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Sean Rowe — To Leave Something Behind
Album: To Leave Something Behind
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Released: 2013
Length: 4:52
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I cannot say that I know you well
But you can't lie to me with all these books that you sell
I'm not trying to follow you to the end of the world
I'm just trying to leave something behind

Words have come from men and mouse
But I can't help thinking that I've heard the wrong crowd
When all the water is gone my job will be too
And I'm trying to leave something behind

Oh money is free but love costs more than our bread
And the ceiling is hard to reach
Oh the future ahead is broken and red
But I'm trying to leave something behind

This whole world is a foreign land
We swallow the moon but we don't know our own hand
We're running with the case but we ain't got the gold
Yet we're trying to leave something behind

My friends I believe we are at the wrong fight
And I cannot read what I did not write
I've been to His house, but the master is gone
But I'd like to leave something behind

There is a beast who has taken my brain
You can put me to bed but you can't feel my pain
When the machine has taken the soul from the man
It's time to leave something behind

Oh money is free but love costs more than our bread
And the ceiling is hard to reach
Oh the future ahead is already dead
So I'm trying to leave something behind

I got this feeling that I'm still at the shore
And pockets don't know what it means to be poor
I can get through the wall if you give me a door
So I can leave something behind

Oh wisdom is lost in the trees somewhere
You're not going to find it in some mental gray hair
It's locked up from those who hurry ahead
And it's time to leave something behind

Oh money is free but love costs more than our bread
And the ceiling is hard to reach
When my son is a man he will know what I meant
I was just trying to leave something behind
I was just trying to leave something behind
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Some good lines here:

We swallow the moon but we don't know our own hand
We're running with the case but we ain't got the gold
Posted 3 months ago by Touwe    [ Reply ]
This song just crushes me.
Posted 6 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
wow. 
this dude has already left something behind.
something real and powerful and timeless.
Posted 1 year ago by DrMacDaddy    [ Reply ]
Too depressing for me. Yuck.
Posted 1 year ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
He did a great cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Bird on a wire'.
Posted 2 years ago by MusicMaestro    [ Reply ]
"How come my dog don't bawk when you come around?" 
Posted 2 years ago by cosmicjoe54    [ Reply ]
I have 5 sons. I sent them this song to be included in my eulogy when they play it 50 years from now. 
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

Oh, come on. That list is too short by half.  Sure, Dylan is not a mellifluous voice -- but he wrote almost all the songs he ever sang. Let's see you remember and deliver all those original, strange, elliptical, epic lyrics and concentrate on sounding like McCartney or Daltrey. Besides, this particular song is very good, and there's little wrong with that voice, so perhaps you need a hearing test.  Natalie Merchant? I don't think so, but it's subjective. And you're missing, among others, post-classic Stones Jagger (off-key and affected) and Thom Yorke (more flat whining than a California vineyard). 
 

stupidest list I've ever seen.
Posted 3 years ago by tokenrhymer    [ Reply ]
Great Melancholic song, but on the flip side i like to think he farted and left the room 
Posted 3 years ago by daz_metalhead_2    [ Reply ]
Discovered Sean Rowe through his astounding video of Vincent Black Lightning. Now a Patreon supporter. Great voice and a great character. 

Hope we can get him to the UK one day soon. 
Posted 3 years ago by Chipps    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:
Sounds almost like Tom waits
 
Vaguely, yes. Almost more Johnny Cash, to me.
Posted 3 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Tragic.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I saw Sean in February at a small local venue. Well worth seeing if you like this song, but I am a sucker for a gravelly baritone voice.
Posted 4 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
Sounds almost like Tom waits
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
That’s funny I was reading all the comments while listening to this song and liked both
Posted 4 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
This guy just has to cover Waylon Jennings' "Amanda".
Posted 4 years ago by mdnlsn    [ Reply ]
Too many people are living this song out these days. 
Good song. Sad truth. 
Posted 4 years ago by pyrateparadox988    [ Reply ]
 sergeant_x wrote:
Captain Picard's on the New Jersey Turnpike?
 
I think you meant this for the previous song (America).
Posted 4 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
Captain Picard's on the New Jersey Turnpike?
Posted 4 years ago by sergeant_x    [ Reply ]
Trying to overcome the ... unpleasant vibe of this voice and appreciate the music for its
emotionally evocative  qualities.

