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Bring Me The Workhorse

by My Brightest Diamond

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1.
When you came jumping down the stairs Screaming bloody awful You woke up God and everyone Screaming bloody awful So I took you to the doctor He said, 'Ay, it's a bad one.' 'And the such ashame about it, Is she's so pretty.' And then the earth started shaking And, yeah, it was crazy Heaven and hell came crashing down And then the earth started shaking Yeah, it was crazy Heaven and hell came crashing They came crashing Lyrics www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/my_brightest_diamond/ It was beautiful(beautiful) And terrible(terrible) So beautiful(beautiful) And terrible(terrible) Phone call And now I spiked And somebody get... It's a sound you never forget Because the earth starts shaking And, yeah, it's crazy Heaven and hell come crashing down And then the earths starts shaking Yeah, it's so crazy Heaven and Hell come crashing They come crashing They come c-c-c-crashing It's so beautiful(beautiful) And terrible(terrible) So beautiful(beautiful) And terrible(terrible) It was something of an end Of a lovely and a wild thing So beautiful in the morning You're beautiful So beautiful You're beautiful In the morning And I can't seem to get it through your head No matter what I do I can't seem to get it through your head That I will always love you
2.
Golden Star 02:55
I always felt so far from you Like something wasn't right But tonight I rest my head inside the crook of your arm And I feel like a golden star exploding (Tonight we are full up) (Tonight we rejoice) Exploding (You are my golden star) Exploding One Two Though everything has come undone The distance between us closes And everything is suddenly exploding (Tonight we are full up) Lyrics www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/my_brightest_diamond/ (Tonight we rejoice) Exploding (You are my golden star) Exploding Tonight we are full up In spite we rejoice Tonight we are full up In spite we rejoice Like stars(exploding) Exploding(exploding) Exploding (Exploding) (3x)
3.
Gone Away 04:42
Far away you've gone, and left me here So cold without you, so lonely dear May June July I count the time Every minute I go takes the smell of your clothes Further away 'Cause you've gone away Where there isn't a telephone wire Still I wait by the phone You don't even write to say goodbye Goodbye I have saved every piece of paper Like grocery lists and note cards To do lists and race scores So just in case you change your mind And come back, I've kept everything safe While you're gone away Where there isn't a telephone wire Still I wait by the phone You don't even write to say goodbye Get me out get me off Get me out get me off Oh this is a ride going nowhere But somewhere that I despise Going nowhere to end up with a tearful I don't wanna go on with these pieces of paper That you left behind This is a ride going nowhere But somewhere that I despise Going nowhere to end up with a tearful I don't wanna go on with these pieces of paper To keep me company in my old age While you're gone away Where there isn't a telephone wire Still I wait by the phone Why don't you write to say goodbye Goodbye
4.
Dragonfly 05:24
I once saw a dragonfly Caught in a spider's web As I looked at her once more I thought that she was dead So I left her alone and I went on my way And I was dreaming of Paris and Pierre Boulez But she called to me with a beat of her wing She called to me and said free me She said come and fly away With me tonight Come and fly away With me Come and fly away With me tonight She said ah ah ah… I've been up there before Riding the wind and Laughing and open But now I am afraid of flying I am afraid of finding the black again I am afraid of flying I am afraid of finding the black fade, black again She said come and fly away With me tonight Come and fly away With me Come and fly away With me tonight She said ah ah ah…
5.
Freak Out 03:33
6.
There was a silver tree Down by a river wide That's where we would go To hang our pretty things & watch the wind blow There used to be a tree Where we took our pretty things We'd hook them by a thread Golden egg lipstick and feathers Pieces of glass, chandelier baubles And empty bottles of wine And watch the light shine through I'm afraid to forget you I am remembering you You were sparkling
7.
Disappear 04:04
One day I may disappear Don't be too surprised 'Cause I got tired of noisy alarms And phone bills And I don't think we're meant to stay here very long I don't dream of bringing heaven down not like this I'd rather move on One day I may go for the longest walk Don't be too shocked 'Cause I get tired of sneaky societies And combat boots And I don't think we're meant to stay here very long I don't dream of bringing heaven down not like this I'd rather move on
8.
Once we found a robin In our backyard It was already dead But we were so sure That things weren't gone too far So we prayed to God above That He'd bring it back to us And we put it in a jar And waited, and waited But mama made us bury it Mama made us bury it In the backyard I wished to be just like my best friend She was the brightest star in the room Yeah but we didn't know what we had With the world pressing in On her backyard She fell in backwards She fell in backwards With the world pressing in On her backyard She fell in backwards We prayed to God above That He'd bring her back to us So we put her in a box We put her in a box And waited For something to happen But nothing happened But mama made me bury her Mama made me bury her Mama made me bury her in the backyard
9.
Magic Rabbit 05:25
I had a magic that could sing Maybe I took her from her mother too early She never came out of recovery Even on summer days she'd complain She couldn't take the chill out of her bones Maybe I took her from her mother too early I put her outside in the sunshine All the rabbits died for supper tonight All the rabbits died in the spotlight I had a magic that would sing And boy oh boy was she a pretty thing By some great mystery she looked to me Like she was wearing thin Are you fading away magic Are you fading away Are you fading away all the rabbits died Are you fading in the spotlight Are you fading away magic Are you fading away all the rabbits died Are you fading away in the spotlight Are you fading my magic rabbit Magic, oh Are you fading away magic Are you fading away, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit…
10.
Sometimes when I tell the story of you I make you out to be the bad guy And though it's true Sometimes you're the bad guy You're still mine Sometimes when I paint the picture It's easier just to remember The awful things you said And what you chose to do with legitimate need You made like a fool You made like a fool but you're still mine And I want you I want you I do Why does it hurt more to recall Your good side, your good side I always went to you for advice You were a wise one, a wise one then When I think about you in that time It's harder to hate you then But sometimes I want to hate you as the bad guy But I want you I want you the good and the bad guy The good and the bad guy The good and the bad guy The good and the bad guy
11.
Workhorse 04:43
Somewhere sunshine burns A dark but common horse When he fell by the wayside No one seemed to notice him 'Cause you're no good to us Lost all your youth And all of your usefulness And you know that No good to us Lost all that you could To a no, no, no, no No good to us Lost all your lost all your youthfulness And left with a precious little good Good to us lost all that you could To a no, no, no, no… Bring me the workhorse Bring me the no good workhorse 'Cause you're no good to us Lost all your youth and all of your usefulness And you know that No good to us Lost all that you could To a no, no, no, no… No good to us Lost all you youth all of your usefulness And who told you No good to us Lost all that you could as a workhorse You’re no good to us Lost all your youth all of your usefulness And who told you No good as a workhorse

