1. |
Clean Cut
03:34
|
|||
|
Clean Cut
I left that city on the morning flight
And right then you decided I wasn’t in your life
Any longer, like you’d be stronger
All those years of knowing how to feel when you met my eye
Under the simple sky, above my tangled mind
I’ll finally wake up
Making my mind up
Making a clean cut
Strangers we’ve made now
The chains we have laid down
Making a clean cut
A clean cut, a clean cut
Making a clean cut
Here it’s summer with a winter view
Is your mind as blue or some prettier hue
Like the red leaves burning
Kyoto in the evening, your arms held my breathing
The calm returning when the deep blue met my eyes
Under the simple sky, above my quiet mind
|
||||
2. |
Atlantis
04:08
|
|||
|
ATLANTIS
There are days where I can’t get through
And I call out into the void of you
And I know that you’re somewhere far away
But the louder I call, the longer you tend to stay
The city pillars reach up to the surface
Weighted down in their darkened depths
Will you fill your pockets with relics and stones
Rust and ruins, a city where no one goes
Atlantis holds you close
A city far below
Silence is the sound
Atlantis holds you down
Shimmering walls and scaly skin
The cold has a way of creeping in
Voiceless mouths, unseeing eyes
No one hears your cries in the city of disguise
Breathing, heaving, heavy on your chest
Tightness clenching, searching for rest
Even in these watery fells
There’s a beauty where the darkness dwells
Should I dive down? Should I dive down? Should I dive?
|
||||
3. |
On My Own
03:30
|
|||
|
I wish I had a little map of stars
To make all my decisions for me
But all the compasses and charts
Couldn’t sway this valiant heart
Beating on its own trajectory
I wish I had a great sword made of steal
To combat all the demons in the night
But all the weapons in the armoury
Couldn't win this awful fight
Against this worrying, rampant mind of mine
So I’ll have to go on my own
So I’ll have to go on my own, on my own
For after all we know we all die alone
So I’ll have to go on my own, all on my own
Oh I wish I had a wise owl on my shoulder
To advise me of the most elegant of words
But not the wisest sage on earth nor the worldliest of birds
Could ensure that my tongue ran the right course
|
||||
4. |
Leave It All Behind
04:39
|
|||
|
I love the smell of the air out here
I love the way the stars twinkle
I love this little mudbrick house your mother made for you
You lived in as a child
And it seems I’ve chosen a wanderer’s life
Traipsing the world as you sleep in the night
But I still crave the warmth of a home
I still love the comfort of everything I’ve known
Show me this view from the red gum tree
Let’s take in the city skyline before I leave it all behind me
And hold me closely
And I’ll look into your eyes while we still have time my darlin’
Before I leave it all behind
I love the child in you that comes out to play
Climbing in the trees and splashing in the lake
I love the way you hold me in this cocoon we both made
In here it’s warm, steady and safe
Somehow I think I’ll miss this January heat
When I’ve been away a while and there’s snow beneath my feet
When Melbourne lies beneath me and I’m way up in the air
It’s a bittersweet goodbye while I long for something more
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
No one will ever know all the secrets that hide behind my frown
You think I’m cold as the winter, warm as the sun when it’s down
And my face it seems to say to anyone that comes my way
‘Get the hell away from me or I'll pin you down’
But if you know me
You know that I like to talk
That I like to read your thoughts
And I’ll hold you if that’s what you want from me tonight
And I know I can be misleading when I don’t give you what you’re needing
Like a light in the evening, rain on a summer’s day
But I wanna be around ya, baby come on let the fire surround ya
I can burn with or without ya, tell me you’ll stay
And I know I can be a downer, a pessimistic, killjoy, frowner
But I wanna be around ya, know that I do
And I’ll say what I wanna say even if it’s not what you wanna hear today
And I’m sorry for your dismay, come on, give me a break
