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Marlene

by Brakemouth

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1.
Rhian 04:20
I got your letter about a year ago the wax seal on the bottle shows you never made it past the beach now you’ll never make it back to me. I always thought of you as one of those types of girl who take off her clothes and throw them all over the sand. The girls always called you Rhian. I think you went down to Bethlehem to see where Jesus walked away and now you’re up there with him in the clouds learning how to swim. I took you down to the house of ghosts you told me what you always feared the most was the feeling that you’ve been replaced and in a moment anyone’s erased. You are the forest You are in space You slept in the mountain and the world turned away You are selfish you are kind you are the person that I’ll meet when I die Now a decade has nearly passed, but I wouldn’t say it happened fast. I’m just a stone dragging on the beach waiting for your hands to come and lift me. I think about you when I’m alone and the frost turns to mold. The mold turns to dust, and now I know dust is where we all go. (Chorus) Port, Starboard, Hull, and Aft (Chorus) The wind blows, the wind knows. Ship’s force, you’re off course. You are the star I’ll follow. I’ll follow.
2.
I live within my lover She always comforts me Like a little baby to her mother I’m always clawing for the seed. I met you in the aisles You were waiting for your wings. I ran so fast back to my nest to see my momma bird was asleep. And it’s not enough to feel the summer when you’ve got nothing to base it on. It’s not enough; feel the summer over and over again. I drink what I am given but the bitterness tastes raw. The warmth seems to soften bellies but my stomach never seems to thaw. (Chorus)
3.
There was a man called the Hurricane He only fought on the weekends Undefeated in three states Until I came up and beat him I want to be alone again I want to be mysterious I found a lover but I need a friend who doesn’t make me delirious In the end I will get what I’ve always wanted where everyone fades away At the end of the road, where my house is haunted Everybody get away. I called a woman I once met in Greece She wore blue on the rainy days When I called, she said I only wear black to show my love for The Hurricane. I want to be alone again I want to be mysterious I found a lover but I need a friend who doesn’t make me delirious I can’t always keep up I get jumbled when I’m feeling stressed My knees buckle, break, and dislocate. I fell down in the shower again. (Chorus) When I was younger I would try and notice If anyone gave a shit about anyone So I would scowl for months and guess what nobody noticed nobody noticed There were times I would dissipate There was a time when I made my name I won’t forget those nervy nights When I used to be your Hurricane I want to be alone again I want to be mysterious I found a lover but I need a friend who doesn’t make me delirious
4.
She tied the glass up to the bed posts The sound of falling Woke up everyone we know the sound said “just a change of heart”. I’ve lived a glass blowers life full of steam and warm, hot blooded air Sunlight chases all of lights of the moon and glassy stars away. I said that I hate my heart. It’s a rotten apple. I meant that I hate my brain it jumbles fruit into my metaphors. She asked “Where was this glass made?” A loaded question Across the desert, far away. Oh, here it comes again The earthquake rocks my head The quaking breaks my bed Into cracks too large for me to flee Whoa, now I see The beauty lies next to me Rough edges get washed empty. After all, It’s just a phase for me. I’m waiting for my glass to break.
5.
Wires 04:33
Somebody said that the wires got crossed But I always felt the instructions got lost. I’m alone on the road with nowhere to go. I lost my map, but it felt like home. I'm like an unlit room In a crowded house When those lights go on Others go out. It's just one of those things growing up can't change. You start talking in rings. It gets filtered away. (Chorus) You ever felt like man? Neither have I. Brothers fight to stay strong The muscle's wrapped too tight. The rest is made up like a magical beast. Some dumb chimera with a nature to preen. That's never been me. (Chorus)
6.
Grin/Grimace 04:34
