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Love Songs from the Feral Park

by The Ephemerals

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1.
I’ve been trying to call you all night long But you don’t bother to phone Does your flatmate think there’s something wrong When she tells me you’re not at home? Is there something on your mind? Is there something I should say? You’ve been washing your hair for a week And I’m going insane We should be walking home by the moonlight, baby I’m walking home at night on my own As another evening dies Is there something I should know? I’ve been talking to you all night long But you’ve got nothing to say Does your flatmate think there’s something wrong When you’re always miles away? Is there something on your mind? Is there something on your brain? You’ve been turning your face to the wall And I’m going insane We making love with the angels, baby I’m lying here all alone As another evening dies Is there something I should know? I’ve been waiting for you all night long But you don’t bother to show Me and your flatmate have been getting on And I think it’s time to go There’s something on my mind There’s something on my brain And I’m out with your friend And you’ve only yourself to blame We will be making love with the angels, baby You’ll be making love all alone As another evening dies There’s something you should know
2.
Scent Of You 03:47
They bring my coffee by the cup They fill my coffee up And I dream a day like this The diner’s never packed The Sundays in the rack And I dream a day like this Like the couple, never talk who never speak But the scent of you tugging at my sleeve And the night may fall and the light may leave But I’m safe Peace is mine when my order arrives And I dream a day like this The couple overheard Who never say a word But dream a day like this And the fates befall and you don’t believe But the scent of you tugging at my sleeve And the night may fall and the light may leave But I’m safe
3.
I know I’m foolish to sit here and wait Never more to hear the hinges of the gate I think a madness came to me When you passed along to leave me here I could go anywhere from coast to coast Still the thought of you snags me to my post Beside the dreams that cannot be There’s no one in this house but me I miss the signs of you in each and every room I miss your overcoat and the hook of your perfume I think a sadness came to me When you passed along to leave me here The bathroom shelves are bare, the cupboards gone to waste In the bathroom mirror, I swear I saw your face But how crazy can I be? There’s no one in this house but me Once you were real Once you were real It’s hard to now conceive that you were real Once you were flesh Once you were flesh And I was not a mess when you were flesh I keep your photo at the bottom of our stairs When I come in, I’m so pleased to see you there And then the sadness grows in me Cause you passed along to leave me here And every drink I have I always make for two And every meal that I prepare I make for you But to an infinite degree There’s no one in this house but me And on the TV, I watch our favourite show It’s not so funny now I watch it on my own There’s just this bitterness and grief Since you passed along to leave me here And touching moments in a drama are a mess I lean across to cry into your dress But how thick can I be There’s no one in this house but me Once you were real Once you were real It’s hard to now conceive that you were real Once you were flesh Once you were flesh And I was not a mess when you were flesh Once in bed at night, I never can relax I lie and think of you home again at last And then the madness grows in me Cause you passed along to leave me here And when I fall asleep, you always fill my dreams Then these four walls are quite a happy place to be But how desperate can I be? There’s no one in this house but me
4.
Crazy The frost upon your window pane’s come early The flowers that hide their buds away Are turning in sympathy All the things you said They all come down on your head Like your growing dread that the tears you shed Will never be renewed Did you think you’d tap the motherlode Pollen from the ceiling rose It keeps you going, I suppose It’s not much to know But it’s true Wakeful Once you sleep the morning’s going to take you You blew the past and tomorrow’s going to blame you And shame you Be careful where you walk Your nightmares see in the dark As you tiptoe through the feral park They’re waiting up for you But peeping through the morning light The fears that keep you up all night That tell you you’re not living right And laugh you might But it’s true I write again This letter to my former self The good-hearted kid No goals to be met and life’s a gas Tripping down the garden path With no thought for what’s ahead And then the setting sun From spring into summer and autumn And finally winter comes The bountiful harvest The goods from the woods And the should and the coulds Become dead and the duds And all they say is ‘Son, thanks for showing up Thanks for showing up Thanks for showing up Thanks for showing up’ So tell me Do you think the world thinks less of you? Oh tell me Do you think the doorbell’s calling you? Well maybe Just maybe The sky’s about to fall You sit and stare at the wall You need to go but you only stall And the strength to fight is through The ghost that haunts the house in you Who wants to see the back of you Keep telling him it’s your house too He’ll laugh at you But it’s true
5.
Travels 01:09
You’re tired from your travels Your hair towel unravels As you drift off to sleep on the bed Face down on the pillow Your hair like a willow Arranged at the side of your head The only thing here that matters to me Is I know where you are and you’re safe I trust you implicitly Love from the heart of me Is scattered all over this place You wake in the morning The alarm clock is calling You drag yourself out of the bed The morning light touches you Washes you, brushes you You shake the sleep out of your head
6.
