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Dearly Departed
00:32
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The Howling Wind
04:35
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There’s a howling wind
Coming off the oily bay
And the rot has settled on skin
Of the men who come to toil
So Glorious
See the rise of columns and swords
Bring the fire we’ll crush the Gods
In the bloodless eyes we hire
To destroy and to inspire
Will the echoes die?
And here on the banks of freedom
We lie where we fall
We touch and recoil
Like lovers in times of war
And when it’s done
We’ll recline in the soil
We’ll be blind forever more.
There’s a howling wind
Sweeping out the desert graves
All the farmers gather your kin
You’ve got hungry souls to save
We’ve got lions laws
Cross the Rhine and into the claws
Every child believes the Lord
Will our family’s home be razed?
Will the gremlin’s grin be broad?
Or will we all be saved?
And here on the banks of freedom
We lie where we fall
We touch and recoil
Like lovers in times of war
And when it’s over
We’ll be drunk
We’ll be tired
We’ll be old
We’ll be tried and hung.
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I’m sick and tired of you beating your chest
You know best, oh but you know best
I want to feed you to the beast in the wall
But he won’t come calling, no he won’t come at all no
I’m in a box under the coroner’s knife
The blades dance freely likes it’s opening night
And the only thing keeping him from cutting me up
Is that I want you too much.
Hey brother with the bleeding heart
You said I won’t bit hard, no I won’t bite hard
You remind me of a horrible dream
With a recurring theme that just occurred to me
We’re out walking by the railroad track
I go and hack off your head and then I jump on your back
And the only thing keeping me from cutting you up
Is that I want you too much.
I’m sick and tired of you beating your chest
We’re going east and west, oh we’re east and west
Beneath the belly of the beast in the wall
There’s something crawling, something crawled in
Breathe through your mouth, it’s a terrible stench
Hold the flashlight steady ‘cause I’m starting to wretch
And the only thing keeping me from bringing it up
Is that I want you too much.
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The Year That Has Gone
03:31
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Oh the year that has gone leaves me beaten
Like an ill, ageing miner who blinks at the sun
And the cold wind has come
It seems too early
Now the ghosts have all left me but their sound lingers on
Offer me something more
There is a humming just behind the door
How long’s this light been on for?
Oh the year that’s begun leaves me empty
There’s a dull repetition to all that’s to come
And the fact we’re still young
Seems a blessing
But whenever we mention it, the fact makes us numb
Oh the year that’s to come greets me sweetly
But its eyes make me nervous
There’s death on its tongue
And the only thing wrong is that I’m trembling
Tell me, how do you face a year with no armour on?
Well do you know how far we’ve come?
Look, there’s an opening lit by the sun
How long’s this light been on for?
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Take Time
04:16
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Be the man
Break the mould
Before the hate gets a hold
You’re afraid
But that’s just what everybody feels
From time to time
There’s an old wicked wind outside
Moaning and calling you
Take time for your daughter
Make time for your son
Come on round whenever you’re lonely
Time ain’t nothing but shadows on the run
From the sun
On you get
There’s the door
Walk out of the bush down to the shore
Oh the sea
Man it’s a big old world of possibility
Think of all the bodies floating out there
Moaning and calling you
Some shadows are long and lonely
And it’s alright to hide away.
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There Rose A Flood
05:07
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Come ashore
You’re too far out
Just move your arms about
Breathe in
It’s just that easy
Show me some heart girl
If you can, try doing it without me
I’d let you drown
If I thought that would help you to live
There rose a flood
Around your house
I’ll bring you sand
I’ll bring you sun
This time
All day it rained
All night you died
I’ll bring the oars
I’ll get you out
This time
Nobody but you is bringing this water
Buried in deep wells for twenty odd years
Run
Don’t look behind
You can never come back down here again
New land
Our clothes lie there
Drying in the wind
A quiet light
Has got you mesmerized
You’re a stranger to life child
If you can, try moving your arms about.
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You’ve got a way of doing things
That makes me keep coming back to your door
I’m out losing but I come home again and again
You’ve got a way of talking
That’s kind of confusing but I’m all ears
You knock me over but I get up again and again
Yeah I get up and I listen again.
Walls of brick and mortar
I’ll wear the stone down slowly
‘Cause rocks don’t make any friends
So let’s not throw them again
‘Cause rocks are just lonely hearts
You’ve got a way of living
That I can see is the future for me and us
And I believe that I’ll start the winning again
You’ve got a way of loving
That aches and cradles, rages and cries
Well it’s an endless ride
I lose you but I love you again
Yeah I lose you but I love you again.
Well we’ve been down before but you’re still my special one.
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Machines
04:12
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I rented the house
Somewhere to play
To write on the walls and wile away
All for the love
Not for the gain
But just for myself
You stopped at my door
Wanting to stay
Just to get warm, a couple of days
Not for the love
Not for the gain
But just for yourself
We’re like machines
And just like machines
We’re run to the ground
And sorry doesn’t explain
We ate by the fire
And talked over tea
Both of us liars, but happy to be
In I was you
And in you were me
And that seemed to help
We’re like machines
And just like machines
We keep breaking down
And sorry doesn’t explain
And it doesn’t matter anyway
We’re not the young ones to save
We’re much too afraid
And we like it here today.
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I was compelled to trouble your soul in the onrushing grey
I was only having some fun
Can’t you tell it’s a part that I play very well?
If I do say myself (and I do).
We’ve been here before
When this love was unsure
Sometimes I’m hungry
And you just look at me like we’re done
Do you remember the stones we put in the yard?
We’ll you were that hard
And I was only having some fun
I couldn’t tell at the time I was losing my girl
While gaining my mind.
You said I was a joke
That I couldn’t cope
Well I’ve grown hungry
I’m gonna take all the good I’ve done and just get going.
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My Private Grief
03:05
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Blow out your candles darling, it’s your year
All the lovers you have known are here
So grab a glass and drink the hard stuff
Let the spirits rile your soul
On this night our ghosts court trouble in the chill
And my crippled past flies out with every swill
I’ve been out there kissing strangers
And sleeping through my private grief
Then I came home
And all the secrets killed me
Slowly I died alone
I’m not a pillar, I’ve got no stability
Once a killer grabbed my hand and entered me
Please just hold me and stop the bleeding
I’ve been meaning to sit and talk
You are wilder
More than anyone I know
And together we are wilder
When we just let go.
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Bannerman Berlin, Germany
Bannerman was the first solo project of Richie Setford and featured musicians from New Zealand and Berlin including Alaister
Deverick, Oliver Emmitt, Cass Basil, Flip Grater, Cole Goodley, Finn and Tam Scholes, Siobhanne Thompson, Hollie Fullbrook, Ben Anderson, Erez Frank and Magnus Bang-Olsen.
In 2012 Angela Keoghan's 'Dearly Departed' artwork won the NZ Music Award for best cover art.
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