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.

Move on

from 1920 by Thomas McDonald

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

written/recorded in summer 2005

lyrics

in love I kissed the ground where our bare feet tramped around
now I'm Emmett the clown silly boy turned upside down
and I hold my breath close my mouth 'cause all that's left
is wrecked like Macbeth I was left weak and bereft
of control you stole more than my smitten soul
I load like Van Gogh 'cause there's no hope in lobes
to revive your blue eyes
the ones whose tears could dry the cypress inside
still my heart bleeds alive

they say move on like the night towards the dawn
but I'm tired and I can never stay awake
and they speak of the scene downtown in the evening
but it's the hardest part to play
and it's such an easy thing to say

so anyway
I taste this new tongue and inside her poems I've sung
but it's never Donne I beg death to come
'cause I'm now here and nowhere shamming expressions
while I stare into Zeena's hair
but you know my heart sits there limp in the armchair

moving on like the night towards the dawn
but I'm tired and I can never stay awake
and going out for the scene downtown in the evening
but it's the hardest part to play
and it's such an easy thing to say
move on

I want to move away run like tears down a face
and fade into the color beige
or find a way to travel time I'd turn my world on a dime
but you know life's the hardest thing to stage
and it's such an easy thing to say

credits

from 1920, track released August 13, 2005

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Thomas McDonald South Carolina

contact / help

Contact Thomas McDonald

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Thomas McDonald, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now