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Simple Man
02:47
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You shouldn’t try so hard
I’m such an open book
Sure some times been hard
But take a second look
We’re heading up and out
Don’t ever bother looking back
Dearest lover of my heart
Don’t you see we’re on the right track?
Reading between the lines sometimes
You find just another nest of confusion
Chapter 2, verse 10, try it again
And keep in mind I’m a simple man
Don’t strain your eyes
I’m really such a simple case
Another man with a need for love
Another man without a place
You’re doing all the right things
I do the best I can
Feels like the life and times
Of a simple man
CHORUS
If you’re looking for secrets
You’re sure to find them
But at some point they’re more yours then mine and
You left me with no room to stand
Just complicating a simple man x 3
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2. |
Victim
04:20
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I used to think I was a victim
I used to die by my own hand
I used to skim along the surface
I’m sure you could understand x 2
I once lived a simple sadness
It was so hard to resist
Crosses bruised my shoulders
Whips licked my flesh x 2
Knowing all about damnation
Mine to create and then condemn
Double down in that dynamic
Another case of us and them
I used to have a little cage
Every night I’d turn the key
I used to feel this isolation
Was a path to me x 2
I once thought I was an artist
I used to sing the blues
Everything held hidden meanings
But I was missing all the clues x 2
Knowing all about redemption
Bless my soul sing hallelujah
Fires stir from the coldest ashes
Burning through all shades of blue
CODA:
I once knew a man
He looked a lot like you
He burned all his bridges
Boy was he sorry when he couldn’t get through x 2
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3. |
Ghost Ship Blues
05:37
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Cold December night in 2016
Ended in a way no one could’ve seen
36 souls set out that night
Ignorant of their horrible plight
All sails set for a wicked fate
Into the darkness of cruel death’s gate
Just another night, just another place
The last time I saw your face
Calls poured in from around the world
Are you all right, did you lose someone?
Hearts sank to hear the news
Feeling so bad with these Ghostship Blues
Plenty of blame to go around
But in the end, bodies in the ground
Tell the story so hard to hear
Crushed by sorrow, drown in tears
CHORUS--
BRIDGE:
Remember them well in your heart
I say, remember them well
Honor their part
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4. |
The Light
03:46
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There’s someone coming
Are you ready?
Your life will never be the same
This person loves you
Without condition
But u don’t ever know their name
Perhaps they’ll be small in your hand
But that alone will be larger than life
There’s someone coming are you ready
And willing to show your light
riff
Some people will say that this one comes from above
But I don’t really know about all that
The only thing that they’ve got to give is Love
That’s where the divine is at
There’s someone coming are you ready?
Ready for some sleepless nights
They’re gonna need you to be ready
Ready to be their shining light
Everybody knows the ways it goes
A bed a roses just really ain’t life
Just hold her close
Love her deeply
Be ready to show them your light
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5. |
Home to Roost
04:57
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HOME TO ROOST:
I don’t know why you wanted to know
Every trick in my book
You just couldn’t look
Beyond the flaws
Was that the cause
Of your going away
You just couldn’t stay
It seems to me
that you wanted to be
Free on your own
A woman alone
In a world filled with hearts
That so often seem so far apart
It’s low to end it all before it starts
It all comes home to roost some day
I’ve been known to deceive
It’s really quite a relieve
That you know me now
Couldn’t hide anyhow
What’s one more lie or two
When we’re already through
I don’t care for you
And I’m not feeling blue
In a world filled with hearts
That so often seem so far apart
It’s low to end it all before it starts
Bridge:
I want to tell you something true x 2
I’m young and I’m old
I’m warm and then cold
I’m meek and then bold
I’m good and then evil
And that’s the nature of people
It all comes home to roost some day x 3
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6. |
Kid Icarus
05:06
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KID ICARUS:
A Cultivated reputation is bearing poison fruits
Try to redefine but then find that it’s not use
Everyone was watching as he gave himself the boot
The irony had gone to far and overwhelmed the truth
Goodbye baby, innocent angel
Kid Icarus
Yearns for the sun’s kiss
So much not to be missed
But now crossed off the list
Wings made to fly but built on tender sticks
Illusions made to die based on simple kicks
Climbing for the take off but then the eager fall
The story never dies about the one who wants it all
Goodbye baby, innocent angel
CHORUS
Bridge:
Kid Icarus, don’t betray us
CHORUS
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7. |
Ironic Sorrow
04:38
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IRONIC SORROW:
How ironic to find yourself
Spending all your energy
Trying to capture sorrow’s essence
When it should be clear
That you’re carrying it
Just inside your soul
It’s not far at all
Is that what we call creativity
A hunt for demons screaming on our backs
Run around in circles, step back to get ahead
How many mirages lay ahead
Tired of being fooled
You choose to die of thirst instead
Why do you try, why do you try
To personify
All your Darkness
In words and notes to pass along
What’s the essence of your song?
