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Paper Dolls
05:24
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Now give me your hand in waiting I stand alone
As we sat along roads skipping stones while the radio played
What you thought was a raincloud honey’s just a change of the scenery.
Make me uneasy, tell me you’re leaving
You’re shell shocked from sunlight it seems and you don’t look in mirrors
Skinny as a ghost and your bones are only getting thinner
We used to shake hands with the future, we used to make use of it all, use of it all
But in passing we missed the moon and landed
Like a paper doll
I wish that I lived in Nebraska among the plains
I’d write on the backs of postcards so my parents know I’m ok
I don’t know where you find yourself now but I hope that you’ve changed
Because I sure as hell have and I’m worried we won’t find our train of focus again
Caught in a gimbal, the missed signal, I was not afraid
We drove through the city at night until we were stopped by the chains
At the end of the road we weren’t sure where to go so we could stall
You were drenched by the thought of it, wrinkled like a paper doll
Yeah Jackson Pollock painted your hair while you stood in the catacombs
While shadows danced against the wall so you could perceive
We waited for you to breathe and stood in shock, when you came out of there all alone
And I cried out you were skinny as a paper doll
I wish I could send a letter before the pony express
So that I couldn’t be sure you’d get it before a bandit
And all I remembered and all that I’d hope to address
Would lay in a puddle, wrinkled and abandoned
Like a paper doll
Hey when we’re alone,
Yeah the rain kept a-fallin,
The rain kept a-fallin, on my guitar
Give me your shoulder
The rain bore a hole in ya,
Danced in the storm like a paper doll
Like a paper doll
Like paper
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2. |
Roanoke
03:38
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Hey when we’re older
Won’t you help me find my old light?
We were once told it would
Never cease to ignite
And it torched the halls that we learned to sleep in
Ripped the painting from the wall of our Eden
And then left us alone
Heavy hearts need a heavy home
Now I’m searching forests
For trees that lay on their sides scorched
Caught in the war
They were painted to look like a storm took them down
The levee broke and shattered to pieces
The only thing we could see were the leaves
Laying around
Never to be found
And if you see gold
In the dirt down in Roanoke then leave a letter
They’re searching too
Help them out, on their road, while we’re together
Honey you still carry
With you the embers of our house
The old pieces of paper
That just lay there, didn’t burn they just went out
Now I’m trying to sleep in a roman candle
Ready to blast off any second,
And I reckon
We’ll be alright
If we make it out
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3. |
We Still Smile
07:43
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We still smile
When I see you once in a while
But it’s so hard to shake
All these failed first dates
But I hold on
I’ve strutted and walked
Over meaningless thoughts
But I think of before
When it all seemed so sure
And I hold on
We used to talk on the phone
You don’t call me no more
Back then we were so sure
You don’t call me no more
There’s a soft, soft, spot
Where your dart pierced my heart
And I feel so confused
Tired, worn out and used
But I hold on
I’ll feel down
From the world that drowns
See I’ve been left to fate
And the greatest escape
Is to hold on
I waste my time
Every moment I try
But not even the stars
Have your heavenly charms
And I hold on
Despite my heart
I should break apart
But I felt so awake
With your breath on my face
So I hold on
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4. |
Have Better Luck
03:11
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Have better luck, have better luck on the
Highway on the run
Have better luck, have better luck on the
Highway with your thumb out
Just waiting for it to run out
Don’t forget, don’t forget how
We wrote our names with knives
Don’t forget, don’t forget how the tree trunks would never die
And we’ll never lose the lines on our faces
And you like to wear long sleeves in late July
If I could guess I’d probably know the reason
You keep your reasons inside
And I’ve heard the rumors California
Isn’t worth the while
But I won’t believe it
I don’t smoke cigarettes
But I get home on the ashtray tiles
I was a mess then
But I know I’ll straighten up in time
I’m waiting on a smile
You were right, You were right
I would always hold my breath
You were right
Maybe I was just like everyone else
But I have lines to prove it
I’m gonna run, I’m gonna run
Till I run out of the state
I’m gonna fight, I’m gonna fight
‘Til my fists have softened up
California fill me up
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5. |
Fingers Crossed
05:15
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You read books about philosophy
So study all that's wrong in me
So it goes
I'm no measure of your sympathy
I hope that you don't disagree
I just don’t know
You were tangled in a knot of holes
Listen to the words you speak
So it goes
I was caught up in a mess of thought
Didn't see the face you wore
Now it shows
I'm tired of wasting luck
For it makes me feel unsure
But if I don't roll the die
I'll be back where I was before
And I, keep my fingers crossed in yours
Here I'm standing in a rainy day
Won't you carry on
Rain, hold me like a lover's arms
Show your sympathy
Please don't wait for me
We think back on what our life'd be like
Staying up all night
On the phone
Sharing stories of our innocence
Before all of this
We were alone
Love like windmills on an open field
Dancing gracefully in a row
Then I came upon the countryside
They were Lucifer
And so I struck them down
I remember that we used to go
To our memories
During times like now
We were clueless shoeless and out of touch
Out of luck and I'd had enough
And so I struck it down
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6. |
The Feint
07:36
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Hey, you’re coming on wrong, again
By moving on
And you want me to think that the tongue in your cheek is a gambler
Taking chances on the color of the light
From the whites of his eyes as he forces you to answer
Where you think you’re going to stay the night
And you’ve always had a sense of inhibition
Resting quiet on your shoulder blade
But you could never stand to hear the whispers
Because of the promises you made
And you go, without your armor
‘Til you’ve shown up wrecked and bruised
Don’t you know you were once a farmer?
