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Brendan Francis

by Brendan Francis

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1.
Pack Your Things 04:25
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Pack your things Soon to travel But what to bring Does not matter We’re going away For the summer Riding them waves Or Diving Under The turning of a wheel Moves us forward But can’t be asked to feel And can’t be ordered We’re going away But just for a while Gotta relearn the way We used to smile And when we arrive We finally slow down Been listening too high For a low, low sound Going away For the whole season Gonna use everyday Gonna get even
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Little Liar 05:29
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Freezing cold alone Or too warm with you What’s a happy home? What’s a man to do? I’m gonna start a fire I’m going to pour a drink My heart is a liar And I don’t know what I think But I am always the same I never believe I listen to the rain And the rain listens to me I look up at the clouds And I always find a shape Imagination allows Our senses to play games I always tell the truth Even if it’s a lie It’s not that I’m confused It’s just how I feel at the time Today’s a different day I’m in another mood Whatever I’m gonna say Shouldn’t depend on you I gave everything up That I used to know But that was only enough To swing from high to low Cuz change isn’t free Of forgotten pasts And eternity Don’t seem to last I didn’t start that fire But I watched it burn And my heart is a little liar I guess I’ll never learn Who are you? Who’s telling the truth? It doesn’t matter if you hide It’ll always find you
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Do Better 05:14
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It’s my time now Time to find out You can do better than me I can do whatever I please They can say what they will I will play or maybe wait until They all go home Watch the wind blowing through the tall grass Like to know things but I never ask Hear the rain falling on the window My thoughts are small Gotta let ‘em go Feel my heart break inside my chest Played my part great but I failed the test I have been here more than once before Always done less, Always wanted more But I never knew what for You can do You can do You can do better You can do You can do You can do better You can do You can do You can do better Than me I can do I can do I can do whatever I can do I can do I can do whatever I can do I can do I can do whatever I please You can do anything I can do anything But we can’t do it together You can go anywhere I can go anywhere But we can’t go together You can be anything I can be anything But we can’t be together Ever, ever, We can’t be together again But I know we’re gonna be friends One Day It’s my time now Time to find out It’s your turn now Turn to learn how
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Deal 05:08
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Mood swings like monkeys on a vine Parabolic arches fall and rise But to feel is good it’s how we survive And if all else fails you can always get high Heart breaks in the body first You can feel it inside and it really hurts When somebody you love leaves and stays away Turn to music, take drugs, psychotherapy Lean on friends and exercise Listen when their loving words are wise Unedited, no filter Discredited, and off kilter You’re the one in charge well are you now You’ve been trying too hard to figure that out And now you know you know you’ll never know When you want to think fast you can only move slow Fear of change leaves you waiting for forever Will you stay the same go insane or get better You can close your eyes and pray for something But don’t feign surprise at the big fat nothing Heart breaks in the body first You can feel it inside and it really hurts When somebody you love leaves and stays away Turn to music take drugs psychotherapy Lean on friends and exercise Listen when their loving words are wise Unedited, no filter Discredited, and off kilter
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Be Free 04:21
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When I’m on stage Under the lights I can’t see her face So I close my eyes She’s always there Listening And she don’t compare me To anything You do you And I’ll do me We’re still new At being free Be Free, Be Free, Be Free When you’re on a wall Up in the air You’re not scared to fall Just eager to share I’m down below Gazing up I need you to know I’ll always love You do you And I’ll do me We’re still new At being free Be Free, Be Free, Be Free
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Neverender 06:14
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I don’t believe in good I don’t believe in evil I just wish everybody would Let other people be people I don’t believe in right I don’t believe in wrong But if you want to pick a fight I will gladly play along Cuz there are things that we do That we maybe shouldn’t do And there’s things we won’t even remember But as long as we are speaking the truth Karma is a neverender I don’t believe in heaven I don’t believe in hell It’s all in set and setting It lives outside the buy and the sell I don’t believe in the law I don’t abide by the rules When has anybody sought Permission to ever do All the things that we do That we maybe shouldn’t do And the things we won’t even remember But as long as we are speaking the truth Karma is a neverender But I believe in my life And I believe in love And I believe it is me who decides What precisely I’m aware of I believe in my senses Yes I believe in my gut When the possibilities are endless There’s no reason to be stuck There are things that we do That we maybe shouldn’t do And there’s things we won’t even remember But as long as we are speaking the truth Karma is a neverender Neverender, neverender, neverender
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Medicine Man 05:32
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If I could go back to the way things were I’d run so fast to the arms of her When losing sleep was a blessing The tangled sheets recall undressing But truth be told You can’t rewind To any old Familiar times But looking back To how it began I noticed that Your love was medicine If I knew then what I know now I’d still tear through the lost and found A medicine man Loved a flower girl They stood in the sand At the edge of the world Stood face to face And eye to eye They shared the space Where worlds collide If they knew then what they know now They'd still tear through the lost and found A medicine man Loved a flower girl They stood in the sand At the edge of the world Stood face to face And eye to eye They shared the space Where worlds collide If they knew then what they know now They’d still tear through the lost and found If you knew then what you know now You'd still tear through the lost and found Because if you're lost you can be found
