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Revisionator

by TJ Eckleberg

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1.
Stop 04:02
Stop You fidget and crack You go on the attack While you promise and trick Fingers crossed behind your back Like a black dog with a bone You push and you pull And won’t leave it alone Oh, you’d better stop You kick it again While you sing the refrain You refuse and reuse And conceal and disdain You circle the wagons Compare and complain And dream of the view from the mountain top Oh, you’d better stop You press record again You press play You sing the same sad song from yesterday We will looked younger then We all looked away The bus drove past While we smiled at the bus stop And oh, you’d better stop You say it again Your eyes closed tight While you’re crouching in the corner While you’re hiding in plain sight You wander the woods In the dark of the night Do you retrace your steps in the hope that you might Find the spark or desire to erase or ignite Climbing the trees for a view from the treetops But how much wood can a woodchop chop? And oh, you better stop Stop, before you break my heart
2.
Sepia Tone 05:00
Sepia tone I didn’t know what I wanted to be I didn’t know what I wanted to do I didn’t know what I wanted to say I didn’t know if what I said was true I didn’t know if I understood I didn’t know if I could see it clear I didn’t know if I could leave it behind I didn’t know how to get from there to here Epigrams and parables, mountains of stones You coloured my world in sepia tone I knew it then, I know it’s true So many things I could’ve told you You wouldn’t believe it I didn’t know what you wanted from me I didn’t know the boy in the frame I didn’t know the revisions and re-imaginings I didn’t know the rules of the game I didn’t know how to begin to change I didn’t know how to stay the same Dark rooms and stage lights, I’m standing alone Colouring my world in sepia tone I knew it then, I still know it’s true So many things I could’ve told you You wouldn’t believe it Who’s that boy in that car - the gear box, the wheels squealing How fast will he go, and how far ‘til he stops speeding? Who’s the boy with that guitar? Where’d he get it? What was he thinking? How fast will he drift and how far ‘til he stops dreaming? Sunday after church, she was in the car with me alone Colouring my world in sepia tone You were tapping on the window, I was driving away Thinking of all the words I should say I knew it then and I still know it’s true So many things I should’ve told you You wouldn’t believe it, you wouldn’t believe I knew it then it still strikes me as true So many things I could’ve told you You wouldn’t believe, you wouldn’t believe it You wouldn’t believe, you wouldn’t believe it You wouldn’t believe
3.
The Silence 01:48
The Silence I don’t want to think about it
4.
The Noise 05:05
The Noise Bring the noise bring the anger Bring the towel bring the rake Bring the baby in the manger Bring the Picasso bring the fake Bring the noise Bring the goose bring the eggs Bring the golden-haired girl with the lovely long legs Bring the sinner bring the saint Bring a new coat of paint Bring the circus bring the smile Bring your chance to sit around and wait a while Bring the noise Bring the red door bring the gate Sit on the front fence and wait Bring the boat bring the steam Bring a flying machine Bring your excuses and your fears Bring your wasted tears Bring your sense of loss bring your sacrifice Put yourself up on the cross when you pray at night Bring your good vibrations your intransigence Bring your loudest voice your primal scream your new year’s confessions your teenage dreams Bring the noise Bring the call bring the voice Bring the unkind choice Bring the regret bring the blame Bring your brand-new name Bring the place you left off Bring the place from which you came Bring the noise Bring your excuses bring your chic Bring your snare bring your kick Bring your nerves bring your hips Bring the cards bring the chips Bring your red rosey lips her red rosey lips Bring the cow bring the moon Bring the rain too soon Bring the king bring the fool Bring the carpenter’s tools Bring the angst and despair bring the wolf in his lair Bring the mercy seat bring the silver chair Forget about who you are and forget about what you knew And forget about the uncertainty of always knowing what to do Forget the suffering, forget the cup Forget the fact that you never really gave it up And lay it down And lay it down There’s nothing you can do about it anyhow Lay it down, lay it down There’s nothing you can do about it now
5.
Sunshine on the avenue I remember, I remember Dancing on the harbour You in a new blue dress Me, happy and lucky and careless Looking out across the sea Reminding me, reminding me Sunshine on the avenue, reminds me of a girl I knew Reminds me of a girl I knew I remember, I remember, a room behind palm trees, in Waverley I remember your eyes flashed angrily, palm trees, in Waverley I echo and change, rearrange past plans I re-state and delay I race past my past self on the way Red clouds, grey skies, beautiful dark brown eyes Hey baby - I’m not the kind of guy to let somebody down I’m gonna stick around Hey baby - I’m not the kind of guy to let somebody down I’m gonna stick around I said, what about the things we lose? You said, you can’t go through your life like this Thinking only of the things you miss You can’t go through your life like this You can’t go through your life like this Hey baby - I’m not the kind of guy to let somebody down I’m gonna stick around Hey baby - I’m not the kind of guy to let somebody down I’m gonna stick around Sunshine on the avenue - reminds me of a girl I knew Reminds me of a girl like you Late at night you were calling The wolves at the door - I wasn’t around It was late and I was not thinking straight I said, hey - wait - what was that sound? Why were you calling me? What were you calling for? 
