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Broken Record

by Towers and Trees

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1.
I'm an orphan, a ship at sea I'm the Lost, the Refugee Got a broken soul, bloody knees I need your love Like a beggar, like a hungry babe Like a desert plant for desert rain Like a dissident for deeper change I need your love (I need it) Make a home in your heart Cuz I'm coming in I come hell or high water to where you begin Don't pull away love Don't make me swim We're not islands, you and I We're friends I'm a vessel, a jar of clay You can fill me up or let me break I'm no raincloud, I can't end this drought But maybe I could be poured out Like a trickle from a crack of stone I won't die if you leave me alone But I'm an echo, someone else's groan I don't want to be my own We're not islands
2.
Montreal 03:36
Baby pack your bags and meet me by the car See that line on the horizon? We're going twice that far Cuz I'm off to chase a deeper call I'm going to Montreal I'm tired of desert hills and big-box restaurants You know I'd leave it all behind for le Fleuve St. Laurent Never found salvation in that shopping mall So I'm going to Montreal I'm going to Montreal I'm going to Montreal Yeah I'm going to where the women are thin and tall I'm going to Montreal Now I know we hadn't talked about it just yet But my heart's already there and I've been dreaming of that jet When you see that cityscape you won't think twice at all Come with me to Montreal Let's go to Montreal Let's go to Montreal Where I'll make love to you in the summer, winter, spring and fall Way out in Montreal (Allons-y!) I want to hear that city groaning 'neath my feet Smell the cigarettes and cocaine on her Saturday-night streets Feel the carnal pulse in every concrete wall The heart of Montreal I want the fashion sex and rock n' roll I want the late-night fight between two whiskey-washed souls I want to hike up your skirt in a bathroom stall In downtown Montreal Je vais a Montreal
3.
No sleepy-sleep no sleepy-eyes get wide no countin' sheep Devil's on that highway got to keep my promise got to keep my No counting cars no gazing stars no grazing cows no cattle Get rattled on that road that shoulder won't hurt boulder let's go Devil's on that highway Devil's on that highway Tryin' to get in my way but I'm gonna see those lights, babe Make it to the city She'll sleep and feed me The Devil's on the road he won't be in no hotel I'm getting closer by the hour even closer yet I'm on my way Devil's in my hotel Devil's in my hotel Don't kiss and don't tell No foreplay no-way Jose! Devil's on that barstool Makin' eyes across the room The Devil's wearing denim nursing gin and wanting in I'm getting closer by the hour even closer yet I'm almost there I saw that ocean rising up in front of me There's somethin 'bout the air is always sweeter by the sea I can't remember the last time that I breathed this deep I left the Devil in the desert now I'm coasting free Take me to the coast man I'm free Just one little note Little bit of a footnote Include as addendum Attach with appendices See when I hit that road well he came with me yeah he came with me yea he came with me Devil's in my guitar Devil's in my guitar No matter how far he always seems to be there Devil wants a solo Devil he flies solo I told him I don't know that solo may be a no go I'm getting closer by the hour even closer yet I'm coming home
4.
the Offering 06:06
I am a low and broken man But I a strong and I will hold you to your word Your body pressed against the bed With all the weight of my dominion on your world For I was made a battering ram And all your walls will fold like plaster in the rain This mouth was made to be fed So now you stand to lose that which I stand to gain Here we are lost, we are pure, we are broken The picture of possession, we are naked and this is love And in all our fury and our beauty we will tear it all to pieces This distance we've constructed lies in ruin at our feet You are a sweet and broken girl All your power hides in the spaces in between One-by-one your petals will unfurl As I am drawn into the places left unseen For you were made a flowering stem The very heart of which was meant to be revealed And I've held fast to your garment's hem Gave my dignity away for the chance to be healed Now the silence, it is splintered By the whisper threads you're spinning You have drawn me to your well I will drink, and you will pull me in And all my weight in you is sinking There's no coming up for air There's no grace in my surrender I came stumbling unprepared And I slipped into your slumber Like some animal ensnared Who would take you for a hunter with your skin so pale and fair? Stretched before me like a canvas To be painted as I dare The still and sacred altar For this Offering I've prepared For you were made a vacant temple And I have come to say my prayers But you unravel my religion Like a braid that holds your hair So here receive this body Which was broken for to share So here receive my body Which is broken for to share
5.
Broken Song 05:34
Four cigarettes and a bottle of rye Nothing but time and not much else I've got no friends, no plans, no reason to stand So I bury myself Outside, still stuck in this town No snow on the ground but it won't be long I've got no fire, no joy, I'm just a boy With a broken song So don't tell me, "don't pity yourself" "You've got your health, you don't need a crutch" When I've got no hope, no drive, I'm just alive And that ain't saying much Four rooms don't make a home I'm still alone and smelling like smoke I've got no girl, no reason to cry, but my eyes ain't dry Cuz my heart's still broke So I lay down and I'll beckon the night If I can't find the light, I can still find sleep I've got no God, no soul, but I've got no control So I lay at His feet So I lay
6.
I used to call you my Wild Rose Girl No other flower like yours could bloom And paint my bleak heart with red desire Your wild fire, your sweet perfume When I'd lay you like a Tulip Upon my bed to gently unfold I'd pull your petals one-by-one 'till I knew you'd love me 'till I grew old But then I saw your vines wrapped around him I caught you drinkin' from his well You left a trail of fallen petals Upon the bed where you done fell And so I call you my Wandering Ivy Cuz you went creepin' across the yard You sunk your tendrils deep in my veins And pulled the life from this tender heart I used to call you my Floating Lilly I could find shelter on your sill Where you would bathe and slowly caress me Slowly undress me and my will But now my will, it's gone and broken Like Poison Oak you have left me raw And so your rash will itch and linger Upon the finger that bound us by law And so I call you my Wandering Ivy Cuz you went creepin' yet again So I will leave you to slowly whither You lost your mister and my good name Now that I call you my Wandering Ivy I'll never call you My Girl again I'll never call you My Girl again I'll never call you My Girl again

credits

released July 11, 2012

All songs written and composed by Adrian Chalifour.
Produced by Ben Lubberts and Adrian Chalifour
Recorded, mixed and edited by Ben Lubberts at Ben’s Apartment.
Mastered by Brock Macfarlane at CPS Mastering

Music performed by:
Kiana Brasset: Fiddle
Adrian Chalifour: Drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, vocals
Olivier Clements: Flugelhorn, trumpet
Andrea Lubberts: Vocals
Ben Lubberts: Drums, percussion, piano, guitar, vocals
Donovan Rush: Bass
David Zellinsky: electric guitar

Boot stomps, snaps and claps in “Wandering Ivy” and “Montreal” performed by some wonderful friends at J&K’s in Fairfield.

Cover art by Ashley Bowes

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Towers and Trees Victoria, British Columbia

Towers and Trees can best be described as "heart rock." From their scrappy debut "Montreal" to the heady anthems of 2015’s "The West Coast," every song is packed with authenticity and earnestness that is increasingly rare in this digital age. Their newest release Head Down Heart Up is no exception, boasting anthemic hooks, poignant lyrics, infectious energy and oh so much heart! ... more

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