I'm on my own
carry me home
the water flows
on to the coast
I'm on my own
carry me home
the water flows
on to the coast
I tried to make something completely different but my project crashed, so here are the lyrics for that song at least:
sweep me up
dust me off
I don't feel much like
anything anymore
for awhile
I was glad
to be lying around
now I'd like a kick out the door
interlude
now I'm coating
everything
how I'd like to be floating
away
floating away
feels like I'm beginning to rouse
as the sunbeams strike
through my immeasurable body
I rise with the light
i'm over the moon
hiding away
but she's coming soon
with a swoon and a sway
as the sun
sings good night
she'll raise her sleepy head
while the city
still shines bright
prismatic lagoon
crystallized sky
from my rooftop saloon
I watch her float by
for a moment in time
I let slip/ my lines
as I allow my eyes
to be filled by her light
instrumental piano & synth piece :)
all things must come to an end
but if I can give it a shove
my world may continue to spin
on and on, through the years
I will sing through my tears
cuz the only way to keep going
is to make the wind keep blowing
in my life
there've been times when
I've wanted to quit
but I keep
pushing myself
for the hell of it
while all my friends have settled down
I just don't find it comfy on the ground
when I catch your eyelash falling
drifting in the autumn wind
make a wish
think about the future calling
not there yet but soon we'll be in
imagine this
all my life, I've been fortunate
enough to keep the demons out of me, but
in time, I'll need something
to keep the cold from seeping through my bones
save your wish
for a rainy day
keep it close
don't throw it away
on a superficial want
don't you let it go to waste
keep that eyelash secret, keep it safe
someone told me that I
was a long way
from where I'm meant to be
it was a sunday
afternoon at the bar
she had a chardonnay
I looked back and sighed
I said "yeah, you're probably on to something there"
how come I can't even find the time to cut my hair?
one day I'm walking with my shoulders back and head up high
now I'm just eating these salt sticks
and they're making me dry
they're making me dry
they're making me dry
they're making me dry
when I open up my fridge and see nothing there
I think of all the ways I let myself down
many years ago I told myself I'd learn to care
meanwhile the leaves on all my house plants turn to brown
digging through the cupboards at 3 am
finding nothing but emptiness within
check that drawer I always forget exists
and find a bag of those same salt sticks
they're making me dry
can't say
I saw it coming
can't say
I thought of running
were my eyes
open wide
enough to see
the light fading
from in front of me
had I known
a week before
maybe longer
a year or four
would it have done me
a lick of good
could I have foreseen
what I should
have done differently
or would it be the same
same photo in a different frame
can I resist
doing the same old thing
can I resist
the pull of safe and easy
every time I open up my mouth
the same sentence seems to come out
can I fly the spaceship to the moon
break from the box inside my head
will I make the same pragmatic moves
doomed to repeat mistakes again
rocket on the trails of a shooting star
burst with light like a solar flare
break new ground on the planet mars
can I get there? I think I'll get there
spent way too much time trying to find the right key LOL chorus ended up a bit...like it ended up.
