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Youth In Revolt
03:54
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I thought that I was blind
It was just the middle of the night
I’m always making these mistakes
Not meaning to give myself a fright
My parents, they wanted me to listen
Well, I shut their door with a jolt
I don’t want to work for these people
I’m just a youth in revolt
“Why’d you have to be so cruel to me?”
I’m sorry, those just were the words that came to mind
“Why’d you yell about not being free?”
Don’t worry, my chains can no longer bind
Look to me, I know what I am doing
I’ve listened to the lies, my speech is stronger than there’s
I saw my reflection in the mirror and said, “I’m in love with you”
Listen, man, I think you better reassess yourself
It ain’t a good look to be so arrogant
I mean, you’re young, you’re dumb, you better learn now
People don’t like ones like you
Where’s the fun in that? I like being me
You don’t understand, I don’t care if people like me
I don’t need anyone else, just let me crawl in a jar, for God’s sake
Look to me, I know what I am doing
I’ve listened to the lies, my speech is stronger than there’s
I saw my reflection in the mirror all I could say was, “I’m in love with you”
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The Boy In The Jar
02:52
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Let me try and figure this out all on my own
Forgive me for being rude, but just leave me alone
I’m just a boy in a jar that’s so far away
From every little thing but the memories
I’ve forgotten the most important things
And I don’t know how to remember them
I sought a bond, a blonde with no knowledge in her hair
Trembling times, I’m tempted to fall
To be forgiven, forgotten all at once
Dirigible the miracle, tethered only to my dreams
I’m just a boy in the jar
I’m just a boy in the jar
I’m just a boy in the jar
I’m just a boy in the jar
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3. |
Longing Song
04:27
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I don’t know if you feel the same
But the days seem to be longer without you
Before I know it, I’ll start to sniff spring
Though I cannot bring myself to call you
I just want to reach out and touch you
I just want to reach out and touch you
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I had so many ways to get you closer
Now I need to forget you
I’m wasting time in bed thinking of you
But I have to learn to move on
I just want to reach out and touch you
I just want to reach out and touch you
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I now know that I am breaking into pieces
These bits fall from the roof of your mouth
I’ve been living off my crocodile tears
Until I see you again
I will miss you with all of my heart
I wonder sometimes if you think of me
And if you go away, I won’t stop you
I just want to reach out and touch you
I will wait for you
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Despair And Confusion
02:46
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Oh, she was a girl
Chain smoking in the dark corner
Eyeliner dripping down her cheek
She was mesmerizing under that light
She wanted nothing to do with anyone
Except for you
And you blew it
Didn’t appreciate what you had
There is so much despair and confusion
Why can’t I just pack a bag and leave
Someone put me back in this jar, please
These days, all I seem to be doing is holding my breath
It’s getting hard to exhale and swim back up
I can see these memories in my eyes
The visions are growing dim, but they persist
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5. |
White Of The Clouds
02:46
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I am lost in search
Of the ghosts who haunt
I hear their echos linger
Through these stretched halls
White of the clouds
Finally, their bodies flew into mine
My blood transformed into ectoplasm
I am no longer me
Someone then scooped out my eyes
And I saw myself floating
White of the clouds
I couldn’t see what you wanted to show me
Your cloudy skin was starting to fade
But I knew you needed my help
Though there wasn’t anything a ghost like me could do
These visions of shapes in the clouds blocked my train of time
We were on Main Street watching the water dispense
Then Inhaling the steam from a clock
Some cats wanted our autograph
But I had no pen
Oh, mama
Will I be alone forever
I just want you to be all mine
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Bicycle
03:01
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Well, I walked, and I fought
The sun that fluttered in my veins
It’s cold out there, right?
I shutter in the dead of the night
My voice was wet
In the way only bicycles could be
The flood of images and pain
Makes the closures of eyes more insane
Why do I have to be so cruel?
