Lyrics
Matthew Hornell and The Diamond Minds (2010)
she only loves me
red crescent
waiting for a train
easy on me
khaki dodgers
lose to learn
float away
will you come back
goodbye for now
(all songs written by matthew hornell - socan)
she only loves me
She only loves me when she's drinking, In the morning I’m a friend I need her
tonight, I need comfort I hope she’s drinking again What costume will you bring?
What shell do you wear? Have you come here laced with demons? I've never
seen you look so bare. Another pint to keep me level A glass of wine to make
this right I see her shape, I taste her beauty I hope she’s drinking tonight
What costume will you bring? What shell do you wear? Have you come here laced
with demons? I've never seen you look so bare. She only loves me when she's
drinking, In the morning I'm a friend I see her shape, I taste her beauty I hope
she's drinking again....
red crescent
You whispered kiss the ocean; I said that I always do. Thought I`d take the road
less travelled, but it led me back here with you. Undress me in the name of lust;
untie this learned yet foreign trust. As we forget every night, your landscape
was taken in vain. Let us move as motion meant, we will surrender to the night's
demand. Take this love there`s nothing left, no resistance to the nights demand
Prairie skies where are you now; under these starless nights? Take me as your
slave to love, I forget my rights. Red Crescent tell me more, tonight can we
make this last? You’ve looked for love in all, all places but the past. Let us
move as motion meant, we will surrender to the night's demand. Take this love
there`s nothing left, no resistance to the nights demand You whispered kiss the
ocean; I said that I always do. Thought I`d take the road less traveled, it led
me back here with you.
waiting for a train
Yesterday we crossed, you and I were snide. Looked inside and out - looking for
a place to hide. Memories surrounded every word you said. trying so hard, but
cannot shake that vision out of my head. You’re waiting for a train; I don’t
know what you’re waiting for. I see you waiting for a train, but that train....
that train don’t run here no more. The language you used knocked me off my feet.
You let me in, then threw me out. You left me on the street. Woke up with last
evening pounding on my brain. and now I’m in the gutter, you loved me but in
vain. You’re waiting for a train; I don’t know what you’re waiting for. I see
you waiting for a train, but that train.... that train don’t run here no more.
easy on me
Your love was overpowering, overpowering and oh so free, Got drunk and picked
you daisies - picked you daisies but you let me be. You gave me all your
kindness, all your kindness but I passed it up. Our love was so complete, so
complete, but not enough. Love me or leave me, but don’t deceive me I have
learned my heart can’t take the blow. Don`t you go so easy on me easy on me.
Know my heart is content; my heart’s content when I drink wine, True love is all
around me, all around sometimes hard to find. I have cursed, I’ve cursed the
distance, I cursed the distance to curse: a sin. Love moves it moves like water,
moves like water but the tides come in. Love me or leave me, but don’t deceive
me I have learned my heart can’t take the blow. Don`t you go so easy on me easy
on me. Know my heart is content; my heart’s content when I drink wine, True love
is all around us, all around sometimes hard to find. I have cursed, I’ve cursed
the distance, I cursed the distance to curse: a sin. Love moves it moves like
water, moves like water but the tides come in.
khaki dodgers
Buchaneers for now, forever. Heart and soul of the hard-rock mines. The Khaki
Dodgers. Many men came from the outports, seeking a new freedom. In search of a
solid paycheck when the fishing couldn’t feed them. My Grand-father came from
Kirkland Lake to play hockey. Swift on skates and with his stick, came some
magic tricks That folks would traverse miles to see, we couldn’t get much finer
then the men in the senior hockey league called the Buchans Miners. You could
hop the train like my grandmother, though she snuck in past her father A price
she was willing to pay, to see her Buchans miner play. You could jump the bullet
like my grandmother, though she snuck in past her father A risk she would gladly
take, to see her Buchans miner skate. It was a real nice place to raise a
family; you could buy cigarettes and drink brandy… If you worked for A.S.A.R.CO,
the blood sucking Yankees. It was boom and bust; they had our trust that things
would stay the same. But the mines ran out, they had doubt, they left as quickly
as they came. Now they say that you’re a ghost town, but I never have been
haunted. Passed down all your lessons; you reared my father in ’59. Back when
the babies boomed; folks couldn’t have been finer Spent hours in the ore shed
rink and watched the Buchans Miners Buchaneers for now, forever…..
lose to learn
I need smoke and balanced blood and elevation against this flood you've got fuel
and fire to burn the long road is engrained with cracks and turns you’ve got to
lose to learn. Forsake me father for what I've done, enslaved my body; loved
everyone. is there a point of no return? The long road is engrained with cracks
and turns you’ve got to lose to learn. Will springtime roll me a new dice?
Shelter me from the veil vice or ease the symptoms of concern. the long road is
engrained with cracks and turns you’ve got to lose to learn.
float away
In winter’s dark and bitter cold To keep us warm you took me below. Cried take
our bodies and leave the core Give up half to become much more. We staggered to
the arches, unsure if we could stay through the panic of the evening - i heard
you say “show me love or float away”. You opened up the map to me; marked the
place your heart would be. We gave into every law; I lost my eyes when I finally
saw. We staggered to the arches, unsure if we could stay through the panic of
the evening - i heard you say “show me love or float away”. When fortune falls
and we cannot hide, The evening finds us out at sea. There is change within the
raging tide, But there is no movement in me.
will you come back
Where you were raised, mountains filled the sky. Left us with no defence, you
left us here to die. You fled your homeland the city ate you up. I hope you
realize the streets are not enough Will you come back, will you come back
Tailored for temptation, made to make amends. One hand asks forgiveness, one
hand's lost in sin. There'll be no constellation for what you couldn't find. We
always knew your name though you left us all behind. Will you come back, will
you come back...
goodbye for now
Radiant tears, roll from your face You were at my side, now gone without a
trace. Take these drifting parts, let each one be free Someday, some life may
they return to see We fall into position Forces above and below The wheel always
spinning, when you’re here and when you go... Winds take him south, winds
take her east Winds take us to a place we feel peace. We fall into position
forces above and below The wheel always spinning When you’re here and when you
go... Brilliant beams shine on this place You miss the salty breeze I miss your
glorious face We fall into position Forces above and below And the wheel always
spinning When you’re here and when you go.