LYRICS

ANCHORS

Anchor down, here for a minute.

Roll up the mainsail, so we're not drifting.

Os Mutantes, on the speakers.

We look majestic, no shade, and starboard features.

Down at the old marina, I wanna see ya.

Feet in the water and shoulders peeling.

The pressure's low, we see miles ahead.

And the last thing you said when you saw me is in my head.

And in the evening, a little sangria.

The wind in the sails, is gonna free ya.

And in the morning another story

of the love we found when we ran aground.

Down at the old marina, I wanna see ya.

Out on the water, I wanna feel ya.

The pressure's low, we’re miles ahead.

And the last thing you said when you saw me is in my head.

ENDLESS WAVS

See your heart wandering from my hand, summer’s end.

I wanted you to never give me up and hold me in the shadow of the setting sun.

I never thought you’d want to be apart.

I see you.

Lay my head upon the salt, wait for wind and waves to wash it off.

You lick my hand, I try to understand why you’d want to be apart.

I see you through the window of my heart.

I see you through the window of my heart, and the waves are slowly pulling us apart.

I see you through the window of my heart.

GUAVA

With no clothes, I stumble home, full moon in the sky.

Sure enough, love is on my mind.

I waited like a junkie for ya.

We skipped the parties, no one’s asking why.

Been wrapped around your finger for a while.

Sure enough, guava’s on my mind.

Yeah we’re shooting, waiting up,

to find you at the top of my mind.

Yeah we’re shooting, waiting up,

You want my plum, so set it off: You wanna be so bold!

And we’re waking up,

I find a little salt on my lips.

And we can’t get enough, so I never sleep on my side.

You pull me into the night!

We’re wired in series, no one’s asking why.

Sure enough, guava’s on my mind.

Yeah we’re shooting, waiting up,

to find you at the top of my mind.

Yeah we’re shooting, waiting up,

You want my plum, so set it off: You wanna be so bold!

DAYS OF US

I wander through the waters we rely on.

You put me back together: I leave you whole.

See you rise, oh I’m in between.

I watch the tide.

I wait a while.

I wonder what you’re made of.

See you rise, oh I’m in between.

I never knew this was our moment in the light.

I never knew you saw the difference in my eye.

If all I wanted was a moment, why should I be,

should I be without you.

PUERTO VIEJO

Better stay young, in the sun

Better stay young, in the sun

Cuz I see you rise, in the morning light, in the morning light…

I waited on the shore beside you

Never want the sun to set.

I couldn’t take apart the wonder of the sight of you.

Would I love again?

Would I love again?

Walk along the port’s mouth in a daze.

It’s what you wanted all along.

I knelt in wonder when I said, what I said:

I can see it all. I see it all.

It pulls you under.

The body peels and the waves are thundering.

And now you’re seeing the tiny cracks in your heart: revealing!

I wanna love you with the summer here inside me,

and fall asleep beside the old port breathing in (I found it wonderful!)

Night and day are never far from even.

I feel no passing of the change of season.

I couldn’t take apart the wonder of the sight of you in the sun.

Better stay young, in the sun.

Cuz I see you rise, in the morning light, in the morning light…

EL MATADOR

Leave it alone it’s not what you wanted.

Seasons unfold: desire’s unspoken.

A moment of grace and the sun in your eyes is all that you wanted.

So leave it alone.

Could’ve been good. Could’ve been broken.

Shouldn’t care why. Shouldn’t look over.

The colours will fade til they’re forgotten.

In a moment of grace the light’s in your eyes.

It’s all that you wanted. Isn’t that all you wanted?

It’s all that you wanted. Isn’t that all you wanted?

BARCELONETA

(instrumental)

MONUMENTAL (BARBARIAN DAYS)

Wait, why are you running from the moment?

Another chance to release what I wanted to hide.

Might as well go! Might as well get underwater.

Cuz you can try and try to leave it for a little bit.

Wait, feel the weight upon your shoulders.

On the third wave lean in if you want it.

