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Push
03:54
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Push
Shane Ó Fearghail
Throw back your hands
And take them to the door
Show me the man
Who'd rather ask for less
Instead of wanting something more
Give me your gods
Let's leave them on the floor
But don't leave me laughing and
Don't ever say - We'll be okay
To wake up here in Dublin maybe
Say what you want to say
But stop pushing me
Stop pushing me
For all you know you're on your way
Yes you're pushing me
Stop pushing me
Bring back your songs
Then say you'll leave lightly
For all these things you said and done
Come so easily to see
But don't leave the last thing
You’d ever say we'll be okay
To make it here in Dublin someday
Say what you want to say
But stop pushing me
Stop pushing me
For all you know you're on your way
Yeah
Say what you want to say
But stop pushing me
Stop pushing me
For all you know you're on your way
Yeah you're pushing me
Stop pushing me
Around
Now this story's out
We're out of lines
You might find
All these stories told
Are out of time
Out of time
Stop pushing me
Now I don't know where you go
And I don't know what you do
All I know is how I feel about you
I don't know where you go
And I don't know what you do
All I know is how I feel about you
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Try
03:51
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Try
It's when you know you know you'll make a start
I’m talking about the way that we pull back to be a part
How long before we realise we are
And I'm alright with this
Maybe
As we are looking for all the things we need to find
Look at how we make it up
Bend the rules
Change our minds
Come on in and close the door yeah you'll be fine
And don't be frightened
Don't let your hands be tied
Don let your faith be pushed aside
You'll never do what you've to do
If you don't try
Don't let them tell you who they think you are
Don't let them in
Build you up
Tear you down
Take you apart
Saying that you're much too young to make a start
Well that's just confidence
Lately
As we are looking for all the things we think we need
Still spinning round
On our hands,
On our heads
And on our heels
Come on over it's easier to feel
It's easier to belong here
So don't let your hands be tied
Don let your faith get pushed aside
You'll never do
What you've to do
If you don't fly
So you should try
Try
So come on in
Come on in yeah you will see
Take the door
Because my and is all you need
Come on in
Come on in yeah you will see
Take my hand
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Betty (take a small thing)
Verse 1
The war it has begun
Over the horizon...
You with all your tongues
Everything’s made silent.
You take a long around
Now everything’s been poisoned
I’ll hold you down.
Verse 2
Summer seeps into
The ground like angry rivers,
Nothing but the sound of fear
As you begin to shiver.
Thoughts for you are far from here
I've read them in your letters,
They warm the ground
Chorus
And Betty take a small thing
And make it all new
I don’t have the time
But baby I miss you...
Betty you’re on my mind
What can I do
I don't speak for them
And they don't talk for you
Verse 3
Deep beneath the sun drenched hills
Where black it turns to gold,
To oil this war machinery
Everything is sold.
As politicians bend their pens
And flail their arms around
War the hungry parasite
It’s search the underground,
Verse 4
Days are almost endless here
And nights go on forever
With night sights, green lights, Infar red
This war machine moves better...
No peace, no joy nor glory here
Away form all their toys,
I'm wondering where they are tonight
While we play little boys
Chorus
And Betty take a small thing and make it all new
I don’t have the time
And baby I miss you...
Betty you’re on my mind
Still what can I do
I don't speak for them
And they don't talk for you
But I miss you. Yeah I miss you Oh how I miss you
Middle 8
I miss all the days we stood in lines
I miss all the ways we said we'd try
I miss all the times now time slips by
(But) Then it blows
To brings me back to earth
Heaven knows
Just what worth is worth
Yeah it goes
To bring me back to earth
Now I've laid my head down
I've laid my head down
Verse 5 (outro)
Betty today I killed a man
My back was to the wall
I shot him hard, I had no choice
I watched him turn and fall.
His silence still repeats on me
Yet you still feel familiar
Can you still place your tust in me,
Now I’ve become a killer.
You see this dusty sun turns boys to men
But I’d rather turn and run
Now I’m just another soldier
With just another gun....