Cos if you know me,
You know that I like to talk,
That I like to read your thoughts
And I’ll hold you if that’s what you want from me tonight
Yeah if you know me
You know that I like to joke
So before this goes up in smoke
Why don’t you get to know me
|
||||
6. |
Temporary Home
03:18
|
|||
|
Saturday night, you must be having fun
I warm my hands on a morning coffee and you’re ten drinks down
Take out the pieces you don’t want me to see
Try to hide from me the way you feel but I know it all anyway
And the sun it stops me from dreaming
There’ll be no rest now till the evening
It’s just a long series of goodbyes
There’s no wonder I made this my life
As a child I ran away in the night
Try to find myself a temporary home in this motion
Find myself a temporary home in this motion
3am, Amsterdam
I walked home. As he waved goodbye the street light showed me his cold, cold heart
The sound of my feet on the constant path
I’ve been running hands out in the dark, hold on to anything I pass
The dead quiet of the night was deafening
And I see it now, he stole my evening
Motion, fall in, running, stumbling
Eyes on horizon, a temporary home
Maybe I’m the frail type, not suited to this kind of life
Home it is my suitcase, dreaming in a different bed each night
Felt like I could cry but I just let my body drop and I
Know that you are sugar-coating every single word you write
Maybe I’m the frail type, not suited to this kind of life
Home it is my suitcase, dreaming in a different bed each night
Train to Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm in the morning light
When I get back to Melbourne will I start to crave…
|
||||
7. |
Middle Of Your Mess
03:21
|
|||
|
‘You look happy’ means I wish you were sad
‘Oh hey it’s nice to see you’ means get out of my house
She said ‘It’s girl talk honey, it’s girl talk
Girl talk honey, just girl talk’
‘I’m feeling unlucky will you listen to me
Now everything I say you must agree’
She said ‘it’s girl talk honey, it’s girl talk
Girl talk honey, just girl talk’
Oh I’m stuck in the middle of your mess now, honey
Stuck in the middle of your mess now, honey
Let me get out of this wreck that you made for me
Stuck in the middle,
Stuck in the middle of your mess
I can’t help but feel a little out of place
She wants you, I want her out of my face
She said ‘it’s girl talk honey, it’s girl talk
Girl talk honey, just girl talk’
I’ll wait till she’s found something better to do
Than hurt the lonely bodies who get caught up with you
It’s not girl talk honey, it’s not girl talk
Not girl talk honey, not girl talk
Words to wound me
Pierce right through me
Green-eyed envy
A stab in the night
Tangle strangle
She tries to trample
Wreck and ruin
Find a way out
|
||||
8. |
Human
05:31
|
|||
9. |
Bend And Break
04:10
|
|||
10. |
Marlinchen In The Snow
02:30
|
|||
11. |
In The Dark
02:56
|
|||
Charm of Finches Melbourne, Australia
Charm of Finches are Melbourne-based sister duo Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes. They make haunting chamber folk full of beauty and candour for the famished soul.
Charm of Finches recommends:
Nobody Knows Us
by Anna Cordell
Anna's songs transport you to a higher ground. Lush as heck!
go to album
This album is a hidden treasure! Months on high rotation, and still discovering layers of beauty.
go to album
the wonderful world of nature
by Elizabeth
Elizabeth is the perfect sad girl folk-pop. We could happily drown in her sublime vocals.
go to albumIf you like Charm of Finches, you may also like:
I Get Into Trouble (LP | 2023)
by Maple Glider
supported by 11 fans who also own “Marlinchen In The Snow”
I can't get Tori's songs out of my head for a couple months now...melodies are just so fucking infectious.
go to album
Onliness (songs of solitude & singularity)
by Josienne Clarke
supported by 10 fans who also own “Marlinchen In The Snow”
I really can't pick a favorite track. this album has to be heard in its entirety to be fully savoured and imbibed.
go to album
Australian singer Jessica tempers ornate baroque folk with stark gothic poetry, infusing sadcore with transcendent sensibilities.
go to album
