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The Sunset Junk

by The Sunset Junk

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1.
If I cross my fingers one last time, Say I am I will I can until I’ve crossed that line, Will the clouds open up? Will a voice shout down, “You can’t go wrong. Just don’t take long, This life’s not waiting?” I think I found the path, It’s only taken years and one strong heart. The journey it’s not clear, there’s no mistaking. Let’s start here. If I show up to the page everyday, Will I see what I can be - no more fading away? Will my head be strong? Will my mind come along? I still don’t know Which way to go but this life’s not waiting. I think I found the path, it’s only taken years and one strong heart The journey it’s not clear, there’s no mistaking. Let’s start here. There is more than one way, but the best way is up You could sit around and wait, but things don’t just show Find the rhythm make it tight and enjoy that ride, Don’t let it fly by. I think I found the path, It’s only taken years and one strong heart The journey it’s not clear, there’s no mistaking. Let’s start here.
2.
Fresh as any flower in its isolated ivory tower I feel Squandering daylight hours safe inside the inner sanctum of my warm steel mouse wheel Locked inside my box inside my microchip inside the great machine West into the future I drift into the darkness with the day But tomorrow I’ll be gone As another silent stranger treads the warm steel wheel and quietly grinds himself away And all I know of Life is melted snow It’s such a waste behind my window I know the sun is shining in the sky For I am living in its shadow And all my pain and all my fear I know is locked away in here beside me And all I have to do is step outside this life and walk into the sea. See the Lady of Shalott’s got lots of melancholy on her mind Floating in her boat she knows her days are done Her flames are down to two flames One flame Leaving Life behind her she escapes she stows away She swiftly fades West into the future she drifts into the darkness with the day But her sorrow will live longer As another silent stranger treads the warm steel wheel and quietly grinds herself away And all I know of Life is melted snow It’s such a waste behind my window I know the sun is shining in the sky For I am living in its shadow And all my pain and all my fear I know is locked away in here beside me And all I have to do is step outside this life and walk into the sea. See the Lady of Shallot’s got lots of melancholy on her mind.
3.
Eleanor’s Daughter was sick of the fame, For nothing more than being born of someone ordinary, The journalists caught her sniffing around the grave And laying flowers where she’d found her real mother lay She was only sleeping and keeping a little of the money she’d made (in the motortrade) But the papers showed her weeping and called her by a different name It was a case of accidental fame Born on a Tuesday, her mum couldn’t make ends meet So Miss Rigby signed away the right to rub those little feet A family in Reading took her into their home And for 16 years they loved and she was their very own Then one Wednesday morning she’s creeping and leaving the family she’d known (now she’s leaving home) And the papers showed them weeping, now everybody knows their name It was a case of accidental fame They say ahhh, look at all the money she’s made They say ahhh, look at all the people she’s played She was going to write a book but she got tired of all the effort it took, So she might put it in a blog But before she wrote it out she stopped to think about That once it is out it’s out Eleanor’s daughter is sick of the fame But she needs the daily bread she’s fed from the talk show to her bed The journalist caught her sniffing cocaine And her lover form the motor trade ran off with a meter maid Then the papers lost her number and everyone forgot her name (was it Mary Jane?) So she’s heading back to Reading, she’ll give her boy a different name It was a case of accidental fame They say ahhh, look at all the money she’s made They say ahhh, look at all the people she’s played She says ahhh, as she turns the back door key She says ahhh, steps inside she’s free
4.
Can’t you tell its filtered sound drowning out the burning heart? So you see the restless spirit waiting underneath that spark. Don’t you push the way you want, the way you want The string will snap the spell will break I’ll walk away, I’ll run away. The storm breaks the rain falls washing all that need ashore See the words as they wash over telling you there’s so much more Don’t you pry the way I want, the way I want The fear will be for all to see I’ll walk away, I’ll run away Can you find another way to get the in that’s in outside? What are you afraid to find within? Your heart knows every time you lie Will you push the way I want, the way I want through the fear I know I’ll see? Will you pry the way I want, the way I want? The fear will be ok with me I won’t walk away won’t run away Alex Fidel - Drums
5.
Used to get so high Used to be so easy Now I'm running dry without you with me Used to be so blind Every day I'm growing older As the days are growing colder without you with me Every day you're in me Every day you're in my mind But there's no way that I can hold you I'm used to peace of mind Now my mind is blown to pieces As my sanity decreases without you with me and me beside you Used to be so high Now I'm so low I can't get lower Every year the heart beats slower Without you with me and me beside you Every day you're in me Every day you're in my mind But there's no way that I can hold you to me Used to get so high Used to be so easy Now I'm running dry without you with me Every day you're in me Every day you're in my mind But there's no way that I can hold you to me
6.
I get it every second day But I aint got the blues today I’m drinkin from a half-full cup And all the world is lookin up I dunno just how it came’ But happiness is here again I woke up in the pourin rain Without my normal aches and pains My eyes were clear my soul was light I wonder what I smoked last night Cos although the sky is dark and grey I haven’t got the blues today I been down such a long long long time Waiting for this day to come I been towin the wrong wrong wrong line Couldn’t see the light for the sun Yeah I get it every second day But I aint got the blues today I’m stepping out and feelin good And doin things I know I SHOULD Things I never thought I could are easy to do Somehow all this happiness is all because of you I been down such a long long long time Waiting for this day to come I been towin the wrong wrong wrong line Couldn’t see the light for the sun I get it every second day But I aint got the blues today I’m drinkin from a half-full cup And all the world is lookin up I dunno just how it came’ But happiness is here again Things I never thought I could are easy to do Somehow all this happiness is all because of you
