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House Divided

by The Awkward South

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1.
Kimi Said 03:38
“You like complication”, Kimi said Then sipped green tea to hide her trembling lip I stared at her heatin’ cheeks and cocked my puppy head Well what’d she say to make her turn so red? All my life I thought I could be happy in my simple way Then you came along and wrecked my plans forever In the simplest way I fell in love today The sun jumped through the window when I caught her eye Laid a hand so gently to her fragile smile Gave a sigh, the weight was gone, winter up and died As she freed a laugh that swept the cold aside All my life I thought I could be happy in my simple way Then you came along and wrecked my plans forever In the simplest way I fell in love today Kimi please don’t tease me I’ve wanted you for life But I released my hope so long ago Swam into a frozen lake Hid underneath the ice Will take some global warming To melt my self-defences All my life I thought I could be happy in my simple way Then you came along and wrecked my plans forever In the simplest way I fell in love today
2.
You and me, runnin wild drinkin black coffee It was an off-peak day my two-course valentine You and me, hot nectar from the same-same tree It was an off-peak day my two-course valentine Never worried about the winter You don’t see it comin when it’s May And if the truth were documented only in lip-slips Then you can shove ‘em in your pocket, You deserve it St Christopher Road Drivin home the feelin I am missin something St Christopher Road On my own with feelin I am missin something You and me, runnin wild eatin black cherries It was an off-peak day my two-course valentine You and me, ambrosia from the same-same tree It was a two-peak day my off-course valentine Never worried about the winter Usually sunny when it’s May And if the truth were shot to 35mm film strip And the lights were turned down low The class would fall asleep and dream of St Christopher Road Drivin home the feelin I am missin something St Christopher Road On my own with the feelin I am missin something Vacant, am I missin something Vacant, am I missin something Home is where the heart is Even when it’s broken
3.
If we lived time backwards my tears would suddenly stop And our low story would end at the top Your ratty red sweater and my old faded black jeans Pull their seams together and exhale the weather As they forget seasons they seen At first I would be sick of you And your heart would shrink At the sight of me…but Every day forgetting gets much easier All those tired habits wake up new As you forget to know me And I forget to know you If time worked backwards this rain would turn into steam And we’d soon settle into routine The bottles I shattered fly from the floor to my hand The same fist that shouted your bloodletting pleasure Kisses my bruises away again At first we would cry hopeless But hope always returns That’s how we unlearn Every day forgetting gets much easier Slowly drifting further towards you As you forget to know me And I forget to know you I enfold you tightly – your family gathers all around The tears run home to your eyes And your daddy would spring from the ground The bleak depression that miscarried us away Now keeps the baby alive in your belly And I would find more and more comforts to say At first the pain is raw yellow bone But scars can make amends Rewinding from the end Every day forgetting gets much easier Sunshine of the spotless mind, we two As you forget to know me And I forget to know you Every day forgetting gets much easier Every day forgetting da-da-daa Every day da-da-da…
4.
I aint proud of the pain I’ve done But I promise that’s behind me Quit that house on the rising sun But when an unclean sin comes out of a man He goes through dry places Seeking rest and finding none He says I will return to the house from which I’ve come And he finds it swept and put to order Swept and put to order Swept and put to order Distant drums to the back of the head I am a house divided Distant drums to the back of the head I am become a house divided Seven dirty demons come back to a man Who cannot brave the desert Didn’t quit my house for something worse But I’ll be god-damned before I beat this curse Distant drums to the back of the head I am a house divided Distant drums to the back of the head I am become a house divided
5.
Little by little my humanity crumbles And now I lay down with the dogs For one shining second, you thought I was someone But then caught me babbling, raving, unravelling Slack-jawed and drooling on the back corner floor Head come un-tethered in the basket before Oh I tried to hide it; I wish you’d ignore it It was only a moment now it’s under control It’s under control It’s under control By the morning’s sweet dawning the dark cloud will pass And the man with the good things inside will outlast… The rabid savage, the cynical sinner, The ever-born loser I’ll never let win I just need to find someone who’s been where I’ve been Who knows how to forgive when I stumble, when I crumble When I shed my old skin and lay down with the dogs South-bound travelling can sometimes serve you well Perspective defines the cunt from the king The difference makes heaven from hell Little by little, humanity crumbles And now we lay down with the dogs For one ego moment, we thought we were human Then stumbled, then we crumbled Then we shed our sweet skins and lay down with the dogs Yes we shed our sweet skins and lay down with the dogs
6.
Solitude again - it's Tuesday night Fluorescent light is draining All the colour from my face On a mission waking Camp Lejeune My whisky tune is breaking But Dickel's burn cannot erase How I traded home with her for a hotel I didn't know that road would never end I'm southeast by miles Sharing the same night sky Sacrifice seemed worthwhile But now I'm throwing stones At the stars above Wishing I could take her back London Bridge again, the Gravesend train Rolls into the station I drag my battered bags on board Across the midnight sky Canary Wharf Glows in isolation Why did I ever cut the cord? A tattered photo won't stop me feeling alone She's just a disembodied voice on my phone And I'm southeast by miles Sharing the same night sky Sacrifice seemed worthwhile But now I'm throwing stones At the stars above Wishing I could take her back Wishing I could take her back Some decisions come to haunt you, Throwing shadows on your past But even if I see her on the street Would our eyes meet? Or would I still be Southeast by miles Sharing the same night sky Sacrifice seemed worthwhile But now I'm throwing stones At the stars above Wishing I could take her back Wishing I could take her back Wishing I could take her back

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many thanks to my talented friends for helping to make this EP possible

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released March 1, 2012

all words & music by steve hatch except 'southeast by miles' which was co-written with guy nottage

recorded and produced by steve hatch

vocals/guitars/bass/mandolin/accordion/melodica/ harmonica/cornet and robots - steve hatch

banjo (on 'kimi said' and 'southeast by miles') - matt young

upright bass (on 'lay down with the dogs') - adam darroch-thompson

trumpet (on 'southeast by miles') - luke fabia & luke thorpe

fiddle (on 'st christopher road' and 'forget to know you') - anton patzner

second lead vocal (on 'southeast by miles') - guy nottage

special thanks to chris blanden for the bassline on 'st christopher road'

artwork by the lovely liz pope (ej_pope@hotmail.co.uk)

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