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Housebird

by Daylight Tremor

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1.
LYRICS Last night I know I dreamt of you My body woke me up so I'd remember who Through the skin of my fingers And the edge of my eyelids We both had different coloured eyes As our shoulders touched and I felt your life Through every breath and every sigh, through every sigh Then our different coloured eyes Both looked the same in the sunlight With every blink and every cry So tell me, did I fly above your clouds? Did I swim below your seas? Every time you looked for me So tell me, did I fly above your clouds? Did I swim below your seas? Every time you looked for me So forgive me, for those hundred smiles gone For those hundred silly songs For the poems and postcards you never got So forgive me, forgive me Last night I know I dreamt of you My body woke me up so I'd remember to
2.
LYRICS Once again I never said that you were any more Hold up your will and I'll sing never ever stop, never stop Seven days and seven weeks of you, I never knew Seven years and seven more is all, all I'll wait for you It's the answer we've been looking for the key to this locked door Go along and be so free all the time, all the time Did you have the time? Did you have the time? Maybe it's one or two or none of these things at all Go around for days and days and days, more like before More like before Go around for hours and sing, all that is new Dance along and feel my breath, feel yours too Feel yours too
3.
LYRICS Each stroke to the horizon is one more back to the shore Each day my memory fades into the mirror of my age Between you and between me these raindrops turned into the sea Sailing for home on broken bones as our feelings sink like stones Because each step on wounded breath is one more that I never saw A little closer to home The seed's been sown To find a place of our own To call our home Each stroke to the horizon is one more back to the shore Each stroke brings us closer as our old homes let us go
4.
LYRICS It's been two weeks since you've sent to me a postcard from where you've been Stuck to my wall I've kept them all a thousand places thousand faces tall, faces tall Above the sun or below the sea you always sent one home back to me One line or two or maybe a few is all I ever need to feel you And then it came a single line smudged in the rain above your name I read it again thinking something might change in the words you say, but they stayed the same It's been four weeks since you've sent to me a postcard from over the sea But I'd wait four more till on the shore a message in a bottle I'd see And then it came a single line smudged in the rain above your name I read it again thinking something might change in the words you say And then it came a single line smudged in the rain above your name I read it again hoping somehow those words might rearrange, but they stayed the same It's been two weeks since you've sent to me a postcard from where you've been It's been two weeks since you've sent to me a postcard from where you've been
5.
LYRICS And once I knew a boy who was so true But he grew and grew and grew and grew to fill the shoes he knew And last time he looked down he was twenty two And now he stands in awe and thinks of all that he can do That little boy knew That one day he'd fill those shoes A boy in a house and a house on a hill that still remembers your name Like a bird in a cage when the cage is a page in the books of history I wanna know your name I wanna look your way until the day is through When the Lord returns with all He's earnt and makes us both brand new That little boy knew That one day he'd fill those shoes That little boy knew That one day he'd fill those shoes But how could he ever know That for all that time he'd worn those souls And once I knew a boy who was so in love with you
6.
LYRICS Hidden hard up against the wall They won't find you at all Your silhouette is just as tall As the life in their hearts their hearts is small Fears don't grow up anymore Monsters they don't show up anymore You grab your heart and you grab your bow The target might be far but you know Which way this wind blows Your only young but you still know that Fears don't grow up anymore Monsters they don't show up anymore All that is behind you Will be shouting out but all you will hear is
7.
LYRICS Skies are gray, did I ever slip away? From where you saw me outside before But now all's gone, did I have to go away? Or did I fall, oh so far away? If I could I'd open up the skies And let it out, to poor out on our lives Skies are gray, did I ever slip away? White as snow, did you ever know? Where we were, all those years ago White as snow, who could ever know? Where we were, oh so long ago So they watched me drown but I don't mind, I don't mind So they watched me drown but I don't mind, I don't mind There they watched us drown but we didn't mind, we didn't mind There they watched us drown but we didn't mind, we didn't mind Skies are gray, did I ever slip away?
8.
LYRICS I'll wait for you I'll wait until it's true I'll hide behind shy eyes Will I come through for you, for you? My house is burning down Will you stay around? To catch the ashes as they fall Did I ever have you at all, at all? I'll wait for those beautiful ways I'll wait to meet your gaze I'll hide behind shy eyes Will I come through for you, for you? My house is burning down Will you stay around? To catch the ashes falling down Will your lips make a sound? I'll behind shy eyes Will I come through for you, for you?
9.
LYRICS Dance along for the last time From coast to coast, now Sing along one last time From coast to coast, now Did I walk away from? Did I step too far? Did I look away? Did I call your name? Like paper boats in a child's hope We hope that we'll float Past all these homes like stepping stones From coast to coast, now Because it's all for the last time And it's all for this last time Sing along but no one knew where to start I never knew which song was yours Did I ever show or did I walk away? Did I fall for you know or call, to get your name? To forget your name? To get your name? To know your name
10.
Promise Me 04:11
LYRICS Promise me and I'll promise you That wherever I go I'll have a picture of you Promise me this and I'll promise to Always be near in these days that are few I've been away for one year today Further from home than I've ever known A light from beyond guides me on Till the day that I see you run to greet me Promise me and I'll promise you
11.
LYRICS On your way did you ever see the man who used to be In a lighthouse by the sea with a bird he's since sent home to me His ship broke up upon the rock 'cause there was no one to tell him stop So he built a lighthouse out of stones to guide the other ships back home It was all a dream It was all a dream I've heard that sometimes you might see a distant glow from beyond the sea From a lighthouse built upon the rocks to warn all those who approach back off Although he lives alone his name across the wind is blown Through the hills beyond the sea shining out a path for you and me It was all a dream It was all a dream It was all a dream Then you asked me On your way did you ever see the man, the man who used to be In a lighthouse by the sea shining out for those like me
12.
LYRICS Stop now don't go away I never caught your name I never knew which way you left Stop now don't run away I know it's not too late I know it's not too late to pray Now, now you run away I look out in the rain I look out in the rain to see You should be there You should be there You should be there You should be there Oh no, no Stop now don't go away I never caught your name I never knew which way you left You left You left
13.
LYRICS Go put on your power and start again Go until that hour and start again If only I'd have known that part of us Then the world might've grown in love and trust And maybe if I had've shown for better or worse Then all my letters you might have read first You know no other way You know no other way You know no other way You know no other way Go put on your power and start again Go until your home and start again Go put on your power and start again

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HOUSEBIRD is the 2011 full length album debut by Tasmanian artist Daylight Tremor (Alan Gogoll). Written and recorded over the past two years, Housebird is a real stepping stone for this indie artist in terms of both songwriting and production.

With a budget of only a thousand dollars, Housebird was recorded entirely in Alan's home studio (aka bedroom), using only acoustic instruments and sounds to achieve everything from guitars to chime bars.

Housebird is an album that Daylight Tremor is proud to release to the world!

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released July 23, 2011

All recordings, lyrics and artwork (p) and (c) 2011 Alan Gogoll. Original Artwork by Augustinas Bacvinka.

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Daylight Tremor TAS, Australia

Hey!
My name is Alan Gogoll.
I'm 23 years old.
I record everything in my room.
I live on an island not far from Antarctica.
To stay warm I spend my time songwriting.
I found I was doing this so much I came up with a name for it ~ Daylight Tremor!
Thank you so much for listening and expanding these bedroom walls!
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