1. |
Sirensong
04:00
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‘Twas a stormy night
Off the Eastern Coast
Uneasily did I lie
‘Til the captain yelled
“We’re bound for hell!”
And to make with our last goodbyes
I gave my love
To the Father above
For a favor He still owed me
And we held her fast
But she would not last
As the gales they were a’blowing
I went overboard
Twenty miles from the shore
Darkness fell around me
When her hand took mine
She said, “You’ll be fine.
Call me Miss Anna Marie.”
I’ve spun a while around here
On this old ball of dirt
And I’m like to stick around
A few turns more
But boys when I go down for good
Don’t you lay me in the earth
Bring me with the whiskey
To the shore
Let me go
Set me free
To the song of my siren
My Anna Marie
When I came to
There were eyes a’blue
Staring into mine
With hair as red as this
Old world’s end
She floated amidst the brine
I cried, ‘My dear,
How’d you find me here?
I swear I’d seen the light.’
She just shook her head,
She smiled and said,
‘Well boyo, guess it wasn’t your time.’
I’ve spun a while around here
On this old ball of dirt
And I’m like to stick around
A few turns more
But boys when I go down for good
Don’t you lay me in the earth
Bring me with the whiskey
To the shore
Let me go
Set me free
To the song of my siren
My Anna Marie
She laid me ashore
In the warmth of the morn,
Rested her brow upon me
With a wicked grin, she said,
‘See you again.’
And vanished back into the sea
I’ve spun a while around here
On this old ball of dirt
And I’m like to stick around
A few turns more
But boys when I go down for good
Don’t you lay me in the earth
Bring me with the whiskey
To the shore
Let me go
Set me free
To the song of my siren
My Anna Marie
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2. |
Vice
03:31
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This bottle, half empty
A hundred days it’s carried me away
From the shipwreck you left me
The burning lights have ferried me today
Your stigma, my heritage
The monster in the marriage is
The cure in my regress
The words I couldn’t say
I fell awake
Tore the veil in half
Sold your name
For a beggar’s price
With bloodied eyes
You smiled back
It grips me like a vice
An ache that runs deep here
Am I my father’s keeper? I’d say
No dreams in your sleep here
No recompense, just shades of your grief, your fear, and your rage
And what about the real world?
What about the time lost-
The faith, the color, the girl?
I fell awake
Tore the veil in half
And sold your name
For a beggar’s price
With bloodied eyes
You smiled back
It grips me like a vice
There’s a counterturn
To your angel-song
And all my devils-
They sing along
I am aware of how this ends
I’ll bury you again
I fell awake
Tore the veil in half
And sold your name
For a beggar’s price
With bloodied eyes
You smiled back
It grips me like a vice
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3. |
A Burning
02:20
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Forty days and forty nights
I walked upon the sea
Casting down my armor for
The fear that I would sink
The creatures from below, they
Wouldn’t suffer me to sleep
So I gave them every part of me
I didn’t want to keep
I tore out every regret
And cast it to the deep
I’ve got a burning
I’ve got a burning in me
Embers have turned, and I’m
Not finished learning, you’ll see
I’ve got a burning
I’ve got a burning in me
When winter came the snow and rain
Were more than I could stand
I coughed up all my fire and
Held my breath inside my hands
When I lay down on elder ground
The wind blew through my mind
And whispered words you said to me
In far off, younger times-
Brothers to the end; you’d be my
Brother ‘til we died
I’ve got a burning
I’ve got a burning in me
I’ve got a burning
I’ve got a burning in me
Embers have turned, and these
Waters are churning, you’ll see
I’ve got a burning
I’ve got a burning in me
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4. |
Punchdrunk
03:46
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The door is locked; the night is dark
And every man has hushed his heart
But you
Through half a foot of snow and lantern
Glow you go ever knowing
Who you could be
Overhead the sky is painted
Red, reflecting errant words you
Said when she was draped over your
Bed for the last time
You’ve been punchdrunk
For a long time now
Just trying to find your way
You made it here
You’re not sure how
But you’re still
Dreaming for today
The boys and I are headed for the
Pub tonight we’re hoping that a
Drink or two or twelve could make us
Feel alright
And as the snow drifts up amidst the
Gaslight and fades into the
Black night I realize every
Man finds his own fight
We’ve been punchdrunk
For a long time now
Just trying to find our way
Yeah, we made it here
We’re not sure how
But we’re still
Dreaming for today
Dreaming for today
I watched my heroes die
Held my mother as she cried
Went down with a good ship
On a high tide
I’ve been punchdrunk
For a long time now
Just trying to find my way
Guess I made it here
I’m not sure how
But I’m still
Dreaming for today
Dreaming for today
Dreaming for today
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5. |
The Old Road
02:32
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I found an old road, older than any map.
Wherever it goes—I am never coming back.
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Cailean Grand Rapids, Michigan
We are Cailean, and we believe in stories—the ones we tell and the ones we have been told from generations past. We started
Cailean (Kal-un) in early 2012 as a project devoted to the exploration of storytelling in the melding of Irish and American folk-rock themes.
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