We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Floating World I

by Kyp Harness

/
1.
The Rock 02:59
THE ROCK Got my head on straight and nothin’s gonna shake me You’re welcome to try if you think you’re gonna break me ’Cause I’ve been through the mill and I’m here to say Nothin’in the world’s gonna make me fade away I’m bolted to the rock, a hundred and ten percent dedicated to love Been up to the mountain, been out to the coast Followin’ the faith of the promises of ghosts But I had the scum cleaned from my eyes to see Your pricetags and your labels don’t mean nothin’ to me I’m bolted to the rock, a hundred and ten percent dedicated to love I talk to the president, he says “We gotta write another law” I talk to the policeman, he says “Won’t you stand up against the wall?” I talk to the reverend, he says “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, This could start another war!” I don’t live for your approval or to be a millionaire I ain’t livin’ for the weekend or brand new frigidaire I’m livin’ by faith, you know the kind I mean The kind that moves a mountain and can separate a sea I’m bolted to the rock, a hundred and ten percent dedicated to love I talk to the president, he says “We gotta write another law” I talk to the businessman, he says “We can make off with quite a haul” I talk to the policeman, he says “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, This could start another war!” You got people’s approval if you keep’em entertained Talk about what’s real and they act like you’re insane Hit you with their shame, fill you with their fear I don’t wanna be aloof, so I try and persevere But I’m bolted to the rock, a hundred and ten percent dedicated to love Tryin’ to move a mountain one pebble at a time Goin’ around in circles, tryin’ to walk the line Livin’ fifty lifetimes in a single day Talkin’ Japanese in the heart of Paraguay I’m bolted to the rock, a hundred and ten percent dedicated to love
2.
GROUNDHOG BLUES Some people get lost in the darkness Some people get lost in daylight Me I got lost in a glimpse of your love And I hope to remain out of sight I hope no-one comes lookin’ for me I don’t trust myself to be polite I’m out here tryin’ to build wings I don’t have time for these things Honey, tell’em I’m gone for the night I’m tired of all this nothin’ for somethin’ Sick of the ol’ runaround Tryin’ to earn the respect Or collect a paycheque From some crook on the wrong side of town I’ve seen all the city can offer And I know all the tricks it can play I’ve seen all the ploys Of the girls and the boys Makin’ life harder to live each day Sometimes you wake up and find you been dreamin’ Sometimes in a dream you are oddly aware Sometimes you find yourself caught In places you never thought you’d be And can’t recall how you got there I once knew a man who died quickly I knew another who died bit by bit I know many who stayed till they faded away And never even realized it But hope sometimes comes from strange places It appears when you expect it least It’s somewhere off the stage Past the cramped sticky cage We erect in the midst of this feast I held out my hand for the rain That no-one believed would come down I waited four days or more By the fifth day it poured By the sixth I swear I nearly drowned Still I’m not gonna argue with strangers I never did get this world anyhow Where forces unknown Are attempting to clone More of what no-one looks after now I’m just tryin’ to reach up to Heaven Stayin’ one step ahead of my need Stayin’ clear of our pals And their calm rationales For murder and torture and greed No I don’t get too shocked or excited ’Bout any new deals that get handed down Got so little invested, Why should I get arrested By the latest “Sieg heil!” shoutin’ clown? Pardon me if I’m not fascinated About the outcome of your race It’s all fixed anyhow, I’m in a different world now That hangs suspended from a child’s shoelace My veins keep rejecting this pipeline Of poisonous gossip and buzz Hey there, good neighbour Won’t you do me the favour Of forgettin’ that I ever was? Some people get lost in the darkness Some people get lost in daylight Me I got lost in a glimpse of your love And I hope to remain out of sight
3.
(AIN’T NO) GETTIN’ OVER YOU Well there ain’t no gettin’ over you Because there ain’t no-one who can do the things you do You got no real competitors, it’s true You’re gonna conquer me because I want you to There ain’t no way to live this down Got to live up to this thing that’s pullin’ me around I can’t escape it, might as well make friends with it, I’ve found It only wants what’s best for me, that’s why I’m always trouble-bound I’ve been a puppet and a poet And by now you’d think I’d know it You got me dead to rights I’ve been a painter and a pirate You’re the one that did inspire it You keep turnin’ on the lights There ain’t no way I’ll ever let you out Got you tattooed upon my soul without a doubt Anytime I sit down and try and think of what it’s all about Your name comes up sometime before the lights go out I’ve been a puppet and a poet And by now you’d think I’d know it You got me dead to rights I’ve been a painter and a pirate You’re the one that did inspire it You keep turnin’ on the lights There ain’t no gettin’ ’round the fact I’m a believer and you caught me in the act I’m a deserter, and I’m never goin’ back I’m gonna follow you all the way down the track
4.
