Sparks In The Wind

from Respectable Enemy by Curtis McMurtry

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 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Artwork by Megan Anderson, layout by Max Mamis

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

ships out within 8 days

$15 USD or more
Full Digital Discography

Get all 4 Curtis McMurtry releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Pollen & The Rot, Toothless Messiah, The Hornet's Nest, and Respectable Enemy. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$34 USD or more (15% OFF)

lyrics

you might as well confess, just get it off your chest
I know that red dress you like to wear
I know where you've been, I know how this ends
I don't know why I still pretend to care

I could have made you stay, I let you drift away
you just wanted me to say I loved you only
you came to me that night, the thunder and the light
I didn't want to fight but you provoked me

(chorus)
and you left me there alone
like you did the time before
we betray the ones we love
for those we love a little more

I heard you take the car, you won't have to go far
to find out who you are without the ring
I never told you lies, I held you when you cried
but it's true I never felt a thing

and the sky is turning grey as I watch you fade away
waiting for the day you disappear
and if you don't return it's none of my concern
the world turns but I stay here

(chorus)
and now everything is lost
to a few sparks in the wind
as I watch our house burn down
I pray for rain again

go on now, don't you worry about me
I'm hurt but I'm still strong
go on now, do what you have to
just go on now dear
run along

you say no one is to blame, I wish I felt the same
your love only came in little flashes
we always were a mess, and though I did my best
all that I have left now are the ashes

(chorus)
and you left me there alone
like you did the time before
we betray the ones we love
for those we love a little more
and now everything is lost
to a few sparks in the wind
as I watch our house burn down
I pray for rain again

credits

from Respectable Enemy, released August 12, 2014
Curtis McMurtry- vocals, acoustic and high-strung guitars
Taylor Turner- upright bass
Will Sexton- electric guitar
Shawn Zorn- drums

license

about

Curtis McMurtry Austin, Texas

Curtis McMurtry writes apocalyptic indie folk about the selfish and the cowardly. Influenced by Fiona Apple and Tom Waits, Curtis' music combines sinister lyrics with sophisticated orchestrations. He specializes in sad songs and mean songs, and considers his catalogue to be “music for people that like to read.” ... more

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Curtis McMurtry

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Curtis McMurtry recommends:

You Run
by Diana Burgess

Diana Burgess is my favorite musician. She plays all of the instruments on this album herself, and her songs are dark and fantastic. Go buy this album of amazing cello magic. Curtis McMurtry
go to album
Born Again Virgin
by Born Again Virgin

Born Again Virgin is an absolute superstar. A voice as soaring as Rufus Wainwright's dipped in grunge and blasted out of a canon. Her music is fierce and powerful and you should buy it all now Curtis McMurtry
go to album

If you like Curtis McMurtry, you may also like:

Blasted from the Past
by James McMurtry

supported by 17 fans who also own “Sparks In The Wind”

Greetings from Warrington, UK. Big fan of James & the Band. Iv' got all the CDs that are available, so just adding to a large J McM collection. Hope you tour and reach the UK when I'll hopefully get to see you at at a live Gig Don't forget that there's more to the UK than London.. thesuccessfulffailure
go to album
Proper Way To Travel
by Curtis McMurtry & God's Chosen People

supported by 12 fans who also own “Sparks In The Wind”
go to album
String Of Pearls
by Annabelle Chvostek

Buoyant songs that summon the spirit of New Orleans, with beautifully bleary brass, light up the latest from Annabelle Chvostek Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 27, 2021
go to album
So Romantic
by Allie Crow Buckley

L.A.’s Allie Crow Buckley comes to Bandcamp, with moody songs that combine R&B with Laurel Canyon in the ’70s. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 6, 2020
go to album