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Devils In My Sleep
02:46
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Wounded running through the trees
Hot on my heels they’re after me
And my blood dances across their teeth
Night is coming and I’m getting weak
I ran from the building
I ran through the forest
I ran across the plains
And I ran to the harbour
I can smell the fires, the carbon haze
And soon those flames may lick my face
My heart beats with sparrow terror
At every shadow’s flickering shape
I ran from the harbour
I ran through the town
I ran across the plaza
And I ran to your house
Where dark, dark dreaming, devils in my sleep
Their tails curl around me from my head to my feet
Holding my soul as though it were their own
Their words in my mouth, I’ve nowhere to go
I ran from your house
I ran through the streets
I ran across the river
And I ran to the sea
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2. |
Cassette
02:58
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Question me if you must
As if I’m not going to recall
The topic of conversation or
Anything you’ve said at all
Yes, memory’s not what it used to be
But I have ways to remember, ways and means
I put it on cassette
You’re not going to trick me
Tell me one thing then another
Speak to me as someone else
Then pretend you’re my brother
I may have forgotten what I said last week
But I can press play and hear myself speak
I put it on cassette
So I won’t forget
I know what belongs to me
Don’t claim that I’m insane
You can say it never existed
That picture in that frame
My world may have gotten smaller in years
But I’m not going to let you prey on my fears
I put it on cassette
So I won’t forget
I put it on cassette
It’s all I have left
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3. |
Line Of Fire
04:37
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You condemn and you can damn
Want to get under my skin
Sunday, old book quotes
On how there are so many sins
Just because you have an opinion
Doesn’t give you the right
To sword like swing them
I am in your line of fire
I am set within your sights
I am in your line of fire
I am going to live my life
Hands raised to the sky
Testify hate, justified
Use your will for the kill
But your hand is on the knife
In the name of the father in the name of his son
When it comes down to it
The name is yours
I am in your line of fire
I am set within your sights
I am in your line of fire
I am going to live my life
It’s the broad sweeping statements
It’s the intent behind the eyes
It’s the freedom of speech
You use to abuse and decry
It’s the revealing of your nature
It’s the teenage suicides
It’s the protests outside funerals
Spitting in the mourners eyes
I am in your line of fire
I am set within your sights
I am in your line of fire
I am going to live my life
We are in your line of fire
We are set within your sights
We are in your line of fire
We are going to live our lives
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4. |
Dead Link
03:32
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He sits, sits and he waits
His throat dry and sick
The room all but, all but silent
As his ring finger clicks
A dead link, dead inside
No content; only lies
Only lies
Anticipation slowly drips
His forehead beads a little
He wants it how, how he wants it
How every breath whistles
A dead link, dead inside
No content; only lies
Only lies
An evil blood rush thrill
And evil stinking sin
A number on a radar
The net reels him
Bricks separated us
From you from eyes
To know we were close
To such an ugly site
A dead link, dead inside
No content; only lies
Only lies
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5. |
Spookytooth
03:52
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Oh my spookytooth what have you done
Bit off more than you can chew
Bit off your own tongue
Those words are fire, burnt more than you thought
Blazing through everyone
Even you got scorched
Oh my spookytooth sometimes you should lie
Truth is a dangerous door
To a vulnerable inside
You can’t let anyone in, who knows what they’ll take
What they’ll use against you
What games they might play
I can’t paint a pretty picture of this
I can’t sugar coat what they’ll say
My poor spookytooth they’re going to take you away
In the night they’ll come crawling, creeping through the dark
When I think of what’s to come
It just breaks my heart
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6. |
Edwyn
04:28
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Edwyn was born by candlelight
Late one stormy autumn’s eve
He’s mother took her final breath
As Edwyn began to breathe
Resentment filled his father so
For when he looked into Edwyn’s eyes
All he saw instead of the boy
Was his wife’s final sacrifice
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive
So pale with the blackest hair
Edwyn lived very much alone
He’d stare over the sycamores
Branches bare around his home
Still mute at the age of seven
Edwyn skulked between the rooms
He’d mingle among party guests
But they’d never see him move
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive
At ten the birds no longer flew
In the sky above Edwyn’s house
His father boarded the windows up
To stop the world from finding out
That Edwyn was not a normal boy
An air of terror waltzed through him
A piercing stare shot from his eyes
Freezing cold the soul within
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you
Learn to forgive
He doesn’t close his eyes when he sleeps
He doesn’t talk and he won’t eat
He paints pictures of events to come
He’s waiting for his turn
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Euphoria
05:16
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Warm in the wreckage, I’m home and I’m nested
Thought this would prevent this vulnerable defenceless
I am not who I thought I was
This house not the home I want
The rush is gone; the thrill went
Give me the feeling you get when
You fall into euphoria
Cold in the damage, I’m home and I’m tired
Thought strength would keep my spirits higher
It was never what it seemed
One part a nightmare, one part a dream
The passion died, the energy spent
Give me the feeling you get when
You fall into euphoria
I dreamt I felt arms around me
Telling me it would be all right
I woke up suddenly; turned the light on
And in a flash it was over and gone
Is this how I am meant to live?
