Our Earthquake Dreams

by Silvergirl

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Our Earthquake Dreams is the first release by Silvergirl. It was recorded in an old north-side church in Chicago over the course of one week in February 2009.

credits

released 30 September 2010
Steve O'Connell- Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Alison Hendrix- Keys
Adam Meberth- Bass
Matthew Sitz- Drums

All songs written by Steve O'Connell
Recorded and Mixed by Phillip Amerson
Produced by Phillip Amerson and Steve O'Connell

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tags: americana folk singer-songwriter Chicago

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Track Name: A Long Way To Go
A Long Way To Go

Heaven knows the price of fame
Son of God won't know my name.
As I lie in beds that I have made
From the bricks that I have laid.

Looking back in time
I've been scared and I've been blind
And I've been running hard.
Sometimes fear
Can make the reason in a man just disappear.

And there's a long way to go
There's a white line in the middle of the road.
There's a time for being nervous
And there's a time to be alone.
And there's a long, long way to go.

Friday night when I get home
I'll pack my things and I'll be gone.
No note, no phone call, nothing left
Cuz that's the way you loved me best.

Looking back in time
I've been scared and I've been blind
And I've been dying slow.
Sometimes fear
Can make the reason in a man just disappear.

And there's a long way to go
There's a highway and an FM radio.
There's a time for being nervous
And there's a time to be alone.
And there's a long, long way to go.

Darling all we need is to take a little time.
Darling all we need is to take a little time
To walk upon that line.
We all need a little time on our own.
To just take a little time
To walk upon that line.
We all need a little time on our own.

Oh God I know.

And there's a long way to go
There's a white dress in the middle of the road.
There's a time for being nervous
And there's a time to be alone.
And there's a long, long way to go.
Track Name: Fast Asleep
Fast Asleep

I wanna tell my story.
I wanna sing it loud.
How those lonely days,
Those blues and grays
Are fading now.

I wanna role right over
The terror of this town.
And though I've prayed
I'm still afraid of waking now.

Cuz I am so fast asleep, my baby.
I am so fast asleep.
Please wake me now.

Late at night when the sun goes down.
The bottles empty and no ones around
I know I'll make my great escape.

Sooner or later you knew that I'd leave.
Won't hear your sorry's or your begging,
"Please don't go."
You know it's much to late.

I'll miss rocking you to sleep.
But you're a promise I can't keep.

I wanna tell my story.
I wanna sing it loud.
How those lonely days,
Those blues and grays
Are fading now.

I wanna role right over
The terror of this town.
And though I've prayed,
I'm still afraid of waking now.

Cuz I am so fast asleep, my baby.
I am so fast asleep.
Please wake me now.
Track Name: My Only One
My Only One

I changed my story.
I thought that you'd sleep better.
And sleep you did my love,
But never in our bed.

And now I'm worried
That I've changed things forever.
My morning coffee
Doesn't taste as good.

I hope there's ever-after
Beyond the sun.
And know there lurks disaster
Disguised as love.
My only sin.
My only one.

So if I threw you,
God, I'm sorry honey.
I'll walk in circles
Until you get up.

Cuz I'm just some pony.
And you're my doe-eyed rider.
Forces to wonder
Around the carnival.

I hope there's ever-after
Beyond the sun.
And know there lurks disaster
Disguised as love.
My only sin.
My only one.
Track Name: Half A World Away
Half A World Away

Why do I always think of you
When the worst is over?
But with a look over my shoulder,
You're half a world away.

And with the thought of losing you
Comes the fear of weakness.
And a wish just to be fearless
If only for a day.

Following this beaten path
I'm falling more behind.
Leaning on my second chances.
Losing what was mine.

And oh...

I was looking for a sign
And there it hung up on our door,
"Take what's yours and leave what's mine.
Your not welcome anymore."

Remember when those city lights
Were the light we could believe in?
And the fire we would breath in
Would lower all the shades

And welcome in the velvet night.
Oh, it had a power that would move me.
And your body, it would soothe me
Until I faced the day.

Following this beaten path
I'm falling more behind.
Leaning on my second chances.
Losing what was mine.

And oh...

I was looking for a sign
And there it hung up on our door,
"Take what's yours and leave what's mine.
Your not welcome anymore."

Why do I always think of you
When the worst is over?
But with a look over my shoulder,
You're half a world away.
Track Name: Never Sorry
Never Sorry

Is anybody's soul worth saving?
Is anyone so bold
To admit the games we're playing
Leave us anything but cold?
And I can hear your voice so clearly
Even when I'm all alone.
Are the prayers I am praying
All I am banking on?
Don't be.