Might as well go, might as well get underwater.

Cuz you can try and try to feel it for a little bit.

All I wanted was a minute to believe my mind.

All I wanted was a minute to relieve it.

Hey! All I wanted was a minute to relieve my mind.

All I wanted was a minute to believe it.

Hey, I don’t know what you been knowin.

Don’t police me I ain’t got nothin to hide.

Might as well go. Might as well live underwater.

Cuz you can try and try to shake me but I’m owning it.

All I wanted was a minute to believe my mind.

All I wanted was a minute to relieve it.

Hey! All I wanted was a minute to relieve my mind.

All I wanted was a minute to believe it.

REVERENCE

Every little sting that follows your mind,

Makes you wanna stain the whites of your eye.

Pulling all the strings that light up your life,

All the endless streams: sensational ride.

On the pedestal, in the spotlight.

So you sing along, and you never hide,

From the reverence, and the spotlight.

And you say you’re wrong, and they’ll break it down.

The scene just follows your mind.

The scene just colours your mind.

Every little pull that lies in your bed.

Running from the feedback: the burn in your head.

Pulling all the strings that light up your life, but it’s over.

You still want it. You escaped it. You’re surrounded.

RESISTANCE

White hot city night.

You can’t even pause for the one you want.

It’s over in a pretty line.

You can’t call between all that came before.

It’s all in the way you get caught between what you want and what you say.

It’s over in a pretty line.

I can’t help but think of all the little gems you laid.

Everything I want to endure: I’ve been coming back from more.

Everything I want to endure as I’m standing at the door of wild nights.

Seems I’ve been hanging on to the floor,

But I keep coming back for more wild nights.

ACCEPTANCE

Would you lean in tight? Let your soul fit in?
You wanna leave your head out here.
Could you want it, for a second?
No possessions over here.

I know I see you. Gonna take my time.
Wading in the water here.

The open water. Let your soul fit in.
No horizon left to fear.

So I wonder why, I wanna keep it in my head: your acceptance.
Won’t you let your heart back in? You accepted it all.
So I say my friend, would you leave it here for me: your acceptance.
Won’t you let your heart back in? You accepted it all.

I made it through the long horizon: nothing was as wide as hope.
I won’t anchor to the land. I put my faith in dust.
I wanna feel the wind out here.

Cuz I fall down as many times as I’m getting up.
Pull the roots from the soil.

So I wonder why, I wanna keep it in my head: your acceptance.
Won’t you let your heart back in? You accepted it all.
So I say my friend, would you leave it here for me: your acceptance.
Won’t you let your heart back in? You accepted it all.

RODES (Anchors Pt.2)

The storied sky never feared the silence.

Goodbye my chain: the one that we were holding.

Holding broken.

We never feared the light.

We never feared the morning.

Morning. Holding.

I need you in my life.

I need this to be over.

I never feared the silence.

I measure out the line.

The wandering will lead me nowhere.

But if I give myself a little time, I know that I’ll be open.

Open. Open.

I need you need you in my life

Open, open, open...

All lyrics by Rolf-Carlos Klausener © 2021 SOCAN/ASCAP

with Sylvie Smith (Anchors, Endless Waves, Days of Us, Resistance) SOCAN

DUBAI, BYE BABY, DUBAI

We're gonna be high

We're gonna get caught in the middle

Take a pratfall, a little pratfall

'Cause it's summertime, we couldn't wait too long

To get caught in the middle, a little lie in the middle

Why you wanna be,

Why you wanna be so high, I don't know

Living like stars, picking at scars, lickin' the wolves off your knees

Is where we wanna be

I don't suppose, you could be mine?

