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How To Turn A Blind Eye

by Into The East

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1.
Are we on the right track? Taken by the coast road Down to the lake edge Oh, how the mind flies The years gone by Like a dirty old smudge on my mind Wait ‘til my heart shines Then we’ll be gone
2.
Rambling On 02:31
Wish I could be a part of it Wish I could know the half of it Wish I could see the face of it Wish I could touch the heart of it That man, he bruised That girl, she moved That vein runs deep But as for me? Well, I'm just... Rambling on, rambling on, rambling on Rambling on, rambling on, rambling on Wish I could turn the tide of it Wish I could force the hand of it Wish I could break the ground of it Wish I could start the fight for it That man, he moved That girl, she bruised That cancer grows Oh, what would I know, 'cause I'm just... Rambling on, rambling on, rambling on Rambling on, rambling on, rambling on Wish I could be a part of it Wish I could be a part of it Wish I could be a part of it Wish I could crush the heart of it Rambling on, rambling on, rambling on Rambling on, rambling on, rambling on We shall not, we shall not be moved
3.
Civilisation 03:37
What is this pseudo-semi-lifestyle apparition that we have Blind beyond all common sense we kill what we don’t understand Lovers, but there’s no love in it Bleed ’til there’s no blood in it Stuck with this tag of humanity when we all know that’s a crock of shit Coming down from this blessed union of the pauper and the beast 'Cause, you think that you’ve got money but your right hand is a thief Godly, but there’s no god in it Blameless like there’s no blame in it Stretched out between four corners and left drying in the heat I lay the blame at your feet Build up a towering, glory, one-world nation governed by your hand Where we should scream in joyous passion while we’re moved by your demands Holy, like there’s no holes in it Soldiers, but there’s no soul in it Stuck with this civilisation when we all know that’s a crock of shit I’ll take the blame for it
4.
These four walls These four walls They will burn for all they’ve learned These four walls Those two hands Those two hands Held back time, they justified Those two hands This closed heart This closed heart It looked on, but it was gone This closed heart Just one man Just one man Turned his soul and fooled us all Just one man These great wars These great wars For one man, for promised land These great wars This gone child This gone child A hero’s grave to calm the wave This gone child
5.
I'm awake and you're still sleeping It’s so close, I feel it breathing I can't seem to kill this feeling In the morning you'll be leaving Today, I’m going to murder the night Whatever you say I’m going to murder the night We will never be cold, we’re gonna walk in the light I’m gonna murder the night You wake up and I pretend to breath I swear my lungs haven't moved in weeks I pray for words, but it's too late to speak You've already slipped out of the sheets Today, I’m going to murder the night Whatever you say I’m going to murder the night We will never be cold, we’re gonna walk in the light I’m gonna murder the night Now the day is dragging down the light I need a chance so I can speak my mind Maybe these few words won't come out right You can choose to leave, but not tonight... Today, I’m going to murder the night Whatever you say I’m going to murder the night We will never be cold, we’re gonna walk in the light I’m gonna murder the night
6.
Candy Canes 03:20
It started in the evening, on a cold September morning The city lights were shining down on my bed I was cold and I was lonely, not a penny in my pocket You bet your bottom dollar no one cared about me I’m starting a fire to warm my old bones Setting the matches in the fire light The flames reflected in the mouning faces In the corners and the shadows On the edges of my mind I drove into Washington slower than a watershed Easy on the diesel, easing down the road I swear to you my old and tired friend There won’t be any going back for you and me this time ‘Cause, I’m starting a fire to warm my old bones Setting the matches in the fire light The flames reflected in the mouning faces In the corners and the shadows On the edges of my mind This is the last time, I won’t remember you No more friendly faces, no more candy canes No more longing for the morning never coming No use in praying for me, no use in praying for you And, it’s long past time and we’re moving on the city edges Closing on suburbia and the urban myth we once knew I can’t describe the feeling that someone’s gotta pay For the endless isolation, stars and moon, and Hollywood Chorus And, soon, with a short sharp jolt Blue will be black, and laid low we’re coming home as heroes
7.
The night, it comes upon me Only me in winter’s keeping Sorrow is as sorrow always does A cool and misty mooring My ship is laid to sleeping At rest against the sand of stars above Oh, I know the truth confuses Oh, in the cover of darkness, we retreat A soul of weary travel And, a smile of deep misgiving I've taken more than she could ever give Her boards are near to swollen And, every nail is rusting That part of her must die so we may live Oh, I know the truth confuses Oh, in the cover of darkness, we retreat I lay my last beside her And, she's cool against my body Silent, but the rude and whispery wind Although I know the answer Still, I ask to be forgiven I listen, but the answer's never clear Oh, I know the truth confuses Oh, in the cover of darkness, we retreat I know the truth... I know the truth...
8.
When nothing at all makes sense and sense cannot be made You dance the idea that love had never strayed How can one control the beat of a heart? What is left to reassemble the parts I’m missing? Sense cannot be made Sense cannot be made and nothing is changing And I trip on everything that you lay down On Your fists are balled, but you can’t fight You can polish a turd, but it don’t look right How do I know, oh, how do I roam? Well, you need answers? Well, answers are built up high and fell the tower, tumbling Sense cannot be made Sense cannot be made and nothing is changing And I trip on everything that you lay down on, on, on
9.
You drink ‘til you forget I drink until you’re pretty But, pretty’s nothing special So, I drink until you’re gone We stare into the room We sit across the table We think that we remember What it was to fall in love Little by little our love’s getting brittle We try not to settle this time The blood’s getting thinner, we fight for the winner But, we'll never notice the light become night For this is how you and I learn to turn a blind eye We fight a little more We push a little harder We kick into the walls Like the stone’s getting soft And, I call you names And, you yell a little louder So, I threaten to leave And, you open the door Little by little our love’s getting brittle We said we’d be here till we die The blood’s getting thinner, we fight for the winner But, we'll never notice the light become night For this is how you and I learn to turn a blind eye And, I’ve heard you talk in your sleep Better the devil to keep than to open your mind And, I’ve heard a river of dreams But, the words aren’t as cheap as they’re made out to be Someone has stolen the light Has somebody stolen our light? Remember we were young Remember we were happy Remember I had you And, that’s all you’d ever need Remember what it’s like The sunlight on your shoulder A cabin by the water And the offer of a hand? Little by little our love’s getting brittle We’ll try not to settle this time The blood’s getting thinner, we fight for the winner But, we'll never notice the light become night For this is how you and I learn to turn a blind eye Little by little our love’s getting brittle We’ll never give in ‘til the wrong becomes right The blood’s getting thinner, we fight for the winner But, we'll never notice the light become night For this is how you and I learn This is how you and I learn This is how you and I’ve learned
10.
Sin To Love 02:36
Sometimes I wonder if God wants to hurt me If a part of his plan is to see me in pain I wish I had proof to show to the judges And, the jury would lock my heart up again Was it a sin to love? Is it a sin to love? These days I think that choice has deserted me No more decisions to call all my own The smallest desire is something unchosen So, all of this time, have I really grown? Was it a sin to love? Is it a sin to love? Can I change what I need Do the paths cross unheeded? Can I change what I feel Can I do it again? I stand at the crossroads, I stand with a stranger He stands by my side to show me the way One road leads up and one thousand go down If the stranger is me will he lead me astray? Was it a sin to love? Is it a sin to love? Sometimes I wonder if God wants to hurt me I wanted to know, if I look in his eyes Will it all come out right on the path that he leads me? Is it all in the way I misread the signs? Was it a sin to love? Is it a sin to love? Can it be a sin to love When the path I choose is all mine?
11.
I’ll be the corner of rooms I’ll be the whistling tunes I’ll be the whispers behind my own back Be the assurance that they seem to lack But, I will not be any other I will be I’ll be the burn of my ears Be the divide of my peers I’ll be the in-between lines they have spoken I’ll be the butt of the jokes they are jokin’ But, I will not be any other I will be So, screw you all to the wall of short-sighted Defeatist and insecure, petty and mean My boots fit just fine So, if you’re sitting out there Eyeing the ground with your nose in the air I speak on behalf of the crowd “If you can’t get into it then get the hell out” And, as the door swings you’ll hear us all sing Screw you all to the wall of short-sighted Defeatist and insecure, petty and mean My boots fit just Screw you all to the wall of short-sighted Defeatist and insecure. Petty, and mean My boots fit just fine
12.
Are we on the right track? Taken by the coast road Down to the lake edge Oh, how the mind flies The years gone by Like a dirty old smudge on my mind Wait ‘til my heart shines Then we’ll be gone Are we on the right track? Trouble on the old road Dust in the darkness Darkness in dust Tangled and twisted Roar like a whisper Shake over distance Tears over gold We pray not to ever grow old The years gone by Like a dirty old smudge on my mind Wait ‘til my heart shines Then we’ll be gone The years have turned your light into bone I want to come home, but I can’t be gone I’ll carry on ‘til you carry me home Those lies that we said, all true There’s nothing that we couldn’t do Scream to the four winds “We’re coming home”

