1. |
Wave Hello
03:01
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I know that some things lay beyond my control
But you won't catch me sleeping when I'm on patrol
I float past the creeplings that creep through their holes
And I try not to see things that walk without souls
I try not to see things that walk without souls
I call this mine to right where I'm gonna be
But all this time, you're right there in front of me
I slip through the darkness just hoping to find
A small bit of semblance to help me unwind
A slice of existence to keep track of time
While hoping that this is the last of its kind
I'm hoping that this is the last of its kind
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2. |
I'm Calling Shotgun
04:10
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I got a feeling that you're more than you seem
A cold hard creature stepping out of a dream
I know the reason that you can't look back
Over your shoulder all you see is black
Always drifting, see what you're missing
I ran faster than the people I'm with
And I cleared hurdles like a capital kid
And I did my best to leave it for everyone
So I'm calling shotgun, I'm calling shotgun
I told the devil to look after your son
He did for a minute, then he turned to run
He shook so violently that I had to stare
Now I'm not sure that it's really you in there
Falling over like a Casanova
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3. |
Languishing
02:41
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I am not afraid, I'm too into dark
I wear a beret walking through the park
She cannot contain me, I am understated
Opened up and splayed, but I leave a mark
When they call me over I'll look to the water
I am languishing but I'm still content
Everything's okay if not heaven sent
She can't even fathom how I got this way
Words are tricky things, that's not what I meant
When they call me over I'll look to the water
And hope that she's looking too
Now we've come so far, but not far enough
Pulled up in a car, took off in a truck
She waves, mostly listless, I stare at the dashboard
Reaching for the stars never felt so rough
When they call me over I'll look to the water
When they call me "soldier" I'll pray for my daughter
I am languishing
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4. |
Amber Alert
03:57
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We live in a world full of truth that fails
And that's why perception, she is everything
And I waited by the stairs last night
And I gripped my collar as if that would make the phone ring
Oh, mother's a mess, can you really blame her?
She looks mechanical with eyes due north
And the swivel chair keeps turning for no reason
It keeps on flying faster 'til it crashes to the floor
This is a test, this is only a test
You've passed with flying colors, now just pray for the best
The neighbors shuffle but in all the wrong ways
And fancy cars patrol the eastbound ten
Until that shockwave comes shooting through my skull
The moment that the cargo becomes human again
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5. |
One Eye
03:43
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I only got one eye
I'll save it for the backline to be squared
But I'm firing it at dust mites
To give them back a fat find to be fair
I crawl across a red room
Where the other family fed you to be quick
But now I only hunger for you
And I never would implore you to be sick
There's something about you that makes me lose my mind
There's something about you, girl, that makes me wanna fly
But I've only got one eye
And you could call me half-blind to be grand
And you wouldn't even be lying
But you, don't you leave me behind where I stand
Cut across the corner with me
I hope you can forgive me for my sins
'Cause I could really give it effort
And I'll maybe do it better if I grin
But I'm still rockin' one eye
And it made me want to rewind what I said
Even though I've only one eye
I've got twenty-twenty hindsight in my head
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6. |
Your Sunlight
04:46
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Straight through to the mothership, you clear your weary eyes
Sweat beads while you flex and rip
A long, tall land for foreign weights and
You steer like a cattle car and flip back through your guide
The steel portal, it opens up
And you swerve to fit inside
If nothing in you is all right then how could you get along?
If nothing is truly insight then what if the world is wrong?
Too late like a meteor shower
That had hit too rushed, rocking out of your window
Your fate, only holding the god
A refractory mirror gazing into your sunlight
Beams pour through half open vents and no one looks at you
Tailored suits of platinum
Watches display numbers beyond your thinking
Coffee would be so nice right now but the limit is the roof
Of some guard with a plastic card provoking for the truth
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7. |
When I Was
03:47
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Learn the story, raise some hell
Fight the fractions in their arms
Coldest glory, I could tell
Smile for keepsakes that aren't ours
That’s when I was nothing
Bloom the seeds and grow so warm
The pointless glimmering upsets
We ride the dim waves as they form
And stick the landing like a vet
Gotta keep battling on
You oughtta keep battling on
But you're so tired
Know there's things that you don't know
Find a way to catalogue
You're always reaping what you sow
While all the empties find it odd
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8. |
Soon
04:05
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Here, here's all that's left of me
The day that I inherit it won't be too far away
And so I flock to the pile of golden paper
A silly little anecdote and I begin to fray
Oh, it seems like heaven is wrong
Take, take everything you can
I'm not entirely sure how it all wound up in this place
You'll need a key and the lock is mostly rusted
But how you'll understand it when the light shines on your face
You will find me out of your window soon
I see the things that nobody else sees
I see the grass to grass try to stretch to the trees
I see the flowers that shake off the bees
And I see my hope as it falls to its knees
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9. |
Ohmigod
04:16
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I should have waited on my laurels
I should have counted on my thumbs
I should have guessed among the tested and fractured
With the wrong that I have done
I should lifted up your spirits
I should have groomed all of my thoughts
I should have broken down the most temperate barricades
And shown you that I could walk
We ran for eons but in silence
So close but torn so far apart
Could I have been better?
Could I have been flawed?
Could I have pulled it together?
Oh, could I have been weathered with the nerve to applaud?
Could I have written a letter and signed it, "Oh my god"?
I should have crackled and smoldered
I should have melted in the rain
I should have fled the scene and lied about my aubergine
And kept it within my brain
I should have holed up in a factory
I should have holed up in the ground
I should have plucked the most extravagant of gems
And placed it upon your crown
We were the only good for the future
The sun that pierced into my heart
I should have taken all your treatments
I should have learned to love my place
I should have never tried to argue with the pain inside
And watch as it burned away
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10. |
Victory Lap
03:15
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You've got the dream, better fix it all up
You've got the gift, get the victory up
I hope you live through the chemistry sighs as I, I, I
You've got the hand of a Hollywood guard
I've got the hand of a Hollywood god
I hope you learn all the victory of the nine, nine, nine
Sometimes it doesn't pay to play with rainbows
But I find that fondness makes the heart grow
It makes the heart grow absent
Mace through the place, what a cannonball run
You tear along with the salt of your son
I cannot choose all the paths in reminding you, you, you
Grab hold of me and I'll turn into dust
Flick of the wrist, I'm the one you can't trust
Victory cries through the chemistry spills as I, I, I
Sometimes when you're staring through your window
And I find that fondness makes the heart explode
You book the room as a Vegas account
You clear it all with an undisclosed amount
I follow through when the bleeding gets done as I, I, I
You've got the dream, better fix it all up
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11. |
Somebody's Kid
04:01
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The last thing I did in 2010
Sat in my room and I wrote this song for you
I was so afraid you weren't coming home
Now it seems my nightmares are coming true
You're seemingly vital to form a nuclear home
You missed the recital and I chanced the thing alone
I'm a gracious loser, what would you expect?
When I hand the trophy off to someone else
Salty water filled in thirty seconds flat
I know you're watching but I don't know that it helps
Cooling my jets now for every minute that we gave
Believing that somehow, is that the way I should behave?
Bereave?
Clear the sun as you race like a cannonball
I can always hear your charming chant in my eye
So fit like a stranger to hit the wall
But will I come back with a stronger appetite?
I can look up as often as I want
I can look down here as often as I need
But as far as I know, you just float around
And your presence in the air is choking me
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