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We, I

by Little Rivers

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1.
Little Lea 03:55
My street has no corners, where will you wait for me? You've been gone for so long that I'm used to the quiet. Silence was a key to our love juxtaposed with deep words and the trivial. I'm not trying to make you feel bad, I just don't understand. Watching for the tears roll down your coat; All I'm really searching for is hope. And I'm living just a mile on down your road. My street has no corners, where will you wait for me? I'm sitting by the post box at the end of Little Lea Waiting for a set of footsteps to come stumbling up to me. I know I'm optimistic, but that's just a quality you left behind. You've been gone for so long that I'm used to the quiet. Silence was a key to our love juxtaposed with deep words and the trivial. I'm not trying to make you feel bad, I just don't understand. Watching for the tears roll down your coat; All I'm really searching for is hope. And I'm living just a mile on down your road, Throwing nouns and adjectives like ropes.
2.
Beside the animals I'll paint the ocean red, Top right of canvas, bottom left of christened bed. "Now paint it blue, the waves are sparkling instead" Grab a suitcase, love, the summer is dead. Throw all my ties and shirts and handkerchiefs away, Your country gentleman is stripped down by your shame. Tattoo your criticisms on my shoulder blades, The collar's gone but still the words remain. I am your fool. I fell asleep inside the sky and tasted rain Just like the air beside me perspired, and then You came around to lift my trophy mounted head But I was gone on a north westerly wind. And you ain't every gonna see this face again. I am your fool.
3.
I hope in colour, but I dream in black and white. Dried up shutters cover both these tired eyes. Forklift my ego off the back of stena line And put a blanket 'round his shoulders, pay the driver for his time. No-one ever knows when I am sleeping And no-one sees the borders of my soul like you. Tally up your inadequacies and calculate if I'll live to be the one you settle for. I hope in colour but I dream in black and white. Cracks in my skin let your brightness leave my life. Just a finger-length behind me is a hole so deep and so wide; Tie a lifeline 'round my ankle, beg the creator for a low tide. No-one ever knows when I am sleeping And no-one sees the borders of my soul like you. Tally up your inadequacies and calculate if I'll live to be the one you'll settle for. No-one ever knows when I am screaming And no-one sees the inside of my home. Build a bridge over the Irish Sea and speculate that I'll be there in a month or so, I'm sure.
4.
Breaking vertebrae, I'll break my back to stay away. Knowing I'm awake, everything's dead in this place. Why'd you get scared? Love is simple.
5.
I never thought this day would come, A cloudy day with a blueish sun. Counting crows out of my window, I know you see them too But by the look of your hands your heart's not here. I knew the first time you shakily came to my house. But no matter what I said I'd no idea what you were thinking, and I felt the air go then and your skin turned pale. I knew something's cut you open I'm no good at being alone. I feel the space you left - bubbles in my sorry bones. The pain has settled down, sitting still like kidney stones in the small of my back. You said "Sweetie, you know what I'm gonna say." I tensed my jawline, I saw the verbal knife inside your pocket. You said "I feel the miles and miles eating us away And I love you so much but I cannot do this anymore." I felt the raindrops in my sinuses come forth And I heard my throat collapse and scream as all it's hope was dried out. And I pictured you right there with every other man And I yelled inside my head "won't you love me, keep me as I am!" Because I'm no good at being alone. I feel the space you left - bubbles in my sorry bones. The pain has settled down, sitting still like kidney stones in the small of my back. I don't want to get over you.
6.
Only God 04:53
Cool off, see the finish line, slow me down. Shut your mouth around the truth and melt the kingdom's crown into a bullet, wet with blood and lust, you're dusted in your self ambition again. Crack open my dignity, believe I'm strong. But you're not right, break my heart and I can't move on, and I'm lacking. Odelay is the microphone. Amplify loss and grief by staying alone. Only God, if at all, will know just how I'm feeling. And only Satan can drag me by the heels underground. In a hole in my garden, I'll bury your spirit With the vision I had and the hopelessness in it you found. Cool off, carve insanity into your smile and push on past the congested freedom line of all your friends who pull you to a stand still, are you jealous? Embarrassed to show your love for one, not a few? Only God, if at all, will know just how I'm feeling. And only Satan can drag me by the heels underground. In a hole in my garden, I'll bury your spirit With the vision I had and the hopelessness in it you found. Please don't die... the coward I am stops and stares at a dress in your size. Please don't cry, because I'm trying real hard to stay strong. I'm not taking your side, I've still got my own side. Only God, if at all, will know just how I'm feeling. And only Satan can drag me by the heels underground. In a hole in my garden, I'll bury your spirit With the vision I had and the hopelessness in it you found.

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released November 2, 2012

Written and recorded by Callum Cairns
Produced by David Gilchrist and George Muldrew
Artwork by Stuart Cairns
Additional electronic sounds by David Gilchrist and George Muldrew
Extra vocals on "Only God" by Emma Clarke
Percussion on "Kidney Stones" by Andrew Bleakley

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