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Howling songs is the magnificent third part to the “songs trilogy�. We are back to this slavonic tune, without any definite frontier, whose only and constant heritage finds its roots in European music. This is a very haunted and personal piece of music which is the testimony of a unique talent where moving melodies follow other moving melodies balancing between ballad songs and folk music, madness and reason, revolt and despair. Howling songs sympathises with the surrounding world, it is a definitive observation in which one can feel, throughout the songs, an outraged sensitivity which is the signature of the artist. It is all the more sensitive that Matt’s voice is sometimes present without any chorus in the background, bringing to the whole both confidence and unquestionable heat. Howling songs is, without a doubt, the most introspective album by Matt Elliott and the one which carries best his musical personality.
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When solace finds you
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Day starts with a tear, always sat alone All goes for a reason? My fallen friend, I've failed you again Again
Or no? Please let me know
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It's two knocks for yes & just one knock for no All goes for a reason? Or no? Please let me know I'd do anything, just to hear your voice again
No one knows what happened when you died And that's the reason why the loved ones cried
I’m as lonely as a ghost
As I sit down to write these notes To you and your intended
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And yet he cannot turn his gaze away and flee
Spring is the worst time for most who’ll never know the boundaries or heard the notes as they were sung
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When faced with a fall We'll always flinch What use reacting Τo a chasm so deep We'd much rather sleep When faced with a flame We'll turn our face What use reacting From an infernal rage We'll burn as we wait
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Love we made Between Pissing and even as we saiL This boat is Listing. We've weathered storms Without even thinKing that even as we sPeaK this shiP is sinKing
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Our die was cast in better days but the compass points are all erased. And so we're forced to drift for days. Looks like this ship is lost again.
H T A E Y
Anchors ripped. These sails are tearing & there is no clear way to see how we're fairing. Only the stars to check our bearings & our witch's marks to bless our pairing. We'll batten down beneath the waves & talk and laugh and lust for days. Even Saint Nick would turn his face. This fucking ship is lost again.
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When you wake up with tears in your face Can't make the voice go away Can't take the pain, it's easier to go insane than to study yourself wane When all of your memories are sad Forgotten the dreams that you had Friends are a lie, that don't care if you live or die What to do but cry? When you can't stand the light when you wake You're reliving the same old mistake Just to escape the fear, you get fucked on your choice of gear It's the only choice round here
Why not bomb the stock exchange ?
If you'll top yourself anyway How much in blood? How much in gold? What volume of tears will suffice? What is the index price of life?And did it fall or rise today?
We'll sing of the days lost to labor and waste. We'll laugh at the days ruled by fear. We'll laugh at your name. We'll dance on your grave
That's why I dream with a gun in my hand. And that dreams particularly clear.
And laugh at all you held dear Prices will fall. The markets will stall. Your ways will be forced to the fore. We'll laugh at your name and dance on your grave and laugh at all you held dear ~ 19:49
I dream of the day that we'll laugh at your name and laugh at all you held dear.
BOMB THE STOCK EXCHANGE
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Mellow & Eulogy for Liam are outakes from the Drinking Songs Sessions. Melange, South Canadian Sea and Song to Child are sketches made around the time of Failing Songs. Lament is a failed film score and Wedding Song a sketch for Howling Songs.
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teLL me what era we're FucKing Living in?
Eulogy for Liam is dedicated to the memory of Liam Atwell.
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And so it goes But they paid the price in solid gold. But we can't eat gold, and gold's finite. So we'll sleep cold, and starve tonight. So we'll sleep cold, and starve tonight. I said we'll sleep cold, and starve tonight. So I'll pray. Come judgment day, come tidal wave, wash this all away. So I'll pray. Come judgment day, come tidal wave, wash this all away. Wash this all away, wash this all away. It's the price we pay, for this
They sold us all
we made.
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The Kübler-Ross Model Something About Ghosts How Much In Blood? A Broken Flamenco Berlin & Bisenthal I Name This Ship The Tragedy, Bless Her & All Who Sail With Her The Howling Song Song For A Failed Relationship Bomb The Stock Exchange
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Mellow Eulogy For Liam Melange South Canadian Sea Song To Child Lament Wedding Song
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