So when you know that all lies within
Perfect opportunity to crack a grin
But still out of control you begin
Searching desperately all over again
Perhaps an unnamed, silent 8th sin
You can read the bible find no mention
You couldn’t know the horror of self-deception
Deceived into thinking all beauty lay in sorrow
And your fate was sealed
Never thinking to stand still
Chasing yourself in circles and calling it a mission
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8. |
Proceed with Caution
05:21
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PROCEED WITH CAUTION:
Everybody knows emperor’s got no clothes
Just like the holy fool I’m standing naked too
Turn away from this, the shameful tenderness
Turn the face real slow so that there’s time to go
Proceed with caution tossing turning all night
A dream slow motion chosen almost not quite
Subsonic messages no text what’s next
A riddle winding tying round your neck x 2
Got no pants or shoes, these blues they just can’t lost
Exposed by blinding light, come and hold me tight
Just don’t look into me, I lost integrity
This is mainly the fear, screaming get out of here
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9. |
My Queen
06:28
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MY QUEEN:
In the form of a letter you came to me
Then began to remember a vision of you free
In the shape of a heart were the seeds we’d sown
And if I took you apart nobody would have known
You were once the queen
I played the jester and the fool
Through those years of darkness
Your love for me stayed true
Was it the form of a dream now you’re never seen
Arriving as the reminder your words set this fear free
Sweet and tender, your brightness soothed my soul
In the form of a letter your love was written bold
CHORUS
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10. |
Bad Habits
04:52
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BAD HABIT:
I picked it up like a bad habit
I know a fire that burns too bright
I don’t want it but I gotta have it
Will smoke get in my eyes tonight
I kissed you like it was going out of style
I knew that kiss might need to last for a while
It was too cold for an August night
But I was the only one shivering
So I sucked them all down
Straight into that gaping hungry space
That knows nothing of limits
And has no time for grace
I didn’t dare go near the water
For fear I’d see some stranger’s face
And fall in, and fall in, and fall in
Goodbyes are getting expensive
Trimming fat is cutting close to the bone
Tired of trying to believe
My heart’s made of rock or stone
Kick my head out of the conference
Let my soul get a word edgewise
And stay free of those bad habits
Hiding behind lying eyes
Bad habits are lonely things
They’re always looking to reunite
When you’re not looking they’re creeping
On the edge’s of Love’s light
Bad habits I feel them crawling
Near and yet deep within
You pick it up cause you’ve got to have it
Screaming just beneath your skin
I kissed you like it was going out of style
I knew that kiss might need to last for a while
It was too cold for an August night
But I was the only one shivering
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11. |
There's a Light
06:56
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There’s A Light
Used to be, I was doing a lot of drinking
Now I find, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking
On what was and what shall be x 2
I used to be...
stunning
in my misdirection
Now I’m talking resurrection
Up around the bend
There’s a light that’s heaven sent
I don’t know where all the time went
Looking forward to the time that’s left
Up around the bend
There’s a light that sends
A word of truth
But I couldn’t see the use
I used to be
a super hero wannabe
I guess I flew to the
bottom just to see
CHORUS
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Godfrey Daniel Oakland, California
Godfrey Daniel is the latest musical creation of Daniel Lippincott. A new name for the next chapter in the long saga that is his musical legacy. This album signals his return to the scene after some years of silence. Interpreting his own material with a fresh perspective, personal maturity, and artistic precision, 'Wounded Moon' stands as an artistic statement with an eye towards the future. ... more
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Super creative production, Every song intriguing and full of surprises.
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A favorite 'local' band of mine when they were in Oakland. Their voices and production choices are sublime. I wanted to produce them but they went another way...good thing they did!!
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Giving a shout out to another local group who is kicking butt. I thought it kinda cool our records both dropped the same time.
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