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Darkness To Warm Your Heart

by Sister Chain & Brother John (SOPA DISTRO)

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1.
Let Me Ride 03:58
Let Me Ride Sitting with Claire at her mother‘s toilet Wearing a new skirt I bought at the mall Orange suede mini bell-cut with a heart shaped zipper I am a sleeper I‘m a keeper I‘m a Tarzan uptown girl Claire asks if I want her mascara and Norma says that I need none at all I say that girls are like boys She says that boys are like shit And all that jazz and all that rock n‘ roll Chorus: Anticipation is better than action On almost every other night in July We shove ourselves in a taxi We don‘t care if we‘re sexy We just wanna be wide eyed and sly On the stairs of number 14 I am 19 and I don‘t wanna go To the annual radical carnival suck-up-to-the-dj show Instead I put number five on repeat and tear up through my smile Sing „let me ride, let me ride, let me ride on his grace for a while“ But Norma shouts from the bath: „we got tickets“ So I‘d better put some feathers ‘round my eyes - „but I don‘t feel like it hon‘“ - „well we‘re not born to have fun and no one knows how you feel in disguise“ Chorus Go up to his to smoke a joint and no one knows he‘ll be dead in two weeks And the paper clichés will say it‘s so crazy, all the talent we‘ve missed He brought in coffee on a tray, what did he look like? tell me, what was his name? It could have just been me, dead on a line in Time Out, fifteen lines of fame... But Norma cares because she really knew him And Claire just stares, she never has much to say It‘s 2am and it‘s hot And I‘m not dead so why not go out and get a life as long as we may? Chorus Just shove me off in a taxi Tell me I‘m nice and sexy and you‘ll call me and tell me bye-bye. Tell me you‘ll call me and tell me bye-bye.
2.
Black Room 03:52
Black Room To really escape for once to run away Run to Europe maybe Far away from all the gossip and the toxic crowd And the market hall where everyone can see all and sell all Here in this black room I save my soul To really escape for once To run away Run to Europe maybe Far away from all the gossip and the toxic crowd And the market place where everyone can see I‘ve lost the race Here in this black room I save my face Cause it‘s all wrong here And you‘re all used And there‘s blood on the ground This bloody underground And the wall don‘t say nothing to you So really escape for once Just run away Come to Europe baby Come away from all the gossip and the toxic love And the market where they act like they don‘t care and they‘re just fine Come to my black room and be all mine.
3.
Parlour Song 03:56
Parlour Song At my father's place Ed is a welcome guest Still I was surprised that evening finding him there Cross legged on the carpet like some Buddha with a smile So calm so self assured of what he came there for Chorus: Eddie drove oh three hundred miles from work Just to say he loved me and I knew he meant every word Although I said „that‘s nonsense Ed“ and now Oh tell me Ed, what are we gonna do now?, yeah. „Hey Ed, how you doing“ says I and sit myself in front of him „I thought you were away on work somewhere in the city of demons“ „Actually I am“ - says Eddie - „I‘m going back there tonight. I came just for two hours“ says he came to be with me! Chorus I thought it would be polite of me to spend the two hours with him And as we sat there chatting on the carpet, time and space swung by And once I caught a glimpse of Ed‘s eye and suddenly it dawned upon me That Ed was now free to love me and Ed truly loved me Chorus It was time for him to leave and so we rose And I gave Ed my hand and then he leaned and whispered to me „You know I‘ve always loved you, Sharon, and I always will“ and I said: „cut the nonsense, Ed“ and slid back to the parlour.
4.
Tuesday Parties They invited him to their Tuesday party These people he didn‘t really know And when he arrived there he saw Andy and Dora Andy and Dora and six bottles of red A couple playing Trivial And Olivia just leaving, Olivia... „I thought you were having a party“ he said „Yeah we are, it‘s our Tuesday party“ Andy said five bottles of red „and why did that Olivia leave?“ - „Well you know, she‘s just naive and young, you know So she had to go“ „I am just as young“ he said at which Dora laughed and threw back her head Is it a snake or a dread?, he thought. Four bottles of red yeah, four bottles of red Andy put some bad record on And the other couple said that they had to move on „take me with you!“ he called from the floor but they were going where his house was not or they heard him no more. „ah, don‘t worry“ said Dora „don‘t worry“ Andy said Yeah, three bottles of red He tried to rise but bumped into the edge of the bed And Dora all over him, blond and overfed And something was dripping from or next to his head Two bottles of red yeah, two bottles of red „heart! You‘re my heart! I‘ll call you heart!“ she said and heart, oh heart, oh how he wished he had fled - „come on, Dora, get off the lad!“ Andy said - „But heart, oh heart, I wanna take heart to bed!“ one bottle of red... And she wouldn‘t let go till it was late dawn And when she dozed off he crawled in between Andy‘s arms „you‘re like a blackbird“ Andy whispered „but you don‘t know how to fly just yet“ and he thought, what a pile of crap. He slid back to his underpants and raincoat And his head was in a boom And he crawled out of the room And he made his way home Never again Tuesday parties.
5.
No 03:21
No He was playing his guitar Playing Beatles from some notes he had „don‘t you dare to look at me and don‘t you dare to sing along“, he said. But getting softer with the song He took me and he rubbed his cheek against mine, oh... „do you know how much I loved you?“ said I „you still do“, he said. I said: „You‘re wrong“. „I don‘t love you like before“, said I, „but kiss me“. As he did his mouth was dry. „No I don‘t love you like before, but kiss me“, said I As he did, my soul was sore.
6.
