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WATCH YOUR KNEES

by THE KERRIGANS

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1.
HOUND'STOOTH 03:05
I WAS WAKING UP FROM A NIGHTMARE, WASN'T I? SHE WAS MAKING LOVE TO A ROOM FULL OF TIRED EYES I FELL RIGHT BACK TO SLEEP WHILE HER HEART KEPT THE BEAT WE WERE JUKEBOX LOVERS BONDING OVER B-17 POUNDING OUT THE MOMENT LIKE THERE (WAS) NO ONE THERE TO TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK TO TELL YOU WHAT TO BELIEVE WELL, I BELIEVE I FELL IN LOVE THAT NIGHT I READ THAT NAME IN A RING OF SMOKE THAT DRIFTED THROUGH THE BAR'S SOFT LIGHT IT WAS JUST THE PATTERN OF HER COAT I CAN STILL PLACE MYSELF IN SEPTEMBER WHERE THE GRASS WAS DEAD AND WE BUILT A CITY ON BURNING BLOODSHOT EYES AND A MILLION OTHER TIMES WHEN WE THREW OURSELVES OUT TO THE WOLVES AND TOOK OUR SOUVENIRS AND PUT THEM IN A SHOEBOX WE LOOK AT THEM SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE AND I THINK THAT I WASTED ALL MY YOUTH ON ALL THE TIME THAT I SPENT WAITING AND I KNOW THAT I CAVED IN SO MANY TIMES I SHOULD HAVE STOOD MY GROUND AND NOW I'LL NEVER MAKE A SOUND AGAIN
2.
WAIT... ONE TEXAS MINUTE WAS ALL WE NEEDED TO SOLIDIFY THIS AND MAKE A MARKER ON THIS SHORT LIFE AUTOGRAPHS AND LONG SUMMER NIGHTS SOBER KISSES AND DRUNKEN LIVING FINDING LIFE IN EVERY SINGLE MINUTE WE REMEMBERED BUT WE'RE FORGETTING WHAT WE MADE OF THIS AND HOW WE LIVED IT WAIT... JUST LET ME FIND IT THE MISSING PIECES THE TIES THAT BIND US AND DRAW AND "X" ON THAT FACE REMEMBERED THE GIVE AND TAKE OF ENERGY THAT GAVE NOTHING TO YOU TO ME AND I DON'T THINK I'M GOOD WITH THIS...I'LL NEVER BE
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SPADED 02:12
TWO SUNDAYS PASSED SINCE WE LAST SPOKE I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT YOU SOUNDED LIKE A VOICE THAT ONCE CRACKED ON THE PHONE IS WAITING HERE SILENT TONIGHT AND ALL THE GOLDEN SUNSETS THAT WERE PROMISED BY MY LOVER ARE NOW SETTING SOMEWHERE ELSE ON SOMEONE OTHER THAN MYSELF AND SUMMER'S COMING AROUND AGAIN BUT I WON'T SEE THE LIGHT ABOVE ME I'LL JUST GET DRUNK WITH MY OLD FRIENDS AND HIGH WITH ALL MY FORMER LOVERS I DON'T WANT TO SOUND DEFEATED BUT THOSE ARE THE CARDS THAT I PLAYED SO LET'S JUST CALL A SPADE A SPADE I MIGHT HAVE HEARD YOU BUT I DIDN'T LISTEN I KNOW I SAW IT BUT I DIDN'T GET THE PICTURE I THINK I DIED THEN BUT I'M STILL IN IT THIS GRAVE...IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE
4.
REPEAT THE WORDS YOU USED TO SAY BECAUSE I RAN OUT OF BREATH AGAIN TRYING TO REMEMBER THEM I GUESS THE SMOKE GOT IN THE WAY MAYBE I NEEDED TO LOSE ALL THAT I HAD LEFT OF YOU BUT I STILL BANDAGED ALL THOSE WOUNDS RECALL THE LAST TIME THOSE EYES MET CROSSING CRYING BLOODY RED BLURRY, BUT I REMEMBER THEM THE NIGHTS WERE LONGER IN MY DREAMS THEY PASSED BY ALMOST INSTANTLY WITH EVERYTHING I HAD LEFT OF YOU AND ME AND ALL THOSE WOUNDS STILL BLEED SO LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME I DID IT RIGHT THIS TIME IF YOU CAN SAY IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, I'LL GIVE YOU EVERY LAST DIME I HAVE AND TELL ME I'M A FOOL FOR BEING SUCH A FOOL FOR YOU I'M THINKING I'VE ALREADY LOST THE GAME I NEVER WANTED TO PLAY ANYWAY
5.
VACANT 02:21
