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Songs Vienna

by Mark Geary

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1.
Fireflies 04:16
I was born a sigh my life A lonely little lie. Help me see the paths concealed Colossal in the lie At night we watch the fireflies Courageously we learn to lie All the leaves the autumn freeze Are running out of light Afraid, in awe What faith in store Of promises, come on, come out May you always be the rising star Safe for weeks, the prophet speaks With prophecies, no one believes It’s not your fault, the curtain call Abandoned on your knees At night we watch the fireflies Courageously, we learn to lie I was born a sigh My life, a lonely little lie May you always be the rising star All aboard, the captain calls For honour we are here tonight It’s not your cause, the brave men call It’s better not to try Was it only for your charity?
2.
Take Me Home 03:52
There’s a veil, I can’t find you I’m too slow, I’m not inclined to In a dark room There was lightning There were crosses And wounds Take me home I’m a dog, always barking Once I start, I can’t stop it August falls when she dances But she won’t call That’s how romance is In a dark room With the lightning And the crosses And wounds Take me home Just remember, you are not alone Take me home We don’t know, we’re not supposed to It’s a pantomime, it’s behind you In a dark room With the lightning And the crosses Wounds Take me home Please just tell me all I know’s not wrong Take me home You’re a fire, sparks fly off your bones Take me home
3.
Foxhole 04:12
I’m on a tightrope And it’s a long way down Here on my tight rope Something to hold me down I’m in a foxhole I pray when no one's there Find me a foxhole My thinking got me here On me, lay your hands Castles what profit man All that’s left to rest Is laid to waste If there’s a bottle, If there’s a sea I’ll drown We have forgotten What frightened us was sound On me, lay your hands Castles built to stand All roads led me nowhere, All roads what profits man? And maybe I’m already home
4.
Come, little fire, hold my hand You have the power, make me again And all I desired was your embrace Come little fire, name the place We've been here all night God knows that I'm trying And I hope you stare again Even Eden needs a friend Come little fire, hold my hand You have the power make me again And all I desire is your embrace Come little fire, save my faith You've got eyes that run Don't go running home And I know how this ends It's a war of lies my friend Come little fire, hold my hand You have the power, make me again And all I desired was your embrace Come little fire, save your place All of Eden hands are tied Drop me in the water, they're gonna eat you alive Oh please I can't start again Drop me in the water hit the bottle again Come little fire hold my hand You have the power, make me again And all I desired was your embrace Come little fire, save my faith Come little fire, hold my hand You have the power make me again And all I desire is your embrace Come little fire, save my faith
5.
Vital Signs 05:22
I’m the one who’ll take your side The ebb, the flow when the boat’s in tide I’ll be here if you call I’ll find the path from the place you fall And I promise to be an open book But it’s hard here, it’s the choice I took Burn, burn Down Burn, burn Burn All I know, every sign And passion walks with a cross sometimes If you call, I’ll take your side Hand my note to the folks inside It’s a promise – if the love dries up And it binds us when you’ve given up Burn, burn Down Burn, burn Down If you come, you’ll find me here Before the crowd and the cops get here And it feeds us like it’s blood and wine And it needs us only half the time I was calling with no vital signs Burn, burn Down Burn, burn Burn
6.
Get Here 03:31
I fell to earth and she said “hey that’s that” I throw my hands up, I said “I don’t fit” Get here, get here Get here, just get here We’re all pariahs, we just learn to touch I’m climbing ladders, I learned not to rush Get here, get here Get here, just get here There’s always been another way Pirate signs and daylight robbery Yeah, yeah My friends are liars and we all hold knives We’re rats in cages, we lead awful lives Get here, get here Get here, just get here There’s always been another way Don’t listen to a word I say I’m calling, I just want to stay I’m tired of fighting, but the peace is worse There’s slings and arrows And of course that hurts Get here, get here Get here, just get here There’s always been another way Puncture holes and daylight robbery Yeah, yeah I’d be delighted when the soldier sat, I missed the warmth, the fire’s sure gone flat, Get here, get here Get here, just get here Get here, get here Get here, just get here Get here…
7.
It’s my fault, we’re caught of course I’m trying, trying to keep it all in Hold your tongue, your lips have stung And we’re lying, lying All hands on deck Well I’m sorry you feel that Next to nothing at all Next to nothing We’ve got nothing Facing the wall We just quit, a wall we hit We went flying, flying to keep it all in Well I’m sorry you feel that Next to nothing at all We’ve got nothing Nothing Facing the fall Nothing Nothing
8.
Angel 04:30
Now you're old and wiser How you feel you've failed I know your insides from the inside How you've changed since then And angel, if you want this Let's try harder, let me in And angel, if you love me Let's try harder, let me win Now there's no surprises All you gave since then, I know your insides You hold the knife right And I'm chained since then And angel, if you want me Let's try harder, let me in And angel, if you want this I'll try harder, let me in All in the tide We were soaking But we walk in Let me in Fall in the fire It's unspoken But you walk in And let me in Angel, if you love this Let's try harder, let me in And baby, you hold me all night The place was blood red You've done me in And angel, lets try harder If you want this, let me learn And angel, let's try harder Like my father, I have sinned I don't learn good I don't learn good I don't learn good I don't learn
9.
Rose 02:54
Rose bow your head and go all my words you know they're worth their weight in worry Rose tell us what you know briar made of gold go shake the world with laughter it's the mark of men I'm afraid I've failed when your cross came by and we cut your side I was lost in pride and the world kept telling me you're lost Rose I'm not tryin' I know to break what's set in stone repair the things I've broken Rose bow your head and go all my words you know they're worth the weight in worry it's the mark of men I'm afraid I've failed when your cross came by and we cut your side I was lost in pride and the world kept telling me you're lost lost lost lost