I crushed a man’s hand and confidence in mine He made a swan, I made a complex line We locked eyes for a long, long time He shrunk down, I rose up, took the cup It’s mine. I cut a rosebush every summer of my life I cut the trees, I kept the bees, I lost my knife and when I turned my back the sun dripped down my neck A broken mirror is all you see and from the shards you made a family. Were you surprised when he took the one, he took your son, took a gun? And you You floated away just when I thought you would stay. You said that you needed your space from the red head, oh what’s his name? He can’t sing for shit anyway. A grin turns into Grimace for a minute and Ronnie has another game The purple fur will remain. You are a cloud in a twilight sky The stars surround you and become the night and when you float up like vapor wind another breath, another fear, another tear is left. I count the rivers and I fake the odds of the distance from Ontario to God We put the brass in our hands. We put the rose in the land And you You floated away just when I thought you would stay. (Chorus) I always lose my voice when I try to talk about it. Talking’s never done that much for me. I always lose my voice when I try to talk about it. Try talking that clipped down family tree. (Chorus)
7.
Gonna get some coffee gonna get some work done I’m all alone in the house but The thing I want the most is to be free from the host that keeps creeping Mutilate the body getting into bed late My life’s a game of hurry up, wait. The phone is on hold and my cord is cut and old So tell me how you’ve lived your life Is it something I’d like to buy? At your sloppy desk Filled with regrets Oh, just another buzzy band With a well-dealt hand You can hear them in your neighbors walls singing I’ve been an engineer too long I know all the trade secrets when the secrets that we had are gone, along with the mask I tried to fake I’m a little bug that’s made mistakes but maybe you should know I’m built to last. Courage into common sense Funnels into defense Take your pick, you know I'm off the deep end I'm well past the point that you could care About my sticky mouth generating air Resolution new fear Trying hard to be kind Hard to try when all I find Is an artist in a bungalow Preaching shit to me I already know (Chorus) I’m built to last. I’m built to last.
8.
Motions 04:43
Can you feel it in my heart? I crashed my face into the side Of a lover’s heart She always says always from the start And you know That the last five years Were an exercise in memory Your lungs forget how to sing But you needed to need it And a light turns into beacons of Defeated winners of a prize you never Greeted so you beat it the feeling there's nothing else left in the dreams that you had. Who has to know where I go when I’m alone? Don’t you know? I’m running through the motions I’m running at high speeds I’m running through the motions Can’t you see? There’s no feeling in my heart The sign said "I'm not for sale” But I will take a chance. I feel lost when I'm free The wind is a friend that I don't see But he/you bleated to feed it It's egregious how I chase more Achievements. I need this. Validation, motivation and a Treatise on how to lose all of your love It's the only thing that I've read. (Chorus) What’s the worst thing you can be? You are no better than me. Where’s the worst place you can go? Don’t ask, I already know. Who has to know where I go when I’m alone? I’m running through the motions I’m running at high speeds I’m running through the motions Can’t you see my heart? I’m running through the motions. I’m running through the motions. I’m running through the motions. I’m running down.
9.
Your mom won’t stop changing minds around She always tries on coats at the lost and found She gets a new jacket almost every day waits one week, and throws them away. All she ever wanted was a coat that lasts more than one week. And all she ever got was the past throwing up all his guts in the living room. No matter what they do, I’ll always be with you. You know we’re not like them. We always find out what’s wrong right on the double. Your dad lives on an archipelago. He always hops another island to run from the ghosts of the little girls who haunt his waking step. Every river that he crosses is another gap. All you ever wanted was a family that understands that you are not something that haunts but breathes. (Chorus) And I know that you and I will always reach for the sky and if you find what you need, I hope you find it is me.
10.
--My Heart-- 00:49

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All Songs Written/Produced/ Performed by Brakemouth (Casey Frantum)

Recording/Production/Additional Vocals on “Summer’s Gone” and “The Hurricane” by Marc Swart

Additional Inspiration on “--My Heart--” from “In My Heart There Rings a Melody” by Elton Menno Roth

Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering

Artwork by Gaby Tirta Jenkins

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released November 25, 2014

Thank you to:
Renata, Susan Y, Grandma Marlene, Marc, Jessica, Ryan, Gaby, Matt, Mac, and Carmelle

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