 The Barr Brothers (2011) [ larger cover art ] |
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Its probably now that I need you the most
When I’m one half child and the other a ghost
And one of them wants to pull you close
And the other to let you go
But time is criminal, Love hard-won
And Love defies everyone
Inside my skin a skeleton
Is warming up his act
Well my body’s a dog and my friend doesn’t bite
Though he looks severe and erudite
At 100 degrees Fahrenheit
He’s as cool as an eremite
If one of these is the poison cup
Then my acceptance seems abrupt
But if you’re gonna line them up,
I have to knock ‘em down
There’s nothing so wrong that what’s right can’t fix
Despite how blood and water mix
When a pony runs out of tricks then
His work has just begun
No law or duty made me fight
Just a lonely impulse of delight
And balancing it brought to mind
All the years to come, the years behind
Will I grow weary of the sun
Remembering what I have done
With Old Mythologies
You gotta choose
You wanted the song to rescue us
Aimee, what did you leave for us
So we could get home
Solomon sang to Sheba’s grace
And he kissed her soft and sulken face
If one of has to leave this place
Would the other come along
We’ve been on the round and round
Shared our kissed by the pound
And chased our shadows on the ground
Spilled our cups in Chinatown
Put up the moon, took down the sun
Played our songs for everyone
Remembering what we have done
With Old Mythologies
You gotta choose
You wanted the song to rescue us
Aimee, what did you leave for us
So we could get home
When I’m one half child and the other a ghost
And one of them wants to pull you close
And the other to let you go
But time is criminal, Love hard-won
And Love defies everyone
Inside my skin a skeleton
Is warming up his act
Well my body’s a dog and my friend doesn’t bite
Though he looks severe and erudite
At 100 degrees Fahrenheit
He’s as cool as an eremite
If one of these is the poison cup
Then my acceptance seems abrupt
But if you’re gonna line them up,
I have to knock ‘em down
There’s nothing so wrong that what’s right can’t fix
Despite how blood and water mix
When a pony runs out of tricks then
His work has just begun
No law or duty made me fight
Just a lonely impulse of delight
And balancing it brought to mind
All the years to come, the years behind
Will I grow weary of the sun
Remembering what I have done
With Old Mythologies
You gotta choose
You wanted the song to rescue us
Aimee, what did you leave for us
So we could get home
Solomon sang to Sheba’s grace
And he kissed her soft and sulken face
If one of has to leave this place
Would the other come along
We’ve been on the round and round
Shared our kissed by the pound
And chased our shadows on the ground
Spilled our cups in Chinatown
Put up the moon, took down the sun
Played our songs for everyone
Remembering what we have done
With Old Mythologies
You gotta choose
You wanted the song to rescue us
Aimee, what did you leave for us
So we could get home
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: May 18, 2013 - 12:14 paradisepig wrote: I it just me.....Lie la lie lie la lie lie lie lie la lie lie lie.....The Boxer ...no ?  It's just you |
| paradisepig (Inverness-Scotland) | Posted: May 15, 2013 - 00:28 I it just me.....Lie la lie lie la lie lie lie lie la lie lie lie.....The Boxer ...no ? |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: May 04, 2013 - 11:42 This is very near to Kings of Convenience! Very nice! |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 17:49 casey1024 wrote: First time hearing this - don't know where I've been. Like it a lot. I must've been nearby, because I'd never heard this before either. And I'd remember: solid vocals, subdued acoustic guitar and lyrics that may be interesting -- I'm off to check on them now. |
| casey1024 (Here and Now) | Posted: Apr 03, 2013 - 08:04 First time hearing this - don't know where I've been. Like it a lot. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 18:21 d-don wrote: Will you baptize me into your church, Lazarus? It is done! Welcome! Hope you are having a marvelous time right now... this song is excellent... |
| zepher | Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 07:28 "Solomon sang Sheba's grace and he kissed her soft and sulking face If one of us has to leave this place, will the other come along?"  Song of Solomon —->3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.  |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 07:14 The lyrics cunningly quote Yeats. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 09:58 Lazarus wrote: Everybody in my church loves this song... Will you baptize me into your church, Lazarus? |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Feb 09, 2013 - 22:26 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| sici (Madison, CT) | Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 13:13 nicknt wrote: The question is: does it make sense to copy (to clone) Simon and Garfunkel in 2012 ? Not really. I think the same thing when I listen to various Vampire Weekend songs (which sound a lot like Paul Simon stuff from the late 80's into the 90's. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 20:36 dew34 wrote: I just really like this song and wish there was more of it.....there is listen to RP!  I'm buyin it |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 18:10 Keef wrote: Most excellent Yes... love it... |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 23:20 I'm so happy these guys are getting some play. I've seen them in tiny clubs with less than 20 in the audience. Love 'em! |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 13:22 romeotuma wrote: This song is very very groovy... this album is sensational... love it... Most excellent |