WHEN I GET THROUGH When I get through all of this trouble And it disappears like it’s a bubble See the city of sadness fall into rubble When I get through, when I get through When I get through all this agonizin’ About what is or isn’t on the horizon There’s gonna be a fire, the flames’ll be risin’ When I get through, when I get through When I get through all these hidden detours I’m gonna have a new heart and it’s gonna be yours You’re gonna see a few things that you never seen before When I get through, when I get through
5.
The Voice 03:53
THE VOICE I went lookin’ for my voice in a strange and haunted place Far beyond the common courtroom where so many plead their case Where football players never venture and the few know all-too-well Where the flower of truth is growin’ surrounded by the fires of hell Or so I believed it did, and so it did for me Next time I’ll have to look into these things more carefully Where the only faithful heart is resting in intensive care Where the only love you can lean upon is nowhere and everywhere Where the only words to live by have been uttered by the mouth Of the head upon the chopping block before the axeman snuffs it out By the toxic waste dump some refer to as society Excreted by the corporate bowels on shores of accepted insanity When in amongst the tumult, like a cricket in the wind I heard a sound besmirch the air, I heard it once again And though I knew not where it came from, nor the words that had been said I heard the voice around me, and I was comforted Far beyond the starlit meadows, far beyond the moonswept field Behind the beauty of the wild where more beauty is concealed In the blood red womb of the rose where the universe is born I stumbled to the armpit of the city, all fractured and forlorn Where the father’s chair is empty, where the hero’s crown’s unworn Where the only useful savior’s crucified or drowned in scorn By the unprotected orphans, by abuse forever linked Whose justice is delayed, then rendered finally extinct By the billboard execution, by the soundbite masquerade In the economy of suffering where progress is always bein’ made By the sacred paycheque martyrs bled and fed into the mouth Of the machinery of drudgery, then hastily spat out On bleak commercial shores where children raised up by neglect Get sold out at shopping malls where prejudice and power intersect When in amongst the tumult I heard it once again As big and wide as the tidal wave we all were swimmin’ in Something like the sound of love behind the trembling of the sky That seemed to see exactly where we were hangin’ and knew why And though I knew not where it came form nor the words that had been said I heard the voice around me, and I was comforted
6.
TRUE AND BEAUTIFUL True and beautiful That’s what you are to me True and beautiful, Like an old oak tree On a hilltop, with the sun shinin’ through The branches blowin’ wild and free True and beautiful That’s what you are to me Rare and magical You took me by surprise Like a shooting star on a pitch black night, Like lightning in the summer skies Or an unexpected garden That suddenly appears before your eyes Rare and magical You took me by surprise True and beautiful That’s what you are to me Like an icy stream in the wintertime, Like an old oak tree On a hilltop, with the sun shinin’ through The branches blowin’ wild and free True and beautiful That’s what you are to me
7.
Hangin' On 03:01
HANGIN’ ON I’m hangin’ on by the skin of my teeth Hangin’ on while alligators snap beneath In the middle of the night, when everybody’s gone I’m at the very end of my rope but I’m hangin’ on I’m hangin’ on by the dust on my fingers Hangin’ on like an ol’ blues singer When the party’s over and the shutters are drawn I’m at the very end of my rope but I’m hangin’ on Everybody says “Who’s that guy up there?” I said “Don’t worry baby, I’ll be back when I got something to share” ’Cause this old world can thin you out Capsize your little boat upon the waters of doubt I’m hangin’ on to a vision of Heaven Hangin’ on, twenty-four seven For a glimpse of the spring and a hint of the dawn I’m at the very end of my rope but I’m hangin’ on Sittin’ in the basement, starin’ at the wall “I’m sorry did someone say something?” “No, nobody at all” Waitin’ for some kinda special bell to ring Hopin’ that when it comes you’ll be able to tell if it’s the real thing I’m hangin’ on in a blizzard of hatred Hangin’ on, but I think I’m gonna make it Like a wind-up doll or an automoton I’m at the very end of my rope but I’m hangin’ on
8.
EPISTLE TO THE DEMOLITION CREW The honourable minister got caught sellin’ Secrets in a canister, slidin’ down the banister Cultivatin’ blisters with somebody ’s sister But the news ain’t new, it’s just sad and sinister I don’t care, I just wanna spend my time with you Love to see the things you do The multicorporation got caught Dumpin’ contamination in a conservation area Characters from the Book of Revelation Tryin’ to chew a hole through somebody’s basement I don’t care, I just wanna spend my time with you Love to see the things you do Well I never ever know what you’re gonna do next Never get a chance, never get a chance to take a rest Could be sittin’ in a multilane car wreck, I’d still feel blessed Nike’s, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s All got together to solve the world’s problems A new theme park with a simulated rain forest Free life jackets for the comin’ global warmin’ But I don’t care, I just wanna spend my time with you Love to see the things you do Well I never ever know what you’re gonna do next Never get a chance, never get a chance to take a rest Could be sittin’ in a multilane car wreck, I’d still feel blessed The honourable minister got caught sellin’ Secrets in a canister, slidin’ down the banister Cultivatin’ blisters with somebody’s sister But the news ain’t new, it’s just sad and sinister I don’t care, I just wanna spend my time with you Love to see the things you do