if I can break
through
what will we do
midnight blue
fortune and fame for life
freedom from pain
freedom from strife
all the pavement's slick
with autumn rain
as the cool air grows thick
in our fogging brains
fucked up that it's
so hard to meet
someone who can
crush our fears and
hold out for the
day when we're not
shaking, crying
trying just to
break through
standing in the field
knowing that I'm broke
think of how it feels
being a scarecrow
stuffed with golden straw
poking out my veins
stitches in my jaw, don't
think I have a brain
please come closer
I'm no monster
no need to fly away
or peck out my heart of hay
I'd kill for a friend today
don't know how to find a way
stuck in the pouring rain
left out to rot again
clothes damp as sunken caves
my half life's down the drain
I never thought
that I'd be the one to
call the shots
or close down the avenue
it's been awhile
a week or two's gone by
I don't know why I can't begin
to even bring myself to try
when the mail never comes
just know it's not your fault
the wind and rain and sleet and snow are
still raging in my heart
while the envelope stays empty
and the book of stamps stays closed
just burn all of my letters
as the first and final blow
it's not sunday, just another doomsday
My first goof around with FACGCE tuning
on the outside again
all the papers say it's so
close your eyes, count to ten
open up, the numbers grow
nowhere to go
they won't stop
til it all sounds the same
they'll keep on
til they understand your brain
they know what it takes to make you
whip out that credit card and
pony up the cash for that
same old kitschy trash
feed the beast, they got us down
to algorithmic ATMs
take a last look around
before they bury all the gems
don't bow to them
they won't stop
til it all sounds the same
they'll keep on
til they understand your brain
they know what it takes to make you
whip out that credit card and
pony up the cash for that
same old kitschy trash
in his hidden lair
he's got nothin to prove
in his hidden lair
he's got nothin left to lose
ozone
we took a bite out of you
spew your poison gases
leak them into the air
it's only all our asses
why should you even care
ozone
we took a bite out of you
when we're all lightheaded and dizzy
they'll be the ones lyin in the shade
they can try to keep us busy
we can try to make them pay
honestly idk what I've done
open up the door
turn your handle to the floor
crystallized, frozen shut
nothing there to pull you up
remember something that you saw
once
pull out that hairpin
so you can begin
to fight for your freedom one last time
before the call comes in from the other line
sink or swim
i play to win
this game I find myself playin
over time, I feel the grind
I feel the warmth
I feel the air
I feel the wind blowing through my hair
and yet it burns me to the core
on the sidewalks, in the road
fuckin everywhere I go
the sneers, the comments pouring out
make me scream, make me shout
but you won't take this piece of me
tear me down, or make me weep
I know it's more than you can handle
when I wear my socks with sandals
something a little different today :]
all synth and string parts played live (synth is behringer model D, strings are redtron mellotron VST)
don't think I ever learned how to mix synthy stuff in my chiptune days...
I hear your voice
coming in from the outside
muffled by
six feet of eternity
I've been locked inside this
box as long as I don't know when
guess I'll keep calling for
someone to come dig me out
can't stand to be on my own
somebody please come and take me home
I'm on the outside looking in
I couldn't explain, don't know where to begin
how did I get here? I don't know
I'm way too young to end up a ghost
come dig me out
come dig me out
please dig me out
come dig me out
are you a beacon of hope?
are you an omen of destruction?
something tells me by the time
I get a clue, I might be fryin
on a cloudless darkened day
I'll watch the sun give the earth away
burning rocks falling from the sky
all the birds forget how to fly
and the lakes and the riversides
run as barren as the oceans dry
and a million glowing moons
hum a solemn sunken mourning tune
we will not forget you
we will not forget you
though we hardly knew you
we will not forget you
I'm sick of the cuts on my fingertips
don't know what I'm s'posed to get out of this
what am I meant to do now?
gotta find a way to dull the pain somehow
I'm searching but I can't find
no evidence, no question line
I'd kill for a breakthrough
something honest, something true
I'm scooping up DUST witht he oars of my canoe
and burying the lead
search me I've got nothing
search me I've got nothing
investigation's off the rails
you poured dry ice upon the trails
there's nothing
search me I've got nothing. the case is
shattered beyond all recognition
I'm stopping now, ending transmission
there's nothing
I swear to god there's nothing
every night
every morning
I see you there on the floor
would it be too much to ask of you
would it be over the line?