On a hill in peasant’s shoes
Yea all in a flash you’re lined up to smile for cameras
Takes you a while to write up a smile for me
By shaking hands you were breaking bridges faster
Than the eye would ever care to take into its stare to see
And you go, without your armor
‘Til you’ve shown up wrecked and bruised
Don’t you know you were once a farmer?
On a hill in peasant’s shoes
And I wonder if
She still looks down at the shoes I got her last Christmas and wonders if I still miss her
I’d kiss her right now if she asked forgiveness
And I wonder if
The men she speaks about so suddenly are thinking about times in her life that she was given to the other side of living
Free,
But hey how come you’re here they say
How come your clothes are faded now?
How strange your change of plans must sound
And I wonder if
She gives in she gives in she gives in she gives in to autumn
Or is that forgotten
Would you throw me a bone? I’m standing alone the alley
Wet behind the ears and on the fence
Your fingerprints still linger from when you grabbed me
And my mirror only your face, reflects
Only your face reflects
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7. |
False Addictions
03:48
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All the kids are going blind
I say I’m lost so that you can find me
A place where we’ll never slow down
Everything seems so uncertain
I give you my word I’ll learn it
All, I’ll learn it all
But memory’s a cheater’s game
An empty canvas in a frame
That you may fill with whatever you desire
There comes again that drafty sound
That cracks and whistles underground
And makes me drop my balance on the wire
I see your reflection through the mirror
How did my eyes get so thin?
I ask myself in the past
I tried so hard to travel inwards
Love was somewhere in the distance
Past the cars and faded photographs
I can’t stand the ruins I hold to
When I asked and I was told to
Try again just not then.
“We can move away” I said
I told her as night began
And my father found out that the car was gone
And your face lit up like lightning
Between the headlights and the sky
I couldn’t get it right then
I had wasted, I couldn’t raise my eyes
I had cased myself in amber
With other girls I just pretended
I said all the things that they would want
When the morning came
I couldn’t stand it
Birds became dueling bandits
Bullets would whistle through the cracks
I remember sitting sober
On the front porch telling my best friend
A lie of what could never be
You were born just one year later
Things don’t seem to carry that much
Weight back when nobody could see
I’m given to false addiction
I close my eyes and paint a picture
Turns out I’m strung on my senses
Turn me on I’m getting restless
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8. |
When You Were Around
05:38
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Hey your breath leaves a cloud
On the window of my car
Do you remember how loud
The thunder caved in
From the back of your mouth
And you took me away
From the galloping herd
You left without a word
But said what you could
From the edge of the world
On the back of your mouth
Now I’m catching the train
The way I should have some three years ago
Give me something to blame
Because I can’t stand, the way I could
When you were around
And now you’re giving me hope
Better give me a rope
I’ll know what to do
You said you had to leave
Well you’d better go now
Before you show what you mean
Your face rides on the hills
Coming through the glass outside
You want me to sit still
But my body aches from the thought that I’d try
To forget my mistakes
Traffic is like a parade
Rolling along as a quiet drum plays
Taking you back to your house
After letting me know you won’t take me back
To the edge of the world
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9. |
Jangly Fingers
07:21
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How do I know
If your head’s on your shoulders
I’ll stay a while longer
To prove that we’re older today
Than we were
When we met, you’re a girl
And you’re set in your ways
Pretend for a moment
You knew about anger
You gave up your innocent laugh
For a time
Then we could recall
The price of that gamble
The threads of last summer
The reel that unwinds into dreams
While you’re out I’ll grab my bags
Have you ever been in this house?
Have you ever been in this house before?
When you were young you were stranger to no one
You could only hold on to those that were new
And you found, with your charms, that the heaven that holds
You sounded the alarm; there was something to give into
Catch my breath
Place it on your windowsill
Hang it to dry on the high wire
Be seventeen, again for a moment
We’re both getting better, at being alone for a time
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Now if you go travel downstream
Where the river meets the flood
It used to be, you could walk along the waterbank
Sink your toes into the mud
It hasn’t been this way for a while, girl
Yeah we tried, girl, we did all we could
The fire’s on the other side girl,
The only thing we ever had in this world
Now if you, call me a rich man
Take it back ‘cause I’m no fool
You! You’re the reason that the fire’s gone
You’re the one who made me choose
Well baby, I know we both have a lot to say
And our lives to lead and our souls to free and there’s got to be a better way
And now tell me if I’m wrong, and I’ll take you to the waterbank
Where the river meets the flood
It hasn’t been this way for a while, girl
Yeah we tried, girl, we did all we could
The fire’s on the other side girl,
It’s all we ever had in this world
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