May, by Quinn Henry Mulligan

May

by Quinn Henry Mulligan

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1.	You've Always Been Wrong 03:36	lyrics	buy track
Somebody told me of cobalt and glass The colors bolden and take you at last You dream of darkness and talk about shame Well goodbye, sweetheart, you’re just the same The moonlight buries my body below Green lilacs which failed to grow And glowing eyelids that don’t let me sleep Leave me hungry, unrested and weak The morning burns me with needles of light Sneaks through windows like thieves in the night And golden heartbeats so heavy and dense They slow my blood, so I can’t make any sense Moonlight daydreams and shadows of sleep Which tell my sweetheart she’ll never be free From all the echoes of failures I’ve had That steal the brightness I’ll never get back Something tells me I’ll never be right Something poisons my goodness with blight Swelling hope that crests and is gone Goodbye, sweetheart, you’ve always been wrong
2.	Older 03:37	lyrics	buy track
You’re not a man Your head in the sand You just sit in your room with nothing to do Move, if you can Take in a breath and get out of your head for a while Sleep won’t come Quit wishing it will and just put on your shoes and look at the moon Run to the bar Go get a drink and forget about sleep for a while, if you can Older, I feel much older Than even a year ago I lost an hour, a day, a month or more, I know Smaller, I’m feeling smaller Day by day I’m losing time To do the things I want so bad it hurts Now, now that I’ve lost you I need you You’ll be the one that I run to You’ve got to, you’ve got to tell me where to go Oh, how, how can I stay here without you When everything here’s about you You’ve got to, you’ve got to tell me how to grow Oh, where, where nobody knows that you’ve hurt me Or that I died when you left me Or that I, or that I know it’s all my fault
3.	Pool of Blood 03:14	lyrics	buy track
Wake up in a pool of blood My mouth tastes like iron And I can’t move anymore I’ve got to believe Oh, I’ll wake up in my room With you My eyes are heavy, I cannot see My limbs won’t move, my heart won’t move Please, tell me is this always How I was going to go In mud and dirt and snow Without your body warming me How long have I got? It can’t be long, I can no longer see Please, help me Why? Why have I come here? Why do I live my life like I’ve Got all the time in the world I’m getting older And I lost some piece of Myself that kept you warm Now that I’m colder I can’t give you all of the love that you need I’m broke, left with nothing And I found some rage that I Lost and let go You don’t know me anymore You don’t know me anymore You don’t know me anymore You don’t know me anymore Please, leave me with this feeling The same one I’ve had for years The one that leads me on It keeps me working, it keeps me sane How hard can it be? To leave when there’s nothing that’s keeping me Here at home Still, I feel you in all you do
4.	Old Man 04:09	lyrics	buy track
You died on the side of the road You were homeless, and you died alone I was trying to get to you But the train came right between us And you died When I got there, how your lips were blue So, I called out and I tried to do Anything I could to get you breathing once again But you were gone Oh, old man please hear me Move if you can Breathe for me again Don’t leave Oh, old man Lift your head Open your eyes Say a few words Oh, ooh Oh, how I wish I could’ve done more And your eyes are still left open So, I close them and I try not to look Oh, it’s strange how quickly you look different Now that life has left your old bones where they lie So, goodnight and I hope you find peace
5.	Stay Asleep 03:02	lyrics	buy track
Nothing left No, I’ve got nothing left I’m burning out and I’m not thirty yet But banks and loans and money I’ve spent I can’t figure out what to do about The paper I can’t work out Burn it all in a pile Watch it turn blue and red Let it go again Till we have nothing left Come to me Help me to fall asleep Hold me close Until I no longer breathe Feel my chest Rising and falling so rhythmically Easily drifting away To a perfect sleep Stay asleep for a while Wake up and rise again Do what I must do So I don’t wind up dead
6.	St. Helens 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Snow capped and filled with stone Your eyes are full of liquid gold That bursts and hurt each time Your feet get cold Trees that sing with every breeze Are burnt in clouds of dust and steam As rocks come down and crush the towns Around your mouth Silent years pass Now you speak at last Bulge out and grow Spread out, let go Let go Empty chest and calm, your eyes Are closed for now though rise with time And earth that moves around your sides Is fresh with growth that glows and dies Pressure builds and cracks your skin As all these years are kept within Your depths are still for now But soon you’ll speak with words That burn and fill with fumes Strip off all of your clothes Let out deathly groans Cracked earth splits wide As your land slides
7.	On the Moon 08:21	lyrics	buy track
Wait here on my moon I know it’s true The end’s coming soon And all that IO can see will be Burnt up and wasted Floating out in space Someday I might see you floating by You’re mud and bones You’re blood and stones Ooh Wait, the sun won’t come easy Burn all your gas And light, oh, it’s so easy From where I sit It streams out, it bends and goes Greens and blues and red and gold If she wants to take you, she will Pouring out from every hole The crust gives way to rifts and lakes Filling up with rocks and blood My hands are covered up in soot Dreaming now, my love turns ‘round I see her flesh all torn and burnt Then, a flash comes bright and flash Silhouettes will stay for years Chin up, let go Sometimes blood flows Some don’t die fast Our pain won’t last The bombs have come to kill us all The bombs have come to kill us all The bombs have come to kill us all The bombs have come to kill us all Rocks that once held oceans out Burst and melt and turn to streams Lava red that glows and steams Washes over everything Tell me how your bank looks now Flaming piles of paper ash Turning back to trees somehow Years from now, all tall and proud So breath, breath if you can Show me your hands I know they’re strong enough to keep on going on, without any chance You kill with a glance And someone else will always keep me in line Your eyes meeting mine And here on my moon The rocks all start to let go Of some solid core And I know there’s more The sun is growing fast It turns me to ash And you burn up along with me too The sky and the moon Gone now, all gone Tell me I’m wrong

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released May 31, 2018

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Quinn Henry Mulligan Portland, Oregon

QUINN HENRY MULLIGAN is a Portland-area solo artist with deep roots in contemporary folk, classic rock and roll and indie pop.

Quinn is currently embarking on an ambitious mission he’s calling "GET THEM OFF MY CHEST.” He will 12 albums in 12 months; the first of these albums, JANUARY is set to release January 1st and will kick off a year of discovery, passion, and inspiration. ... more