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All Your Features (Disappear)
Who brings up the rear
Now you’re hard on
When the moment
Is bigger than the music
With your feats you fear
For something
Go bang yourself a hole
All your features past
And you see
There so much more than gold
Go build yourself a hole or a mountain
You don’t need to bend
To hear me when I speak
Close your eyes
Open your mouth
You might change your mind
High on your heels
Can’t see
Can’t feel
Here’s what I know
Play dumb Plato
Here
All your features disappear
See yourself a circle
On your waste line
There’s so much here you owe
That there’s nothing here you own
So you shout
When no one knows your name
And no one’s glad you came
Close your eyes
Shut your mouth
You might change your mind
High on your heels
Can’t see
Can’t feel
Here’s what I know
Play dumb Plato
Here
All your features disappear
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5. |
Freak
03:39
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Freak
Up on a new thing
Not about to lose
I bought myself a little piece of you
Out on a high wire
Looking for new attire
Went searching for answers in places that you never do
And I don't care for you
And I don't mind
And if the freaks don't take me
And this world should knock me down
I won't care I won't care I won't care
Went looking for new things
And the pleasure that they bring
I fell for a shape but that shape kicked and left a bruise
Well it's in everything they made you
But look at you you're shinning through
However long it takes I will send you an invitation to do
They say I don't care for you and I don't mind
They say you don't care for me and that's just fine
And if the freaks don't take you
And this world should knock you down
I won't care I won't care I won't care
And if this Government breaks you
And your lover should lock you out
I won't care I don't care I won't care
And if the freaks won't take you
And this world should knock you down
I won't care I won't care I won't care
And if this Government breaks you
And knocks us to the ground
I won't care I don't care I won't care
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6. |
Gael
04:35
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Gael
Run Gaoidhael run
Run like your sons and
Daughters have done
Through your history
Thread your track
The long way back
Across oceans that crack
With your mystery
And tell me what you learned
From all the bridges that burned
That stand muted and mourned
In a melody
And we're all so sick and tired of it
Sick to the back teeth of this shit
Can you stand up and be counted
Can you stand up and be counted
Yes we're all so sick and tired of it
Sick to the back teeth of this shit
Can you stand up and be counted
Stand up and be counted
Come Gael come
Break free and run
Bang the dust from the drum
And for liberty
Far from home
Alive and alone
You pressed flesh breast to bone
For credibility
And tell me were you turned
From all the things that you learned
Where you loved, lost, adorned
In your legacy
But we're all so sick and tired of it
Sick to the back teeth of this shit
Can you stand up and be counted
Stand up and be counted
Yes we're all so sick and tired of it
Sick to the back teeth
Ban you stand up and be counted
Stand up and be counted
And run Gaoidheal Run
Just look what we've become
Now what's gone's, said, done
And we're all so sick and tired of it
Sick to the back teeth of this shit
Can you stand up and be counted
Can you stand up and be counted
Yes we're all so sick and tired of it
Sick to the back teeth
But can you stand up and be counted
Stand up
Where's your heart
Where's your soul
Where's the blood
That you hold
Where's the language
What's the deal
Where's the love
We had to steal
Steal
And we all wear the same colours
And we're ripped at the seems
I don't care for what they say
You look good to me
So let them let us go
Let love be your arrow
Let life light your way
Through streets broad and narrow
Stop looking at the past
This future's gonna last
Close your ears to what they tell you
And all the things they try to sell
No I’m not looking at the past
This future's gonna last
And no matter what they tell you to do
There's no idle gods left to pray to
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Mermaid - The Atlantean Lullaby
Break it down slowly
We’ve got something that we can hold.
Beat to the lonely
Set down fast and we’ll set down slow
Alone on a slow slide
Safety fails an’ we’ll slip right in
And moving in slow mo’
Yeah you take the risk and we’ll
Begin here
We’ll begin here
Break it in slowly
We’ve got small thumbs and we’ve controls
So smooth in your soft arms
You say your peace and your turn to go
And slow on your low slide
Safe in tails yeah you can sin
And moving in long lines
You’ll run here, and you’ll see
But will you see me
Will you see me
Will you see shapes
Mo Maná me
Will you know things
Will you see things
Will you see shapes
Or just how lovely we can
Be here
We can be here
It’s in the little things...
But I’ll watch as shade changes the sands
Rivers to sea you’ll take my hand
And all the words that come out right
Mean nothing in our world tonight
Somewhere that feet don’t hit the ground
Somewhere we’re lost now we are found
Somewhere out there by the road
Out by the buildings we will go
Tá Tír na nÓg ar cul an Tigh.
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Shane Ó Fearghail Vienna, Austria
Shane Ó Fearghail is a singer-songwriter from Dublin, currently based in Vienna.
“Her” is the
second single release from the eagerly awaited album by Shane Ó Fearghail & The Host.
It draws on old world influences. For this album Shane drew on the expertise of his live band “The Host”.
Released on Tuesday the 6th December 2022, 'Her' is a song about just that.
New Album Release 17.03.2022
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