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Dressing Like a Stranger
03:25
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I’ve been walking through my mind this morning
But I don’t recognize these winding roads
All the buildings feel small and there’s nobody in them
Is there no hope at all of getting home?
There’s a lonely park bench in the center of my head
And I sit for a while to count the trees
Thirty-two strong, but the wind is rarely blowing
I’m in a film stuck on pause that won’t unfreeze
Anything can change ya
Dressing like a stranger
Running from my failure
Hiding up my sleeve
If there’s a god I hope she’s grinning
Like a child sweetly singing
Is there a monster underneath her bed
Can you wake me so softy
With a kiss and a black coffee
So the cycle goes round and round again
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2. |
Blind Missiles
03:21
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There we were
Merely silhouettes
Shallow faces
With no names yet
Grasping on
To a single thread
All the worst things
Ain’t happened yet
Still I worry
I’m so sorry
Still can’t help falling head over heels
Keep my distance
Dragged under the wheels
Oh what a world
How it beautifully lies
Oh what a world
It’s getting harder to try
So far apart
In the blink of an eye
Round and round
Blind missions fly
There we were merely
Human beings
Born to struggle
And born to dream
You were made for me
I was perfect for you
Something’s off
Do you feel it too?
Like a painting with the
canvas showing through
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3. |
California
03:13
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I will meet you back here someday
After the storm
We can re-tell old stories
Oh the times we were younger
In love in a hurry
Why worry?
You’d say empty your questions out onto the floor
They’re only keeping you heavy
The light has this magic here
Watch how it slow glows
Through the windows
I’m waiting for ya
In California I’ve saved a spot
Beyond the crowded parking lot
We can sit and wait
Til summer fades away
Only thousands of miles
Only no one I know
But I like when it’s raining
There is a smile in your voice
That you’re barely containing
And I’m changing
Past the burning tree
It should feel like nowhere
Beyond the golden beach
There’s a space for two there
A little further reach
Not nearly over
Wait for me In California
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The siren sound
Have you fallen asleep yet?
I simmer down close under your breast
A record spins
All through ’til the daylight
I wake again, and you’re still by my side
We may be falling backwards
And feeling out to sea
Hanging on for the sunrise
’Til we’ll be wild and free
But with the world still shaking
And you lying next to me
There’s nowhere I’d rather be
Your warmest glow
Never easy to leave it
‘Cos nothing fits me as well as your arms
The dinner fight
The shadows at sunset
Still close at night
With miles to go yet
We may feel under pressure
Just floating helplessly
Holding out for a pay rise
When we’ll be wild and free
But with the curtain falling
And you standing next to me
There’s nowhere I’d rather be
There’s nowhere I’d rather be
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5. |
Can't Get High
02:58
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Maybe there’s an answer in the mail today
Breaking open boxes like it’s Christmas Day
And I’m 5 years old
Nothing’s taken hold
Packing the apartment all her books are a maze
Still find inspiration from the lecture she gave
About moving on
About letting go
Sorry we got broken
Gonna take us some time
Nothing ever happens in the daylight
It takes a revelation
Just to turn it all round
Can’t get high ’til you come down
You said you saw a future if we get through the day
The sentiment was perfect
The delivery late
I’m not 5 years old
I’m not letting go
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6. |
Me & God
02:55
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Me and God have been talking again
But it’s too soon to call us friends
He still won’t carry the weight of the world
Just keeps listing off all my sins
Me and God have been laughing again
It’s always funny reading passages
But he’s still quiet at least half of the time
And I’m left with unread messages
So many voices shouting so much noise
And I’m not listening anymore
Me and God have been singing again
I play piano and try to follow Him
But it’s always songs about glory and pain
I prefer the instrumental hymns
So many voices shouting so much noise
And I’m not listening anymore
Be better
Live smarter
Go further in less time
Change faster
Hurt harder
Don’t let a single day go by
Me and God have been fighting again
And I’m too tired to make amends