9.
Hymn 04:39
HYMN You’re always in our minds, your always in our hearts No ocean, sea, or mountain could ever keep apart The soul from its creator where the two are gathered here Led on by their desire form the broken homes of fear Your gentleness more mighty than Any force or fortress devised by man The rifles fire, the cannons blow But all for naught where your tiger lilies grow You’re in the smoky haze of the burning stakes You’re with the angels that hover ’round till the babe awakes You’re in the desolated cities, on the bruised and beaten streets Where the underdog and the scapegoats meet Your slightest touch undoes the binds On these souls in torment, these medicated minds Let the meek heart dance, let the grass grow o’er These blood drenched fields, let the caged bird soar From the isolated mansion to hovels where all hope’s run out Where the silver spoon’s exchanged for a revolver in the mouth Let one moment of your grace undo the centuries of scorn Here where the children still are waiting, where the foal’s still newly born I can’t see the wind, but I can feel it blow Let me read the sign, let my spirit know In the slipstream of events let me never lose the trail Let the kindness of the dewdrops on green spring leaves never fail
10.
SPECIAL PLACE Come along with me, my mademoiselle Though your face is hidden I know you well I remember you since you were born In a one horse town with no blinders on You’ve seen how ugly things can get Worst part of is, you know it’s not over yet But I know your sign and I know your name Last thing that you’re lookin’ for is more of the same (Chorus:) I want to take you into that special place And we’ll disappear without a single trace We’ll soar above this world and never leave the ground Then lightly touch back without makin’ a sound In that special place, that special place You know who I am; I’m just like you And I love and I hate all the same things as you do I’ve had enough of plans, without any about That look so good on paper but never work out I used to work a job, but then I snapped One day you’re in the book, the next you’re off the map But that’s what happens to a life when it’s lived on the square It’s like money in the bank, it just sits there (Chorus:) I want to take you into that special place And we’ll disappear without a single trace We’ll soar above this world and never leave the ground Then lightly touch back without makin’ a sound In that special place, that special place Now the well’s gone dry as a dead man’s dust But it doesn’t really matter since the pump went bust There’s a different kind of thirst I see in your eyes Different kind of love we share beneath the disguise I’ve read your heart like an open book Fryin’ pan or fire, we’re gonna get cooked The end won’t hesitate a single minute Let’s make our bed, let’s lie in it And you’re gonna take me into that special place…
11.
GOOD TIME JOE His loneliness covered him up like a cloud And it followed him everywhere he went And you were never sure just exactly what you’d find In the very center of it – A hand raised in hatred, a hand raised in love And no-one was more surprised than he In the very moment when your most trusted friend Suddenly became your worst enemy Let’s have another drink for Good Time Joe He would drink to you, you know He could always be depended on To let you down whenever times were tough And he could always be depended on To drag you down into some new fresh hole he dug Not a word of excuse, and no apology, And no acknowledgment of pain That wouldn’t be his style – just a sheepish smile As he does it again and again and again Let’s have another drink for Good Time Joe He would drink to you, you know I can see him now, driftin’ through all the ruined lives A trail of disappointment in his wake Goin’ for the easy laugh, goin’ for the big finish Goin’ for the hearty handshake He’s everybody’s friend, he’s a real man’s man The party doesn’t stop till he appears Can’t you see him dancin’ now, with his lampshade on his brow Until he starts cryin’ in his beer? Let’s have another drink for Good Time Joe He would drink to you, you know
12.
TAKE CARE OUT THERE You better take care out there ’Cause you got somethin’ that is so worth preservin’ You could travel anywhere And never find another gem so deservin’ Of your care Take care out there You better just slow down now Because I’ve heard these roads are precarious I don’t like to lay the law down But that’s my very heart you’re carryin’ Around Better slow down now This highway’s haunted And I knew it from the day I got on Half the time we can’t wait until it’s over Then we’re wonderin’ where it’s all gone So you better step carefully Here where despair is growin’ like a cancer Many go down so willingly You can too, but if you do you’ll have to answer To me Step carefully The woods are full of intruders And invaders of the soul What some might see as a cause for ecstasy Becomes another chance to exercise control So you better take care out there ’cause what you got is no mere possession That you could replace anywhere But it’s a miracle so precious So rare Take care out there
