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Little By Little - LP

by Sodastream

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1.
If you need to rise, if you need to rise don’t be hasty If you need to walk, if you need to walk around here Throw us a line, throw us a line but nothing holy Born of a stern, born of a stern design ‘Cause you, you could never trust me And I wish, I wish tonight would close For the days burn through me like a winter And I close my eyes so I can find If you need to write, if you need to write don’t you muscle in If you need to talk, if you need to talk to get through Drawing the lines, drawing the lines I would be colouring Colouring all the trouble that you had held dear ‘Cause you, you could never hold me And I wish, I wish tonight would close For the days burn through me like a winter And I close my eyes so I can find, find my way I’m looking to the south of yours I want you to stay Stay at home I’m calling from the northern soil I watched this wall and saw I needed help I needed to run Costs a lot, they stole my name I’m on my own Low senses tore my game I can be sure Oh colour me in Oh colour me in, two side I’ll come my way I’ll come your way
2.
Habits 03:35
I got wounds I got fears And a way of talking to you I got moods And I might be stalking These moods, these moods They turn into sparks that light up and burn a hole in you That light up and burn a hole in you I got habits that gather their strength in the dark And these words and potions they pull us apart I got worries and maybes that are turning into sparks That light up and burn a hole in you That light up and burn a hole in you Say girl please wait a while Just gather your thoughts and see Think it through won’t you wait a while Something’s wrong I got wounds I got fears And a way of talking to you I got tears And I might be stalking These moods, these moods They turn into sparks that light up and burn a hole in you That light up and burn a hole in you Say girl please wait a while Just gather your thoughts and see Think it through won’t you wait a while Something’s wrong with me I see you come outside and roam Get outside And walk outside And be outside And led outside And warm outside I roam I grow silent I get weary My thoughts in a haze You got a way and a walk that keeps me afraid I got low tense and pretence that are eating up my days And together they burn a hole in you Together they burn a hole in you
3.
Three Sins 04:16
I still like the bonfires on Christmas Eve With the orange glow and sparks above me But my hands turn to fire every time you leave Soon I’ll burn all these fuckers around me Little by little the flames they rose Over my head in the passing gum trees And I’ll burn down your cities and then you’ll grieve For this dead black land stretching before thee I lived my life by my beliefs But there’s a little black stain that trips me down deep These thoughts they come to me while I pray Because I touched those boys, those boys in the wrong way Little by little the darkness it flows Between my legs takes the loving from me Because I did those things to those boys in need I’ll kiss this metal when thy come to get me I come from a land of fire and grief My city did smoke and the fields they weep Now I sit here in class while the children say You talk kinda funny and we hate the way you pray Little by little my hatred it grows And my sister said they’ve been grabbing her throat So I’ll do my duty for my people in need And in a flash of light my god will free me Little by little (repeat) We grow What we sow And we won’t know If we can’t grow Yeah I grew these wings And these pretty things We steal And we never heal And we make deals And then we squeal Now I’m kicking heels
4.
Letting Go 02:53
I stepped out onto the road ‘cause I felt like dying Nothing left but the fire in my tracks Knew you had resolve I could only wish for Wish for the courage I lack And we go on And blind our eyes ‘Cause I felt like letting go I felt like losing hope so got busy dying So don’t give me songs about God or country Or about the violence I attract I thought you might have evolved through more than these things These things that are burning up my back And we go on And blind our eyes ‘Cause I felt like letting go I felt like losing hope so got busy fighting And we go on And blind our eyes
5.
Grey Waves 05:13
How do I feel so much older? Was it my strength that just passed me by? It came on like a song Hard rain fell on us at home I had a fortune You had a fortune We had a fortune It’s gone, gone, gone… So how do I feel like a winner 
when each step I take I fall behind? I lost my job and son Oh a temper yeah, she said I got one I had a blessing You had a blessing We had a blessing It’s gone, gone, gone… I moved to be near the ocean Where those restless those grey waves 
mark out the sky
I ride my bike to work and later I cut the surf I had a secret You had a secret We had a secret It’s gone, gone, gone…
6.
Moving 04:43
