Low
Low is a slowcore band formed in Duluth, Minnesota, United States in 1993, by Al… Read Full Bio ↴Low is a slowcore band formed in Duluth, Minnesota, United States in 1993, by Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals), Mimi Parker (drums and vocals) and original bassist John Nichols (bass guitar). Zak Sally replaced Nichols after Low's first album and tour. In 2005, Sally quit the band; Matt Livingston replaced him shortly thereafter. In 2008 Steve Garrington took over on bass creating the lineup of Sparhawk, Parker and Garrington. In november 2022, Mimi Parker passed away.
Their music is commonly described as "slowcore," a subgenre characterised by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. They are one of the earlier bands to adopt and popularize the style, making them considerable contributors to the slowcore movement. (It is worth noting that the band dislikes this label. In an interview Alan Sparhawk says of descriptions of their music: "What's the cheesiest? Slow-core. I hate that word. The most appropriate is anything that uses the word minimal in it, but I don't think anybody's made one up for that") Parker and Sparhawk's striking vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group's most distinctive element.
History
The band formed in the spring of 1993. Sparhawk had been playing in the Duluth, Minnesota, band Zen Identity. That band needed a new bassist, and Nichols was recruited. At that time, Nichols was a senior at Superior Senior High School in nearby Superior, Wisconsin, and bassist in the band Lorenzo's Tractor. Sparhawk was called upon to teach Zen Identity songs to Nichols. During practices, the two started improvising with some very modest, quiet themes. As a joke, they wondered what would happen if they played such quiet music in front of Duluth crowds, which at that point focused around the loud, grunge, "post-punk" sound. Soon, the joke became a serious thought. Sparhawk disbanded Zen Identity, and he and Nichols recruited Sparhawk's wife Mimi Parker to play a very modest drum kit composed of a single cymbal and a single floor tom. She used brushes almost exclusively.
Low's debut album, I Could Live in Hope, was released on Virgin Records' Vernon Yard imprint in 1994. It featured Nichols on bass, though he was replaced by Sally, who joined for the recording of the band's next album Long Division. Long Division and its similar follow-up, 1996's The Curtain Hits the Cast, established the band as critical darlings; extensive touring helped them to develop a highly devoted fan base. "Over the Ocean," a single drawn from The Curtain Hits the Cast, also became something of a hit on college radio.
Low experienced considerable difficulties during their tenure with Vernon Yard, and by the time of their next full-length (1999's Secret Name) they had moved to the influential independent label Kranky. In between, they released several singles and EPs. In 1999, Low joined forces with Dirty Three to record an In The Fishtank session for Konkurrent records. All Music Guide called the six-song disc "some of the best material either unit has produced." Of particular note is the disc's lengthy cover of Neil Young's "Down by the River." 2001 saw the release of Things We Lost in the Fire.
The following year saw the release of the band's final full-length on Kranky, Trust. All three of the band's full-length releases on Kranky featured superstar producers: Secret Name and Things We Lost in the Fire feature the work of "recordist" Steve Albini (best known for producing abrasive noise rock and punk groups), who proved surprisingly sympathetic to capturing the band's strengths; while Trust was recorded with Duluth engineer Eric Swanson and mixed by Tchad Blake.
In April 2003, Peter S. Scholtes of the Twin Cities weekly paper City Pages posted in his weblog that Sally had left Low. The following month, the band posted an update to the news on their website: "We have all had to work through some personal things recently ... After sorting it out, the good news is that Zak is remaining in the band ..." In July 2003, they toured Europe with Radiohead, Sally in tow. Following a successful tour in early 2004 that vividly demonstrated the band's commitment to their fans (Parker was visibly pregnant throughout), the band signaled their intent to continue making music by signing with powerhouse indie label Sub Pop. To fulfill their contract with Kranky, Low released a three-disc rarities compilation on that label in 2004.
Beginning with Secret Name, the band have diversified their sound. The band use subtle electronic music touches to augment their sound, reflective of their tenure with Kranky and their exposure to the Midwest's post-rock scene. Adding a more overt rock element to their aesthetic, the band has used fuzz bass from Things We Lost on the Fire onward, and began using distorted lead guitar on Trust. The band's latest album, The Great Destroyer, nods even further in the direction of rock. Recorded with producer Dave Fridmann and released by Sub Pop in January 2005, The Great Destroyer has received mostly positive reviews; the Village Voice described the record's "comparatively thunderous verve." One notable exception to the critical applause is Pitchfork Media, which rated the album 5.5 out of 10 and panned its lead single "California."
