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All The Bridges

by Liz Stringer

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1.
Anyone 03:04
It was early morning when I crawled to ya Sweeping the footpath with my shame You opened up, I let you down, you forgave me and we turned it ‘round And that’s the way you’ve always been, my friend, to me I just want the best things for you ‘cos you’re living harder Your heart is larger than anyone’s I just want you to tell me what I can do for you There was heaviness in my heart for ya Wrote it with water on the hot bluestone Your energy, stretching over mine, you will make it rain when the garden’s dry Watch the weather sweep across the empty sky I just want the best things for you cos you’re living harder Your heart is larger than anyone’s I just want you to tell me what I can do for you I know that you’ll rise up again ‘cos your spirit’s stronger You’ll keep fighting them longer than anyone I just want you to tell me what I can do for you
2.
Feel It Now 03:07
I used to live on the second floor and watch the sea birds flying Above the roofs and the city’s roar, across the river shining While the frost crept silent in the morning and nestled in the shadowed stone I still go back there when I dream, when I wake up smiling I wanted to live like I never had Wanted to grip it with both hands Wish I could feel it now It was a moving scenery, the minute that I left there It stretched out in front of me, the spools all spinning threadbare And the currents kept racing through me, shook the thoughts of getting older loose Sometimes I wake up shivering and let the ghosts just hang there I wanted to live like I never had And feel the hot sun on my hands Wish I could feel it now I still want to live like I never have To feel the give of the tidal sand To still believe in second chances And to know that there’s no way back Watch the sun until it’s gone As the seasons roll on and on I want to feel it now
3.
I had a kingdom in another life Had riches dripping from my throat I didn’t make it through the needle’s eye I couldn’t keep it all afloat Now I’m particular and it’s habitual Just a product of an iron will I want to let you know, ain’t nothing personal Always terrified of not getting my fill I was protecting myself Just protecting myself We’re lionesses with all our own fears Won’t let them stray far from the pack We always realise in our darker parts Only the weak ones don’t come back I ain’t giving it up, now that I’ve got it down I’ve earned the answers after all this time Do what you wanna do, ain’t nothing personal I just gotta have what is rightfully mine I was protecting myself Just protecting myself I was protecting myself Just protecting myself So now surely you can sympathise I took all that under my wing I’m sorry that you say I made you cry But who am I to stop this bird from singing I want to tell you that, you weren’t the only one Who thought that I was always taking your part I want to let you know, ain’t nothing personal I just gotta finish everything I start I was protecting myself Just protecting myself I was protecting myself Just protecting myself
4.
Enough 04:13
I don’t believe you when you tell me that you’re one of a kind Because living inside you is a heart that’s held hostage by a mind A mind that is anxious, and through it all, I’ll never get far pushing at the wall Part of me pities, part of me is frenzied like a dog inside a cage The perfect pollution, the pretty colours that all that poison makes Are we the same blood, or water and oil Or a green shooting fighting through the soil Without love, are we ever really enough Time stands still, until we are really enough To shift through the shards Edging over the yards that make up the miles of space between us all I see you watch me I see your lip curl and the twitching in your eyes Are you scared, what makes me the kind of person you despise And when we’re silent, that’s when we talk This is the stillness, the calm before the storm
5.
When we were younger When we were running free I loved you so much, babe And I know that you loved me We layed low through the daytime ‘Til the city was our dance floor What to us didn’t matter We had very little time for And when it went under We held us up high We kept each other afloat, babe On top an ocean of strife We lived in the shadows But our love lit us up Babe I’ll tell you what matters Ain’t nothing wrong with a half-filled cup You were the best I The best that I had ever seen And most of your secrets You even kept hidden from me But you were a cyclone And I was a still rock pool All that wind and that water We were unstoppable And when it under We held it up high We kept each other afloat, babe On an ocean of strife We lived in the shadows But our love it lit us up And, babe, I’ll tell you what matters Ain’t nothing wrong with a half-filled cup Don’t you go leaving Don’t you weaken Don’t leave me, baby, I love you too much Don’t you leave There ain’t no morals to stories There ain’t no right and no wrong You only know who you are when You are where you belong It’s no fun here without you But I’m not giving up Because I know what you’d tell me Ain’t nothing wrong with a half-filled cup
6.
