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sleep walker
02:04
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(instrumental)
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all your city streets
scare the shit out of me
when the wind blows by
it still gives me the creeps
so i brush my hair with matches
to feel some warmth upon me
you take a life with one hand
i wanted to set it free
we’re living in a cruel world
& you’ve been singing hallelujah
if only i could see you
if only one more day
would it crash our cars together?
& would i walk away?
we’re living in a cruel world
& you’ve been singing hallelujah
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i will be the one to tell you something
you haven't heard yet
but i feel nothing when you’re beside me
& you’re always beside me
beside me
there’s something surprising
i am the dust between your thumb & your finger
i am the tension in the air
when your voice lingers
& i am the smoke in the room
until i fade
out of view
& we’re nothing conspiring
nothing inspiring
nothing reminding
nothing dividing
nothing deciding
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4. |
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(instrumental)
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5. |
st. john's wort
04:30
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i'm trying to medicate
swallow my pity
wish you'd stay with me
tell me it's easy
cut me a bouquet
don't let go
lace your fingers
around my throat
make it safe
i'm afraid
i swear i don't believe in much
a halo below
& your halo above
i got your petal on the tip of my tongue
call it ritual
call it protection
i'm trying to medicate
erase my body
replace it with anything
place it beside you
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6. |
greyscale
04:27
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i woke up around two o clock
& out came the words that i'd like to outgrow
"well, this day's almost done
guess i'll try again tomorrow"
i'll make myself some coffee
& maybe try & write a song
to sing to myself about how it feels
like everything just feels wrong
& it's not getting better
guess it's not really gotten worse
instead of making myself ruminate on my defeats
i should start to rehearse
my thank you's & my
today is going fine for the same
cashiers at the cafes & the liquor stores
i hope they never remember my name
i'll sit & watch the sky turn
from its neglected cigarette smoke grey
to black to match these tattered shoes
in which i'll one day walk away
maybe it'll be tomorrow
maybe i'll give it one more year
maybe i just haven't found enough places to hide
the same incorrigible fears
maybe one day these cold fingertips
will surrender their grip
from my shoulders & i'll be
more than a few thousand pieces on the ground
& i'll sing rejoice
the war is over
but for now tomorrow is just one more day
to hide behind locked doors & under your sheets
try your best to muster up the strength
to wander through these city streets
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babe i love you
please don't turn
the lights out on me
i love you babe
please don't turn
your love off, darling
& when you go
where do you go?
i don't know
why don't i know?
& your love doesn't keep me alive
it keeps me awake
it keeps me awake
& will we say
goodbye
when we want to?
when we want to
& we will say
goodbye
when we want to
when we want to
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8. |
if all my life
01:51
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maybe i’ll be fine in the centre
maybe one day i won’t remember
& i’ll be lifted
up to heaven
or far away
well if only i pray
if all my life
doesn’t keep you around
it wont’t keep me up
won’t keep me down
i'll be fine
'cause i'm alive
& that's alright
yeah, i'll survive
'cause i'm alive
& that's alright
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9. |
empty house
03:47
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(instrumental)
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