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Feels like coming home

by Matt Steady

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1.
Hello old friend Feels like coming home Hello old friend Like stepping in out of the rain Hello old friend You were there for me when I needed you Soothed my heart and took away my pain Gave me a reason to live and a purpose once again You were there for me, my friend Hello old friend You gave me wings to fly Hello old friend Then you took away the sky Hello old friend You were there for me when I needed you Soothed my heart and took away my pain Gave me a reason to live and a purpose once again You were there for me, my friend Hello old friend Feels like coming home Hello old friend Like stepping in out of the rain Hello old friend
2.
The TV is blaring out God knows what It’s all just colours and shapes to me Static on the radio seems to make more sense Hisses and crackles but it seems to be free It’s something to do, chain-smoking through the haze Hacking away, but light up the same Another shot of whiskey from a paper cup Memories fail, but the feelings remain Pass the bottle across – one more round The cylinder spins and the bullet goes round Pick up the gun, the future’s unknown and can wait No-one lives forever - we’re all on death row This game it just gives control back to my fate The chamber moves on – one more round Hiding the fear, step into the ring The dance begins, brutal but still full of grace Knocked down in the first Get back up and take a deep breath Your opponent’s yourself, not the man that you face Redemption awaits - one more round
3.
Living in the shadow of the shipyard Stevie’s living day by day The ships have left and the hours are gone Gonna have to find another way His family knows it’s a matter of time Before he has to up and leave He promises them that they’ll be all right Just got to sit tight and believe The steel and the rust Faith and trust He hugs them in turn while the bus waits on Farewells by the side of the road He smiles as he speaks to his eldest child You’re the man of the house now son The road and the dust Faith and trust After fifteen long years of letters He always imagined her smile As the paycheck arrives and the bills are paid This love isn’t weakened by the miles He sends them tickets to join him at last The paper is marked by tears Time changes people, but they stay the same A family after all these years The steel and the rust Faith and trust
4.
Siren's call 04:55
The siren’s call Sweet and sad A windless calm The salt taste of the sea You’re my journey’s end Ocean muse Lighthouse to my soul o' these earthy chains It was never about the singer I was drawn by the song I’ll die a happy man If I never escape these bonds
5.
Hurt 03:37
I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt I wear this crown of thorns Upon my liar's chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair Beneath the stains of time The feelings disappear You are someone else I am still right here What have I become? My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes away in the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt If I could start again A million miles away I would keep myself I would find a way
6.
I’ve had enough walking out that door I’ve had enough Ain’t gonna work for you no more Ain’t no compromise Work our fingers right down to the bone We’re dropping like flies There’s no more blood in the stone I’m a highly-skilled professional man And I can’t work in this here environment When you take away the pride in my work A craftsman becomes a labourer And yes I’ve got a life outside of here I work damn hard when I get home too When I leave on time you sneer But I work for my family, not you Ain’t no compromise Work our fingers right down to the bone We’re dropping like flies There’s no more blood in the stone Apparently I’m an asset to the team But to me that says it all You think that you own me, but I don’t belong to you I’m my own man, not at your beck and call Ain’t no compromise Work our fingers right down to the bone We’re dropping like flies There’s no more blood in the stone
7.
Plura 03:55
Breaking a hole in the ice Shielding my eyes from the sun Suspended tween heaven and hell Only thinking of what’s to come Slipping into cold dark waters Sun snuffed out like a lamp The only sound is my breathing The only view a dim beam of light Never leave a friend behind Never leave a friend behind It’s the code The tension begins to grow I’ll soon be with you my friend Riding back through the gates of hell 74 fathoms below Slipping into cold dark waters Sun snuffed out like a lamp The only sound is my breathing The only view a dim beam of light Never leave a friend behind Never leave a friend behind It’s the code
8.
1946 04:17
9.
Indecision 03:39
If I could, I’d come And fall down at your feet My voice tearing as I speak Please don’t go away from here Without me knowing why You did what you did to yourself To me Could it be that you just need a friend Could I be the help in the end? I make my choice Feet rooted in place Afraid to go But scared as hell to stay Please don’t go away from here Before I make my stand Is it a choice if I’m frozen in place? Or just fate? You can do anything you want If you’re willing to pay the price But think it through Before you roll the dice The rules you make Come from your deepest past Just one mistake Was never meant to last
10.
Cia annsom fidbeime fiachaib bacth? Briugid caille, coll eidnech Dire ndaro bunbeim beithe baegal fernae fube sailech dluind airriu aithgein anog sciath sceo draigin dringid co fedo forball forball ratho raited aine acht a ndilse do flaithib Ni bie fidnemid fiachaib secht n-airech ara teora bu inna bunbeim bis Dire ndaro Translation: What are the most oppressive cases of tree-cutting for which fools are fined? The hospitallers of the forest the ivied hazel The penalty for the oak the trunk-cutting of the birch the peril of the alder the undermining of the willow declare restitution for them the maiming of the hawthorn and of the blackthorn its restitution extends to the undergrowth of the wood the undergrowth of fern of bog-myrtle, of reeds save that these are free to lords You shall not cut a sacred tree and escape with fines for the seven noble trees on account of the fine of three cows that is fixed for cutting its stem. The penalty for the oak
11.
Standing strong amidst the rubble A miracle, surviving unscathed On the cracked marble, dusty but mostly intact Forgotten alone on the stage A tangle of cables, twisted metal and broken lamps Hang down like spilled entrails. Scarlet seats, torn and littered with crumbled plasterboard But a treasure remains It might not build a house It can’t bring loved ones back But 10 days can give you hope With music’s rebellion I won’t be defined As just a survivor Restored and renewed, though often in darkness A splash of colour in a black and grey land A new generation begins to learn to play Hidden away from the eyes of God It might not build a house It can’t bring loved ones back But 10 days can give you hope With music’s rebellion I won’t be defined As just a survivor
12.
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know why nobody told you How to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at you all Still my guitar gently weeps
13.

credits

released December 7, 2016

All songs written by Matt Steady except 'Steel and rust' by Matt Steady and Darren Ellis, 'Hurt' by Trent Reznor, 'While my guitar gently weeps' by George Harrison.

Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, dobro, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, keyboards and MIDI programming by Matt Steady

Female vocals by Indigo Steady
Trumpet on 'Siren's Call' by Bradley Saunders
Drums by Niklas J. Blixt

Photography by Nick Tsiatinis and Paul Mills

Produced, mixed and mastered in Leicester, England by Matt Steady

Good vibes from Carlos Castillo and Robert Jordan

Matt plays and is sponsored by Blake Wright guitars and pickups

www.mattsteady.com
www.niklasjblixt.com
www.nickt.co.uk
www.paulmills.info
www.blakewrightguitars.com

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