Name: The Burdens
Duration: P00H02M42S
Description: The Burdens. Words written and narrated by Stephen Sexton.Music by livingstone.

The Burdens

from notes from the old world by Ian Livingstone & Stephen Sexton

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£1 GBP or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

The Burdens. Words written and narrated by Stephen Sexton.Music by livingstone.

lyrics

The Burdens
BY STEPHEN SEXTON

Before any of it, a goat appeared
in a piebald sweater, beardless
and tethered at the collar
on half a tennis court of land
up a rutted lane above the road.

Doubtless a horse once clip-clopped there
before a trap, a whip, a tweed of farmer
with bushels and crates
of cabbages, parsnips, blue duck eggs
to pay the country doctor.

Not now, and not then,
we drive home between the fields.
She is radioactive, or lately was,
and sleeps on the doses of nitrogen mustard
a country doctor has called for.

Little goat forgive me. I shouldn’t do this.
All you do is munch your poxy plain of grass,
your kingdom for a caper.
If at night you sing your tired chin to sleep,
it’s not a metaphor, it’s a tragedy.

Instead, let’s say a ship arrived one day.
Let’s say its decks were delicate, polished oak.
Let’s say happy impossible winds steered it.
Let’s say the captain, sweeping his spyglass
over the hills, after all this time, found us.

credits

from notes from the old world, track released June 24, 2020
The Burdens. Words written and narrated by Stephen Sexton.Music by livingstone.

license

about

livingstone Belfast, UK

livingstone is a music project from Belfast.

livingstone

contact / help

Contact livingstone

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like livingstone, you may also like:

Red Eye Conversations
by Messina

Tender bedroom pop from this Boston artist, “Red Eye Conversations” centers on gentle melodies, wreathed by cottony electronics. Bandcamp New & Notable May 15, 2021
go to album
The Nightmare Gosifur pt 3
by Adrian Sood

In Adrian Snood’s songs, soulful vocals and slow-moving alt-pop swirl together to create something distinctly moving. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 1, 2023
go to album
Tokyo Bay/Crying Inside
by Nick Lowe

The first new release from Nick Lowe in 5 years includes two originals and two rollicking covers. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 6, 2018
go to album
Don't Dwell
by Star Parks

Erudite chamber pop that hearkens back to the elegant and experimental production of the 1960s, swinging from melancholia to playfulness. Bandcamp New & Notable May 13, 2016
go to album
Over Easy
by Diet Cig

Alex Luciano and drummer Noah Bowman offer charming bedroom pop. Camera Obscura fans, listen up! Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2015
go to album
Awaken
by Caoilfhionn Rose

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 28, 2018
go to album
Sink Like A Symphony
by Fred Thomas

An indiepop classic from a decade ago, only available on sold-out physical media, is now available again, remastered specially for Bandcamp. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 30, 2016
go to album