Within a Mile of Home
Flogging Molly
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Screaming at the Wailing Wall
03 : 41
2
The Seven Deadly Sins
02 : 50
3
Factory Girls
03 : 51
4
To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)
03 : 17
5
Whistles the Wind
04 : 33
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The Light of a Fading Star
03 : 53
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Tobacco Island
05 : 18
8
The Wrong Company
00 : 37
9
Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon
03 : 33
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Queen Anne’s Revenge
03 : 06
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The Wanderlust
03 : 31
12
Within a Mile of Home
03 : 54
13
The Spoken Wheel
02 : 13
14
With a Wonder and a Wild Desire
03 : 40
15
Don’t Let Me Die Still Wondering
04 : 18
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Track Lyrics
Screaming at the Wailing Wall Lyrics
3 ContributorsScreaming at the Wailing Wall LyricsSo God, how come every wrong's been done
With deals no Christ should allow?
Once the communist now the terrorist
With blood as thick as yours
Now a caravan of clouds
Warns us all of winter showers
Then the rattle, comes the rain
With each bullet screams your name
So how come this gathering storm pours little on the truth?
Where the smoking gun's a familiar song let loose
With the bombed out cars come the falling stars
From a heaven we'll never know
And the nameless names on the misspelled graves grow tall
We're still screaming at the Wailing Wall
I'll liberate your peoples' fate
Spoke the Burning Bush
But the song of beasts growl with oil-soaked teeth
Their dollar is mighty and true
Now the eagle soars the sky
Over refugee and child
And to all there is no end
Another day in perfect hell
So how come this gathering storm pours little on the truth?
Where the smoking gun's a familiar song let loose
Now a caravan of clouds
Warns us all of deadly showers
Then a rattle, comes the rain
With each bullet screams your name
So how come this gathering storm pours little on the truth?
Where the smoking gun's a familiar song let loose
With the bombed out cars come the falling stars from a heaven we'll never know
And the nameless names on the misspelled graves grow tall
We're still screaming at the wailing wall
Oh, I'll liberate your peoples' fate
As we scream at the Wailing Wall
Factory Girls Lyrics
5 ContributorsFactory Girls LyricsBuild a bridge or maybe two
Together held with footsteps she outgrew
But now she sits alone
Everyone's long gone
She dances in a photograph
When it was good to joke and have a laugh
But that was yesterday
If only today
Now out of walls are crawling faces that still breathe
But before she nods her head, what's left but sleep?
She hears a chorus of factory girls
Singing in the streets
Drinking their Coca-Colas
After washing your filthy sheets
Chasing down the avenue
After a childhood that she never knew
Choking on woodbine
Cigarettes just kill the time
Now out of walls are crawling faces that still breathe
But before she nods her head, what's left but sleep?
She hears a chorus of factory girls
Singing aoin and all
Empty are their pockets
But their voices are filled with song
Come day, go day
Wish in my heart it was Sunday
Drinking buttermilk all the week
And whiskey on a Sunday
Come day, go day
Wish in my heart it was Sunday
Drinking buttermilk all the week
And whiskey on a Sunday
Now out of walls are crawling faces that still breathe
But before she nods her head, what's left but sleep?
She hears a chorus of factory girls
Singing in the streets
Drinking their Coca-Colas
After washing your filthy sheets
She hears a chorus of factory girls
Singing aoin and all
Empty are their pockets
But their voices are filled with song
Sláinte Richard and his court of kings
He stole my heart and many other things
But me, I took his crown
Wish he was here to steal it now
The Light of a Fading Star Lyrics
3 ContributorsThe Light of a Fading Star LyricsAnd the light of a fading star
Is what you were, is what you are
Like the glow that christens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
Oh, when will this war be over and the madness leave the air?
