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Bury Me With It
03:18
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what made me grateful made me scared
what made me scared made me dangerous
so you had to bury me with it
you told me that I could do anything
mistaken, I thought I should do everything
so you had to bury me with it
the music ate me when I was underground
made me insane made me rise up
so you had to bury me with it
night falls
stars dot the skies
Kate remind me how
even the smallest dot’s very much round
sun comes up, as do I
Kate don't fail me now
even the smallest smile is big enough
so you have to carry me with it
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Impostor Syndrome
03:36
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I wore my black gowns
wanted to swallow light
was out to swell and grow
and glow in the dark
don’t wanna show you my eyes
don’t owe you my eyes
won’t take off those shades
hide in plain sight
maybe it’s a waste
all these words
that will never meet the ear
I showed up late
for taking off my shades
spent years building character
and today I'm getting paid
infiltrated ranks of poets
I wonder how long before
my cover is blown
maybe it’s a waste
all these words
that will never meet the ear
I showed up late
for taking off my shades
can’t you see
I’m just the messenger
will self destruct
in five four three two one
let my guards down
endlessly inside my head again
will self destruct
in five four three two one
I keep it to myself
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Be Creative With Me
04:01
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I'll hang the question from all four walls of the room
I will stretch it across the hall and under the doormat
when it’s dormant
be creative with me
we can and will find peace in repetition love
try to connect the dots with me
can't disconnect the thoughts I am having
be creative with me
you have to let the air in to live
so do it over, do it again
can’t hold your breath forever
I need you to do it over, do it again
I just want to produce, and simply be of use
and while we welcome wind and rain
we live and breathe under the circumstances
be creative with me
you have to let the air in to live
so do it over, do it again
can’t hold your breath forever
I need you to do it over, do it again
the universe has been breathing down my neck
got me mindless as a weapon
so we have to say farewell
or to morph into this new thing
let it happen, we have a plan
it could be a map, it could be a maze
let it happen, it’s the perfect play
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4. |
Fifty Words For Time
03:09
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silence is not the enemy
but I need fifty words for time just to keep it down
silence is not the end of me
but I need fifty words for time just to keep it down
I need fifty words for time
one will do for now
I am free until I'm caught
this right here’s all I've got
and I can only say this until I'm out
I am alright until I'm not
I will hum it out
on and on, hum it out until forever
I just wanna get a reply
balancing fits of jealousy
well, I need fifty words for time just to keep it down
I need fifty words for time
one will do for now
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5. |
Your Sound Is Allowed
03:09
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my mind is stuck on you like a melody
and I can’t shake the hook
my heart might break at the sound of the chime, but sound is allowed
close is all I ever tried to become, so sound is allowed
here I am choking in the march
I hear the water slides when I open up my mouth
trumpets are empty but still getting loud
‘cause sound is allowed
my mind is stuck on you like a melody
and I can’t shake the hook
you clawed at me
your sound is allowed
there’s a you on the other side of this night
sound is allowed
transform now to lack of form
all the mirrors must die, but sound is allowed
here I am choking in the march
I hear the water slides when I open up my mouth
trumpets are empty but still getting loud
‘cause sound is allowed
my mind is stuck on you like a melody
and I can’t shake the hook
you clawed at me
your sound is allowed
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6. |
Origami
02:51
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you make this wonderful sound cracking open
I'm still all in but now I mean falling
it takes a very long time to unfold it
still you make a wonderful sound cracking open
I open up, up
just to find that inside I'm origami
I countermove every move and so you see
why any move without thought is a good move for me
I open up, up
just to find that inside I'm origami
and time is stroking me
glides over me
origami
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Soft Master
04:00
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your moving is critical to any experience
if there is a narrator in the space saying it’s you
don’t try to pull back
stay in the moment while I steal your words
keep talking, go on, keep talking
it's all about making a choice
to be a soft master
but will I know my very own voice
in whatever I’m after
moving the story on, the sources make themselves known
they bring on noises, they might never go
but your body is speaking in tongues, saying
stay in the moment while I steal your words
keep talking, go on, keep talking
it's all about making a choice
to be a soft master
but will I know my very own voice
in whatever I’m after
through the echoes I try to pick it out
I have to get faster
as time moves it’s harder to tell apart
to get straight answers
superposed, aligned, they coincide
can’t make it out
can’t figure out who’s speaking
and whose side is it on
whose side am I on
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8. |
Lungs and Liver
03:23
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no capacity for competition
that’s because your heart spread
to your lungs and liver
and you will never know what it’s like
to be loved by someone like you
you’re here to prove
the existence of a soul which isn’t yours
and give it a home
but you will never know what it’s like
to be loved by someone like you
someone like you
would tell me to follow through
I’m about to
then you must come true
this broken symmetry between us
it keeps me going
but surely slowing down
you will never know what it’s like
to be loved by someone like you
someone like you
would tell me to follow through
I’m about to
then you must come true
I believe in action but afraid of motion
fascinated by these incomplete arguments and notions
they keep me alert
is this an alert?
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Black Holes
03:14
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I’m a man on a train, I’ve had a terrible day
I stared and examined the marks on my hands
before gently starting to rub them away
I’ve forgotten how or why, but someone must have put them there
yet all the while I didn't seem frightened or scared
of their existence
or that the rubbing was in vain
look at me avoiding black holes in broad daylight
I was just remembering my life all over again
it had to happen, my hands gave it away
everything happens only once
both a comfort and a curse
so I take the train downtown and be gone
look at me avoiding black holes in broad daylight
and sometimes I fail to understand words
but an image does come to mind:
everybody drops the ball at the same time
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10. |
See You At The Beginning
03:57
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watching you watching me failing
sets the itch in me at ease
still I find comfort in knowing
we're only going backwards, so
I will see you at the beginning
but you won’t see me
I know you are like me
something lets the child inside us be
free and find comfort in knowing
we're only going backwards, so
I will see you at the beginning
but you won’t see me
let’s suck the life out of this life
feel everything at once
pretend that it’s a good thing
instead you back away and say
it’s nothing personal, no
like it’s a good thing
I will see you at the beginning
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