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In The Company of Old Friends

by Ed Poole

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1.
Seventeen letters, arranged in my head Thrown to the river, and destined to spread But I have not won, I am still sweating over every conceivable word There is no victory that I Can't stop the ink bleeding right into my skin It's a lie, I'm not sure if this even means anything. So I crawled from the river, and ran to my bed A parade for the demons that tear me to shreds But you're pissing blood, the bruises you wear are fading It gets stuck in my throat, the stories you tell still frighten me I can't stop the ink bleeding right into my skin Even now, I'm not sure that it even means anything 'Cause we put such faith in such little things We can talk it over if it helps And I couldn't wait to return to what I recognised as familiar In the company of old friends
2.
You are mine, forever ahead That old familiar feeling starts to grow inside you 'Till you're feeling sick, well I feel it too It's not quite as poetic as something you might have said Standing on the verge of something pure but unintended Slowly crawling out of our heads Speak to me for real, hey. We get old, somewhere ahead It's already Sunday night, and I haven't done enough again Its not quite as poetic as something you might have said Standing on the verge of something pure but unintended Slowly crawling out of our heads Speak to me for real, All it needed was a call Its right in front of us, hey
3.
Does the realisation sting? Your God is a need for those scared to be alone, scared to be alone. So you emptied your head out of promises made to those scared to let you go, scared to let you go. But a man of many voices got close to your heart Desperate to stay in the game And I should have made a difference I could have played a part, greater than the sum of ours So just let this one play out Crawling on your knees This is who you are Embrace uncertainty But a man of many voices got close to your heart Desperate to stay in the game And I should have made a difference I could have played a part, greater than the sum of ours Yeah and I used to feel alone, before I turned the lights on and found everything I thought that I'd been missing Never solved any problems by lying in bed,patiently underground
4.
Noises 03:25
Looking out tonight, stoney eyed But I can't see the line, the one that burns around my wrists Do empty bottles talk, and do they lie? My empty pages speak much louder than the words that I write But you were loved x 2 You were loved perhaps more than you could know. Are we too serious to force a smile? 'Cause every night before I sleep laugh until I cry But I am hardly one to talk, I'm barely keeping in time If I am guilty pull me in, it may not be subtle but it's right
5.
Shiver 05:39
In the wreckage, when it all comes down, Could you put pressure on the wound? All the mistakes, we've been happy to ignore Have left me feeling kinda slow In the wreckage, of an old grey house Could you still settle in the room? And the four walls, lean forwards creeping in There are no memories to show And I will fall back in Like stones into the shallow river While you patch up your boat Both silently we let ourselves shiver In the wreckage of an old grey body Could you put pressure on his wounds And rebuild him, day by letter 'Till he has something left to show And I will fall back in Like stones into the shallow river While you patch up your boat Both silently we let ourselves, Silently we let ourselves shiver x 4 Could you put pressure on the wound 'Cause it's slowly turning, the cracks begin to show Could you forget about your woes? Both silently we let ourselves, silently we let ourselves shiver x2

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released November 28, 2014

Ed Poole - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys
Simon Gibbons - Guitars, Vocals
Paul Everett - Drums
James Tidd - Percussion/Programming

All songs written by Ed Poole

Recorded, Mixed & Engineered by Connor Dickson at Cavas Sound Studios, Cheshire.

Mastered by The Universal Thrift Club Studio

© Image Copyrighted and Property of Philip Goodger 2014

Sleeve Design by Seven Years Behind

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Ed Poole Liverpool, UK

With brooding acoustic guitar lines and soaring vocals, Ed Poole embraces the DIY ethic, self-producing and creating songs that blend and weave emo, punk rock and folk with more atmospheric and darker tones.

His debut album, Envelop/Erase was released in 2019 via Liverpool based indie-label, Doing Life Records.
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