Josh Pyke

It's funny how you can miss someone, even when they're sitting next to you. So I profess that loneliness is not always by company cured. The cats are in the windows, dogs are at the doors, the lamps are lit and the curtains being drawn, but you're wantin...

Well I bet you keep your bones inside, I bet you lock your doors at night, But it don't mean nothin' to me now.I bet you like the candle light, The way it flickers on the walls alright, But it don't mean nothin' to me. I can see it's a lie, I can see it'...

Bug eyed beauty, oh my god I pin you to my collar bone And cling to views I know you'd love Wear me on your breast Bug eyed beauty, oh my god To savour you I'd die of thirst And pin me to your skin and bones And wear me on your breast And all the way...

In my mind, not enough birds have died in the shadow of this once cast stone and i'm not well, but i am ill at ease with all the buttons still left to sew through needles eyes, see me sharper than i see myself.. so you should stitch me in to stop me from...

My body bends, your body bows We double then unfurl Oh we unfold Then I collapse into your bones Though when courage leaves me I still collapse alone So light a candle in your window I’ll be hiding till the sun goes down And if that candle still ligh...

Digging this hole sure takes it out of you, but it's something to do and I really have nothing else to dig into. Can't wear the face if you don't have the head for it. And it starts to, fit like a skin with no pores cut to breathe through. Suffocating C...

The guilt they feel for killing that whale Her chimney's afire Her eyes The ire And with Bible leaf She fuels her own fire Her eyes The ire, the ire And with that sin Sinking into their skin The sin now a slick on the sea Now she's bound to the l...

And I was in the corner I was taking my medicine And you were in the corner too But I didn't wanna share it with you How are we ever gonna get any better If we're always in the same room? We read she pulled out the tendons And she set them on the river...

If you're to believe in the things that I say, You should know I speak up even when I'm afraid. Cause it scares me more to think you wouldn't know, How I feel when those covers get thrown. And I kick them off in the night when we're sleeping, So we wake f...

Incalculably We shift in our bones At our seams We’re not what we were Nor are we what we’re going to be So where does that leave us right now Except gloriously unaware of how this will turn out I’ll be careful with you If you leave your light on for...

We're not always lucky enough To find what we want in the dirt and the dust You might find diamonds when I might find glass In the dirt and the dust And we're not always virtuous enough To brush ourselves clean of the dirt and the dust Once I found silv...

When courage comes to you You wouldn’t keep her in a box No you wouldn’t keep your courage in a box No you shouldn’t keep your courage in a box Such a rare, rare bird you’ll find Won’t flourish under lock So you shouldn’t keep your courage in a box No,...

It feels colder Than I remember But the cold I always try to forget In the summer My mind tries to Lock away the warmth of the sun But we’re getting older Although we feel we are Still babes in arms And even in corners There lies a glory When all...

Well you can stay in the town that gave birth to you to return to the earth it's built on Or you can run like the river flowing down to the ocean or a road and on each thereon And all the music in the world is a swimming pool on the top of the tallest buildi...

There was a wait in the water, A weight in the air. If I'd waited any longer an additional fare. And they can keep you around like a head on a stake, I guess the industry found a use for my name sake. I built my callouses up, from fooling on the guitar...

I fed the wolves, to try to keep them quiet, now they just feed off me. Now we howl right through the night, with our bellies full of hollow, and we're not even sure why. So please don't pack away your summer clothes, there's still gardens that I want t...

And then the weatherman said to go back to bed, because it's shame to go outside when the wind keeps howling now. So for a little while there I lived inside a cave, and there were bears and bugs and leaves and love and a dark that only left you when the ni...

We sleep together, While all around us, People kill each other where they lie. They lie together, Till they find someone better, Try to negotiate that slow demise. But I just can't credit, That type of effort for a, Piece of nothing on the ed...

Those were the days awash in a coma, and you couldn't even go outside. Look for the shade, out of discomfort, and slide into the downhill ride. Sometimes you can't forget how you are, turn up the volume to hear the alarms. A year on the phone, a year...

Dark night, it's a dark night. And you can feel it, out with the big cats. And there's a jaw trap, and there's a razor net. And it's a dark night, so paint your necks red, so we can see you. Vastness, there's a vastness, and it looks empty, but it's r...

Christopher Robin and I walked along Under branches lit up by the noon Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore As our days disappeared all too soon But I wandered much further today than I should And I can't find my way to the Three Acre Woods So help me...

Leave it by the roadside I can't carry this all tonight This is quite concerning But there's other things on my mind Kids don't sell their hopes so fast  Fickle are the weekdays Cause they seem flatter than these tyres Summer's on the outro Mosquito...

And I have bound myself to your bearings My love is a nesting bird, lodged in the breast of her Lace up your boots tied to the jagged line Of a million different lives, under the leeward side Because I want to be someone worthy of your conversation The ma...

Sometimes I know I become All that's weak in a man, and weak in a boy. But I keep trying and I won't quit, And that must be worth something more Than a strong man who believes That there's nothing left to try for. And I can be cold, I know, I kno...

Summer salted all our winter wounds And pressed them cool against the tiles, Keep your heat when seasons die, And darken like the night Unfold this day into a paper crane And fold the wings from my desires, Courage can be written down, And practiced li...

