1. |
In The Dark
05:19
|
|||
|
Tear the pages from the ending
This can't be how it goes
I was just getting started
When the floor dropped from below
Now everything is backwards
The preacher's sitting in the pew
He's taken by some drunk stranger
He looks a lot like me
Growing with a loving family
But in the end we're all alone
I said the sky was more like home, man
But all the scientists say no
And I ignored the elephant
The dark mass in my head
Still don't talk too much about it
There's no promised land at the end of the road
There's no truth there nobody's never known
Just every right and every wrong
Every broken bloodied song
Laid out on a bleached dive bar floor
The "I love you," forever viewed
Turned nasty, dark, distorted truths
The fire that isn't there anymore
Just you and me and the dark
Trying our best to laugh and sing and dance
And fake eternity in the dark
I wanna say that things are changing
Who could keep going on like this?
But tomorrow morning I'll put coffee on
And forget this song even exists
|
||||
2. |
Touch
02:56
|
|||
|
So you're telling me you never thought about this stuff
Like life after death, internal peace, and God above
Well I have, and I gotta say I don't know much
But I have questions that lead to more of such
And I'm losing touch again
So you're telling me you never really wanted much
Just a good man to hold your hand and a life that you could love
Well I don't have everything but I'll give all that I have to you
But when it calls you know there's nothing
Nothing I can do
But I'll always keep in touch
This life is a strange one
You walk a thousand miles to stand still
Talk for hours
Just to find the right words never will
Come out right
And I don't know where we're heading tonight
But I can promise to always be by your side
You'll always know my touch
|
||||
3. |
Diluting The Medicine
04:03
|
|||
|
Forging melodies and stealing rhymes
Secondhand stories that have lost their shine
I know it's temporary, it'll go with the night
But sometimes I feel I'm losing life
Somebody's already dancing to an old love song
Somebody's already found comfort in a lament for someone gone
Somebody's already found hope in a hymn to carry on
Do they really need another one
Or am I diluting the medicine
This ain't no pity party scheme
Well, we all got questions to the harder things
As my hand glides over your name in marble stone
I wonder if there's answers in there you have that I'll never know
Somebody's already dancing to an old love song
Somebody's already found comfort in a lament for someone gone
Somebody's already found hope in a hymn to carry on
Do they really need another one
Or am I diluting the medicine
Somebody's already dancing and fallen in love
Somebody's already found hope again and they'll carry on
And the river's now cleaner thanks to Pete Seeger
And I guess we all felt a little more free as we sang with Springsteen
A million came, a million more will come and baptize the earth
Do they really need another one to add to their worth
Is this doing any good
Or just diluting the medicine
|
||||
4. |
Terminal
03:36
|
|||
|
Sweat on our backs
Walking through the mountain
I saw something in you I lost
Somewhere back before the drowning of the cross
When we touched
I felt the connection
But the signal keeps getting lost
I think I got it figured out
I think I'm sick, man, and it might be
Terminal
There may be no cure for it
And it's been this way
For as long as I remember
Comes and goes in waves
Like the sea
Pushes everyone you love
Out the tenth story window
You start to feel crazy
Maybe it's all just in your mind
It might be terminal
It might be terminal
But you make me wanna be a better man
So I'll do the best I can
I'll make the most of the time given
With you
|
||||
5. |
This Old Guitar
03:41
|
|||
|
When the holidays came we'd all drive down to your place
Rush through the front door, get all of my hello's out of the way
The game's on in the other room, Grandma's packing up the food
I learned a tune or two from your steel guitar
So thank you for this old guitar
And the violin that warmed my heart
When the times got bad
When I could not understand this crazy world
Wabash Cannonball and Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Amazing Grace, I'll Fly Away, Oh How Great Thou Art
It was always there it just had to be uncovered
And now I don't know what I would do without the other
These strings and wood
So thank you for this old guitar
And the violin that warmed my heart
When the times got bad
When I could not understand this crazy world
And as time marches on
And more question marks are drawn
I'll lay to rest what's dead and gone
Open my eyes to the sun
|
||||
6. |
Old Revival
03:32
|
|||
|
Is it really all that bad
I've almost buried all the shame for that
Coach me through it and say it's okay
There's no excuses for acting this way
All my demons dressed as angels
So the public won't notice my fake credentials
Take my secrets, make them commercial
I'll dig up all the dirt and then you won't have nothing on me
How do you help somebody
With the same symptoms as you
Do you just lie and say it's alright
Or do you try to make them laugh
Remember why we're all alive
All my friends, we all got baggage
And it gets heavy and it gets manic
Why it's this way, well I couldn't tell ya
I guess we all got a few wires crossed
I guess we all got a few screws loose
I wanna dance like an old revival
And lose myself, just break this cycle
Lift my hands, twisting, shaking
A celebration, not just survival
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
I swear it's a beautiful life
Just don't die tonight
|
||||
7. |
Stuff On The Piano
01:13
|
|||
|
And I'm gonna play stuff on the piano okay
This is I think
This is one of them
Well that was
That was one of my songs
And I hoped you liked story time
Well uh I got some other songs
So you stay right here, alright
You stay right here
And I'll come back
|
||||
8. |
Just Down The Road
03:13
|
|||
|
You live just down the road
I wave to you on days back home
And early mornings to the same old place
To do the same old things
You always said I'd make it big
That I'd find my light one day
I've been standing in this hallway of open doors
