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It’s A Reunion
02:17
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there was a layer of earth and a layer of clouds
and i was somewhere in between them
didn't feel like myself as i floated around
suspended by the feeling
veins run through the ceiling with the blood from the blueprint
it's been a whole lot for these walls to live up to
to wind up right back where you started from
it's a reunion
well i knew it was useless but i had to try
to stop the time from turning
felt the light in my eyes adjust to ordinary life
like a miracle reversing
i didn't want to say it so i cut off the ending
and stopped the trip dead in its tracks
trains roll backwards and i'm home at last
it's a reunion
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left the spirit when i left the house
didn't know where i was going
rushing forward like an airplane taking off
things that are impossible and things that are not
from this vantage i surveyed the landscape
until it lost its familiar outline
noticed how it all seemed unified
things we tried to show off and what we kept inside
people on their rooftops looking up
so i tried to look majestic
free in my own way but i was flailing losing steam
things we had to pay for and what we got for free
traffic lights swing in all directions
flags wave on suburban driveways
there is no one in the world but you and me tonight
things that we took with us and what we left behind
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3. |
A Sucker’s Punchline
02:54
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choking on a sucker's punchline
and savoring the applause
some heroes get to reign in their own time
and others have to wait 'til they're gone
i spent the weekend trying to remember the words to the song
eventually said forget it and sold the whole catalog
and what do you know?
everything must go
i dreamed that i had joined the drumline
in heaven's marching band
where the crowd spills out in the sunshine
and hell's angels wait in the stands
i can't remember how i got all this blood on my hands
in the corner of my eye i see you starting to dance
and nothing's for free
well that's news to me
well i got this guitar and i learned how to make it squawk
the feedback filled the sky like a thick cloud of fog
and they sectioned off the block for a sidewalk woodstock
we were ready to rock
'til the waiting felt like music and the music felt like work
and i'm choking on a sucker's punchline
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4. |
Unearthing Atlantis
02:40
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finally felt the weight of things
with newfound self-consciousness
addressing the issue of who wears the pants
and skirting around it
was digging a hole to bury my worries in
when i found it
unearthing atlantis alone
hope was the thing we cashed in on and fled
unburdened
little enclaves of light in an otherwise blank slate
fireworking
unearthing atlantis alone
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5. |
Help Was Wanted
03:26
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tugged at a tear in your fabric
this was life how we dreamt it
help was wanted but went unmentioned
pages and pages of taglines
just pick one you like and let's go for a drive
introducing something tragic
considered in terms of worsts and bests
resisting the urge for permanence
only wanted things to last a little bit longer
let's say the future's not happening
and the past's a happy accident
i just noticed how you started slowing down
and i feel better when you're around
in the gap between art and the artist
from home to where the heart is
some songs are oak trees and some are sawdust
sung through the walls of apartments
slipped in the cracks of an argument
never said it but i meant it
imagined in terms of firsts and lasts
retraced our tracks with nervous laughs
initials carved in the undead bark of a public park
let's say the past is not happening
and the future's not what we planned it is
still riding high, still enjoying the ride
the closest thing to heaven while you're alive
let's say the future's not happening
and the past's a happy accident
i just noticed how you started slowing down
and i feel better when you're around
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6. |
Betrayed
02:14
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i was waiting for the right time to say it
and i let the silence take the stage
it was more delicate than i could have been
and left less room for misinterpretation
i wanted to say i felt betrayed
betrayed, betrayed
between the rays where i spent my days
i felt betrayed
you just kind of stood there
i wasn't even sure you noticed
you had been looking for some cord to plug your phone in
meanwhile i was being interviewed in my head
long after the event
and anyone who watched me said
i came off wise and eloquent
and all i could say was i felt betrayed
betrayed, betrayed
beaten and afraid in the face of change
i felt betrayed
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7. |
Accidental Glamour
02:11
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a damning testimony from a close friend
the headlines say you're hanging by a clothespin
who would pay a penny for your secrets
i could write those dream scenes while i'm sleeping
accidental glamour
didn't mean to turn you on
the court room sketch it showed you crack a smile
if looks could kill you wouldn't need a trial
you moved on from desperation to denial
to depression to anger then to Ohio
accidental glamour
didn't see you standing there
and how long have you been watching what i'm doing?
and how long did it take 'til you'd seen through it?
a maze of backroads then you hit the turnpike
changed your name and started working part-time
the cameras caught your face right as it turned white
flashed before my eyes just like a past life
accidental glamour
tripped and landed in your prime
but you were once a friend of mine
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8. |
Reckless
02:34
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i wanted to feel reckless
to wind up somewhere different
to trade one feeling for another
and feel closer to each other
'til it's dangerous
i wanted intimacy
access to the part that no one sees
in this way i thought i'd try to get to know you
when i got down to the showroom
it was closed to me
i was soaked in sweat and bored to tears
still crazy after all these years
i feel reckless
do you think this part's worth writing down
i'll hop a train and then leave town
i feel reckless
i wanted to change everything
to shed the skin that i'd been hiding in
i had managed to convince myself i was finally seeing clear
but i was spiraling
i felt a sense of urgency
that made the words emerge impulsively
i watched them strive to grow up better
fail to live to their potential
and float back to me
find your voice and work with it
in the last place that you look for it
i feel reckless
get used to craving what you can't afford
when god closes a window my love opens a door
i feel reckless
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