Yesterday I happened to catch a Facebook post by a long time friend of mine. We both played on the Los Angeles circuit with our bands when we were cutting our teeth. His post was how he had just discovered an artist called Ian Thornley who fronts a little group known as Big Wreck. It reminded me how I had heard of Big Wreck from some friends in Las Vegas some time after they had released The Pleasure and The Greed. I was hooked immediately. Amazing and creative rock guitar based writing, smothered with clever lyrics and an insanely awesome rock voice that I kinda wish I could have. Ian also had a band after Big Wreck called Thornley. However, about a year and a half ago Big Wreck put itself back together and recorded a new set of songs. My favorite single from the release is Wolves. I love the groove, the guitar parts, the mandolin parts, the lyrics, and the amazing melody. It hits a great niche of music where being awesomely clever still means something to rock ‘n’ roll – unfortunately the masses don’t get it. Immerse yourself and bleed out your heart from beating for other music that isn’t so clever. 😉
Wolves
Oh mark my words
In between the lines
And every little piece
Of the story’s entwined
I always told my side my way.
There was no more room
In the packet of wolves
They wouldn’t let me in
Saw the mission was afoot
They showed us all we were without
Oh, they said bleed out your heart
If it’s still beating for someone else
Trap all those chains
That keep you tethered, that keep you safe
A rosie little world
In your packet of wolves
A cosy little hang
In the back of your school
Those stories always get so old
Well is that one night
Going off the grid
I never said you didn’t
I never said you did
And all of my favourite stories are about you
You said bleed out your heart
If it’s still beating for someone else
Break all those chains
That keep you tethered, that keep you safe
They said bleed out your heart
If it’s still beating for someone else
Trap all those chains
That keep you tethered, that keep you safe
Bleed out your heart
If it’s still beating for someone else
Break all those chains
That keep you tethered, that keep you safe.
I remember that when I purchased the “Songs About Jane” CD by Maroon 5, it was the first CD I had bought in a few months. Mostly because I wasn’t finding a whole lot of good music at that time. In walks Maroon 5 and I latched on to this CD in a big way. One of my favorite songs from the disc is Sunday Morning. The girl I was dating at the time loved to hear me sing this song when it played. I really dig the melody of the tune and the pictures it creates in the mind of lazing around on a Sunday.
Yeah…
Sunday morning rain is falling
Steal some covers, share some skin
Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable
You twist to fit the mold that I am in
But things just get so crazy, living life gets hard to do
And I would gladly hit the road, get up, and go if I knew
That someday it would lead me back to you
That someday it would lead me back to you
That may be all I need
In darkness, she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave
Fingers trace your every outline, oh yeah
Paint a picture with my hands
And back and forth we sway like branches in a storm
Change the weather, still together when it ends
That may be all I need
In darkness, she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave
Yeah!
Oh yeah, but things just get so crazy, living life gets hard to do
Sunday morning rain is falling, and I’m calling out to you
Singing, someday it’ll bring me back to you, yeah
Find a way to bring myself back home to you
You may not know
That may be all I need
In darkness, she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning, driving slow
Oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah…
I’m a flower in your hair, I’m a flower in your hair
Oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah, oh yeah…
Get back here
Get back here, yeah…
You know, I remember this as a kid. I really liked this song and I have no real idea why. It’s Heart and Soul by T’Pau. These are the lyrics and I’ve linked the video too.
Heart and Soul Lyrics
Something in the moonlight catches my eye
The shadow of a lover goes dancing by
Looking for a little bit of love to grow, so
Give me love, give me heart and soul
You never let me cross to the other side now
I’m tied to the hope that you will somehow
Hard on the heels of something more
But I lost your love, heart and soul
The tear in my heart as you walk on by (more than an ocean)
I feel so low and your head is high
Everything you do convinces me more, please (keeps us apart)
Give me love, give me heart and soul
Looking to the day when I saw your face (I feel a tearing in half of my heart)
I wasn’t in the running, I wasn’t in the race
You move in a way that I’ve known before
Now I want your love, heart and soul
leaving you ain’t easy now (Tired eyes, tears that dried)
loving you’s the harder part (On the bed, on the pillow, where the love has died)
you never want me for myself (A turn of the key, through the door you go)
now I’ve needed you right from the very start (Don’t look back, to hurt me more )
(Everything you said was to the point)
oh won’t you even try to (Can’t you try to)
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
Give a little bit of love to grow
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
And don’t you make me beg for more (must I beg you)
Give a sign, I need to know
A little bit of heart and soul
Walking on the water, walking on the air (a walk on the water)
That was the heart of the love we shared
Do you keep secret left untold (is all that I need)
Can’t give love, heart or soul
I used to have a lover with a Midas touch (but miracles are not happening)
I turned to gold but he turned to dust
Left me for another, I turned to stone
Now give me love, heart and soul
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/heart-and-soul-lyrics-t-pau.html ]
living in a fantasy (Tired eyes, tears that dried)
there’s never any room to breathe (On the bed, on the pillow, where you told your lies)
hoping every waking hour (A turn of the key, my blood runs cold)
you’ll turn around and say that we can start (Don’t look back to hurt me more)
(Everything you did just said it all)
oh won’t you even try to (Can’t you try to)
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
Give a little bit of love to grow
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
And don’t you make me beg for more (must I beg you)
Give a sign, I need to know
A little bit of heart and soul
Somehow, I lost my way
Looking to see something in your eyes
But love will never compromise
Now this is the politics of life, yeah!
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
Give a little bit of love to grow
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
And don’t you make me beg for more (must I beg you)
Give a sign, I need to know
A little bit, little bit
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
Give a little bit of love to grow
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
And don’t you make me beg for more (must I beg you)
Give a sign, I need to know
A little bit, little bit
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
Give a little bit of love to grow
Give a little bit of heart and soul (give a little bit of heart and soul)
And don’t you make me beg for more (must I beg you)
Give a sign, I need to know, whoooah!
Give a little bit of heart and soul
Give a little bit of heart and soul
Enjoy a little bit of #ThrowbackThursday