Twenty-four years and I've always stayed
Nothing really good seems to change
And I wanna make you proud
I wanna see you smiling down
But I ain't too sure that you'd like the man I am now
Or the man I'm trying to be
Why isn't it all a little easier to see
Oh, I lost my fighting bones
Someone came and broke me open
Now I'm picking up the pieces
You live just down the road
I talk to your gravestone now and then
|
||||
9. |
1 Corinthians 13
04:01
|
|||
10. |
Farewell, Rose
05:47
|
|||
|
Farewell, Rose
Go back through the halls of our youth
What mattered most
Separate the lies from the truth
Truth is I could have been
A better man, a better friend
To you
Now the curtains all are drawn
It's a freak show from now on
I'm cursing in a church pew
I don't belong here
Farewell, Rose
I hope that you're happier now
And I'm happy too
You know, we're both still alive, we should be proud
But sometimes I wonder if
I would have ignored the consequence
When you really needed help
If I had taken my Dad's truck
And drove till the tank dried up
Come heaven or come hell
But we never really do
What we really wanna do
We just dance with the flames
And when the fire gets too hot
We call everything off
And blame it on the winds of change
Did it matter anyway
Farewell, Rose
Go back to the soul you belong
Cause that mattered most
I think I finally know the right from the wrong
But I'd be lying if I said
I didn't miss you to death
There's a gaping hole
But is it all just a ruse
How could you ever love someone
That you never knew at all
I never knew you
I never knew you
I never knew you
And that's the way it should be
That's the way it should be
Far from the killer's reach
Far from churning seas
Back to our infancies
Your twinkling eyes on Christmas Eve
Back when our families
Were everything we needed them to be
But it's not the way it went
And you gotta live with it
Farewell, Rose
What I'd give to hear you laugh one more time
|
||||
11. |
Nothing But The Blood
02:07
|
|||
|
What can wash away my sin
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Oh, precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
|
||||
12. |
The Broken Things
03:35
|
|||
|
What would you do if I one day
Up and left the house
Called the bluffs on the books we read
They just don't add up now
Would you still love me for the man I am
Is that even fair to ask
I've been running like a fugitive
Reality is catching up fast
Mama, I don't know anything
I'm a stranger in these streets
Mama, I hope you still love me
After you see the broken things
Sooner or later when you lose enough people
You wonder why them and not me
Is it God or some sick twist of fate
That decides who stays or leaves
Yeah man, who hasn't thought
About seeing them before it's time
I don't know if it's fear or my family
That keeps me in line
Mama, I don't know anything
But I've always felt guilty
Mama, I hope you still love me
After you see the broken things
After you see the broken things
|
||||
13. |
Shortcuts To The By & By
02:50
|
|||
|
Toy soldiers, Star Wars marathons
Two cars in the driveway, two collies in the backyard
Everything was perfect, but everything was wrong
When everything seems perfect, there's always something wrong
Love lost in an IP address
I keep eating more to feel better, I guess
One day we'll all end up like the animals at the auction
Cause there's no one left to take care of them anymore
And I've always been a little bored
Always jealous of the moon
Cause he could talk to you a lot more
And he knows where you are
Brainstorming shortcuts to the by and by
Brainstorming shortcuts to the by and by
I'm tired of this world, I was since I was five
But I'm still a little scared to die
But brainstorm shortcuts to the by and by
I love you all more than you'll ever know
|
||||
14. |
By & By
03:29
|
|||
|
We are often tossed and driving
On the restless sea of time
Somber skies and howling tempest
Oft succeed a bright sunshine
In that land of perfect day
When the mists have rolled away
We will understand it better by and by
By and by, when the morning comes
And all God's children are gathered home
We will tell the story of how we've overcome
And we’ll understand it better by and by
We are often destitute
Of the things that life demands
Want of food and want of shelter
Thirsty hills and barren lands
We are trusting in the Lord
And according to His Word
We will understand it better by and by
Temptations, hidden snares
Often take us unawares
And our hearts are made to bleed
By some thoughtless word or deed
And we wonder why the test
When we try to do our best
We will understand it better by and by
By and by, when the morning comes
And all us children are gathered home
We will tell the story of how we've overcome
And we’ll understand it better by and by
We will understand it better by and by
|
||||
Wes Dorethy Mountain Home, Arkansas
Wes Dorethy is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter from Mountain Home, Arkansas. Known for his solo music as well
as fronting the band Patient Eyes and being half of songwriting duo Dorethy & McGrath, Wes has an eclectic style drawn from a wide range of influences but centered with a focus on honest storytelling and heart-on-your-sleeve vulnerability.
wesdorethy.com
... more
If you like Wes Dorethy, you may also like:
Callahan’s latest both comforts and unnerves.
go to album
The new EP from denitia specializes in big, hooky pop songs that put her smoky voice front and center.
go to album
Carla Geneve returns with a record of jittery alt-rock, topped with lyrics that are both wry and introspective.
go to album
Six Million Miles From Nowhere
by Spaceman
As Spaceman, Stephen Munson of UK cult band Living In Texas makes lo-fi pop that shuffles and stomps.
go to album
Peacock Pools
by Pink Mountaintops
The first album from the psychedelic Pink Mountaintops in eight years deals with both joy, grief, and loss.
go to album
The Convincer (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Nick Lowe
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery.
go to album
The Woman You Want
by Eliza Shaddad
Haddad returns with cinematic soundscapes that include introspective folk, post-grunge, and indie-pop influences.
go to album
