Discography

Anon

Kite [lyrics]
Anon [lyrics]
Dream Baby [lyrics]
A Cloud No Bigger Than Your Hand [lyrics]
Apple Tree [lyrics]
The Devil Takes Care Of His Own [lyrics]
Extras [lyrics]
Peacetime [lyrics]
Roundabout [lyrics]
Hunger [lyrics]
Looking For A Light On The Rails [lyrics]
Mapping The Human Heart [lyrics]

Recorded by Frank Birch
Recorded at Lundgaard Studios, Denmark.
Mastered by Tim Young, Metropolis
Written by Hewerdine except:
Hewerdine / Horn (3)
Hewerdine / Hewerdine (5)

Musicians:
Boo Hewerdine: vocals, acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar (1), shaker (11)
Gustaf Ljunggren: pedal steel guitar (1), mandolin (2), harmonium (2, 6, 10), mandocello (3), piano (4, 9), lap steel guitar (5), square-neck guitar (6), Wurlitzer (7), trumpet (7), Hammond organ (8), trumpet (10), French horn (10), banjo (11), flute (12), Juno 60 (12)

Notes:
The instrumental track at the end of track 2 is called 7/1/02, written and played by Gustaf Ljunggren.

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Lyrics

Kite

(Hewerdine)

A kite cannot fly
Till someone holds the line
And if you ever let me go
I know that I would fall
Hey, yeah

What use is freedom
If you're not free?
And if you ever let me go
I know that I would fall
Hey, yeah

Anon

(Hewerdine)

A faraway summer
A lifetime ago
A friend of a friend
Who wanted to know
If a tree in the forest
Comes crashing down
And there's no one to hear this
Does it make a sound?

Now he started changing
The year that we left school
He came back a stranger
What else was I to do?
And I saw his brother
Yesterday
And before his eyes met mine
I turned away

And if I was a millionaire
Everything would be fine
And if I was a millionaire
Everything would be fine

When the house is sleeping
When the love is strong
Sometimes there's a moment
When tomorrow's gone
And a tree in the forest
Comes crashing down
And there's no one to hear this
Doesn't make a sound

Hey yeah

Dream Baby

(Hewerdine / Horn)

Dream baby, dream
You're lost between
Between the night and day
You dream your life away
Dream baby
Dream baby

Outside the mirror
Behind the sun
At the edge of the world
Where time is spun
Dream baby
Dream baby

And somewhere you're smiling
No dark, no cold
You never grow old

Dream baby, dream
Your voice so strong
I'll never hold you
Never here, never gone
Dream baby
Dream baby
Dream baby
Dream baby

A Cloud No Bigger Than Your Hand

(Hewerdine)

A cloud no bigger than your hand
Will move across the midday sun
How strange that what has given life
The one thing we can't look upon

Now I know
Now I know
The truth about myself

I'll stand and watch my shadow move
How swift the passing of the day
And what will there be left to prove
When even stars must fade away?

Now I know
Now I know
The truth about myself

Lost in the details for so long
I see much further than I used to do
And so before today is gone
Hope I can spend some time with you

Now I know
Now I know
The truth about myself

A cloud no bigger than your hand

Apple Tree

(Hewerdine / Hewerdine)

Read it in the Bible
What Adam said to Eve
Now I know the first thing
That you must believe
Can't escape from gravity
Underneath the apple tree
Oh-oh

You can keep your science book
Leave that on the shelf
It's only full of numbers
Won't tell you too much else
Can't escape from gravity
Underneath the apple tree
Oh-oh

See that silver moon
Silver moon shining in the sky
See that silver moon
Still going to be shining when you die
When you die

Look at all your riches
So shiny and so new
One day all that stuff's
Gonna come crashing down on you
Can't escape from gravity
Underneath the apple tree
Oh-oh

See that silver moon
Silver moon shining in the sky, yeah
See that silver moon
Still going to be shining when you die
When you die

I don't know where love is from
I've got no idea
But anyone can tell you
Soon as it gets here
Can't escape from gravity
Underneath the apple tree
Oh-oh

Can't escape from gravity
Underneath the apple tree
Oh-oh
Can't escape from gravity
Underneath the apple tree
Oh-oh

The Devil Takes Care Of His Own

(Hewerdine)

So you say that it's over
You want to be alone
Well don't you worry about me now
The devil takes care of his own

So I put stones in your pockets
Took away your funny bone
I always knew that I was no good
The devil takes care of his own

Waking up with no one
Is going to take a while to learn
Well I guess I found out
Hell's not the only place you burn
Burn burn burn

