Beirut - The Rip Tide
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Album Review
Release date: 30 August 2011
Album Review: Beirut - 'The Rip Tide'
Zach Condon has finally found himself
The word ‘precocious’ has long trailed Beirut ’s Zach Condon. He released his debut album, ‘The Gulag Orkestar’ , at 19, inspired by discovering Balkan folk music during a period spent in Europe after quitting high school. From that album, it was clear that Condon was a singular young man, convincingly old before his time thanks to his handsome, oaky brogue, and in search of any...
- Aug 24, 2011
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Beirut - The Rip Tide Lyrics
Beirut - A Candle's Fire Lyrics
Light a candle's fire
Carries a good name
What would you ask a campfire
That scares me just the same
Beirut - Santa Fe Lyrics
Your days in one
This day undone
(The kind that breaks under)
All day at once
Beirut - East Harlem Lyrics
Another rose wilts in East Harlem,
And uptown, downtown,
A thousand miles between us.
She's waiting for the night to fall.
Beirut - Goshen Lyrics
You're on in five, it's time you rise or fail.
They've gone before, stood by your door all day.
For what it's worth, defend your kind from shame.
The lights are down, go on inside, they've paid.
Beirut - The Rip Tide Lyrics
And this is the house where I
I feel alone
Feel alone now
Beirut - Vagabond Lyrics
Left a bag of bones,
A trail of stones,
For to find my way home.
Now, as the air grows cold,
Beirut - Port of Call Lyrics
And I, I called through the air that night
A calm sea voice with outline
I could only smile, I've been alone some time
And all, and all, it's been fine
