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What's Getting Somewhere?

by mouth 4 rusty

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1.
The Leaver 04:53
Is there strength in my arms? Can my heart remain calm? Do my legs have the weight still to carry me on? Your gifts show intention There's so much to possess I hope you're not like that As you take off your dress Always the leaver, the leaver for me Tried too hard to please her, 'til I'm not pleasing me Ever the builder, well look what we've done My brother and me, father and son. The excitement of new love, new blood in the veins As blood becomes water, I'm leaving again Always the leaver, is there ever a doubt? We're lighting a fire, then putting it out Always the leaver, yet still so bereft As things start to falter, I bring them to death I'm a believer, despite what I say But as things less resemble, I'm slipping away.
2.
See to me the one I'll make my home with Breed as if we're meant to breed Our temptations I will make no bones with Just keep them far from she and me Love is so final Lust is eternal Flee'd again for things were not quite perfect Broke a heart that meant a lot to me If I'd have stayed, become my single suspect Another man I'd never rightly be Love is so final Lust is eternal And all of the things that you hoped that you were And all of the things that you grew so you were And all of the things you believed that you were They can come falling. Sometimes we're appalling.
3.
Of all of my days, there were some that were blessed And lately there's memories in the clothes that I'm dressed And I'll settle my feelings right here in the dark All combinations of the things that we are. Oh they'll give, they'll give you, acceptance and time There's shelves for the sleeping and ladders to climb And the kitchen is filthy, it's been on my mind And the shower's not broken if you treat it just right. The pride of the good work, the toil of the day The good souls are tired, they'll sleep where they lay And they've worked from the heart, not for monetary gain For splinters, paint fingers, where most work is play You can carry your lessons, they're yours they're hard learned From the hand to the mouth, with few fingers burned Your self-imposed pressures can all fade away I know what I'm needing to face other days The pride of the good work, the toil of the night Downing our tools with the neighbouring lights From the old engine house to the factory life I loved, gained and lost, but the balance seems right As I leave it all, there's much of my heart in these walls.
4.
All the colours bright, all the colours bright and here am I Is it as dark in your country, as you're settling your feelings Like 'should I want you anyway?' Would you not hurt me anyway? These are questions I can't answer These are questions there's no answers to. All I have is all I need, daily forsake all my greed Try as hard as I could do, so I'll live as I believe Try with might, not lie to you Nor tell a pointless painful truth So my old decisions, they're not coming out as new. Never make a hard decision Never make a hard decision on a searing, painful, fearful feeling When everything has double meaning Like 'I just want to get away' And everything you'll hear me say Twisted words, they slow formation Of our honest smiles, and of our talks And bodily elations. Yet the pain is not all you, try to pay yourself some due Or you'll swing forever between the loathing and defence of you. There's many parts to who you are You're not just frightening by far Sometimes I see through to just how scared you sometimes are.
5.
Ceremony 02:33
Call it greed or what you will But I can't seem to get my fill From just one soul It's harder as I'm older Maybe all the things so sure That gradually became no more They bruised me, and now I'm a little bolder. Fighters they can take a hit, knowing that the worst is fear And most their fears were very much mistaken There's time to come and time to go Many good years in the bones But I want to raise a child before they're break'n So call it hard and call it cold But maybe it's just need to know Of what I want and what I couldn't treasure When the future's looking back Please no holes, and not the cracks Relaxed, with an air of faith and pleasure Fighters they can take a blow, knowing that the worst is old And not all fears are worn by their creators There's time to move and time to slow Many muscles round the bones And I want to raise a child before I'm taken Then bury me And play my favourite records And give me ceremony.
6.
Animals 05:06
You had your animals and cruelty prevention Fearing their nature and given intention So many cages stacked up in this zoo Everything's fine if it's alright with you You gave us a home and you did all you had to do Saved us and made us an image of you No wonder we all staggered round so confused Everything's fine if it's alright with you We only escaped right when we needed to Slowly you became a person you thought you knew Confider, provider, a jailor to you Some of your story is not even true. I don't have no money now, just some intention It's like seventeen years have passed without mention I was much stronger than I ever knew I saw you were frightened and I forgave you.
7.
It's the moment when I rest That I am best for you And the urgency of your morning When I've nothing to rush to And I know you've lived before So you know what to do You're an echo of a dream I'm not just tolerating you Well you cook, I don't mind cleaning It's the least that we could do Is there any finer feeling? I can relax in you.
8.
Cohen 03:42
This morning I woke from the body Like so many mornings before Not a day for a regular weakness Not a thought to the burns on the floor Now the foes have all dropped their anger Or else I don't care anymore Cos a hard day in the body was a hard week for us all. That night as we blew out the candle I never stood further from doubt For I tried to treat you with patience But the words they just fell from your mouth Yet few lovers are ever sole victims We abide, we entice and collude It's a cold day in the family As we both leave our trails through the rooms. Such sorrow was seen as an anger And so then an anger was felt While you huddled in the warmth of my city But to me these were not the cards dealt I just wanted you sent away safely Where I couldn't be hurt anymore Was a hard day for forgiveness Was a hard week on us all. We need the soothing of a trusted one, somebody kind A touch with meaning, trusted heart, and with a peace inside For everything is played again, again, and so we find: 'It's all 'cos of you'. I know you'd still wear my clothes if you never saw me anymore It's a hard day in forever when both of you's taking the fall On the days when we don't feel so fearful Our compassions they come to the fore Where there's no need for forgiveness It's a good day for us all.
9.
The Burden 05:37
Without home, well then what would I be? Just a taste. Without backbone. Just as she be. Am I letting all down or just me? I should not suffer the burden of all that they could put on me. Without knowing what I lose when I leave How could I know all the pieces not yet in me? Am I running or just walking from the scene? I wish I was smarter, wish I knew all of the things that might be Wish I knew a wise one, someone to guide my decisions with me And would we agree I should not suffer the burden of all that they could put on me. 'You should come, and you're welcome, come to me For you've tasted at the lips, though as I bleed Please just ask of yourself as you leave: "Will I make a terrible man out of me?"' Why isn't my hunger just the same as my needs? If not for hunger, I could just settle right into the scene Why must I do this to.. If I knew my mettle then I could pour all my thoughts over me And do we agree I should not suffer the burden of all that I could put on me.
10.
These Ghosts 06:34
These ghosts that walk these halls at night Maybe you're one of them soon For all I want's a ground that's firm But everything soon becomes new. What am I to do when these warm arms turn cold in the night? And I know that I've managed to trouble you somehow And yet I still think I am right. What am I to do with these strangers These objects you'd left. Well it's only a fear that I'm making inside Nothing bad's happening yet. These ghosts that tore your suitcase cloth Maybe I'm one of them soon For I could fear I'd be besieged by requests to look after you. What am I to do in my own life Between eating and chores And how can I fill all my time with a meaning That won't feel it's hurting to yours. How am I to feel when I'm hurting and you won't take the call And would the world spin so quietly for you If I were to endlessly fall? What am I to do when these warm thoughts turn cold in the night If I can't trust your smile, that smile, that smile When I'm not entirely quite right.