And who was the wolf at your door? Who was the wolf at your door? The song on the radio reminds me How quickly we unwind and unfold I can’t go back, I can’t go forward I’m never gonna let you down I’m never gonna forget
6.
Signs 04:11
Signs Like the light of St Paul from the heavens above
Like you’d seen enough to know enough of love You were waiting on the third sign Speeding through the stop sign Braking for a cheeseburger Explaining to the officer Lining up your pills for your daily dose Revising your will and testament Dreaming of bridges you crossed along the west coast Drinking coffee like it was sacrament Like you’d seen enough Like you’d seen it all The sun was in the living rom Flowing through venetians You sang with her a marching tune Took a reading from Ephesians Made a simple meal of butter and toast Made sure nothing was wasted Wrote out your daily notes about the Holy Ghost Folded your hands and said it was The best meal you’d tasted Like you’d seen enough Like you’d seen it all Like you’d seen enough to know enough of love Like the light on the road From the heavens above Like you’d been given what you owed Like you knew enough of love Like the light of St Paul from the heavens above
Like you’d seen enough to know enough of love Like the light of St Paul from the heavens above
Like you’d seen enough to know enough of love Like you’d seen enough Like you’d seen enough to know enough of love
7.
Wonders 03:18
Wonders We’re standing with the shed door open Talking about the garden path Talking about the broken boundaries Who is it I am, when I’m with me She smiles sharkish, sheepily I’m turning over sleeplessly And pouring coffee in I’m back to the start and back to you And I still don’t know what to do The breeze flows in and the breeze flows through And I don’t know who I am when I’m with you I try to explain the long way home I try to explain the loneliness I know this story, I’ve heard it a lot I kept adding to it ‘til it’s all I’ve got And the river flows by the window And the river flows on And who am I now that you are gone? You said you were my friend You said friendships never end You said that’s what friends are for But who am I now that we’re not friends anymore? But you looked through the window You looked out past the pine trees And there was a change in your eyes that brought back the hope in me You were smiling like you could recall All the moments you were caught up in the wonder of it all You were smiling like you could recall All the moments you were caught up in the wonder of it all You were smiling like you could recall All the moments you were caught up in the wonder of it all
8.
Go 04:21
Go I didn’t take my time I didn’t make it mine I didn’t make it rhyme, no I didn’t turn the bend, I didn’t reach the end I didn’t make amends, no I didn’t take the blame I didn’t call her name I didn’t stay the same, no I didn’t take it back I didn’t walk it back I didn’t stay on track, no I just just just just I just let it go Go You can walk away You can walk slow I didn’t take a trick I didn’t find a fix I couldn’t fix the mix, no I didn’t grace the stage, I didn’t act my age
I didn’t turn the page, no
Didn’t break the mould, didn’t face the cold Didn’t shake the hold, no Didn’t cross the line, didn’t read the signs I didn’t know my mind Go You can walk away You can walk slow I drove too far to a farm down south Kangaroos hopping about Staring out across the valley Sipping morning coffee A guitar unwinding lazily Praise be praise be No one’s gonna save me No one’s gonna I didn’t hold the flame, I didn’t change the game, I didn’t shift the blame, no Didn’t make the calls didn’t grow some balls I didn’t jump the falls, no Didn’t drop off the key didn’t need to be free Didn’t go happily, no No no no no no no No, I just let it go Go You can walk away You can walk slow Just let it go, just let it go
9.
Coffee on the stovetop On a lazy sunlit Sunday With the soft clouds slowly falling It’s easy to believe We all will be received Can I get a witness? Can I get a witness? We all will be received On a sober winter morning Coffee on the stovetop boiling Windows clicked shut against the cold The radiator warm, consoling It’s easy to believe We all will be received Can I get a witness? Can I get a witness? When I sail away Will you be there To wipe the tears away Will you remember A song I sang Some words I wrote Will you write ‘em out on a three by five note When I sail away And I come back some day Will you still be there, standing And waiting for me? On a dark Thursday raining The whole world complaining The seeds of doubt are sewn Bereft and alone It’s easy to believe You’ve only been deceived Like Peter by the fireside Everyone beside you lied Everyone beside you And wherever you go I want you to know You can call on me You can call on me And when the accusations fly It was always and only you and I I will testify I will testify
10.
