I posted a ton of Aaron Sprinkle's songs that he wrote with Rose Blossom Punch. I don't think it gets any better than Aaron Sprinkle! It's funny, I have all of these songs memorized... most of them came out 8 years ago. SCARY! It feels like yesterday.
Of course, it feels like yesterday Aaron Sprinkle was in Poor Old Lu. But that was...oh gosh...what, did they start in '88 and end in '98? And their reunion album came out in 2003? Sadly, that last album was a waste of time, save three songs.
Anywho. Rose Blossom Punch.
posted by Deirdre on 2:50 AM
Par Avion
by Rose Blossom Punch
"it has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat
and drenched by the rain of life."
-henry w. longfellow
when you opened up your mouth
did it appear to be
a final falling out
with what is left of me
hear the laughter on the hill
when everything is still
naturally it makes me angry
i'm overwhelmed with hate and worry
i've been lying on the floor for hours
with principalities and powers
could it have ever been
but near the end
you open up your mouth
it all comes falling out
hear the crying on the hill
when everything is still
naturally it makes me angry
i'm overwhelmed with hate and worry
i've been lying on the floor for hours
with principalities and powers
don't you ever say to me again
it's all over now
and don't it feel
that's all too real
you saved my soul
but did you open up your head
and did you figure out again
that the redemption never ends
in spite of me
come on over
it's all over
i'm on your good side
i've been holding in to feel the same
if i could get into the game
it's all my fault
you said to me yourself to let it go
now i can feel it so much more
than i've known
well i heard about our friend
i hear he'll never hope again
it's all the same
posted by Deirdre on 2:49 AM
If I Were Dead
by Rose Blossom Punch
"man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering and that is a fact."
-fyodor dostoyevsky
so long
i guess it's so long
i can feel this now
my time
yes it's my time
do you want me now
oh well
you never could tell
'cause you don't know how
you saved me
then you dragged me
all the way to hell
all the times you said
you'd be better off if i were dead
you know you could have walked away
could have walked away
over
guess it's over
and now you're the one
who cares
'cause you're so scared
and you know i'm done
so long
guess it's so long
do you feel this now
all the times you said
you'd be better off if i were dead
you know you could have walked away
could have walked away
posted by Deirdre on 2:47 AM
Hot Rod Horse
by Rose Blossom Punch
"absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment."
-william shakespeare
drivin' through tennesse
not a house in sight
i think about all the times
we've held each other tight
i hear your voice on the phone
before i go to bed
i lay awake all night long
with your face inside my head
i'm too far away to see you
and all i want is to be with you
and look into your eyes
and i feel so alone without you
i've got a thought
it keeps me sane
you've got to know it's true
no matter which
way i drive
i'll end up home with you
i'm too far away to see you
and all i want is to be with you
and look into your eyes
and i feel so alone without you
say a prayer for me
and when you do
you know i'll say one too
i'll be thinking of
that special girl i love
i'm too far away to see you
and all i want is to be with you
and look into your eyes
and i feel so alone
i feel so alone
i feel so alone
without you
(Deirdre, this song always reminds me of you... I even sang it to myself once while on the road in Tennessee)
posted by Deirdre on 2:44 AM
Haunted Church
by Rose Blossom Punch
you think you know everything about me
i could tell you now everything i'm thinking
and i promise you that you wouldn't know a word
to think you didn't see
you were all alone next to me
all alone next to me
taking folding chairs up to the cathedral
lying on the floor in a haunted church
whining to the score that i couldn't need you more
if i fell into the sea
you'd still be all alone next to me
still be all alone next to me
all alone
and every time i try to figure out the end
i couldn't see
i'm getting closer as the sand becomes a friend
i couldn't be
oh my god
i never thought i would remember
that you're still here when i open up my eyes
to think i didn't see
you were all alone next to me
you were all alone next to me
all alone
posted by Deirdre on 2:41 AM
First Time In Vermont
by Rose Blossom Punch
"it is easy to promise, and alas! how easy to forget!"
-alfred de musset
chasing words
are you still frightened
heard you called
caught my wanderings
thought they'd see
see it my way
broken words
i am frightened now
we could stand together if i'd just speak out
we could find a meaning on this torn blue couch
broken mouth
a fortune to make up
sickened heart
all for you my love
thought you'd see
see it my way
in turn
we'll sing out loud
we could stand together if i'd just speak out
we could find a meaning on this torn blue couch
in my head the reasons are all on display
i could tell you everything but not today
please don't ask why till we rise
your dreams are mine
posted by Deirdre on 2:40 AM
Fall To Place
by Rose Blossom Punch
would you have noticed if i swam away
did i make you think twice about letting me in
maybe if you'd hold me one more time
one more time
i can't tell you anything that is not a lie
the changing times
the fading lines
will you carry me
a fortress falls
a lady calls
will you marry me
shot down your advice about the world
but i didn't listen when you hated me
it took me ages just to come to this
if you wanted to kill me
you could've done it with a kiss
with a kiss
the changing times
the fading lines
will you carry me
a fortress falls
a lady calls
will you marry me
since you went sour
i've been wondering how the rest will fall to place
but i didn't notice
how you undertook this burden of disgrace
the changing times
the fading lines
will you carry me
a fortress falls
a lady calls
will you marry me
the changing times
the fading lines
will you carry me
a fortress falls
a lady calls
will you marry me
marry me
marry me
merry me
posted by Deirdre on 2:24 AM
Cyclone Fence
by Rose Blossom Punch
she, she said to me
remember when the sunshine left us clean
oh, she wants to know
do you remember letting go
we let the hour come steal away the light
oh, my frail will
takes along another chance to kill
hatred in your hand
couldn't i have been a simple man
we let the hour come steal away the light
and then it kicked my sober face into the night
oh woe am i
come wash away my sin
and let me open up this door against the wind
posted by Deirdre on 2:24 AM
Confused
by Rose Blossom Punch
took me a while just to give it away
i've been saving it up
saving it up
no
took me a while just to tell you the truth
i've been saving it up
saving it up
no more time
if my face gives away i'm confused
terribly sorry to say you elude
carry a sigh on your head and you paint on your frown could i love you instead
i'll give you a chance if you leave one to me
where do we begin
where do we begin
if my face gives away i'm confused
terribly sorry to say you elude
carry a sigh on your head and you paint on your frown could i love you instead
i feel lonely
wouldn't you
i feel sorry
shouldn't you
no more
no more time
posted by Deirdre on 2:23 AM
Beauty
by Rose Blossom Punch
"whole years of joy glide by, unpercieved away,
while sorrows count the minutes as they pass."
