1. |
Sugar
04:11
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the blinding light sounds good in writing
a miracle occurred last night
a heaviness lifted itself
stood back to watch to see it just melt like
sugar
on your tongue
like a secret there, sleeping
if i wake it, just keep it
you took hundreds, just like photos
all in seconds, funny looking
held by the bottleneck and broken by the church
hid the glass inside their garden, I still hate you for your worst
that’s the way to leave it
not yours, just your fingerprints
but no more evidence lies in that moment
a thousand lights flickered and died
watched from the car on a moonlight mile
the accident came and went
stood back to watch my life and it felt like
sugar
on your tongue
like a secret there, sleeping
but if i wake it just
if I wake it
if it wakes up just
if I make it, if I make it just
would you make it, would you make it up?
like you made it
always just enough
always just enough
but I’ll take it
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2. |
Shadowboxing
04:41
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you talk sweet
you work hard for the money
you play clean, no one likes a dirty cheat
the rags dry, the bell rings
you’re alright, your life slips
you told me
if there’s a curse, must’ve caught it
like your blue eyes, or my bad teeth
more to thank from the family
you’re smart though, and I’m quick
I hope you don't figure out the way I did
and when you do
I won’t stop you but I’ll try
a cold call, long dream
tough love, loud scream
rat race, no sleep
disgust and entertainment
shadowboxing
your lost voice
and I wonder
why is everything a clue?
put together to
play out differently
days you spent here
you know out of luck
like I know out of luck
now I guess it’s just caught up on us
they’re talking
while I’m just waiting for the hit
and I get stuck when I think of
the space it takes from is and is not
a lifetime, or a bookmark
a footprint, or a bad score
advice from a billboard
I only believed in part
shattered and chasing
a promise, you can't break it
like love and it’s losses
the sand I twist down thinking
why is everything a clue?
put together to
play out differently
days you spent here
you know out of luck
like I know out of luck
now I guess it’s just caught up on us
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3. |
Blackfly
03:44
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black fly, leave me bloody , steal my skin
good try, keeping them off when you’re out swimming
on the sand bar, holding my breath, I saw her
underwater
your pale neck wet and clinging
to your broken necklace sinking
to our feet, shining right between us
I went diving, find it you said keep it
with you
couldn’t see what was underneath
was feeling around with my hands and my feet
and my lungs pressing hard on my chest and my heart
beating like an attack went for air and went back
something like metal above was just grass
something like heaven above was just glass
watch you swinging your legs in the lake’s reflections
can you see me too?
in the rings that ripple round and around and around you
all I want to do
just sink
underwater
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4. |
Comedy
04:01
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I run short of breath
in the ambulance I pick the right joke
medic comes in and cuts my coat
passers by look quiet
driver stays inside
woman catch my eye, I think she was crying
would you be proud of me?
a sense of humour in tragedy
the only the thing that gets me by
laughing at your subject line
“you got 2 hours to save my life”
every day I feel I’m spinning
feel the ground each time I hit it
every day I feel I’m spinning
feel the ground each time I
hit the alarm, restaurant got hit hard
sick as a dog, who needs this job
curse the cards, hit the bar
and I can’t relax feeling starts kinda abstract
hits my eyes hits my hands
phone says you called, I call you back
would you take care of me?
I ride with your mom in the backseat
45 down the road where my bike split
pass the garage where I hid when they called in
every day I feel I’m spinning
feel the ground each time I hit it
every day I feel I’m spinning
feel the ground each time
I watch flowers dry in a vase
can’t get a grip can’t stop my legs shake
pick the right words to say and not say
print photos of you and put them in frames
if you were here with me
I don’t want an apology
an argument with honesty
I pick the loser’s side for the comedy
every day I feel I’m spinning
feel the ground each time I hit it
every day I feel I’m spinning
feel the ground each time I hit it, every day
everyday
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5. |
Do I
05:38
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Do I wear it on my face?
when you’re not here, but I talk to you anyway?
Do the dogs smell it on me?
your death, like the scent of fear?
