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Albedo

by Tyrella

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Bryan Carmody
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Bryan Carmody In Tyrella's "Albedo" I was immediately drawn in by his vivid storytelling, devastating lyrics and sparse and haunting use of melody. Musically he transcends to brutal honesty that he gives the space for you to discover.

Tyrella's work connects and surprises with every listen. It's poetry, music and a voice that opens a fathomless window into life. It's impossible to listen to this music without conjuring moments of realization about yourself. Favorite track: Geronimo.
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1.
Well I ducked inside the doorway, of the Diamond Discount store, and a sign placed in the window, said 'Everything Must Go' So I bummed it down to St Johns, and I waited on the shore, 'till the fog horn sang a low song, called 'Everything Must Go' Then a ship came cross the water, sailed nine times round the bay, she was called 'The Merchant's Daughter' and she carried me away but the captain loved his silver, and the bosun loved his blade, but all of us that sailed her, there was nothing to be gained and everything must go and everything must go but she foundered off of Kingston in a ragin' force ten gale, so we burned her to her waistline, as they herded us to gaol, and they whupped us for our boldness and they beat us for our pride, but they feared us for the coldness, that we'd locked away inside, where everything must go, where everything must go, now the moneyed have their borders, to maintain a flawless face, and the soldiers have their orders, for to keep us in our place, when I made it back to St Johns. I stood upon the shore, and I sang the fog horn's low song 'Everything Must Go' and everything must go.. everything must go.. everything must go.. everything must go..
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Joe, everybody says that the wheel has turned again and we have had our chance And so, we go our separate ways and head on down the road in search of better things But its a long way to Buffalo and you know what that means that some things never let you go and they find you in your dreams and they find you in your dreams Joe, they've covered up the stars and sterlised the bars were we once sang the blues And so with little to commend We slipped out near the end and asked to be excused And everything is dimmer now Despite the frozen glare But Ill look for you in the lonely crowd And I hope to find you there And I hope to find you there and if the old world's just beyond the streets where were we kings then let this train just carry on and I will grab my things and join you in the rain Joe, the spirits that we knew were poisoned by the truth that we could not deny And though we laughed against the chill We couldn't the pay the bill And so we had to fly But its a long way to Buffalo and you know what that means that some things never let you go and they find you in your dreams and they find you in your dreams
3.
Great Bear 04:55
I'm hangin' on here half-frozen In case you didn't know And I can see the Winter's chosen His very first flakes of snow There's a small town that's dyin' with a river round it curled There's a black bird flyin' Across the wild dark world Well I may not know just where I'm bound Or even when I'm home again But bless my soul I can hear that sound of the bold Atlantic wind There's headlights on the hillside And not much else for miles The churchyard chimed at midnight And a pebble scraped the tiles well nothin' lasts for ever Least nothin' worth your tears but I wished for somethin' better to carry you down the years well I know I never may gain the time just to rest and make amends but I swear I can almost taste the brine of the bold Atlantic wind Well I may not know just where I'm bound Or even when I'm home again But bless my soul I can hear the sound of the bold Atlantic wind of the bold Atlantic wind
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I went up to the mountain high, and stole the stars from a crow black sky, but I returned on a wheel of fire, and I found nothing changed I rode out to the high frontier, and spoke some words that I felt sincere, now everybody keeps on comin' round here, sayin' "Where have you been?" and "Can I shake your hand?" I could never work out, what they wanted to know. they would and push and shout, sayin' "where did you go?" "..in those moments alone?" I went down to the road tonight, the desert bathed in pale moonlight, and for a moment, well it looked just like, a tranquil place I'd known, many summers ago, I could never work out, what they wanted from me, some secret no doubt, only I could reveal, "tell me how did it feel?" now all the world is hungry, for things that I cannot revere, but I remember when they, held aloft that engineer I went down to the Spend and Save, the heavens opened like judgement day, their eyes were fixed on the bright displays, and they did not hear the thunder, and they did not stop to wonder, I could never work out, what they wanted to know. they would and push and shout, sayin' "where did you go?", "and what were you shown?", "..in those moments alone?"
