The Empty Threats of Little Lord (from the 2020 Solo Rhodes livestream on Patreon)
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Your Chariot Awaits
05:37
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YOUR CHARIOT AWAITS
And so it seems
That if sleep makes dreams
Then sleeplessness makes us
That's fine
Melatonin and wine
We got way too close
Way too quickly
To hopefulness to which we are both hopelessly addicted
I'd say the tree still needs another bell
Judgment, don't fail me now
It's getting in my dreams
It's gotten in my dreams
It's getting in my dreams
And everything is always worse, babe
At 4:30 in the morning
Blackbird has died
Red bird is on the rise
Guess this is why
I've always both loved and hated
The sick gray light of the dawn
But your hand is your wand
And your landscape is drawn
And your chariot awaits
Beyond despondency
The wheels will cut the earth
And your chariot awaits
It's getting in my dreams
It's a bad shade of green
But I don't care what they say
My dreams might say about me
I need, I need something beautiful to carry
And you're all I care about, babe
You're all I care about, babe
Your hand is your wand
And your landscape is drawn
And your chariot awaits
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THE EMPTY THREATS OF LITTLE LORD
If I ever hurt you
It will be in self-defense
If I ever hurt you
It will be in self-defense
Because the podiums as high as the gallows are low
Swing low, swing low, swing low
You are a beast and I am serving up your supper
You are a beast and I am serving up your supper
Oh
What will you do when the drink is all gone?
Will you slam your fist down on the table?
Because I'm not that kind of whore
No, I'm not that kind of whore
No, I'm not that kind of whore
But I am a little lord
No, I'm not that kind of whore
But I am a little lord
No, I'm not that kind of whore
But I am a little
Lord, Lord grant me patience
I am burning up inside
There are snakes out in the night
And all these kids have gone astray
There are women with no meaning to their names
When we say them
There are wars to win
Born of leftover sinful days
So if I ever hurt you
It will be in self-defense
If I ever hurt you
It will be in self-defense
If you ever come at me
I will hurt you…
If you ever come at me
You snake…
I wish you the best, you snake
You are self-professed, you snake
My heart's in my chest, you snake
You can have the rest, you snake
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First Violin
04:09
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FIRST VIOLIN
Breathe on my skin
Be my first violin
I am blind and I am helpless
What else is there to say?
I have been a freelancer
But to have to answer to chaos
Just doesn't suit you
So now
I only hear your name
I keep my string under your bow
And all the animals I rode in life are sleeping
I have been known to surrender
To anything that stands
Higher than the halo on the angel
That made me what I am
I have been known to wonder
Whether I am the son of bad, old king
But now
I only hear your name
I keep my string under your bow
And all the animals I rode in life are sleeping
Breathe
Breathe
Breathe on my skin
Be my first violin
I am blind and I am helpless
What else is there to say?
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HALF DELUDED ON THE WATER
I am torn
Over which coming storm
To lean into
I am broken
On the rocks
Between the two
Seems like everyone
Is some kind of a hustler
Except you
Is this the world it's supposed to be
Is this what other people see
Or am I half deluded on the water
Watching monsters
Swim around beneath me
They say our old friend's
Been online too much again
Now he believes in wild things
He never used to believe in
So what are we supposed to
When some lies are plain as day
And some lies lie waiting in the truth
Seems like everyone
Is some kind of a hustler
Except you
Now the vultures are already in the hall
They want a little more than half of it all
They want your body
They want your soul
They're all ready
For their old time rock and roll
Is this the world it's supposed to be
Is this what other people see
Or am I half deluded on the water
Watching monsters
Swim around beneath me
Seems like everyone
Is some kind of hustler
Except you
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A DAY IN THE GRAVEYARD II
There was a day in the graveyard
With helicopters overhead
I had a rose-petal bed
I had the sun on my shoes
And I knew, oh, I knew
And I could see
That if you could make another one of you
Then you wouldn’t give the other one to me...
When the conductor fucks up
You can’t blame the symphony
So I won’t blame you
If you don’t blame me
You were doing something else that day…
And now I wonder
I wonder how you are...
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6. |
Us Ones In Between
05:16
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US ONES IN BETWEEN
You are a waterfall
Waiting inside a well
You are a wrecking ball
Before the building fell
And every lightning rod
Has gotta watch the storm cloud come
I've heard of pious men
And I've heard of dirty fiends
But you don't often hear
Of us ones in between
I've heard of creatures
Who eat their babies
And I wonder if they stop
To think about the taste
I saw the sun go down
Outside of Arkansas
And I saw the sun come up
Somewhere in Illinois
And in the darkness
I taught myself to hate
But where were you, oh, where were you
And where'd the fucking sun go
I am a creature
I am surviving
I want to be alone
And I want your body
So when you eat me
Mother and baby
Oh baby, mother me
Before you eat me
And you should always pass
When you got the inside lane
Don't pull your hair out
I won't pull my hair out
For I have never seen a son
That did not bury his head
In the side of the world
When the day is done
You are a waterfall
Waiting inside a well
You are a wrecking ball
Before the building fell
And I will mutter like a lover
Who speaks in tongues
He speaks in tongues
I speak in tongues
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River River
02:53
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RIVER RIVER
The future is just rain
The past is just rain too
The river runs just here
Where I am here with you
I used to dream of gold
Now all I have to say:
River river
While I am still willing
Wear me away
River river
While I am still willing
Wear me away
Where I am now
Wear me down and away
And part the reeds of memory
And let them close again, a tired eye
Now that we allow the rain to break us down
And bring us back to life
And you, a leaf gold
I'll hold until it's all that remains
River river
While I am still willing
Wear me away
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Faraway Lightning
05:54
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FARAWAY LIGHTNING
You were the crashing of the satellite
Onto my black-earth heart
To brighten up the night
You were the body falling off the wall
To wear upon the stone
Like a waterfall
Oh, where did you go?
Oh, I have to know
Oh, I search the sky for signs of your violence
You were the faraway lightning
Going down
So silently
You were the rain
That came like rain
When the hurricane broke free and every wild prick broke into song
Oh, where did you go?
Oh, oh
Oh, I search the sky at night for a sign of your violence
Oh, you keep on falling down
I will be standing with the others when you hit the ground
Oh, you keep on falling down
I will be standing undercover when you hit the ground
You told me I was not the only one
But you should trust me love: I am the only one
Oh, you keep on falling down
I will be floating to the island either way
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Pronounced Kroog British Columbia
My name is Spencer Krug. I am central to a handful of projects (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Moonface, Swan Lake), and have been on a number of labels (Sub Pop, Jagjaguwar, Paper Bag, Royal Mountain, Global Symphonic, Absolutely Kosher.) Pronounced Kroog is the self-made label on which I now release music under my own name, works from past projects, and more. ... more