7.
Come take me to The happiness It falls on my bed On the space that you left As the day is waking Turn up the sound Let the music play loud Let it linger around In a happiness cloud I’ll pour me a cup Of all that stuff That you left behind Mango sliced through the rind I’ll sit in my chair And stare at the sky Cold cup in my hand Yeah I’m taking my time… Time is a song It lingers so long But is gone in a moment It’s moments like these When my mind is at ease When the moment slows My happiness grows… Now I got no regrets Got nothing left to say I forgot what was said Can’t feel sad anyway I sit in my chair And stare at the sky There’s no lookin back Caught in the happiness trap
8.
Baby please don’t leave I’m begging you to stay Even though I know you don’t love me anyway Baby if you leave don’t take my heart just give it back to me I might just need it again some day Maybe I’m falling out of your love Maybe I’m falling, You make it so tough Maybe I’m falling out of your love But it’s not enough Baby now I need you to take my hand, Look into my eyes make me understand That in time I’ll see there’s another place And I won’t be the only one reaching for the sun, Maybe I’m falling through the sky And you bring it all crashing on down Gonna blow it sky high won’t let it touch the ground
9.
Seems like my love has left me dry Nothin to do or say so I Am singin my love away today OOoooOoooOoooOOooo Every time I touch you I I can’t decide to laugh or cry Or maybe I’m too high to try OOooOOoOOoOO And all I wanna dOOOOOO Is just see you every single night And to breathe you in and hold you tight The only time my mind is clear is when you’re near… My love is wearing me down Waiting at home til you come round Or hoping by the phone alone OooOooOooOoo Every moment is an hour When I’m with you I’m in your power And all you need is love it’s true OooOooOooO And all I wanna dOOOOOO Is just see you every single night And to breathe you in and hold you tight The only time my mind is clear is when you’re near… Seems like my love has left me dry Nothin to do or say so I Am singin my love away today OOoooOoooOoooOOooo
10.
You lie naked, cold and alone Lying awake by the phone Love is somebody else's song He's gone and nothing can go your way Waiting, hating, praying to the moon Singing your innocent tune of love Like it's somebody else's song He's gone and nothing can go your way With your eyes closed and your lips frozen You're naked and cold and alone Daylight, morning, warm like the sun Blue sky day has begun But love is still somebody else's song He's gone and nothing can go your way With your eyes closed and your lips frozen You're naked and cold and alone
11.
I’m down but I know I’ve been up all night Day has drowned before I even chance the light Grey ash falling from the black black sky At the end of another unknown high The day is just a waiting game I say I’m living frame by frame by frame Why can’t I see it’s just the same Same old same old same old same old same? Face down on the cool cool linoleum The world is black and white and night is day or day is night Can’t shut my eyes or stop these lies They circle round and round and round me Am I lost or have I finally found myself lying on the ground? Last night dance floor, tonight linoleum One hour could take forever now I’ll peel myself off the floor and head for the door Tell me which way is up? White snow falling from my mind’s eye Crawling out from another unknown high
12.
When I saw you, the whole world fell away - so young, so pure, so small the world back then No such thing as, lovers only friends Won’t you hold my hand and I’ll hold yours too? Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do? Try as I might, I can’t get back to that innocent place Surely what goes around, comes around? When I saw you, the whole world fell away - so rare, so wonderful yearning and burning so much to learn No such thing as the world outside Won’t you hold me, and I’ll hold you too? Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do? How many times have I found myself riding this merry-go-round? Searching for love with my heart in the clouds but my head underground Waiting for something so perfect to show Waiting for something or someone, to grow When I saw you, the whole world fell away - so young, so pure, so small in my arms Got no questions Suddenly the answer’s clear to me cos that’s the way it will always be Cos I’m back at the start again Found that innocent place in an innocent face Surely what goes around, comes around?
13.
When you’re coming And you know it Cos you been coming in time for years And you’re thinking That you notice You been fakin it all for fear Just know I’ll be there And know Ill be holding on to you And know That out there You’ll keep on kickin it back Kickin it back Now you’re gone Now you’re travelling on Now you’re leavin it all behind You’re good lookin And you’re lookin out You’ll be lookin ahead this time Just know I’ll be there And know Ill be holding on to you And know That out there You’ll keep on kickin it back Kickin it back Now you’re older And youre wiser Cos you been wisin it up so long You remember And you’re smiling Cos you known you know what went wrong Just know I’ll be there And know Ill be holding on to you And know That out there You’ll keep on kickin it back Kickin it back
14.
Only one glass in and the clock is slowing As the sun is setting the page is glowing And I’m moving into the place of knowing The air is still - the grass is tall And I’m hidden and I’m nothing at all Don’t know where I am but the river’s flowing... Without words Can a song exist? Without words Is there meaning? Without words How can I feel Without words? Walking towards the edge of sleeping Creeping forward lost in feeling Now I’m falling into dreaming The moon it laughs The stars they sing Stroke by stroke the page begins... Without words Can the page be filled? Without words Can I find my way? Without words Can I remember still All my days? Dawn breaks and the pages sigh Well chosen words fallen to the floor The song is there And there is no more... Without words Can a song exist? Without words Is there meaning? Without words How can I feel Without words? 

