My favorite song from their album The Glass Passenger. Never fails to make me shiver. (click the link to listen to the song)
Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby) by Jack's Mannequin
These hammers and strings
Been followin' me around
From a box filled garage
To the dark punk rock clubs of one thousand American towns
And a friend calls me up
She says "How've you been?"
I said "Dear, I've been well, yeah the moneys coming
But I miss you like hell, I still hear you in this old piano"
She says "Andy, I know that we don't talk as much
But I still hear your ghost in these old punk rock clubs
Come on write me a song, give me something to trust
Just promise you won't let it be
Just the keys that you touch"
Give me something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down and don't think that I'll close my eyes
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night I've got nowhere to hide
So I'll write you a lullaby
A lullaby
These hammers and strings
Been following me around
Behind passenger vans
Through the snow, dirt and sands
Of one thousand American towns
And my friend calls me up
With her heart heavy still
She says "Andy, the doctors prescribed me the pills
I know I'm not crazy, I just lost my will
So why am I, why am I
Taking them still?"
I need something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down and don't think that I'll close my eyes
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night I've got nowhere to hide
To the sleepless this is my reply;
I will write you a lullaby
A lullaby
Give me something to believe in
So write it down and don't think that I'll close my eyes
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming, so what's the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night I've got nowhere to hide
To the sleepless this is my reply;
I'll write you a lullaby
A lullaby
A lullaby
A lullaby
A lullaby
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