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fear and the destruction of wild

by Mark Darling

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Holmann Had the pleasure of catching a set in Denver years back and grabbed a CD. Still one of my favorite musical discoveries. Favorite track: lost at sea.
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1.
owls 03:35
broke out of alabama fled through night i've seen the numbers all my life one road leads to misery and one road leads to crime took the train with owls that fly at night jumped out by the river of shimmering light i've heard the water all my life they say the good life is in the city with a crown i don't think i'll ever come back to town
2.
i am the fool who came to ride the bitter side father my bed is deep in my head covered in red just as they said i took the time to face the lion outside the town trees in the woods the deeper i went told me to drown father my bed is deep in my head covered in red just as they said father my bed is deep in my head covered in red just as they said
3.
seagulls 03:56
when i close my eyes i hear seagulls' cries above the water when i first came here one hundred years ago there was snow that would fall on roads and on bones you never knew all that you done shut out the sun i've never seen people so worthless and mean can you hold all of my cards and stars inside your mind one time kind heart then you go and let 'em out like city lights that shine on the darkest souls you never knew all that you done shut out the sun i've never seen people so worthless and mean hey now i'm an eagle hey now i'm an eagle hey now i'm an eagle you never knew all that you done shut out the sun i've never seen people so worthless and mean
4.
i laid out i stretched my fingers and my toes under clouds under souls painted the sky like dirty water waiting for your boat to arrive these that i saw these cinnamon thieves trading spices for knives flowers for eyelids young and old told stories rare and myths that unwound like the sound of a silver bell it was then that you came when we said goodnight to the river goodnight to the river the river of delight these that i saw these cinnamon thieves trading spices for knives flowers for eyelids young and old told stories rare and myths that unwound like the sound of a silver bell of a silver bell
5.
i am fossils 02:30
i am fossils i am the caged wild child of this maniac town i am jet planes flying high above the presumed innocence of doves fluttering desperately in a red dress i can see your movements calling them to dance i am angels and pathways sleeping breathing in peace telling your children stories disable minds before i'm gone and it's over but it's higher and higher it tastes bad i feel pain but it's one thing that i can contain and it's over so bad best thing that you ever had
6.
we waited in line to see your faith inside the moon in rays of light that hang silver and high above we built our safety from a lake of blood i know fire when i see it burn i think i'll go on out to the end of the road think i'll lay myself down think i'll rest my head on the bones whatcha gonna do about it now whatcha gonna do when we're all out on the ground lost in horse latitudes i came as a sign to show your families in pain in rain they dressed in black as they walked the trail of dead you must've been out of your head when you said you won't go back for seven years i think i'll go on out to the end of the road think i'll lay myself down think i'll rest my head on the bones whatcha gonna do about it now whatcha gonna do when we're all out on the ground lost in horse latitudes no one listens when you're down they just crawl beside the stale light of myth and man and cross into hands we'll hide inside a barn and make it through the night of a thousand eyes i think i'll go on out to the end of the road think i'll lay myself down think i'll rest my head on the bones whatcha gonna do about it now whatcha gonna do when we're all out on the ground lost in horse latitudes
7.
sun chanting 02:13
8.
lost in the dark watching the bugs crawl around me trying to hold on to the world spinning round they breathe it in they spit it out under the lamplight trying to remember the lies they live through wolves run the hills as you take your pills to erase distraction we lost it all when we came so far with no interaction you know that you can see but you don't wanna you don't wanna trying to get up lifting my head from the shadows trying to hold on to the world spinning round i breathe it in i spit it out under the sunlight trying to remember the lives i live through wolves run the hills as i take my pills to erase distraction we lost it all when we came so far with no interaction i know that i can see but i don't wanna i don't wanna wolves run the hills as you take your pills to erase distraction we lost it all when we came so far with no interaction
9.
hold on to it no this can't be real i've heard it's the one thing that you can feel you know to breathe and you feel it's all wrong i know it's a long long 'til the day when we run to the heart of the sun all your fears will be gone turn to glass or the night when you shone you were wise as you ceded your throne to the beasts of the earth we belong hold on to it no this can't be real i've heard it's the one thing that you can feel you know to breathe and you feel it's all wrong i know it's a long long 'til the day when we run to the heart of the sun all your fears will be gone turn to glass or the night when you shone you were wise as you ceded your throne to the beasts of the earth we belong supple ground burned in fires as old as need need we feed once we forget who we are we are gods and we'll decide when we go helps to see the answer is in the falling trees hold on to it no this can't be real i've heard it's the one thing that you can feel you know to breathe and you feel it's all wrong you know it's a long long
10.
lost at sea 03:29
