Remember that time when you promised me to take me to Canada?
Me neither.
Well, tonight I am a fan
Of your complicated plans
There’s an existential air it goes
And there’s no matter nowBut I was told
Secrets I was scared of
The station
I was trying to turn my life around
Before the last showWell, tonight I’ve got a plan
Just to be a better man
It turns a sentimental cipher goI’ll be the last one to know
Secrets I was scared of
Studies show
I was trying to turn my life around
Even trying since the last showAnd there were never saviors
And how you go
I know it’s gonna break the bank a bit
So we’ll take it slowIf I could exorcise all these selfish dreams
Maybe I’d recognize it all
I thought we could take our time
Just to push it out
And throw it in the stormIf I could exorcise all these selfish dreams
Maybe I’d recognize it all
I thought we could take our time
Just to push it outIf I could recognize
If I could exorcise
If I could recognize
If I could exorcise
And throw it in the stormArtist: The Rural Alberta Advantage
Album: The Wild
So your presentation went terrible
All wrong dongles, sweat stains and stares
Leave the TV on with the sound down low in your underwear
Don’t despair you’ll get it right tomorrow night
In Thunder Bay, maybe
Don’t delay, your day is short
You can’t afford to wait
I believe in you and your PowerPoints
I know why you can’t stay away
Out on Highway 1 with the rental car and a lot to say
Don’t despair you’ll get it right tomorrow night
In Nipigon, maybe
Don’t delay, our day is short
You can’t afford to wait
So take that laminate out of your wallet and read it
And recommit yourself to the healing of the world
And to the welfare of all creatures upon it
Pursue of practice
that will strengthen your heartWriter(s): John K. Samson
Album: Winter Wheat
Released: 2016
There’s a season in your eyes
And a fever on your breath
You’re anchored to the tide
And the rhythm in your chest
I read the rings and count the city lights
You sing a static sonnet on the dial
You could talk a walk, through the mines
Or you could spend all your days
Just waiting for the night
The stones that skip, the dust that turns to fire
I see it all reflected in your eyesWriter(s): Klausener Rolf Carlos / Debutte Jeffrey Wilfred Elliott Ghislain Alphoase D / Johnson Patrick Noel / Malecki Thadius Jeffrey / Tsui Howard Ho Yan
Album: No Ghost
Released: 2010
It makes no difference where I turn
I can’t get over you and the flame still burns
It makes no difference, night or day
The shadow never seems to fade awayAnd the sun don’t shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my doorNow there’s no love
As true as the love
That dies untold
But the clouds never hung so low beforeIt makes no difference how far I go
Like a scar, the hurt will always show
And it makes no difference who I meet
They’re just a face in the crowd on a dead-end streetAnd the sun don’t shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my doorThese old love letters
Well, I just can’t keep
Just like the gambler says:
“Read ’em and weep”
And the dawn don’t rescue me no moreWithout your love, I’m nothing at all
Like an empty hall, it’s a lonely fall
Since you’ve gone it’s a losing battle
Stampeding cattle, they rattle the wallsAnd the sun don’t shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my doorWell, I love you so much
That it’s all I can do
Just to keep myself from telling you
That I never felt so alone beforeWriter(s): Robbie Robertson
Album: Northern Lights-Southern Cross
Released: 1975
No one wants to weigh things down
But they tend to fly away and rescue teams will look for days
I like the way things are
I say abandon the search
Ford off the rough small work
Until then, Until then
Until they’ve reason to
Think I’ve a shot at redemption
Until then I’m not talkin’
Yes but remember this
It’s always been a long shot or worse
Fordin’ off the rough small work
I don’t mean to weigh things downBut fortune telling, let’s just see
When it all comes true we’ll see
Until then, Until then
Until they’ve reason to
Think I’ve a shot at redemption
Until then I’m not talkin’No I’ve never been close, I thought you should know
No I’ve never been close, I want you to know
No I’ve never been close, I’ve never been close
But I’ve never been far away
No I’ve never been close, I’ve never been close
But I’ve never been far awayI like the way things are
Time to abandon the search
Ford off the rough small work
Until then, Until then
Until they’ve reason to
Think I’ve a shot at redemption
Until then I’m not talkin’Writer(s): Carl Allan Newman
Album: I’m Not Talking
Released: 2012
Both feet together
Slowly progressing
Always in time
Don’t count the feathers
Just count the wings
Everyday counting
Everything’s changing
I almost forgot it
But then I rememberedI was thrown in the boat
Cast out to sea
Friendly with waves
There were sharks below
Hungry for me
So I dangled my legI lit up like a match
Because I bled gasoline
Made a torch of myself
Until the moon was mine
Stars made of me
How I lit up that skyBoth feet together
Slowly progressing
Always in time
Don’t count the feathers
Just count the wings
Everyday counting
Everything’s changing
I almost forgot it
But then I rememberedWriter(s): Loewen Kenton David James / Daniel Elisha Mangan
Album: Oh Fortune
Released: 2011
I never ever wanted to get too close to you
I didn’t wanna fall in love
They’d tell me all the stories of the boys and their glory
Nearly died when you gave them the shove
But I fell for you honey, now I’m feeling funny
Like maybe I’m the next in line
I guess I’m just another guy out of luck, whoa-whoa
I guess this time I’ve just run out of luck
Because you always told me that when we were together
You were happy for the very first time,
I’d look into your blue eyes and figured that you meant it
And that everybody else was lying
But now you come and tell me that you really like me
And you hope that we can still be friends,
I guess I’m just another guy out of luck, whoa-whoa
I guess this time I’ve just run out of luck
Now I know, you never really loved me anyway
But who cares, I learned from you just the sameAnd it’s true, you cheapend yourself to better me
Cause I’m sure, I’ll never fall for your kind again
Now I know, you never really loved me anyway
But who cares, I learned from you just the same
And it’s true, you cheapend yourself to better me
Cause I’m sure, I’ll never fall for your kind again
I never ever wanted to get too close to you
I didn’t wanna fall in love
They’d tell me all the stories of the boys and their glory
Nearly died when you gave them the shove
But I fell for you honey, now I’m feeling funny
Like maybe I’m the next in line
I guess I’m just another guy out of luck, whoa-whoa
I guess I’m just another guy out of luck, whoa-whoa
I guess I’m just another guy out of luck, whoa-whoa
I guess this time I’ve just run out of luckWriter(s): Nick Jones
Album: Perfect Youth
Released: 1980
Many years before I kept track of the years I felt I would look back
Otherwise why did I write down everything that entered my mind?