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Bring Me The Workhorse courageously gathers all the essential elements of classical and pop to create an album that breaks down the barriers of both worlds. These songs are simultaneously gentle and urgent, evoking moments of tremendous joy and sorrow with the magnitude of Italian opera and the modesty of a Japanese haiku.

Under Shara’s gaze, ordinary objects begin to have supernatural meanings. A robin’s nest, a grocery list, a glass bottle come to represent love, mortality, and the overwhelming need to "freak out" every once in a while. Shara is not afraid to use superlatives. But she also considers the benefits of self-control. This is most evident in the carefulness of her arrangements. Earthy drums and bass guitar are augmented by Celeste, music boxes, prepared piano, and a string quartet; each song is scrupulously composed and arranged by Shara herself.

Shara’s songwriting reconciles the high art of opera with the low-brow of the folk song by compounding them into a form that is both as sublime as it is pragmatic. The music is set in transcendent landscapes familiar to Wagner’s operas, but it is also planted firmly in the materials of everyday life: dirt, tree branches, bird feathers and thrown away charms. Strings and chimes beckon mysterious apparitions, but Shara’s tone of voice is dead serious.

Almost every song pivots around a moment of crisis, distilling stories to their most distressing points of contact: a phone call, an injured horse, a dragonfly caught in a spider’s web. Shara doesn’t share all the information — just the stuff that matters. The effect is a sensational compression of time, in which an entire event is summarized in a single note. This, of course, is the essence of opera. But My Brightest Diamond is much more than musical theater.

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released September 11, 2006

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My Brightest Diamond Detroit, Michigan

Musical firebrand Shara Nova (formerly Worden) has continued to weave her own way through pop, experimental and classical worlds, this time landing squarely on the dance floor with A Million And One. Nova has marshaled the influences of a youth spent listening to Detroit radio into a visceral love letter to the city, an electronic pop record both vulnerable and full of a fierce fighter's spirit. ... more

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