I’ve been searching, searching for a little bit of something Putting spot fires out that raged inside my head And at night time, words would come up at me like a snowstorm When I gripped too tight every one of them would melt And by morning light that doubtful river was roaring You’re always alone when you see it And it’s never a lie if you mean it They tell me everything happens for a reason That there’s some greater plan and that we are all just pawns I’ve tried so hard but I know that I really don’t believe them ‘Cos if we’re being played, what are we living for But you have your ways to try to rest and so do I You’re always alone when you feel it And it’s never a lie if you mean it I pulled myself up by the bootstraps, every morning I dig in the fields What’s the point of still breaking my back when I produce ever-decreasing yields Just keep me guessing, lead me to a place I’ve never been Where I can sip on wine and laugh until I weep ‘Cos in my estimation this is all we have, all that we can see If we exhaust ourselves we’ll get our proper sleep And I’ll tell myself I’ll never start giving up for a second We’re always alone when we feel it It’s never a lie if we mean it
7.
Casey 04:51
Casey, how you doing man Well I heard that you got yourself a place That you're talking to your Mum again Casey, are you happy there Do you stand on your balcony and watch while the smoke curls high in the air Casey, I've been dreaming hard Waking up with pools on my chest sodden in the shifting dark Casey, it's been ten years whole And I mostly remember in my sleep, my days they ain't so clear no more Oh Casey tell me what you're thinking Now that we don't chase together anymore Oh Casey we had a good thing going Casey, they were heady days Lurching from one island to the next in a sea of mediocrity Casey, I don't want to let them go Can't we take the old Mirror for a sail and end up where the wind it blows You said you were leaving, couldn't help me But all that I want is just one more night Casey, they're all calling me crazy They're gonna take me if I don't fight Casey, do you think I'm okay I don't need the shit anymore, I'm getting stronger everyday Casey, I can't rest no more I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm not sure Oh Casey I hear them coming for me But Casey, I don't want to take their medicine no more You're the only one who understands me You're the only one Casey, I'm begging, I'm begging, I'm begging, I'm begging, I'm begging, I'm begging, please Casey
8.
The rain is pouring down, the city is grieving ‘cos you left yesterday And I cannot stop my own chest from its heaving Must be another way I wanna tell you how it feels my friend I wanna tell you that it never ends That I’m in love with you Can’t stop it hurting, I’m in love with you And there’s nothing that I can do In the morning when I wake without you Except keep staying strong Keep keeping on In a flash the light is dull and it’s sinking Without that miracle smile Tedious ache of trying to do the right thing Feel like it’s cramped my style I wanna tell you how it feels, baby I wanna tell you about you and me That I’m in love with you Yes, darlin, I’m in love you And there’s nothing one of us can do In the morning when I wake without you Except keep staying strong Keep keeping on I wanna tell you how it feels, baby I wanna tell you about you and me That I’m in love with you Yes, darling, I’m in love you And there’s nothing that I can do In the morning when I wake without you Except keep staying strong Keep keeping on
9.
Live On Love 05:21
It’s the moments after waking when you’re freest When the world still lies a woman ripe and warm And the possibilities all feel so endless ‘Til the hours come and gather like a storm When the treachery of earning is your mistress And her tits are hanging teasing out of reach It’s deliberate that you’re shown all you can’t have And it’s design that makes you not want what you seek We can live on love, babe We can live on love, babe We can live on love, babe That’s alright with me The belt was tightened before you were a baby It’s a wonder there was room for you at all For we’re taught so early what all of our worths are And we’re shown the height of what we can reach for Maybe once we had our dreams of aspiration Before cynicism and greed closed in their net And in the space of two or three generations We’re now told exactly what it is we’ll get We can live on love, babe We can live on love, babe We can live on love, babe That’s alright with me We’re running from so many things we’re afraid of When there is so little we’ve needed to fear And as the belly heaves still to be sated We’re too comatose from gorging to still steer We can live on love, babe We can live on love, babe We can live on love, babe That’s alright with me
10.
“Kelly’s leaving”, he wept into his shirt “Don’t know why I’m like this, why do I get hurt I took her money, made her cry, but still I don’t know why Now I am alone” Jimmy hurt me, I don’t know why I stayed I kept believing that one day he’d change I tried to mould him, make him mine But he pulled back hard all the time Now I am alone It’s never ending, it goes on for years Speak of the devil and there he appears I’ll be the fever, you be the fall And together we’ll be nothing at all Now we are alone I’ll be the fever, you be the fall And together we’ll be nothing at all Now we are alone

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released July 1, 2016

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Liz Stringer Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne born musician Liz Stringer is one of Australia’s most respected and versatile songwriters and instrumentalists. A lauded guitarist and vocalist, Stringer has released 5 full-length albums since 2006, her powerful and emotive live performances and melodically rich, story-based songs delighting fans and festival-goers throughout Australia and a growing audience in North America + Europe. ... more

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