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So Distant
03:47
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I want to talk to you
I've been missing the way that you sound
That's all I need ask of you
If you came back around
I want to look at you
I've been missing your body, your face
I need the real thing
The one in my mind is taking up too much space
When you're so far away, I know
I am bound to lose my mind
You can't keep yourself so distant
Without leaving me behind
I want to know you again
I want more of the time that we once had
How beautiful you were
Remember I was so strong when you gave me your hand
I wish that I'd lifted you up
Now that you're gone, no one will ever know
If they had seen how you loved me,
would they have forgiven me for letting you go
When you're so far away, I know
I am bound to lose my mind
You can't keep yourself so distant
Without leaving me behind
I want to burn for you
God knows what I did wrong, and I can't face it no more
I've still got this picture of you
I'm just waiting for you to walk through the door
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Stasis Bait
03:30
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Time is not for healing
Time is not for anger
Time will not pay off with gold
Time is not a byline on the judgement day report on why your heart is so cold
But if you don't have enough,
catching it's so tough
But have faith
and put out some stasis bait, and wait
For the right time
Some believe time should be free, that holding on is cruel, and I don't disagree
But can you tell me how I'll be healed, how I'll survive tomorrow's day?
Answer me
Because I don't think you understand
I don't think you understand, I've been dying all this time and I don't have a plan
I have you, but I'm checked out
And I'm due
And if you don't have enough,
catching it's so tough
But have faith
and put out some stasis bait, and wait
For the right time
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I had known it all day, I had been waiting for the moment
Still don't know how it was done,
I was relying on the one thing we couldn't discuss
When I finally approached the fact
It came out of me like an answer
To a question you didn't ask
And you really didn't want to think about
It was as bad as I could ever expect
She stayed in the guest room that first night
And I woke up when she cried at about five in the morning
And I acted like I do when the cat cries for his food
A real bad dude, just trying to go to sleep
When I left I knew I'd never come back
Because you can't come back from wandering
To escape a pain beyond your control
I could never know what I would come home to
Yeah, it was as bad as I could ever expect
I woke up early again today
She and her dad came by to get the dog
I couldn't sleep, I took a shower and I fed the pets
And dammit, I was here the whole time
For the way she looked at everything
That I knew that I was taking away
In the moment, I could not even comfort her
And that was as bad as it would ever get
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What Would You Do
02:49
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What would you do if you ran into a man who claimed
That you could help him save the world?
That you could heal the sick,
And mend the mad, the criminals
Against their will, and without an agreed upon pill?
What if he told you that you'd have the things you most desire
That everything holding you back was a moonlight fire?
Transcend the mundane, ignorant crowds
And comprehend the clouds of reality
Much would he ask and much to you would he give
I bet I would take that deal
I'd want to find out, "Is that man for real?"
"Or is he just leading me on for his own ends?"
I don't know, but hey
What if instead he said you'd have to let go of everything
That nothing you had was yours to use?
That you would be asked to do some things you'd never wanted to
And in return, you'd get something he couldn't show?
Yeah, that one I just don't know
I don't want to give up or lose control
I've seen where that can lead, and I'd rather do this on my own
With my conscience in my head to keep me company
With a dream and a plan I'd need no one else to understand
And execute the moves to get us closer to
Someone who does right in spite of narrow wants and needs
Corrupted not by wealth or foolish pride
Worthy of trust, and never brutal or combustive
Maybe someone like this is with you now
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