And on the path of least resistance
Sometimes you think you've found a home
Well don't you give it a second thought
The devil takes care of his own

Waking up with no one
Is going to take a while to learn
Well I guess I found out
Hell's not the only place you burn
Burn burn burn

What on earth are you waiting for?
I thought you said that you were going
Well I know that you'll be just fine
See the devil takes care of his own

Extras

(Hewerdine)

You and me are extras
The camera never looks our way
While others float down boulevards
We drift away

You and I are extras
You'll never hear us say a word
When there is talk of life and love
We go unheard

I remember you
All the things you said you'd do
I remember you
I remember you

Others have their names in lights
Shining for posterity
Hands outside the Chinese Theatre
For all to see
Hey, yeah.

I remember you
All the things you said you'd do
I remember you
I remember you

So we are all the extras
Never meant to laugh out loud
Sometimes it's good to disappear
Into the crowd
Hey, yeah

Peacetime

(Hewerdine)

In peacetime
When church bells ring
They scatter birds
Through hopeful skies
In summer fields
A straw-headed boy
With so much to find
In peacetime

And in peacetime
When fires burn
Gunpowder stars
Fill the eyes
Our shadows dance
To flames' wild song
And the dark is kind
In peacetime
Hey, yeah

In peacetime
When lovers part
There is no fear
In their goodbyes
Tomorrow's kiss
Each sour joy
Is on the mind
In peacetime

And in peacetime
When flowers bloom
They herald spring
As winter flies
No hearts undone
No mothers ache
For those left behind
In peacetime
Hey, yeah

Roundabout

(Hewerdine)

Riding on a roundabout
Clouds above me spin like pin wheels in a summer breeze
All I am is here right now
I'm a wish I made out loud
Riding on a roundabout

Funny how the way things change
Funny how from day to day, it always looks the same
Never mind, it's what we find
Round so fast it makes you blind
Riding on a roundabout

Life is not a game
And you said "Life is not a game"

Never seem to get ahead
Can't remember what was said
When we were back at school
While others learned, my candles burned
Too much to do, my head was turned
Riding on a roundabout

Life is not a game

Tell you what I've got in mind
Waiting for the sun to shine
A day without a care
Forget the time, perhaps I'll find
Find the boy I left behind
Riding on a roundabout

Hunger

(Hewerdine)

Saturday dancing
She's there by your side
Moving in circles
You can't describe
And oh how you love her
Oh how you love her
Till you feel that hunger again

And when you watch her
She's a sunrise
With every new colour
That comes to your eyes
Oh how you need her
Oh how you need her
Till you feel that hunger again

Why are we so weak?
Why are we so weak?
So weak

A voice on a wire
When you're far away
There's more than language
In what you don't say
And oh how you miss her
Oh how you miss her
Till you feel that hunger again

Why are we so weak?
Why are we so weak?
So weak

Saturday dancing
She's there by your side
Moving in circles
You can't describe
And oh how you love her
Oh how you love her
Till you feel that hunger again

Till you feel that hunger again

Looking For A Light On The Rails

(Hewerdine)

Now summer's gone where summers go
And careless talk costs lives
What went wrong will history show
In the dust of Babel lies?
And I'm looking for a light on the rails
And I'm looking for a light on the rails

An old friend came and it was fine
So much news to share
She told of hers and I told of mine
The years hung in the air
And I'm looking for a light on the rails
And I'm looking for a light on the rails

All that's holy
All that's good
Hold them to you now
The ones you love
Who know your soul
Hold them to you now

And we are drawn to poetry
When the world goes mad
The dragons slain by you and me
In younger dreams we had
And I'm looking for a light on the rails
And I'm looking for a light on the rails

All that's holy
All that's good
Hold this to you now
The ones you love
Who know your soul
Hold this to you now

And I'm looking for a light on the rails
And I'm looking for a light on the rails
On the rails

Mapping The Human Heart

(Hewerdine)

And the same road that brought us together
Is the one where someday we will part
And if you get lost
That's part of the cost
Mapping the human heart

There are rivers beyond the horizon
There's a place between science and art
You could spend your whole life
Never trace twice
Mapping the human heart

Oh when you think that you've seen everything you can see
Look again
Oh when you think that you've seen everything
Look again

And if somebody says they can show you
Well I tell you there's no one that smart
And the further you go
The less you will know
Mapping the human heart

Oh when you think that you've seen everything you can see
Look again
Oh when you think that you've seen everything
Look again

And just when you'd swear it was over
You find yourself back at the start
And the way that she moves
Somehow disproves
Every line you made on your chart
Mapping the human heart