Do I play it, like a song?
one note, one word, the whole way
Could I know it, like a town?
and when I come to visit
I’d know my way around
Could I leave it for a year?
return and learn something
to share with my company
Do I lose it, like a game?
go broke trying, to have it some other way
Could I use it, like a drink
one drip then drain it
drown till I don’t think
Am I spared, like a soul?
wandering for a purpose
untethered and unknown
Am I missing, like you are?
nowhere to be found
no matter how I look and how far I drive
Do I miss you like hell?
to endure forever because of one mistake
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6. |
Is / Not
02:26
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7. |
See You Soon
05:28
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made it out, made it worse, made it up
took a week off, took a month
took my good friend to her favourite spot
top of the mountain, I try to talk
took her advice, took it to heart
tried to remember, took it too far
tried to head home before it got dark,
ended up collapsing in a parking lot
went to Andrew’s to take my mind off things
rang the wrong bell, it was embarrassing
nothing’s felt right, 8 months since
I had a thought that wasn’t reminding me
at a bus stop and it all wells up
wish I was angry instead of feeling wrong
another night where I had to call
Annie took the couch, said I could wake her up
day comes like the impossible
I lie awake for another miracle
listen for her knock at the door
I say nothing, and a note slides under
and it said I don't want to worry you
or wake you in the morning
just so there’s no surprises
when you get out, and I'm not around
see you soon
was an hour late to a birthday,
spent the evening on the balcony
kept forgetting that my eyes were closed
felt bad for making the host uncomfortable
started walking home, stopped at the metal bar
we stopped going there, since Andy ran off
still remember how we thought nothing was wrong
left and forgot my coat, it was a minor loss
my hands got wet, got cold
sat like stone, got stoned, got bored
walked by the strip karaoke bar
went up and picked Joel’s “Only the Good
Die Young”
I wouldn't take it as a warning
I would just take it as life
Annie left a note in the morning
facedown on the bedside
and it said I don't want to worry you
or wake you in the morning
just so there’s no surprises
when you get out, and I’m not around
see you soon
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8. |
Man Man Man
03:49
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looking for a good time
things to hold in my hands
life is draining, gets so empty
I say take it, while you can
it’s hard to be a man
I was told as a boy
you wouldn’t understand
what it takes to be a man, man, man
Rose across the table
goes for long walks in the shade
she has the voice of an angel
when she speaks, takes my pain and drinks it down
I try my best to say
in words she’d understand
what it takes to be a man, man, man
glances at the exit
shifting in her seat
when she’s nervous, smiles gentle
looks far away like memory
but never makes a sound
but that’s alright with me
I talk until she drowns
she knows just what I am, am, am
she knows just what I am
man, man, man
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9. |
Loose Teeth
05:52
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I’m not scared of a memory
I get new ones all the time and one day they’ll fill out the sides,
go dry, lose teeth the fight
and when I go empty
they’ll be nothing biting
don't be scared of a stranger
with a familiar face
cut out the back, look at the crowd, run out of breath,
run to the last light on the street, sit out and stare
into the black and two eyes stare back, yellow
nowhere to go
and it just holds me
don’t be scared of a stairway
that leads to a door
take the shortcut that takes the whole day
run out of luck, get lost and call someone you love,
they don't know where you are
don't know where I was, streetlamp just burns yellow
nowhere to go
and it just holds me
don’t be scared of your blood
or how it looks in the light
marigold bruise, smoke on your teeth
red in your eyes, yellow in your dreams
snow in the sky, turn white on the street
melts into sludge, bury me under my pillow
I’m not scared of a memory
I get new ones all the time, and one day they’ll fill
out the sides, go dry, lose teeth the fight
and when I go empty
they’ll be nothing to be
so scared of a memory
I get new ones all the time, and one day they’ll fill
out the sides, go dry, lose teeth in the fight
and when I go empty
they’ll be nothing
I watch the world from a window
and it just holds me
fills me up and I swallow
images I can’t bare on repeat
every page turns yellow
every day as it comes to me
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10. |
Spin
05:49
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I’m waiting out to see
where you are, or where you’ve been
Sandman spitting down
to the pigeons on the street
got into a car
and crashed it into me,
coming in through my ears
little scream, little buzz
little voice, little bug
pressed to the ground, just because
I’m waiting out to see
where you are, or where you’ve been
Sandman starts to howl
the whole city goes to sleep
put your voice into a box
and dragged it along with me
coming in through my ears
little scream, little buzz
little voice, little bug
pressed to the ground, just because
I’m waiting out to see
where you are, or where you’ve been
know I hate to bring you down
if I reach out, will you come down?
and I lay head to the dirt
lay my hands on my neck
and I spin
and I spin
and I spin
spin
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