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The Blackness of My Heart

by Craig M Clarke

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1.
Fourteen 04:39
Tear drops fall through my mind Deep thoughts trickle down my eyes I'm seeing you in a different way today Wanting to speak but what could I say Really can you speak without words Can you feel what I feel Do you understand words you've never heard Can you make this feeling real This is the first time but it's not the last Don't show me how Don't show me why Don't tell me anything that I want to hear Cause as soon as you do I'm gonna fall for you And I don't know if I could get up again Fourteen Fourteen and a small little boy but you know I'm not a small little boy anymore Fourteen turns to nineteen Nineteen turns to when you're old and you're gray And you're weak and you're pale But you know you'll still cast your spell When I'm old and sitting in a wheelchair I will be wishing I was fourteen again
2.
Countless faults going through my mind all the time I took the road I walked the miles And I feel fine I was blind but now I can see the way Be the stars, watch you shine It’s so divine We belong to earth, beyond the dirt We feel time But when those dark clouds come rolling in And you’re drowning in your sin ‘Cause the world is not your friend But I am Hold my hand and me Only love will set you free You just need a little faith
3.
What did I say To make you want to walk away But I rather see you breaking plates Then breaking my heart again And when you said I do I said I will Stop breaking my heart again Your breaking my heart again And when the air left the room When you said you were done But I’d rather see the clouds block the sun Then break up again
4.
Love is hope and hope is you You gave me life and the choice to choose And some get carried through And that’s me that’s me You carried me Don’t worry, I wont let you down again? I’m standing on top of this way And the energy within I want to get carried away I opened up my eyes, I opened up my heart And the light was bright Please God feel my faith And save me Feed me, I won’t waste And save me
5.
I know its cold outside But it’s warm in here why don't you follow you heart Give me your energy That stuff you get for free That stuff will tear you apart Don't let them tear you down When they come running around When they come that’s just the start Golden summer smile It’s in my head It’s in my eyes I want to you know my love is so big Don't let them lead you round Like you’re from underground Why don't you tell them to stop Don't give your energy That stuff you get for free That stuff that keeps us apart
6.
Pressure it’s in my head Pressure I’m gonna wind up dead Angels come they come a killing for me Pressure it’s what you read Pressure I’m gonna wind up dead Look for signs for Armageddon to come Salvation only comes for some? I feel let down I’m not the only one Angels come they come a killing for me Because of what you read Because of what you fed me
7.
99 Steps 04:02
This is not my finest hour My thoughts of ending it all right here A wasted life can break a heart I’m down by the sea, screaming at the waves There’s a ghost inside my head Who can’t pay the bills I’ve made Who can’t say the words I’ve said Desperation covers me as I walk out into the sea I can’t pay the bills I’ve made I can’t say the words I’ve said Desperation covers me as I walk out into the sea Forgive me
8.
The cold break of the water sends shivers up my spine I’m shaking off the bullshit because my heart didn’t “heal with time” And I still feel sick, my body aches I once felt a part of this world now I’m only awake The pulsing fills up my lungs while the salt burns my eyes You took my life when my love crawled off your heart And I still feel sick, my body aches I once felt a part of this world Now I’m only awake Here comes the darkness around me I’m losing all senses and feeling No more pain in my soul Because I’m not afraid anymore No one is coming to save me I’m losing all senses and feelings Only the blackness of my heart I’m feeling the blackness of my heart
9.
Olde English 04:00
And then I put the sun on my face, oh yeah I felt this so many times I’ve lost my place I took some heat today God bless Fox Peak today Bought me some quick revival Got me some liquid bible I found my walking shoes Petty cash can’t kick the blues
10.
Don’t give up Don’t try to run and hide It’s just your journey to the other side Its not who you are It’s not what you do Its not who you loved It’s who loved you Don’t worry You’re gonna let HIM down again You’re gonna say words that are mean You’re gonna sin Its not who you are It’s not what you do Its not who you loved It’s who loved you I love you

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Craig M Clarkes music sounds exactly the way he sees everyday life. Deep. Dark. Devout, and daringly to the point.

The audacious singer (and founding member of The New Slave,D.W. Holiday, and Camp Fires) recently moved from the West Coast to Temple, Texas where the warmth and humidity of Central Texas followed him into his recording studio relieving his soul from the heat of the day as he lay down electronic beats that dig as deep as the duende in his lyrics. Unfortunately he decided to abandon a near complete album after his band mate, Daniel Crowell sadly lost his home in the 2017 Santa Rosa fires. The band thought they had lost all of the back ups and masters of all their past work in Daniels computer but Craig made a surprise discovery; He had the hard copy backups in his attic.

ABOUT THIS ALBUM

For his latest solo album, Craig decided to dust off the best of his songs throughout his musical career. Forty songs went down to 30, then 20, then 10, and although this is a new best songs album being released under Craig M Clarke, most of these songs were written and recorded as band songs. Band brothers Daniel Crowell and Troy James deserve much credit for their ideas and inspiration. With the help of Jace Lasek (The Besnard Lakes, Soft Providence) and Richard White (The Besnard Lakes) The songs were reviewed and arranged while Richard White remastered this 10 song album at Breakglass Studios in Montréal Canada.

“The Blackness of My Heart” will be released digitally worldwide on May 4th (via Premature Fish).

Craig M Clarke has shared the stage with the likes of The Mountain Goats, The Besnard Lakes, The Suuns,Tobacco, Hood Internet, Califone, Two Gallants, Film School, Scissors for Lefty, Von Iva and Loquat. Craig's influences include The Beatles, The Kinks, XTC, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, A$ap Ferg, John Lennon, The Cure, Robyn Hitchcock, ELO, George Harrison, Donovan, Grandaddy,Jason Lytle, Blonde Redhead, The Smiths and Morrissey.

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released May 4, 2018

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Craig M Clarke is a founding member of The New Slave, D.W. Holiday. and Camp Fires

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