1. |
A'coming Home
03:43
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A’coming Home
Bless this day
This dawning
I turn my back
On the war and face the fallen
Dead and dirty from these dreams
That I’ve been hauling
Now I’m coming home
She may not know me
From these blackened eyes
Or recognise me
In this chemical disguise
But if she does, this day is gonna shine
Now I’m coming home.
One sweet dream
In my life I’ve known
Take these chains
and free me now
I know….
Yesterday’s receding
Tomorrow calls
It’s signals I am reading
Strike up the band
I’m desperate for your greeting
I’m a coming home.
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2. |
The 6.09
03:59
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The 6.09
Tristan James’ the name
I built my trade in the rising waters
Sifting thru the shifting sands
Bent on mutiny and seeking opportunity
I bit the helping hand
Made a steady climb
A demon with a diamond mine
A competent machine
Lost and lachrymose
An underdog long overdosing
On pixelated dreams
And the harbingers wave
From the future they paved
And the 6.09 comes crawling into the station
you did your job - did it well
dust to dust and straight to hell
when the hours we strive
mark the borders of our lives
From my whipping post
I thought I saw a holy ghost
Trading blood for stocks and bonds
Approached him carefully
And asked if he was there for me
He offered this response:
Progress pulls the plough
Selling off your sacred cows as
Choice-cuts for the team
Punch the clock they say -
Well, I was gonna anyway
To save myself esteem
And the harbingers wave
From the future they paved
And the 6.09 comes crawling into the station
you did your job - did it well
dust to dust and straight to hell
and the hours we strive
marks the borders of our lives
And no one stood beside him
they all just walked away
the people all denied him
and the things he’d say
I thought I saw you standing there
waiting by the door
I know now— we’re divided
cut in two
on the killing floor
Tristan James’ the name
I built my in trade in the rising waters
sifting thru the shifting sands
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3. |
Sweep Away The Shards
05:14
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Sweep Away The Shards
There’s a fire on the horizon
She recedes in a blanket of stars
and the universe sings in her head
serenading Neptune and Mars
Its a fragile situation
teetering on the abyss
the tell-tale wounds she cauterised
but the nightmares still persist
And when she wandered out in the rain
I never thought I would see her again
I never figured out in this game
how a fool like me could win her
How did she ever come to live this life?
stretched like skin from
the scavengers through the scars
She smashed the glass of vanity
now let’s sweep away the shards.
THIS IS GOODBYE
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4. |
Gaza
09:37
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Gaza
Did you turn away
Did tremble at the masses
In the shadow play of the border wars
Its just another day in the constancy of crisis
Feel it eat away at all you are and all you’ll ever be
On my way everything is A-OK
I gotta run
Oh my days, just another turn of phrase
I gotta run
Did you turn away
Was it not your finest hour?
And were you led astray by your appetite?
So play it as it lays
No one is protected
Set it to a tune in your penthouse burning in the ruins
On my way everything is A-OK
I gotta run
Oh my days, just another turn of phrase
I gotta run
Blessed the beauty
that bares its own truth
Blessed the cold-facts
of reason and proof
Ancient the questions that
loom in our minds
Fleeting the answers
that stir the sublime
From over the mountains
and crossing the plains
tyrants and grifters
devise their campaigns
with lies and distortions
their malice invades
Fanatics and madmen
enact their crusades
We stand in resistance
We reach toward the light
a frail coexistence
our voices unite….
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5. |
Love Stay Strong
03:52
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Love Stay Strong
Sometimes it hurts
When we fall in love
‘cause we know nothing stays the same
The love you seek awaits on the next peak
And you must climb the steep terrain
As roll on love stay strong
Love will find a way
When it goes wrong
Love stay strong every day
Sometimes the pain’s
Unbearable and shame
Sinks with in you like stone
Shake it off
Keep your hopes a dreams aloft
And know you are not alone
Reading all the signals
One by one they say
To unlock this riddle
Love must find a way
Its just absurd
The magic of this world
Cant heal the hatred and the fear
We sanctify across this great divide
The cries that no one seems to hear
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6. |
The Book of Dread
06:47
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The Book of Dread
In a late September
In your pick-up truck
On the side of road
I couldn’t remember
Where’d the songs go
Shining brightly over our heads
The words you plagiarised
Inside your book of dread
To suffer and to rise
To fly and not to fall
We give it away
To live through these refractions of light
Makes us come undone
Cold and stranded
in a truck-stop in the American West
The chip on my shoulder was your headrest
measure and mended needle and thread
sewing a spool of lies into your book of dread
To suffer and to rise
To fly and not to fall
We give it away
To live through these refractions of light
Makes us come undone
Alone, astray
A King for a Day
Thinking about taking a solo in slo-mo
And though they’ve rigged the game
Its a lucky day for a dead man
Another day in this foreign face
As worn as the clothes you’ve outgrown
In your wardrobe
And so the wager’s made
Just another day for the dead man
Now I gotta forget you
You gotta get unstuck from inside of my head
til I never remember all the things you said
Childhood living lightly it treads
across the fields of time into your book of dread
To suffer and to rise
To fly and not to fall
We give it away
To live through these refractions of light
Makes us come undone
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7. |
The Here & Now
04:52
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Here & Now
Easy, Baby
Don’t let me down
You’ve seen me running on the underground
You’ll never fake it when that bullshit comes around
In the Here & Now
I’m on a one-way highway
Called the human race
Pulling over to your soft shoulder
Just to see your face
And its not easy-
this traffic’s a disgrace
in the Here & Now
And a bridge goes on
And it will never leave you
And a love stays strong
Don’t let them ever deceive you
As the stars grow feint
You either is or ain't
As we soon realize
Southbound angel
You chase the sun
I can see the red ball sinking
Looks like its time to run
Forget the things we said
And the stories we once spun
In the Here & Now
We had so much to give
But it couldn’t last
Something snaps and the world collapses
And you’re caught in the blast
And we may make it through
But the pain’s still unsurpassed
In the Here & Now
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8. |
The Gratitude Suite
05:39
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Gratitude Suite
When your cards are on the table
And the tables start to turn
You can hear the silence laughing
As your instincts start to burn
From the shores of vague indifference
To the edge of clear intent
You could summon all your valour
If you just knew where it went
Its a random act of kindness
On an ordinary day
Or a last grasp chance of the legend
That first led you astray
Well, I tried to say I love you
And I tried to do whats right
But I was tangled up in heaven
And betrayed by appetite
Well I saw you on the dais
And I must say I’m impressed
How you danced with wild abandon
While the guests looked on distressed
From the curtains, so uncertain
So that no one saw my face
I saw your last chance grasp at legend
And a national disgrace
As we roll on, love stays strong
As we go on, love stay strong
Bet you thought you turned a corner
Bet you thought we’d walk away
Now were dressing up like mourners
And thats ok…its ok
Its a fragile situation
One by one we disappear
Keep your your creeps and your complications
Because I’m gone, I’m gone
As we roll on, love stays strong
As we go on, love stay strong
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VANDERWOLF Los Angeles, California
As well as being a musician with a long and storied history (including mastermind of
legendary London
band, Last Man Standing,) Max Vanderwolf also produced concerts with Brian Wilson, Patti Smith, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Elliott Smith, David Bowie, and Massive Attack at celebrated venues. The new album has been called, “An unforgettable sonic journey.” by
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