Woolpack Hotel Outside the Woolpack Hotel I was thinking of you Your body in the water The lives we could have led The things that I wanted to do I speak a few words of Japanese Not enough to follow you But enough to make it clear Enough to bring you near And I love the taste of your breath Warm and bourbon I remind myself to breathe And I love the way that you move Closer to me, closer to me You take a drag of your cigarette As if it’s not gonna kill ya As if it’s something you should do As if it’s the cigarette that would miss you If you gave it up If I could give you up And I love the taste of your breath Warm and bourbon I remind myself to breathe And I love the way that you move Closer to me, closer to me Down at the pool side I’m in the water Looking over Looking like your lover Wanting it not to be over I was making predictions Guessing how it would all end You were seen and content I wondered what it meant I wondered I love the taste of your breath Warm and bourbon I remind myself to breathe I love the way that you move Closer to me, closer I love the taste of your breath Warm and bourbon I remind myself to breathe I love the way that you move Closer to me, closer
11.
Paper plane 05:01
Paper plane A bookshelf full of stars And planets in orbit I try to hold them in my hand, I falter and forfeit It’s not that there’s no grace from this far away I’m ok to let things spin, to let things drift There’s just too much time, too much space Too much to forgive But the sun rises and sets, something in me forgets, and lets me breathe And lets me breathe And she is standing, by the ocean waving, while the stars drift further away I read the chapter I read the book I turn it backwards, I turn and look I thought that we could work it out I thought that we could work it out There’s a darkness that falls forward There’s a rhythm in the orbit A beat in the way the days roll on That reminds you of what is gone There’s always a new way of knowing What you got wrong The sun rises and sets, something in me forgets and lets me breathe And lets me breathe I am searching, for some words worth saying, while the stars drift further away I take a picture, I frame it right I imagine myself on the back step, drinking coffee in the sunlight And the sun rises and sets, something in me forgets And lets me breathe And lets me breathe A paper plane, An origami swan I go back over the things I’ve done Was it the tenth floor window or the subway exit? Was it shortly before or just after Brexit? Did I fly across the world for you? Or was I just running too? In the window, waiting, while the stars drift I read chapter and verse, I repeat and rehearse I thought that we could work it out, I thought that we could work it out
12.
Salt on the seabreeze I see the sunrise I can’t take it with me The beach, the beach at night I can’t take it with me The breeze in my hair in my eyes I can’t take it with me That look of joy and surprise I can’t take it with me Hey now, hey now, hey now where’d you go? I wound down the window, the salt on the seabreeze Hey now, remind me Remind me I see the moon the moon in the sky I can’t take it with me That number on the phone in my pocket Can’t take it with me I had a solution and an alibi Can’t take it with me Solution and an alibi I can’t take it with me I turned the key over I can’t take it with me We had an understanding, I can’t take it with me We had a plan, a plan I can’t take it with me All these things Have nowhere to go You said I never loved you You said it was so But how would you know? How could you know? Hey now, hey now, hey now where’d you go? I wound down the window, the salt on the seabreeze Hey now, remind me Remind me
13.
East 04:09
East My eyes are bleary From waking up early You pull on your boots and I grab the keys to the car There’s frost on my breath And ice on the windscreen We roll down the driveway And out of the yard We’ve left behind our phones We don’t have an internet connection You’re spinning the dial on the radio I hear the wise men sing, Only fools rush in You’re laughing at the crossword Four letters Starts with L Number three down What calls you by name And is hard to explain When push comes to shove Of all the things I believe I know you’ll be there for me Of all the things I believe I know you’ll be there for me And love And love And love rides alongside And love And love And love Rides behind Of all the things I believe I know you’ll be there I know you And love And love rides alongside
14.
Wild Heart 06:49
Wild Heart You were the wild and angry heart The stuttering waves on the sea You were the hail on the roadway You were the love that’s coming back to me You were the promise of a new dawn You were the restless gaze You were the one that I depended on You were the turning of the page You were the crisp white summer dress You were the walk through the forest You were the winding of the river through the trees You were the love that was coming back to me

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TJ Eckleberg's tenth studio album, following up Spirit Level from 2021

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released November 1, 2023

Written, produced and performed by TJ Eckleberg in Ashfield - 2020 - 2023

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TJ Eckleberg is an Australian alternative singer / songwriter, producer and guitar player. 'Black & amber' is his seventh independent album. Originally a regular on the Sydney alternative scene, he lived in Berlin from 2010-13, and currently lives in Kyoto, Japan. ... more

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