-william harvard
beauty unbounded lies in your mind
it shines in your face ad speaks through your eyes
sour still the memory of past words and fears
clouds thick the joy and happier years
sorrow unmeasured runs through your frame
pulling you down and taking your strength
sorrow unmeasured runs through your mind
pulling you down and taking your time
stars in your eyes and dreams in your heart
are almost in reach yet a little too far
posted by Deirdre on 2:18 AM
A Step Into The Dark
by Rose Blossom Punch
"the steps of faith fall on the seeming void, but find the rock beneath."
-john g. whittier
i guess i thought a letter would be less confusing
so for your eyes i write another waterlogged excuse
toil and turn and watch another secret burn
controlling words is something i just wasn't born to do
and there's is a secret beneath you
in my silence i defend my common sense
and i see through all the stupid things i do
it's hard to write a letter with an open mind
when all i saw was underneath a satisfied embrace
that exposed your wondrous face
in my silence i defend my common sense
as i'm walking along my familiar fence
and i see though all the stupid things i do
and that this path i'm on will never lead to you
in my silence i defend my common sense
as i'm walking along my familiar fence
and i see though all the stupid things i do
and that this path i'm on will never lead to you
and i'm looking back to only see a spark
as i finally take a step into the dark
posted by Deirdre on 2:14 AM
Windswept
by Rose Blossom Punch
"surely half the world must be blind; they can see nothing unless it glitters."
-august & julius hare
all my friends are lonely
they left me only
minutes in the hole
so i'll fake a listen
sneak a kiss in
but only love is gold
and i see you from afar
i know who you are
i can tell you all apart
would you marry me
so we'll be free
for a lovely day
would you care to fall
and sell us all
and would you laugh along the way
and i can see you from afar
and i know who you are
i can tell you all apart
if you leave it to me she said
you're asking the world
and if you take it from me instead
who will you owe
wouldn't i be freezing
but so alive
if i killed another day
thought i've never fallen
still you mention often
that i wanted to be saved
and i see you from afar
i know who you are
i can tell you all apart
if you leave it to me she said
you're asking the world
and if you take it from me instead
who will you owe
i caught my hand in the door again
what is it for
if you leave it to me she said
who will you owe
posted by Deirdre on 2:13 AM
One of my favorite songs ever...
It All Comes Down
by Rose Blossom Punch
it all comes down
to what i never said
when i'm breaking your heart
just like you broke my head
you said i could believe you still
but i didn't mend
and it all come round
to what it's never been
so you set me down
inside a padded cell
and all i get today
is little tastes of hell
you led me to believe you
so you could shut me out
and now you rest assured
beyond a shadow of doubt
can i fall apart in your tired willing arms
i lack the courage to admit you were ever wrong
do i seem afraid when you turn the other way
from everything i do that comes back around again
(whoever can find me a copy of this song, I'll give them $20)
posted by Deirdre on 2:09 AM
everything for their children
eighteen years pass by
nothing left to give their young man
mom and dad stay up weeping into the night
their son is thankful
you did everything for me
yes, I'm thankful
for everything
a wedding day with nothing to show
for a gift to give their boy
grandpa perches on his mound of lucre
my parents fight to fill the cupboards
and I am thankful
I am grateful
mom and dad, I love you
you've done everything
no one can replace you
you've done everything you can for us
they did everything for us
everything for their children
posted by Deirdre on 1:07 PM
ten years to the day
I was only eight when she warned me of the nearing end to adolescence
she told me softly how a decade goes before you
but letting me down easy only dulled the point
that finally broke my skin, ten years to the day
Kathy told me how to live before my life got started
but why did I sit here in my ego and ignore her until now
where is she that I might thank her for that word of wisdom
where did she go and is she even coming back
I was quite the fool to think that life would wait for me
I waited this long and it didn't wait for me
she lived only once and I think I almost did that too
to live to see her die so young has really left me wounded
knowing I was only eight and that she warned me to be young before you're old
eight years, been ten years
eight years old was ten short years ago
posted by Deirdre on 9:08 PM
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