1. |
How Can I Tell You?
03:38
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How can I tell you I ain’t got nothin to say
How can I tell you I ain’t got nothin to say
Woke up with a new addiction feasting on my
days
How can I tell you I ain’t got nothin to say
How can I whisper everything’s ok
How can I whisper that everything’s ok
This place is far too loud for you to hear what I
have to say
So how can I whisper tell you everything’s ok
How can I tell you I ain’t got nowhere to be
How can I tell you I ain’t got nowhere to be
Flesh and bone and stick and stone all will
soon be one with me
How can I tell you I ain’t got nowhere to be
[Bridge]
How can I tell you I ain’t a man anymore
How can I tell you I never really was before
Hands upon my hands I think I finally found the
door
How can I tell you I ain’t a man anymore
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2. |
Warning!
02:50
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I emptied out my eyes again
Shoveling out all the grief and the doubt
Be some time til I do it again
Give the moon a chance to breath in
Give the magician a coin
In order to inspect the state he’s in
Yearning bodies
Burning bodies to keep us warm
I’m the jaws of winter
You’re a warning
I emptied out my eyes again
Scratching out all the things we don’t talk
about
Won’t be too long til I do it again
Give the girl a chance to breathe in
Give the magician a hand
In order to produce the coin again
[solo]
Yearning bodies
Burning bodies to keep us warm
I’m the jaws of winter
You’re a warning
I emptied out my eyes again
Acting out some kind of petty pointless bout
Be some time til I perform again
Give your lungs a chance to breath in
Give the wind a little time
In order to expel the storm we’re in
Yearning bodies
Burning bodies to keep us warm
I’m the jaws of winter
You’re a warning
Taking stands
Shaking hands a dead giveaway
I’m afraid of the sun
And that my sons won’t know me
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3. |
Bug Bite
02:54
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Bugs gonna bite
Men gonna fight
I’m gonna light a fire
Just to put you out
It’s all a game
Don’t feel ashamed
Losing love is tame
Compared to losing time
So we’re winning it now
I’ve got you in my mouth
Every moment sweeter than the last
Floorboards creak
Only when you try to sneak
The midwinter looks bleak
But only from the other side
Life runs free
Burns it’s neck and scrapes it’s knees
Listens carefully to the trees
And all their rotten tongues
So we’re cooking now
In the park with the sprinklers out
Every moment sweeter than the last
So we’re winning it now
I’ve got you in my mouth
Every moment sweeter than the last
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4. |
Adelaide
04:09
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Thumb prick and a drop of blood in the earth
Wing twitch and a crack of the shell
And I don’t know what got into Adelaide
But I’m shivering in the back of her car
Thumb prick and I drop your outreached hand
Don’t itch away all of your hope
And all of her sons are castaways
But I’m living just to see how far they go
I’ve been waiting on a sign
Posted upon your forehead and mine
Patient wanderer
Don’t look over yonder
The view here’s serene
Paint it green
I’ve been waiting at a light
Rolling an inch or two at a time
Requesting permission
Lost in transmission
The moth to a flame
As Autumn fades
Don’t sit with your grief on your arms and back
Just sit on the trunk with me
And I don’t know what got into Adelaide
Little girl what a mess you’ve made
Ooh
Ooh
I’ve been wasting all my time
Drawing a map from your house to mine
Chasing pavement
But the dust in the basement
Cheats my lungs
Roll off of my tongue
I’ve been wasting on a vine
Plucking the strings of backyard light
Sour and sunburned
Houses crumbling to the earth
And the sea
Trailing off on a breeze
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5. |
Part of Me
03:34
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You wonder how I moved on so fast
Well I was only there half of the time
So while part of me got to roam free
The other part was sitting home crying
You wonder how I twisted the knife
Well I’d seen a dagger before in my lines
You played the part so well it really felt
like you were bleeding out and dying
Oooh
You know that I can’t handle a crowd
I tend to crumple like a foreign flower
Red alert mind eyes desperate to find
My northernmost corner to cower
You know that I can’t stand myself
That is I can’t stand me without you
Get your money right I’ll be along some other night
For now we’ll just have to make do
Oooh
Freezing floes rush over me and I jump out
God only knows what she was talking about
It’s not what it appears
But I can’t pretend any longer to hear
These troubles you lay at my feet
I wonder if I’ve said too much
Or if I should’ve said it months ago
Would I have pulled you dear from the river of tears
I guess we already know
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6. |
Read My Mind
04:50
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I’ve been out walking alone
Lately the path starts to feel overgrown
We seem to be on the same page
On the very same line
You give the city a go
I’ll try the mountains and we can swap notes
Maybe we’ll meet in a park
Somewhere in the middle
Before it gets dark
And I don’t know why
I give in to fear every time
Could you just read my mind
I can’t get this song out right
You’re the key I’m the kite
There’s some kind of lump in my throat
Trying to fill in a heart-shaped hole
Sweet sunny day memories
I’ll keep them close
Yellow melodies
And I don’t know why
I give in to fear every time
Could you just read my mind
I can’t get this song out right
You’re the key I’m the kite
You’re the key I’m the kite
Under the endless sun
Youth disappearing before it’s begun
Time trickles by like the creek
Crawling down hills
Wrinkling cheeks
And I don’t know why
I say the same prayers every night
I’ve been caught in a lie
