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See Thru Blue  Overneath the Moon  Just So Far Away  Shooting Star  Strut to Spanish Point



See Thru Blue - Daire Bracken


Such a bloody disgrace, you keep hiding your face, afraid it might show through.

Can't see through, blue.

Life's meaning's misplaced, deep within your own space,

Let me in too.



Chorus

I can see from where you are, I'm your witness, you're my star

Up above shining bright, how is it you feel so shite.



Tears ripple clear water, reflects beauty distorted, surface deep it's not even true.

Can't see through, blue.

Lost grip with the border, volumes flowing all over,

Please keep afloat.



Chorus



Pull away, your pupil's vacuum has no shore.

You couldn't care less, I couldn't care more.



You conceal it with grace, but that won't help displace, the weight that's killing you.

Can't see through, blue.

Don't have your mother's black lace, suck the light from this place,

Please see it through.



Chorus
Author's Note
The Celtic Tiger may have left some people behind and created some new fat cats but for most it means working ridiculously hard to feed the tiger. This can stretch beyond what is humanly possible and result in problems like stress and depression. Modern Ireland may have new found comforts and money but at what price, our best people and loved ones may end up exploited to the detriment of their health.




Overneath the Moon - Daire Bracken



Ever have days like this

when you go running 'round in circles to no avail

Still you try

To open a can of piss on what's all been done before



Ever go down a road

that winds and turns and ends up leading nowhere

Still you run

Into a wall of bricks which leaves you lying on the floor



Chorus

On the floor is how I'd always spend my days

On the floor, only for you

Who keeps me overneath the moon



Clogged with stones and sticks,

clock ticks, you can't see light in this dark tunnel

A dark walk

With clumsy feet can leave you lying on the floor



Yet no narcotic fix

can hold you tight when days have lost their grip

But your strong hands

Pick me up when I'm lying on the floor



Chorus



And if you don't mind finding the time to smile it won't go amiss

And then we both know it's this that grounds us

And if you don't mind finding the time to smile it won't go amiss

although we both know

 

Ever have days like this

when you go running 'round in circles to no avail

Still you run

Into a wall of bricks which leaves you lying on the floor
Author's Note
I recorded this song for my father with the rest of the Brackens as a Christmas present a few years ago, it somehow found its way onto this CD.




Just So Far Away - Mick Broderick



Flung into the open. Like a seed on a castle floor.

I'm pushing up. But someone's pushing down.         

Can see a foot behind the door.                                 

I'm not looking for a favour. I'm just trying to make it pay.

And everything that's just so close is just so far away.



Playing in the suburbs. Made of concrete made to pound.

Tearing down the things that last.

Leave 'em buried without a sound.

I'm not here to look for anyone. I'm just trying to find a way.

And everything that's just so close is just so far away.

 

Riding on a Blackhorse. Doing what I should.

Swinging up to Clonard Road.

Across to the Hunter's wood.

Not here to make companions. Not made 'em anyway.

And everything that's just so close is just so far away.

 

Checking in the paper. Staying sharp and biding time.

With markers laid & bribes all paid.

I'm sticking to one line.

I'm not looking for a quick fix. I'm just a river to the bay.

And everything that's just so close is just so far away.

 

Breaking up the city. Breaking all around.

People scrambling to the roofs.

Scrambling to be found.

Not looking for an answer; not looking for a place to pray.

And everything that's just so close is just so far away.

 

Restless with the present. No respite from the past.

Alive but not yet living.

Going nowhere fast.

Eyes closed but not yet sleeping. Between both night and day.

And everything that's just so close is just so far away.


Shooting Star - Andrew Murray



Strange days these, another beer please,

Give me two, one for me one for you,

I won't forget the night we met

The sky was dark and I saw a shooting star.



Catching random conversations

My mind half blown with expectation,

There's magic around that came out of the ground

Left my eyes half closed but I saw a shooting star.



Chorus

You're in my head in my heart in my soul

You're my equator, my north and South Pole

You're the sun that warms me, the wind that chills me

You're my shooting star, babe, and you always will be.



Music playing, what's he saying

It's philosophy, in the wash of sea

It's the wild, wild, west; it's a hell of a test,

Had my head in the sand but I saw a shooting star.



Fate, you see, is half of me

And the other two thirds is for the birds

Wonder and awe at the hands I draw

Five aces babe, cause I saw a shooting star.



Light is crawling up the sky

And you are sleeping by my side

With my arms around you

I know it came true

That wish I made when I saw a shooting star



Chorus


Strut to Spanish Point - Daire Bracken



Orange and blue have never looked so true

    as silhouette against this night time

It's moments like this help you follow it through

    cos it's once in a lifetime

When nothing's going wrong



It seemed to slip in without the pain of relief

    the trust of a Jesuit

Let my head cut the clouds although I'm run off my feet

    and the air fills my head with

Nothing that is wrong



And the road rolls under my feet

    as the stars hold me in my place

As I strut to Spanish Point



Hear the sea crash the rocks grating all in its way

    like the crush of the People's

All senses engulfed as I breathe in the spray

    my mind drifts and recalls

Days that have all gone



As the coast it draws near the sight draws a tear

    such beauty's a mismatch

Shimmering light, smooth stones so sheer

    take this body and dispatch

Where nothing can go wrong



Still the road rolls under my feet

    as the stars hold me in my place

And I strut to Spanish Point

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