would it be so preposterous
to ask you to spend
(the whole night with your body wrapped in mine)
to ask you to spend
(eternity with your heartstrings tied to mine)
to ask you to spend
(a moment or two with our hands and legs entwined)
to ask you to spend the night
with you and me together
a solemn meditation for those affected by the devastation of hurricane ian
toss me out
I won't be coming back
when seasons change
I will remain the same
the subtle summer breeze
won't put a bend in my knees
when green turns to autumn red
I'll stay asleep in my bed
I'm not your boomerang
can't throw me away
expect me to come
circling back
after all
the years of attack
as the current
rises freely
no resistance
underneath me
falling, sinking
through the wire
raging, burning
feed the fire
interlude
endless circuit runs
fortune favors none
damage can't be found
broken path to ground
felt like an instrumental kinda day
there must've been something in my eye
a smudge on my glasses making it hard to see
I'm not typically this kind of guy
please don't think any less of me
out of the dark, out of the mine
into my mind
I won't blink, I won't close my eyes
the second time
no lies, no libel
no slander
all I want
is a proper gander
I really, really care, I really really wanna see
what it is you're trying to show me
you didn't have to
I know that it's true
I'm not quite as good as you
but I knew the basics
enough to get me through
I know it was you
who told the big cheese
about my lack of experience
with excel spreadsheets
sayonara sammy
I'll see you in Miami
at the office team building getaway
I'm filled with mixed emotions
you got me this demotion
and relocation
to the 5th floor
no bathroom no water fountain
5th floor's got me always poutin'
I could've looked it up on YouTube
now my career is TooDoomed
alternate title: growing up as a cis straight white man in the USA
it doesn't seem fair
to be breathing the same air
an open window
bars on the door
I don't know who's counting
but they fucked up
I've spend hours doubting
just sipping my cup
in the end, I'll burn
my eyes
from staring at the sky
I know I don't
deserve this life
I've had it easier
than most
and I know that's wrong
sleepyboysunday
something stirring
in the world today
endless worrying
about running out of things to say
ideas falling out of your head
replaced with memories
of things you wish you'd said
can't escape this feeling
seize the day
grab it while it floats within your reach
seize the day
forget the thing they say about the earth belonging to the meek
seize the day
a song about going for a walk in the desert after your pet poodle has died and hallucinating a snake wearing high heel shoes
left my sneakers in the van
next to my coca-cola can
ten miles out I'm feeling faint
shut the windows peel the paint
I'd be feeling okay
on any other day
there's a snake in high heels
hope he knows how I feel
a song about robots
big dreams
of living in the city
feeling that crimson glow
a life of celebrity
but did you know
that there's nobody
left who does it right
and those names
you see up in lights
have never seen the flash of the camera
never caught a glimpse of their reflection in the lens
hold a candle up to next to no one,
hey, I guess it takes one to know one
takes one to know one
small steps
the calculated crossing of every line
the low hum
of mechanisms whirring in perfect time
honest thoughts
honest feelings
as foreign as Jupiter
metal hearts
pulsing data
through the wires in their brains
they've never seen the flash of the camera
never caught a glimpse of their reflection in the lens
hold a candle up to next to no one,
hey, I guess it takes one to know one
takes one to know one
shades of green and mediocrity
never heard of reciprocity
her purple mountains majesty
fade to blue
and I'll never see ano-other autumn
the way I used to-oo
when I was making my way to the bottom
I thought I saw hue
yellow, good bye orange sunrise
red brick buildings, golden french fries
Dark Side of the Moon, hey, remember that tune
Any Colour You Like?
and I'll never see ano-other autumn
the way I used to-oo
when I was making my way to the bottom
I thought I saw hue
first track in our new house in the mountains 8^)
don't apologize and don't be afraid
maybe someone else can clean the mess that
you made
you're acting so surprised, but there's
nothing wrong
by now I'm sure you've realized I knew it all along
gift monkey poop
but that's okay
this is the most beautiful green thing I've ever seen
I've been so many places
ain't been dealt too many aces
everywhere I go it seems
I shatter more than just my dreams
you may find it rather funny
you might think it's rather sad
this life i live
sounds like a joke written
by my dad
oh, the fractures
in the radius
and the humerus
in the toys r us
DOCTOR
when I'm feeling low
I go to the highlands
there's nobody else
save all the sheep
got nothing to prove
I sit in the silence
mist billowing round
all over me
under my feet
the grass is so green
I cannot remember
the reason I left
the birds and the trees
for smoke and embers
can it be
my soul itself
lies broken
in shattered pieces
amongst these hills
how does one mix a tune
WRINKLY