Get all 5 Garret Baker & The Random Nouns releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Children of Bethany - Single Mix, House That The Trees Reclaimed, Endtimes Praise, The Magpie, and Fading Fast.
1. |
Wasp and the Butterfly
03:37
|
|||
|
Oh wasp and the butterfly
Why are you entwined?
Don't you know you both must die
If you can't find flight
Beuty beats its wings
Pain it drives a sting
Neither one can win
And death is all they bring
A girl on James's st
In vain she seeks out change
Her body is broken down
Her eyes they hold no shame
And she longs for flight
As day gives way to night
She closes clouded eyes
And sings a lullaby
Oh wasp and the butterfly
Won't you let me go?
I do not want to die
Won't you let me know
Why you must be entwined
When death is all you bring?
And if you pass her by
You will hear her sing
As beauty beats its wings
Pain it drives a sting
Neither one can win
And death is all they bring
Oh wasp and the butterfly
Why are you entwined?
If one would let the other go
You could both find flight
|
||||
2. |
The Worst of It
03:19
|
|||
3. |
Another Life
03:31
|
|||
|
I was dreaming of another life
One where I'd become all that I might
Oh I was dreaming of another life
That passed us by
A girl that I knew once had held me fond
A home where once I knew I well belonged
Where all was not broken and weighed down
They world it lay open to our hands
To all of your plans
I was dreaming of another Life
I was dreaming of another Life
Football against the wall, Scully's field
Along the Dodder walk my brother near
Two dark figures loomed on that path
And on our youth that bloomed but soon would pass
A shadow was cast
There is hope yet still don't give in
To their brutish laughs and empty din
There is still beauty
There is gracer
There is a truth to
Their lies efface
There is a place
I was dreaming of another life
I was dreaming of another life
|
||||
4. |
Anywhere
03:51
|
|||
|
I'm not there while you sadly stare
Nor hear to dry your lonely tears
Or catch your eyes and make you laugh
Or heal the wounds that you reveal
Or care for I'm not there
And I don't know where I am
Or if I'm anywhere
My mind drifts apart from time
And finds its own peculiar rhyme
Awake and dreams become one state
There's no room in all this haze for two
No plan I don't know who I am
And I don't know where I am
Or if I'm anywhere
And I don't know where I am
But I'm not there
Don't ask for what I don't have
The shell is empty can't you tell?
Go on before resolve is gone
We'll say that I pushed you away
But I was never by your side
Not there oh not anywhere
And I don't know where I am
Or if I'm anywhere
|
||||
5. |
Christchurch
04:53
|
|||
|
I heard an ode to rain
As I walked along Dame lane
Fine drops like rain on me
My thoughts turned bitterly
Christchurch's bells they pealed
For all whose fate is sealed
And a song sung long ago
All my thoughts yet seemed to know
Here's a hymn for those who may
Fall to sin and fail to pray
An ode to rain
The more things change
The more they stay the same
And on to Wexford street
Some wayward soul to meet
We passed a word or two
But all was misconstrued
And the crowd they cheered so loud
That the light of truth went out
As I walked away alone
All my thoughts the long way home
Were of things not meant to be
Set to that sweet old melody
An ode to rain
The more things change
The more they stay the same
He was around my age
When he first put pen to page
He'd been along this way
And felt he'd had his day
A refrain it fell on him
With the rain that he would sing
So if you feel that hand of fate
On your back till you might break
I'll lead you through this sorry town
And we will sing as others drown
An ode to rain
The more things change
The more they stay the same
|
||||
6. |
For A Pittance
02:11
|
|||
7. |
Constant
03:56
|
|||
8. |
Within This Night
03:49
|
|||
9. |
Fading Fast
04:49
|
|||
10. |
||||
11. |
Garlands of Roses
03:25
|
|||
|
A house once so open
Is now lying closed
Bars on the windows
Time in repose
Garlands of roses
Lie on the floor
The garden that grew them
Will grow them no more
He'd tended their garden
For she liked to wear
Back in her young days
A rose in her hair
And they'd go walking
With wine to the hills
And whisper sweet nothings
And drink deep their fill
When she died many years back
He'd stayed on alone
The world it kept turning
But the house was no home
As he got older
The years they all blurred
He watched now the closed door
For her safe return
And when he died
He was watching that door
The garlands of roses all fell to the floor
|
||||
12. |
Rise and Fall
07:34
|
|||
Garret Baker & The Random Nouns Dublin, Ireland
Garret Baker & The Random Nouns is a musical project by Dubliner Baker (erstwhile novelist of The Runts of The Litter and Love nor Lack of Love) his half French, half Irish partner, Laura Mallett, Dublin guitarist Christopher Barry and German cellist Frieda Freytag. ... more
If you like Garret Baker & The Random Nouns, you may also like:
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 27, 2021
go to album
Mind, Man, Medicine
by The Secret Sisters
The Alabama duo's fifth album exults in dusty Americana, showcasing rich vocal harmonies alongside blissful folk instrumentation.
go to album
More contemplative folk from the Minnesota singer-songwriter, sustained by raw full-band arrangements and philosophical lyrics.
go to album
Irish singer-songwriter Oisin Leech's acoustic folk music is characterized by its muted beauty and intimate, solitary quality.
go to album
Various Artists - Gaza Calling
by Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 15, 2024
go to album
Space Bath
by Sami Freeman, feat. James Jackson, Beaunoise, Mia Pixley
A gorgeous journey through a kaleidoscopic array of sonic approaches melted together that feels old and new at the same time.
go to album
Ship To Shore
by Richard Thompson
The legendary Richard Thompson's new solo album exemplifies his many musical paths, from pop and cabaret to jazz to traditional folk.
go to album
