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Elena
03:07
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You had a pink DS lite
that you played on the floor
Gave the party guests a fright
Then they said “you’re so sweet”
When you’re grown
I wonder who you’ll meet
And at your 15th birthday
You cried when the other girls
got the dances wrong
Your mom said if you keep this up
You’d never be right
You’d never belong
Love was never gonna be that easy for you
Ooh I just wish someone had told you
Ohh Elana, which ever way did you go?
Cause it’s that fall from grace
The lines on your face
That I could never trace
Right back to the place
Where in your disgrace
You threw down your lace
And said “I don’t wanna know”
Then they sent you to the school
Where you met him
Though he treated you cruel
And when you complained they just said
“Well he really likes you”
Did it fill you with dread?
Now are you giving in?
When he begs to you
Do you listen to him?
What else is there to say
What a bitter story
what a sad cliche
Love was never gonna be that easy for you
Ooh I wish someone else had told you
They got married in the month of May
That’s where most of these stories end
But they say that, she ran away
And they haven’t seen her since then
Love was never gonna be that easy for you
Ooh but you already knew that, didn’t you?
But whichever way did she go?
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2. |
Daikon!!
02:04
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You find yourself fending off the allegations
I wonder how you find yourself in these situations
You’re worming your way out of their stipulations
Somebody better bring you right into the station
Well I know where you live
And I know what you did
So you better run, run, run, run, run
Cause I’m coming after you
Yeah you better run, run, run, run, run
Daikon!
You think you’ve gotten off with a good clean break
But thinkin’ like that is a fatal mistake
I don’t know how much more of your __ I can take
If you go to bed now, you better stay awake
And now you think you’ve got it made
Get away with anything, it’s ok
Having a laugh with your wife cause you liked
But don’t look now I’m standing right outside
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3. |
I Will Never Understand
02:54
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He’s hateful and dull
In all the worst ways
You light up the room
Even on the grey days
But do my eyes lie now?
Are you holding his hand?
Why you like him I will never understand
I’ve never been quite right
They say I’m a fool
I always wanna fight
Every standard or rule
So I never could quite grasp
Why a woman loves a man
So why you love him I will never understand
I can’t understand
Why you care for him now and you act like it’s required
Why you’re holding his hand
After he told you boldly that he’s always been a liar
He bores and he ignores you
But you still say it’s all fine
Trying to get why you haven’t left him yet
Is hurting my mind
I’ve done nothing for you
I barely even said “hi”
But someday if you’re willing
To give someone else a try
I’ll stand beside you
I’ll do all that I can
But why you liked him I will never understand
But why you don’t hate him I will never understand
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4. |
Mannequin
02:53
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Mannequin, I’m alone again
You know it’s only you I’m seein’
Push my hands into yours again, why don’t you
Hold me back when I hold you
I know it really, can’t be such a thrill
Standing there, in the windowsill
Was it all just, only time to kill?
All these things and, yet I still
Oh, when I see you standing there, you move me
Even if I’m not the only one
Oh, when I see you standing there, you move me
Even if I’m not so special now
Oh, when I see you there, you move me
So whatever’s in store, I’ll be right by your door
You don’t need to take pity on me
Mannequin, I’m alone again
I don’t really care where you’ve been
Find myself in your arms again, why don’t you
Hold me back when I hold you
Why don’t you smile with eyes that don’t exist?
Why don’t you pull me back from this precipice?
I’m running out of good things to say
You know I can’t see it any other way
So whatever's in store, I’ll be right by your door
I only wish that you could see.
Mannequin, I’m alone again
You know it’s only you I’m seein’
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5. |
The Lovely Numbers
02:30
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One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
My baby’s got herself a strange occupation, yeah, oh yeah
I find her nightly in this odd situation, yeah, oh yeah
I wake up from my slumbers
To her soft voice counting out
So many lovely numbers
So I ask her what it’s all about
And she says
One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
She turns and looks my way
And my heart jumps when she says
I love you, I let me count the ways
And so I joined her in her new fascination, yeah, oh yeah
You’ll find us nightly in this odd situation, yeah, oh yeah
I have no need for slumbers
Just wanna hear her counting out
So many lovely numbers
We’ve got this whole thing figured out
And she says
One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
This happens every day
Still my heart jumps when she says
I love you, I can’t count the ways
One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
I love you, I can’t count the ways
I love you, I can’t count the ways
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Lambs bleeding in a green field
All ‘cause they would not yield
These things can’t really be healed
But they don’t care about that
They said it’s just a joke mate
No need to get so irate
Next thing you know you’re scared straight
But they don’t care about that
Out there fighting for the crown where the bleeding hearts and jokers, bleeding hearts and jokers
Don’t look now they’re turned around, they’re the bleeding hearts and jokers, bleeding hearts and jokers
Crying the fresh pain
Blood spurting from a cut vein
Looking at you like you’re insane
Cause they don’t know about that
Mauling people onsight
They’ll tell you that it’s alright
Just stay out of the next fight
Don’t you worry ‘bout that
And with a sneer you ask me if I wanna pick a side
You think you got me torn, you’re saying they both lied
But I don’t really think it’s that hard to decide
If you were beat down broken by things you can’t control
I know who would save you, but do you
even know?
Laughing at the bloodstain
They swerved right out of their lane
Wound up with a bad sprain
Now who’s fault is that?
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7. |
Helicoprion
02:55
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I met a girl with a buzz-saw face
She told me about a guy she met at some place
I know he’ll please you for a moment,
He’s got some skill, he’s got some thing
But will that keep you warm in the night when no one's listening?
Why don’t you kick him, why don’t you kick him to the curb?
I didn’t like him, you didn’t like him, it’s absurd
How we play these parts, even thought we’d rather hide.
Why do you act so smart when you’re shaking inside?
And now I’m feeling like helicoprion
Feeling so long in the tooth when you go on
You got me feeling like helicoprion
Feeling so long in the tooth when you go on
Dead bones in the ground, not an answer to be found
Why don’t you leave him now, don’t say you don’t know how
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When she called
You didn’t know it was the last goodbye
And right then the cell went down
So all that she could say was “Hi”
Before the signal cut out
And never again
Would she hear the words
That you whispered then
Far Away and Long Ago,
You didn't come right back here so
You were the last one to know
I found out long ago
You didn't call me back so
You were the last one to know
Now did you fall
When you found out she was gone
Did you scream up at the sky
“I don’t want to go on!”
Ooh.......my love
My darling, you
Were my strength when things were tough
You’re the one who pulled me through
Far Away and Long Ago,
You didn't come right back here so
You were the last one to know
I found out long ago
You didn't call me back so
You were the last one to
Knowing you I bet this haunts you
for such a long time
They might mock our tears but is it
such a crime
to not be fine
When you're the only reason that I
That I
You're the only reason that I even try
If it's not you I don't want this anymore
I don't want this anymore
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9. |
These Roads
03:09
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These woods tonight are so dark and lonely
I drive back from your house, under the full moon
I wish I could say I was thinking about you only
But you've gone and left my mind, far too soon
Sometimes I think these roads are the only ones that know me
Because they’re the only ones, listening to the songs that I sing
Sometimes I think these roads
Are the closest thing
To God as they carry me, carry me home on wing
Sometimes I think I could run forever
Sometimes I feel that I can't go on anymore
But given the choice between now or never
I'd take the only one that I know is for sure
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