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When our hands reach for coffee
At the same time
And our fingers touch
For the very first time
I am sorry baby
I never thought
I would touch somebody again
And she tells me something
She’d never told anyone else
And she smiles
And I can’t avert my gaze
I try to stop and think of your face
But it’s the best part of my day
She says the only way
That we can’t love
Is if I cut out her heart
So put away that knife my friend
And maybe we can start
I get out of the car up the stairs down her corridor
She opens up to me and I walk across her floor
I can’t
Should I
Walk to her
I never thought I’d move like that anymore
And as I find myself calling out her name
And kiss her on the forehead
And to me she does the same
I want to cut off my lips
So I can’t kiss anymore
I know you are gone dear
And you never will return
But I feel I am betraying you dear
When I am with her
And I know there’s a part of me
That knows if you could see me now
You would look at me
With that old twinkle in your eyes
And say
You can’t love someone
Who's already died
It’s a simple ceremony
For family and friends
Your parents came
And they gave her a hug
Our little one was the flower girl
At the front we set an empty chair
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Those few months
After we first kissed
I finally knew
How it was to exist
It was a ram
In a burning bush
Manna in the morning
Just to hear you talking
Now you got me
Praying again
That I don’t ever let you
I don’t ever let you down
Praying again
That this isn’t what happens
Isn’t what happens at the end
Is this what it looks like
Cutting cakes with brand new knives
Well I tried
I tried
I tried
And I know you did too
No one ever loved me
The way God loves you
No one ever loved me
The way you seem to do
Well you got me
Praying again
That I don’t ever let you don’t ever let you down
Praying again
That this isn’t what happens
Isn’t what happens at the end
Spending these days
In Anhedonia
Spending these nights
In Anhedonia too
Spending these days
In Anhedonia
Spending these nights
In Anhedonia too
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Away From Harm
03:36
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Pack your bags
I can help you do that
Take all the money you can
Open up another bank account
I know a place that you can go
Don’t worry it’s not my arms
You just need some space away from him
Where you can start again
Away from harm
It’s been hard enough seeing you lie
Overing tears and bruises with laughs
I hope I’ll never know
Exactly what that’s like
So glad
So glad
You found the strength
I know a place that you can go
Don’t worry it’s not my arms
You just need some space away from him
Where you can start again
Away from harm
When you’re ready can we
I mean we can talk can’t we
So proud of you
We all are
Any of us will help you
Just call us
Hold us close
I know a place that you can go
Don’t worry it’s not my arms
You just need some space away from him
Where you can start again
Away from harm
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I always assumed I would be a father
A husband with a wife and a home
I always assumed I would take control of my temper
That one day I would lose the feeling of being alone
There are things I don’t understand
I’ll make some changes where I can
I offer myself as I am
Come here darling please hold my hand
I’ve sat behind the wheel going nowhere at the side of the road
More times than I care to remember
But the last time I did I don’t regret it
Outside your house five years ago
There are things I don’t understand
I’ll make some changes where I can
I offer myself as I am
Come here darling please hold my hand
I knead the dough
While you make the bread
I’ll put some aside
For when you are dead
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Shouting Your Name
02:55
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Well I don't believe in God
But I’ll sing at his throne
Dancing in the streets of gold
Until we finish our song
And if you go I will keep singing just a little more
Just keep shouting your name until my throat is hoarse
When I finally went on up to your door
I sat beside your bed and listened to your story
I began to feel my broken body mending
I pondered at last a story with no ending
But that doesn't happen and there's nothing we can do about that
Sooner or later one of us will go and we can't be coming back
Well I don't believe in God
But I’ll sing at his throne
Dancing in the streets of gold
Until we finish our song
And if you go I will keep singing just a little more
Just keep shouting your name until my throat is hoarse
We've spent time in the kitchen watching while the pan smokes
We may have overcooked meals but at least we're not alone
We've got plenty of years remoulding the clay that makes the face
But one day he will knock and there's no way we can replace
The hand that lights the candle does not need to be steady
And the lips that call the names do not need to be ready
Well I don't believe in God
But I’ll sing at his throne
Dancing in the streets of gold
Until we finish our song
And if you go I will keep singing just a little more
Just keep shouting your name until my throat is hoarse
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Lost Myself In You
05:10
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My left hand
Under my head
Your right hand
Embraces me
I will rest in your sleeping arms for now
Soon I will make you apple tea
Last night your love
Was sweeter than wine
There was death and life
In the power of your tongue
You had the key
That opened the sluice
And I feel I have lost myself in you
And when I lost myself in you
Well I found myself in me
I’ve been searching for a truth
And I’ve found it here in you
I tiptoe to the kitchen
Where you have walked
A thousand times before
The window reflects the sunlight
And it seems
Like God is here
As I move in
Your garden
I can smell
Beds of spices
The fruit of your mouth
Lingers in mine
Finger trails the orchids
And the irises
And when I lost myself in you
I found myself in me
I’ve been searching for a truth
And I’ve found it here in you
And I’m enwrapped by you
In your arms
In your arms
And I have lost myself
In your arms
In your arms
And I want to be by the window
Looking at me and saying they’re in love
They’re in love and I want to have what they have
Be who they are and I pinch myself and I say
I am
And when I lost myself in you
I found myself in me
I’ve been searching for a truth
And I’ve found it here in you
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I'm gonna need you
To lift your feet into the air
If you want me to
Get right under there
We've done the bedroom now
We move to the kitchen floor
Could you help me clean the stains off the wall
Oh darling
Setting up house with you
The best thing that I've ever done
Please it ain't time
To break it down again
The best thing I've ever done
At the end of the day
I’m gonna take off my clothes
Old jeans on then I'm gonna
Cut up the potatoes
I'll pour the wine you take your time
Then we're gonna sit down
Make sure our finances are doing
Oh so fine
Oh darling
Setting up house with you
The best thing that I've that ever done
Please it ain't time
To break it down again
The best thing I've ever done
All I want
Is a little bit of passion
That one day you gonna pinch my skin tight again
Till I bleed
Till I bleed again
When I wake up in the morning
I love to hear you calling
Wake up darling
You’ve slept through three alarms
Sure thing I want something more
But that don’t mean I don’t want
You know
Oh darling
Setting up house with you
The best thing that I've ever done
Please it ain't time
To break it down again
The best thing I've ever done
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The Holy Rollercoasters Brisbane, Australia
Inspired by the masters of rhythm and blues, the ecstasy and tragedy of love and the beauty and gothicism of the bible. Performed by non-religious soul, blues and jazz-worshipping Brisbanites. It shall be wild and you shall snap your fingers and wiggle your hips. And ye shall be healed. ... more
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