From the recording Every House Gets Dark When the Sun Goes Down
Music: Read / Project Blackbird
Lyrics: Nagel
ALAN ROBERTS – guitars / EDDIE DUBLIN – drums / JAMIE VARLEY – bass guitar / JON READ – flugelhorn, keyboards / MING NAGEL – vocals
Recorded at Zephyr Studios (Leicester, UK) and Four Winds (Burrough on the Hill, UK).
Engineered by Dave Tidmarsh and Jon Read.
Produced and mixed by Dave Tidmarsh, Jon Read, and Project Blackbird.
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at TurtleTone Studio (New York, NY, USA).
This is the second single from Project Blackbird's forthcoming (2024) album, True Names.
Lyrics
he said, “my thoughts are a jigsaw
got to start at the edges and work your way in
I can’t explain – I’ve forgotten the picture
there’s nothing but the surface of a table beneath
and every time I try - pieces go flying
I tip things over just to see if they’ll break
it’s been a raw day - everything’s bleeding
could you stay a little longer on the line with me?
I know that you can’t tell me your story
and you won’t tell me that I am wrong
but that’s okay
that’s okay
I’m like a twister trapped in a cradle
I’m just an illness nobody sees
I’m tired of this world that we live in
and I want someone to listen to the people I’ve been
was a time I was someone who fixed things
but fortune flicked a switch and now the power is gone
tell me – do you ever feel lonely?
does every house get dark when the sun goes down?
I know that you can’t tell me your story
and you won’t tell me that I’m enough
but that’s okay
that’s okay
I’m like a twister trapped in a cradle
I’m just an illness nobody sees
I’m tired of this world that we live in
and I want someone to listen to the people I’ve been
I’m like a twister trapped in a cradle
I’m just an illness nobody sees
I’m so tired of this world that we live in
and I want someone to listen to the people I’ve been”