This brick that's flown between us and the pulling of the hair
But if there's a reason
I don't need to know right now
And the light of a fading star
Is what you were, is what you are
Like the glow that christens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
Volunteers are soon forgotten and many more of us shall die
The sick still feed the hungry and the last battle song has cried
But if there's a reason
I don't need to know right now
And the light of a fading star
Is what you were, is what you are
Like the glow that christens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
Oh, and I always thought
That you, you wanted me
Oh, and I always thought somehow
That you, you wanted me
Oh, but if there's a reason
I don't need to know right now
'Cause beyond the pale lies evening
And the shadow of the plow
And the light of a fading star
Is what you were, is what you are
Like the glow that christens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
And the light of a fading star
Is what you were, is what you are
Like the glow that christens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
And the light of a fading star
Is what you were, is what you are
Tobacco Island Lyrics
10 ContributorsTobacco Island LyricsAll to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island
'Twas 1659 forgotten now for sure
They dragged us from our homeland with the musket and their gun
Cromwell and his roundheads battered all we knew
Shackled hopes of freedom, we're naught but stolen goods
Dark is the horizon
Blackened from the sun
This rotten cage of Bridgetown
Is where I now belong
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island
Red leg, down a peg, blistered burns the soul
The floggings they're a plenty but reasons there are none
Our backs belong to landlords, where branded is there name
Paid for with ten shillings, cheap labor never breaks
The silver moon is shining
Cools the copper blood
Where the living meet the dead
And together dance as one
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island
Agony, will you cleanse this misery?
For it's never again I'll breathe the air of home
From this sandy edge, the rolling sea breaks my revenge
With each whisper a thousand waves, I hear roar
I'm coming home
Dark is the horizon
Blackened by the sun
This rotten cage of Bridgetown
Is where I now belong
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island
All to hell, we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the sugar cane grows taller than the god we once believed in
The butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in
Now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt Tobacco Island
Queen Anne’s Revenge Lyrics
4 ContributorsQueen Anne’s Revenge LyricsYou can't see the demons until the demons come calling for you
You're deaf to their screaming until they're standing right behind you
Blind to flames growing until they're growing all around you
Numb to fangs gripping until they're gripping into you
You're miles from safe harbor
Run, run, run, run, run away
The fire has reached starboard
On the Queen Anne's Revenge
The skull and bones and a serpent's head
Are dancing with the madmen
On the Queen Anne's Revenge, have a gargle with your demons and me
Walked the plank of SS Seasick, survived only to continue the curse
Marooned on a small, sandy island with neither bird, beast nor herb
Drums started beating, none there but the sun and the flu
And the horns of the demon, no time to decide what to do
You have to do things your own way
Run, run, run, run, run away
You'll have to find out the hard way
On the Queen Anne's Revenge
The skull and bones and a serpent's head
Are dancing with the madmen
On the Queen Anne's Revenge, have a gargle with your demons and me
Drums started beating
None there but the sun and the flu
You can't see the demons
Until the demons come calling for you
On the Queen Anne's Revenge
The skull and bones and a serpent's head
Are dancing with the madmen
On the Queen Anne's Revenge
On the Queen Anne's Revenge
The skull and bones and a serpent's head
Are dancing with the madmen
On the Queen Anne's Revenge, have a gargle with your demons and me
Have a gargle with your demons and me
Have a gargle with your demons and me
Within a Mile of Home Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Dust falls on the empty halls of my old school
Where the memories fade like the casualty, a forgotten fool
Now wide-eyed has become the blind unspoken rule
Deeper only deep is now the word
The lesson's not the answer you once heard
[Chorus]
"Don't turn your back on me, don't ever let me down"
She said, "I picked you up each time before you hit the ground
Your selfish face is now erased when someone mentions you
And the darkness that you left is overstepped aside
With disappearing clouds, the sun arrives
Within a mile of home, within a mile of home"
[Verse 2]
Oh worry, oh my worry has it been that long?
