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Sad Songs Say Fuck All

from Idiopath by Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures

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    A 4 disc complete collection of the Idiopath/Omniopath album. 72 tracks in total. Idiopath is the new album from Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures. Omniopath is its companion album, featuring the same 36 tracks covered by artists including The Swinging Laurels, Steve Nieve, Vivien Scotson, Doll Normal, Dawson Smith & The Dissenters and many (well, 31) more.

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Lyrics by Kenton Hall
Music by Kenton Hall, Mark Haynes, Chris Ilett & John McCourt

lyrics

I could tell you my heart's broken
And I don't think it'll ever mend
You'd just hear those cliches spoken
Off the cuff, time and time again

It's too late in the game
And the novelty's palled
Words are all that remain
And sad songs say fuck all

I could say I'm lost without you
As though I knew were I was before
You gave me no cause to doubt you
My faith was misplaced on the killing floor

I could make myself plane
Now the engines have stalled
My mood waxes and wanes
But sad songs say fuck all

At least if I'm singing
I'm not crying
That's something
We should all be grateful for

Now the beast has been tamed
And the tales have grown tall
They tell me it's time to refrain
But sad songs say fuck all
Sad songs say fuck all

You can't expect me to translate the best of me
Into the metre of doleful soliloquy
The sum of what we were, refuses to transfer
To internal rhymes or to dubious metaphor
Morose and sedentary, bronzing my memories
Grasping at my last relapse into melody
I should have said before, everything heretofore
Waited to open my mouth, 'til you shut the door
Major to minor, from public to personal
Try as you might, nothing softens the fall
Because sad songs say fuck all

credits

from Idiopath, released January 31, 2023
Kenton Hall: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
John McCourt: Bass
Mark Haynes: Drums

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Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures Leicester, UK

Kenton Hall is a Canadian actor, author, director and musician.

For many years, he was the lead singer of the band ist (istianity.bandcamp.com).

He also wrote and directed the feature film A Dozen Summers and his first book, Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder was published in 2019.

His first solo album Idiopath will be released in autumn 2022.
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