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Like Kings

by Good Morning Bedlam

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1.
Dancing Fool 04:01
I will wait for you here I am the flower you are the flame Burned to the ground and you are to blame But is it really worth it if it’s beauty without pain So if you’re spreading fire, I’ll be the same I will wait for you here One quarter passion one quarter meticulous plans In the truth the other half’s the whims of a wild working man Father I have learned that most roads are paved with stone So if I’m spreading fire, you be the wind that blows me home I will wait for you here Mother, I’ve no love for this place But if I live for love Than I’ll have to stay And meet my demons face to face Mother I’ve no love for this place But if I live for love Than I’ll have to stay And learn to live in grace You be the craftsman I’ll be the tool You be the stage, I’ll be a dancing fool I will wait for you here
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The Zoo 02:45
My heart is skipping like a stone over silent waters Each time I try to pull you close I seem to push you farther Screaming can you hear me, but no sound escapes my mouth Four walls they’re made of glass, I can’t escape but I can look through Too slow to realize I’m not the human I am the zoo, Come one, come all. And you’ll find at the back of my mind Is a voice saying son if they love you they’re blind If you stay in your cage and let nobody through, you’ll never feel pain, you’ll have no one to lose We’ll live out each day in our box of perfection, The numbness will keep you from feeling rejection oh I am all that there is I am the cut, and I am the kiss. Darling girl I swear it’s true I try to keep my vows to you but selflessness has never been my virtue You paid your dues we’ve had our laughs if you said that you take it back I swear I’d never think to blame you The scars across my side don’t show It’s love I want it’s pride I know The more I learn the less I seem to grow Oh… I see you Can’t seem to say it but I hope you know I need you Lie die die When you come back home you know I’ll greet you I hope you know I’ll always reach you My mind is skipping like a stone over silent waters Each time I try to pull you close I seem to push you farther Screaming can you hear me, but no sound escapes my mouth
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Long Road 03:44
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Eastbound 05:18
Bring me that horizon. Let me hear the call of Sirens. I won’t go to them, For I have better things in mind with the sea in front, the sea behind, And the wild, wild, wild, wind whipping on my shoulders. In the sea we have no name. We are brothers, we’re the same, but we hear differently. Both strong and in our youth, the exception is I’ve heard the truth, and all I want is you to hear it, too. Do you know what you’re looking for? Do you know what you’re searching for? We’ve left behind the shore and come knocking on the sea’s front door in hopes that she will take us where she’s going. Will she take us to the East? Is that where we’ll find the feast? Either way we will follow where she’s flowing. We’re proving what we know--that we can face the sea and return home, when in our heads just screaming, “We are not alone, we are not alone, we are not alone!” Do you know what you're looking for? Do you know what you’re searching for? I can see what’s in your mind. Look ahead. Let go of what’s behind, or that storm will take you over the side. And I’ll reach down and pull you out, even though we’re both sure to drown. Maybe overboard is just a different route. Down down we go to the bottom, sinking deeper, darker, down we go. Sirens’ songs, the light is gone, this life is long, and I’ll do you wrong, and all the things you thought below . . . You’re not alone, you're not alone. Do you know what you're looking for? Do you know what you're searching for? Do you know what you're looking for? Do you know what you're searching for? Do you see what a life could be if you could just be free like me? And I have seen what you're looking for, and I have seen what you're searching for. Now we must return, to see if we’ve really learned, or if the sun just left us burned. For the sea it treats us well, but if we learn to love ourselves, We can learn to love you. We can learn to love you.
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Come on my girl take hands with me And we’ll waltz around that sycamore tree And we’ll sing an old song that we heard on the wind In hopes of escaping the devil’s worst sin And it goes… Lie die die I don’t feel any pain When we roll in the mud and we play in the rain My heart it bleeds through on my shirt leaves a stain Numbed by the tune of our lovers’ refrain You’ll call me wisdom and I’ll call you boy We’ll represent life, one suffering one joy We’ll dance round the edges of placing the fault We’ll twirl the fine line of the devil’s waltz Lie die die I don’t feel any pain When we roll in the mud and we play in the rain My heart it bleeds through on my shirt leaves a stain Numbed by the tune of our lovers’ refrain I’ll kiss you goodbye and I’ll lace up my boots The taste of your skin is the sweetest of fruits Then I marched into battle and all that I felt Was the kiss of the bullet that sent me to hell I lifted your body and screamed at the gods Have of my soul is what our love cost And then laced up your boots and climbed down to save That man soul and body from hades sweet grave And it goes Lie die die I don’t feel any pain When we roll in the mud and we play in the rain My heart it bleeds through on my shirt leaves a stain Numbed by the tune of our lovers’ refrain You’ll watch me put on that pretty black dress And I’ll dress to match you in Lucifer’s vest That we stole from him on that cold winter’s eve We’re dressed in the moonlight of lovers and thieves