Cos I count the dead while he prays
By his bed for forgiveness and the rain to end
There’s just so much I’ll never understand
I know for sure I’m not done listening
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7. |
All Night Stand
03:53
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Baby tell me a lie
The truth is out on the line
I’ve been all over town
Not a single sound
Living on shaky ground
But nothing’s moving for now
Everything will be fine
Just tell me a lie
I spent tonight pretending
I was young again
Charmingly polite
And self-assured
Waking in the night
With a familiar body close to mine
I’m a lucky man
On an all night stand
Baby give me a ride
Gotta clear out my mind
You’ve always held so well
And I always give you hell
Words fall like rain
On long hot summer’s day
All I can think about is you
And all the things we’ve left to do
Every night
Every night of my life
Every night of my life
Every night of my life
I spent tonight pretending
I was young again
Charmingly polite
And self-assured
Waking in the night
With a familiar body close to mine
I’m a melting man
When you hold my hand
I’m a lucky man
On an all night stand
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8. |
Summer Somewhere
03:03
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Waking at night
Give me an ending to this horror story
All my trouble’s on the inside
It’s summer somewhere
The fire’s changing
How the rain is falling
It’s pouring ashes of a past life
Aim higher
I know it’s late and your arms are tired
Sing sweeter
Your voice will kill me every time
Ooh
Look around babe it’s not as bad as you feared
Ooh
Look around babe you see not everyone’s scared
Who’s got a secret?
Who’s got a sorrow that we haven’t seen yet?
It’s not the future I remember
When the years don’t start til December
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9. |
Forever Endeavour
04:09
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Will we remember this?
Not just the worst of it?
There’s nothing sacred
To how we make it
Time will just speed away
Once the world is safe
Will I use it?
Or keep on I losing it?
In the morning light
Before the questions bite
All I am is yours
All I am is yours
Learning lullabies
To drown the quiet lies
And the droning sounds that keep me up at night
Bright mirror
Blue river
Wash over
Our forever endeavour
Moon shimmer
Move slower
But take cover
Cos everyone is terrified of loss
And counting the cost
Just like us
When we’re homeward bound
Will even know the crowd
It’s only wasted
You forsake it
Remember those fading scars
I’ll always be proud of ours
We won’t forget it
Just don’t regret it
You’ll just never find
A painless way to say goodbye
You’re all that I need
Will you fall with me
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10. |
Wiser Too
03:19
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Every bird
And every stone
I’d give up half a lifetime just to have you home
It’s hard to see
What’s hard to solve
I been wearing masks since I was five years old
Every voice
Can sound the same
Until you stop and listen to how each voice can break
Some will crack, while others fade
I guess I’m trying to find a clever way to say
Someone’s gonna break your heart
I’ll be standing where you are
I hope we’ll all be stronger soon
Maybe wiser too
Were you there?
Sid you see?
The ground beneath was spinning
Like a falling leaf
I feel alone
In crowded streets
I wish I could believe what everyone believes
Someone’s gonna stop your start
But everyone’s been where you are
I hope we’ll all be safer soon
Maybe wiser too
I know the chance of getting struck's unlikely
No one’s gonna take my mind of lightning
How’d I know the sun won’t just stop rising
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11. |
The Walk
03:50
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There’s a tight rope swinging
From the past, high in the trees
Where the hell it’s leading is obscured by all the leaves
Just blind steps forward
Swaying with the breeze
If I fall who will catch me?
All the tight rope dancers
I imagine in my dreams
How they take bold chances
With a grace you’ve never seen
I’m so unsteady
How can I believe
That I’m strong
And I’m ready?
The walk is tough
The rope is rough
But if it carries them
It’ll carry us
All the fallen leaves
Help us count the cost
I will walk if you walk with me
Not yet half way over
And the weather’s scaring me
Storm clouds gather
It’s getting hard to see
But I think I hear you
Stepping close to me
And that’s all that I ever need
The walk is long
The rope feels strong
If we just stay close
It’ll lead us home
Baby don’t let go
Cos I can’t walk alone
If I fall will you fall with me
I will walk if you walk with me
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