Low cancelled the second leg of their extensive tour in support of The Great Destroyer in late spring of 2005. Sparhawk's informal statement, published on the band's web forum and addressed directly to fans, detailed the personal reasons behind the cancellation. In August 2005, however, Sparhawk announced his return to performance, embarking on a United States tour with fellow slowcore pioneer, former Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek. However, in October 2005, Sally announced his resignation. Replacing him is Matt Livingston, a longtime bassist and saxophonist in Duluth's musical scene.
Performance
Low are known for their impressive live performances. Rock club audiences typically watch the band while seated on the floor (due to the difficulty of standing for long periods while listening to such slow and quiet music). During their early career, the band often faced unsympathetic and inattentive audiences in bars and clubs, to which they responded by bucking rock protocol and turning their volume down.
Their shows often feature drastically reinterpreted cover versions of famous songs by the likes of Joy Division and The Smiths, in addition to their own original material. Live, Low shows a sense of humor not necessarily found on their recordings; a tour in early 2004 featured a cover of OutKast's hit song "Hey Ya." At a gig in Los Angeles on Halloween 1998, the band took the stage as a Misfits tribute act, complete with corpse paint and black clothing.
Commercial success
The band's mainstream exposure has been limited: their best-known song is arguably a hymnal version of "The Little Drummer Boy," which was featured in a Gap television ad that depicted a snowball fight in slow-motion to match the song's glacial tempo. A remix of their "Halflight" was featured in the Mothman Prophecies motion picture.
However, because of their minimal overhead expenses (the band makes very little use of professional recording facilities), Low have managed to develop a reasonably comfortable career.
Personal lives
Sparhawk and Parker are married, have two children, and are practicing members of the Mormon faith. (Sparhawk was born into an LDS family in Seattle, and for some time lived in Utah before moving to Minnesota at age nine; he also briefly attended Brigham Young University. Parker is a convert.)
Lyrical references: Christianity and Mormonism
Low are hardly a Christian rock group, however, at least in the usual sense: neither Sally's religious affiliation (or lack thereof) nor Parker and Sparhawk's faith is mentioned in their latest press kit. Low have often toured with other "Christian, not Christian rock" acts such as Pedro the Lion and the Danielson Famile.
However, there are occasional lyrical references (usually subtle and/or indirect) to Parker and Sparhawk's religion. Sometimes these references are traditional Christian themes. The song "If You Were Born Today," on both the live album One More Reason to Forget and on the Christmas album, quietly suggests what might happen if Jesus were born in contemporary times. On Things We Lost in the Fire, the song "Whore" includes Parker's haunting chorus "you will get your reward", while Sparhawk asks "is it so wrong to think there's more?" Disc one of A Lifetime of Temporary Relief includes the song "David & Jude," while disc two includes two versions of "Joan of Arc" and the Spacemen 3 cover "Lord, Can You Hear Me?" Many references draw specifically on themes from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These include "Weight of Water" and "Missouri" on Secret Name, whose title itself refers to an LDS naming ritual; this album also contains the song "Lion/Lamb." The Trust track "The Lamb," at least partially concerns the death of Joseph Smith.
The Christmas album's religious content is generally more direct, including in addition to "If you were born today" an original song about the Three Wise Men's subversion of Herod to protect Jesus ("Long way around the sea"), as well as traditionals ("Silent night," "Little drummer boy," the Elvis song "Blue Christmas") and original secular, seasonal songs ("Just Like Christmas," "Taking down the tree," "One special gift,").
Lyrical references: Duluth, Minnesota, and elsewhere
Low lyrics also subtly and indirectly reference geography. Very often, these geographic references center on their home in Duluth, Minnesota. Sparhawk has said that the song "Sea," from I Could Live in Hope, is about Duluth. The lyrics say, "The sea is a long, long way / from me . . . I'd go there if I had the time / but lying here will do just fine." To any Duluthian, this inevitably summons up Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes, at whose western tip Duluth rests. Lake Superior is not salt water, but it is a very, very large body of water, certainly as large as many bodies of water that are called "seas." In fact, Lake Superior is sometimes called "the Inland Sea." The EP Songs for a Dead Pilot, was reportedly dedicated to a pilot who crashed near Duluth in the late 1990s. On Things We Lost in the Fire, the song "Sunflower" may refer to a notorious murder up the North Shore of Lake Superior some time in the late 70s or early 80s. On Trust, cold Minnesota winters emerge in the lyrics, "when we were young / we wanted to die / but the sound of a drum / and the words of a child / brought different light / now no one can tell / the winter was nice... the ground was so hard / the nights were so long / but we suffered the dark / and we wrote all those songs / still i was a fool / i covered my ears / no i would not face the last snowstorm of the year." (These lyrics also of course indulge both Low's repeating, dark, self-destructive / murderous / suicidal theme as well as their theme about having children.)