Every now and then I get a little too close To a kind of truth that's not worth thinking about But you can't stop the mind from wandering You've gotta slow it down Maybe get yourself under control And it's hard to stop the pondering And there have been...

Somtimes these old nights can seem to never end, And when you find relief in sleep, Well you may wish to never wake again. I drink in bars and try my best, But these mannequins are too well dressed, And I don't think that i can fake another year wi...

Heavens above, I've seen this before, but no medicine I choose to use, can cure this disease I abhor. And excuse me please, I need some air. And some relief from these cackling foos, And this sticky affair. Heavens above, we're all going to die. Scient...

First I was a hatchling waiting for my little bones to form Next I was a fledging leaping from the nest despite the fall oh they fall, how we fall But if I speak to you of days upon the ocean I can speak to you of memories and dust There won't be time for...

When I was a kid I grew up in a house on a hill Not the top, not the bottom, but the middle And i still remember where I cracked my head In the vacant lot, there's a row of tiny houses there now And we used to light fires in the gutters And I could cool m...

When is it time to surrender? A little monkey in a lion's den A little monkey with a drum jumpin' For their fun Yeah I feel a little tender then And when I am away remember A cheap rhyme never fits the bill 'Cos I've been around the world But I missed...

If you’re freezing on your left side And you’re boiling on your right side Then I guess you might be warm upon the line There are many ways one can divide a life And I’ve got mine I was flying home and I Saw the sunset from the sky I saw the dark come...

Sunday's always holding a promise Monday's always letting it go If I could write a sad song every day of the week I'd be the happiest fucker I know So I held my hands up to the city Turns out the city, she was holding me back And no-one wants a lover, n...

May we not grow weary May we not be sold May I lean into you Till they send me home And the house came alive in the heat All the curtains sucked to the screens Then they billowed back out into the hallways As if our house was breathing And the floor...

The night was so cold all the cats had gone home I hate to be told what to do, lord I hide under awnings like rats in a storm I hide under cars when they’re left in the parking lots Oh, now I know what you mean When you said I was sick in my heart at nin...

So it's a private education, and it's not getting any easier, but if it's any indication, well I feel a little weaker now. And it's a private education, so I present you with your degree. A degree of separation goes a long long way when schooling me. S...

I feel you love like a punch in the heart cause everytime your near im back to the start and time keeps making a mess of me im like a rusted old boat lost out at sea cold wind blows, hard on me and i hear your ghost calling me, calling from the warm sho...

And I suppose you call it lazy But look at all these ants The ones that pack the biggest punch Are those in hot demand With demand becoming greater For those who listened well Not to those who told them to But to the dying ants who'd tell Of the times...

When I go, i think i'm gonna sew my name into all of your clothes my girl, since you have always worn me well. And there are too many animals on this ship, some of you i think will have to sink but when it gets too much, you can only adjust oh i am a...

Oh no, what have I done, all of these stitches have split one by one Oh now I see the design, the intricate framework to which i align All my anguish and my happiness, but I got not time for this mess Come down, come down with me, to check on the ashes o...

I can't relax Don't lay on these tracks I'm too concerned that if I turn my back I'll disappear Cause if I can't see you You can't see me I know it's kid stuff But that's what I fear And it never ends, Yeah that's how it feels The engine bears down...

I've been hanging 'round in someone else's town And it's made me feel simplified There's too much hanging around my neck I'd have blown it all to keep you on the telephone Though all the streets are cleaned of streaks And tarnished not by memories...

I know it's foolish, and I feel so wrong, but I've been holding this candle up to the sun for much too long. But when the day takes its leave of the night, I can cast aside the flame, but the morning brings obsession and obsession brings that vigil on agai...

Too many wolves in my ears They try to hide their teeth behind them lips The lips that turn a smile to a sneer Oh to be weightless in an atmosphere More suited to my frame Cause I feel heavy when I'm here And at times we all may feel we're Lost in orb...

I couldn't tell you why, I'm never feeling satisfied. But every time the sun don't shine, it makes me want to run and hide. From the songs in my head Here comes the rain again, she's coming for to break the drought. But she's such a cloudy friend, and...

And I've been getting urges late at night To walk and walk for days and throughout lights Through people's houses, picking food from plates Through people's gardens, picking locks on gates So we are moving to a lighthouse, you and I While seas drown sail...

If I could bottle up the sea breeze I would take it over to your house And pour it loose through your garden So the hinges on your windows would rust and colour Like the boats pulled up on the sand for the summer And your sweet clean clothes would go stiff...

Well it won’t hurt nobody if they don’t know No, it won’t hurt nobody if they don’t know We could see it burning in the rear view mirror But we can’t stop now We turned the radio on And in later conversations We’ll never mention car rides So don’t cal...

Where two oceans meet I will find you there ‘neath the wind worn heath Under cliff tops bare And I will find you there And I will cover thee And you will cling to me Where two oceans meet And when our days are few I will cling to you And you will s...

Down beneath these tangled roots There lies a truth not as clean As it seems up here And in the outbuildings Unattended and austere I fear I’ll become unclear Oh I fear I’ll become unclear I was all out of fight Then the dark came down but no cavalr...