1. |
Stars & Scars
03:51
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Long night searching
Brought no answers
Still not wasted time
Slow the progress
Pained the process
Prone the road to wind
Here we are
Counting stars
Touching scars
Near or far
We'll lose our minds
In hope to find
Some semblance of truth
Gather lies
To pile up high
And burn those without use
Here we are
Counting stars
Touching scars
Taking heart
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2. |
The Last Laugh
03:02
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What is this new trouble?
Sorrow comes in doubles again
Again
None of my tomorrows
Ever seem to follow paths
I’ve planned
With half a mind that claims,
'You're nothing but a waste'
Who can withstand?
And who will have the last laugh?
You may wish on a star in the night
And pray that everything will be alright
Now I'm staring out into the blue
What if nothing you've hoped for comes true?
All this contemplation
And constant hesitation
Stills my hand
Fills me with distress
My head's a fucking mess
Of half made plans
Though I know there's nothing gained
By fabricating pain
I can't hold back
So who will have the last laugh?
You may wish on a star in the night
And pray that everything will be alright
But I'm staring out into the blue
What if nothing you've hoped for comes true?
But I'm not sorry for what I've done
I'll be dead and buried before too long
And although I worry what I'll become
I'm in no hurry to sing along
With you
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3. |
Nowhere Fast
03:00
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I’m too busy working
And finding where I’m hurting
And making never ending plans
Stretched too far from living
And taking all I’m given
I’ve barely got the strength to stand
Please tell me what to be
I can never seem to see
The way to make some meaning last
If you tell me where to go
I will soon be on the road
Making haste to nowhere fast
Signs in summer
Say you’re bound to be someone
Then comes autumn
And the shedding of leaves
Winter’s chill and
All you beg for is comfort
Still I wait for spring
Fate and fable circle
And tragic tales will detail
How supply can never meet demand
Never see life coming
And hit the pavement running
And the two mistakes go hand in hand
To those who bleed the same
I would say, ‘I feel your pain’
But I’d rather wait till mine has passed
Bearing all this in my mind
I seldom set aside the time
To see I’m going nowhere fast
Signs in summer
Say you’re bound to be someone
Then comes autumn
And the shedding of leaves
Winter’s chill and
All you beg for is comfort
Still I wait for spring
Left for dead
By all the lies that I’ve lived by
So lifting up
Means only further to fall
Nothing new
Seems to catch so what should I
Do with all this now?
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4. |
Mistaken
03:54
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I left only to end up where I began
Plus one step further into nowhere land
And all this time
I’ve talked in rhyme
I’ve walked a line
And waited for a sign
So where do I go to start over again?
Because heaven knows that it won’t let me in
I’ve questioned death
And what comes next
But all I said
Was, ‘It’s all in your head’
So you wake up and recall your name
And as far as you know it’s always been the same
But I find it so strange, you’re so sure of yourself
I think you have mistaken me for someone else
Please tell me all you think that I want to hear
To make it seem like I have nothing to fear
I want the truth
But don’t be fooled
I know that you
Would never be so cruel
This is how I’ve learned to deal with it all
With words as bricks I sit here writing a wall
With which to hide
This farce behind
It’s been designed
So you will not find
Any trace of who you think you knew
He is gone with the wind which last night howled and blew
You may think you know me and you know how I’ve felt
I’m afraid you’ve mistaken me for someone else
Woe betide he
Or she who ever believes
That they have seen
More than a shadow of me
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5. |
Mirrors
03:12
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All eyes upon me
I wonder what they see
Who they think they perceive
Then wonder why I even care
What you believe
Opinion compels me
To lie so that I seem
Like someone who’s never been there
Is all this just to shine a brighter mirror on myself?
And is all I've done in vain?
Through the looking glass are tales that I will never tell
They cause both joy and pain
And I can’t decide
If this pane will divide
Or at last reunite
But it’s something that won’t go away
From my mind
Should I tear out my eyes?
Maybe if I went blind
Well then nothing would stand in my way
Is all this just to shine a brighter mirror on myself?
And is all I've done in vain?
Someday I’ll step foot beyond this dusty prison cell
And find another name
Then I fell through
The glass into
That other place
To see my face
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6. |
Repent & Repeat
02:58
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Now and again
There's a voice in my head
It tells me that I'm living wrong
And every time it relents
I concede what's been said
As soon just forget and move on
As always I’ll admit defeat
Confess I'm a fool
Repent and repeat
And that's all I seem to do
By now I would
Have expected to learn
To heed no advice like my own
Sadly this seem like a nightmare
That's bound to recur
A garden I've left overgrown
I'll say enough is enough
Time to start anew
But time calls my bluff
And that's all I seem to do
But does it matter
To win or lose
If your flag's in tatters
And the stain's a bruise?