Other lyrics have referred elsewhere. Secret Name includes the song "Missouri," which may refer to the LDS community's travels westward. Songs for a Dead Pilot's last track is "Hey Chicago," which says "Hey Chicago, I'm leaving." On Trust, the song "Canada," says "you can't take that stuff to Canada," which inescapably suggests advice to people attempting to take drugs across the border from the U.S. to Canada. (As Minnesota sits along the border of Ontario and Manitoba, this can also be seen as a reference to Minnesota.) Songs on The Great Destroyer frequently reference geography. "California," says "Though it breaks your heart / We had to sell the farm / Back to California where it's warm." This possibly refers to Sparhawk's own mother selling the family farm upon which Sparhawk had grown up (compare the lyrics for "Mom says" on The Curtain Hits the Cast: "mom says / a farm's the best place to call home / but I don't know.") "Broadway (so many people)" refers very specifically to the intersection of Broadway and East 4th Street in New York City: "Last night just north of Houston / Broadway so many people / Through your third story window / I see my favorite record store [most likely Other Music on 4th, a noted independent record store]. At a February 2004 show at "Dante's" in Portland, Ore., Sparhawk told the crowd that the song "Walk into the Sea" was about "a guy who used to live here that we got know pretty well. He's gone now..." in what many fans believe was a reference to Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, a long-time Portland resident. Smith had died just months earlier in October 2003. On the Murderer EP is the song, "From Your Place on Sunset," which refers to many locations in the Los Angeles area.
Side projects
Low owns a record label, Chairkickers' Union, which releases material by other musicians such as Rivulets and Haley Bonar, as well as some of their own material. Sparhawk is notably active in Duluth's small but vibrant independent music scene; he operates a recording studio in the town, in a deconsecrated church that naturally provides the lush reverb characteristic of Low's sound. The Chairkickers label offers another outlet for Duluth musicians, as most groups on the label are from that city, or at least from Minnesota and surrounding areas.
Sally has toured as a bassist with Dirty Three, and Sparhawk has devoted considerable time and energy to his Black Eyed Snakes project, a blues-rock revival band quite far removed from the Low aesthetic. Recently Sparhawk has also been seen with a new side project called The Retribution Gospel Choir. Matt Livingston, who became Low's new bassist in late 2005, played in The Retribution Gospel Choir until early 2008 at which time Steve Garrington became the bassist for both this band and Low. On Retribution's first tour (fall 2005), they played the Low song "From Your Place on Sunset." (Similarly, Low and the Black-Eyed Snakes have played some overlapping songs, such as "Lordy".)
Their music is commonly described as "slowcore," a subgenre characterised by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. They are one of the earlier bands to adopt and popularize the style, making them considerable contributors to the slowcore movement. (It is worth noting that the band dislikes this label. In an interview Alan Sparhawk says of descriptions of their music: "What's the cheesiest? Slow-core. I hate that word. The most appropriate is anything that uses the word minimal in it, but I don't think anybody's made one up for that") Parker and Sparhawk's striking vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group's most distinctive element.
History
The band formed in the spring of 1993. Sparhawk had been playing in the Duluth, Minnesota, band Zen Identity. That band needed a new bassist, and Nichols was recruited. At that time, Nichols was a senior at Superior Senior High School in nearby Superior, Wisconsin, and bassist in the band Lorenzo's Tractor. Sparhawk was called upon to teach Zen Identity songs to Nichols. During practices, the two started improvising with some very modest, quiet themes. As a joke, they wondered what would happen if they played such quiet music in front of Duluth crowds, which at that point focused around the loud, grunge, "post-punk" sound. Soon, the joke became a serious thought. Sparhawk disbanded Zen Identity, and he and Nichols recruited Sparhawk's wife Mimi Parker to play a very modest drum kit composed of a single cymbal and a single floor tom. She used brushes almost exclusively.
Low's debut album, I Could Live in Hope, was released on Virgin Records' Vernon Yard imprint in 1994. It featured Nichols on bass, though he was replaced by Sally, who joined for the recording of the band's next album Long Division. Long Division and its similar follow-up, 1996's The Curtain Hits the Cast, established the band as critical darlings; extensive touring helped them to develop a highly devoted fan base. "Over the Ocean," a single drawn from The Curtain Hits the Cast, also became something of a hit on college radio.
