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Darker My Sky

by Jack Orion

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This Harvest Breed 02:46
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THIS HARVEST BREED WE BURIED MY BONES ALL WINTER LONG UPON THE WILLOWS PASSING THE COVER OF SLEEP,SO SWEET AND SO DEEP FALLS OVER LIKE A BLESSING SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN TO CARRY THE THORNS SOME PRAY TO BE THE CHOSEN SOME RAIL AT THE SKY,ALL HOLLOW INSIDE SOME FILL THEIR WINE WITH POISON ACRES GONE TO SEED GROWN ON HATE AND GREED DRUNK FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN THEN AND CURSE THIS HARVEST BREED THE RATTLE OF TRADE PASS OVER MY GRAVE THE WHORE,THE PRIEST AND SOLDIER AND ON THE BLACK WATCH,THE NIGHTLILLIES TALK AND THE GROUND KEEPS GETTING COLDER ACRES GONE TO SEED GROWN ON HATE AND GREED DRUNK FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN THEN AND CURSE THIS HARVEST BREED OH THE LUCKY IN LOVE,THE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK THE POETS AND THE PAINTERS WITH EYES FIXED ABOVE,FORGET WHERE THEY ARE AND THE GROUND SURROUNDS TO CLAIM THEM WE BURIED MY BONES ALL WINTER LONG UPON THE WILLOWS PASSING AND KICKING THE SLEEPING GIANT WE WILL CURSE THIS HARVEST BREED
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Night Heart Races 04:13
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NIGHT HEART RACES HANGING ON THE BASELINE MY PALE BLUE MOON FORGOTTEN IN THE MORNING MOMENTS GONE WAY TOO SOON PARALYZED IN DAYLIGHT TOO SCARED TO FACE THE NIGHT THEN WITHOUT WARNING YOU'RE BACK INSIDE SHAME...TURNS ON YOU AGAIN YOU FOLLOW ONE TRACK BUT THERE'S NO GOING BACK AND IT'S A DARKENED ROAD WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA GO LIGHTS BEHIND YOUR EYES WON'T STOP FOR TRYING THIS DESPERATE HEART FALLS ON DESPERATE TIMES SHAME...TURNS ON YOU AGAIN THE NIGHT HEART RACES THE PALE MOON SLOWS CUTTING IN THE CORNER INK THE ANGELS SO THE SCARS DON'T SHOW SHAME...TURNS ON YOU AGAIN
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For 1000 Years 02:51
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Tie A Black Ribbon 04:13
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TIE A BLACK RIBBON SLIP UNDER THE NIGHT WADING THROUGH THE FRAY 10 YEARS IN EXILE THINGS TURN OUT A DIFFERENT WAY YOU'RE LOST IN YOUR BOOKS YOUR PLACE IN HISTORY LUSH IN YOUR OLD SILKS AND SATIN FINERY TIE A BLACK RIBBON CUT THE CIRCULATION TIGHTER THAN A SAILOR'S KNOT GOTTA MAKE THE BLEEDING STOP HER TENDER LARK HER FINEST HOUR HEMISPHERES PART BLINDING METEOR SHOWER A MONUMENT TO NOTHING SHE'S ONLY LAUGHING BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN THE CEILING IS CRACKING LOST SOME IN A FIRE LOST SOME AFTER DARK AND THE RIBBONS YOU LOST WEAVE A NOOSE AROUND YOUR HEART WON'T SOMEBODY HEAR ME
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Mercy Hospital 04:35
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Worlds Away 03:37
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WORLDS AWAY POOR ETHAN BATHED IN A WATERY CAVE A SPECTRE SLOW IN THE SUN MY LIFE'S TOO LONG,HE SAID AND BEFORE HIS TIME WAS DONE HE GAVE IN TO THE MORNING LOST IN PILLOW AND SWAIN NOTHING WOKEN,NOTHING WANED WISHING WORLDS AWAY SHE SAID THE MAGIC LIVES IN HERE A MAGIC BORN OF NEED COME UP TO THE LIGHTHOUSE WE'LL FALL INTO THE SEA BUT THE SEA WILL FORGIVE US WASHED UP ON THE BEACH NOTHING STOLEN,NOTHING SAVED WISHING WORLDS AWAY WHEN JONAH WOKE INSIDE THE WHALE HIS LUCK WAS ALREADY GONE SUMMERTIME WAS FEARLESS BUT WINTER SWALLOWS THE YOUNG WITH HIS SILENT FELICITY BOUND TO WHERE THEY LAY NOTHING BROKEN,NOTHING FADES WISHING WORLDS AWAY
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Lives Of The Saints 02:54