when the machines set me free they turned to me after a half century but i was buried in my suit and tie so i took my life and my strife and hid them where no one could see and boarded up my heart my heart i remember what mama said when she twisted her head everything went red "if you're ever lost at sea, my son set yourself free make your tragedy and open up your heart."
11.
i sat out on the longest pier questioning midnight waves i watched the festival of lights and the goddess took my hand we drank from golden bowls, holes with tiny fingerprints bathed and dancing under patterns of stars that resembled bears and we waited for our red horses to come from the endless water and we sang the song we sang the song to bind us all we sang the song of a child's dream in the night and the goddess took my hand we drank from golden bowls, holes with tiny fingerprints bathed and dancing under patterns of stars the wind melted and gave birth to the wings of light that carried us through the haze to our migraines
12.
i tried to find the greatest one i tried to sing through all the suns no one here even understands the sober hand and the cold mountain all the drunks out in the scattered night seem to all have stardust in their eyes feel like you're drowning in everything you do you know it's one for me and two and two and two for you i felt my hairs they all stood up as i watched them sipping from the cup no one here even understands the sober hand and the cold mountain all the ladies stumble to their knees much too late to save the golden bees feel like you're drowning in everything you do you know it's one for me and two and two and two for you what did you do when your eyes were new? no one here even understands the sober hand and the cold mountain watch the buildings go from day to night while the people lose their inner light feel like you're drowning in everything you do you know it's one for me and two and two and two for you
13.
vanity 02:54
i will go to the bottom bathe my soul in its sorrow i pass through red skinned children who linger near walls of stolen places and there's a man with a rifle pointed at me and he's talking to a figure i cannot see sending his bullet floating over to me so the people that i don't understand disappear as i'm struggling to stand while the blood at the tip of my hand empties me from the grasp of this rotten land the past has brought the last traces of ladies thin and pale to the earth and to those who can see them dancing childlike and free still i love her endlessly as the others give their lives to the sea while the blood at the tip of my hand empties me from the grasp of this rotten land
14.
world alone 05:01
my heart is dead your fever it spreads you and me dance tree to tree cheek to cheek i built your world alone i see reds and blues i wait for the noose how's it going to feel when you say goodbye everyone is dead everything inside my heart is dead your fever it spreads you and me dance tree to tree cheek to cheek i built your world alone alone i see reds and blues i wait for the noose how's it going to feel when you say goodbye everyone is dead everything inside you and me dance tree to tree cheek to cheek i built your world alone
15.
no title 02:54
oh night flying home when we crossed paths in the sky just three hours of magic and we couldn't even say goodbye so i took you to the moon took you to the movies you pulled me under the sea we were wrapped up in our laughter like a blanket warm meant to be we'll be free and see so clear even through the darkest sea we'll ride horses into the sun like the stars you and me you once thought you lost me and cried out desperately but i could never leave you you're the one i was meant to see summer's almost over we can start again and fall like leaves we'll take turns growing older and dance on sidewalks in between we'll be free and see so clear even through the darkest sea we'll ride horses into the sun like the stars you and me
16.
my death 03:02
my death is on the rise yours too is in the skies a body from disappointment grows like time in the wing a masterpiece to sing and you could have known if you'd only listen to its dying tone woman gathering sighing singing blue looking through you i am going to track you down release your fear through your toes sleep with both eyes closed and you should have known if you'd only listen to its dying tone
17.
everything will end up right everyone will climb so high and the flowers in the street and the girl who needs to eat everything will shine so bright everyone will laugh and sing tonight and the breaking heart that falls and the ones that build their walls everything will end in laughter gently rising ever after and the waiting for your soul to fly is just a simple lullaby oh the endless sky! oh the endless sky! oh the endless sky!
18.
when i close my eyes i hear seagulls' cries above the water when i first came here one hundred years ago there was snow that would fall on roads and on bones you never knew all that you done shut out the sun i've never seen people so worthless and mean can you hold all of my cards and stars inside your mind one time kind heart then you go and let 'em out like city lights that shine on the darkest souls you never knew all that you done shut out the sun i've never seen people so worthless and mean
19.
i walked alone for days until my life went away i held my brother's hand until the end counting my dry bones buried in sand and with the sun i spoke the words to raise the dead i was the knife that tore the eye before i was the sky near the end of delight you can bathe your dirty spirit in white i will trespass over borders over lines to the land made from white wood the place to say goodbye i was the knife that tore the eye before i was the sky

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released September 29, 2010

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Mark Darling Denver, Colorado

"Like a delirious, forbidden encounter between Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley in the afterlife, (Mark) Darling's music soothes, caresses and titillates one minute, then stings, teases and torments the next."
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