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Semigloss Albatross

by Mike Garrigan

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The architects of wonder They have written in the stars The constant revelation of Who you are. And when I search my memory Sometimes I see your face. You're standing right before me. You haven’t changed. Are you going to the show? Are you going to the show? Are you going to the show, tonight?
2.
Fool's Gold 02:58
The space beside the yellow chair is hot. The drawing I made yesterday was good. I wonder if the laughter suits you well. I’m better but it’s still too soon to tell. It’s just my imagination. Some automatic friction. It’s just some kind of fool's gold selling me out To cash in on a rainy day. Maybe you’re out singing with your friends In some uptown bar with marigolds and ice. I get dizzy when I think about that place Where It’s hard to lay down, but you don’t think twice. It’s just my imagination. Some automatic friction. It’s just some kind of fool's gold selling me out To cash in on a rainy day. Are the windmills the same as they were yesterday? Sometimes it snows in October. It’s alright. It’s OK. It’s over. It was just my imagination. Some automatic friction. It’s just some kind of fool's gold selling me out To cash in on a rainy day.
3.
Dive 03:07
Come with me to the edge of the deep blue sea. Tell me everything about you. I’m only pretty sure that we won’t touch the bottom. I don’t even know if we have a chance. But, we dive. Just how deep does this go? Have I lost all control? I can see from the way that you look at me That I’m only pretty sure that we can't touch the bottom. I don’t even know what we might find. When we dive. I’m only pretty sure that we can't touch the bottom. I don’t even know what we might find.
4.
Amy hit the big time. She talked about the headlines. Her portrait painted fifty million screens. I dreamt she was my girlfriend. We swam out to the deep end. These days my dreams don’t come around no more. These days my dreams don’t come around no more. Baltimore was burning. The lines were slowly blurring. Captain Phasma quickly won this war. I dreamt I was a soldier And all I wanted was to hold her. These days my dreams don’t come around no more. These days my dreams don’t come around no more. She deserves a Superman Not a broken heart. She’s running off to Disneyland. She caught me off my guard. Oh, my god. Amy hit the big time. She talked about the headlines. These days my dreams don’t come around no more. These days my dreams don’t come around no more.
5.
Here we come. I guess we’re sailing to Byzantium. From the shores of some oblivion I came to know your face. Yes, you can Maybe first with paints and marzipan. Then throw it straight into the garbage can, A tattered, paltry place. The emperor falls asleep While slowly counting sheep. Sick with life and love. It’s so sad. Holy fire. Watch you story burn across the wire Monuments to every heart’s desire And leave without a trace. I love you. That’s the only thing there’s left to do. After everything, we’re passing through. No country for old men. Tea time with the Queen Must have been a dream. Sick with life and love, It’s so sad. This crime has no defense. A tired magnificence, Sick with life and love, It’s so sad.
6.
Josie, I’m stuck on the taste of your charms. I’ve been on the road for three days and the drivin's been hard. Can I still see you tonight? The radio’s slow. The taxicab's losing its heat and it’s starting to snow. John Grady Cole races horses at night. I float like a moth in the Mexico light To your sweetness. So much for the music. So much for goodbye. Sara, can I spend the night in your arms? I’ve been on the run for three months and the travelin’s hard. When can I see you again? The winter is coming. The taxicab’s waited too long and the meter is running. John Grady Cole races horses at night. I float like a moth in the Mexico light To your sweetness. So much for the music. So much for goodbye.
7.
Your little monsters They weren't strong enough. And your demons, crumbled to dust. Those photographs they won't capture us Behind the wall of flies. That little man’s been playing solitaire. He’s gonna be some kind of millionaire. It’s only fallout from the April affair Behind the wall of flies. Madness obscures the the light. It’s hard to tell if you're wrong or right. And now your running from the only fight Behind the wall of flies. That little dreamer's been breathing laughing gas. But it’s no joke. This is hard to pass. So it’s over the gutter and through the looking glass Behind the wall of flies.
8.
I can hardly tell By the way you twist your hair If it’s not some kind of joke You’re just throwing at me Just tugging’ on my tears Just wasting all this time. I see satellites in motion Failing comprehension Falling from the atmosphere. On the deep end of the ocean It's impossible to question. Give my best regards To the beautiful year. I wonder if the sky is big enough for us What with all our silence The ghost of future past Wasn’t meant to last But he’s still here for a while. I see satellites in motion Failing comprehension Falling from the atmosphere From the deep end of the ocean It's impossible to question. Give my best regards To the beautiful year.
9.
Watching every moment Waiting for the end to come Minute after minute Silence on the ocean Then one day I met you How could I forget you? Angel wings with dovetail eyes And an albatross smile Why did you follow me down When you had so far to run? And now you hang your cross And sail on. With everything you say you’ve lost Half asleep and semigloss Sweet like cherry applesauce Bitter like the moment. Why did you follow me down When you had so far to run? And now you hang your cross And sail on.
10.
Goodnight 04:03
You and me We never really made the best Of friends or even part-time enemies. With my stomach in knots as I’m rolling on home like a bag of bones We just kind of sat there And listened to each other breathe. I was wrong to even say hello. I was wrong. I should have let you know That I’ve been falling all to pieces ever since the first day I saw you smile. But now walking away is right. Goodnight. Its hard to say Why I never told you. Maybe I was afraid. I don’t know. Maybe digging in the dirt for and eskimo chained to a nightingale Ain't so bad. I ain't so bad. But I was wrong to even say hello. I was wrong. I should have let you know. That I’ve been falling all to pieces ever since the first day I saw you smile. But now walking away is right. Goodnight. Angel wings so sweet like marmalade The strangest things have fallen out from this masquerade I was wrong to even say hello. I was wrong. I should have let you know. That I’ve been falling all to pieces ever since the first day I saw you smile. But now walking away is right. Goodnight.
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End 03:41
What is she doing now? Is she talking in her sleep? Maybe dreaming of a place With bourbon in the street? If something doesn’t change Our best intentions will collide. It’s a consequence of age And mistakes I couldn’t hide. I’m sorry. It’s over. I gave my heart away. I’m sorry. It’s over. And if I walked around The whole world in one day Would you read it in the news? Would you notice anyway? I guess I’ll take the stairs. And as I'm walking past your door The pounding of my heart Will always want you more. I’m sorry. It’s over. I gave my heart away. I’m sorry. It’s over.

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released July 15, 2020

Produced, performed, and mixed by Mike Garrigan at Two Egrets Media & Recording, July 2019 - June 2020.

Music and lyrics by Mike Garrigan. Lyrics for "Sailing to Byzantium" derived from "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats, public domain.

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