1. |
Linger
03:58
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When I’m broken down
The scenes are clashing all around
After tasting you
After feeling you
New light of spring
With trees alight and ascending
And I found love
I vowed to never let it go again
When our love broke the speed of sound
The words and feelings raged unbound
And I asked you to stay
We laid to rest our fears and doubt
No problem letting out hearts out
But I wasted my time — I had to let you go
We’re autumn bound
The summer sunsets danced around
We feel renewed
We see the truth
Over longer days
Where our inner child came to play
Where I found love
And held on to it tight, my friend
When I bought you this diamond ring
Home became more than a place for things
I came to peace from empty dark
But now I’m on my own
I had to let you go
(Did You have to let me linger
Wrapped around your finger)
With the season change
Unable to escape the rain
Still feeling you
Still broke by you
In winter now
And dreams are crashing all around
From when I found love
Will I ever let it in again
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2. |
Manmade
04:32
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Emotionally arraigned
Emphatically deranged
This step always eludes you
Cognitively jaded
Romantically berated
Stand to fight
But we can’t find what we can’t see
Beyond the shadows of our doubt
We won’t be so recklessly distraught
Or abandoned with these fears
Will you even care?
Do you even care I don’t believe?
And to wish on falling stars
When I kissed the ground you walk upon
Make me eat my daring words
When I pray
Screaming at the heavens
Begging to be let in
That step always eludes you
Revel in your darkness
While they consecrate the light
Now stand to shine
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3. |
Hardly Know You
04:51
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Who am I when my heart plays dumb?
Surrounded, I speak no cure
What is this when my eyes see her?
And I, no where left to go
When night fall turns to alcohol
Searching for yourself down in the well
In due time when my heart heals up
And you won’t even know I hurt
Say it all
Say the words
So many things I wish I never told you
I take it back
Save them all
Save yourself
I saved this dance
But now I hardly know you
I shared my life, shared myself
I told you things I told nobody else
I held you up
You let me down
I hope you find what you’re looking for
But now you’re nothing I want more
I won’t shed any more tears
Under these vacant skies
Forget that smile
Forget those eyes
You won’t get any more
Space within this calloused heart
This is your past
It’s my new start
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4. |
I Hope You're Unhappy
03:36
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I must have had a dream about you
'Cause I woke up in the worst of moods
When I looked at the clock my day was already ruined
I'm glad that you like your new place
And I hope your new job works out well
I'm getting used to my kitchen and sleeping by myself
And as we talk and reminisce
I barely mask how deeply I'm depressed
And though I can't complain
I think I just might
'Cause it can't get much worse
And I hope that you're unhappy to be alone
I'm at my suit job everyday
And [my band's] writing a new LP
And though I still hate school I've almost got my degree
I keep myself so busy now
'Cause I don't want to be at home at all
'Cause every time that I'm there I'm crushed that you haven't called
And then I dwell and reminisce
About the time I bought the angel dress
That you wore for me
And the sun went down
And you swore you were mine
And I hope that you're unhappy to be alone
I don't want you to cry anymore than I cry, just as least as much
I know your children will be beautiful
But I don't ever want to know that they exist at all
So let's not talk and reminisce
Cause it won't clear the cobwebs in my chest
When I clench the phone and I grind my teeth
I know that I'm alone
And I hope, I hope you're miserable
And I hope that you're unhappy to be alone
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5. |
Detox
05:43
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When you writhe over the floor
And shiver from your comfort there no more
It’s not who you are
It’s who you wish to be
Fall in love, heart torn
In the rain, dejected and forlorn
It’s just giving in
It’s not giving up
You can hear my heart grow weary
Speak and die away
With the sound
Can hear my mind grow weary
Fall down now
Every night you run
Away from pain
and longing for the sun
It’s not who you are
Where do you wish to be?
In spite of fear you rise
And get the taste
That shadows your demise
It’s just giving in
It’s not giving up
Dancing through the myth of time
*god how I hate that you’re so pretty now
Searching pictures that I keep
To replace elusive sleep
Praying for my soul to leap
This fate continues on and on and on and on…
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6. |
New Start
03:03
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Understand that pain isn’t always like this
Reign in what you expect and all your wishes
Your fears epitomize your sadness
And shame endures from your past habits
Part of you will never live this down
Sorrow begets regret
So tie me up, wrap me under the floorboards
Feign remorse, dare me to make a sound
You made me as sick as the cancer that plagued you
My remission starts as lymph nodes scare you
In sickness and in health we part
For me this is a brand new start
None of you will ever leave me down
Build me up and slam me to the ground
Use your words to kick me when I’m down
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7. |
Never Angry
04:23
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When you’re looking toward the heavens
And you wonder where you’ve been
Try and find a way
To save your face
And hope just flitters in
You’re sad though
It hurts with every breath you take
But you don’t have to break
Go write your angry songs and be ok
Brace yourself and let me walk away
(I was never angry, though my heart was caving in)
Burn away the memories of my face
Your concerned with your condition
And you’re searching for your past
My home is where your heart is
And I can’t have it back
It’s bad, you know
So who’s the bigger of us both?
Remember, neither has to fold
You said to go write my angry song and be ok
To brace myself and let you walk away
But I was never angry, though my heart was caving in
Burn away the memories of your face
Maybe I never knew you
Maybe this was all a dream
It was the best I ever had
And I remember everything
Its clear now, and I know this isn’t the end
I hope you’re happy now, my friend
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