10.
It beats me 04:15
Did I watch you wash away your life And polish up your forks and your knives And left the kitchen crystal clear Did you put me in my resting place Beside the cups there was no place for fear There's someone calling for me Just see and you talk, don't listen to me There's someone is calling for me Just see and you talk, don't listen to me We go through the hoops Before you know it beats me Did I watch you wash away your life And polish up your forks and your knives And I watch the crystal disappear Did I try to run to your defence And make some jokes at my expense And watch you boil some water for the sake of it There's someone calling for me Just see and you talk, don't listen to me There's someone calling for me Just see and you talk, don't listen to me Hail Mary, motherless grace Hail Mary, motherless grace Hail Mary, motherless grace Hail Mary, motherless grace
11.
I'll be your apron I'll be your fire I'll keep it cooking when you've grown tired I'll be the sulfur on the match you strike I'll be a candle cos we're born upright I'll be a good girl I'll dress up nice The times they're hard now I'll treat you right Don't fall in love if they are far away Don't fall in love if they're too close Don't fall in love if you hold onto your things Don't fall in love with ghosts And come and rest your head and let me hear the words you have to say And in the war zone, my mother cried she'd lost a brother to the other side I loved the schoolboy who held me tight We'd fought like wild dogs and we danced all night Don't fall in love if you are far away Don't fall in love if they're too close Don't fall in love if you hold onto your things And you know that I love you the most And you know that I love you the most Oh my baby, I'm afraid of ghosts And in the hallway, I kissed ya twice now you need counseling for sound advice Don't fall in love if you are far away Don't fall in love if they're too close Don't fall in love if you hold onto your things And you know that I love you the most And you know that I love you the most Oh my baby, I'm afraid of ghosts Oh my baby, I'm afraid of ghosts
12.
I know we’re still fighting But please don’t give up on me It’s late and in darkness and I’m writing And now I see I know sometimes you get crazy You feel alone with the thoughts in your head But don’t you know, Your wish is the wish I’ve been writing? There you go, There you go That’s what they all say After they love you They love you And walk away I know you’re tired, I know you’re weary Of my sad, sad songs with no ending But for you, for you I’ll keep on singing As long as I know you’re still listening And that’s what they all say After they love you They love you and walk away That’s what they all say Tell me your secrets, Buried and walk away Buried and walk away Buried and walk away Buried and walk away That’s what they all say Tell me your secrets That’s what they all say That’s what they all say Tell me your secrets That’s what they all say That’s what they all say
13.
Adam and Eve 04:48
The pay-off's on Tuesday I'll follow the cross There's pennies from heaven I don't suppose And I woke up on Thursday And fell for the floor And my sister's a beauty A beauty no more God doesn't know me Or answer my call She don't know me from Adam Or Eve at all And the rich man still chooses To sleep in the hall And he's dying for your company We could give him a call God doesn't know me Or answer my call She don't know me from Adam Or Eve at all God doesn't know me Or answer my call He don't know me from Adam Or Eve at all
14.
Volunteer 05:07
My lover left me She left me too soon I shouldn't blame her much But the state of my room I started stumbling and chasing the bells The metal straps upon my knees Made a sound when I fell And you heard those words from your peers I was just your volunteer I loved my Uncle Georgie Uncle Georgie's my friend He spent his life fishing Washing dishes weekends I tried to say something sincere Sign me up I'll volunteer My father left me He left me too soon I thought he'd say something Before he waltzed from my room And all I remembered was my hands at my side The face of a woman who once was his bride And all I got left with was tears Seven lonely volunteers We look for Sister Mary Sister Mary the pale She holds her head sometimes And walks close to the rail She sings on a Sunday And stands on the stairs She haunts me at night time When I've forgotten my prayers And we don't see much of her here A winter weary volunteer Oh how your life cuts me And rips through my bones We pretend that it's nothing When we're on our way home And I wish you'd abandoned me here So I could be a volunteer The captains need order It helps them stay sane The plumbers hate slaughter It fucks up the drains And hard-hats must be worn at all time on the site It don't make no difference if you're lost in the light The men here make last their career They don't talk to volunteers I thought you were dreaming So I listened for days The crime wave it hurts Even though it still pays And Babyface Mendoza and the Bruiser Mandrake Had a plan for re-election using an old Jedi mind trick The Tappan Zee Bridge has grown ears To hear the drowning volunteers The Tappan Zee Bridge has grown ears I hear the drowning volunteers

about

In October 2013 I visited the Casino Baumgarten in Vienna, Austria with Grainne Hunt and Mark Penny. Not only a beautiful building but hidden inside was one of the world's last classic recording studios with vintage tube technology.

The studio was set up in 1965 with the finest technology available at the time. The control room is a time capsule and still in its original condition from the second half of that decade — down to the tiniest of details, like the old telephones. Mark Penny plays an impressive and rare Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano.

We recorded 14 tracks.

Walked into this old studio and took a breath,
10 hours later we closed the door.
An audio snapshot and our hearts full.

Mark Geary. Songs Vienna

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released November 24, 2020

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Mark Geary Dublin, Ireland

Irish singer-songwriter Mark Geary's sound is stripped back. His lyrics cut to the core revealing a life laid bare of human frailty, failed relationships, tenderness, grief and hurt.

Current single Spectre is hauntingly beautiful with layers of guitars. Written from a place of forgiveness and understanding.

The Forest is exquisite. A beautiful sound, its quietness is evocative.
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