You shoulda heard me in the lounger
Telling people what they was
Spitting out all types of sugar
Just dying for a cause
Cause, cause
A smiler slithered to my corner
On a face so true
My word is always in the ready
And I'll attribute that to you
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't wanna belong to anyone
You shoulda heard him in the bowery
Learning people with a tongue
Cut from second-hand cloth
Make the women feel young
I heard him serving as a soldier
In the annex of the earth
Threw himself before a bullet
And threw the metal to the dirt
Hear the man's word
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't wanna belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't wanna belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't belong to anyone
I don't wanna belong to anyone
Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death Album Lyrics
Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death Lyrics
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Love Is The Main Thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Always the same thing
Always be raining
Love is the main thing
Tired of embracing
Always be floating
Never devoting
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Tired of embracing
Using and wasting
Always alone-ing
Tired and be hoping
Always be raining
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Always the same thing
Always be raining
Love is the main thing
Tired of embracing
Always be floating
Never devoting
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Tired of embracing
Using and wasting
Always alone-ing
Tired and be hoping
Always be raining
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Love is the main thing
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Televised Mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
Swipe your thoughts from Broadway
Turn ideals to cabaret
Water dreams of yesterday
Fall behind
All your laughter pissed away
All your sadness pissed away
Now you don't care what they say
Nor do I
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
They're all gulls in the sky
They all mimic love's cry
And I wish I could die
Me or them
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, ya call it, ya call it
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
16 bars for the televised mind
Dublin line for the televised mind
We're all televised minds
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, ya call it, ya call it
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
Swipe your thoughts from Broadway
Turn ideals to cabaret
Water dreams of yesterday
Fall behind
All your laughter pissed away
All your sadness pissed away
Now you don't care what they say
Nor do I
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
They're all gulls in the sky
They all mimic love's cry
And I wish I could die
Me or them
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, ya call it, ya call it
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
That's a televised mind
16 bars for the televised mind
Dublin line for the televised mind
We're all televised minds
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, what ya call it, what ya
What ya call it, ya call it, ya call it
Writer: Grian Chatten, Conor Curley, Tom Coll, Conor Deegan, Carlos O'Connell
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
A Lucid Dream
I was there
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking the fair
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the clouds opened up
For the aul' ones to look down
The detail, in books, the affair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
Before you were there
Ah
I was there
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking them, there
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the bulletin board
Was shot up like a ward full of junk
And all kinds of despair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
Before you were there
Ah, ah
And now the foreign corner's gone and thrown
Are you opposed
To being anyone else
Other than you
Are you opposed
As anyone else
And they just want to come to your place
And see you sing
I was there
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking the fair
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the clouds opened up
For the aul' ones to look down
The detail, in books, the affair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
I was there
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking them, there
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the bulletin board
Was shot up like a ward full of junk
And all kinds of despair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
Before you were there
Ah
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking the fair
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the clouds opened up
For the aul' ones to look down
The detail, in books, the affair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
Before you were there
Ah
I was there
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking them, there
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the bulletin board
Was shot up like a ward full of junk
And all kinds of despair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
Before you were there
Ah, ah
And now the foreign corner's gone and thrown
Are you opposed
To being anyone else
Other than you
Are you opposed
As anyone else
And they just want to come to your place
And see you sing
I was there
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking the fair
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the clouds opened up
For the aul' ones to look down
The detail, in books, the affair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
I was there
When the rain changed direction
And fled to play tricks with your hair
Overlooking them, there
And it's all coming back
And you're prowling the track
Like a cat on the back of a chair
And the bulletin board
Was shot up like a ward full of junk
And all kinds of despair
And it's all coming back
And the main thing
Is that the rain changed direction
Before you were there
Ah
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
You Said
You said
You've been on the brink
So slow down
Don't got time to think now
You try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating
We both
Have a lot of things to say
Don't, don't get time enough to play
Try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating faster
All this
Meaning to the freaks
Who get me
Life not as a calming stare, there
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating
We both
Have a lot of things to say
Don't, don't get time enough to play
Try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating faster
With you
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
With you
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
You said
You've been on the brink
So slow down
Don't got time to think now
You try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating
We both
Have a lot of things to say
Don't, don't get time enough to play
Try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating faster
You've been on the brink
So slow down