Low experienced considerable difficulties during their tenure with Vernon Yard, and by the time of their next full-length (1999's Secret Name) they had moved to the influential independent label Kranky. In between, they released several singles and EPs. In 1999, Low joined forces with Dirty Three to record an In The Fishtank session for Konkurrent records. All Music Guide called the six-song disc "some of the best material either unit has produced." Of particular note is the disc's lengthy cover of Neil Young's "Down by the River." 2001 saw the release of Things We Lost in the Fire.
The following year saw the release of the band's final full-length on Kranky, Trust. All three of the band's full-length releases on Kranky featured superstar producers: Secret Name and Things We Lost in the Fire feature the work of "recordist" Steve Albini (best known for producing abrasive noise rock and punk groups), who proved surprisingly sympathetic to capturing the band's strengths; while Trust was recorded with Duluth engineer Eric Swanson and mixed by Tchad Blake.
In April 2003, Peter S. Scholtes of the Twin Cities weekly paper City Pages posted in his weblog that Sally had left Low. The following month, the band posted an update to the news on their website: "We have all had to work through some personal things recently ... After sorting it out, the good news is that Zak is remaining in the band ..." In July 2003, they toured Europe with Radiohead, Sally in tow. Following a successful tour in early 2004 that vividly demonstrated the band's commitment to their fans (Parker was visibly pregnant throughout), the band signaled their intent to continue making music by signing with powerhouse indie label Sub Pop. To fulfill their contract with Kranky, Low released a three-disc rarities compilation on that label in 2004.
Beginning with Secret Name, the band have diversified their sound. The band use subtle electronic music touches to augment their sound, reflective of their tenure with Kranky and their exposure to the Midwest's post-rock scene. Adding a more overt rock element to their aesthetic, the band has used fuzz bass from Things We Lost on the Fire onward, and began using distorted lead guitar on Trust. The band's latest album, The Great Destroyer, nods even further in the direction of rock. Recorded with producer Dave Fridmann and released by Sub Pop in January 2005, The Great Destroyer has received mostly positive reviews; the Village Voice described the record's "comparatively thunderous verve." One notable exception to the critical applause is Pitchfork Media, which rated the album 5.5 out of 10 and panned its lead single "California."
Low cancelled the second leg of their extensive tour in support of The Great Destroyer in late spring of 2005. Sparhawk's informal statement, published on the band's web forum and addressed directly to fans, detailed the personal reasons behind the cancellation. In August 2005, however, Sparhawk announced his return to performance, embarking on a United States tour with fellow slowcore pioneer, former Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek. However, in October 2005, Sally announced his resignation. Replacing him is Matt Livingston, a longtime bassist and saxophonist in Duluth's musical scene.
Performance
Low are known for their impressive live performances. Rock club audiences typically watch the band while seated on the floor (due to the difficulty of standing for long periods while listening to such slow and quiet music). During their early career, the band often faced unsympathetic and inattentive audiences in bars and clubs, to which they responded by bucking rock protocol and turning their volume down.
Their shows often feature drastically reinterpreted cover versions of famous songs by the likes of Joy Division and The Smiths, in addition to their own original material. Live, Low shows a sense of humor not necessarily found on their recordings; a tour in early 2004 featured a cover of OutKast's hit song "Hey Ya." At a gig in Los Angeles on Halloween 1998, the band took the stage as a Misfits tribute act, complete with corpse paint and black clothing.
Commercial success
The band's mainstream exposure has been limited: their best-known song is arguably a hymnal version of "The Little Drummer Boy," which was featured in a Gap television ad that depicted a snowball fight in slow-motion to match the song's glacial tempo. A remix of their "Halflight" was featured in the Mothman Prophecies motion picture.
However, because of their minimal overhead expenses (the band makes very little use of professional recording facilities), Low have managed to develop a reasonably comfortable career.
Personal lives
Sparhawk and Parker are married, have two children, and are practicing members of the Mormon faith. (Sparhawk was born into an LDS family in Seattle, and for some time lived in Utah before moving to Minnesota at age nine; he also briefly attended Brigham Young University. Parker is a convert.)
Lyrical references: Christianity and Mormonism
Low are hardly a Christian rock group, however, at least in the usual sense: neither Sally's religious affiliation (or lack thereof) nor Parker and Sparhawk's faith is mentioned in their latest press kit. Low have often toured with other "Christian, not Christian rock" acts such as Pedro the Lion and the Danielson Famile.