| Namgev (Flagstaff, AZ) | Posted: Sep 09, 2012 - 08:29 Lai lah Lai!!! |
| joelbb | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 22:11 "In the clearing stands a boxer .... " |
| bachbeet | Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 00:17 Their voices don't have that certain something. Presence? They seem bland. No substance. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 19:28 This song is gorgeous, and this really is a great album... |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 15:23 MJMJ wrote: Kings of Convenient Garfunkels The Barrfunkel Brothers |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 17:20 I just really like this song and wish there was more of it.....there is listen to RP! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 23:20 MJMJ wrote: Kings of Convenient Garfunkels What i said: not bad! |
| MJMJ | Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:15 Kings of Convenient Garfunkels |
| Groogrux69 (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 14:48 Chowek wrote: I hear a lot of Simon & Garfunkel in this song. Must be why i like it so much. |
| nicknt (Milan Italy) | Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 06:43 The question is: does it make sense to copy (to clone) Simon and Garfunkel in 2012 ? |
| Blastcat900 | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 17:52 This is the kind of song that keeps me glued to RP... great... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 09:40 This song puts a spring in my step this spring morning... |
| MJMJ | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 11:30 The Kings of Garfunkel? Simon and Convenience? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 11:26 Eros92450 wrote: Like this!! Yes this song is incredible... this whole album is special... |
| Eros92450 (Loveland, Colorado) | Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 14:35 Like this!! |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 18:29 oh dont b fooled by the si/funk similarity here. much more like avett bros actually . love "beggar in the morning"......'i'm a monster too...what poisons me poisons you'....then there's "lord i just cant keep from cryin' old bluesy distorted slide and real jack white-ish. really liking these folks! 4 me this is the weakest most uninspired thing they do.just cant figure out why bill chose this one when theres soooo much other cool stuff they do...."deacons son'..'give the devil back his heart'..... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 18:22 This song is very very groovy... this album is sensational... love it... |
| Chowek (Saudi Arabia) | Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 22:00 I hear a lot of Simon & Garfunkel in this song. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 22:00 rdo wrote: This is exactly the kind of new and interesting band we need to hear. Great selection! Yeah, this song is cool... I love everything on this album... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 09:11 This is exactly the kind of new and interesting band we need to hear. Great selection! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 09:08 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| gaskeydesign (Ada, Michigan) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 08:38 Sounds like Simon and Garfunkle's the Boxer to these ears. |
| coyotexxx2 (Enjoying Paradise) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 08:36 romeotuma wrote: This song is brilliant, with nice guitar work... love it... Agreed. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 21:40 This song is brilliant, with nice guitar work... love it... |
| mike_chouinard | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 11:53 "Give the Devil Back His Heart" was one of my favourite tunes this last year. RP needs to get on this. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 03:08 dpvest wrote: the guitar reminds me a little of nick drake. I like the calm vocals & subtle harmonies. One listener's elegaic is another's ho-hum. This would be good at bedtime as a lullaby, but at wage-slavery on a Monday morning after the Xmas holiday this listener needs something with a bit more life, not a bottle of Dreamy Sleepy Nighty Snoozy Snooze  . So it's away to Joe Bonamassa for some oomph and zip. Back in 5. |
| Cynaera (Oh, who cares?) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 14:50 A nice follow-up to Bruce Cockburn's "Closer to the Light." Mellows me right out.  |
| dpvest (northern cali) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 08:31 the guitar reminds me a little of nick drake. I like the calm vocals & subtle harmonies. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 15:10 What a lovely song! Great writing. |
| tirednotion (Hi-Fi) | Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 08:57 Mmm tasty. One of my favorite new songs on RP in a while:) |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 09:30 Wow...smooth and flowing! |
| moxieandmore | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 21:04 Caught my ear. Win! |
| namp | Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 11:45 Kings of Convenience? |
| old_shep (Iowa) | Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 11:44 Refreshing. Nice guitar work, too. |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 11:44 i see nothing necessarily wrong with this. |