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Endling
01:43
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what now, I ask myself
three long years left on the shelf to gather dust
I just can't rust in vain
what now, I think out loud
the story is over, now I must try and write a new one from prompts I'll find outside
I find myself between two big bold lines
you told me your truth
now let me tell you mine
come on, I'll tell you mine
what now, it's cold outside
I stare at the end of the line
the pavement won't offer me answers
so I'll take my chances in song
I'll be lavish and loud
if only I could make myself calm down
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Sweat It Out
02:26
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scratching at my arms, tearing out my hairs
wondering whether it's okay to feel scared
steam fills the room, preparing to dive
why is it songs about death that make me feel so alive?
I've taken the plunge, tentative steps
leave a paper trail to follow in case things don't work out yet
am I doing my best? have I figured it out?
what can I do for now except sweat it out?
I've walked for a while to some new corner of town
imagined us watching the sun going down
are we looking the best? have they figured us out?
what can we do for now but sweat it out?
set myself on fire just to watch the embers fall to the ground
(we all burn down)
I've been crawling in circles for quite some time
I'm gonna figure it out
'til then I'll sweat it out
I got drunk in the middle of the day and washed the time away
I got drunk in the middle of the day
and I missed you more than words could ever say
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Inhale/Exhale
04:03
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Theories
03:24
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Poison in the Water
05:04
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Free Therapy
01:52
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I listened to ramshackle glory looking for free therapy
I listened to Colin Meloy all adrift on an ocean
my true love, I was lost at sea
I'm not the person I wanted to be
but if that's fine with you that's fine with me
I never got used to my demons
they've gathered around a small fire inside
I never fit into my running shoes
but I got better at trying to hide
I tried oh so hard to get lonely
almost always at home, absentee
until my friends led me back to the end of the rainbow
and there I found that I was finally free
I'm not the person I wanted to be
until I turned around, laid my weapon down
and marched into the sea
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8. |
Tidal Wave
04:31
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9. |
Sailor Song
03:33
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10. |
Heal
02:32
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Stilt Owl
03:41
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the morning star couldn't light the way
the air a cavernous grey
monolithic sculptures marked the path
dead leaves, living graves
I am haunted by the past
the things I cannot change
I know I shouldn't overthink
but here I am, drunk again
frayed outlines, I feel like a cartoon
I'll be gone one day soon
canals entrenched into the land
paths seeping through the mountain range
spectral figures travel past
they laugh as I succumb to change
and I feel hunted by the past
the things I'm scared you all will find
a million skeletons that I know that I cannot leave behind
frayed outlines, I feel like a cartoon
I'll be gone one day soon
and as the water rushes in and floods our little nest
will I bring myself to say I gave it all my best?
we're trying our best as the sun's going down
misremembering stories and getting lost in the crowd
but nobody's listening, we're just circling the graves
say a prayer by the ocean in some vain hope I'll be saved
I know this is not the way we hoped
but there's not far left for us to go
the ice is melting in our lungs
you keep me safe, home in your arms
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