Damien Jurado

[fox69]

"Hoquiam"

"Hoquiam"



Standing with my feet deep in the ground
Was I nothing but a landslide in your mind?
Am I no one until someone calls me out?
Are you just pretending when we talk?

You should have seen me
Keeping watch at dawn

Picture now a car ride through the plains
Where east meets west and only sky remains
Were you faking death to only gain concern?
The cut out lights and signals told us wrong

You should have seen us
Carefree behind the wheel

Lover I am still here breaking chairs
Will I ever be the hero in your song
Or forever in your shadow so unseen?
Trapped between the lines that you write down?

You should have told me
Broken jaw and all
Crippled in your glory
Restless till my death

 

[fox69]

"How I Broke My Legs"

"How I Broke My Legs"



This is how I broke both of my legs

Won't run to you
Won't run to you
I will not follow

Won't sing to you
Won't dance with you
I will not lead

This is how I broke both of my legs
Jumping from high above your ledge

I won't run to you
Won't dance with you
I will not follow

I won't run to you
Won't sing for you
I will not fold

Won't sing for you
Won't dance with you
I will not fold

 

[fox69]

"I Am Still Here"

"I Am Still Here"



I stood alone there in the driveway
'Til I saw your headlights fade
And disappear
Burn out like stars
A Chevrolet train that rolls in the night

I must have had a hundred nightmares
Of you falling asleep at the wheel
I send my prayers
Where are you now?
I am still here and going nowhere

Here is a photo of our first baby
Here is a photo of our wedding day
Nothing has changed
My love still the same
I am still here and here I remain

When you come back we'll have a party
We'll hang up the Christmas lights
You'll be my bride
I'll be your groom
I love you so much, please make it home soon

Your mother said that you called this morning
"Tell him I love him, but I am not returning"

 

[fox69]

"I Am The Greatest Of All Liars"

"I Am The Greatest Of All Liars"



I'm the suicide with blanks
I am fire in the tank
I'm the dishes in the sink

I'm the silence you can hear
I'm a voice inside your head
I'm a word that's never said

I'm the blood upon your sheets
I'm the air you cannot breathe
I'm the darkness you can see

I'm the pain inside your back
I'm the joke that you don't get
I'm the razor at your neck

I'm the lie that you will tell
I'm the soul that you will sell
I'm the vomit on your sleeve

I'm the reason you all fell

 

[fox69]

"I Am The Mountain"

"I Am The Mountain"



Hello dessert heat
When did you leave me undone?
A bastard son to the wind
It blows me your direction

The houses in the meadows
Have all but shed their skin
And now a boneless shadow
That lies among the lilies

How long can you keep your distance
Who shall be my witness
How long can you keep your distance
Who shall be my witness

The mountain said to his daughter
"The hill shall be your husband"
So leave me now volcano
To destroy all God has given

How long can you keep your distance
Who shall be my witness
How long can you keep your distance
Who shall be my witness
How long can you keep your distance
Who shall be my witness
How long can you keep your distance
Who shall be my witness

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Get Over You"

"I Can't Get Over You"



I can't get over
No, I can't get over you
Seems no matter what I do
I can't get over you

I have tried sleeping
Just to get over you
And I have tried dreaming
But all of my thoughts were of you

I can't get over
No, I can't get over you
Seems no matter what I do
I can't get over you

It seems no matter what I do
I can't get over you
No, I can't get over you

 

[fox69]

"I Had No Intentions"

"I Had No Intentions"



He motioned to me from across the street
His arms waving madly "Come over to me"
I saw the panic as he approached
We both ran quickly to the house
Where the windows were shot out

He lay there bleeding on the floor
My mother beside him screaming "Dear Lord...
Someone shot my boy"

I held his hand 'til the ambulance came
And onto a stretcher they took him away
I followed close from the car behind
The lights and the sirens both dull in my mind
November 9

Killed by a bullet from a jealous gun
It rattled his eyelids and pierced through his lungs
The damage is now done

He was seem by her lover the night before
Swearing to kill him outside her door
To her defense my brother walked out
Raising his fist and screaming "Get out...
It's me she's with now!"

Hotel hospital the tears burned my eyes
I slipped into nighttime and deep into dying
Without even trying

 

[fox69]

"I Will Still Be Dead"

"I Will Still Be Dead"



I fell in to the shallow ground
It soon became my grave
Roll my bones like a dice and play
And dig me with your spade

And you will steal the light
And use it for your fire
And I will still be dead
And I will still be dead

Hold my breath I’ll come back for it
There’s dirt still in my lungs
The insects hide while you lure his eyes
Coffins for our cars

And you will steal the light
And use it for your fire
And I will still be dead
And I will still be dead

Wake me up like Lazarus
And call me to your side
Tell me what to say and feel
So I can stay alive

And you will steal the light
And use it for your fire
And I will still be dead
And I will still be dead

 

[fox69]

"Icicle"

"Icicle"



I did not recognize you
You're playing with your face
Through your eyes I do despise you
There's not a person that I hate
But you.

When I could reach you from a distance
When I could sail upon the horizon
I left behind all those who mattered
The memory's gone, they're foggy to me
You'll see

I will not argue with you
There's only blackness in your heart
In the buildings that you tore down with your mind

No on told me you had feelings
They kept it secret and away from me
What would I give to have them silent
Their mouths all taken from them

When I could reach you from a distance
When I could sail upon the horizon
I left behind all those who mattered
They're all not gone, just blurry memory
You'll see

I will not argue with you
There's only blackness in your heart
In the buildings that you tore down with your mind

 

[fox69]

"Independent"

"Independent"



Can I ask a question
Were we meant to be?
Face the wrong direction
Turn around to see
You'll see it's me
And I don't want to play these games
Do you know I know
You know it's not the same

I don't need you anymore
I'm independent there's nothing to say
I don't need you anymore now
I'm independent don't you walk away

Can I ask a question
Were we meant to be?
Face the wrong direction
Don't say you don't need me
I know you do you do
When you call to me
I know you do you do
When you call to me

I don't need you anymore
I'm independent there's nothing to say
I don't need you anymore now
I'm independent there's nothing to say
I'm independent there's nothing to say
I'm independent there's nothing to say
I'm independent don't you walk away
I'm independent don't you walk away