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Like Kings 04:34
I’ll trade all of my money for one last pack of strings And if you promise to go with me then we’ll take the world like kings But we won’t go where the wind blows No we won’t go where the wind blows We’ll only go the places we’re shown And let the light let us not be alone I’ll trade away my right hand to keep yours inside my left To hear you whisper softly feel your head against my chest In my pocket I’ve been hiding a ring And trying to express you in these foolish melodies I’ll love and will pull you up and out when you sink It’s the cost of the joy that you bring to me I’ll trade all of my money for one baby girl I’ll do my best to show her all the dirt that’s in the world The world needs the dirt to grow Those flowers, they can’t bloom in the snow She’ll raise up the world with the beauty she’s shown So I’ll teach my baby girl all I know I’ll trade all of my money for one precious boy I’ll do my best to raise him in the lust and in the world I hope he is sweeter than me I hope that he’s braver than me I hope that he takes after you And lets his heart be the lead of his feet Remember all the times that you kissed me on the cheek And said sometimes we’re in the valley, sometimes we’re at that peak I’ll love you as long as you continue to seek What little good your small hands can bring I know that you’re sweeter than me I know that you’re braver than me I keep hoping I can take after you And let my heart be the lead of my feet I’ll trade all of my money for one last pack of strings And if you promise to go with me then we’ll take the world like kings
9.
The Orchard 03:57
21 years in a sheepskin suit I clean it each day but the real still shines through Would I hide in it each day if I’d nothing left to lose stumble round the earth, sing this verse and hum the tune that I don’t know where I’m going I don’t know where I’m going What if I don’t make it What if no one knows my name Lay my feelings out in song, and no one feels the same *will you connect with me*, sing back to me let me know you know that like me you’re always searching and you never seem to grow and we’ll sing we don’t know where we’re going we don’t know where we’re going Don’t you know I love you Don’t you know I care I vow to walk beside you The doubts you own, I share. I’ve read it all before in a book with just one rule love the king, love the cripple, love the whore, love the fool and if you do IT!….. then you’ll be free you’ll put down your politics and finally know relief you’ll say I know where I’m going I know where I’m going Instead I want the power of the lion and the love of the lamb I want to be upon the screen, a put-on life of pretend friends Why must I feel it as my birthright, a rope round my neck clings pull my body to the butchers, I’m the beast I’m not the king They’ll sing oh oh take me where he’s going and I’ll sing, oh oh oh, I didn’t know what I was hoping for. We’ll turn the earth in this place Clear the rocks from the space Dig the dirt sink the spade Tend the seeds day to day As the roots dig down deep The garden fills with the trees We’ll prune the old for new leaves Grow the orchard you need Backs break, hands shake Our legs ache under the weight Cut back weeds, wind or rain You’ll know we’ve come to say We won’t go We won’t go We won’t leave this wasted world till our weary work is whole
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Will I Wake 02:11
Am I at war am I asleep Oblivious to Winter’s sting? And will I Wake to bursting Spring To fight, sleep, eat, repeat And I’ve been crying for you I have felt the human curse Preaching peace that leaves us first All our dreams are drenched in thirst The World as left our hearts coerced And I’ve been crying for you I was crying then I woke To find what God in heaven spoke He said “you were good but now you’re broke, You were good but now you’re broke”

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"Like Kings" is Good Morning Bedlam's sophmore album.

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released July 27, 2018

Recorded at Last Triumph Studios
Produced by GMB and Jarod Hadaway
Engineered by Jarod Hadaway

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Good Morning Bedlam Minneapolis, Minnesota

Good Morning Bedlam is a folk-rock duo from Minneapolis, MN made up of Isaak and Tori Elker. Their shows are known for their wild energy and stunning harmonies. Winners of first-place title at the John Hartford Memorial Festival Band Competition, and finalists at the NWSS Band Competition. Now in 2023 the band is touring their brand new EP Dear Day Dear Darling. ... more

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