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Endor

by Endor

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1.
All Your More Buoyant Thoughts Did you once upon a time without a sense of where it’s going? Cause if a story isn’t there, then something we did not expect is sure to follow next Who cares for sparks, when your blood is everywhere? So are the plotlines that you tapped slowly dripping out your story? Or are you drowning in the flood as all your more buoyant thoughts just drift and float at the top? Who cares for sparks, when your blood is everywhere? It ends the same and you spell it out so clear Who cares for sparks, when your blood is everywhere? It’s over now and you spell it out so clear
2.
Without the Help of Sparks Our initial sparks won’t take long to ignite ‘cause we’re both looking for something new Burn me bright at right intensity Lets see what we can do Sustain ourselves without the help of the sparks Fat chance there ‘cause you’re laced in chemicals But only the ones you choose And I’m reacting to your impurities Eyes red and fixed on yours Searching there to find some light that might lead to somewhere new We start fires, start the hottest fires cause we’ve only ourselves to blame We start fires, start the hottest fires cause we’re too eager for the flame Cooling down, you’re surrounded in ashes Of ‘oh think what might have been’ No matter the heat or the light we share Things never turn out as they seem Salvage something from this flame to work out what all this means
3.
Sea Fearing Legs You gave up the anchor, now I’m tied your seabed, But I’ll bear the depths for the time I was stowed You run up the sand there, as the water tries to grab on To your legs ‘n’ erase our graffiti in grains All those words I said that shook your two sea fearing legs, That ‘I don’t believe in a love I can barely hold on to’ I’ll rest my hand here for a moments break, As I reach for you neck to check that your pulse can still beat BEAT!! Count all the sand grains; devote a beat to each one As they pass through your grasp to mark time Our marks may drift away like whispered plans to roaring waves Control the shrieking of your voice as freezing water claims your toes, Oh those words I said that shook your two sea fearing legs, That ‘I don’t believe in a love I can barely hold on to’ Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh sea siren
4.
The Observer 03:09
The Observer H-E-A-R-T is how you can find your way to me, It’s what keeps my fingers warm and my thoughts unravelling I don’t have HIV and you don’t have a single thing on me So I can keep writing in my blood this carelessly My head can hardly hold these thoughts And my hands can hardly ink this knife My dear I can rewrite your life By giving it to mine with blood on the floor These words fall left and right, I’ll wrap the paper ‘round you in the night And let the ink seep through your skin ‘til it reaches your bloodstream I’ll bandage these events; I’ve never understood your sentiments, I’ll write myself a version I can call my sweet regret We rewrite your life
5.
Chapel Doors 04:09
Chapel Doors I’m not convinced by your act No that dress don’t fool me at all Though you’re standing in white And your lie’s going well, we both know that I can tell This walk feels more like a march And shadows still haunt all archways and doors of this town Where we’ve both been around but we’ll pray that they’ll never be found We’re like the kids playing games outside chapel doors Pretend we’re adults dressing up in wedding clothes And it hurts when we fall and fairness doesn’t enter it at all I know I play rough, but I said I loved you and isn’t that enough? Moments blend tattered and frayed Threaded by lines woven well But my thoughts are betrayed By that one stray hair that found its way to my lapel The flames of our fire disappeared And there are some things we should make clear But in the absence of sound can we both blow the embers around
6.
St. Michael's Bells I find it harder to grasp The notes we were singing as time passed No ringing out over the buildings screaming over the skylines but in vain These words weren’t supposed to be a lie as far as I can see, No, these words weren’t supposed to be about your arms or tenderness But I’ll take the pressure if you take the hits Are those notes you weigh in your head On scales too clumsy or misread? Well I’ll be, I’ll be the voice that sings your thoughts when the music falls short These words weren’t supposed to be a lie as far as I can see, No, these words weren’t supposed to be about your arms or tenderness But I’ll take the pressure if you take the hits All of these lines that we sing And all, all of the comfort that they bring And all, all of the stories that end with your kiss They abuse you cause they use you for your loneliness These words weren’t supposed to be about your arms or tenderness but I’ll take the pressure if you take the hits These words weren’t supposed to be about your arms or tenderness but I’ll take the pressure if you take the hits When it’s raining in Glasgow
7.
Fly Straight and Always Wear Sensible Shoes The jailbird flew the nest; the jailbird flew the nest, The jailbird flew first; the jailbird flew the nest, Lets wait until the kids are grown, To tell them that he’s flown before, He never thought he’d leave this way, He never really thought he’d leave. She said ‘If you can’t keep me satisfied my love, Well that’s not good enough, that’s not good enough my love’ She said ‘If you can’t keep me satisfied my love, Well that’s not good enough, that’s not good enough my love’ He comes back with: ‘I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied, I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied, I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied my love’ The jailbird flew the nest and the children watched him fly, But the children couldn’t follow him, so the jailbird watched them cry Watch now as he’s looking back and try to look you best But they went back to act as if he hadn’t left, And the jailbird flew the nest She said ‘If you can’t keep me satisfied my love, Well that’s not good enough, that’s not good enough my love’ He comes back with: ‘I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied, I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied, I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied my love’ He’s wording an apology he knows that it must be his best, He wants to try and make them act as if he hadn’t left. She said ‘If you can’t keep me satisfied my love, Well that’s not good enough, that’s not good enough my love’ He comes back with: ‘I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied, I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied, I don’t know if I can keep you satisfied my love’
8.
Circus Place Lane Here comes the audience, let’s start the show Roll up, roll up now, under bright lights dipping low We’ll act like there’s nothing wrong; this routine is your best And though I’m the supporting cast I can’t help but be impressed I suppose you knew that our act was growing old And that you were leaving before you were told This ring kept you satisfied but then things fell through We had no safety and there’s no catching you You fall like an acrobat floats through the air Into some other arms like mine were never there Under lights, bright and coloured, we’ll act out our scene Let’s show what’s invisible between you and me Under lights, bright and coloured, we’ll act out our scene Lets show what’s invisible between you and me I suppose you knew that our act was growing old And that you were leaving before you were told
9.
Two Lovers 03:17
Two Lovers Two lovers holding hands, I’m sure we’ll make it In a scene set in a frame so plain its lines, like traces, won’t stand out For two lovers holding hands make our love look dead Two lovers holding hands The lies I tell you on cold nights are never quite as clear The clouds they form around themselves become and change the atmosphere of… Two lovers holding hands make our love look dead Two lovers holding hands Up above a billion lights burn bright, burn, burn bright like radios on fire ‘til we realise that the songs they play are all old and burned out As the music falls and bathes our bodies I hear you say they look like… Two lovers holding hands so make our love look dead Two lovers holding hands make our love look dead Two lovers holding hands make our love look dead
10.
Seek Cover 04:28
Seek Cover This is the end of all endings This is where homes become houses again These are your souvenirs This is the heart shaped bloodstain on my sleeve I know I’ve heard this all before You used to sit as I sang to you These are the words that I formed as I thought Try a new story arc You said that the end was a good place to start You Do Ray Me So Far I hear a counter melody start to appear On this page as white as the first, Well maybe that’s all this ending is, A lover to contour to me But I’ll seek cover to contour to me, These are the times we still talk about Here’s the first time that l’ll lean to your left This is our very start These are two bodies you can’t tell apart I know I’ve said this all before, but I’ll be the first one to reach this On this page as white as the first, Well maybe that’s all this ending is, A lover to contour to me But I’ll seek cover to contour to me, Breathe lover, seek cover On this page as white as the first, Well maybe that’s all this ending is, A lover to contour to me I’ll seek cover to contour to me, This is the end of all endings This is where homes become houses again This is our very start These are two bodies you can’t tell apart I know I’ve said this all before

