Matchstick Maker Lyrics

Listen through the walls. The wave has got to break soon. Only so many nails to a room, only so much could it support. The floorboards sigh to the sway of the dance that could keep...Read Full Lyrics

I don't need from you a waterfall of careless praise And I don't need a trophy for all the games I've played But all I want is your eyes In the morning as we wake For a short...Read Full Lyrics

And how I know I'm happy now I jump right down The shoots of time And yes, the weather Was not always grey But the furrow Always grazed my brow Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm ...Read Full Lyrics

Put my dreams in my hand so I know I'm sure Give me all that I want from this giant world But you can't seem to not Tally it up so we know the score Show me how I'm a man, sh...Read Full Lyrics

No, you're not alone The sun pours in slow The hinges creek Now the sparrows know And flash their wings These mornings These mornings No, you're not alone The valley's ...Read Full Lyrics

My sweetheart and I will retire, Will retire to the tide pools. And we'll fix our meals of crabs and krill in the long Afternoon. And we'll she'd our skin, For a shell from a wise ...Read Full Lyrics

All the while The sea oats bowed Against the dunes Your arms stretched out And how the shadows glide The story hastens by We hold on tight The drafty night lets the quiet ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm the red bird You're the brown bird In the brambles Behind the house And we both know What the wind does And I can't make peace just yet So this is my branch My darlin...Read Full Lyrics

Only through the teeth of life I see my ancient figure My hands are strong My eyes are endless Oh, and my mind is the open ocean That swells and broils with wild invention ...Read Full Lyrics

This day is no special day This day will see no placards given This day will see no dismembered limbs Yet there buzzes about a distant chainsaw Whose sound comes in and out o...Read Full Lyrics