What you Shouldn‘t Thinking about what you shouldn‘t How many days have you got? Is it ten or twelve well you couldn‘t care less As long as it‘s no more than that. You‘re dreaming about what you shouldn‘t Walking out here after dark All the hats in the world wouldn‘t keep of the cold from your head and your head from your heart. And you try... Just because some feelings ain‘t intense Doesn‘t mean that they are gone. And you are written on my face Like sea-dirt on a stone. Like a kiss of the hand, Like a curtsey or bow And how could you remember now? So it seems when old age takes its toll And all you know is all you wanna know and that is all Short of having happened Shelter for a while Settling for the second Going out in style Wrong in all you reckoned Fibbing on a trial And you try and you try and you try And you try... But now you are back where you started Now you are playing the slut You‘re thinking about what you shouldn‘t But how many days have you got?
7.
Stage Bar 04:29
Stage Bar - „Do you like the concert?“ - „Me? oh no no no no I don‘t like the show, I don‘t like life either“ - „Oh, me neither“ - „Oh well what do you know“ so I spoke to J.R. in the stage bar down by the pinball machine with my face to his cause he lives in a squat and I wanna move in from the corner comes Annette with a peach dress and her curls all a mess me, I‘ve never seen her in my life before „can you give me your push-up bra please?“ She says „cause I wanna striptease just to pass the time, the gig is such a bore“ It‘s my girlfriend, don‘t listen to her, he says it‘s my girlfriend, don‘t listen to her. - „Do you like the concert?“ - „Me? oh no no no no I don‘t like the show I don‘t like life either“ - „Oh, me neither“ - „Oh well what do you know“ So I stood with what‘s her name and played my game On the pinball machine Sold another sticky Sunday evening out when I should have stayed in. From the corner comes Annette She‘s all a mess, in a trashy pink dress Told her many times, don‘t dress up like a whore. Here we go, I know she‘ll make a scene She‘ll start to say something obscene And we‘ve been through this so many times before It‘s my girlfriend, don‘t listen to her, I say, It‘s my girlfriend, don‘t listen to her. I don‘t like this concert Oh, no no no no no I don‘t like this show And I don‘t like to be myself tonight and watch How far he‘s gonna go. I see her working at it, give her credit, down by the pinball machine With her face to his, well, I‘m not made of air And not playing it clean. From the corner here I come Glass, bottles, cries, in my ears and my eyes Stumbling through the chairs I see the flashing score. „Can you give me your push-up bra please?“ I say „Cause I wanna striptease“ look at me! look at me! look at me some more! It‘s my girlfriend, don‘t listen to her, he says it‘s my girlfriend, don‘t listen to her.
8.
Who Made Who? Sitting for hours you‘re drawing in colours I‘ll see what you make of me Now on the landing You and I standing Here you‘ll be hanging me Your arm ‘round my waist Asks if it‘s to my taste What you have made of me But as I look at it I see my true pale colours don‘t come close to this bright hue And as I turn away I‘m torn in two Me-you, you, you, you. Now on the landing She sits while I‘m standing What you have made of me All come and admire The thrill and the fire They‘re all too blind to see Accomplished in water And fattened for slaughter See what you‘ve made of me Now everyone who‘ll look we‘ll say it‘s true My colours don‘t come close to this bright hue And everywhere I turn I‘m torn in two Me-you, you, you, you. Yeah, they all admire Your thrill and your fire And what you have made of me I watch you shake hands Now I see where it stands I see what you‘re made of - me! I see what you‘re made of I see what you‘re made of I see what you‘re made of - me! Now even in the dark I know it‘s true My colours aren‘t a match to my bright twin But he who has the knife can easily win And he who has no life be easily slain Her colours bleeding now in red and blue And when you wake you‘ll find it torn in two Me-you, you, you, you.
9.
Dive Bar 03:53
Dive Bar Warm air in my car I drive to the dive bar Looking out for a casual encounter With a rock n‘ roll star To tell me what to wear and how to do my hair And kick out all the nothings From the bed that we‘ll share All I wanted was not to have a rerun And all I wanted was to set the past right All I wanted was to be taken by surprise Inside my kitchen Eye shadow on a bruise Am I in your web-cam? Wide street, fit for a cruise I‘m the Goddess of Mayhem I‘ll tell you what to wear and how to do your hair And kick out all the nothings From the bed that we‘ll share All I wanted was not to have a rerun And all I wanted was to set the past right All I wanted was to be taken by surprise Inside your kitchen Now it‘s one night before And expectations are high Meet me on our shore With some day out supplies I will pull your hair cause you, you look like me And the sun escapes As we quicken our pace. All I wanted was not to have a rerun And all I wanted was to set the past right All I wanted was to be taken by surprise Inside a kitchen. I cannot afford to lose you But still it is so And it is so... So ten years ago!
10.
Music Box 03:06
Music Box I‘ve fallen fallen fallen but now I‘ve reached the ground In falling there was charm around me powders stunned me shelves surround me falling falling falling But now I‘ve reached the ground There‘s nothing here, it‘s cold I fear that I miss falling down Surrendered to the whirl I was in Felt the night‘s good ghosts enclosed in falling through a silver screen With eyes serene I have fallen But on the ground the air is clear And it has stirred my soul to see that Fallen fallen fallen You have not with me.

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"Darkness To Warm Your Heart", Dwarfhaus Records, 2008.

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released November 1, 2008

Written by Sister Chain & Brother John

Lead Vocals and Tambourine – Sister Chain
Backing Vocals, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar and Keyboards – Brother John

Recorded By – Brother John
Mixed By – Brother John ("Black Room" mixed by Antoni Kossowski)
Mastered By – Aiden Gilligan

Design – Christof Schönberg
Photography – Stefan Ernsting

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