I turned the corner to pick up what I had left and keep on moving Past the doe-eyed boys and their gentle pets I keep moving Through these terror lines I keep moving Wasn’t myself when I woke in a morning sweat So I kept moving I’ve done my miles and I haven’t been strung up yet So I keep moving Through these terror lines I keep moving Behind And I wish that I could’ve been more Oh and that honesty won’t cover it And when I came to put my arms around you And when I told you I had lied You held me, for the last time So gone, gone now are the faces of the women I’ve left So I keep moving With drunken legs and a heaviness in my chest I keep moving Through these terror lines I keep moving Behind And I wish that I could’ve been more Oh and that honesty won’t cover it And when I came to put my arms around you And when I told you I had lied You held me, through the night You held me, for the last time
7.
‘Cause I’ve known throat-cutters and rapists Who said they’re doing their best to save us But they all saw me naked before the war Yeah, I was born to a preacher But I failed to deliver Messages of hope in times of war I get so tired I get so tired of all these walking bones It makes me swim It makes me win But always feel alone So bring your wooden babies and all your wants and maybes Bind them all up we won’t keep score Roll out your candlelight and goodwill Oh we’ll bite your hand and then kill We’ll tear you all down and call it war I get so tired I get so tired of all these walking bones It makes me swim It makes me win But always feel alone
8.
Tyre Iron 05:51
Been bought out And crossed out And then again maybe I Won’t feel right til I do right by the bastard leeches I know I let you down I sit here on the floor And it’s getting hard girl It’s getting harder to ignore ‘Cause we’ve got ways around That keep us on our own And through these days I… I might ‘Cause I can’t sleep at night No I can’t No I can’t run and hide And I lost these things Yeah I lost Yeah I lost my life So bring me the nail gun or your tyre iron Bring me the nail gun or your tyre iron Been trusted Encrusted By the lonely reaches here And you might not do right by the honest teachers But they won’t ever mind There’s something you can show And it’s time girl Oh it’s time that you know ‘Cause we build walls around That keep us all apart And through these halls I… I might ‘Cause I can’t sleep at night No I can’t No I can’t run and hide And I lost these things Yeah I lost Yeah I lost my life So bring me the nail gun or your tyre iron Bring me the nail gun or your tyre iron
9.
On The Stage 03:21
I sit here on the stage Everybody’s leaving And the staff have all been paid Then come the lights I move swiftly, I move quickly But I only think of you tonight And in the morning glow Breakfast is tabled I can see the browning snow Out in the yard And you’re only coming with me ‘cause I’m lonely when we’re apart Honey I miss you Honey I miss you now I feel like it’s getting dark outside All your lonely tears get me down And all your wisdom and your fears just compound I don’t often say that I’m beginning to feel afraid And I too often see all the struggles in thine eyes I can’t see straight let alone linger and heal And all that I had known it fell beneath me Caught my feet in the undertow But I felt alive and I tumbled through the white water Tumbling from side to side Honey I miss you Honey I miss you now I feel like it’s getting dark outside All your lonely tears get me down And all your wisdom and your fears just compound I don’t often say that I’m beginning to feel afraid And I too often see all the struggles in thine eyes I can’t see straight let alone linger and heal And it’s these things These things get me down But it’s these things These things get me down
10.
Now you got me hanging on every word There’s flames in the kitchen and all of my body hurts Aunt Lucy’s in her nightdress She’s holding my hand in the dark And I can see my ghost He was always close While the fires burn through what was once virgin snow And my fields they weep And all my cattle grieve While these rivers flow far from me It’s been two months since the fire took my hometown There’s shoots on the trees but everybody’s camping out Cousin David didn’t make it but he did us proud And I’ll find my place Amid the tattoos and lace While the sun burns through a new kind of truth And my fears are so tall I dream of waterfalls While my body grinds on and on

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released February 13, 2017

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Sodastream Melbourne, Australia

Karl Smith and Pete Cohen formed Sodastream in Perth, Western Australia in 1997 and released four albums, four EPs, and a live album. Hailed by the likes of BBC’s John Peel, Melody Maker and Pitchfork, the band toured extensively across Australia, Europe, the UK and the USA. After going on hiatus in 2007 they reconvened in 2013 and are set to release their fifth studio album - Little by Little. ... more

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