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Pride & Envy

by Jonny Dark

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1.
Don't look back Jack Keep walking down the dusty track Heavy sack on your back Don't stop you know that it's a fact That a fool For some jewels Will take the road most travelled Worker bee, worker bee That ain't me Take a ship to sea and find a brand new country Do it style For a while But no one knew that all you wanted was Somebody to Say this is the right thing to do And ease your mind And say You must do this To get true bliss I do insist In fact it's pointless to resist I mean how could you not walk forward With those legs you have? Silky smooth move You're breaking out of your groove It ain't no cruise No, but this is the life you choose To give And to live And not to just exist Look at you, look at you Is this really what you wanna do Work from nine to five Wondering when you are going to die Who the hell do you think, do you think I am? Don't look back Jack Keep walking down the dusty track Heavy sack on your back Don't stop you know that it's a fact That it's quarter to two And there's still an awful lot of travelling left to do An awful lot of travelling left to do
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Blue 04:18
Blue is the colour of her emotion, Full of fears and of regrets. A false smile and a friendly gesture, A look you can't forget. A silent cry of desperation Appears composed but falling in. She won't let me help her She won't let me in, And it kills me to see her this way. And if only knew I would do it for you I'd turn my whole world blue. And like the fiercest storms Even this shall pass Be strong and let it last I'm no good at sympathy Solutions are all I'm good for. But that's not what she wants Or maybe even what she needs But she couldn't have it any other way
3.
Brother soldier Follow your orders I follow my leader He will lead me to no harm I follow my leader I'll sit back and remain calm Minds will shatter like glass With the correct applied force I follow my leader He will lead me to no harm I follow my leader There is no cause for alarm I don't think a man could stop a tank I know no man who would stop a tank
4.
Oi put the kettle on Its time for another song With some poppy lyrics So you can all sing along Cause modern life is complicated And the past is overrated Everything today seems a little bit overstated. So lets take a break from life, love and government, Shut out all the prophets writing on the pavement. So lets get some pills And a few happy meals So I can forget how to feel. Cause in my mind I have won, Its so much fun To feel so numb. I like the rain It reminds me that I'm not in Spain And maybe that makes me insane Or just a little strange I'm not sure But here we are, in this glorius English weather Liquid sunshines all the same So I really can't complain Give me T.V Its so easy Make me braindead so I can't see. And funny how things are hectic People remain apathetic Strangely well adjusted So you still have time to be poetic. Oh what you see is what you get You might have to get your fingers wet. Better be a day dreamer, Things are often cleaner, And on the other side the grass is always greener. And how are you today, I think I've lost my way And this skys so grey I've had enough I'm so filled up with so much stuff I've had enough My lifes filled up with so much stuff I like the rain, But not out of choice But because I don't have a voice to speak I like the rain But because of my stupid refrain That I really can't complain
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Twenty 03:59
Tick tock, tick tock Mocked the clock sitting smug on the wall You're how old now? And yet to achieve much at all Go slow, go slow I vainly moaned as if a clock could answer I don't want to get too much older What I'd give Not to regret A single moment I have lived I have to accept that I can no longer be The tabloids' child prodigy And that makes me feel old Even though my whole lifes still ahead of me Maybe one day I will cease to care About that ticking clock But until then I'm still the modern day J Alfred Prufrock I've just begun There are many songs I have left to be sung Sing me a song Sing it loud Sing it clear Sing me a song That I'm yet to ever hear When I was a child I concerned myself with such childish things I'm older now but I will not Throw away, my childish dreams
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Pride & Envy 04:28
I wish I was a better performer Better player, better singer And set for stardom Wish I was a little bit calmer Little bit stronger Handsome and quite the charmer I wish I wouldn't get so stressed About trying to be a success But I wouldn't expect any less From that lady with the green dress That I do confess Why am I so self absorbed It's unsightly and likely That I'm fighting for the next applause Will they like the song I play? Man I hope they won't be bored 'Cause any achievement that I get Will go straight to my head And I'll feign modesty I mean honestly Who am I trying to fool? I'm still ruled By my dear Envy She will surely be the death of me And her best friend Ire Will be standing right beside her Pride with Sloth he wears an ugly grin Oh I am still the product of my sins Lying in my bed till noon Oh I probably should do something soon I mean wasn't there a song you had to write? Weren't you gonna play it at the gig tonight? Oh No Just let me stay in bed Because these things sound so much better In my head There stands pride In his black papier-mache armour There is sloth who is sleeping in the corner Ire, she bears a wilful frown Leaving Envy in her shining green gown Oh My dear Envy She will surely be the death of me And her best friend Ire Will be standing right beside her I can hardly be someone who wins While I am still the product of my sins

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Pride & Envy is the first album from Jonny Dark. Almost everything on the album was written, played, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonny in his little bedroom studio.

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released August 28, 2010

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