Check out these lines, like –
“I’m Syd Barrett and I’ll swim to England in his clothes, in 20 holes”
How could I say at what point I would gain perspective let alone know I had it?Survival by the soundtrack made of our short lives
Making sense of hologram ecology
I’ll be up crying listening to Grace
And hiding in the pages adding up to meEternity
‘Til I leaveIt’s like a topography that is made from cartography of me,
All those feelings
Every day the bus stop was the size of the entire world
The ball that broke your tooth
And carving at me all the time was I had done you wrong
I hope I’m sorry
Certain times in our lives come to take up more space than others
And time’s gonna take it’s timeThe Kennys said I broke in over the summer
It was the evening when he climbed that tree
I was afraid what he was doing inside so I followed him to stop a robberyAll along we’re gonna feel some numbness
Oxymoron of our lives
Getting fed up by that hunger
Supersize we found inside
They will know it’s real, our numbness
Catching up and climbing life
Speaking like a hug of thunder
Lit up by the lights at dusk outsideAll along we’re gonna feel some numbness
Oxymoron of our lives
Getting fed up by that hunger
Supersize we found inside
They will know us by our numbers
Catching up and climbing life
Speaking like a hug of thunder
Lit up by the lights at dusk outsideThere was a military base across the street
We watch them training while we leanedThere was a military base across the street
We watch them training while we leaned
We watch them training while we leanedWriter(s): Andrew Whiteman / Brendan Canning / Charles Ivan Jay Spearin / Justin Peroff / Kevin Drew / Leslie Feist
Album: Hug Of Thunder
Released: 2017
We were lost on the map
We marked our path but we can’t get back
And here on the beach
The night believes it is endlessAll is calm now
Seconds fade but the centuries remain, love
We are standing
Against the day
Against the dayYou can walk into town
See the same old scene always going down
Along the arcade
A thousand flowers bloom and fadeAll is calm, love
Every change is a brand upon the brain here
We are standing
Against the day
Against the dayFriend, isn’t it so strange
How the only things that change
Are the ones upon the surface
The restless moss upon the grave
Seems they’ll always love the sun
Seems they’ll always need one another
Seems they’ll always turn and run
At the sight of our blood-covered countenanceAll is calm now
Seconds fade but our hearts will still remain, love
They are endlessI will empty my head
Into the night
Under the gaze of Orion
Hand into hand
Together, we’ll walk
Into the jaws of the sun, I know
All is gone now
Our only crime
Was living past our prime, love
And standing
Against the dayWriter(s): Spencer Krug / Dan Boeckner
Album: Thin Mind
Released: 2020
Would you mind if I pretended we were somewhere else
Doin’ something we wanted to?
‘Cause all this livin’ makes me wanna do
Is die ’cause I can’t live with you
And you don’t even care.Would you mind if I pretended I was someone else
With courage in love and war?
I used to think that’s what I was
But now this lyin’ hurts too much
And I don’t know what for.I’m weak in the knees for you
But I’ll stand if you want me to
My legs are strong and I move on
But honey I’m weak in the knees…Would you mind if I walked over and I kissed your face
In front of all of your friends?
Would you mind if I got drunk and said
I wanna take you home to bed
Oh, would you change your mind?I’m weak in the knees for you
But I’ll stand if you want me to
My legs are strong and I move onBut honey I’m weak in the knees
For youOhh for you
Ohh for you
Ohh for you
Ohh for you
Ohh for you
Ohh for you
Ohh for youI’m weak in the knees for you
But I’ll stand if you want me to
Ohh, my legs are strong and I move on
But honey I’m weak in the knees…I’m weak in the knees for you
But I’ll stand if you want me to
My legs are strong and I move on
But honey Im weak
Oh honey Im weakOhh for you
Ohh for you
Ohh for you
Ohh for youWriter(s): Serena Lauren Ryder
Album: If Your Memory Serves You Well
Released: 2006