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LIVES OF THE SAINTS LIVES OF THE SAINTS THIS WAS THE LAST BOOK THAT SHE READ SHUT OUT THE LIGHTS AND OFF TO BED LIVES OF THE SAINTS TALLER THE TALES OF SUFFERING SACRIFICE AND HEAVEN'S GATE LIVES OF THE SAINTS PROMISING REDEMPTION AND EVERLASTING HAPPINES IF YOU'RE CHASTE LIVES OF THE SAINTS NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP I PRAY THAT ALL THESE PILLS WILL KEEP THE NIGHT SWEATS AWAY LIVES OF THE SAINTS BROKEN THE SILENCE OF THE BELLS OUT OF THE WINDOW AS SHE FELL LIVES OF THE SAINTS PROMISING REDEMPTION AND EVERLASTING HAPPINESS IF YOU'RE CHASTE LIVES OF THE SAINTS SHORT OF RESURRECTION SHE PRAYS THAT ALL THESE PAGES KEEP THE COLD DARK AWAY LIVES OF THE SAINTS THIS WAS THE LAST BOOK THAT SHE READ SHUT OUT THE VOICES IN HER HEAD
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By My Hand 02:33
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BY MY HAND BROKEN ON THE BAY TIDES ALL TURN AWAY WRITTEN IN THE SAND PRIDE WILL BREAK A MAN MEET ME AT THE STATION WHERE THE RAGGED GYPSY GOES AND I SWEAR I'M COMING HOME,I SWEAR I'M COMING HOME MEET ME AT THE STATION WHEN THE TRAIN IS COMING THROUGH AND I'LL RUN TO YOU,I'LL RUN TO YOU TALLER THAN THE TREES SPRING WON'T FEEL THE HEAT THROUGH THE RESTLESS NIGHT SLEEP WON'T BRING THE LIGHT FALLEN BY THE SEA SWAY BACK TO THE BREEZE WRECK UP ON THE SHORE CALLING GULLS TO GORGE THROUGH THE RECKLESS NIGHT TUMBLE THROUGH THE TIDE WRITTEN BY MY HAND PRIDE WILL BREAK A MAN
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Come Electra 04:18
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COME ELECTRA SOMEDAY SOON WE'LL REACH FOR THE SKY A THING WE'LL NEVER SEE SUNDAY SHOWERS,BUST OUT THE LIGHTS TELL ME WHAT IT ALL MEANS THE VELVET BRAKES...YOUR TONGUE WAS TIED DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL WILL SLEEP TONIGHT THE CRASHING RAIN...WILL SEEP INSIDE THE PAGES OF YOUR DIARY WASHED TO WHITE AND DRIED BEHIND YOU,COME ELECTRA INSIDE WHERE THE WATERS GO YOU SAW SOME WRECKED CONTESSA YOU TRIED BUT YOU JUST WERE TOO SLOW NOW WE'RE LAYING LOW...COME ELECTRA THE ASHEN ROAD IN THE BELLOWING NIGHT CERTAIN COMFORTS BRING A WAR IN MY HEAD,A STEP OUTSIDE A TASTE TO KILL THE STING A PERFECT FACE...THE MARRYING KIND DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL DON'T CRY TONIGHT THE FLASHING LIGHTS WON'T MAKE YOU BLIND AND THE STARS ALL AROUND YOUR EYES COLLIDE THE MAN IN THE MOON IS WATCHING OVER YOU
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Darker My Sky 04:41
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DARKER MY SKY WOUNDED HEARTS THAT SETTLED HARD SLEEPY TONGUES THAT NEVER TALK HOLYROADS,THE WINDING NIGHT DIM THE PAST WE LEFT BEHIND FROM THE NORTH THE WILD WIND BLOWS ME AND ROSEMARY STUMBLING HOME SLIPPED THE GHOSTS,AT LEAST WE TRIED PULLED THE SADNESS FROM OUR EYES HOLD YOUR BREATH AND YOU WILL NOT CRY LIE ALONE IN THE CRUSHING QUIET DARKER BY THE DAY WE RISE DARKER MY SKY,MY LOVE,DARKER MY SKY SWIFTLY SAILED THE SOFTEST SEAS OPEN ARMS,A SLUMBER DEEP PUSHED THE BOAT OUT ONE MORE TIME DRIFT AWAY OR TOSSED ASIDE WOUNDED HEARTS THAT SETTLED HARD SLEEPY TONGUES THAT NEVER TALK PUSHED THE BOAT OUT ONE MORE TIME DARKER BY THE DAY WE RISE

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Green Fuse/Vollwert - Records Berlin Release
produced by Jack Orion & Will Seekamp @ Beast Of Baden studio,San Francisco

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released January 1, 2012

Jack Orion - vocals,guitars,organ,piano & percussion
Michael Levy - bass
Matt Carges - drums,bodhran & bongos plus acoustic guitar solo - Track 7
with:
Leigh Gregory - guitars - Tracks 1,3 & 5 & backing vocals - Track 3
Steven Cavoretto - trumpet - Track 4 & backing vocals - Tracks 1 & 10
Carlos Boll - orchestration Track 9
Keith Dion - 12 string & bass - Track 6
Will Seekamp - additional 12 string - Track 6 & organ - Track 4

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Jack Orion New Orleans, Louisiana

Becoming Jack Orion

Once upon a time there was a lanky,Bolan-curled lad named Brad Orgeron...a most un-rock 'n roll name!
So after toying with Bradley Bijou in 1975 & just Bradley in 1983,he found himself about to play his 1st solo show in 2007 in SF,,where no one could pronounce his name...and on that day,Jack Orion was born ! This page is a time trip into both the past & the future. Dig in ! ... more

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