Roads of Broken Bones

from The Brutality of Beauty by Matthew Dunn

	/

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

lyrics

As brief as a breath
Vanish into thin air
A feeling you beware
Brought meaning to prayer

Fallen trees block the path
From the first to the last
Vivid dreams and dry eyes
With a chorus of cries
With a chorus of cries

Along these roads of broken bones
Can't see the roses for the thorns
And when the night turns into day
The past it forgets
It forgets to fade away

An idea behind the eyes
A scent to tease the blind
Education is a choice
I'm a mute with a voice
I'm a mute with a voice

Along these roads of broken bones
Can't see the roses for the thorns
And when the night turns into day
The past it forgets to fade away
Along these roads of broken bones
Can't see the roses for the thorns
And when the night turns into day
The past it forgets to fade
It forgets to fade away

Skinny fingers and boney toes
Sucked thumbs and a button nose
Childish dreams encased in stone
Grown to die the seeds are sown
Childish dreams encased in stone
Grown to die

Along these roads of broken bones
Can't see the roses for the thorns
And when the night turns into day
The past it forgets to fade away
Along these roads of broken bones
Can't see the roses for the thorns
And when the night turns into day
The past it forgets to fade
It forgets to fade away

credits

from The Brutality of Beauty, released May 7, 2023

license

about

Matthew Dunn Cardiff, UK

I am a singer songwriter from Cardiff, Wales and I’ve been writing songs since I joined my first band at 16. My influences include Manic Street Preachers, Seattle Grunge, Springsteen etc. My music varies from riff heavy rock to piano driven pop with the one constant being my love for an anthemic chorus. I write, record and mix everything myself in my home studio in Cardiff ... more

contact / help

Contact Matthew Dunn

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Matthew Dunn, you may also like:

Edge of Time
by iKD Band

South African punk legends Ivan Kadey (National Wake) and Warrick Sony (Kalahari Surfers) team up for an album of rousing folk-rock. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 22, 2022
go to album
Disheveled Cuss
by Disheveled Cuss

Big, brawny, hooky songs with 20-ton riffs and choruses as sweet as candy make this one of the month’s strongest rock albums. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 12, 2020
go to album
Summer Of Love
by Jess Ribeiro

Backed by a rotating cast of collaborators, the Australian singer-songwriter refines her folk-tinged indie pop sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 11, 2024
go to album
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo

The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2024
go to album
Jolie Laide
by Jolie Laide

Nina Nastasia & Jeff MacLeod join forces as Jolie Laide, playing noir-y songs that glow soft as moonlight. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 17, 2023
go to album
24th Street Blues
by Tom Heyman

Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
go to album
Drag All the Lights Inside
by Nesting

From Seattle comes this tumultuous art rock record, full of intricate songs that alternately whisper and kick. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 9, 2023
go to album