They’ll follow you to their graves
The rest will live
The rest will live with your mistakes
And then it all
And then it all faded to black
And I didn’t know
I didn’t know if I’d ever come back
And I wondered what
I wondered what it was I’d miss
And whether I
Whether I would be missed
They’ll follow you
They’ll follow you to their deaths
The rest will live
The rest will live with whatever’s left
The first snow
The first snow of the winter
Buried the bones
The flesh and bones of our loved ones
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Katie Malco UK
Katie Malco has toured the UK/Europe/USA extensively, armed with only an old telecaster and her voice, with the likes of Julien Baker, Alvvays, Jenny Lewis, Fenne Lily, Bob Mould, SOAK, Dawes, This is the Kit, Laura Stevenson and more. She released her debut album, ‘Failures’ in 2020 on 6131 Records. ... more
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