'Cause I couldn't help but watch you walk the line

I couldn't help but drive you all the way down the bottom of the well

Our heads of full of lies; hearts are full time

GIVING YOU UP

I hear you say, we'll find a way

To feed my fears another day

I never know if I'm giving you up

You want my mind when my heart is enough

So I'll see you in another dream

OBVIOUS WATER (YER A KITTEN)

You think you're high enough

Oh you know it's never enough

You think you're high enough

Oh you know it's never enough

Yer love's another drug gettin hazy in the thick of your blood

And my love's another drug, and I know you're suckin it up

I know you're gettin off, soda popping into your mouth

Never wanna call it off, coming in and out of your house

A little bit is hard enough

A little bit is hard enough

A little bit is hard enough

So whatchu getting at?

So whatchu getting at?

And why you sucking it up?

So why you giving it up?

Your heart is jumping off, cuz I'm always fillin yer cup

Watch the river drying up, cuz I'm always fillin yer cup

And the lies are piling up, soda poppin under the sun

Oh you think yer high enough, oh you know it's never enough

A little bit is hard enough

A little bit is hard enough

A little bit is hard enough

So whatchu getting at?

So whatchu getting at?

And why you sufferin?

So why you giving it up?

So whatchu givin whatchu givin whatchu givin?

It's not forever enough

WANDERLUST

Living all night to find the day

I'm pickin up, just firing away

Yeah I'm pickin up

There's a cauldron boiling in my mind

Cuz I call like just like I see 'em

Leave 'em all in my wake

The pull is in my head of another day callin.

HOUSE OF COMMON PROBLEMS

It's a common problem, It's a common problem

It's a common problem, oh, the way you lose your head

It's the call of the hearsay, the look behind your eye

It's the way that you turn from me, oh before you tell a lie

It's another day, It's another headline, a photo on the page

It's a common problem, you know you never get used to it

In the hopes that you'll call, call, call call it off, oh you're never used to it

Cold calls to bed, and your shoulders tight

It's the way that we reconcile, oh before hit the lights

You should have stayed a stranger, a flower on the wall

No one in particular, No you're not a friend at all

It's another day, It's another headline, a photo on the page

It's a common problem, you know you never get used to it

In the hopes that you'll call, call, call call it off, oh you're never used to it

THE RIVER

I can't keep going, I've been reminded before

There's no use trying, I know this river's a force

I know you want it, you can't make up this kind of shit

It all turns to you, and then we're back to the source

I wanna hold on to everytghing that I got

Oh my grip is slippin, yer just impermanent thoughts

The english language breaks down and yer takin offence

Oh there's heavy floodin and damn there ain't no defence

So why you hidin yer pretty head in the dirt

Jump in the current cuz the current's gonna do all the work

I know what I know, I'm trying just to keep things together

It's blood from a stone, and I know there ain't anything better

I know you want it, but we're always gonna be in the red

Cuz my heart is a valley and your mind is a permanent fence

ON THE MEND

You never know if you're into it

You make believe that you're not

Another night and I'm fallin' in

You take me in, you're outta site.

You're laying mines and I'm walking in

Cause a scene, not a crime

you wake up indifferent, cause you got what you want

as my heart falls apart, as the conversation drops

and my mind is on the mend

I never know if you're into it

You make believe that you're not

There's no light and you're used to it

Your mind's a comet 'round the stars

You're laying mines and I'm walking

You got my head by the heart

I wake up indifferent, cause you got what you want

and your heart falls apart, as the conversation drops

and my mind is on the mend

NOT FOREVER ENOUGH

Yer heart's on the tableau

Yer drawin the lines

Yer greasin yer elbows

All of the time

And then you think: “Is this forever?”

It's forever

Not forever enough

This city is broken and lovers are blind

To shakey foundations and the division of crimes

And then you ask: “Could this last forever?”

And here's line: “Bad things break all the time.”

I think that I'll just lay here

The wind'll pick up the fire

The dust is gonna settle

But lovers are living the life that you wanna live

It could all stop on a dime

If yer shit gets rattled

Stop wasting yer time

And then you ask: “Is this forever?”

“It's forever, not forever enough?”

Not forever, but it's forever enough

All lyrics by Rolf-Carlos Klausener © 2014 SOCAN/ASCAP