Wheel motion in
All bets are off
Each night, one day
Won't give me pause
All past accounts
Have writ the clause
To change your ways
You cannot stay
Stuck in one place
Too long
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7. |
Lacklustre
02:54
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Lacking in movement
Expecting improvement
Is one way to lose
When you know what to do
But you can't bear to
So sell yourself lies
Say it's not worth your time
Hope it all falls in line
I'm sure it will be fine
Besides
I woke too late
To clean the slate
Of these past mistakes
You know the kind of shit
(I’ll say)
It's been years
Since I've made anything
When did it get so late?
Guess I've wasted my day
Now I'm wasting away
With still so much to say
Next time I'll think twice
Before I spend half of my life
Counting stars in the sky
Waiting for a sign
That never came
And so I've remained
Stuck in my ways
Watching the lustre fade
(Until)
Morning comes
And everything must change
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8. |
As Above
03:40
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Gold sunrise
Opens my eyes
Said my goodbyes
To all these lies
It’s time that ebb gave way to flow
Now I trust
My wanderlust
This cage of rust
Has gone to dust
At last I know I am free to go
As above, so below
I know this
(when I search for meaning, the floor is the ceiling)
To be so
Losing blood
Adrift the flood
With no sign of
That peaceful dove
The bird that I sent forth was a crow
So let my blood be wine
And in good supply
So you may dine
On my decline
And raise a glass with a sharp taste you know
As above, so below
I know this
(when I search for meaning, the floor is the ceiling)
No I don’t
For all I know
There’s nothing you can know
Until you make it home
But if truth be told
I’m still out in the cold
Digging deep for gold
As above, so below
Just don’t expect a dove
If you’ve sent a crow
It won’t ever
(Don’t expect a dove, if you sent forth a crow)
Come home
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9. |
44
04:12
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(Climb up and slide down
And spin all the way around
And when I come to
Will I know what to do?)
When I look back to where we first began
It’s hard to recall all of the songs we sang
And all of the tales we told when we were kids
We didn’t know that they would lead to this
I left home
Where did it go wrong?
I returned
To find bridges burned
I’m well aware by now how these things pass
Enjoyed for a while although they never last
But what do you think they said after I left?
He never belonged even when we were friends
I’m not home
Not where I belong
So I won’t grieve
When it’s time to leave
I must admit, I had my part in this
I’m sorry for what I said not what I did
But that won’t replace everything we have lost
Nothing I earn will reconcile this cost
What was home
Is empty and cold
It disappeared
Just like I had feared
So I’ll take the low road
But I don’t think it leads home
Someday will come when this will be alright
Even if that’s only within my mind
And I’ll find something to put this all to bed
Withstand attacks to both the heart and head
I’ve lost home
But I won’t lose hope
In what I’ll find
Further down the line
So I’ll bide my time
I’ll trust in what’s mine
And she will take me
To where I should be
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10. |
Holy Wars
04:15
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The night bullet train
Will take me away from
All this decay
Will stretch far behind
A town dressed in grey
Is no place to live for
Those who would stray
Let’s make our escape
And drive
Right
Into the night
Wherever we like
Without looking back
With wind in our sails
Like Scalextric tracks
Or model train rails
We’ll make our own path
We’ll find our own way
Don’t need your old road
There’s too much to see
It’s high time
We opened our eyes
And ride while
We still have the chance
To fly - so fly
We’re not at war yet
So why not try?
Because soon we’ll be dead
(dead, dead, dead)
That may seem quite dark
How else can it be?
If you don’t think it’s true
You can just wait and see
I only say this
So you can rest assured
You’ve nothing to lose
So why stay when you’d rather
Go, run
See what the road will
Throw your way - you can’t say
Or know where
Anything leads
Row, Row
Your boat
Gently down the stream
All holy wars are fought in the sun
Don’t stay locked indoors where no rivers run
Outside you will find more than you may expect
Get up, take a walk
Stretch your legs
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Lord Leper Aberdeen, UK
Lord Leper, self-styled ‘Scottish Melancholy Racket Squad’ is the collaborative creation of brothers Thomas and Andrew
Hyman.
Seamlessly melding raw garage-rock swagger, frenetic punk intensity and introspective folk candour, the duo developed a unique and varied sound via EPs ‘Pandæmonium’ (2016), ‘Happy Deathday’ (2017) and LP ‘Star Signs & Misery Rhymes’ (2018).
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