We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

heartplusmelody

by Rhiain and the Utter Strangers

/
  • Streaming + Download

     

1.
My feet are boiling, I am warming up and I’m trying not to break down and I’m trying not to be overwhelmed at all the thoughts skipping round in my head cause I can’t do anything about them them, them, them, them I cleaned my room today, I’m like an adult grown up and I’ve even cleaned the carpet with the machine that sucks the rubbish up and with the clearing of the chaos comes a clarity of mind if but for only a moment in time Time, time, time, time I’ve realised that I, that I, that I must die But now is not that time Oh I’ve always been a fatalistic child Child, child, child, child I’ve always been a child There has to be a way that I can live my life and love it and not be ruled by fear which ensures the dreaded outcome of it and there has to be a way where I can find magic in my day and entice it over to come and play To play, to play, to play, to play I’ve realised that I, that I, that I must die But now is not that time Oh I’ve always been a fatalistic child I’ve realised that life, that life, that life can pass you by But now I’ve woken up, I am awake and I am ready to participate
2.
Hello sailor Welcome to the land of legs Your heart is the same colour as my fingernails blue Ice cold, from the cold Hello sailor And now your hearts gone away from you It’s lost to the sea and a fish tried to eat it but spat it out It spat it out So shall I cut your hair And shall I shave your beard And then dance with you till dawn Cause today is February and you’ll be gone by June Oh I always wanted a seafaring man like you Today is February and you’ll be gone by June To reclaim that heart the sea has taken from you Hello sailor A giddy smile, a tipsy wink You belong to a crowd that I know nothing about No nothing at all Not the handshake for sure So hello sailor From whence you came surely you will go But I’m not sure that differs from all of us with bones You to the water, us to the sky So shall I clean your clothes and shall I wash your face and then kiss you strong till dawn Cause today is February and you’ll be gone by June Oh I always wanted a seafaring man like you Today is February and you’ll be gone by June To reclaim that heart the sea has taken from you Today is February and you’ll be long gone by June You’ll be leaving so fast you’ll forget I’ll be left here loving you You’ll be a great story to tell Adventure and love wrapped up in a sea-salty smell and when i’m old and dying I’ll still be smiling about us
3.
You’re like wine with everything that glisten of red that makes my heart sing that heady feeling in the evening So come kiss me on the lips linger near let me smell your aroma So come kiss me on the lips linger here let me taste you And roll around my tongue roll around my tongue roll around my tongue till I have picked up every part of you Flushed and rosy cheeked I can feel your effects on me You’re influencing how my heart beats And it’s all a flutter You’re like wine with everything When you stare me down I can’t but help take you in Cause your smile is intoxicating So come kiss me on the lips linger near let me inhale you So come kiss me on the lips linger here let me drink you up And roll around my tongue roll around my tongue roll around my tongue till I have picked up every part of you Flushed and rosy cheeked I can feel your effects on me You’re influencing how my heart beats And it’s all a flutter
4.
To England 03:31
She said I’m looking out the window and I think I see France And I thought, what’s France if I can’t see you And as she penned her paper and flew over the seas I sat at my desk listlessly And I am restless I’m so restless Yes I am restless I’m so restless She scribbled down her day while on the bus home from the pub Illegible lines I tried to decipher The imagery constructed in my head so vividly That I thought I could taste on my lips her cider And I’m waiting for the day when We don’t have to pen our hearts in Loose pages of some refill And hope the post makes it on time Oh Mr, Mr postman Take good care of my heart that I’m sending It’s marked fragile and I must depend On its safe arrival at the other end She said i’m looking out the window and I think I see France And I thought, what’s France if I can’t see you
5.
He sings a sweet song, I sit and stare He’s alive and living, I sit and stare I feel so connected, like I might even fit It only lasts a minute so I’m trying to breathe it in He dances bizarre, I can’t help but laugh And when he plays the piano love gushes in my heart I can feel everything, the ease and the weight But nothing I do will make this moment stay And here there is right, there is real, there is life And the delicate souls are stronger The delicate souls are stronger The delicate souls are stronger Than before.... He is eccentric and when he does speak He seems to say those things I feel within the deep The cosmos, the stars, they feel all aligned As if this seat was fated for my find He lifts his tee-shirt, I might have gasped And tried to memorise that one little part With balloons falling down, my lungs I emptied For love had just overtaken me And here there is right, there is real, there is life And the delicate souls are stronger The delicate souls are stronger The delicate souls are stronger Than before....

credits

released May 23, 2012

Rhiain McGrath - vocals/flute
Oli Wilson - piano
Chris Butchard - drums
Alex Vaatstra - violin/viola
Paul Gauvin - guitar
Rob Burns - bass

*all songs written by Rhiain McGrath

Produced by Oli Wilson
Mixed and Mastered by Dale Cotton
Photography by TimKellyPhotography
Artwork by Emma Tate

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Rhiain and the Utter Strangers New Zealand

Rhiain and the Utter Strangers is the moniker of Wellington based anti-folk songstress Rhiain McGrath. Her first EP Heartplusmelody out on the 24th August 2012 is a lyric-heavy ode to childhood, recorded with long-time musical collaborator Oli Wilson (of Knives at Noon, The Chills). ... more

contact / help

Contact Rhiain and the Utter Strangers

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Rhiain and the Utter Strangers, you may also like: