1. |
Fool's Gold
03:58
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We are intersecting lines
Long divergent, forever intertwined
but if we made an X marks the spot
will there be gold in the paths we crossed?
naive long ago
now I see my flaws are replaceable
but well how am I to understand
whats in my chest but not my hands
I can feel it all around
but I will never hold it now
oh what will these hands hold
fools gold
to feel free must I first
Stop think about my worth
cause I self-measured it to death
paid the costs now I'm in debt
I'm full of intersecting lines
man I wish my hands were as full as mind
I can never bring my dreams down to earth
without a fear that they won't hold any worth
Yeah I wish I earned
the right to be who I wish I were
because I'm just part of the supply of people faking the same lives
my hands race with hopeful anger
across the frets of rented Fenders
what will these hands hold
fools gold
[chorus]
we are intersecting lines
there's glitter in my mind
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2. |
Little Rock
02:55
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I know I may seem bold
but why do you look at me like
you expect me to react
my mind, it counteracts
I’m quieter on the inside
much quieter on the inside
put down that megaphone
don’t act like a god setting rules in stone
take a stack of books
and compare yourself to those who wrote them
this plate is getting cold
did you listen when I told you not to dip your mind in gold
you’re so much more valuable when
you’re quieter on the inside
so much quieter on the inside
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3. |
Tornado (Don't Care)
03:21
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If the twister does get out
take the words from my mouth
suck my brain in its foggy wind
then I hope you can get out of the way agin
but that's not who I've become
I'm bruised, but I'm numb
and thunder clouds give you the same shade
as the pretty ones made if I promise I won't rain
but I don't care, I don't really care about it
don't care, don't really care about it,
don't care, just be unaware about it
when my winds knocked out, who's to know?
if it will make a breeze or a tornado?
the black whole of my mind
absorbs the darkness I find
though its better to let it hide
I felt so alive when I took that twister ride
so i'll keep it locked within
that black black wind
cause if I throw it back to the sky
then the day won't shine
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4. |
Within the Clause
03:22
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lock me in your arms I wanna be in your parentheses
(Just like this you see)
Trapped inside the clause an afterthought for only you to read
Veins on wrists in purple twists im jungle vines so well exposed
My mouths a sieve
the sediment it catches is what I can’t show
Weighing down my world you’re quite the heavy ghost
You’re Such a quiet host
Take me to the Firework
finger painting the sky
The night cracks loud and shows so proud the colors that i hide
Firework
finger painting the sky
with the colors that i hide
Oh my journal is no more
my pages torn but that's alright
I'll still chase the paragraphs illuminating last nights sky
I fear my internal drum and that just makes it beat faster
my pulse tells me I'm alive but I am barely its master
Wish you weren’t my world you’re quite the heavy ghost
You’re such a quiet host
But give me just one
Firework
finger painting the sky
The night cracks loud and shows so proud the colors that i hide
Firework
finger painting the sky
with the colors that i hide
XO XO
My wheels spin like anxious zeros
Oh what a sight
Though I see in black and white
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5. |
Karma Don't be Late
03:09
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Oh my guiding light
Lead me back to the night
I dont want to see what’s drifting dim out of sight
Now the life i yearn
Is tracking calories ive burned
Burning tracks that I have spurned
Cause numbers in my head
numb feeling i should shed
But i cant stop counting my steps
Something slips away
Praying karma won’t be late
Only if i’ve earned a better fate
Though you never know
I'm not sure what I'm owed
Well you stabbed my back
Said we’re blood brothers jack
Rubbed your scars up to mine to validate our pact
i had been attacked
But i’ll revel in the fact
That we’re both part of this contract
The solace that we share
Is pretty ugly i’m aware
But you’re my partner in important
(Chorus)
Caught me eyes wide close
True that I dream slow
But with such a fervor
Turtle on its back
On a nonexistent track
And there's no further
I can go
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6. |
Trouble (interlude)
02:06
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awake
please don’t be afternoon
father told me not to sleep the day away
good
I still have time to read
about what happens when I’m not awake
I can’t pay attention
I know that there’s a lot at stake
I’ll bend, I’ll break
pull me out push me around
sooner or later you’ll find
another one’s coming
push those words far behind you
keep them where they’ll never find you
you run your fingers down the crease
ready to find some peace
read the words no one wants to see
too late they’re already here
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7. |
Flytrap
03:36
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'm a fly and I go smack
The lightbulb don't love me back
I've never felt so confined
Then being shut out from my shine
We all wear a different noose
You made mine feel much more loose
But when you slipped in I knew
The rope had no room for two
We're just snacks
For the fly trap
The fly trap ate me after all
But there's no blood left on its jaws
As a matter of fact I think I'm alive
Close my eyes and I am five
Wading through the sunny grass
Amidst the air of the past
I don't remember it's smell
But I remember it so well
(Chorus)
You can call on me if you want to
I can't set you free but I want to
come on now get back to me soon
Cause this spacey kid is running out of room
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8. |
Spotlight
03:33
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Sunshine serotonin, moonlight dopamine
There’s a haze that won’t let their spotlights hit me
then it focuses in
a pinpoint
illuminating
next thing you know you come out on top
you made it
Sunshine serotonin, moonlight dopamine
Chemical equations not quite balancing
then the days slip by
you lose your sense over time
don’t know what you’ll turn to now
you hate it
you know
don’t be scared at night
they’ll stretch out their arms
you’ll sleep safe tonight
knowing you have to do this again tomorrow
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9. |
Camera Camera!
03:13
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Early in the morning wishing my instincts were held in check
Vampire, how'd you learn to bite your own neck?
That's a scab that will never heal
Cause when it hardens I will always peel
Walked to the shower racing from the panic that had spawned
didn't think about how I had all my clothes still on
I lost control, dripping in shock
I came to with with wet socks
Camera camera camera
will you leave me feeling shot
with no reflection
my tilted frame of reference falls
knocks my pictures off the wall
early in the evening I have regrets
can't sleep if I can't learn to be awake yet
i'm Nosferatu, I'm a foggy head
I'm unborn and I'm undead
late at night i'm hyperventilating to the beat
of my marching down the middle of the street
it's 4 am running like heck with a bandage on my neck
and the sweet sweet wounds I still do yearn
pour salt on the wounds let it burn
Camera camera camera
will you leave me feeling shot
with no reflection
Camera camera camera
will you leave me feeling shunned
with no reflection
my tilted frame of reference falls
breaks my pictures on the wall
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10. |
Reverse Lullaby
02:36
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hey there reverse lullaby
wake me up dont calm me down but make me cry
throw the mockingbird back to the broken sky
these hymns are not colorful
the right decisions only leave me feeling dull
the good times are too silently wonderful
no new joy and the sorrow's stale
if I feel something once then the second time will fail
and the dog won't bark
and i cant straighten my question marks
hey there reverse vignette
im scratching out the words that you made me forget
even though you know that I don't want to yet
i dont wanna learn from mistakes
i just want to live inside the chaos they make
even if its only for a fleeting day
no new joy and the sorrow's stale
i think im gonna fail
cause the dog wont bark and i cant straighten my question marks
you say hi to me different now
no laugh-cry kisses now
but that don't bother me...
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11. |
Good Night
02:34
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My audience is different than the it was in the past
And the worst part is that I don’t have a cast
What happened to the story
I was to tell
I was still acting when I took the bow
cause there was no show and there was no crowd
As no one headed for exits I yelled
Good night, good night,
Good night, good night
So goodnight
Could rule the morning
if I started now
but I'm too old
to be dumb enough to think I’d know how
I’ll stay here
As a chapter in your growing old
Turn the page
Add a story without my name in bold
It's ok
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