However, there are occasional lyrical references (usually subtle and/or indirect) to Parker and Sparhawk's religion. Sometimes these references are traditional Christian themes. The song "If You Were Born Today," on both the live album One More Reason to Forget and on the Christmas album, quietly suggests what might happen if Jesus were born in contemporary times. On Things We Lost in the Fire, the song "Whore" includes Parker's haunting chorus "you will get your reward", while Sparhawk asks "is it so wrong to think there's more?" Disc one of A Lifetime of Temporary Relief includes the song "David & Jude," while disc two includes two versions of "Joan of Arc" and the Spacemen 3 cover "Lord, Can You Hear Me?" Many references draw specifically on themes from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These include "Weight of Water" and "Missouri" on Secret Name, whose title itself refers to an LDS naming ritual; this album also contains the song "Lion/Lamb." The Trust track "The Lamb," at least partially concerns the death of Joseph Smith.
The Christmas album's religious content is generally more direct, including in addition to "If you were born today" an original song about the Three Wise Men's subversion of Herod to protect Jesus ("Long way around the sea"), as well as traditionals ("Silent night," "Little drummer boy," the Elvis song "Blue Christmas") and original secular, seasonal songs ("Just Like Christmas," "Taking down the tree," "One special gift,").
Lyrical references: Duluth, Minnesota, and elsewhere
Low lyrics also subtly and indirectly reference geography. Very often, these geographic references center on their home in Duluth, Minnesota. Sparhawk has said that the song "Sea," from I Could Live in Hope, is about Duluth. The lyrics say, "The sea is a long, long way / from me . . . I'd go there if I had the time / but lying here will do just fine." To any Duluthian, this inevitably summons up Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes, at whose western tip Duluth rests. Lake Superior is not salt water, but it is a very, very large body of water, certainly as large as many bodies of water that are called "seas." In fact, Lake Superior is sometimes called "the Inland Sea." The EP Songs for a Dead Pilot, was reportedly dedicated to a pilot who crashed near Duluth in the late 1990s. On Things We Lost in the Fire, the song "Sunflower" may refer to a notorious murder up the North Shore of Lake Superior some time in the late 70s or early 80s. On Trust, cold Minnesota winters emerge in the lyrics, "when we were young / we wanted to die / but the sound of a drum / and the words of a child / brought different light / now no one can tell / the winter was nice... the ground was so hard / the nights were so long / but we suffered the dark / and we wrote all those songs / still i was a fool / i covered my ears / no i would not face the last snowstorm of the year." (These lyrics also of course indulge both Low's repeating, dark, self-destructive / murderous / suicidal theme as well as their theme about having children.)
Other lyrics have referred elsewhere. Secret Name includes the song "Missouri," which may refer to the LDS community's travels westward. Songs for a Dead Pilot's last track is "Hey Chicago," which says "Hey Chicago, I'm leaving." On Trust, the song "Canada," says "you can't take that stuff to Canada," which inescapably suggests advice to people attempting to take drugs across the border from the U.S. to Canada. (As Minnesota sits along the border of Ontario and Manitoba, this can also be seen as a reference to Minnesota.) Songs on The Great Destroyer frequently reference geography. "California," says "Though it breaks your heart / We had to sell the farm / Back to California where it's warm." This possibly refers to Sparhawk's own mother selling the family farm upon which Sparhawk had grown up (compare the lyrics for "Mom says" on The Curtain Hits the Cast: "mom says / a farm's the best place to call home / but I don't know.") "Broadway (so many people)" refers very specifically to the intersection of Broadway and East 4th Street in New York City: "Last night just north of Houston / Broadway so many people / Through your third story window / I see my favorite record store [most likely Other Music on 4th, a noted independent record store]. At a February 2004 show at "Dante's" in Portland, Ore., Sparhawk told the crowd that the song "Walk into the Sea" was about "a guy who used to live here that we got know pretty well. He's gone now..." in what many fans believe was a reference to Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, a long-time Portland resident. Smith had died just months earlier in October 2003. On the Murderer EP is the song, "From Your Place on Sunset," which refers to many locations in the Los Angeles area.
Side projects
Low owns a record label, Chairkickers' Union, which releases material by other musicians such as Rivulets and Haley Bonar, as well as some of their own material. Sparhawk is notably active in Duluth's small but vibrant independent music scene; he operates a recording studio in the town, in a deconsecrated church that naturally provides the lush reverb characteristic of Low's sound. The Chairkickers label offers another outlet for Duluth musicians, as most groups on the label are from that city, or at least from Minnesota and surrounding areas.
