4월 11일 발매될 오커빌 리버의 새 앨범 BLACK SHEEP BOY에 대한 일종의 입문서 격으로 지난 2월에 공개된 이들의 EP 신작. 시어워터의 프론트맨 윌 세프의 또 다른 밴드이기도 한 오커벌 리버 특유의 예민한 통찰력을 지닌 리리시즘과 컨트리 록, 체임버 팝의 뉘앙스로 어낸 상처와 희망에 대한 5개의 노래가 담겨 있다.
Untied again When you were used to being bound in When you were usually found forgetting the wild wind from the sea
Let wet breaths begin Widen your mouth to suck them in They're coming out above your chin and then they slide in there so sweet
And to some silent bird, I sang "Have you heard that icicles hang from your feet?"
What passed as fine You'll think back on that sometime When from the darkness of the mine a few last diamonds lined your beam
Into some shooting stream I'd spit out the dream That you would swim away with me Though from this milky sky I can remove my eye And sigh upon my side Instead some future kiss that might not exist I will send to unbind your hands And hang the hope you still don't miss the rope Upon the star that shone on an aching night alone And then some shaking song you might not sing along I'll float upon the rough and loving winds
You're untied again You're untied again And that door is open That door is open That door is open You can walk through it
And I have seen the world of dreams, Fresh-flown through the trees then dropped off at the curb Alive, have seen the world awake, And I don't know which I deserve. So when sleep nightly comes to me, With all of these warm blankets piled on my back, I'll hike to see the church of dreams, Where all of the shutters are painted black.
And it seems like that's real until the time I awake, And at midnight the moonlight reflects as the lake Is shining at me, until night takes it away. There's one world in the distance, one world in the way, And not one can stay.
And I have seen the wood of dreams, Carved grainless and clean with a sweep of one hand, And have been happy with the leaves on my body when laid under land. So when sleep finally comes to me Because it comes for the sleek like it comes for the lame I'll sink beneath a weight of dreams so full and complete that I'm pushed from my name.
And it seems like that's real until I fall asleep, And then we load up the car and drive far to some street Where a new life awaits, until day takes it away. There's one world in the distance, one world in the way, And not one can stay
This red-haired girl of mine tore a pinecone from the pine To cut into her palm, singing the song her sinking lover sung I shut my eyes, ripped the train from off the line But a sudden gust of snow blew through a hole in my girl's clothes Well, my girl knows she's not all right And I don't mind. Just give me time, baby, give me time.
Her stinging eyes, and her sixteen-hour drive, and our shared, transparent rope And our icy dive through hope I'll memorize, and I'll cut into my mind I can't believe it can be so I won't believe that my girl froze
Well, my girl knows I'm coiled tight and green inside Just give me time, baby, give me time
And that weight you hold, it's getting light And, love, I know you'll raise it easily up high Just give it time, just give it time
What if there's no hidden track No journey there, no journey back The rain falls down upon the same old grass The rain falls down The rain falls down The rain falls down
What if there's no secret word No matter what you thought you heard I asked the other son and he averred No secret word No secret word No hidden track
But my words left me And my heart it just went slack Just went slack When I saw it passing 'Cause what if it can't come back It can't come back There's no hidden track
What if there's no trapdoor down The cold hard floor, the cold hard ground The cold hard car commute back into town No trapdoor down No trapdoor down No hidden track
My words left And my heart it just went slack Just went slack When I saw it passing 'Cause what if they can't come back They can't come back There's no hidden track No hidden track
But for all of us and all of you There's some things we can't see into 'Cause from the other side no light shows through I hope that there's a hidden track It feels like there's a hidden track