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Mythical Creatures

by Brian Larney

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1.
I Catch Fire 03:02
I'm getting out of Maytown Keystone state wants to keep me I hear they're cleaning up downtown I'm making plans to leave here I catch fire From the inside I catch fire Sleep in my eyes before daylight Hit the pavement at 4AM Of all the days in my life And all the schemes I made up I catch fire From the inside I catch fire I've been leafing through pages I've been reading your books and how Why won't you ever release them? It's the key I need right now
2.
The tide had gone out No one left swimming for the shore We sure held out In it to win it for sure Went on location No countrymen to stand with Like a lone sandpiper You've got to learn how to grift Then the big one came and I did jet Let's get clear I left you hanging back and I went out on the last frontier No loss of freedom No ties or cross braces to bind Just moved it forward Tone arm to the next gap on this side When the coil hummed and the engine turned I meant it sincere While you're waiving back I went out on the last frontier
3.
Carefully I close the door Don't want to wake the neighbors You see me as culpable I'm sure A moment you can savor I ain't innocent and I don't feel it No ray of sun will help a dream once come undone And you know it just the same right as rain Your car takes off a cigarrette stamped out Cardinals in the yard flew away If you come after I've checked out Will I ever know your pain? But in a sense I feel it No ray of sun will help a dream once come undone And you know it just the same right as rain And in a sense and I feel like Fading from the frame And I know to you it's just the same right as rain I ain't innocent and I don't feel it No ray of sun can help a dream that's come undone And you know it just the same right as rain
4.
At the time I was a wreck you said to me Let's get out of the rain And the light on the street in the residences Well they smoothed out the pain And the lower I got well the higher you seemed It's all in who you know If I can't Impress you how can I expect you To get on with the show And you go And you go To the arms of the mythical creatures But you know they got no better than what you've got When the burn is too much we can raise a glass And laugh at the rain And delight in obVIous disparity Our worlds ain't the same And you go And you go To the arms of the mythical creatures But you know they got no better than what you've got And they don't look like you And they don't live like me But your dreams carried on their dreams That's all you want to be And you go And you go To the arms of the mythical creatures But you know they got no better than what you've got
5.
Winter rings and we're cold as stone As the day is dark and the night is cold It's an compromise that we can't explain You and me always feel it anyway All summer long we dance and sing Autumn birds won't soon take wing All summer long just you and me Finally free on that breeze and we're home Ther'es a bitter sting in our hearts in fall Then we count the days 'til the old man is gone Follow me to the heart of the town Until next spring when we circle around All summer long we dance and sing Autumn birds won't soon take wing All summer long just you and me Finally free on that breeze and we're home All summer long we dance and sing Til nightbirds gather and take wing All summer long just you and me Finally free on that breeze and we're home
6.
Winter hurts The smell of burning wood Feels colder than it should The snow is calmly falling At sunrise The blankets and the fire Romantics turned to liars No saviors, ain't no callings Dawn in my my eyes Forced open at first light No need to say it I can't feign yet another day Just watch me as I turn Just Watch me as I learn to walk away From this old vacant house The sun obscured by clouds Won't penetrate the curtains We know this The day comes to its end The gate closed on the fence Come evening time slow burning It was nice But the days I gave to you I want ' em back they don't belong to you If you want the truth Just watch me as I turn Just Watch me as I learn to walk away The night has come too soon The coda to our tune This song has faded surely
7.
Last to Know 02:44
I can read it aloud And saw what you wrote, I read it Still I don't know Are you just being kind here? It aIn't just simple prose, it's poetic So why'm I still No go? Always the last one to feel things Always missing that final piece Always the last one to read the book Always the last one to get into the story now I'm the last one to know The last one to feel anything I can play your song now And listen all day, I hear it So far yet so near You sing so divine and how Your melody's strong, it's beautiful It's all I can hear Always the last one to join in Always late on the last refrain Always the last one to clap in time Always the last one invited to the dance and now I'm the last one to know The last one to feel anything at all
8.
When the night time draws near An old familiar fear keeps me chaiend with a promise to hold you It's a tale I make up A tale to believe in with an unwilling partner that is you Giving me hope for a future that will never see daylight It's a lie I tell myself to help me sleep It's a dream I remember every moment I'm awake A nightly tradition this beautiful addiction is killing me If the least is the best that you will ever give Don't share it with my alter ego It will conjure untruths that fit me like a suit Tailored to please me alone So don't give me hope for a future that you know won't come to pass It's a lie you're telling me so I won't weep It's a love just a love that will never come to be It's the latest edition of a beautiful addiction that's killing me When the shades are drawn closed and the only thing to see Is a pale blue light and a memory Of you with me embracing however faint it seems I'll will hold on forever or until I fall asleep Giving me hope for a future that will never see daylight It's a lie I tell myself to help me sleep It's a dream I remember every moment I'm awake I wake A nightly tradition this beautiful addiction is killing me It's a love just a love that will never come to be It's my own rendition this beautiful addiction is killing me
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released February 5, 2021

Nick D'Errico - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
George Glass - Bass
Brian Larney - Vocals, Guitars, Keys

John Radzin plays guitar on Beautiful Addiction

Recorded at Studio Confidential, Black Rock , CT and NdDrums, North Haven, CT

Engineered by Nick D'Errico and Brian Larney
Mixed and mastered by John Shyloski, Factory Underground, Norwalk, CT

Cover Art - Jeff Cedrone

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Brian Larney Bridgeport, Connecticut

Brian Larney is a singer-songwriter from Black Rock, Ct, who is as directly accessible as he is enigmatic. His music ranges from the simply beautiful to the complex and artistic. He has said he is “haunted by hooks,” and that is clearly evident in his latest music that seems rooted in the pop writers of the mid to late 1960’s as the alt-folk artists of today that he is often compared to. ... more

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