We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Blow The Man Down

from The Bricklayer's Arms by Blyth Power

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £0.65 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a jewel case with an eight page booklet

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Bricklayer's Arms via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      £15 GBP or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    14
    releases

    Get all 14 Blyth Power releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Going Down With Alice, Red Wedding, The Power Behind The Throne, Women and Horses, Power and War, Land Sea & Sky, Fall Of Iron, On The Viking Station, The Bricklayer's Arms, and 6 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £73.50 GBP or more (25% OFF)

     

about

Better to curse the darkness, because no matter how welcome they make you at the door, there's always some fool keeping an eye on your plate to make sure you don't get a bigger portion.

lyrics

Pipe the man aboard, my pleasure
Make him feel at home
Show him to his quarters
Give him hairspray and a comb
Give him tar and feathers
To anoint his skin and bone

You know the one that I mean he speaks in cryptics
Loves his sorrows helps them grow
The scars on his arms are self-inflicted
Blood let horror painted prose
Is it better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness

Show him to the flag, my pleasure
Show him to the Lord
Bid him touch his forehead
To the varnished wooden floor
If he asks you questions
Tell him this and nothing more

Are you invested with supernatural power
Are you the mortar or the stone
Should we send you the bill or send you the flowers
Keep you here or send you home
Is it better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness

Make your needle sharp, my pleasure
Sharper than a thorn
Stick it underneath my skin, my pleasure
Ram the plunger home
When I fall asleep
I'll tell you all you want to know

Up my back runs my central nervous system
Unconnected unrestrained
Interlocking with vacuum pipes and cisterns
Making pleasure out of pain
In my mind is a scintillating scripture
Not a word of which is true
Illustrated with watercolour pictures
Is it me or is it you
That's invested with supernatural power
Are you the mortar or the stone
Should we send you the bill or send you the flowers
Keep you here or send you home

And is it better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness

credits

from The Bricklayer's Arms, released April 23, 1999
Song by Joseph Porter
Arranged by Blyth Power

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Blyth Power image

Blyth Power UK

Since 1984 Blyth Power have been playing and recording original music, which although regarded by many as fitting into the folk rock catergory goes so much further. Based around the lyrics of songwriter Joseph Porter, the band's sound is unique, and there is an atmosphere to Blyth Power that adds a depth to the music, and makes them more than just another pop group. ... more

contact / help

Contact Blyth Power

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Blyth Power, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now