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Dance Before You Sleep

by Ducking Punches

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1.
He heard it loud and clear the silence deafened him, All the lights were on but no one else was in. The candles flickered out, the door slammed in the wind He didn't notice. He was all alone in the kitchen with his note It said "Dad, I'm leaving home and I'm not coming back for good, this is all you've got so run with it and take it to your grave." It's been a bad few weeks, I'm sick, I'm sick and tired I'm feeling old and past my prime But I know we've still got time Darling where have you gone? You've got me worried sick, I've rang your friends and searched the woods, I can't fucking deal with this, I'm an old and dying man and you've got me on the ropes. Now I'm helpless I've searched your note for any clues, using codes and lemon juice. I haven't slept for days, brushed my teeth or worn my shoes. I'm starting to go mad, I'm hallucinating too. Grandma is coming over just to see what she can do. My son, she's not coming back, I'm sorry, you've not come to terms with that. My son, we buried her last year I'm sorry, that you needed her back here.
2.
Cursed Luck 03:11
I am an open book you'll never read, I am a padlocked door and you'll never the key I'm a burned out bridge, a dirt road and a broken picket fence This cursed luck and bleeding gums, I've got chapped lips and two broken thumbs Death; he looks down on me and shakes his head. He says "I'm not taking you just yet" I am a challenge for the dark I spit from my gut and never from my heart, This is poisonous, this is venom, this is fucking misery. Don't break me, Don't drop me, Don't crush me Don't love me.
3.
You drink the bottle dry, you throw it hard, it barely misses him. You blame the drink, the drugs, your wife, your job, your kids But it's all your fault. I'm sorry I missed your call, the truth is that I don't miss you at all. I'll take the knife from my back and I'll show you all, That I'm fucking off, I'm going home. I know you drove me insane I swear I can't take this pain You said things will get better I can't see it happening, this year...
4.
I woke up on the wrong side of 25, I needed help. I passed out and felt the carpet on my cheek, I needed help You showed up half cut in the afternoon, you needed help We watched all our friends drink stolen booze, they needed help We had all the best dysfunctional friends that needed help. We would raise our cans into the air and drink to our health. Shot down with noise complaints and gate crashers, that didn't help. We lived as destructively as we could, we didn't need your help. We had all the attention, God Damn it nearly killed us.
5.
I know you have a cold tongue And I have a glass frame I broke my back carrying you Now we're drowning in this flame Self-destruction is what you do best You've got it to a fine art You can't remember your last meal Since that time he broke your heart Since that time I broke your heart Your father said you'd be just fine But did he realise you'd be drunk on wine At ten in the morning with smoke on your breath A pain in your head and a pain in your chest He calls you. But the phone rings dead and he fears the worst for you He kicks down the door and he sees the pills and you He picks you up as he tries to save you Your father said you'd be just fine But did he realise you'd be drunk on wine At ten in the morning with smoke on your breath A pain in your head and a pain in your chest You're blinded by overhead lights Nurses in white coats that have saved your life You roll your shoulder to the right You say, "Dad, I feel so alive!"
6.
This city is pretty quiet, wild and unkept. The unnerving lack of anything is playing with my head These iridescent lights are blinding and too bright But somehow on the inside we're all feeling very dull. We're always on the run from rats that are no fun Taking life too seriously is something I've never done Concrete lines the streets, week rolls into week We're all self medicating with drugs and too much drink This feels just like home. I am so at home.
7.
When you got the phone call your pretty face changes like the wind You fist clenched tightly as you felt your heart begin to sink Your eyes met mine and you said that you have got to go. We jumped in your car and we drove, yeah we drove, we fucking drove We picked your father up from the cell where he was kept His bloody knuckles dragged through your hair as he wept His whisky breath whispered loud and clear in your head Your mother would never have come, I love you so much my darling girl. I cannot hold myself responsible for the things that I have done I've blamed the bottle for my mistakes me entire adult life You are all that I have loved.
8.
We nearly pulled it off, all the fires we started in desperation We nearly pulled it off, I never thought that I would fucking enjoy arson. We nearly pulled it off, well I guess we lied about this to each other. Why can't we hold it together? We had to call it off, they were the best laid plans of mice and men We had to call it off, guilty consciences and a glass of tall tales We had to call it off, well I guess we fucking nearly killed each other Why can't we hold it together? You don't need this town.
9.
Six Years 03:23
I'm sorry for the weather I'm sorry that our friend died I'm sorry that we couldn't cry I'm sorry for your mother I'm sorry she didn't say goodbye I'm sorry that she left you With a fear of love and her eyes You make me nervous and I can't deal with it You make me nervous when you've been drinking I'm sorry I couldn't fix you I'm sorry that you broke down Brother I still miss you Every god damn day I'm proud to say that I knew you It's with regret but it's on the tip on my tongue I guess it's true what they say Only the good die young Only the good die young It's taken six years for me to write this and I mean every word I fucking promise Pour a drink out and raise your glasses To the best dude that ever graced this planet

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released April 3, 2014

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