Damien Jurado

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Medication"

"Medication"

It just so happens I have many concerns
My brother's down the road and my lover in town
They both need affection
And some kind of love

Well I'm the one who gives it at any given time
From two in the morning to six
Call me up and cry

My lover keeps it secret that we meet under covers
When asked by her man if we two are lovers
She says, "I hardly know him.
Besides, he's not my type."

Her man's a policeman with a keen sense of trouble
He's known just by danger
And all kinds of liars

Brother called this morning in a terrible panic
Spies in the closet, bugs in the attic
He screams bloody murder saying,
"We're all gonna die.

Death is upon me, I know 'cause he showed me
Pictures of graveyards and us underneath."

I'm losing my hearing from my brother screaming,
"They're coming to get me and
Someone call the police."

Two in the morning, the phone disconnected
Her man knows I'm calling, it's what I expected
A note on my backdoor saying, "Baby not tonight."

So I sit with my brother who is nursing a cut wrist
He's mumbling "Forgive me."
And "Don't let them take me away."

I can be a good boy and stay out of trouble
Jackie I love you and
Don't let them take your brother

Strapped to a table, go in electrodes
"Jackie come save me the doctors will kill me."
"No, they're here to help you
Straighten out your mind."

The TV is blaring with some preacher saying that
God is among us and he hears our cries

Lord, do me a favor
It's wrong but I ask you
Take my brother's life

'Cause he's sick of the suffering
The pills he's inhaling
The cross he is bearing
That is his trouble mind

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Metallic Cloud"

"Metallic Cloud"

Here's a temporary fix,
In case you don't come down.
Metallic cloud,
Voice in the crowd.

Cheer yourself up,
There are three to be seen,
Geodesic eyes,
And your life on rewind.
Your name was on fire,
So we pulled the case.
How does it taste?
With your mouth from your face.

Here's a temporary earth,
In case you don't get out.
Melodic rain,
Your own choke chain.

Drove yourself here,
So you might as well stay.
You want to be amazed,
And see the sky on delay.
Keep a close eye,
For the ship in the sky.
Resurrection signs,
Do the numbers align?

Zodiac pain,
And the birds flew away,
Colours don't change,
When your life gets strange.

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Montesano"

"Montesano"

In a landslide

I can hear you

Hear you walk away

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Motion Sickness"

"Motion Sickness"

The ship it will not leave you
The land it makes sure to keep you
And I have no money for my bets

Told you I was with it
You said I should forget it and move on
So I did

Cathy, you feel the movement
Every time I walk into the room

Fear it will not leave you
Ghosts intend to keep you
And I have no more candy for the kids

Told you that you'd hate it
But it'd take so much convincing so move on
And you did

Cathy, I feel the movement
Every time I walk into the room

Cathy, I feel the movement
Every time I walk into the room

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Mountains Still Asleep"

"Mountains Still Asleep"

I stood above the clouds
To see you on the ground
Waving me down

Feel free to lose yourself
I do this all the time
Love is a blinding sun
We are songs to be sung

Treasures of worry here
Your voice was so sincere
I’ve known you my whole life

You told me once before
I should have known it then
Joy is letting it go
We are all mountains still asleep

I heard an echo say
We are all given away
Never to come back

And when we cross the line
We become defined
Broken sound, feeding back

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Museum Of Flight"

"Museum Of Flight"

Falling to the ground
I was anxious to be found
You can always go home
To the safety of your cloud

Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I am so broke
And foolishly in love

I turned around to love revealing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light

Falling into sound
Is a less defeating path
One day we will go home
To the safety of our clouds

Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love

I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light

Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love

I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Never Ending Tide"

"Never Ending Tide"

I am standing on her shore
With the anchor and the oars
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide

And I'm standing on her shore
With the mermaids and the whores
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide

She's gonna move you like the never ending tide
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide
She's gonna move

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Night Out For The Downer"

"Night Out For The Downer"

Shirley, I don't blame you
For not wanting to hang out tonight
I'm all that you accuse me
I'm a sinking ship tied to my lover's waist

And when I open up
Is when you're closing down
Shirley, why don't we

Shirley, what you're asking
And I'm not sure what you want from me
I can't be all you wish for
I'm a sinking ship tied to my lover's waist

And when I open up
Is when you're closing down
Shirley, why don't we

And when I open up
Is when you're closing down
Shirley, why don't we

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Northbound"

"Northbound"

Northbound open, use left hand lane
I drive to a place where no one knows who I am
Stop lights broken, tail lights out
I speed without caution on a road made of ice

My body an engine, my car is a train
I don't feel guilty for the hurt or pain
Telephone message, we all ring twice
I speed without caution on a road made of ice

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Nothing Is The News"

"Nothing Is The News"

Turn it around you found that they were all wrong
All you had heard, the ghosts of the words in a song
Nothing new have when all that you want is gone
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know

You can't go back now as the door has been closed
Standing outside just passing time 'til we die
There's nowhere to live and all that's been living is gone
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know

Turn it around you found that they were all wrong
All you had heard were ghosts of the words in a song
Nothing you had and all that you want is gone
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know