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time, time, time, take your toll on me love and life, raise me up and set me free my heart is like an ocean, you can rock upon my waves my head is like a prairie, room enough for you to range I'm getting ready now to burn down another day stars so bright, let them fall on me broken night, toss me into the deep blue sea you know my life is like a highway, heaven knows where it may end and my love is like a freight train, comin' around the bend and every single day, I'll burn it down and start again And all I want, is what I have right now and I know that wasn't always true and all I need is the life I made somehow with you wounded pride turn your back on me words like knives, will not injure me my mouth is like a river, and it will not be contained and my tongue is just a meadow waiting for the rain one day the world will burn me down and start again time, time, time, take your toll on me love and life, raise me up and set me free my heart is like and ocean, you can rock upon my waves my head is like a prairie, room enough for you to range I'm getting ready now to burn down another day I'm getting ready now to burn down another day
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Geronimo 04:45
Well I stepped down from the train, in the dusty evening air, and the sun slides through the railing, like he didn't pay the fare And I left my coat behind, and my briefcase on the chair, and someone's callin' after me, but I'm too far gone to care I guess I'm rollin' home, I'm bein' blown along, by all those things, I turned my back upon but I've been through it all, and I stumbled but I did not fall, and the higher I rose, the more that I felt small tossed my phone away, started again today. well I pushed off from the shore, in a bloddy mary dawn, and the wind crouched down beside me, and it gently, led me on, and no-one saw me go, but the dyin' all around, ans the cannons roared about me, but I didn't hear a sound I guess I'm goin' home, I'm being blown along, by all those things I once frowned upon, but I've been through it all, and I stumbled but I did not fall, and the higher I rose, the more that I felt small tossed my name away, started again today.
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Every little raindrop knows your name, everybody thinks I died of shame, well I'm satisfied to take the blame, and the world you left, is just the same. Even when they took you down, I turned my back and headed into town, and I found myself a place to drown, drank all that money down. Well I'll admit, I always wanted more, the malcontent starin' back from the shore, you singin' "I am the light, I am the way" "but we deserve better..." is all I could say, is all that I could say. Every little fool upon his knees, prayin' for someone to appease, caught between you and the pharisees, with nowhere to run to now. Every face wonderin', how to free themselves of sin, well they didn't need your suffering they had more than enough to go round. Well I'll admit, I always wanted more, the malcontent starin' back from the shore, you singin' "I am the light, I am the way" "but we deserve better..." is all I could say, is all that I could say
8.
When I was a soldier on the Road to Galilee, The fire in my heart was lit. I struck out for the border and I made it to the sea, And stole aboard a merchant ship With a heart that can't be loaned, You must find your own way home. So I became a salesman for an Italian company, And every deal was lined with gilt, It took me lots of places and they rewarded me, And a city on the hill was built. Where the people bowed their heads, And we pulled those secret threads Then I was a publisher of ancient history, With all the truth that's fit to print, I left the priests to argue over the veracity While the money that we made was spent. With a story to be told, And a promise to be sold And the angry world below, And the angry world below. Now I'm just a joker with a faded memory, And everything is cracked and split, But once I was a soldier on the road to Galilee, And the fire in my heart was lit.
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Astronomy 03:39
Got no whiskey, To keep me warm, Just the stars high above me, Got no evil, That can do me harm, And the sun won't deny me, A diamond river, Above my head, In the sparkling black valley of night time of the night time The curlew's calling, On the tawny owl, "Give up your grieving", She sings a story, of a silver plough, thats forever cleaving, A furrow, That is sowed somehow, With the fragments of stars for the night time for the night time where the planets are blazing, and the heavens are wide, and morning lies waiting, the awakening bride of the night time of the night time X2. raise my hand up, to touch the sky , the breeze through my fingers, arcturus, still riding high, on the that is turning, the night time the night time
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well the west wind he may blow and pound upon my door but he's tryin' too hard to snow and I'm not taken in and the moon may raise his eye but it aint no word of lie cross my heart and hope to die that I'm not fakin' it and you can call my bluff if that ain't enough but I'm still in love with you and the sun can pull that face like he's ever hung around this place but he slunk off in disgrace when he heard that hoot owl sing And the frost can kiss my ass if he thinks the moments passed cos some hearts are built to last no matter what the winter brings and you can call my bluff if that ain't enough but I'm still in love with you well the stars are no-ones fool and their gaze is long and cool but they would not be so cruel to get in the way of you I can wait here in the cold I can have and I can hold and love will not grow old even if I seem to and you can call my bluff if that ain't enough but I'm still in love with you and you can call my bluff if that ain't enough but I'm still in love with you
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released October 21, 2013

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