Sally has toured as a bassist with Dirty Three, and Sparhawk has devoted considerable time and energy to his Black Eyed Snakes project, a blues-rock revival band quite far removed from the Low aesthetic. Recently Sparhawk has also been seen with a new side project called The Retribution Gospel Choir. Matt Livingston, who became Low's new bassist in late 2005, played in The Retribution Gospel Choir until early 2008 at which time Steve Garrington became the bassist for both this band and Low. On Retribution's first tour (fall 2005), they played the Low song "From Your Place on Sunset." (Similarly, Low and the Black-Eyed Snakes have played some overlapping songs, such as "Lordy".)
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Low Lyrics
$20 A heart that won't burst And lips that don't thirst I thou…
... I Love I'm still thinking bout I'm still thinking bout it I'm still…
...I Love I love little baby ducks, Old pickup trucks Slow moving tr…
/ Ye ye Ye ah Again and again and again ye What do you…
03-Everybody's Song Pour yourself another cup Another cup Another cup And wait…
04. weight of water Take a cupful from your hand Wait for forty days Make a…
06. don't understand Carry the weight And wait at the last Bloodied my leg And bu…
07 In the Drugs I was a child I was on fire But I stayed alive…
09. lion-lamb Don't go without, we'd surely die To go without is suicide A…
11. will the night Will the night last forever? Stay by my side 'cause tonight,…
Alone Oh, I just need to be alone And get up in…
Always Fade Come clean and off with your head The streams of bright…
Always Trying to Work It Out I saw you at the grocery store, I know I should…
Amazing Grace I knew this girl when I was young She took her…
Amethyst You hide, you always hide So deep inside the amethyst mine T…
Anon Clean bill of health Five years at the bell No one will…
Back Home Again There's a storm across the valley, clouds are rolling in Th…
Be There I don't wanna be there When you're wrong. I don't wanna be…
Because You Stood Still You swallowed your tongue Now you've had your fill They said…
Belarus To my mouth Frozen shut Mother's son Paper cup Belarus …
Below & Above Once you felt alive Present for a time Those below you who…
Blowin' in the Wind How many roads must a man walk down Before they call…
Blue Christmas I'll have a blue blue Christmas without you I'll be so…
Blue-Eyed Devil Blue eyed devil blue eyed devil Born to be a god…
Boyfriends & Girlfriends Boyfriends And girlfriends And enemies Those upon which we r…
Breaker Our bodies break And the blood just spills and spills But …
Bright Why, why so bright? I, why so bright? Why, so? I, why so…
Broadway Last night Just north of Houston Broadway So many people Thr…
California See your reflection in the mire You keep your revelations wi…
Canada I'm not scared of waking up I'm not afraid of getting…
Candy Girl Candy girl You sing that song so well Candy girl You try to…
Carnival Queen Carnival queen All the ghosts lay by your side Moaning, groa…
Caroline Caroline, we don't have much time Mercy lies in the one…
Caroline 2 Caroline, you don′t have much time Mercy lies In the ones we…
Christmas Were you even there back then? Cause you're a blur in…
Clarence White Clarence White and Josh Murray I never thought I'd see the…
Closer hold me closer than that hold me closer than that how'd we…
Coattails He rides on coattails…
Condescend To a point You will fail, So I'll condescend. Without d…
Congregation Sometimes The congregation takes the other side An inquisiti…
Cue the Strings Before you speak the words So plain to see Upon…
Cut I can sit and watch it right before my eyes I'd…
Dark Way up, way up there Look at the dark clouds baby…
Days Like These When you think you've seen everything You'll find we're livi…
Days of It was one of those days Of salvation and loss Just one…
Days Of... It was one of those days Of salvation and loss Just one…
Death of a Salesman So I took my guitar And I threw down some chords And…
Dinosaur Act You and your daughter And your father flew airplanes You and…
DJ I'm Sorry for the shape you're in I'm Sorry for the…
Do You Know How To Waltz One more dance Before they take away the light One more spin…
Do You Know How to Waltz? One more dance Before they take away the light One more sp…
Don't Drop the Baby Whatever you do, don't drop the baby Whatever you do, don't…
Don't Understand Carry the weight And wait at the last Bloodied my leg And bu…
Done Every action, no matter how subtle Or how unconscious our co…
Down I guess the secret's out Like a river, it flows It's never…
Drag I'm sorry but I can't hold on It works much better…
Dragonfly We took our pills It changed the world We had our fill Bu…
Dust on the Window Dust on the window The sun's darkened angle Write your ini…
Embrace Holding my head For the last of race Pushing my body To get…
Especially Me Cry me a river So I can float over to you The…
