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Artificial Light
03:01
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I bought a candy bar
Down at the candy store
But I’m not really allowed
I’ve got some cavities
A kind of mouth disease
Never said I was too proud
It’s hard to feel free with all this heavy gravity
No way to be alright in this artificial light
I left the tv on
A show about Genghis Khan
They said he descended from a big, gray wolf
I’ll have some pizza please
Onions and extra cheese
It’s okay I’ll eat it myself
It’s hard to feel free with all this heavy gravity
No way to be alright in this artificial light
Every night I get lost in this weird old house
Drill a hole in my head let the demons out
The sun comes to quickly for my taste
Shining on my barely sleeping face
It’s hard to feel free with all this heavy gravity
No way to be alright in this artificial light
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2. |
Can I Call You Up Late
01:32
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Can I call you up late
Would that be a mistake
I need to know it today
Am I just in the way
Am I the imperfect one for you
Spit and shined looks like new
Is your flame a little dim
Can I try to be less grim
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3. |
North Bay
03:00
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I can hear the neighbors out on the fire escape
The moon’s hanging low like a dinner plate
I’ve been hoping for a revelation
But I only hear the voice in my head
There’s a Christmas cactus dying on the windowsill
And my mother says her life is unfulfilled
I’m making puppets in the guest bedroom
And they always come out looking like me
The Siamese cat is difficult
Glaring from under the green lamp
I put all my poison in a letter
Sealed with some spit on a stamp
There’s a white van parked on the corner
I’m worried that they’re doing surveillance
My toaster keeps catching on fire
I’m starting to get used to the smell
The only calls I get are solicitors
Trying to sell me things I don’t need
I’ve been hoping for some kind of direction
No one knows how nervous I am
Standing here up on the rooftop
Looking out at the North Bay
Feeling the wind wind through me
Somehow I feel good in a way
It seems like I might be okay
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Lovelier
02:02
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This winter’s grasp
Is tightening
Around my feet
Cementing
Ones who shine
Take the hardest hits
Immerse themselves
To feel all of it
And you’re more lovelier than lovely
With fists made of stone
We all stumble through the darkness
Looking for a home
Look high above your body
Scratch down deeper still
The sun is burning longer
With each day inside the chill
And you’re more lovelier than lovely
With fists made of stone
We all stumble through the darkness
Looking for a home
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5. |
Waking Up
02:12
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Look for me, if you want, I’m not hiding
Been so long, since we were kids
I’ll be home when this wind stops pounding
While you lay fast asleep
When will waking up be easier to do
I’m seeing lights die out too early
I feel the pull of gravity
My love for you I sing of sadly
While you lay fast asleep
When will waking up be easier to do
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Robbery
02:40
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Stop for some gas at the mobile
Trying to act nonchalant
Sensing what's not on the surface
I'm sure there is something you want
I miss the mystery
The way the wind kissed at my skin
Maybe I'm traveling backwards
Seeing the places I've been
Here come the old misconceptions
I've got some rules about men
Everything feels so familiar
Back in the shit again
Back in the shit again
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7. |
Frosty Window
02:56
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Can you feel the weight of these peach-sized snowflakes
Falling all around us dancing in the sweet stuff baby
I wasn’t lying to myself it was only you
You said I need some help how about now that we’re through
Were you surprised how we cannibalized
Every little word we said is there something to regret
Waste paper basket full of colorful rubbers
Introduce me to your new nervous lovers
Walking down the street in the brand new snow
Remembering the places where we used to go
I can see the light from your frosty window
Hoping that you sense me here below
Tell me some new lies I will try to act surprised
Maybe I’ll get mad do an impression of my dad
Sometime next week I’ll head down to the pool
Play Marko polo alone like a goddamn fool
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8. |
The Crossing
02:00
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Feet fly fast
Last moment for free
Smell the air
The past gives chase
You’ve run out
Of excuses
Stare into your young face
Tell them the truth you’ve seen
Have you learned anything at all?
Lungs burn now
And flames escape
It finally has caught up to you
This war, this pain
Cruel momentum
Will make a man more true
Tell them the truth you’ve seen
Have you learned anything at all?
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Dinosaurs
03:24
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Last night Chicago got the best of my mind
I was dodging and reeling like a boxer
Putting out the fires I never even started
For about as long as I remember
Acetylene torches boxes of washers
Tools outlined in marker
Smell of Old Spice and Irish Spring
A hint of gasoline on my father
Widening chasm between what I am
And the person I might have become
Translucent snake skins hanging from the rafters
Wondering what remains
Laying in that field flat on our backs
Imagining dinosaurs roaming all around
Last night my lover got the worst part of me
No one really knows what hides inside
Standing on the rooftop soaking in moon glow
I’ve been growing colder for decades
Secret weight of stones hidden in my pocket
Smooth enticing and quiet
God I love quiet
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It Feels Right
03:14
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In the gale sky I see the thin black birds
Underneath them ice and foamy wash
I’m taking in the freezing cold air
And feel as if I’ll make it all-right.
And it feels right
It feels right
Stumbled once or twice on roots in the path
Some I ripped straight out of the ground
If you’re wondering where the hell I’ve been
I’ve been looking for me myself
And it feels right
It feels right
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