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Lonely Ghosts
03:52
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I'm losing my mind and I'm not certain why
but my spirit is yearning to keep me confined
just to find that poor soul that's been hiding inside
There's some kind of glue that's keeping me from you
It's messy and so tedious to remove
I am stuck here and there's nothing that I can do
Lonely ghosts are a nightmare to save and the
lonely ghosts, they all live out in caves and they all
waste away til the morning calls
I'm losing my breath cause there's smoke in the air
It's deathly and fuming but people won't care
til the day when their lungs are beyond repair
Lonely ghosts are a nightmare to save and the
lonely ghosts, they all live out in caves and they all
waste away til the morning calls
Lonely ghosts are a nightmare to save and the
lonely ghosts, they all live out in caves and they all
waste away til the morning calls
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Floodlights
05:22
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It's hard to sleep under floodlights
so I'll park my car up in the forest
I'll get consumed by the blackness
where I'll finally get my rest
Cause everywhere I go is lonely
That I think will never change
I can't find someplace that's homely
when everything gets twisted, rearranged
It's hard to sleep out in the gutter
so I'll rest my eyes out in the park
I'll get ignored by all the people
but I'll be happy in the dark
Cause everyone is selfish
when all I want is their time
but everyone hates the homeless
so all I get is their petty, pity dime
I can't see the end to all my lousy trends
that always push everyone away
but the fact that all I know
is that I just don't know
is what keeps me going another day
Maybe I'll try to sleep at your apartment
but I don't know what good that'll do
I can't bear to sleep upon your sofa
when there's a spot right next to you
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Bird
07:03
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Let me play you a song that keeps me standing here
I will try not to bore you, make you disappear
so I'll play a progression that everyone's heard
One that's falsely heartwarming but it sings like a bird
I'm a puppet controlled by some unknown power
like the sun and the sky nurtures plants and flowers
When I walk down the street, I don't see the near future
Just a broken body and a doctor with no sutures
I hear children at play, having their golden days
and a dog in the park, chasing quail til it's dark
Well they have no worries
When will those days come back to me?
There's a beautiful girl with her hair up in curls
and her eyes sparkling like the sun on the sea
and though she blessed the earth, she didn't feel no self-worth
She said I can't take the pain so she stood out in the rain
And she said "It's the only thing that comforts me
It's the one damn thing that won't abandon me!"
but then she felt herself grow
when the rain fell down into her soul
There's a Mexican boy who was looking for joy
With his family, he fled, "From their country", he said
but we ripped him away from his parents that prayed
just for someone to save them
I wish I could save them!
I wish I could!
I wish!
I wish I could!
There's a dream in my brain where it rains every day
and it helps us to bloom and it rids of our pain
and the rich stop consuming
and the lovers keep crooning
and the grass starts to grow
and the smoke drifts away
Well I know it's absurd
but I know I'm not wrong
so I sing a sad song
that sings like a bird
Sings like a bird
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Floating
03:08
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I was standing on a mountaintop on the backside of my town
where the bushes sway and the buzzards prey making all their lovely sounds
and when I closed my eyes and stared at the sky, the sunlight kissed my cheek
and I felt like I was floating with the earth under my feet
and I know it don't erase all the shit I've put in place
but it's sure as hell a real good distraction
and at least I'm not confined to the killjoys of my mind
and everything that I have spoiled in my life
(repeat)
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