about

Mouth 4 Rusty's 4th album

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released August 16, 2013

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Performed by Mouth 4 Rusty

Matt Rigsby Smith -
voice, guitar, clarinet, glockenspiel,
casiotone 101, drums & songwriting

and

Emma Davis -
voice, melodica,
glockenspiel and body percussion

with

Fanny Bissa - voice on 06, voice and body percussion on 07
Jack Collins - organ on 'The Leaver'
Nate Trier - organ on 'Animals'
Janine Baker - piano and double bass

Recorded and mixed in turbulent conditions by Matt at Make Do and Mend, London, and the Utrophia Project Space, except 'Ceremony', recorded on a handheld portable recorder.

Mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony, Boston, Massachusetts

Many thanks to

Rob Symington, who put his heart into making the 'These Ghosts' video with us. Chrissy Weller, who captured us with her camera and excellent eye. Jay Arden and Jonathan El-Bizri for technical help. Matthew Cullen for mixing inspiration and generosity of spirit.

Simon Nelson, Rose Alexander, Amy Spencer, Bill Lewington, Andy Lingfield, Louise Jobber, Bernie Kerr, Richard Davis and Olga Bukowska for their support and friendship.

And Stuart Gibson, John Harrington, John R Lennon. Stephen McAleavy. Wendy Leith. Claire Gordon. Connie Blackhart, Christopher Rainbow, Michael Charlton and Chie Karakami who helped us save the album when we thought it was lost, and Jon Lantsbury and David Daniel who did the work.

Ochiltree Music 2013
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Tales of living softly on the edge.

"Elegantly crafted hummable songs.."
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Mouth 4 Rusty are a male/female duo playing songs about morality, love and loss, childhood, life in general and the relationships between ourselves. Simple, traditionally-inspired songs that people can relate to, hummable music based on life as it unfolds, as early folk music was.
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