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I’ve spent the better part of this morning recovering from my annual visit to the Calgary Stampede. A visit that, this year, started off harmlessly in the beer gardens with Julie, but somehow ended with me rocking out in some greasy pub with a local cover band at 3am; If, by chance, the people who invited me to Denny’s for beer and Moons Over My Hammy are reading this, I apologize for bailing. Anyways, today’s tune is coming from another 2009 Polaris Music Prize shortlisted album. Red Heart can be found on Hey Rosetta!’s second album Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood), released in June of last year. The album was also awarded top spot, and $25,000, at the inaugural Verge Music Awards.
were you born in water,
a fish so cold?
were you born in autumn,
as the river froze?
cause you shut up
and you’re shut in
and i know that
you’ve got your reasons
but even still, listen:
honey, let your red heart show
won’t you? won’t you? can’t you?
were you born a closed book,
full of secret lines? (and bound so tight)
or did you learn to lock it,
as not to break your spine? (oh! you were bound so tight)
cause you shut up
and you’re all shut inside
and i wanted to get you smiling
and maybe once in awhile you could try
and maybe let your red heart show
come on
won’t you let your red heart show?
won’t you let your red heart show?
don’t you let your red heart go cold
don’t you let your red heart go cold
we were given so much and we let it go
we were given so much and we’re getting old
we were promised so much but we let it go
we were promised so much and it’s going i know
but you look so good when you’re laughing you know
yeah you know you look so good when you let it show
honey you look so good when you’re laughing
(oh!)
Related posts:
- Hey Rosetta! – Black Heart
- Hey Rosetta! – A Thousand Suns
- Hey Rosetta! – I’ve Been Asleep for a Long, Long Time
- Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
- You Say Party! We Say Die! – There Is XXXX (Within My Heart)