For when I look at you, even in the moment
I can hardly twitch my mouth muscles
I feel as though the world has dropped its petals
That thread spools between
Your fingers and my ears
Between us is nothing but chasms
Ready to erode
The breathing ground echos
And trembles beneath our feet
I know this is worrisome for you
It is for me, as well
Why do I have to be so cruel?
For when I look at you, even in the moment
I can hardly twitch my mouth muscles
I feel as though the world has dropped its petals
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Waltz On The Beach
03:41
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I want you to read a book
About a boy whose nose is hiding between the pages
Just don’t spoil the end for me, baby
I’ve heard the story is good
And the writing is unique and original
But I’m scared to begin because I don’t follow things through
Oh, the many works I’ve missed out on
Because I’m scared to take a chance
Oh, the many Blake poems I have in my head
They don’t describe the way I feel about you
Once you finish that one, I’ve got another
But first, you must slow dance with me on the sand
And let us embrace each other, baby
Waltz with me under the pale moonlight
And have our creamy eyes melt together into one
I can’t afford to let go of you, baby
Oh, the many works I’ve missed out on
Because I’m scared to take a chance
Oh, the many Blake poems I have in my head
They don’t describe the way I feel about you
I can’t afford to let go of you, baby
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Take a walk with me
To a place we have never been to
I know you’re scared
So hold my hand, and I will guide you
Do you know the size of the hole
You’d leave in my heart if you were to go?
So don’t venture off the path without me
You were the one for me
Everything I had ever wanted
But now you’re gone, so far gone
I have no bitterness toward you
For you, I was just another boy
But to me, you were so much more
My one and only darling
I’ll never forget your ways
My heart will stay yours until I die
Yeah, yeah, I guess we'll meet on other paths
Other pathways, I guess
Yeah, I'll see you down some other road then In the future
But until then, I hope you have a good one
Run ahead, run ahead
I’ll see you at the end of the sidewalk
What a world it must be to see it through your eyes
I never thought I have the chance
To live in your vision
But I feel my atoms slowly dissolving
Can I run away?
Can I run away?
Can I run away?
Run ahead, run ahead
I’ll see you at the end of the sidewalk
What a world it must be to see it through your eyes
I never thought I have the chance
To live in your vision
But I feel my atoms slowly dissolving
Can I run away?
Can I run away?
Can I run away?
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9. |
Smoke A Pack Of You
02:39
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I want to smoke a pack of you tonight
Under your influence, the world is much more bright
Show me the way
Show me the way you smile
One last time
One last time is all I ask for
In silent ways
I would cut a hole in my heart
light your end
And ash you out inside of me
inside of me
inside of me
I know smoking these things will kill me with time
But I’m addicted, and it’s worse cause I’m in my prime
You don’t know
You don’t know the lengths I’d go to for you
One last time
One last time is all I ask for
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Metal Waves
03:33
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Last night I dreamt of you
laying down on the metal waves
The water glittered in between the blacks
As I combed your hair, you smiled back
Our souls were glued by sap
Waiting for this scene to dissolve
Your hands folded into mine
As the wind gusted both of us
You and I blew into the night
My tongue clattered and tangled
While the horizon fully retreated
I looked into your eyes, waiting, watching and succumbing
You’re moving directly through me
You’re living in my blood and skin
Your black quilted dress touched both our breasts
I need god not to intervene
I believe in a pathway
I see us walking down that way, holding hearts
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Yonder come my arrow
The one that’s dark and narrow
Awaiting to be awoken
Or to be persuaded
The sweet tepid blood quenched
As I had been drenched
And forgotten by the water
All before autumn had approached
And the arrow pierced
I was caught by the rumbling tracks
Late in the cool night
Tied down to the freezing iron
Just waiting to be trampled
Whispering to myself Wilde’s words
All life seems to be is waiting
And waiting for more waiting
I know how to appreciate the waiting
But sometimes, it’s hard to ignore
That one day, I won’t have to wait
Come on, wake up from your dream
Slip into your stream
My sweet thing
So much more waiting to endure
But isn’t that great?
But isn’t that great?
I suppose
I suppose
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