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drop attack
02:50
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sitting on a sunday afternoon in this cold water
rolling on this big old sea
it’s everything to me
settle down in this ghost town
just don’t meet his daughter
swirling in this whirlpool you will drown in misery
i never fall
not at all
now i can’t stand
without a hand
another drop attack
flying stars and passing cars but can you kill another?
wait it out to find it’s all just make believe
tugging boats and fraying ropes and just my favorite trucker
little brother’s in his bed you’ll find that he can’t sleep
i never fall
not at all
now i can’t stand
without a hand
another drop attack
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2. |
city lights
04:06
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another day goes by
i still can’t find you
lonely nights in my head
i can’t wash them away
but there is another one
she’ll make my lungs burn
she’ll keep me here on earth
until you return
claim your prize it’ll be here waiting
runner up, winner’s on vacation
it’s you
close your eyes so you don’t see me leaving
i can’t think this has got me reeling
it’s you
i don’t really even love you
but you don’t seem to care
city streets, saw them in my sleep
but i can’t find them
city lights, burning big and bright
but now i don’t know where i am
city love, just a dirty dove
in this nightmare
city breeze, what a tease
in this hot and humid night air
change of plans can’t see through the madness
little things make it much more tragic
it’s you
got no faith as you stand beside me
i can’t be free i won’t land on my feet
it’s you
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3. |
all is lost
03:48
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when all is lost what’s left of you?
a shadow of a man that you once knew
when all is found and whole again
you can never disconnect from where you’ve been
i never thought we’d come so far
so far from who we are
light a match and watch it burn
burn it off your crown of thorns
i’ve been bailing for way too long
and i need your help if we’re to make it home
i’ve been trying to find a reason
that i should go on
go to sleep and when you wake
i’m on another world
when all is lost what can you do?
but let all of your despair wash over you
when all is found and you’ve tried your best
you find out in the end it was all a test
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4. |
empty nest
02:45
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look into my eyes
can you see the fear?
i smell like I’m homeless since I’m living here
spending all my days just wondering how it all will end
and i can’t enjoy myself
look at us now
don’t ignore the fear
that’s just one thing that’s put us here
spending all our days
alone
all by ourselves
i know that i’m wrong
but i can’t help myself
look at the sailboat in the bay
look at me and then you say “hey, hey, hey”
look at the sun upon your shoulder
look at the baby when you hold her
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sabine
04:08
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storm’s coming
rain clouds rolling in
waiting for the chance to wash your skin
wind’s whipping
blowing around the leaves
waiting for the chance to give your hair a tease
sabine
if i don’t see ya
i’ll be here
i know we’re gonna be alright
bombs are falling
sirens ringing clear
waiting for the chance to instill some fear
people yelling
fighting in the streets
waiting for the chance to have you bow at their feet
chorus
sunlight racing through the depths of space
waiting for the chance to warm your face
so the next time that you go outside
ride that feeling up into the sky
chorus
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6. |
head of the house
03:41
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try to find the perfect sky
the same as when your daddy died
wipe those tears from your eyes
it could be out there
i’m out there
you could be out there
look at all there is to find
walk a little more each time
you could also have it all
if you’d only walk here
just walk here
i didn’t walk here
wash your feet in turpentine
act like everything is fine
slide yourself right back in line
but don’t try to walk here
don’t walk here
nobody walks here
i never thought that I would find
a place that I could call mine
who would’ve though after all you’ve done
that I’d wanted a life
I wanted a life with you
it’s hard to believe after all this time
we’ve nothing in common at all
I guess that don’t matter
you’ll never walk here
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you wouldn't know
04:53
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i creep
down your streets
you don’t owe me
you don’t own me
i breathe
on your sheets
you don’t know me
you don’t know me
you wouldn’t know
it’s only the lonely
I wait
for you to sleep
I don’t wake you
I don’t wake you
I pray
my soul to take
I don’t write you
I can’t write you
chorus
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8. |
old friends
03:19
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I’ve got old friends
I’ve got you
living our own lives
our own slice of paradise
what you don’t know
i wouldn’t give it back
but I’d give anything
to have both of those lives intact
all my old friends left by the wayside
I’ve been playing this stupid game
for six long years with no one to blame but me
through my whole life without meeting anyone
I ran halfway across the world
but I can’t find a way to get it off my back
I want to fix things
make amends
reaching out to those
artificial foes
time stood still dear
but I kept on ticking
it turned me old and invisible
I got caught in its trap
chorus
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9. |
ben's reprise
00:49
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10. |
stand still
04:04
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that day in 1992
found out we were losing you
I acted like there was nothing wrong
before I knew it you were gone
and you filled that house with so much love
now it’s filled with drugs and alcohol
but I never said ‘goodbye’
in my 10 year old mind
what I didn’t see just wasn’t true
when will your son leave the nest
bled everyone dry now there’s nothing left
time has stood still for so long
he really never could move on
chorus
what will you do when she looks to you?
will you stand and be a dad?
chorus
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11. |
what's happened to me?
06:18
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I’m sorry if i let you think that i was coming onto you
you had to know i’m married too
i thought you knew
It’s hard to keep your head on straight
when all you know and love escapes
it all comes crashing down
never thought I would drown
in this big, big world I wait
for my life to take it’s next big turn
is this all a big mistake?
am i doing what I have to do?
I’m sorry that I let you down
and didn’t help you make the rounds
I had to save myself
or I’d never get out
been losing sleep these last few years
a rolling truck without its brakes
I’m slowly coming to
I thought I knew
chorus
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