1. |
Pipe Dreams
02:09
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I felt the power of the present
Having left my home behind
Briefly I held on to that freedom
Until it shackled me
Cut me down to half my size
I was scraping my toes against the pavement
On an avenue
Where my pipe dreams
Burst a leak in the ground
I grew up quickly and burned out faster
My stubborn anger led the way
Through late nights spent staring
And disregarding
Those neon warning signs
That came to me when I came down
Now I'm scraping my skin against the pavement
To shed whatever burden lies
Over my body
There's something I've been missing inside
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2. |
Local Policeman
03:39
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Sitting idly on my shelf all day
Piecing things together at last
Watching local policemen detain
All of my drug addicted friends
Every evening by the pyramids
Music seeping through the campus sky
We are raccoons, we are sleep deprived
Just a little longer I suppose
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3. |
Little Hopeless
02:03
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Little hopeless,
You can cry wolf if you are dressed as a sheep
And the farmers will follow
Held tight to every falsehood
That falls from your teeth
You are a shameful dog
Backed into the corner
With so much more bark than bite
But your words fit right
They'll get you where you're going
Nobody dares to question
It's difficult to question
The hardest part will be walking out
With out tails tucked between our legs
Our faces as the bomb we built
Blows all of us away
Little hopeless
You can cry wolf if you are dressed as a sheep
Shameful dog
Backed into the corner
With so much more bark than bite
But your words fit right
They'll get you where you're going
Nobody dares to question
It's difficult to question
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4. |
Drinking Coffee
02:33
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Drinking Coffee
Down along the way
Though the others are around me
They're always looking the other way
While doing laundry
We separate the colors from
Any item that has none
You wouldn't want them all to fade
They're far away
Seeing as they never really got to control
The unfortunate phase
Between being taken care of and being alone
The future is false gold
Stick with what you're told
Like drinking coffee
Down along the way
Though the others are around me
I'm always looking the other way
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5. |
Nowhere
04:13
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Before you left, you left your mark on me
A slow release amphetamine
The planting of a seed
You told me that inside of everyone
There's a place for strangers, family, friends, and love
And watching over them
Is a version of yourself
You will always be
The only one to see
So every day
Becoming more acquainted
With the purest form
Of self evaluation
How honest I can be
When talking only to me
How frightening are the things
We could all be
With disregard towards everyone I know
Walking further, running faster
Down the rabbit hole
And with acceptance
For the things I don't know how to change
Let's see how far this nowhere can go
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6. |
One Less Body
04:33
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Three years ago
Off Ruddell Road
I hid behind a tree
Heartbeat quick, I wondered if
You two could ever find me
The smell of fresh cut hay
Suspended in between
A million little stars
And thirteen year old me
Was cut in two by cigarettes
And quiet conversation
That grew until we finished
Our late night hide and seek
Way down along the fence line
Where we had to bury Lin
I realized I was happier
Than I had ever been
And down along the trees
Where we had to bury Ty
I was allowed once more to be a child
Three weeks ago
In Daniel's backyard
I shared a smoke and wondered at
The way the story ends
Midnight, clear mind
I coud see that things were changing fast
It's rare that something built
Can last
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7. |
Decent Man
02:37
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I whispered softly
Into my hands
That I will never be a decent man
I pressed my palms
Over my ears
So they could tell me what they'd heard
And ever since I can recall
It's been hard to control
My temper towards the people that I love
The resentments grown
Since dad left home
"Even still you must be thoughtful,
You didn't go through that alone."
I know you think I'm wasting time
Instead of writing
Getting high
Instead of working
Sleeping in till afternoon
Instead of loving
Lashing out
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8. |
Catch
03:30
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That aimlessness
You feel after midnight
It's been haunting me
Then reeling me back in
Don't wanna stay inside
But I've got nowhere to go
Gotta relearn to be comfortable alone
Well history's repeating once again
Getting tossed around
When the right time comes to
Play a game of catch
And I don't wanna stay inside
But I've got nowhere to go
Gotta relearn to be comfortable alone
I've moved
Unsteady on my feet
Unsure of my intentions
In taking up this space
Successful in
Keeping myself cloudy
So I don't have to worry
About facing anything
I've spent so long
Wrapped into my reflection
As if this introspection is
Anything but selfish
I hope you don't
Have to wait too long to
Realize that my absence
Could have helped you all along
And on and on and on
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9. |
Out Of The Woods
04:23
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I'm almost out of the woods
I can tell by the sunlight
Peeking through all the branches
Second chances up ahead
So cautiously I'm approaching
If there's a chance it isn't real
Wouldn't be the first time I made
A mountain of a hill
Cause in reality
My freedoms still so far away
I'm held captive by my bodies needs
They rewire the logic
That keeps me in touch
With the person I think
I should be
I'm damn near out of my mind
I have read it in my bloodline
The more I'm sifting through this history
The more skeletons I find
Cause in my youth during a winter far less frigid
I was ill prepared to makes sense of what I had heard
You built an oak wood frame
Housed a picture of us
Then promptly ripped your face out
Once the damage had been dealt
That's how I first learned that
These days go on and on and on
You can sleep them off
Or simply drone along
And nobody praises you for waking up
And shaking off
All the extra weight that life can pile on
Doesn't mean that you should not be proud
Oh my, I think it's time
Stop obsessing over why
You left behind
It was all for the best
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