The whistle keeps on blowing but the chills all gone
His empty frame cannot explain, there's nothing left inside
So sing to me a song from yesterday
When laughter filled the tears that we now make
[Chorus]
"Don't turn your back on me, don't ever let me down"
She said, "I picked you up each time before you hit the ground
Your selfish face is now erased when someone mentions you
If only you had seen what I now see
And turned the corner where you would've been
Within a mile of home, within a mile of home"
So sing to me, sing me a song, a song from yesterday
And when the laughter turned these tears before the promises, then they'll slip away
Don't turn your back on me, don't turn your back on me, don't ever let me down
Don't turn your back on me, don't turn your back on me, don't ever let me down
We are within a mile, we are within a mile, within a mile of home
We are within a mile, we are within a mile, within a mile of home
We are within a mile, we are within a mile, within a mile of home
We are within a mile (within a mile), we are within a mile (within a mile), within a mile of home
Take me home
With a Wonder and a Wild Desire Lyrics
3 ContributorsWith a Wonder and a Wild Desire LyricsSo I will pave this road 'till glory sets our broken spirit free
From every cross-soaked nail pours endless rain with tears no eye should see
But they could fill our highest ocean and the rivers in between
With every blade that flowers must grow then drown with love, our cruelest sea
So with a wonder and a wild desire
I will crawl from under every weight
With a wonder and a wild desire
Bless the day it was I shared your name
Yesterday forever speaks your grave
Hail the shower from the broadside to the heavens down below
Draw one last breath from your fanning ship, sink the hunger in us all
Shake the hand that speaks of freedom, kiss hate one final bow
Till each twilight falls then rests till dawn and tomorrows never sleep
So with a wonder and a wild desire
I will crawl from under every weight
With a wonder and a wild desire
Bless the day it was I shared your name
With each word forever speaks your grave
And of the fool we shall not mention
That depraves the cries of youth
Drag not your strength from government
But from the voices they abuse
So with a wonder and a wild desire
I will crawl from under every weight
With a wonder and a wild desire
Bless the day it was I shared your name
Yesterday forever speaks your grave
Only time will tell when this reign of hell shall wither in defeat
Separate the bread they forgot to share to the mouths still left to feed
Though this body ached then disappeared into the ground, our seeds
He said, "I'd, I'd always comfort thee"
So I will pave this road to glory
Much as the broken spirits soar
Resonate with perfect reason
Shut life's last gloomy door
So with a wonder and a wild desire
I will crawl from under every weight
With a wonder and a wild desire
Bless the day it was I shared your name
With a wonder and a wild desire
I will crawl from under every weight
With a wonder and a wild desire
Bless the day it was I shared your name
Yesterday forever speaks your grave
Don’t Let Me Die Still Wondering Lyrics
5 ContributorsDon’t Let Me Die Still Wondering LyricsI walk these streets where my soleless feet
Haunt the ground where it was I once tread
On Grafton's Arcade pours the rich commerce rain
Though the voices I no longer hear speak
Heaven's to blame, so on that I'll abstain
Best clean the church from my cracked fingernail
But don't let me die still wondering
What it was I left behind
From God's golden plate, begrudgers they eat
Until their bellies burst, ignorance bliss
Never they roam, a wanderless home
Is as far as their sorry eye sees
Give me a rusty old coat, well-trampled and soaked
Until these ashes and blood mingle deep
But don't let me die still wondering
What it was I left behind
Though I've been that face before, slammed every open door
Squandered once scattered beliefs
So when the waves come crashing in, I'll swim as the ocean swims
Out with the morning tide and back for my tea
So I'll do as I please like the well-tempered breeze
Blowing which way I see fit
I'll gray with the clay, seven days 'till the day
When they throw me on the potter's scrap heap
But take my advice, you'll have to bury me twice
'Cause the first time I won't rest easily
But don't let me die still wondering
What it was I left behind
So don't let me die still wondering
What it was I left behind
I want a race well-run, ahead of the gun
With a dance before the far finish line
So now life-long regrets, only well-fettered steps
Until these shoes I can no longer shine
But don't let me die still wandering
For the love I left behind