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Hollow

by Graveyard Train

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1.
Get The Gold 02:26
To the left there's the men with dirty cheques in their hands To the right the empty hope of dying young with no regrets That's one way to get the gold The only way to get to you Up above you see them hide their dirty coins behind their eyes Down below they clean themselves with hollow thoughts and empty beds That's one way to get the gold The only way to get to you Put the call to the crow, crow I'm counting on you Inside they feel the flame when all their lead has turned to gold That's one way to get the gold The only way to get to you
2.
I'm Gone 03:19
3.
The Sermon 03:38
You could be a king, you could be a queen You could have written a great novel or be a big shot on the silver screen You could be a poor woman or a poor man just like me You could live every day you live like it's the last thing that's you'll see Drink to everyone that you love Drink to everyone that you hate Drink to everything that you spent Drink to everything that you saved Drink to every time you wish that the man who came unstuck Drank to all of your successes not to all of your bad luck No one has a soul There is no great unknown And it'll all be gone before you know No curtain call after the show Just cells disintegrating As the memory of you fades And that is all there is to life in the end Drink to everyone who has died Drink to everyone who was born Drink to all the world peace Drink to all the world's war And everything here on this hollow earth and everything out there in space Drink to all of our directions just to get to the same place
4.
I had a thought A thought that was gone it's coming back now It lit a fire all over the West it's coming back now It threw our bodies and would knock is around it's coming back now It made us feel that's all that we need but life is elsewhere Sweet thoughts of comfort and grace it never takes much We'd get drunk on a diet of lust we never needed much You loved the wind and it's touch on your face I never saw much It took form, took you away and said life is elsewhere Steady back it won't take long Steady back you've got the throne Steady back it's never so clear Steady back it's always near I had a thought A thought that was gone it's coming back now It lit a fire all over the West, it's coming back now It threw my body and would knock is around it's coming back now It made me feel that's all that we need but life is elsewhere
5.
The Priest 04:23
We are the haunted house We are the setting sun We are the wolfman baby We are two boys on the run We are the vampire smile We are the end of time We are the swamp thing We are the shimmering spine And then the priest he said I'm gonna need a little more ___ I came to exorcise one, but now there's seven inside of you Oh lord I'm just not feeling myself today Hallelujah, tomorrow is a brand new day. We are the wicker man The other knife cut through We are the big fat spider Spinning our web inside of you.
6.
You see us down in the subway, or maybe out in the park Suburban house in your suburban street We don't go out after dark Because the sunlight is like his warm embrace The sign is coming some day He'll speak to us with the honey voice: 'take our hand child, follow the way' Brothers and sisters rejoice Sing with one voice Newspapers don't understand us, same with the 6 o'clock news Concerned citizens brand us They are ignoring the truth One day we'll fly through the air and reach the end of the universe Life is better over there, at the end of the universe Brothers and sisters rejoice Sing with one voice (But don't sing them doomsday cult blues) So take our hand now you're one with us Breathe deep and open your mind Be reborn, be filled with the light We're on the path up to the sky We're done with biding our time We know the end's almost here There'll be no hatred or loneliness, there'll be no boredom or fear. There will be no doomsday cult blues So come join the doomsday cult sonny! Join the circle now sister! Don't cry mother, mother don't cry - rejoice for our brothers and sisters!
7.
You And Me 04:28
It's a lonely feet up night at home I got the beefcake stew sizzling on the wish bone And there's a dark man inside who wants to get out I'm gonna take him to the city for another night of fighting it out I got a rattlesnake curled up in my brain Drinking for two will drive a man insane It's you and me Sitting at the bar and a darkness fill the room It's just the same old song sung to the same old tune M drinking buddy and me would like to get to know you My drinking buddy and me have got something to show you I got a rattlesnake curled up in my brain Drinking for two will drive a man insane It's you and me I'm tired, aching, hungry and I want to go home But this drinking demon inside won't leave me alone We scream at each tougher like drunks as we're thrown through the door We pick each other up and we go back for more
8.
Hollow Wind 03:17
9.
Mary Melody 04:54
I walked into a bar with my chaps and my spurs You were sitting there drinking whiskey for hers And that's when I thought I'd eat you Instead of striking now I thought I'd sit and have a beer And listen to the tails of the drunk in my ear That's when I thought I'd eat you You were winning poker, that's when I moved closer Your chips were building up like the whiskey in your cup That's when I thought I'd eat you I'm a monster I am a monster And I only have eyes for you I'm a monster baby I am a monster And I only have eyes for you No more hesitation, I am my concentration I'll take you from this world, I offer you salvation You don't belong here little girl any more than I do I bought you a drink and said I'd walk you home But I took you to a place where I knew we'd be alone And that's where I get get to eat you I'm a monster I am a monster And I only have eyes for you I'm a monster baby I am a monster And I only have eyes for you
10.
I put one foot forward while the other one stomps on the grave And my hands clap a rhythm but the lord ain't listening today I came back from the river because the river ain't no place to pray And I look at myself in the mirror and say Like the suicide snake I bite my tail I dive down deep into the belly of the whale Wash myself in a big black tub Rub a dub dub rub a dub dub I hear one hand clapping while the other one gives me a wave And the lord keeps whistling but I ain't listening today I'm gonna drown in the river, gonna float all my troubles away And I look at myself in the mirror and say Boy you're gonna grow to be a man someday Like the suicide snake I bite my tail Dive down deep in the belly of the whale
11.
I'm going to see you at the end of the world When it comes round, it comes round At the rapture I'll be dancing in a twirl Spinning round, spinning round God's breath ain't a breeze It's a red hot burning wind It tears off the skin of everyone who's sinned When time has come to an end And when The Horsemen take the call And ride on down, ride on down When all the kings and their kingdoms fall Down to the ground, to the ground The Word is a scream Ringing out across the land Hear the angels' bells ring Ring a ding ding.... When it rains that holy fire I'll watch the world become a funeral pyre As I raise up into the sky and I drift higher and higher and higher I'm going to tap dance through them Pearly Gates I'm going to sing in the promised land I'm going to kneel down by The Lord Himself I'm going to take Him by the hand And we'll go dancing cheek to cheek Fuck the weak, swing by the meek It's just you and me lord The bold and the free, lord The subject and thee, lord The angels sing for me lord

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Australian chain gang Graveyard Train have explored dark and sometimes menacing territories on their new album Hollow. Twisting and pushing the boundaries of ‘alt-country’ to the extreme, Hollow is a macabre journey that seamlessly moves from swampy stomp to deranged psychadelia to folk ballad. As on previous occasions, the harrowing group vocals sing of darkness and woe, however the album marks a move into darker areas as the human condition is brought into focus. Death has never been more terrifying.

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released May 24, 2012

Made by seven men in seven days.
Recorded by Loki Lockwood at Atlantis Studio Melbourne
Mastered by Loki Lockwood at Creepy Hollow
Artwork Brook Penrose

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