Everybody's Song Pour yourself another cup Another cup Another cup And wait…
Fear If you see my daughter Don't tell her I'm scared Forty days…
Fearless You say the hill's too steep to climb, Chiding! You say you'…
Four Score Four score Even Alas You'll tell me your Fortune's taken The…
Gentle Gentle, middle, quiet, narrow Careful, measure tortured, sta…
Half Light Stay half-light half night and day Trade half life stolen Aw…
Hands やがて夜が明け 朝日が昇り 悲しみを そっと溶かしてく ha... 小さな嘘 過ちさえも やさしく包み込むように …
Hatchet You be my Charlie And I can be your George Let's bury…
Holy Ghost Some holy ghost Keeps me hanging on Hanging on Some holy gho…
Home I see the sight of the mountains It’s been so long…
I Remember I remember every number I remember graduation I remember pai…
I Started a Joke I started a joke which started the whole world crying But…
I'm on Fire Hey little girl is your daddy home? Did he go away…
If You Were Born Today If you were born today We'd kill ya by age eight Never…
Immune Tell me is the time as slow Only when your eyes…
In Metal filling holes with tiny sounds shining from the inside out …
In Metal Intro filling holes with tiny sounds shining from the inside out p…
In My Life Ever had a nigga pull up on you with the…
In Silence Waiting in the silence with not a word to say A…
In the Drugs I was a child I was on fire But I stayed alive…
Into You I can’t explain the slowing of my brain The underlying vein …
It's in the Drugs I'm in the middle of age With no meter to gauge…
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Will never save you now But then Joan of…
John Prine I verified the math And double-checked the syntax I tried to…
July Wait it's late we've missed the date Gone I guess with…
Just Like Christmas On our way from Stockholm, It started to snow, And you said…
Just Make It Stop If I could just make it stop I could tell the…
Just Stand Back I can't decide And I can't hide They've got my mind It's a…
Kind of Girl half your life you kept it in born without a stomach now…
Kindly Blessed Don't ask me for a favor Don't ask me for a…
La La La Song All there years you've been speaking without breathing Spinn…
Landlord Let's Keep The landlord in mind, as The microphones pick up …
Landslide Talk it out loud talk to myself A stone in a…
Laser Beam I don't need a laser beam I don't need the time Leave…
Last Breath I held your last breath in my hand. I held your…
Last Snowstorm of the Year when we were young we wanted to die but the sound of…
Laugh They're gonna laugh Behind your back Once you're able to sta…
Lazy It's not enough There's not enough for two Sarah you're lazy…
Lies Would it even matter? Would I stay here? Life after love Hav…
Lift Lift me up Like burdens brought past the light Lift me up L…
Like a Forest black, like a forest and still, like a lion my knees are…
Lion / Lamb Don't go without, we'd surely die To go without is suicide A…
Little Argument With Myself I want to believe I want to believe I want to believe I…
Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King…
Long Long Long Back in '95 A little boy from just outside of London Took…
Long Way Around The Sea we've come so far we've followed the star harod heard, sa…
Lord Can You Hear Me? Lord, help me out take my life, I'm in doubt Just…
Low Going down to the lowest of the lows You let yourself…
Lullaby Make it a sweet, sweet goodbye - it could be…
Lust Are you finding answers Are you speaking in tongues Are you …
Majesty/Magic See how they twist 'round the room Oh majesty, oh magic How…
Medicine Magazines They'll never cure this thing With medicine and magazines …
Missouri Oh, speak to me Adam and Eve Oh Missouri, oh Missouri You…
Mom Says Mom says The astronauts will bring it home Mom says The c…
Monkey Oh my my Little white lie I swear I'm gonna make it…
More I gave more than what I should have lost I paid…
Mother When you became my mother, there was time You thought I'd…
Murderer One more thing before I go One more thing I'll ask…
Nightingale Sunrise and I see her eyes, though I could color…
No Comprende No, you didn’t understand me I didn’t say it was a…
No Need I don't need the lot I don't need a lot of…
Nothing But Heart I would be your king But you want to be…
Nowhere Man He's a real nowhere Man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land,…
Old Man Song Once he was up in a plane Saw the world as…
On My Own Giving you love Giving you love Is where I fucked up Where I…
On the Edge Of It's a long way home, When you're on your own, And your…
One Special Gift After we've spent all the money On nieces and nephews And …
Open Arms Lying beside you here in the dark Feeling your heartbeat wit…
Over the Ocean I'm over the ocean Over the hills, over the dell Over the…
Pissing I can't see Sing the darker row (?) Pissing on my toes Knowi…
Plan On the step you handed me Pieces of the plan At the…
Plastic Cup Well you could always count on your friends to get…
Point of Disgust Once, I was lost To the point of disgust I had in…