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released May 1, 2016

Into The East | How To Turn A Blind Eye

All songs written by Liv McBride & Graeme Woller
Track 8 by Liv McBride & Melanie McKenzie

Liv McBride | Vocals, Nylon String Guitar, Capo Guitar, Resonator Guitar, Didgeridoo, Glockenspiel, Tambourine, Triangle, Percussion, Beat Boxing.
Graeme Woller | Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys, Alan Muggeridge Lute, Banjo, Bass Recorder, Squeeze Box, Autoharp, Beat Boxing, Tambourine, Madill Madonk.
Dan Harrison | Drums & Percussion, Vibraphone, Tubular Bells, Timpani.
Asher Skerrit | Bass (Tracks 3 & 12).
Jim Crawford | Double Bass (Tracks 6 & 11).
Jacob Bond | Double Bass (Track 7).
Roger Chilton | Protesting (Track 2) & Footsteps and Toe-taps (Track 10).
Gillian Moinahan | Protesting (Track 2) & Vocals (Track 11).
Simon Thompson | Guitars (Track 5).
Jenny Mitchell | Vocal (Track 4).
Maria Tipuna-Shore | Diva-ing (Track 11).

Illustration & Cover Design | Into The East.
Photography | Steven Woller.

Written, Recorded, Produced, & Mixed | Into The East.
Mastered | Rick O’Neil at Turtlerock Mastering, Sydney.

Recorded at | Kingstreet Studio, Little Fire Studio, Radio Southland, two lounges, a hallway and a beach, Ascot Brass Band Rehearsal Rooms.

© 2016 Self-Sown Songs

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