MY HAND'S (HAVE) BEEN WRITING THESE LETTERS OVER AND OVER FROM UNDERNEATH THESE SHEETS OF CRUMPLED YELLOWED PAPER INNOCENCE LOST CUTTING MY TEETH ON THE SOUND OF SIRENS SCREAMING THROUGH THE DARK AND VACANT STREETS ALL WAS LOST AND I WAS BLINDED BY THE THINGS I WAS DYING TO SEE.... MY HEAD'S BEEN CRUNCHING NUMBERS... CALCULATING HOURS OF SLEEP AND I'M SICK I'M TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE DAY I MIGHT EVENTUALLY SPEAK OF SOMETHING BIGGER OF SOMETHING ELSE OF SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF MYSELF BUT I CAN'T SHAKE THIS I CAN'T LOSE IT ALL THESE NIGHTS JUST FOLLOW ME AROUND THIS TOWN AND I REMEMBERED... EVERY FIBER, EVERY CELL THE WORDS THAT LEFT HER LIPS THAT NIGHT THE WORDS THAT I REMIND MYSELF CAN'T MATTER TOO MUCH ANYMORE JUST LEFT THE PICTURES ON THE FLOOR STARED OUT THE WINDOW AT THE STARS AND TRIED TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE... LIKE I NEVER EVEN KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF
6.
SOBER SUNDAY 02:52
THE WHEELS DON'T STOP THEY JUST SET IN MOTION A CHAIN OF EVENTS AND THE BAGS WE'RE LEFT HOLDING A LONG, LONG WALK AWAY ON A COLD WINTER NIGHT OR A HOT SUMMER DAY AND THE CLOCK STILL TICKS LIKE A BOMB ON THE DOORSTEP THE POST OFFICE CLOSED, WASN'T EVEN A HOLIDAY I DREAMT OF DAYS GONE BY WHEN I FROZE TO DEATH ON THE HOTTEST NIGHTS AND I JUST STARED AT THE LIGHTS DEEP BREATHS...TOOK ME A WHILE TO SHAKE OFF THE ONLY TIMES THAT I NEVER REGRETTED I FOUND A WAY TO KEEP THE BEST OF US LOCKED UP INSIDE OF ME AND THE CLOUDS UP THERE DON'T LOOK LIKE MUCH BUT THEY ALL FLOAT THE SAME WITH THE BIRDS ABOVE AND THEY ALWAYS FLY AWAY JUST LOOKING FOR COMFORT AND HOPING FOR CHANGE JUST TO FIND ANOTHER ESCAPE JUST TO FIND SOME OTHER WAY AND I DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THESE DAYS THE TIME, THE LIFE, THE DREAMS, AND ALL THOSE PROMISES WE MADE BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES SO MANY TIMES WITHOUT A PRAYER BUT I GUESS I'LL LIVE...
7.
SILENCED 03:30
IT STILL HITS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN I'M HAVING A DRINK OR WHEN I'M COUNTING THE MILES ON THESE TRIPS THAT I TAKE IN MY MIND WHEN I'M DREAMING OF LIVING A LIFE OR TELLING THOSE LIES TO MYSELF DAYS JUST PASS FEELS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING BUT TIME FEELS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY...THOSE WORDS JUST FOUND ANOTHER PLACE NOT LEAVING LIPS...NOT ESCAPING LUNGS ALL THOSE BREATHS THAT WE TOOK BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG BACK WHEN WE FELL IN LOVE AND NOW NO ONE EVER SAYS A THING ABOUT OUR HOPES OR FEARS OR DREAMS TIME HAS MADE DEAF-MUTES OUT OF US ALL AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEALED BUT I REMEMBER EVERY TIME I SAID I LOVE YOU AND NOW NO ONE EVER SAYS A WORD ABOUT THE THINGS WE NEVER HEARD THESE YEARS HAVE LEFT US SILENCED ONCE AGAIN AND I DON'T KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL IF IT WAS BULLSHIT, OR IT WAS REAL BUT I REMEMBER EVERY TIME I SAID I LOVE YOU

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released June 14, 2014

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THE KERRIGANS Mc Kinney, Texas

I WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE MORE IMMEDIACY. NOT AS MUCH FOCUSING ON WRITING A SONG, SO MUCH AS JUST WRITING. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE STILL POP ELEMENTS WITHIN THE MUSIC, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE INTENTION OF THIS PROJECT. MOST OF THE MATERIAL WAS WRITTEN IN ONE NIGHT ON MY PHONE DURING SMOKE BREAKS AT WORK. THE OTHER PIECES WERE HASTILY CONSTRUCTED. WATCH YOUR KNEES. ... more

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