1. |
Book Two
04:18
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Shine and see your face
Still pretending
Turn the pages
Forget what you learned
Book two
It isn't here
I don't know what to do
It isn't clear
Book two
Will it tell me how to steer
I don't have a clue
Just me and my fear
So don't remember bad things
There were good things too
And seeing you everyday
Can't help me get better
Do I want to get better
Is this really what's better
Book two
It isn't here
I don't know what to do
It isn't clear
Book two
Will it tell me how to steer
I don't have a clue
Just me and my fear
I'm not in control
I can't do what I'm told
I'm not in control
I won't do what I'm told
Change me
Book two
It isn't here
I don't know what to do
It isn't clear
Book two
Will it teach me how to steer
I don't have a clue
Just me and my fear
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2. |
Pain (Please Leave)
04:07
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It doesn't stop
Not on days like these
There's no clause
To give in to pleas
It doesn't stop
So I ignore it
I bite my tongue
Lay out before it
But even if my shoes undone
I never asked for opinion
Why won't you go away
Leave me alone
Just let me stay here
I'm not done
And you ruin all my fun
It never stops
And I don't remember
The last time
I didn't limp through September
It doesn't stop
So I don't heal it
I wish that I could
Choose not to feel it
But even if my shoes undone
I never asked for opinion
Why won't you go away
Leave me alone
Just let me stay here
I'm not done
And you ruin all my fun
I can't stand
This dance and sit
It's some mans game
That I can't wait to quit
But you won't
And you stay
Every pain-filled day
Go away
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3. |
Comfortable
03:52
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I was the sweet idea lazing round at harbor
I took such pleasure in getting by, treading water
I'm not the current that tears and rips asunder
I'm more the floating log waiting for my plunder
Where is my mercy now
I bled it out somehow
Just 'fore it was found
I guess I'm quietly comfortable with nothing
I was this taken by so few things that I found
I was enamored with living's painful sound
I'm not what I would be if I wrote with skin
I'm more a ragtag list of notes that let you in
Where is my mercy now
I bled it out somehow
Just 'fore it was found
I guess I'm quietly comfortable with nothing
Cling to that mercy boy
As it spills from your touch
Smooth as can be
And know you're quietly comfortable with nothing
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4. |
Happiness
03:44
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I feel silence ringing
Where I show nothing
But what I want to convey
What my eyes always betray
That happiness
Always seems
But the absence of misery
But so with time
I learn to block it out
To stunt the fires
And learn to live without
That great shameless feeling
That nowhere is good enough
I don’t know if I’ll get better
But I hope it won’t stay something I trust
That happiness
Always seems
The absence of misery
And the more I search
The less I find
It's just a memory
It is a good one
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5. |
Stone Woman
06:05
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I didn't move for your right or your rule
Though mutual orbit won't change for that
These tattooed fingers just don't feel alive
They don't touch like they once did
Wrinkles come, from my mirror derived
Show the cracks where we once hid
Our dance was sweet and compact
All I needed was your hand on my back
You didn't move for my sun and my tears
Though mutual orbit won't change for that
There was fire in your heart yesterday
And dust where two bodies used to lay
You didn't move for my flight nor my fall
Your stone and my soul lead us to decay
The sun was always tomorrows weather
A record with a few too many skips
Somehow translated white silk to white leather
The edge just allowed us to tip
Our dance was sweet and compact
All I needed was your hand on my back
You didn't move for my wall and my gift
Though mutual orbit won't change for that
There was fire in your heart yesterday
And dust where two bodies used to lay
You didn't move for my touch nor my look
Your stone and my soul lead us to decay
Crazy comes with a glint in your eye
A spring in your step
Cruelty now with a three word phrase
An easy smile
Madness falls with the rain
Feeds the fires
Frees the liars
Our dance was sweet and compact
All you wanted was my hand on your back
You didn't move for my eye and my phrase
Though mutual orbit won't change for that
There was fire in my heart yesterday
And dust where two bodies used to lay
You didn't move for my step nor my smile
And we learned to enjoy our decay
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6. |
Trustworthy
04:21
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I save gifts from happy days
They write new memories
I hold words I didn't say
They write new memories
But I wasn't trustworthy
I'm a husk just unfurling
When you hear of broken hearts
And how it all fell apart
There's someone else you
can blame
But not this time
I am the problem
I have thoughts I don't deserve
They give me false joy
So to my beck and call you swerve
Have I given you joy
I have got you all convinced
That I'm not as bad as this
But I wasn't trustworthy
I'm a husk just unfurling
When you hear of love in shards
All that was good at the start
And there's someone else you can blame
But not this time
I am the problem
But I didn't care
No I didn't care
About how ingrained in you I'd be
Which you would hate if you could see
Because you are trustworthy
So you're not quite as fucked as me
When you hear of love in shards
The things that tore them apart
And there's someone else you can blame
But not this time
I am the problem
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7. |
Title Role
04:57
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I had big plans today
Set my alarm a half hour early
Thought I'd get up
I had dark dreams today
You made me keep on twirling
I saw paper promises fill my cup
My hopes now feel unreasonable
But does that make me abnormal
I only asked for my cake and a kingdom
I only thought I was the title role
I thought it was feasible
I tried to be reasonable
I thought this was feasible
I tried to be reasonable
My plans are foolproof
Half-truths cover the holes well
I stayed out of your eddy
My hopes now feel unreasonable
But does that make me abnormal
I only asked for my cake and a kingdom
I only thought I was the title role
I thought it was feasible
I tried to be reasonable
I thought this was feasible
I tried to be reasonable
Lovely hearts fill this lonely world
And you're one among millions
Lonely hearts full this lovely world
So who am I among millions
I tried to start when you caught my eye
I felt like one in a million
A silly heart that trusts in eyes
So who am I among millions
I thought it was feasible
I tried to be reasonable
I thought this was feasible
I tried to be reasonable
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8. |
Something Else
05:08
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Don't look at me like that
I swear I won't have it
So go away or stop it
I see you, dressed for war
And you, you know it
So why won't you stop it
Won't you do something else
Cause I already understand
You're in pain
Yelling won't help you stand
Or make you sane
It just forces us to brand this with anger
And I won't
I am fire just like you
But they don't always have to see
How sad that life must be
Can you do something else
Cause I already understand
You're in pain
Yelling won't help you stand
Or make you sane
It just forces us to brand this with anger
And I don't wanna feel that anger anymore
I can't feel that anger anymore
It's too sore to touch with our whorish touch
No I don't wanna feel this pain again
Can't feel that pain
Like a pen stabbed deep
Writing itself deeper and deeper
And I'm here to help you stand
I'm here to understand
Just don't spit on the helping hand
I swear to help you stand
But you've got to understand
You help me stand too
You have to try something else
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9. |
Slip Away
04:09
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Take your head off
Toss your shoes by the foot of your bed
Have one for your calm
Two to drown your dread
Take your head off
Pull your mind out
Let it breathe, let it feel the air
Done with your job
Finally unimpaired
Pull your mind out
And let that pressure slip away
Give it some time
Allow some time without your thoughts
Forget the battles that you once fought
Give it some time
Put your mind at ease
You silly little tease
And let that pressure slip away
As you face today
Cause there's no reason to hold on
To things that don't let you go on
So let that pressure slip away
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