Don't got time to think now
You try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating
We both
Have a lot of things to say
Don't, don't get time enough to play
Try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating faster
All this
Meaning to the freaks
Who get me
Life not as a calming stare, there
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating
We both
Have a lot of things to say
Don't, don't get time enough to play
Try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating faster
With you
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
With you
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
It's easy, I'll come again
You said
You've been on the brink
So slow down
Don't got time to think now
You try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating
We both
Have a lot of things to say
Don't, don't get time enough to play
Try
Operating faster
Operating faster
Operating faster
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Oh Such A Spring
Down by the docks
The weather was fine
The sailors were drinking American wine
And I wished I could go back to spring again
Now they're all gone
That's life moving on
Some stay behind to get drunk on the sun
They wish they could go back to spring again
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
The noise of the town
The salt in the air
It plays all around
But I no longer care
And I wish I could go back to spring again
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
They try words
And down through the years
It all turns to tears
They don't know
But they try anyway
The clouds cleared up
The sun hit the sky
I watched all the folks go to work
Just to die
And I wished I could go back to spring again
The weather was fine
The sailors were drinking American wine
And I wished I could go back to spring again
Now they're all gone
That's life moving on
Some stay behind to get drunk on the sun
They wish they could go back to spring again
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
The noise of the town
The salt in the air
It plays all around
But I no longer care
And I wish I could go back to spring again
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
Oh, such a spring
They try words
And down through the years
It all turns to tears
They don't know
But they try anyway
The clouds cleared up
The sun hit the sky
I watched all the folks go to work
Just to die
And I wished I could go back to spring again
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
A Heros Death
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Don't get stuck in the past
Say your favorite things at mass
Tell your mother that you love her
And go out of your way for others
Sit beneath a light that suits ya
And look forward to a brighter future
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Sink as far down as you can be pulled up
Happiness really ain't all about luck
Let your demeanor be your deep down self
And don't sacrifice your life for your health
When you speak, speak sincere
And believe me friend, everyone will hear
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Bring your own two cents
Never borrow them from someone else
Buy yourself a flower every hundredth hour
Throw your hair down from your lonely tower
And if, and if
You find yourself in the family way
Give the kid more than what you got in your day
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Never let a clock tell you what you got time for
It only goes around, goes around, goes around
Take your family name for your own great sins
'Cause each day is where it all begins
And
Don't give up too quick
You only get one line, you better make it stick
If we give ourselves to every breath
Then we're all in the running for a hero's death
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
That was the year of the sneer now the real thing's here
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Don't get stuck in the past
Say your favorite things at mass
Tell your mother that you love her
And go out of your way for others
Sit beneath a light that suits ya
And look forward to a brighter future
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Sink as far down as you can be pulled up
Happiness really ain't all about luck
Let your demeanor be your deep down self
And don't sacrifice your life for your health
When you speak, speak sincere
And believe me friend, everyone will hear
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Bring your own two cents
Never borrow them from someone else
Buy yourself a flower every hundredth hour
Throw your hair down from your lonely tower
And if, and if
You find yourself in the family way
Give the kid more than what you got in your day
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Never let a clock tell you what you got time for
It only goes around, goes around, goes around
Take your family name for your own great sins
'Cause each day is where it all begins
And
Don't give up too quick
You only get one line, you better make it stick
If we give ourselves to every breath
Then we're all in the running for a hero's death
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
Life ain't always empty
That was the year of the sneer now the real thing's here
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Living In America
London's fine
Did my time
Threshed the truth
Out the lie
Snowman cold
Pigeon holed
Cooed to death
Pilgrim soul
Curtain closed
System froze
Wait for me
Braver be
Dragged old man
Kissed and ran
Licked away
Our spray tan
Living in America
Living in America
London's fun
Been and done
One for all
All for one
Hit the town
Fit the crown
Heavy head
Hanging down
If you don't know
We will not go
Turning your tricks like a newborn gangster
You need not be
Born wealthy
If you care
You're the heir
Living in America
Living in America
A young wind blows
Through your hair
Bald or grey
Some of them stayed
You're about as old
As the last day
You felt young
I dare say
If you don't know
We will not go
Turning your tricks like a newborn gangster
You need not be
Born wealthy
If you care
You're the heir
Living in America
Living in America
Living in America
Living in America
Did my time
Threshed the truth
Out the lie
Snowman cold
Pigeon holed
Cooed to death
Pilgrim soul
Curtain closed
System froze
Wait for me
Braver be
Dragged old man
Kissed and ran
Licked away
Our spray tan
Living in America
Living in America
London's fun
Been and done
One for all
All for one
Hit the town
Fit the crown
Heavy head
Hanging down
If you don't know
We will not go
Turning your tricks like a newborn gangster
You need not be
Born wealthy
If you care
You're the heir
Living in America
Living in America
A young wind blows
Through your hair
Bald or grey
Some of them stayed
You're about as old
As the last day
You felt young
I dare say
If you don't know
We will not go
Turning your tricks like a newborn gangster
You need not be
Born wealthy
If you care
You're the heir
Living in America
Living in America
Living in America
Living in America
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
I Was Not Born
I was not born
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
All you antiquated strangers
All throwing in the towel