credits

released July 5, 2010

Endor are: Mark Church, Richard Ferguson, Calum Johnston, & David McGinty

They sing and play drums, guitars, glockenspiel, harmonica, melodica, organ, synths, rhodes, portasound, bells, five-a-sides, sticks and stones.

All songs by Ferguson/McGinty, Except track 7 by McGinty.
Recorded and mixed by Marcus Mackay at The Diving Bell Lounge, Glasgow, Winter 2009
Produced by Marcus Mackay & Endor
Assistant Engineer: Ramsay Miller
Mastered by Andy Baldwin at Metropolis, London

Trumpet on track 1: Rhona Ashwood
Trombone on tracks 1 & 8: Pete MacDonald
Accordion on tracks 4, 5 & 7: Fergus MacDonald
Backing vocals on tracks 4 & 7: Hana Waclawski
The can't afford a choir ensemble appear on tracks 1, 7 & 8.
Additional harmonicas on track 7: Pete MacDonald & Marcus Mackay

The Can't Afford A Choir Ensemble are: Sean Bradley, Rachael Church, Paul Downie, Sam Harvey, Liam Hanlon, Andrew Hosick, Jaclyn O'Donnell, Jette Skorna, Breda Sweeney, and Hana Waclawski.

Artwork by Genevieve Jodouin

We would like to thank our parents, families, and all our friends - especially Marcus.
Thanks also to everyone who played on the record, to Gen, Tony for the guitars, Amy, Pokey the cat, and You.

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