all this longing and the ships are left to rust
1. "year in the kingdom" / j. tillman
comfort used to pass my days before you shook the cold from me
i have enough to hold me to your side
before release comes for me like a thief in the night
i spent a year in the kingdom
on my way, on my way through the garden
2. "heavy hands" / cold specks
the mere sight of naked fear choked every limb
young man, what is your name?
and the human heart will refrain, "it is all the same"
heavy hands, fire away
but she did not speak of it
in the morning, she slept with good faith
oh no, i have changed
3. "foreigner's god" / hozier
her eyes look sharp and steady into the empty parts of me
but still my heart is heavy with the hate of some other man's beliefs
always a well-dressed fraud who wouldn't spare the rod, never for me
...
she feels no control of her body
she feels no safety in my arms
i've no language left to say it
all i do is quake to her
breaking if i try to convey it
the broken love i make to her
4."sacred vision" / iron & wine
there's no way to temper your thirst
with lasting impressions or pictures of home
there's no way to grow that don't hurt
...
i'd rather to be all alone
forgiveness is fickle when trust is a chore
it's not every sin that's atoned
i heard her speak softly then heard her no more
there's no sacred vision like her
no eye-crushing mountain or jewelry to wear
there's no granted wish i'd prefer
than she to be with me, for us to be there
5. "a fine suit" / j. tillman
though i'd rather not send you off this way
but you can't wait, you can't let your fingers grace with mine
...
i might as well trade it all in
for a wristwatch and a cedar box
and a fine suit to be buried in
6. "send your youth" / cold specks
send your youth into the night
let it kill what you know isn't right
take my hand, i'll show you how to kill a good man
...
and i will bury this dream
this hunger, hunger, i know it ain't clean
7. "what the water gave me (acoustic)" / florence + the machine
oh, poor atlas, the world's a beast of a burden
you've been holding on a long time
and all this longing and the ships are left to rust
that's what the water gave us
so lay me down
and let the only sound
be the overflow
pockets full of stones
8. "ghosts that we knew" / mumford & sons
broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins
but you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart
and you knelt beside my hope torn apart
...
so lead me back, turn south from that place
and close my eyes to my recent disgrace
9. "the night will always win" / elbow
i throw this to the wind
but what if i was right?
well, did you trust your noble dreams
and gentle expectations to the mercy of the night?
the night will always win
the night has darkness on its side
10. "the ghost on the shore" / lord huron
die if i must, let my bones turn to dust
i'm the lord of the lake and i don't want to leave it
all who sail off the coast evermore
will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore