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Child Of Mine
04:12
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You and your dad are dancing in the kitchen
Life is slowing down but it’s still bitchin’
I got myself a rod but I could break it
My back is still as strong as I can make it
Plus you’re mine
So who would rush right through it child of mine
Child of mine
Everything you want is in your reach right now
And anything that’s not I have to teach somehow
Everything about you is intuitive
So those who miss the point might rush right through it
Cause it’s fine
But I don’t want to miss it child of mine
Child of mine
Last night in your sleep you started crying
I can’t protect you there, though I keep trying
Sometimes you’ll go places I can’t get to
But I’ve spoken to the angels who protect you
Because you’re mine
They cast their golden light across this child
Child of mine
Long nights, fast years so they say
Time won’t ever feel the same
And I don’t want to miss it
No I don’t want to miss it
And I’m not gonna miss it child of mine
Child of mine
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2. |
Patterns
04:20
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Zena, you’ve squared your toes
But your family nose, hangs around
You’re still a ballerina, everybody knows
But your feet are on the ground
But as the years go by and points comply with ever more relief
Then patterns in repeat can begin
To have your children, your flock of birds
Your branch among the wood
You’ll try to tell them, but you’re lost for words
Cause it’s so absurd, how good
And as those years go by they’ll look upon you kindly like a friend
A pattern in repeat
And never ends
Pulled for meaning, I arched my back
And then from the black you were born
Forward leaning at first, abstract
You soon contract into form
And now the time leaps by and starts to fly
And only then can I see
That we’re patterns in repeat
And we’ll always be
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3. |
Your Girl
03:30
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And so, you turned your life around
It’s funny how those things all work out somehow for the clown
You know sometimes you let me down
Well you or me I guess that doesn’t matter now
You’re over there so no-one cares
If off I walk alone into this world
Where I’ll always be your girl
I’ll always be your girl
I’m trying to play a boy’s game
Feeling like a pawn inside a pornscape
If you could call me by my old name,
Just one more time remind me from where it was I came
Cause over here it’s lost in fear
That off I walk alone into this world
Where no one knows that I’m your girl
And I’ll always be your girl
I rushed around to ask my friends
Is this what it feels like when it ends
And I heard it on your last breath
So this is what it feels like to be left
Alone
You’re over there so no one cares
And here I walk alone into the world
But I’ll always be your girl
I’ll always be your girl
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You were taking off your clothes in a bar by the road
When I thought no one’s going to know you like I know
No one’s gonna know you like I know
You were saying something strange just to make me misbehave
When I thought no one’s gonna say it like you say
No one’s ever put it quite that way
No one’s ever put it quite that way
We grew tired of making plans
That kept slipping through our hands
And if life is just a dream
I’m gonna make it mean something worth a damn
So no one’s gonna love you like I can
No one’s gonna love you like I can
No one’s gonna love you like I can
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5. |
The Shadows
03:30
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So, someone was sleeping while she did her leaving
Cowards go in the night
She did her leaving and how can I blame her
Who has the nerve to fight
She knows of course she knows
That nothing could tear us apart
She lives in the shadows of my heart
I tried to persuade her in vain, of course later
That’s something that I’d deny
I knew it was better to say in my letter
That I never even tried
She knows, of course she knows
And one day she’ll tear me apart
This shadow that she leaves on my heart
She’s leaving, she’s leaving, my altar she’s leaving
Where will I go to pray
I want her, I need her, I long to believe her
Words that she will not say
And I knew, of course I knew
That one day she’d tear me apart
The shadow that she left on my heart
She’s leaving, she’s leaving, my altar she’s leaving
Where will I go to hide
She lives on the shadows of my mind
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Caroline
03:20
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What a way to change an evening
Was my number hard to find?
You know I’d given up believing
But the song had somewhat lingered on my mind
It went la la la la la la la la la la la something, something, Caroline
Caroline you’re like an ember
A rock that burst back into life
A song I only just remember
That goes oh, something, something, Caroline
La la la la la la la la la la, something, something, Caroline
Caroline we are old now
I got married and I loved my wife
I have kids they’re good and grown now
All in all I’ve been happy with my life
Though I was never really far from you was I?
Something, something, Caroline
I’d like you not to call again
I’d like to keep you off my mind
You’re the one who went away Caroline
So, the song was forgotten over time
It went la la la la la la la la la la la, something, something, Caroline
La la la la la la la la la la la, something, something, Caroline
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8. |
Looking Back
03:04
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Today with age my body is bent
And against my will I must relent
But in my heart, where love still beats
I’m always thinking of you
Now I’m a prisoner in this chair
Confined to younger faces
My memories are not with them
But off in distant places
Looking back, that’s all I do
Looking back, that’s all I do
Looking back, that’s all I’ll ever do
The things we had, the love we shared
Perhaps like any other
But even now, how sweet it is
To think of things recovered
I wonder if you think of me
Watching evening summers
Perhaps somewhere beyond the dark
Love can be recovered
Looking back, that’s all I do
Looking back, that’s all I do
Looking back, that’s all I ever do
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9. |
Lullaby
02:47
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Safe in my arms
Safe in my arms
Sleep my angel
You’re safe with me
Now’s the evening, time for sleeping
Til the dawn you’re safe with me
Safe in my arms
Safe in my arms
Sleep my angel
You’re safe with me
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10. |
Patterns In Repeat
04:54
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That you’d walk into a room
And tell me for the millionth time
The many fine points to tell your story
Like “Calabasas was in bloom…”
You know I’m frankly unaware
Of all the ways in which that is supposed to move me
You could skip the end, the photograph, the friend
The long returning trim that you’d foreseen
Just patterns in repeat like they’ve always been
You had your children on the fly
Another child, another guy
Another chance to fall in love again
I fear they may have paid the price
For the freedom of your life
Though you would say that was a chance to show them
An open door, a broken bone, a marble floor…
And patterns in repeat
Forevermore
Forevermore
If only I had known you then
A hanger-on, perhaps a friend
An ear to bend around which way you saw it playing
I tell it well, I try to sell
Them on the fact you were a match
Ever a scratch away from bursting into flames
A light perfume that lingered in the room
That everlasting tune you had to sing
A smile or two, a gap between your tooth
Your dirty underwear, your diamond ring
Just patterns in repeat
Like everything
Like everything
Like everything
I want you to know that I gave it up willingly
Nothing real was lost in the bringing of you to me
I want you to have a piece of my maternal flame
Part of me, eternity, a tolerance for pain
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11. |
Lullaby (Instrumental)
01:36
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