Is really all that there is?
From winter to spring from summer to fall
Tell me there is something more
You fall into euphoria
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8. |
Can't Beat
04:04
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It brought me down
Crashing to the ground
I must have made a sound
But nothing came out
A crowd stood and stared
Waited with baited breath
And I, I just sat there
Waiting for someone to care
I can’t beat; I can’t beat
I can’t beat; I can’t beat you
I wish, I wish
I wish that I could
You took what was yours
Took everything I could afford
Feathering your cause
With accolades and awards
And I got off lightly
Bruised and so unwisely
A fool who took it kindly
And now you walk right past me
I can’t beat; I can’t beat
I can’t beat; I can’t beat you
I wish, I wish
I wish that I could
There once was a dream, a home and you and me
I thought we’d might win, I thought it was everything
The naivety, the jealousy, the betrayal and depravity
The carnage and the gravity what will become of me?
I can’t beat; I can’t beat
I can’t beat; I can’t beat you
I wish, I wish
I wish that I could
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9. |
I Am The New Black
04:24
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Woke up this morning to the sound of rain
Pulled myself together because I had to
Swam through people poured down in a storm
I did all of that for you
I dream in technicolour with such vivid detail
Sometimes I think I don’t want to wake up
Worlds unimaginable where I am not me
All that brings me back is love
Walking in circles around the weekdays
Weekends pausing to take a breath
The hours passing by like seconds
Time is getting less and less
Heavy in my heart I sink deeper
I realise fate I can’t escape
The choke of petrol fogging up concrete
In an amazing world a bleak landscape
And I trawl through the mundane
Reading of amazing sites
Curling myself into another dream
As the day turns out the light
How I want to touch every star
I want life to feel like it lasts
To scream into the sky and have it scream back
I am the new black; you are the new black
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10. |
Plush
05:14
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I could lie here for days
Never do I want to escape
Let the world around me burn
In a bonfire brilliant blaze
You keep me safe from harm
You make me feel so warm
Wrap yourself tight around me
Cover me; smother me in sleep so soundly
Let the night draw its curtains
Fill me with dreams astounding
You keep me safe from harm
You make me feel so warm
I love you so much
You found me wandering around lost
Took me in, gave me shelter
Let this be this forever
You make me feel so warm
You keep me safe from harm
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11. |
Owls
04:52
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I see the sun setting
Folding into the night
I’m going outside tonight
To take flight
I feel the moon rising
Bringing me to life
I’m going outside tonight
To take flight
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12. |
I See Light
03:04
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Stood on the ground
Stood up straight without doubt
The universe is alive
And calling out
Like a baby takes a step
I take steps on at a time
This is a new world
And I’m a stranger here I find
I see the sun in the rain
Feel the calm within a gale
And in the darkness I see
The light
Letting the first breaths
Flood through my lungs
The air tastes so clean
I feel so young
The sky brilliant bright blue
I know what I should do
It falls completely into place
And is brand new
I see the sun in the rain
Feel the calm within a gale
And in the darkness I see
The light
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d.a.walker Adelaide, Australia
d.a.walker is a singer songwriter based in Adelaide, South Australia, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne,
UK.
He moves between folk & electronica, playing autoharp, piano/keyboards, percussion & sampling.
The Dim was his commercial debut released in 2012, the reflective Quietus followed in 2013, the volatile Otherman in 2014 & the epic Vertex in 2019.
New album, Automatic Writing, coming soon.
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