We were warriors We fought it out You took the words Right out of my mouth And we left it all on the pitch Do you remember that man called me a bitch But I didn’t care Because Linda was there And she caught the ball OCD was like a brick wall But I fought through it like a solid defence Remember to put pain in the past tense And Natalie burns the turf with her feet She’d score a goal in a heartbeat It was the spirit of the day When the minor semi final of ‘07 went our way The underdog We’re strong from footing turf on the bog It’s an Irish summer Three good days and the rest are no wonder Do you think I’ve let it go Just coz I’ve stopped playing, you know I hold on To the years that are gone When thirty seconds can feel so long When there’s but a minute to go It’s LGFA if you didn’t know
Driving through town and I think of Amanda She was into the emo scene And her hair was long Like a fucking queen And I try to emulate what I saw back then Seventeen 2.0 again And I wonder where he is If he has a wife and kids I used to check his deets Before I admitted utter defeat And the family life always seemed empty Like why would you when you’re good looking and twenty But when you’re thirty three and laying waste Everyone seems to say; make haste, make haste And I’m like a rock in the river, it just flows by And it might be a long time before I die And forty looks scary as hell Do you grow up or lose life as well Coz age hasn’t changed the core of peace And forgiveness might be the only release For what she did to me If you wake up are you free Or do you deal with encumbrance still Going through a dark night of the will
I was there The day They took you away And this song was playing On the car ride home Do you feel alone? Coz the pavement always reflected the sun And the sky was a burning one As I walked in the gate Was it just fate Coz I can’t think of a reason The season Is winter and so much snow I swore I’d never let you go As my hands tremble against the pillar And daily life is like filler When you’re gone I hold my breath for so long Just to prove I feel what it is to lose Your golden hair I remember you and I were there That Sunday outside the Church And, I dunno, I just love you so much I was gonna ask you to But I lost the nerve that checked on you And I never suspected I never preempted The basin that emptied The moment she said your name It cascaded and the blame Of grief and guilt and pain and loss Try to show me who’s boss But you surface holding my hand As I tell you ‘bout the boy in the band But it’s through tear stained cheeks The valleys and hills as the glacier weeps It’s way through the parish we were born to know I never thought I’d lose that smile though I still feel it’s radiance on me You always let me run free In the playground we silent share At the range as you stood there Somewhere, somehow by my side How dare they say you’re not alive When I feel you ever near Shining like a crystal clear And you know me just a little bit But somehow you still stay with Me throughout the years And I would drink an ocean of uncried tears Just so that it’s real This isn’t just something that I feel I don’t know how to deal But somehow I do Even if it’s not with you And the bitterness And fears and foe Come regardless of what I let go As I fight to find A place I can’t leave my love behind And I think I found it It’s tentative but it’s true And it resounds with the power of you As you sing in the echo of the hall Bouncing off the far wall It only serves to resound the call That makes me write for you The silence is pure but it pours into Every syllable you didn’t say I’d walk to you if there was no other way
Alvarez looks like you, you know And I’m thinking ‘bout you when I walk in the snow As I wonder where in the world you might be Looking out at the scene I think you see Coz you’re diamonds, you’re shining, you’re just like a star Oh, what can I ever say that you are Coz you looked at me like you think that I’m fly And will I meet you again while the sun’s still in the sky While we’re both still young or at least not old And my story of you will not be untold Coz you’re golden, you’re fire, you’re burning red And you seem to knock walls I’ve built in my head Monuments to an age old crime And I’m not convicted though I’ve done my time Trodding through a heavy fold You’re bought but baby you’re never sold
The age of yesteryear
Reminds me of how things should be
I see myself running through fields
Endlessly free
I see myself bog bound
As we bring home the turf
I see myself in Delphi
As we learn how to surf
And I can't hold onto the weight
Of passing time
I can't isolate a memory
And call it mine
And I'm flicking through pages
Though substance be naught
I'm dreaming of sages
In a net where I'm caught
And they call it samsara
Or the endless spin
They call it karma
But can you let love in
To break across the landscape
Like a sunset to dawn
Can you finally realise
A state where pain is gone
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There’s a warm hot breeze blowing in from the window
And I feel so old and so grown
As if I even know
What either of those things are
And the wind carries on it
The weight of age and time
From another era
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