I slip out the back every time
And I don’t know why
I give in to fear every time
Could you just read my mind
I can’t get this song out right
You’re the key I’m the kite
You’re the key I’m the kite
Don’t let it take me tonight
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7. |
Old
03:05
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We grew up together
When the pink still spotted your nose
Lying down for days your gaze
Decidedly froze
Sleeping in a blanket I scoop you off the carpet
Careful to cradle your head as I open the door
put you in the back of the car and say goodnight
[Solo]
And my mom said, ‘Oh Ben’ and called my
sister
And I know you’re running girl
And Heroes is playing
And the leaves are changing
And the water got cold
And we all got old
We all got old
Drying every tear
In every life that used to be mine
Lying in the sand commanding the fish
To swim in a line
Wrapped up in an autumn embrace
You shine under the sun
Your friends will miss you but winter is here
Your family’s shadow never disappeared
Everything stays though we might shed a tear
When at last your work is done
At last your work is done
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8. |
On Your Way to School
03:34
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You can ride all night
Moon as your guide
Keep me in your heart
Whenever you start
To get a little taste
Of something gone to waste
However far you roam
I’ll always be your home
You can drive all day
Stop where you may
Find the little jewels
On your way to school
In the morning cold
There’s no one to hold
Take another step
Your right then your left
But if I go
And leave my home
She’ll still grow
Strong and whole
Sweet and free and green
A painting in a dream
She looks in my eyes
And I can’t breathe
You can ride all night
Find a place to hide
Let the fire burn
Someday you’ll learn
But for now just sway
Let it wash away
I’ll be on the breeze
Singing with the trees
And so I go
And leave my home
But she still grows
Strong and whole
Sweet and free and green
Another lucid dream
She’s behind me eyes
When I am sleeping
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9. |
Wake Up
04:48
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What if I don’t wake up
What if I don’t live to see the next day
What if I just eat shit and that’s it
What are my friends gonna say
Will they know the whole story
Will they fill in the gaps as needed
Will I fall out of grace in this space
When they find out the things that can’t be repeated
Oh you don’t really think that was me
My spirit is gone
We don’t have long
Cut me open to see what we can see
What if I don’t wake up
What if I forget the right words to say
When it all goes wrong before long
Will I still get a checkpoint to save
Will the system reboot
Will I find myself suitcase in hand
Ready to board a train back to Maine
All according to plan
Oh I didn’t know that was you
Your hands covered in mold
Lips have gone cold
I need you here to tell me what to do
Oh you didn’t really think that was me
My spirit is dead
Misplaced his head
Finally my body is free
What if I don’t wake up
What if I freeze just before the finish line
When that voice in your head drops dead
Who’s to say that your not fine
Will everything stop
Will the show just go on as planned
And when the curtain falls and that’s all
Will the crowd still give me a hand
What if I never woke up
What if the last one really did me in
What if in my distress I confessed
To many lifetimes worth of sins
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10. |
Siren
05:04
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Oh you don’t have to go
Soul on the line
I hear the call
Of sirens singing
Down a highway
Echoing
Atlantic beckoning
I see visions
Of a highway
Weathering
A storm of reckoning
And I fly
And I fly
Oh you don’t have to go
You don’t have to ask for more
The world is here on this shore
Oh you don’t have to go
You don’t have to say another word
Sirens ringing
Down a highway
Near death
I smelt his breath
I see visions
Of a highway
Swerving starboard
Bloody dashboard
And I cry
And I cry
Oh you don’t have to know
All there is to know
In order to grow
Oh you don’t have to go
Make yourself at home
You’re never alone
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11. |
Danny Phantom Limbs
02:31
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I lost my head somewhere along the road
It’s still kicking up dirt
I don’t think I’ll need it for the rest of the ride
But there’s blood on my shirt
Ghosting hopefuls possessing my dinner
Crumbs all over the floor
I lost my legs in another life
They were just dead weight
I fell asleep just to wake
On the other side of the world
As they open my spirit refuses to choose
Eyes of blue or green
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12. |
Take it From a Gardener
04:20
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Blame it on your dad
Doesn’t matter to me
I like mine the way he is
Things passed down inevitably
He likes who I’ve become
He likes the songs I write
Doesn’t care for confrontation
Walks away from a fight
And I guess that’s what’s different now
But I haven’t really changed
I hold him to high standards
But it’s only cuz we’re the same
You could be a gambler
If you just had the gumption
You could be a judge
Codify those assumptions
But you don’t have materials
You didn’t even make a list
Of strangers and hobbies
Decorations and gifts
Have your little party
I hope you’re feeling secure
Things aren’t exactly stable
But you’re picketing for a cure
I like to watch the fire
Building something to burn
I never wanted you to shiver
But I need the seasons to turn
And you know what holds you back now
But that knowledge might be a curse
I drive to keep from fidgeting
But the engine problems are worse
And you know what holds you back now
Can’t you find some solace in that?
Take it from a gardener
Don’t waste the spring looking back
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