To do another man's bidding
I was not born
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
You won't catch me
No, you won't catch me
Not in your bear-trap loyalty
You won't catch me
No, you won't catch me sleeping
No, you won't catch me slee-slee-sleeping
'Cause I was not born
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
Ah
I was not born
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
Ah
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
All you antiquated strangers
All throwing in the towel
To do another man's bidding
I was not born
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
You won't catch me
No, you won't catch me
Not in your bear-trap loyalty
You won't catch me
No, you won't catch me sleeping
No, you won't catch me slee-slee-sleeping
'Cause I was not born
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
Ah
I was not born
Into this world
To do another man's bidding
Ah
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Sunny
Saw you walking in the daytime
On a stomach so bare
Sunny, my life's gone easy
To tell the truth, I don't dare
Met your mother in an early
Couldn't focus on a thing
Suddenly my life was clouded
The phone would all but ring
Until a ring was surely called for
(Until a ring was surely called for)
Until a ring was surely called for
(Until a ring was surely called for)
Until a ring was surely called for
(Until a ring was surely called for)
Until a ring was surely called for
Afraid I couldn't make the cut, boy
And it makes me very sad
You'd sooner draft me as a soldier
Then you'd have me for a dad
Into a dream I was tilted
Into a dream I fell
Suddenly my life's gone easy
Where I was I can't tell
Now I don't even see them
Now I don't even see
Happy's living in a closed eye
That's where I like to be
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
(Couldn't focus on a thing)
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
(Couldn't focus on a thing)
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
(Couldn't focus on a thing)
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
On a stomach so bare
Sunny, my life's gone easy
To tell the truth, I don't dare
Met your mother in an early
Couldn't focus on a thing
Suddenly my life was clouded
The phone would all but ring
Until a ring was surely called for
(Until a ring was surely called for)
Until a ring was surely called for
(Until a ring was surely called for)
Until a ring was surely called for
(Until a ring was surely called for)
Until a ring was surely called for
Afraid I couldn't make the cut, boy
And it makes me very sad
You'd sooner draft me as a soldier
Then you'd have me for a dad
Into a dream I was tilted
Into a dream I fell
Suddenly my life's gone easy
Where I was I can't tell
Now I don't even see them
Now I don't even see
Happy's living in a closed eye
That's where I like to be
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
(Couldn't focus on a thing)
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
(Couldn't focus on a thing)
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
(Couldn't focus on a thing)
Where I was I can't tell
(Met your mother in an early)
Where I was I can't tell
Writer: Grian Alexander Chatten, Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Deegan, Conor Patrick Curley, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
No
Give us all you got
You're in love and then you're not
You can lock yourself away
Just appreciate the grey
You have hurt and you have lost
You're acquainted with the cost
The one that comes with feeling deep
You're still paying in your sleep
Yeah
Now you're rolling in the dirt
Playing up to what you're worth
And we know what freedom brings
The awful songs it makes you sing
Don't you play around with blame
It does nothing for the pain
And please don't lock yourself away
Just appreciate the grey
Yeah
Even though you don't know
Even though you don't
You feel, you feel
When you go down to that place
It makes a monster of your face
It makes you twisted and unkind
And all the right words hard to find
There's no living to a life
Where all your fears are running rife
And you're mugged by your belief
That you owe it all to grief
No
Even when you don't know
Even when you don't
You feel, you feel
Even though you don't know
Even though you don't
You feel, you feel
You're in love and then you're not
You can lock yourself away
Just appreciate the grey
You have hurt and you have lost
You're acquainted with the cost
The one that comes with feeling deep
You're still paying in your sleep
Yeah
Now you're rolling in the dirt
Playing up to what you're worth
And we know what freedom brings
The awful songs it makes you sing
Don't you play around with blame
It does nothing for the pain
And please don't lock yourself away
Just appreciate the grey
Yeah
Even though you don't know
Even though you don't
You feel, you feel
When you go down to that place
It makes a monster of your face
It makes you twisted and unkind
And all the right words hard to find
There's no living to a life
Where all your fears are running rife
And you're mugged by your belief
That you owe it all to grief
No
Even when you don't know
Even when you don't
You feel, you feel
Even though you don't know
Even though you don't
You feel, you feel
Writer: Carlos Ramos O'Connell, Conor Patrick Curley, Conor Patrick Deegan, Grian Alexander Chatten, Thomas Patrick Coll
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
A Hero's Death is the second studio album by Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. The album was released on 31 July 2020 through Partisan Records, less than 18 months after the release of their debut album Dogrel. The album received critical acclaim upon its release, signifying a partial departure from their bubbling and anxiety-inducing post-punk sound found on their first record to the incorporation of more dream-like and psychedelic aspects having taken inspiration from The Beach Boys, to name but one of many influences, during the writing of the record.
The album received a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards, while also garnering the band a nomination for the Brit Award for International Group at the 2021 Brit Awards and Album of the Year at the 2020 Choice Music Prize. It was also nominated for the Best Album Ivor Novello Award in 2021.
After a well-publicized chart battle with American singer Taylor Swift, A Hero's Death debuted at number two in the United Kingdom behind her album Folklore because of a last-minute sales tactic on Swift's part.
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Fontaines D.C.The album received a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards, while also garnering the band a nomination for the Brit Award for International Group at the 2021 Brit Awards and Album of the Year at the 2020 Choice Music Prize. It was also nominated for the Best Album Ivor Novello Award in 2021.
After a well-publicized chart battle with American singer Taylor Swift, A Hero's Death debuted at number two in the United Kingdom behind her album Folklore because of a last-minute sales tactic on Swift's part.
Genre(s): Post-punk, indie rock
Producer(s): Dan Carey
Length: 46:33
Released: July 31st, 2020
Year: 2020