A B-Side from "Ghost", recorded in 2006. It's been sitting on a hard drive for 13 years, and was never entirely finished, but I figured I might as well upload it.
I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere so I did my best with listening: The blood runs down my legs,I'm soaked through and through,But I'm indifferent And there's thunder in my head, I can't hear a thing but it makes no difference Cause now the empire will fall, And we'll be blamed for it all, And I wouldn't have it any other way The house went up in flames, And I sat and watched it from a distance The wood creaked in the rain, And the walls folded in to earth and sand, And now the empire will fall, And we'll be blamed for it all, And I wouldn't have it any other way Lost along the way, Quiet nights, grassy lawns, abandoned homes, And they smell of bones But I don't mind, As long as you are along for the ride Beause you feel like home, Yeah, you feel like home And you feel like home, Yes, you feel like home Up in the sky, A flock of birds, scattered clouds, an idle wind, And it sounds of life, Down in these fields, We don't have much beyond the clothes on our backs, But it feels like home, it feels like home, It feels like home, And it feels like home Off the tracks another train has crashed, There's smoke running from it's sides And I just pushed the remains beside, And the pile's a mile high I might lose these hands, there's never a guarantee But if I fall to pieces, I would like choose where I will land *Edit: fixed some grammar**Corrected some of the lyrics
i cannot express how quickly i leapt to youtube when i got the notification. only a few seconds in and its already gorgeous as ever, thank you for your amazing music!
I somehow found this song before I found any other Radical Face songs years ago. I remember that the only reason why I clicked on Welcome Home the first time is that I thought it might be this song, since it did have the word “Home” in it. I was quite disappointed. But I fell in love with it, and now I’m reunited with this song! I get to have both!! Thank you Ben!!
Radical Face is so amazing! How can something that's 'been sitting on a hard drive for 13 years' sound so...timeless? And timely, given the state of the world today. Saw him live here in Seattle late January and it was everything I could have hoped for. Thanks Ben
Ben, thank you! Your music helps me with staying alive. Emotionally and physically. Seems like everything is dark right now, but I'm so used to it - the darkness feels like home.
Beautiful song! Feel free to share anything else hiding on that hard drive! I love hearing your older works. Like seeing another piece of your musical journey (also they're usually very good too!)
I really hope you release the B side on spotify someday. The raw emotion from your early stuff has always hit me really hard. Thanks for the decade of insanely beautiful music
Hey Ben! Just know, you are one of my favorite musicians, which music is really important thing in my life. I'm from Russia, so sorry for my english if it sucks)
Рили сакс, правильно будет написать: I want you to know that you are one of my favorite musicians, and your music is very important part of my life. P.S. не хочу обидеть, просто хочу, чтобы больше людей умело правильно строить предложения.
Sleep don't visit, so I choke on sun And the days blur into one And the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline Like a row of captured ghosts over old dead grass Was never much but we made the most Welcome home Ships are launching from my chest Some have names but most do not If you find one, please let me know what piece I've lost Peel the scars from off my back I don't need them anymore You can throw them out or keep them in your mason jars I've come home All my nightmares escaped my head Bar the door, please don't let them in You were never supposed to leave Now my head's splitting at the seams And I don't know if I can Here, beneath my lungs, I feel your thumbs press into my skin again
En español El sueño no visita, así que me ahogo con el sol Y los días se confunden en uno Y el fondo de mis ojos zumba con cosas que nunca he hecho Las sábanas se mecen de un viejo tendedero Como una hilera de fantasmas capturados sobre la vieja hierba muerta Nunca fue mucho pero aprovechamos al máximo Bienvenido a casa Las naves se lanzan desde mi pecho Algunos tienen nombres pero la mayoría no Si encuentra uno, avíseme qué pieza he perdido. Pelar las cicatrices de mi espalda Ya no los necesito Puedes tirarlos o guardarlos en tus tarros de cristal. He venido a casa Todas mis pesadillas escaparon de mi cabeza Cierra la puerta, por favor no los dejes entrar Nunca se suponía que te ibas Ahora mi cabeza se parte por las costuras Y no sé si puedo Aquí, debajo de mis pulmones, siento que tus pulgares presionan mi piel nuevamente
