everything is fine
an album by
good news now we can eat all the vampires
1.
I just built an aviary
cause I’ve been keeping birds inside my home
and every day around breakfast
things get a little crazier than I’d hoped
I don’t need to hide them
there’s no reason
yet I require them
for my ascension
and I pray over their wings
even though I don’t hold faith
so, don’t be so surprised with me
when I fly up and away
watch me dive
watch me turn
see me go
2.
fears and reservations are en route to collide
please tell my family that i’m doing just fine
they don’t need to know I make a habit out of lying
just to avoid any questions that might follow
of all the places I don’t favour the east
I’ve walked those alleys & I’ve traversed them streets
and all along I’ve felt the fight for the freedom
of my bones wearing through my feet
waiting is the wrong way to get where I’m going
I know that just waiting is the wrong way to get where I’m going
there are things that I cant occupy
I find my mind wanders when I can’t close my eyes
and I see faces that I cant identify
and I know they’re not real but I don’t care
so I’ll follow my thoughts on a lonely train
when there’s too many people in the one damn lane
all heading out, coming around and back again
it’s lunacy, it’s insane
waiting is the wrong way to get where I’m going
I know that just waiting
it's the wrong way to get where I’m going
I fear things that I can’t even see
one way directions down one way streets
it’s a dead end, a farce, oh please
just leave me here all alone
I’ve faced off a crowd with a glimmer of fame
and I’ve heard their chants calling but they don’t know my name
so I’ll tell them over and over and over again
but they don’t seem to listen or care
waiting is the wrong way to get where I’m going
I know that just waiting is the wrong way to get where I’m going
one day I’ll find it
and when that day comes around
I’ll still be waiting right here
3.
(everything is fine)
4.
salamanca
salamanca
I heard your song in the bay
it’s only rain here
and you’re full of maybes
just throw them all in the bay
so long
so long
don’t say never
never ever
you’ll miss that song in the bay
and to all you misbehaving
you sycophant _____
I’ve nothing much left to say
so long
____ ___
5.
call the cops, they’re creeping around
and soon the walls will start falling in
maybe this is how I finally go out
send your best, your thoughts and prayers
and don’t forget to keep an ear out
because I’m singing at you
so don’t try to drown me out
don’t sook
don’t cry
don’t feel obliged
don’t waste my time thinking any of this matters
and so with that, I bid you well
I’ll catch you some ways down the line
don’t spare a second
only trust that I’m doing fine
don’t sook
don’t cry
don’t feel obliged
don’t waste our time thinking any of this matters
6.
I sleep so much easier that I have space in my bed now
and I dream cleaner, so much clearer that you’re out of my head now
so long to old times gone
I think I’ll be moving on
so, don’t even try this
I wake softer every morning that I’m not in despair now
and my free will is slowly awakening that I have been unpaired now
let’s kill the pig, I’m done
upstream colours will run
so, let's not get excited
7.
watch and learn how to quit
I’ll teach you to give up
bend a knee
I’m only going to say it once
you are not special
you are not unique
you’re one of eight billion
fifteen in a week
man, you’re too old for this
too many grey hairs
nobody is going to like this
nobody is going to care
they wont remember you
or anything you’ve done
you have no foot in the future
and your past is all gone
welcome to your insides
welcome to your brain
take a seat
(help)
(...help?)
8.
well, I built a boat to sail across all the oceans
to follow the moon and the tides - a sea to explore
I didn’t count on the waves of emotion
maybe if I had learnt to sail a little more
I built a bookcase to home all of my novels
on every shelf you will find a story of me
I’ve since glued the pages shut on each one
because maybe if I had learnt to write, I could have let you read
a coherent plot of my life, as It would seem
I built an x-ray machine to search my mind
to see if what I’m thinking is normal or not quite right
I’ve built engines and aeroplanes
I have flown to the clouds to fall down again
next time I’ll just use my words
and save the trouble
9.
knock twice if you’re in some kind of danger
blink three times if you don’t understand
send me a letter, let me know if you’re okay
I’ll write back when I can
do you require my assistance tonight?
well, hang up the phone if he’s still in the house
lock all your doors, draw all your curtains
run yourself a bath
it’s only my advice
grab a knife and give the pricks a run for their money
vibrate your phone and hide under the bed
go for their eyes; it’s what we’re teaching the kids now
go on, murder your bully, bury them in the sand
knock twice if you’re in some kind of danger
blink three times if you don’t understand
send me a letter, let me know if you’re okay
for when I’m out on the lamb
it’s only my advice
and it’s not that hard if you don’t look down
so, don’t look
10.
so, I dug my stupid hole
I dug it fifty feet straight down
I didn’t really have much else to do that day
so I thought I may as well just dig around
somehow I broke earth out of India
it could be Nepal or Pakistan
it seems as foreign as the place I just dug from
with a language that I don’t quite understand
I cant look up when I dig down
I’m too old and I grew tired of that motion
I cant pick up on what your throwing down
I’m not slow
I just need time to think it over
and so I dug another hole
but this time I aimed up at the sun
I figured if I ever stood a chance
I just might be able to get things done
once more I missed and I hit Saturn
I cut my hands upon it’s rings
I didn’t think that I could ever dig that far
far enough to hear these planets sing
I cant look up when I dig down
I’m too old and I grew tired of that motion
I cant pick up on what your throwing down
I’m not slow
I just need time to think it over
and now I lay here on the floor
my arms akimbo and chagrin
because this is not how I’d imagined my day
would pan out having only just began
THE BAND
steven rea
drums / percussion / vocals
tara john
mellotron / nord / piano / vocals
grant ferstat
electric guitar / vocals
matt geary
electric bass / vocals
mark cruickshank
electric guitar / glitches
joe leach
juno60 / piano / vocals
paul francis wood
vocals / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / piano / prophet08 / string & orchestral arrangement
RELEASE NOTES
dan carrol appears on track 6 ‘the colour upstream’ courtesy of laura cull
produced, engineered & mixed by paul francis wood
recorded at tiny music recordings, cottesloe & north fremantle, western australia
mastered by william bowden at king willy sound, launceston, tasmania
original painting by wade taylor
wade-taylor.com
photography by grant ferstat / jessica braine / novac bull / paul francis wood / chris o’halloran
all music and lyrics by paul francis wood & good news now we can eat all the vampires
www.eatallthevampires.com
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