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Farewell Home

by Brian Smith

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1.
I’m living the dream If you know what I mean Oh you wouldn’t believe All the things that I’ve seen Pass me the map So I can throw it away Don’t know where we’re going But I couldn’t care either way We’re on the world’s doorstep And she’s inviting us in I think we should accept the offer For who knows when we’ll have it again We’re living off of nothing With no plans to go home We’ve moved out of our dwellings And we’ve got no where to go
2.
All of my love, was returned to its sender And I have no idea what to say And I heard beauty is in the eye of the beholder So where am I now that you have gone away? Life and longing walk hand in hand in a quest for a one-night stand A certain love that is so fleeting and persistent As the souls mingle for a moment’s time bearing witness to a sacrifice Only to dress themselves and reassert their distance A hope for once that they might stay at least until the break of day When their character is visible with the sunrise As opposed to the ones that you’ve known who’s lust is so plainly shown Who seek to fill an unsatisfiable void in their lives And all of my love, was returned to its sender Now I have no idea what to say And I heard beauty is in the eye of the beholder So where am I now that you have gone away? Still searching for a stranger’s night followed by a lifetime of emptiness A longing for a temporary comfort in the dark Dear why has society made you this way? With a liars tongue they make the claim That your desires will be fulfilled with a cursed heart And I saw your ship as it sailed away and left you naked where you lay Wishing you knew the name of the one left abandoned The string now too short to even cut; an absence of which you know just what A solo trek when you wish it could be tandum And all of my love, was returned to its sender Now I have no idea what to say And I heard beauty is in the eye of the beholder So where am I now that you have gone away? And even the strongest bonds can be broken Just as the biggest diamonds can be cut And the best of all words misspoken And the deepest love not enough For what if all you knew was a shadow Of the real truths to be told? And your world has viewed from a peephole In accordance with the perspective that you’ve been sold Well you won’t find your story in a production Neither as a play or on the silver screen For unless you’ve been given the right introduction You should remain consuming whatever they feed And if you don’t think, it’s probably for the better It’s best to remain working diligently Giving your body to your oppressors Those that have taught all you need to believe
3.
Instrumental 01:10
4.
This is first the day since my death So apparently I died before I met you It’s just a little strange how life works out But I guess I wouldn’t know because I’m dead This is first the day since my death So I guess I won’t be making it to your birthday But just know that I send my regards And I’d totally be there if I wasn’t dead This is first the day since my death And there’s no need to cry your brains out I mean you can if you want, but I couldn’t care either way And the reason is because I’m dead This is first the day since my death And now I’m down here with the devil And it’s weird because I didn’t believe he was real when I was alive But now that I’m dead, we hang out all the time This is first the day since my death And if you bought anything for me, you’re wasted your money So don’t put any flowers or candles on my grave Just throw my body in a dump because I’m dead This is first the day since my death And I guess I was too busy to write an original melody But the lyrics are okay or at least that’s what I think you’d say If I could hear you now, but I can’t because I’m dead This is the first day since my death And I don’t know why I should still even have to say it I mean, you must be a really bad listener or something If you don’t know by now that I’m dead This is first the day since my death Which means at one point I was living But you know a lot of other people have lived too And like all of them, I’ve found that life is only great because at one point we all die Yeah at one point we all die Yeah at one point we all die Oh at one point we all die Yeah at one point we all die Oh yeah at point we all die Oh it's so great just to be alive Knowing at one point we all die
5.
Four Years of my life spent in one place And I’m packing up everything I own As my memories here slowly fade Through my ventures into the unknown And I’m sorry that this might be the last time That I ever say hello And though I’m glad to have had you in my life I can’t help but notice that there’s a fork in this road But Life is only beautiful in that it only lasts for so long And that it ends is the greatest thing of all So in these moments that we have we should live to dream to love Before that moment is longing for what never was And I can’t speak for the both of us when I say That I really wouldn’t have changed a thing Perhaps my memory is selective or there’s something wrong with my brain But I never want what we’ve had to go away away away away Because Life is only beautiful in that it only lasts for so long And that it ends is the greatest thing of all So in these moments that we have we should live to dream to love Before that moment is longing for what never was So I’ve put all I own in boxes and dropped the key back through the slot And it never really sinks in until it’s gone That everyone you’ve known is but a dot on a map A geographical representation of a relationship you once had But Life is only beautiful in that it only lasts for so long And that it ends is the greatest thing of all So in these moments that we have we should live to dream to love Before that moment is longing for what never was
6.
I don't need no diamond rings, no fancy jewels, or shiny things; all I want from you is your love.

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"Farewell, Home" is an EP of goodbyes to Corvallis, Oregon. All songs except for "Diamond Jam" were recorded in Room E of The Brick House during July of 2012. "Diamond Jam" was recorded in Matisyahu Rosenberg's backyard on June 14th, 2012.

This EP is a Two Crows Records release.

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released July 31, 2012

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Brian Smith is a geofolk musician on an endless tour around the world.

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