{"id":27131,"date":"2017-04-11T10:17:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=27131"},"modified":"2017-04-11T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T18:17:56","slug":"watch-craig-finn-perform-masterful-be-honest-from-stellar-new-solo-album-we-all-want-the-same-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-04\/watch-craig-finn-perform-masterful-be-honest-from-stellar-new-solo-album-we-all-want-the-same-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Craig Finn Perform Masterful &#8220;Be Honest&#8221; From Stellar New Solo Album &#8220;We All Want The Same Things&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CraigFinnWFMU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-27133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CraigFinnWFMU-650x433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CraigFinnWFMU-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CraigFinnWFMU-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CraigFinnWFMU-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CraigFinnWFMU-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CraigFinnWFMU.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigfinn.net\/\">Craig Finn&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0outstanding new solo album<em><strong> We All Want The Same Things<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>Finn<\/strong> continues his stellar storytelling ways. But he also opens up his cloak a bit more, providing more personal notes and honest assessments of life in which turmoil is assayed and peace (as much as possible) is meted out. In the current morass, sometimes we just need some honesty and a bit of peace. On <em><strong>We All Want The Same Things<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Finn has delivered a masterful album on which God is in the details.<\/p>\n<p>To get a better feel, watch below as <strong>Finn<\/strong> performs the album&#8217;s aching closing song <em><strong>Be Honest<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0on <strong>The Current<\/strong>. Once again<strong> Finn<\/strong>\u00a0delivers sheer poetry (full lyrics at bottom) with lines such as: \u201cThe lust burns off into handshakes and hugs,\u201d and \u201cIf revolution\u2019s really coming then we all need to be well, so maybe it\u2019s best if we both take care of ourselves.\u201d The performance is deft and heart-rending. Bravo!<\/p>\n<p>Do yourselves a favor and buy-into <em><strong>We All Want The Same Things<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/CF-same-things\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iu81WYTt-jM\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Be Honest<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her body was an outpost for ideas that didn\u2019t work<br \/>\nA nation failed and broken<br \/>\nInvaded and then burned<br \/>\nAnd the crumbles and the ashes that settled in her purse<br \/>\nWere the ruins of an empire and the people we once were<\/p>\n<p>We were limping up towards Lake Street and she motioned towards the church<br \/>\nSaid the hardest question thing they ask me is \u201cAmanda does it hurt?\u201d<br \/>\n\u2018Cause it\u2019s not pain, it&#8217;s more like pressure on the edges of my eyes<br \/>\nI see scales and bloody feathers when I look into the lights<\/p>\n<p>And my password is \u201cbe honest\u201d<br \/>\nAnd my network is evolved<br \/>\nAnd I can\u2019t guarantee I\u2019ll pick up every time that you call<\/p>\n<p>Ain\u2019t it spooky when they all go away?<br \/>\nAin\u2019t it strange when they just disappear?<br \/>\nIt really sucks getting sick on the bus<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s even worse when the teenagers cheer<br \/>\nAin\u2019t it funny how we all get by?<br \/>\nBut not the way that makes us laugh<br \/>\nThe lust burns off into handshakes and hugs<br \/>\nIn the end it comes down to the cash<\/p>\n<p>I was calling from the carpark when they kicked in the door<br \/>\nThey pulled the pistols from the holsters<br \/>\nPut the people on the floor<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not the fear, it&#8217;s the frustration<br \/>\nGetting sick of being scared<br \/>\nThey pulled your princess to her feet<br \/>\nMade a handle from her hair<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-desktop_song_inread-in_read_ad-1491932192897\" class=\"dfp_unit \" data-google-query-id=\"CMCm-sP4nNMCFZdufgodjWkJAg\">I was thinking about the progress<br \/>\nHow a change is going to come<br \/>\nI was hearing the announcements<br \/>\nI was running from the guns<br \/>\nDesperation fueled the dancers<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a sadness in the sex<br \/>\nThey lingered over dinners and then ran out on the checkAnd our safeword is still \u201cstop it\u201d<br \/>\nAnd our style is self involved<br \/>\nAnd I can\u2019t guarantee I\u2019ll pick up every time that you callAin\u2019t it something how the people switch partners?<br \/>\nYeah, you just got to wait your turn<br \/>\nIt\u2019s really hard getting kicked in the heart<br \/>\nIt\u2019s even worse watching big buildings burn<br \/>\nAin\u2019t it strange how it all fades to black<br \/>\nJust when it starts to feel really nice?<br \/>\nI was banging round your party<br \/>\nTrying to locate all the love and the lightAnd the speed it crested early and then it ran its course<br \/>\nI showered and got ready and started on my chores<br \/>\nIt was rushing through my blood<br \/>\nIt was coming from my pores<br \/>\nAnd my heart was charging forward and I threw up off the porchWe were limping up on Lake Street and she motioned towards the church<br \/>\nShe said the hardest question ever is \u201cAmanda does it hurt?\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not pain, it&#8217;s just a pressure but in some ways that&#8217;s much worse<br \/>\nThe ruins of an empire and the people we once were<\/p>\n<p>If revolution is really coming then we all need to be well<br \/>\nSo maybe it\u2019s just best if we both take care of ourselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00a0Craig Finn&#8217;s\u00a0outstanding new solo album We All Want The Same Things\u00a0Finn continues his stellar storytelling ways. 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