Sorry, no can do. Just not.
Posted 5 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song. Melancholy, yes, Grim even, but it got my attention and has a message. His voice is arresting.
Posted 5 years ago by moirajlaurie771    [ Reply ]
 kangarouge wrote:
Grim. Oh so grim. His voice will make the sun go in on any grey day.  Still I suppose it adds variety.
 Yes, it gives one an opportunity to appreciate mustic that one enjoys, you know, like banging your head against a wall feels good when you stop.  I will be better from it, thought, never to hear this one again.

Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Grim. Oh so grim. His voice will make the sun go in on any grey day.  Still I suppose it adds variety.
Posted 5 years ago by kangarouge    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
Is it moose mating season already?
 
Watch your back.
Posted 5 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:
 stargazer1 wrote:
Finally, a singer that makes Bob Dylan sound good.

No - Bob is still #1 in the Hall of Fame for the World's worst singers...

Top 5...

#1  Bob Dylan
#2  Leonard Cohen
#3  Richard Thompson
#4  Johnny Cash
#5  Natalie Merchant
This guy is pretty good compared to that lot!

Anybody else want to add a few names or offer to rearrange them! 

 
Oh, come on. That list is too short by half.  Sure, Dylan is not a mellifluous voice -- but he wrote almost all the songs he ever sang. Let's see you remember and deliver all those original, strange, elliptical, epic lyrics and concentrate on sounding like McCartney or Daltrey. Besides, this particular song is very good, and there's little wrong with that voice, so perhaps you need a hearing test.  Natalie Merchant? I don't think so, but it's subjective. And you're missing, among others, post-classic Stones Jagger (off-key and affected) and Thom Yorke (more flat whining than a California vineyard). 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
Is it moose mating season already?
 
{#Roflol}
Posted 5 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Is it moose mating season already?
Posted 5 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 stargazer1 wrote:
Finally, a singer that makes Bob Dylan sound good.

No - Bob is still #1 in the Hall of Fame for the World's worst singers...

Top 5...

#1  Bob Dylan
#2  Leonard Cohen
#3  Richard Thompson
#4  Johnny Cash
#5  Natalie Merchant
This guy is pretty good compared to that lot!

Anybody else want to add a few names or offer to rearrange them! 
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 


kingart wrote:
From the Tom Waits Vocal School of Happy Melancholy. Not bad. But don't be listening to this while sucking up whiskey on a night of rain after your gal has dumped you on the day you were fired. 
 

 
                             

                                   
                                      I like your comment even better than the song, kingart {#Wink} 





Posted 6 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
From the Tom Waits Vocal School of Happy Melancholy. Not bad. But don't be listening to this while sucking up whiskey on a night of rain after your gal has dumped you on the day you were fired. 
 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Real.
Posted 7 years ago by zedstation    [ Reply ]
Just heard this at the end of " The Accountant " didn't know who it was. downloading now
Posted 7 years ago by bwild    [ Reply ]
I like it! Sad, but true,
Posted 7 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Finally, a singer that makes Bob Dylan sound good.
Posted 7 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
{#Music}
Posted 7 years ago by johnybladex    [ Reply ]
Just my kind of thing. And yet I find his voice hard to listen to. Somehow it comes across as harsh or grating. Heard it for the first time just a few days ago, since it's the final song in the movie The Accountant. 
Posted 7 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
Lyrics read like a first draft. The song, delivery and lyrics feel forced.  Nice try.
Posted 7 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
nice song and good voice. I've never heard him before.
Posted 7 years ago by karenlach    [ Reply ]
Yes, stopped in tracks, but not (initially) in a good way. Will give it time to see if that reveals what others are enjoying.
Posted 7 years ago by gildflee    [ Reply ]
first listen and he grabbed me. great balad I m going for 7.6 could go up.
Posted 7 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
earned a quiet "wow" and some honest interest in him the singer   8 )
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Nice! Lovely. Thoughtful. Not really work out or high energy music, but it's first class for the contemplative poets in us. 
I'll start it at a 7.  
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 ch83575 wrote:
Wow... what a voice.  I want to hear more.

 

Agreed. Stopped me in my tracks and made me sit down and listen. More please!
Posted 7 years ago by strawberrymojo    [ Reply ]
Fantastic track. Love him. Great live also.
Rob 
Posted 7 years ago by robpratley    [ Reply ]
Wow... what a voice.  I want to hear more.
Posted 7 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]