13.
Man Enough 02:48
MAN ENOUGH Am I man enough to do what needs to be done? Am I man enough to fight the battle till the battle’s won? Am I man enough to stand With my family hand in hand? Am I man enough not to be a man? Am I man enough to stick it out and take a chance? Am I man enough to retreat when they tell me to advance? Am I man enough to do the job for which I been selected To stand up for a woman when a woman’s disrespected? Am I man enough to know how it’s all connected? It’s easy enough to say that nothin’s broke It’s easy enough to tell another joke It’s easy enough until you start to choke Upon the words before they even leave your mouth Am I man enough to tell the north from the south? It’s easy enough to go and join the herd And follow along without a single word It’s easy enough to be a mockingbird And sing along with whatever tune they’re playin’ Am I man enough to hear what my heart is sayin’? Am I man enough to be open to the pain in the night? Am I man enough to believe when the truth is out of sight? Am I man enough to see, Not be blinded by the dogma of some false philosophy? Am I man enough to be who God created me to be?
14.
Her Song 05:38
HER SONG She’s just a little one With a face like the morning sun And she’s changing my world as she plays in the garden Lookin’ up with two trusting eyes Bright and clear as the summer skies She takes my hand and she leads me away And I follow behind Scarcely believing my ears and my eyes She takes me to that special place Where grief and sorrow never show their face And everything’s fresh and new as the day of creation In a land of laughter, joy and play Where past and future both fade away She returns me to all I’d misplaced and forgotten And I follow behind Scarcely believing my ears and my eyes Lord thanks for this precious day Lord thanks for this blessed change Lord thanks for the way she’s uncovered my heart She’s just a little one With a face like the morning sun And she’s changing my world as she plays in the garden
15.
ALWAYS SOMETHING MORE TO BEHOLD IN YOUR LOVE Passin’ through this dreadful time I’m almost grateful for the troubles we’ve known Revealing strength we never knew we had And sides of life that might have never been shown And there’s always something more to behold in your love I cast my mind back in amnesia trance To where I wore my affliction like a crown Behind a mask, crippled by the pain I could not carry and I could not lay down And there’s always something more to behold in your love The sparrow swims in waves of mercy That we once mistook for air Gathering his bits of twine and twig He never doubts that what he needs will be there And there’s always something more to behold in your love And if the wound did not last forever And if we didn’t pass away as we speak And if the fall was never neverending I’d say you’re right, nothing matters, don’t bother to seek But there’s always something more to behold in your love The road’s as narrow as a tightrope The sun’s as focused as a laser beam Our hands are empty as an executioner’s eye Spend all day tryin’ to figure out what’s real and what’s a dream But there’s always something more to behold in your love Passin’ through this dreadful time I’m almost grateful for the trouble we’ve known Revealing strength we never knew we had And sides of life that might have never been shown And there’s always something more to behold in your love
16.
BORDERLINE TOWN The hills of the countryside swam in moonlight As the town fell to sleep in the deep of the night The sky filled with dreams Like a glass fills with wine One looked like yours, one looked like mine So I took them and hid them in an old wishing well The mockingbird at my shoulder, he swore not to tell For you learn to hide quickly any treasure you’ve found When you’re born to be a dreamer in a borderline town So many years later I met you one day In the park by the church where the small children play You smiled so politely but you were down, I could tell So I went back to find that old wishing well And the dreams that we’d hidden though so much had changed They were just as I left them, everything was the same For you learn to trust completely in miracles that abound When you’re born to be a dreamer in a borderline town So it’s goodbye to the country, farewell to our home Farewell to the dark haunted streets we once roamed Goodbye to each kind and familiar face Goodbye comes easy when there’s so much to chase We set off in the morning with no guide but the wind With our dreams as our map and our mockingbird friend For you learn you must travel to find where you’re bound When you’re born to be a dreamer in a borderline town And you know you’ve got to travel to find where you’re bound When you’re born to be a dreamer in a borderline town

about

Featuring Dinner is Ruined Band - Part I of a Double Album

credits

released July 24, 2014

Kyp Harness - guitar, vocal
Dale Morningstar - guitar, bass
Dr. Pee - piano, organ, bass
Dave Clark - drums, bass
David Matheson - piano, organ
Blake Howard - drums
Rob Clarke - bass
David Pedliham - guitar
Adam Faux - guitar
Kathryn Rose - vocals
Alphons Fear - trumpet

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Kyp Harness Toronto, Ontario

contact / help

Contact Kyp Harness

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Kyp Harness, you may also like: