1. |
Everything Aligns For Me
02:10
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How do I not kill myself
Under hoards of stress and death,
And now, my mania?
I fight to keep hope alight
But I can't see bright enough skies
To make it out alive
Is this it?
I have to meditate?
Gotta grieve all loss on spot,
Then fucking meditate?
I'm sick,
I'm sick of making this,
I'm sick of all the fucking calls to fucking therapists
So brave...
Yeah, I'm so god damn brave -
You try to light yourself on fire
And see how you behave
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2. |
Swear By Seattle
02:02
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I've done some reflecting,
I just have to say
That I feel like an idiot most days
I was a fool to even play,
And I cannot believe with my heart
I could not make you stay
All of America looks the same
Chemical crops and golden grain,
Sunflowers bust through rusted rails
And I swear by Seattle
I will have forgotten your name
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3. |
Right On, Write Home
03:32
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I run so fast now you’re behind me,
I shake my ass for better money,
If you made a mistake by being there, move on
Did it make you feel brave to walk away?
Right on,
Write Home
Inspect the past like there’s some answer
I tried it like that, now I do better
If it changed once you looked in a different place
If the hook snags a shirt of a soulmate
If the truth was so bright that you lost your way
If you rocked back forth just to ease the pain,
Right on, write home
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4. |
God Caused
03:13
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Thick throat, misquote,
Sharp note, and a cymbal crash
Capsized boat, drive off-road,
Revving up that adrenal gland,
Thought that I would say goodbye
At your bedside, your ring on my
Fretting hand
Being my own valentine is alright,
Don’t mind, I’ll survive,
It just wasn’t in the plan
I don’t fake O’s -
God caused the high-speed crash
You hold my hope -
God damn it man, who’s fault is that?
I should have known, it smelled like smoke
Gave my life whole for you to own,
Big mistake
With the engine choked on river road
I cried “I know he knows he owes
Everything I gave,”
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5. |
Go Slow
02:41
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I'll break your leg if you break my heart,
It's a big thing you know
For me to open and talk about the
Bitter wind that blows once you get to know me
Don't have a name for the place I was
It's a stupid thing you know,
To often open up a memory
'Cause the more you smell a rose,
Love gets pretty boring,
I'm good at over-thinking 'bout
Every single little thing
Go slow through the field to catch it all
Go slow through the field to catch it all
I snagged my shirt on a broken fence
Watching trains again
I knew myself in my adolescence,
In a sense, it was innocence -
Another breeze to fill the windmill
With full sails, I feel still
I'm not enough
Go slow through the field to catch it all
Go slow through the field to catch it all
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6. |
Citizen
01:18
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I see you, you see me,
I know we could be good
But I don't want it,
Do you hear me?
I've got other shit to do
And you're fine to
Take a shine to
The color of my moods,
All I'm asking,
(it's not irrational)
Fill the role I need you to -
I'm just a citizen
Trying to get young honey,
I lost that long ago,
I'm just a citizen,
I don't want your loving,
I want you as a shining stone
In my garden
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7. |
Crystal On The Line
02:30
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I’m a radio, I pick up signals and I
Know what vibe is on your mind
I’m not stupid I know
Disappointment looks like
A golden match strike in the night
You will buzz inside me,
A whisper on my wire
Like crystal on the line,
“Could you be all mine?”
And you’re holding my throat
While you’re holding this court
Everyone says that you’re kind -
Turned the dial last night,
I gurgled like a magpie,
I can’t tell my truth to you -
What good does any of this do?
You will buzz inside me,
A whisper on my wire
Like crystal on the line,
“Could you be all mine?”
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8. |
Come Up Again For Air
01:43
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Who will I be when I
Come up again for air?
A golden lightening strike?
An incandescent prayer?
It's not a need, but I want someone to see me
They cannot be defined,
The things that brought me here
A tangling of vines,
Became receding fear
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9. |
I Say Goodbye To My Baby
02:16
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He’s mine,
He said he’ll never forget me
He said he wanted to marry me
He said he’ll never forget me
Good fight,
You’re drunk enough to forget me
You say you don’t even like me,
You’re drunk enough to forget me
Why try,
Guess all this crying’s not good enough,
How could I get you to fucking stop?
I say goodbye to my baby
Long night,
I say goodbye to my baby
All I hear is the windchime
I say goodbye to my baby
I shiver under his porch light
And say goodbye to my baby
I say goodbye to my baby
I say goodbye to my baby
I say goodbye to my baby
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10. |
Smoked Out
01:14
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I made you cry again, Don’t have the strength to win,
Cave to the floor again, (Matchstick to hairspray)
Docked in Duluth, I truly saw you,
I knew you’d be empty if I sought myself in you
Truth is I loved it: tectonic, chaotic shit -
Thought love took unending grit
Nearly forgot my name
Made a mistake - sure-footed, wild,
Walk into your hive and I only got smoked out
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