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Hollow Sound

by Taylor Kingman

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1.
She expects me to remember The little moments that she treasures That were made in the center Of some tear she helped pay for I came home angry Ate some food from the pantry That my mother had just gave me Cause I'm her little baby She says she's lonely That it's been hard for her to get up in the morning And my brother's found a lady And that makes her so happy But it's hard in the morning So hard in the morning It's been hard in the morning She's been drinking every night I'm a dead bird's wing flapping in the breeze I'm an old oak tree brought to my knees I'm a table toppled on the lawn I'm a bloody tail, some dog run off It's kinda funny It's kinda pretty It's kinda ugly It's kinda fitting It didn't seem to matter Just a quiet nod in the tavern Where a little goes a long way And a lot leaves ya wanting The words escape me I remember when the poetry would chase me And it'd run and overtake me And beat me til I was holy My hands are aching And it's been hard for me to look at myself naked Maybe I hit my limit Then the nighttime gets me thinking But it's hard in the morning So hard in the morning It's been hard in the morning I've been drinking every night
2.
I see it when Mother got a job at my school When I wouldn't leave home without pulling a tooth out And she'd draw me maps from each one of my classrooms Just so I'd know where to find her if I had to And now that I know where she is, I don't visit I see it when Mother falls down on her knees And prays to a god that she does not believe in Cause death don't come easy when you love your children So wild and reckless and gone without warning She falls to her knees just to make sure they're working I know her heart will just beat till it's burning She gave up her freedom just to see me not hurting And I shoulda answered when she called me this morning Just to tell me she loved me and that I'm important Heaven ain't hiding in moments of triumph It's alive on the wings of a bird slowly dying
3.
Out of Town 01:53
River, run me out of town I've got friends that can't be found I've been growing quiet now River, run me out of town
4.
I've been having a rough go about it Lord, I've been having a rough go, it's true Though, as far as rough goes, I know I should be smooth sailing But, sailing's for sailors and the sea makes me sick I've been thinking 'bout throwing the towel in And drowning myself in my sweet baby's arms I'll wake in the morning, pretending I'm sleeping And peek at her naked, a towel at her feet I pound out the rhythm of an old hallelujah And I keep it up till my skin starts to split With a heart full of hymns and a head full of violence I'll pick up that hammer and I work off my sins I've been thinking 'bout throwing the towel in And drowning myself in my sweet baby's arms I'll smoke cigarettes and drink beer in the morning And never will I ever be lonesome again
5.
Please, don't tell me That you're sorry Cause it's alright I'm so tired of being angry all the time And there's no need to shout If you want me back around Cause I will be I'm so tired of being angry O, the shadows O, you crossed the line O, I musta been lost in the shadows that night Lost in the shadows of your mind It hurts, my friend But I am not above you It hurts, my friend But I will always love you Man, I don't wanna fight Not this time I'm so tired of being angry all the time I've done wrong I've done worse Man, I've done some things I shouldn't've And I'm trying to be kinder O, the shadows O, I crossed the line O, you musta been lost in the shadows that night Lost in the shadows of my mind Please, don't tell me That you're sorry Cause it's alright I'm so tired of being angry all the time
6.
Betty Dog 04:28
Betty Dog is gone But so is the ache in her bones And so is that look in her eye when she knows That you're dying to keep her alive So it goes I'll keep ya company now As long as I am allowed And, hell, if I'm not I'll just break your door down And I'll kick your ass off the couch So it goes Death is just the earth gasping for breath Life is just a sigh while smoking cigarettes in bed And Betty's in the lungs of some great sunset And somewhere I can hear something sighing And, man, it sounds an awful lot like dying So it goes A pitcher of beer and a laugh An Indian tear, clear and black And that grin on your face as ya talk 'bout your past While the sun's laying down to rest So it goes Betty Dog is gone But she'll always beat in your chest And she'll always howl at the unwanted guests That hide in the back of your head And you know that So it goes
7.
Last night I had a dream I pulled a thin red string From a cut in my thumb And I don't know what it means But I wrote it down all the same Cause I got nothing to say Yeah, it all sounds the same Just a cloud of dust Behind some run-wild dream I'm exhausted, I'm ashamed I used to stay home from school I was a scared little boy in that room Then it was bottles or cans Whatever I could get my hands on Now I'm back in that room Back where the memories linger like feathery footsteps tapping out of time Back where my brother would scream till he'd bleed and my mother would quietly cry Back where I climbed from that cage and kept climbing, it's cages all the way up And I ain't proud of knowing that I'm growing used to this one I feel nothing at all I'd rather stare at my phone Leave the TV on And don't ya turn on that light Ma, ya ain't gonna like it Your baby is gone Gone like a stone that's been thrown and forgotten, lost in a sea of itself Gone like my father, and gone like his too, and gone like the anger I held Gone like the feeling of anything meaning anything more than it felt Though I ain't glad to go, I ain't sad to know it now I feel nothing So where did I go? Did I slip out the door? Did I float through the ceiling Or fall through the floor? Where was I before?
8.
I went out walking I walked past the store I was hungry for something I couldn't afford I was hungry for something that I'd felt before Some warmth in the voice of another Out past the train tracks I rested my feet I was thinking 'bout something I couldn't repeat I was thinking that this one I might keep for me Yeah, this one I'll take to my grave I kept on walking I started to laugh I laughed like a child choking on broken glass I laughed till I came to that old overpass And I hung my head over the rail And it sounded like water That endless highway I was dreaming 'bout heaven on the crest of a wave I was dreaming 'bout heaven and the way I've behaved I was only a boy
9.
Hollow Sound 06:24
Where do I go now? I got lost I will never forget Not knowing what happened I lied to my woman I lied to my friend And I didn't know I could do that I quit my drinking It can't help me now I know it's only been a weekend But I made it through the drought And I didn't know I could do that Where do I go now? Drink lots of coffee and walk around Where do I go now? Got all this time to think about Waking lazy in the morning And cooking breakfast in the afternoon While you were singing in the shower And I was drinking in the living room Playing music till the evening And coming home to find you there Laying with you in the bedroom And getting lost in your big red curly hair I wanna go back there There is an anger in my eyes Even when I cry, but you still feel me when I do There is a sickness in my mind Desperate to unwind all of the goodness my mother gave to me That I shared with you and then took away And when I open my mouth It's just a hollow sound reaching out for nothing
10.
O My Stars 00:40
O, I'm seeing stars I musta fallen hard last night Now I feel like I'm walking on water Just making it through the day O, my stars I'm ready to pray
11.
Why do angels fly so high above our clouded sight? Why do I lie awake every night waiting for one to stop by? Long, I've dreamed of golden things and everlasting light Long, I've sang to the moon and the stars as a bird on broken wings What could wait beyond those gates, so tall and pearly white? What could I say to help me inside? You know my name Will there be an end to this or will I always struggle? Lord, come and take me or leave me alone to bathe in troubled waters Why do angels fly so high above our clouded sight? Why do I lie awake every night waiting for one to stop by?

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All songs written by Taylor Kingman
Recorded live at Our Lady of Perpetual Heat Recording Studio & Spa
Produced by Taylor Kingman
Arranged by Taylor Kingman
Engineered by Ryan Oxford
Mixed by Tyler Thompson
Mastered by Jon Neufeld
Typography & Illustration by T.W. Rushing
Additional Design by Eric Loeffler
Cover Photograph by Matthew W. Kennelly

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released November 18, 2022

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