You were never sorry.
You walked across the street so softly.
Back to Ohio.
Back to Virginia.
Back to a place where my face is a memory.
You were never sorry.

84th and Lexington.
Oh God, I'm such a fool
For starting to believe again
after what you put me through.
And you will chase those city sirens
as soon as day turns blue.
Are the prayers you are praying
All you are banking on?
Don't be.

You were never sorry.
You walked across the street so softly.
Back to Ohio.
Back to Virginia.
Back to a place where my face is a memory.
You were never sorry.

This is for my heart.
And this is for my brain.
And this is for the three long years
That I thought I was insane.
And this is for the humbled lovers
Who feel that they're to blame.
Were the plans they were making
All you were banking on?
Don't be.

You were never sorry.
You walked across the street so softly.
Back to Ohio.
Back to Virginia.
Back to a place where my face is a memory.
You were never sorry.
Track Name: Our Earthquake Dreams
Our Earthquake Dreams

In your eyes there's a color of blue
I'd never seen before I met you.
How they danced in the light
Of those telescope nights.
All alone before I met you.
All alone before I met you.

In your eyes there's a color of green.
All the places that I've never b een.
Locked away deep inside there's a mansion we hide
Safe to store all our earthquake dreams.
Safe to store all our earthquake dreams.

In your eyes there's a color of gray
Where the color has melted away.
Oh, where did it go?
What the hell do I know?
What do you really want me to say?
What do you really want me to say?

Stay with me.
It will all work out somehow you'll see.

In you eyes there's no color but white.
So I'll chose a color tonight.
When the past is today,
In your arms I will stay.
It's so wrong but I know it was right.
It's so wrong but I know it was right.
Track Name: Native Son
Native Son

You say that there's a road to travel.
I'm it's native son.
I walked until my soul unraveled
Toward my chosen one

And swore I saw a fire burning
In the iron deep.
But her love was like a child turning
Over in it's sleep

So if I leave tonight
Will you be there, first light
To watch the sun
Rise so high?

I heard it in a screen door slamming
In on summers end.
And lost it in a cold room crying
Shake aching my head.

Because of the night I saw
The thunder in her eyes.
When she slipped into the ocean
Silent, naked and alive.

So if I leave tonight
Will you be there, first light
To watch the sun
Rise so high?

I know that you are softy sleeping,
waiting just for me.
I know that your my heart that's beating.
God, who would I be?

So if I leave tonight
Will you be there, first light
To watch the sun
Rise so high?
Track Name: It's Alright
It's Alright

It's alright, baby.
I don't know you anymore.
And it's alright, baby.
I don't know you anymore.

I won't grow old and gray with you.

It's alright, darling.
I'll rake the leaves up on my own.
And it's alright, darling.
I'll rake the leaves up on my own.

I won't grow old and gray with you.

Can't you see the snow is falling.
All limbs, so cracked and heavy.
And I thank God I know.
I thank God I know.
Track Name: Anniversary Smoke
Anniversary Smoke

Seven dollars for a pack of smokes
Seemed like a lot,
But I was drunk as hell
And told the bartender to go fuck off.
He pointed to the door.
No one says much anymore
In the place where you belong.

Evening, summers gone, I'm blinking light.
I'd had enough,
But it's never enough.
And there I wondered how to let things go.
A heart of ash and lead
Only feeds the living dead
In the place where you belong.

Bi-lie-lie
Bi-lie-lie
Lie-lie-lie

Dodging sparks down Ditmars Boulevard
Down to the end
Where the East River ran.
Here I watched a year just drift on by.
Two pillars in the sky
Fell like tears I could not cry
In the place where you belong.

Bi-lie-lie
Bi-lie-lie
Lie-lie-lie

With hopes of heaven fueled by fear of hell
I threw a stone
Into our wishing well.
And turned my gaze toward the island south.
Through this anniversary smoke
May this river take your ghost
To the place where you belong.
Track Name: Long Day's Done
Long Day's Done

Under cathedral skies,
Kneeling next to your blue dress
Is no way to say goodbye.
I know that you wish you could
And so do I.

How did it get this far?
It took a slow parade to remember
Who we really are.
But I never could find your hand
In the dark.

When long day's done
Everybody needs someone.
Who's reaching out,
Who's holding on,
When long, long day's are done?

I know that I'll wake up soon.
The dreamers always first to go
When the dream starts coming true.
But now just let me sleep
And dream of you.

And I know that you're not there,
But I feel you everywhere.
I'm aching for a ghost.
The one I thought I'd never need,
Now I need the most.

When long day's done
Everybody needs someone.
Who's reaching out,
Who's holding on,
When long, long day's are done?