Poor Sucker Some poor sucker At the bottom of the lake Took the wrong…
Pretty People All soldiers They're all gonna die And all the little babies…
Prisoner I am not a prisoner I'm not a prisoner but I'm…
Quorum Quorum's not the reason Selfish interest You've got to break…
Rome Rome in the ashes Couldn't even sigh Even when they have To …
Rope Hollow this - and maybe you can swallow this -…
Same I'm breathing free Or I'm not I can decide But you can't sto…
Sandinista Where would you go If the gun fell in your hand Home…
Sea The sea is a long, long way from me I'd go…
See-Through You were discovered bended over the dead Only to find out…
Shame a long time you waited you thought it had abated shame of…
Shots & Ladders They're gonna build a ladder It's gonna take you forever You…
Silent Night Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round …
Silver Rider At times I see you You silver rider Sometimes your voice is…
Slide They tell you come tomorrow Nothing for you now You listen…
So Blue Dream at day cut in this way Miles gonna stay…
Something's Turning Over As a child I hid between the pages Cutting secret phrases…
Soon Soon it will be over I laughed under my breath over…
Spanish Translation Everything always confusion Things I could never explain The…
Standby You'll take it back Glory and failure You'll take it back Pu…
Starfire We'll call it Starfire, who will know? I want a station…
Stars Gone Out It's for certain I never thought I'd last Never thought th…
Stay Everything that I do I do it as an investment Lord…
Step You know I am token And smoking that Durban poison It is…
Streetlight And you can see her Before it cracks and goes out She…
Sunflower I've been wondering when I would say this To get…
Sunshine Alive in the age of outrage and outrageous behavior To say…
Surfer Girl Little surfer my dear one What makes my heart come undone Do…
Swingin Swingin' on a rooftop Getting high on a candy shop Swingin' …
Swingin' Don't look up I'll have to dictate from the ground Don't m…
Take No pain, no gain To be envious or to be Jealous you…
Take Your Time So she waits on the edges of a mattress What it…
Taking Down The Tree Careful, one by one It is undone Seems before it's over I…
Tear Down Who wades through fire Who's the champion It's written on yo…
That's How You Sing Amazing Grace I knew this girl when I was young She took her…
The Lamb You go west Where they won't find you With your mother's b…
The Plan On the step you handed me Pieces of the plan At the…
The Price You Pay I put a lot of thought Into the price you pay To…
The Word Hope or fear, I can't tell What's the difference anyway I tu…
Those Girls Don't speak those boys don't know you Those boys think you'r…
Throw Out the Line Throw out the line Man overboard Passenger fall Maybe the…
Time Is The Diamond If I'm not a lion And I'm not an island If time…
Time To Live As One Why do I drink when I'm not supposed to? Why do…
Tired I'm still stuck on the things you said Not a day…
To Our Knees And the love we all need Was running hard to be…
Tomorrow One Wouldn't you say it's over by now Wouldn't you say it's…
Tonight It's a long way home, When you're on your own, And your…
Transmission [Joy Division Cover] Radio, live transmission. Radio, live …
Try to Sleep You try to sleep 'Cause there's never enough You try to slee…
Try Try Try Straynané Tuggar ba kött och beef, don't try If you don’t l…
Turn When you gonna give it up? You're giving me such a…
Turning Over I picked the guy Dragged the lake It's turning over Turn aro…
Two Step And the light, it burns your skin In a language you…
Two-Step And the light, it burns your skin In a language you…
Venus 3 in the afternoon Smoked my 3rd jay today Throw on Sunny…
Violence Lent you my favorite dictionary Came back with ripped out pa…
Violent Past All I can do is fight Even if I know you're…
Wait I can wait, I can wait, I can wait, I…
Waiting I'm waiting like a child Hope runs wild The truth can hide S…
Walk Into the Sea I could walk into the sea And choke away the memory Do…
Walk You Out I'll walk you out I'll take the weight You'll never build …
Weight for Water Take a cupful from your hand Wait for forty days Make a…
What Part of Me What part of me don’t you know? What part of me…
When I Go Deaf When I go deaf I won't even mind Yeah, I'll…
When You Walked Blinded by love I was lost in the dark And I fell…
Whitetail Stay up all night Waste time, waste light Closer, closer …
Whore you will get your reward you will get your reward what is…
Will the Night This will be my last song for the night Spirits are…
Witches You played the part of the one who was taken…
Words Hope or fear, I can't tell What's the difference anyway I tu…
You See Everything Quakin' with the ground See me smile Watch you frown Pick it…
You See Eveything How could you even think I could love another one When…
Your Poison I've spent a lot of time Good people Trying to make it…