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This album was composed and recorded between 2011 and 2014.
Every week we would get together in the evenings to write songs, drink wine and eat chocolate. Pretty soon we started recording as well. We are lucky enough to own two pretty cool studios between us and lots of friends used to drop in to lay down parts and join the fun. We really think you will love this collection of original songs. Please enjoy.
NOTE: Please be aware that the tracks are intended to be enjoyed within the album context and many crossfade into each other. We urge you to download the album as a whole, although you are welcome to download individual tracks if you prefer.

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released May 13, 2014

Recorded and mixed at 'The Sauce Factory' Woolloongabba and
Burford Studios, Moorooka, Brisbane, Australia
Mastered at Matthew Gray Mastering
Cover Art by Emma Boreland

Thanks to everyone who contributed so much to this album, most particularly the wonderful musicians, Alex Fidel, Stephen Caruana, Steve Francis, Nigel Kimber, Neil Wickham, Paul Hudson, John Robinson, Mick Melit, Christian Tadina, Shannon Marshall, Dale Rabic and Karen Anderson. Special thanks must also go to graphic designer Emma Boreland, Olivia and Roger at Media Two web design, Steve Pratt, John Smykowsky, and all our families and friends for their endless patience, help and support.

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The Sunset Junk Brisbane, Australia

All originals from Brisbane Australia, The Sunset Junk is a musical gumbo of classic songwriting with a slice of lime and a dash of tabasco. At the heart of this delicious, sophisticated, sonic concoction is soul singer songstress, Alina Williamson, jazz funkster, Dr Bob Harley and progressive composer, Ross McLennan. ... more

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