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Anicca 07:44
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It’s the law of nature That all things will change Anything familiar May become strange Sat in noble silence For ten days in a row A quiet act of defiance Of what I thought I know Get this thought into your head And keep it there forever Get this thought into your head Annica, Annica, Annica Trying not to crave Trying not to hate Learning they’re the same Source of all my pain How easily we forget How foolishly we behave What do we expect Other people to say Get this thought into your head And keep it there forever Get this thought into your head Annica, Annica, Annica
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Stasis 05:28
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I’m in love, I’m on drugs I’m confused, and I’m tired I know what I have done I’ve used and I’ve lied I wake up, go to work Come home, and I drink I make up my own worth I get stoned and I think Someday this will all change on it’s own Nothing I need to do just leave it alone But I’ve been thinking like this for too many years I convince myself it’s not how it appears But I don’t believe my own stories anymore I need to find relief in being bored Someday this will all change on it’s own Nothing I need to do just leave it alone So I want to control what I can control And I want to let go what I can let go I can't live in the moment all the time I need to face and own what is only mine So I gotta grow up, time to be a man It’s not enough to show up If I don’t understand Someday this will all change on it’s own Nothing I need to do just leave it alone But if I decide to do nothing at all Surely it will change, but it won’t be resolved
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Grown Ups 07:22
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Sitting at the breakfast table My mother and I Broke bread over basic cable Pumpernickel Rye She said that bus is coming Any minute now So boy, you’d best be running I’ll be here when you get out Things that were simple Are not quite so simple now Back when I was little I thought she had it figured it out I’m taking the long way home Me and my old man Snow covering the roads Talking Heads in the van Around the hairpin turn Via the Mohawk Trail Below the city lights they burn Where a good man came to fail Things that were simple Are not quite so simple now Back when I was little I thought he had it figured it out Things​ that were simple Are not simple now Back when I was little Who had it figured out? Trekking now deep in the woods Just a boy and his dog Good ol’ Miles and me Side by side we’d walk Full moon was shining A midnight bright as noon I swear my dog was smiling Swear to dog he knew Things that were simple Are not simple now Back when I was little Who had it figured out?
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Licorice 05:35
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I get warm in my ears From your saltwater kiss I let go a couple tears And watch them flow into oceans I get chills down my spine When you breathe on my neck I am water, You are wine Drink you up ‘til nothing's left This is love, isn’t it? Like orange and chocolate This is love, isn’t it? Sweeter than licorice As my bones turn to chalk I lay down and take your hand Whispering ain’t the same as talk It’s only you who understands You’re a shape and you’re a scent You’re a taste and you’re a sound You’re my future in present tense I’m the lost and you’re the found This is love, isn’t it? Like orange and chocolate This is love, isn’t it? Sweeter than licorice
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Speechless 09:02
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Couldn’t find any words The last couple weeks And to make matters worse That’s when you had to leave I don’t know about you When you’re stuck in a hole Anything you can do Any tricks that you know? Of all the things I seem to think about Which ones are real? I barely manage to figure out How I really feel Cursive words on white-lined paper Crumpled up and on the floor Maybe songs that I’ll save for later Or maybe I’m just bored Trying to find new ways to pass time Given up drinking again But with every cigarette that I don’t light Is another long lost friend I want to hang out with them anyway It used to be so much fun How does everyone have so damn much to say? And I just stare at everyone So I head home for a meditation Sitting up alone in the dark Finding pain instead of relaxation I’m doing it because it’s hard Hard To Breathe Breathe In, Breathe Out Let it go, Now Breathe In, Breathe Out Let it go, Now Trying to keep my eyes closed Trying to breathe through my nose Feel like I’m doing it wrong Trying to keep my back straight Trying to let my thoughts fade Feel like I’m doing it wrong Breath In, Breathe Out Let it go, Now Breath In, Breathe Out Let it go, Now Cuz I’ve tried everything And I’ll try anything But now nothing works So now I’m doing nothing Oh I'm doing nothing But oh, how nothing hurts Cuz I’m a jealous guy Afraid that I Might not be worthy of love And I’m insecure No I’m never sure If I am good enough Breathe In, Breathe Out Let it go, Now Breathe In, Breathe Out Let it go, Now

about

Originally from Massachusetts, USA, Brendan Francis is a singer-songwriter based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began writing songs while studying Art at the University of Massachusetts, and has always preferred performing in small, intimate settings.

Brendan Francis recorded his self-titled debut album alone at home in April 2020, amidst the global lockdown, inspired by a sense of deep meditation and reflection. A sort of concept album, the songs appear in chronological order from when they were written, a selection spanning nearly six years, unfolding like a trip in and out of one’s own consciousness and comfort zone.

The album is a chronicle of a personal journey from love to loss and back again, echoing familiar stories of both dissipation and discovery, through pain, confusion, and fear, but redeemed by self-love and the acceptance that all things will change. Brendan Francis addresses the human condition shamelessly, face to face, enticing his audience to do the same.

Brendan Francis aims to be an intersection of diametrically opposing worlds, north and south, east and west, tortured and enlightened. It is precisely this tightrope which his songs blindfoldedly traverse, and only faith which keeps them in the air.

credits

released September 18, 2020

All songs written, recorded, and produced by Brendan Francis in Copenhagen, Denmark.

All songs mixed & mastered by Dennis Tuomi.

Cover artwork by Jacoba Niepoort.

This project is supported by Koda Kultur.

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