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1.
I'm not here for your confession We've said all there is to say This house was made of tinder And we both set off the flames I went wild in the wreckage You were wandering off into the smoke There shouldn't be a chance we could recover I shouldn't be holding you so close But I still see you as you are Before the tears, beneath the scars Kisses sweet and words so rough You will always have my love I've no interest in perfection I just want some honesty And our little indiscretions Are just spittle in the sea Why'd we think that we were different Everybody knows it's nothing new So someone might've spent the night beside you But he can't love you like I do 'Cause I still see you as you are Before the tears, beneath the scars Kisses sweet and words so rough You will always have my love I can see you in my mind With half a smile and hungry eyes And it may never be enough But you will always have my love
2.
Good As Ever 03:08
Maybe I was switched at birth Or a doctor dropped me on my fontanel It might explain a couple things But probably not, or at least not very well I'm doing fine now, good as ever Never been better Shut my mind down, pulled that lever Make me forget A bassinet with tiny blankets Maybe I'd be set afloat And a lovely barren princess She would pluck me like a flower from my little boat I'm doing fine now, good as ever Never been better Shut my mind down, pulled that lever Make me forget So I won't regret The razor blades for tiny cuts And the milk of kindness you bleed off I feel too much and I'm sick of feeling Help me hit bottom, not the ceiling Maybe it's a kind of genius Finding fault in everything If I had a palace in utopia I'd obsess on the cracks beneath the sink I'm doing fine now, good as ever Never been better Shut my mind down, pull that lever Make me forget I'm doing fine now, good as ever Never been better Shut my mind down, pulled that lever Make me forget
3.
Cry For You 04:02
What happens when you go Who's gonna cry for you What happens when you go Who's gonna cry for you Who's gonna cry for you Strike blood upon your door They're gonna come for you Clean the blood up from the floor He's gonna come for you But who's gonna cry for you Every demon was an angel discarded Cast from heaven I need you But I can't forgive you yet All your acres and your gold Who's gonna cry for you You awaken to the cold Who'd ever want to hold you Who's gonna cry for you Who will love you when you're old Who's gonna cry for you Lies to save him that you've told Who's gonna lie for you Oh you demon I can't forgive you now Angel If you don't know what you've done You don't know what you've done How I pity you If you can't hold your head up Then don't hold hour heart out If you can't hold your head up Then don't hold hour heart out If you can't hold your head up Then don't hold hour heart out
4.
Rise Up 04:05
You seek an end to the questions A ladder to the sky A children's dream where we never die There is a fog in the canyon A vapor in the keep Lulling us gently into sleep And we will not wake ever Unless we rise up early Rise up early They cast your brother as a demon Your lover as a whore All manner of lies justify our wars They sell the water in the well now The stars in the sky There's nothing so sacred that we won't buy And it will not change ever Unless we rise up early Rise up early Rise up, rise up There is a silence in the bedroom A rustle in the hall In the shadow of a love that became a wall And it will not fall ever
5.
Paralyzed 02:29
Just another wasted day after another wasted night Perfect empty hours fade out of another wasted life Worship at the screen all night Eat what you are fed Well you might as well be paralyzed Till you stumble off to bed Just another wasted day after another wasted night Perfect empty hours fade out of another wasted life Racecar drink to kill the night Go where you are led Well you might as well be paralyzed Till you stumble home to bed Is potential not a word you know Is there one dream left in your head Well you might as well be paralyzed Till you stumble off to bed Well you might as well be paralyzed Yeah you might as well be paralyzed You might as well be paralyzed Till you stumble off to bed
6.
Waiting by the stair The years have caught up with her Oh God, it's cold down there If only she could see the light This late December night Once I asked her name And I could see her searching No words, her eyes explain If she could, she would tell But she don't remember well We wear our wounds for all to see The reasons for our memories Oh what happens when they go? Are they healed or are they bleeding slow? She can see so clear The changing world around her But the passing of the years Is faded with the failing light This late December night We wear our wounds for all to see The reasons for our memories Oh what happens when they go? Are they healed or are they bleeding slow?
7.
End This Now 03:08
I could end this now I could leave you cold I could break your heart With a single blow I know your softest spot You shouldn't trust me so Oh it would be so easy I could end this now I know a song so sad That when you heard it sung You could never return To the life you had known In your dreams it would haunt you Like a siren's call It's on the tip of my tongue I could end this all Oh love, oh fate I'd save my soul But it's too late I have a knife so sharp That when it kissed your breast You wouldn't feel it cutting Just a wind through your chest I have a heart so dark As the blackest coal But then you brought this spark Sent it raging through my soul I should end this I should end this now
8.
Already Gone 03:48
I would pull you close and kiss your mouth And say you're the only one And how I need you now But you're already done I'd finally say the things That you should have heard before I'm through with in-betweens But you're already out the door I would run down to the depot And beg and plead in pain For you to come back home But you're already on that train I'd cry and look into your eyes And tell you I was wrong Eleventh hour try But you're already gone Already gone You're already gone You're already gone You're already done I'd sit and write a song for you And call you when I'm done And try and sing in tune But I've already sung Already gone You're already gone You're already gone
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10.
Not Sure 03:07
How long will it take For these ties to you to break? They're much stronger than I thought I'm not sure that I'll get over you I'm not sure that I want to How long till you're gone From every troubled thought 'Cause you're still here to heal what's wrong I'm not sure that I'll get over you I'm not sure that I want to We both made the call But is was only my fault Such a beautiful view With a long way to fall I was afraid how it could hurt To leave the safety up above But if it doesn't it's not love How long till I don't feel Like you're still right here Reminding me of what is real I'm not sure that I'll get over you I'm not sure that I want to
11.
I pour a glass of hearty wine I set the tables straight I wear my jacket and my tie And at the door I wait The guests arrive in finery And start to load their plates But someone tell me if you could Is this a wedding or a wake I stand before you all my friends We hold our glasses high We drink a toast to life and love And all that surely dies To love revealed and hopes concealed And who we need forsake But tell me now am I the host Of a wedding or a wake The guests are gone The hall is bare I'm alone with my mistakes And the answer still remains at large Was it a wedding or a wake Oh, a wedding or a wake
12.
The Price 04:23
What a wreck we've made of our sweet love What a sorrow and a shame To reject a gift from God above To throw it down and walk away An angel sheds a tear from high To mourn a wonder lost And to mark the petty victories Won at such a cost What a rare and fragile thing love is So delicate and fine If you tend to it with tenderness Then it will pay you back in kind But angry words from bitter lips Wither love away Broken hearts and empty arms are the price we pay And I would give what's left of my small worth For it not to end this way Broken hearts and empty arms are the price we pay Now I'm standing on this empty shore Watching ripples on a lake How they spread and grow from one small stone Like echoes of our sad mistakes Can you find forgiveness in your heart? I'll look for it mine Or was our sweet love just a wishing star That's fallen from the sky? And I would give my world for one sweet ray of hope To light your face And to lie again in your sweet arms There's no price I would not pay Yes to find again the love we've lost There's no price I would not pay

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released August 28, 2009

WPA is:
Luke Bulla (Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals)
Glen Phillips (Guitar, Vocals)
Sean Watkins (Guitar, Vocals)
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Davey Faragher (Bass)
Greg Leisz (Pedal Steel)
Benmont Tench (Piano, Organ, Vocals)
Pete Thomas (Drums)
Sara Watkins (Fiddle, Vocals)

Produced by WPA
Recorded and Mixed by Jim Scott at Plyrz Studio
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering
Additional Mastering by Paul Elliott at The Sound Lab

WPA Records / Umami Music

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