At least once in every day, they’ll think of you How you were with a pint pot in your hands At least once in every day they’ll drink to you Drink to you but never understand But then, hey wait a minute, did the hours really pass so slowly? But then, hey wait a minute, did you really feel so bad? Well, the people gathered here were all proud to know you Here to mark the passing of a friend and a good-hearted man Did you even taste the pills that you were popping? Did you taste the water used to wash them down? Did you stare at the light no longer frightened and thumb your nose at those who let you down But then, hey wait a minute, did the hours really pass so slowly? But then, hey wait a minute, did you really feel so bad? Well, the people gathered here were all proud to know you Here to mark the passing of a friend and a good-hearted man Leave the telephone to ring unanswered Leave the car unlocked upon the road You never had the nerve that life demanded Leave your friends to live on on their own But then, hey wait a minute, did the hours really pass so slowly? But then, hey wait a minute, did you really feel so bad? Well, the people gathered here were all proud to know you Here to mark the passing of a friend and a good-hearted man If heaven is the place they can’t get at you Hell must be this life down on this earth Do you look down where you are now feeling stupid? Do you realise now what it all was worth? But then, hey wait a minute, did the hours really pass so slowly? But then, hey wait a minute, did you really feel so bad? Well, the people gathered here were all proud to know you Here to mark the passing of a friend and a good-hearted man
7.
Just the other day, I saw you in the market in our town Beside the bric-a-brac I wasn't spying, I was simply window shopping I was in the market for some silly bits of nothing I was hardly buying And I saw you in our town with a person by your side A man I can't identify cast a smile your way And you, to my horror, chose to reciprocate I threw my lunch away, my Monster Munch in the receptacle I'm not a greedy man I'm just a simple Town fan And I'm familiar with defeat But in my heart I still believe Just the other day, I saw you with a record in a bag It was under plastic and it clearly mattered You were fresh from Bostocks You were exiting the Pack Horse You were showing Barclay Harvest on the jacket through the plastic And I never can recall other records that you bought When music's been no draw for you Why change the attitude And I speculate with horror who you're casting to this soundtrack Compositing sonatas while my lousy world's collapsing I'm not a stupid man If you're bored, I understand But I'd hate you to come clean Because in my heart I still believe Just the other day, I was drawing off some water for a bath To drown my sorrows or wash my cares away I was passing half an hour in monastic contemplation With some Chateau Neuf de Pape that I'd picked up at the station Did you forget that I was in Because I know you phoned your friend Your newly single bosom chum Your co-conspirator And the eddies and the vortices caused by hearing half the story Only aggravate the horrors of these nightmares that I harbour I'm not a bitter man I will forgive you if I can I may be foolish and naive But in my heart I still believe I'm not a greedy man I'm just a simple Town fan And I'm familiar with defeat But in my heart I still believe I'm not a stupid man If you're bored, I understand But I'd hate you to come clean Because in my heart I still believe I'm not a bitter man I will forgive you if I can I may be foolish and naive But in my heart I still believe
8.
You’re the prettiest girl in our phone book Prettiest girl in our town I know you don’t think much about the way I look And if I asked you, you’d turn me down But I’m the smartest of kids And if you came with me I’d treat you so right it’d be a certainty That you’d love me by the time we say goodnight I’ve seen you many times on our corner Off with your best-friend down town With my eyes I implored you every time I saw you But you, you never looked round But I’m the smartest of kids And if you came with me I’d treat you so right it’d be a certainty That you’d love me by the time we say goodnight But every, every time I come near you You’re moving way too fast I’ve come to the conclusion That you don’t want to be asked We could go for a day on a train ride Like tearaways bunking off school Or we’d go for a walk around our local park And cut our feet in the paddling pool But I’m the smartest of kids And if you came with me I’d treat you so right it’d be a certainty That you’d love me by the time we say goodnight That you’d love me by the time we say goodnight That you’d love me by the time we say goodnight
9.
Effervescent 04:40
Strange as it seems to me now, you were smitten You selected me out of a crowd unbidden I came with a warning your friends made you hide Was I really the person you’d want at your side You adopted me right there and then, like a kitten See, I want you to listen to something I have to tell you Honey, we’re through And cruel as it seems it’s got little to do with you Keeping you happy was high on my agenda Studious, attentive and fly, as I remember It’s fallen apart like you wouldn’t believe Tumbled to ground like an autumn leaf I listened too hard to your own propaganda See, I want you to listen to something I have to tell you Honey, we’re through And cruel as it seems it’s got little to do with you I’ve moods as dark as a cloud when it’s fretting You’ve a soul like a flute of champagne, effervescing The science of vacuums interests me How air in an airlock wants to be free But apply that to you and me, it’s depressing See, I want you to listen to something I have to tell you Honey, we’re through I’m shaking, I’m breaking, they’re waiting to take me from you I must start dreaming again
10.
Porch 01:39
I'll stay up as long as possible I can't stand to go to my bed I'll sit on the porch feeling drowsy I don't want this day to end My time's been wonderful My time's been wonderful My time's been wonderful My time's been wonderful The evening's for chilling and hanging with lovers and friends

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Love Songs from the Feral Park is the inaugural album from The Ephemerals.

Love Songs from the Feral Park a mixture of all the sounds we have loved in our long and happy music-loving lives, from Indie guitar pop, to 60's British invasion, to Girl Group, anything touched by the Wrecking Crew, Orange Juice, The Walker Brothers, Jesus and Mary Chain, the Carpenters, bits of folk, a dash of 70's rock. There's even a nod and wink to Stax, if you know where to look.

This a labour of love, and we're very proud of it. This is an album that could sing its way into your heart!

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released August 1, 2011

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