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Faithless

by Liam O'Brien

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1.
The suicide king he gets his own way He lays there artful, enlightened The queen of the spades has frightened her dreams Except when she's screaming and moaning It's hard to remember we're floating The good-luck professor blinks three times fast As you try to transcribe past the lines in her eyes Turning she points to a door in the back If you're through here, you better be going It's hard to forget without knowing Hands and fans and cigarette tans The road up ahead is still foggy The load on my back isn't heavy: A couple of bricks for the levee Mr. Incredulous says he's no spark He traces the arc of his favorite dart Laughing through tears isn't hard he goes on As long as you know where it's going It's easy to lie when you're choking I wish I had guts to deal it all straight The deck is so stacked it's uncanny I've broken one streak too many It's hard to remember the joker It's hard to forget it's a joke Bright light fights and foggy nights The future uncertain is certain The load on my back isn't heavy: A couple of bricks for the levee
2.
It's good to know you're alive Because I dreamed you had died And your body was hopelessly mangled Suddenly you were back But you lacked so much vigor And your psyche was hopelessly mangled Death, being dead, just a space in my head Somewhere between thought and expression Alive, alive, are you hip to my jive? Are you dreaming of dreaming of dreaming? Are you somewhere beyond my control Have I lost all the senses, the sense I used to know Where is the turnstile I used to call home? Where is the comfort consciousness holds? It's good to know you're alive Because I dreamed you had died All I thought that I knew was unknown Death, being dead, just a space in my head Somewhere between thought and expression Alive, alive, are you hip to my jive? Are you dreaming of dreaming of dreaming? ...or are you just stoned?
3.
Redemption 03:45
Only in a sleepy haze The mem'ry of cleaner days Holds my head against the floor If I can't walk, break my knees If I can't eat, take my teeth If I can't breathe, please open up the door Hold me fast my ugly home Salvation never could achieve release From such a dying breed Margaret walks you past your house She never lets the good things out She never gave a wink to a dying man "This old world is on its way," She used to say (without a smile) "We all need redemption once in awhile" Making love to my favorite chair I stare for miles beyond this wall Still hoping for a change in this same state If I'm lost turn out the lights If I am wrong, I might be right If I forget, it might be too late St. George is wholly unaware Your evil serpent isn't there Striking out at you across the room Even as he wields his spear Playing with your basic fears He's hoping for deliverance too soon Margaret walks you to your house She never lets the bad things out She never crushed a bug under her thumb "This old world is on its way," She used to say (without a smile) "We all need redemption after awhile"
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I wear my brain on my sleeve, it's true, I gave my shirt to you, you're still wearing it like a banner God only made me with one or two gifts, rough fingertips, you purse your lips at my sorrow Jesus was bled from the stomach for you, like he was told to, my father's much kinder than that I might identify with your disgrace, but I know my place, you hide your face in my pillow You're gonna lose me It's not your fault I lost myself long ago Don't ask for answers You don't wanna know I sold my soul to the road I'll give up my mooring if you untie yours, the suns yellow door has opened and your mother is calling Don't give me candy, the taste is too sweet, God gave me feet, believe it or not I'm still walking Jesus tried so hard to hold up the sky, we all have to die, that's not the reason we're falling You who might try to set the world right and give up the fight, I can't see why you're still talking You're gonna lose me It's not your fault I lost myself long ago Don't ask for answers You don't wanna know I sold my soul to the road Maybe you'll find me some twenty years on in a grocery store lawn party deep rooted past conversation God will look down on the love we have made, the slaves we became, the game that we took as our mantra We spent our short lives Mining for gold You'll say when we're old I'll try not to gloat Honey, I sold my soul to the road
6.
Circles 02:36
Circles keep bearing down Hard not to notice the spin Circles keep circling round Wind up all over again Wound round all over again People keep bringing me down Hard not to feel it's a sin Circles keep circling round Eye of the storm lies within Wound round all over again Girl, I miss you so Circle nowhere in sight Circles keep circling round Cranking my mind from inside Wound round all over again Skyline, time for a turn Can't help but hope for a spin Burning all over again Circles bringing me down Wound round all over again Wound round all over again
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She said, "If I could erase all reason, I'd leave a thin red line" Her head was filled with nothing So horribly trite She said, "If I could define sin It'd begin with lies And end in golden ribbons Of something bright." And I'm down on my knees Looking for something to need Hoping for someone to free me from my disguise Free me from my disguise She was never one to judge But she held her head so high The only lighthouse in the harbor Or a dark cloud in the sky And when it rained, it all just ran together Flowing down her sides She was down on her knees Looking for something to need Digging for answers in what she'd left behind All she'd left behind I said, to define sin Only ends in lies The human mind is only part Of the human design And I'm down on my knees Looking for something to need Hoping for someone to free me from my mind Free me from my mind Free me from my mind Free me from my mind
8.
Home 01:34
I'd leave the force-fed sunny sappy shores of western California The northern lights all beaming down to ground us without reason The bells of busted corsets howling in the southern region Just to stay with you my dear Just to show you I'm all here Just to make it very clear Where you are I feel home I'd leave the million tongue-tied yearnings of midwestern furnished living Purple bloated bodies boasting happy holes in Brooklyn The gimmick of the grandeur of another Rocky Mountain Just to stay with you my dove Just to show you all my love Just to shout it loud enough Where you are I feel home
9.
Pyrite 03:25
I've seen high I've seen low I know, I know, it shows Sliding by I'm fool's gold Finding a clean way to hide Finding a dream to withhold Captain, O Captain I can't hold this mast long The main sail is open But the wind is too strong If sinking is winning Then I'm going all in If I gave up lying Guess I'm tied to this song I've seen east I've seen west The best in me battles the beast Sliding by I'm fool's gold Finding a clean rail to ride Buying the right to let go
10.
Faithless 03:03
I will remember you Though you may call me faithless I have forgiven you For giving me a name I am a lonesome child Alone without another Another one to hold And sound my only name Another one will come And give me back my name A sound to call my own A breath in perfect time I only hope to hold The sound of my salvation I only hope to hear The meaning of my faith I will remember you Though you may call me faithless I have forgiven you For giving me a name I only hope to hold The sound of my salvation I only hope to hear The meaning of my faith

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This album was birthed in bedrooms, living rooms, and bathrooms around Appleton, WI. For the most part, these brave musicians were thrown into the recording sessions without practice

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released June 5, 2010

Liam O'Brien - Vocals, Guitar, Kazoo, Harmonica
Jacob Wright - Banjo
Willie Bauer - Guitar, Vocals
Wilmer Chan - Bass, Vocals
Julia Blair - Back-up Vocals, Viola, Accordion
Ben DeCorsey - Slide and Electric Guitar
Rob Sweedler - Spoons
Maddie Herdeman - Cello, Vocals
Jeff Edenberg - Saw, Recorder, Horn, Vocals
Matt Mohns - Tuba, Vocals
Dan Parks - Mandolin
Jordan King - Violin, Jaw Harp
Emma Nager - Washboard, Djembe
Charles Ging - Bass Clarinet
Hesper Juhnke - Vocals, Kazoo
Jake Crowe - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Collin McCanna - Auxiliary Percussion

All songs written by Liam O'Brien

Produced, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Liam O'Brien with help and support from John Mayrose, Ben DeCorsey, Wilmer Chan, Mike Noyce, Vince Dyer, and Josh and Luke Younggren

Cover Art - Fariha Ali

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