Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms (2009) by Patrick Watson (보컬) on maniadb.com

After all the flames
In the morning
Quiet ashes fell
For hours and hours
And in the morning rise
We planted our skin
Like a seed in the ground

So we dug ourselves a hole
And planted all our skin
Like a seed in the ground
To grow again

Where the fireweeds grow
Where the fireweeds grow
Where the fireweeds grow

Oh I got a feeling
And it's shaking in me now
I don't know the reason why

Oh I got a feeling
And it's burning in me bright
Burns me a hole straight through all of my heart

So I went down to the riverside
And I lay down there for hours

And I jumped into the rivers hands
As it washed away our hearts

And it shines so bright
And helps me to measure when there ain't any light
And it shines so bright
And helps me to measure when there ain't any light

Woke up in Beijing
With someone else's arms on me
Through someone else's life
That I'm not sure belongs to me

It was a sound of a city, speaks to me
It was a sound of a city, sings me a song for the lovely moments

Through someone else's eyes


Strangers, they don't look like mine
Through someone else's words
Just to take a break from mine

It was a sound of a city, speaks to me
It was a sound of a city, sings me a song for the lovely moments (x2)

I wish I'd be in your wooden arms
That'll swallow me into a thousand dreams
And held me close while wooden eyes
That weep just like a willow tree

I wish it would be in black and white


But at least I will sleep in your wooden arms tonight
In your wooden arms, in your wooden arms, in your wooden arms
In your wooden arms, in your wooden arms, in your wooden arms

Deep
Deep in the tallest clouds
A man lost his way
A 69 Chardonney
Sitting beside
There lays a traveling man
Who fell from the skies
Selling some piece of mind

A man
Swimming with sharks in his glass
Can't find his way
Convinced to the empty space


A traveling salesman
Fills in the gaps
He sells him the tools
To measure into the dark
A need divine
Selling the distance between us and sky
Selling the distance between us and sky

Selling the distance between us and sky
Selling the distance between us and sky

There was a house half way round the world
And I was invited in for a small taste of gin
There was a hall with a thousand birds long
But the biggest one of them all was in a cage too small

I asked the caretaker 'cause he was the Maker
He looked at me and laughed, took another sip from his glass and said
Open up your ears and hearts
You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song
That we all love to sing along
To the sound of the bird that mourns

Well we rolled into town into sweet New Orleans
To the Apple Bell bar there was a hole in the wall


The ceilings weren't tall, the floors weren't grand
But the sound they made just warmed your heart

Well it was a quarter to twelve when the boys walked in
They got their black suits on and the songs would begin
You open up your ears and hearts
You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song
That we all love to sing along
To the sound of the bird that mourns (x4)
You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song (x5)

I knew a boy that was swallowed by the sky
By the flashing lights
I knew a man that got lost in the big dull blue
And came out alive

I knew a boy, I knew a man
Who looked a lot like you

I knew a time you could stand still beside
never rushing by
I knew a place you can go where your head could explode
Into peace of mind

I knew a time, I knew a place
That felt a lot like you
I knew a boy, I knew a man
Who looked a lot like you



Just like you

I knew a friend that would hold on to the flames
Keep them from burning you
I knew a smile
I could see through all of the stars
That the world had thrown

I knew a smile, I knew a friend
That looked a lot like you
I knew a boy, I knew a man
Who looked a lot like you

Life sings a heavy song
I put my wolf suit on
And I'll howl all the night
(...?)

To where the wild things are
I go where the wild things are

I take a boat to (...?)


And there's monsters that are chasing me all day long
But I ain't afraid where the wild things are
I go where the wild things are

Where the wild things are
I go where the wild things are

Got to keep on waiting for the morning hours
Watch them running by to where they're going

Cuz when you're upside down those nuts and bolts feel awfully strange
Are crowds of moments feeling all the same

Are you tired in the morning do you shout out loud
Got to keep on running when you're down
Gotta get out

Got to keep away from all those empty hands
That suck up all your love and all your cares

Best to trade it all in for those old dancing shoes
And get rid of all the weight that has been holding you down
Keep your toes from tapping on the ground

But we didn't know where to go from here
No we didn't know where to go from here
No we didn't know where to go from here
Cuz it all felt wrong
So we best be moving on
You better get out

In a crowd of people looking for a spark to catch
To put back in our mouths to set a flame

Cuz I didn't know what to say to you
No I didn't know what to say to you
No I didn't know what to say to you
I was just about to pack it in

But then I heard the news that you'd be here soon
And so I sang ah ah ah
You brought it back to me
You gave it back to me
You brought me back the love