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Old Salt

by Cailean

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1.
Sirensong 04:00
‘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
2.
Vice 03:31
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
3.
A Burning 02:20
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
4.
Punchdrunk 03:46
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
5.
The Old Road 02:32
I found an old road, older than any map. Wherever it goes—I am never coming back.

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There are just as many stories to tell as there always have been; we're just trying to remember how.

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released September 20, 2012

Colin Cooper: Vocals/Guitar/Songwriting/Production
Kaity Jansma: Vocals

Mastered by Grant Floering

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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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