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The Long Crawl
08:38
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THE LONG CRAWL
Woke another day with my head smashed in
My memory of you died with me on the floor
Never again will I let this happen
Who wants to guess how many times I’ve said that before?
It’s gonna be a long crawl
Holes in my story weren’t nearly enough
The spirit had to be spilt from the horse’s mouth
And after it’s long dead, I’ll still beat it up
But we can still make small talk if I keep having doubts
It’s gonna be a long crawl
Honesty hasn’t quite dazzled me like this
Impenetrable to light until I flipped the switch
I, the executioner and I, the savior
Sharing my one good mind’s eye
One good mind’s eye
One good mind’s eye
One good mind’s eye
One good mind’s eye
It’s feeding time again, Like a moth to napalm
It breaks my legs in good fun and lays me down right where I belong
These are just words, But only maybe
These are only words, Just for you baby
Isolate and adapt or give me to the ground
What use is a trail of tears if I can’t gather enough to drown?
These are just words, But only maybe
These are only words, Just for you baby
One good mind’s eye
One good mind’s eye
Took a detour just to come full circle
Everything seems to end once I learn the curve
A graceful dance can become a spiral
I’ll just hope I land softly upon my return
It’s gonna be a long crawl
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A Spade is Not a Spade
03:51
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A SPADE IS NOT A SPADE
Heaved onto the operating table
We went to work and fell so deeply in love with each other’s scalpels
The only difference is my guts are in technicolor, and yours are a 1930’s horror film
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
These days my spine is like a tightrope
And while you try to find your footing, I’ll be waiting for you to choke
I long for the day when you’re a thorn in my throat no more, My tourniquet is getting tired of working overtime
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I’m so sorry, but I’m not sorry, no
I’m so sorry
I’m so sorry, but I’m not sorry, no
I’m so sorry
But I’m not sorry
I’m not sorry
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Blue Necktie
06:24
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BLUE NECKTIE
I've been wishing you well, while quietly hoping you fail
My words dance on marionette strings, dancing on strings
Call me selfish and such, but my intentions should mean much more than my actions surely sing, surely sing
This isn't about you, baby
I found myself handcuffed to what may or may not be love
One way or the other it was doomed, so doomed
We can pretend we know, and put on a hell of a show
This curtain call is for an empty room, an empty room
This isn't about you, baby
Dead at the doorstep, Let's just call this what it is
Buried in the backyard, Sorry for the inconvenience
Sorry for the inconvenience
I will find comfort in this, the way I always do
I'll wipe your name from my lips, as soon as I forget you
If I forget you
This isn't about you, baby
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4. |
We Are Dirt
10:33
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WE ARE DIRT
We are dirt for the bedding
Bone dry earth that’s bored with bloodletting
A waning thirst in despondence
Let’s us disperse no matter what happens
We are smoke through grinding teeth
Dragging ropes toward clusters of barren trees
Hang all oaths which were once gold
They must choke before they can erode
You won’t feel a thing, You won’t feel a thing
You won’t feel a thing, You won’t feel a thing
Never forget that we are dirt
We are rust in brand new joints
All locked up to define a proven point
Long enough that it’s hopeless
For both of us to be anything but finished
We have peaked at our valley
Bound to sleep underneath wisely
I can’t feel a thing, I can’t feel a thing
I can’t feel a thing, I can’t feel a thing
Just always know that we are dirt
Lungs like horizontal hourglasses
Gasping to help direct a rolling mist
We have peaked at our valley
Bound to sleep underneath wisely
We are dirt
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5. |
I'm On Fire
04:21
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I’M ON FIRE
Lend me your eyes so I can get a good night’s sleep
I’ve been deprived and treading blind, hoping you’ll collide into me
So let us drink to how wonderful I appear
I dress myself in designer smokescreen and try to be sincere
Spitting gasoline at my fading embers
Extinguishes me for now, at least
The hotter it gets, the wider I’ll stretch my grin
I would dig myself a grave but I’ve learned that holes are for pigeons
So let us throw glass in stone houses for days on end
And when I start getting tired, I’ll just borrow your eyes again
Spitting gasoline at my fading embers
Extinguishes me for now, at least
Burnt to a shell
The little things are all I need to remind me I’m just sad, sad, sad
I’m on fire, You’re on fire, We’re all on fire
Maybe we’ll be admired
I’m on fire, I am on fire
I’m on fire, You’re on fire, We’re on fire
Maybe we’ll be admired
I’m on fire, I am on fire
He’s on fire, She’s on fire, They’re on fire
Maybe they’ll be admired
They’re on fire, They’re all on fire
I’m on fire
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6. |
A Lost Heart
06:33
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A LOST HEART
A lost heart can never be stolen
It wanders far from dried up gardens
Even though I spit you out doesn’t mean I don’t like the taste
Just another day before the next predictable disgrace
Thrown down a well
A trembling anchor
A lost heart is never under siege
It carries not one secret to keep
I’ve avoided breaching trap doors ever since the bad old days
Just another day spent comfortably smothered in empty space
Into orbit
A hollow grenade
Many moons will march in mourning
Along to silent serenades
The only signs they read are warnings
Even while they’re not on display
A lost heart will never stand on trial
It wears the mark when it’s back in style
Only for so long can my chest keep stopping runaway trains
Just another day in the life that I’ve been dying to sav
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Some Body
04:08
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SOME BODY
Her vessel has always been an animal head
Impaled on a swivel at the foot of the bed
Keeping close watch, Eyebrows raised over wild eyes
Interpretive and hungry to be wide with surprise
I’ve been bound to a chair, On the run from a wolf
With teeth only used for smiling and stripping flesh off
Leaving my bones is the only hope, Something in the air tells me that she won’t
What’s the point of the hunt if you let your prey go?
It’s just some body holding me tightly
Grasping me closely, Trapping me madly
I might as well wait it out, Eventually you will fall
Then I’ll lift you back up so I can mount you to the wall
It’s just some body holding me tightly
Grasping me closely, Trapping me madly
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8. |
The Endless Mountain
08:36
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THE ENDLESS MOUNTAIN
From a cityscape to flatline
It was slung back and shot like an arrow in my hide
I knew I was on the right track
When I walked away with a target on my back
I’ve met the perfect match this time
This endless mountain, I’ll no longer climb
The sun will set on top of us
We must choose between the dirt or the settling dust
I could very well let you down
But I’m done digging trenches in the common ground
I finally learned the catch this time
This endless mountain, I’ll no longer climb
Sure as shit not brave, but I’m trying hard
We keep taking the bait and putting our necks on the same guillotine every time
I can’t close a chapter in which every death sentence has a question mark
A hero will only be measured by the lengths his villain is willing to go
I’d build a staircase but a wise man would say where there’s a will, there’s hell to pay
There’s hell to pay
There’s hell to pay
There’s hell to pay
Counting curses in a purple room, Wrapped in arms like prison bars
Laughing all the way to the tomb, It’s only real if we play the part
The landslide campaign now unfurled
How can I restore balance in such a crooked world?
Must I reflect on the mountain
I need only look at how my head has caved in
I’ve met the perfect match this time
This endless mountain, I’ll no longer climb
Sure as shit not brave, but I’m trying hard
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