Genius Lyrics
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Damien Rice – Volcano
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Originally written whilst Damien Rice was still in Juniper, an earlier version of this song can be found on B-Sides.
Released as the third and final single from O in 2003.
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Damien Rice – Volcano (1997 Demo)
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December 3rd '97 / Song called 'Volcano' / Don't hold my head like that / You'll hurt your knees / I kissed your mouth and back / But that's all I need / Don't build your world
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Damien Rice – Volcano - Instrumental
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Instrumental
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Damien Rice – Cannonball
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The second single released from O. Damien Rice details the intoxicating feeling of falling in love with another person.
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Damien Rice (Ft. Lisa Hannigan) – I Remember
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[Lisa Hannigan] / I remember it well: / The first time that I saw / Your head 'round the door / 'Cause mine stopped working / I remember it well: / There was wet in your hair / I
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Damien Rice – Woman Like a Man
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In this song Damien Rice tries to underlie the fact that at some point women follow the false stereotypes that are established in our society concerning men-getting drunk,wanting
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Damien Rice – Delicate
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Damien Rice’s intense folk ballad, “Delicate”, is a an anthem dedicated to the fragility of love. Along with the lyrics lamenting the emptiness and sadness of their shared lives
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Damien Rice – Cheers Darlin'
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Cheers darlin' / Here's to you and your lover boy / Cheers darlin' / I got years to wait around for you / Cheers darlin' / I've got your wedding bells in my ear / Cheers darlin
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Damien Rice – Moody Mooday
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Moody mooday / It's got me / Moody mooday / It's got me / Baby / Why'd you have to leave? / Something up your sleeve? / Baby / I find it hard / I find it hard to breath / Moody
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Damien Rice – Grey Room (intro)
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Well I've been here before / Sat on the floor in a grey, grey room / Where I stay in all day / I don't eat, but I play with this grey, grey food / Désolé, if someone is prayin
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Damien Rice (Ft. Lisa Hannigan) – The Blower's Daughter
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Perhaps best remembered for its inclusion in the 2004 motion picture Closer, “The Blower’s Daughter” is among Damien Rice’s most well-known songs.
The song is the first of two
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Damien Rice – Lonelily
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Listed as Lonelily (Original Demo) on B-Sides.
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Damien Rice – Baby Sister
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Baby Sister was written by Damien Rice for the the 1999 short film Powertrip by Irish writer/director Graham Cantwell, in which Rice also had an acting part as a detective.
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Damien Rice (Ft. Lisa Hannigan) – Then Go
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“Then Go” describes a sorrowful relationship where one side gives and gives but it’s never enough.
Setting a poignant tone alike many other songs by Damien, the woeful message is
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Damien Rice – The Professor & La Fille Danse
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Well I don't know if I'm wrong 'cause she's only just gone / Here's to another relationship bombed / By my excellent breed of gamete disease / I'm sure when I'm older, I'll know
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Damien Rice – Prague
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Prague is one of two hidden tracks (along with Silent Night) on O’s final track, Eskimo, starting at 7:07.
Many see this song as a continuation of or prequel to Cheers, also on O.
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Damien Rice (Ft. Lisa Hannigan) – Silent Night
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Silent night, broken night / All is fallen when you take your flight / I found some hate for you / Just for show / You found some love for me / Thinking I'd go / Don't keep me from
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Damien Rice – Rootless Tree (intro)
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What I want from you, is empty your head / But they say be true, don't stain your bed / And we do what we need to be free / And it leans on me like a rootless tree / What I want
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Damien Rice – Amie
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Nothing unusual, nothing strange / Close to nothing at all / The same old scenario, the same old rain / And there's no explosions here / Then something unusual, something strange
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Damien Rice – Older Chests
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[Verse 1] / Older chests reveal themselves / Like a crack in a wall / Starting small / And grow in time / And we all seem to need the help / Of someone else to mend that shelf / Of
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Damien Rice (Ft. Doreen Curran) – Eskimo
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I picked up the guitar and ‘Eskimo’ literally flew into my head in ten minutes. For me I was sitting there feeling sad about not being able to write so I started to write about my
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Damien Rice – Cold Water
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Cold, cold water / Surrounds me now / And all I've got / Is your hand / Lord, can you hear me now? / Lord, can you hear me now? / Lord, can you hear me now? / Or am I lost? / Love
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Damien Rice – Be My Husband
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Be my husband, I'll be your wife / Be my husband, I'll be your wife / Be my husband, I'll be your wife / Outside you there is no place to go / If you want me to I'll cook and sew
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