1. |
Each Passing Day, Pt. 2
01:17
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Each passing day I try to be better
And each day I fail, again, it’s maddening
And if I could just make the space to remember
Maybe I’d stop the ache from happening
And If I could just take my time
We wouldn’t be burned when I turn on a dime
And if I could contain my pride
We won’t come unmoored when our natures collide
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2. |
102A
02:44
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Walking down 102A I realize that I’m resigned to
Lose the things I did today. They’re just as well forgotten.
Pushing through the liminal space, the little lies that we rely on
“Here we are. We’re in this place.” – a fault-line on a border
We will never be the same
Things will never be as they were
Let’s get out here
And take off down 102A
Walking down 102A I realize that I’m astride
The seam the grid can’t integrate – a stitch without a warning
If we were to run away this may be the perfect place to
Cut our ties and watch them fray – We’re leaving in the morning
We will never be the same
Things will never be as they were
Let’s get out here
And take off down 102A
Let’s go
I really wanna go
We will never be the same
Things will never be as they were
Let’s get out here
And take off down 102A
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3. |
Day to Day
03:35
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6:05, snow-cast glow
Orange lit kitchen window
Quiet steps down the hall
Sorry for every footfall
Sometimes I wish that you could know
The perfect loneliness of knowing that I gotta go in the dark
‘cross the empty lot where ragged trailers park
We’ve gotten used to living well
It’s hard to wake up feeling grateful
Is our contentedness a virtue
Or a gently numbing spell?
I know that you and I find beauty in the day to day
Find love, find music in the world we made
The day to day light, the day to day tenderness displayed
You and I may not fight
We’ll stay up and talk all night
Sacrificing some rest
To the tightness in our chests
Sometimes I wish that we would fight
To feel the righteousness of knowing there is wrong and right – not for us
Just the steady rasp of wool against the rust
The crashing waves of push and pull
We’re always looking for the answer
What if the answer’s not decisive?
A repeating decimal
I know that you and I find beauty in the day to day
Find love, find music in the world we made
The day to day light, the day to day tenderness displayed
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4. |
Lost in the Stacks
05:14
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Meet me at the Archer Library
Ivory arches reach to granite sky
A campus rejecting artificial water
The snow drifts fill fountains; desolate and dry
Here we are lost in the stacks again - two errant books
Turned around; lost in the stacks again
Sometimes it feels good to be marked with a code and scanned and filed away
Here we are lost in the stacks again
Like the architect who dreamed in white boxes
We fix on fields and miss the sky
You can’t take the prairie out of the prairies
You can’t build a future where modernism came to die
Here we are lost in the stacks again - two errant books
Turned around; lost in the stacks again
Sometimes it feels good to be marked with a code and scanned and filed away
Here we are lost in the stacks again
We map and we plan and we build systems
We print and we bind our best wisdom
We walk through the stacks with eyes open
And we get lost anyway
Here we are lost in the stacks again - two errant books
Turned around; lost in the stacks again
Sometimes it feels good to be marked with a code and scanned and filed away
Here we are lost in the stacks again
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5. |
Probably Me, Tomorrow
03:15
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You are so beautiful and ostentatious
Sailing through life, making everyone blush
And I will never get away from your blue eyes until one of us dies:
Probably me, tomorrow, when our flirtation dries
It’ll be me
I know you’re out there
Looking at someone better than me
And that is what robs me of my ability to look you in the eye
Can’t look at your eyes, into them, any more
You are too much to everyone
To be anything to grumpy little me
So I’ll be sitting outside by your blue Cavalier for a while
Chastened and cold, pathetic, nursing my pride
It’ll be me
I know you’re out there
Looking at someone better than me
And that is what robs me of my ability to look you in the eye
Can’t look at your eyes, into them, any more
Sometimes it’s simple and sweet for a spell
And sometimes I lie to myself and you as well
‘cause I can’t be what you want
And you can’t be what I want
In the end, that’s OK
I know you’re out there
Looking at someone better than me
And that is what robs me of my ability to look you in the eye
Can’t look at your eyes, into them, any more
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6. |
On the Level
03:48
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I’ve been runnin’ around and still I can’t live it down
I may never get another job in this town
But I’ll be on the level, on the level
I’ll be on the level, on the level
How did it go down? How did I come to fail?
Run out of office riding a rail
Did my independence chafe? Not part of the establishment
Whispers and rumours wherever I went
I crashed the old boys club and they never forgave me
Then here came the cronies to take out my knees
Never dreamed that they’d succeed, now I’m left to watch them gloat
While I clean the kitchen in my house coat
I’ve been runnin’ around and still I can’t live it down
I may never get another job in this town
But I’ll be on the level, on the level
I’ll be on the level, on the level
The world was at my feet. Why did it have to end?
I was admired; I still had friends
When the world is at your feet, it’s easy to forget
The tiniest movements cause an upset
When your face is in a magazine people try to turn the page
Denying your value; ignoring your rage
But I’m damn well gonna be heard, I’ve got nothing to hide
The tale may be sordid, but I never lied
I’ve been runnin’ around and still I can’t live it down
I may never get another job in this town
But I’ll be on the level, on the level
I’ll be on the level, on the level
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7. |
I Want to Listen
04:11
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Steady as your gaze that makes me nervous
Molecules arrange to form a surface
Hardened in a glaze of your volition
I don’t want to talk. I want to listen
Signals out of phase, at a cross-purpose
Sinusoidal waves that leave me speechless
Just as well, for now – mute like a statue
I don’t want to talk. I want to know you.
If I knew my name, I’d sing it gently
Sibilant and tame and damp and breathy
I know it’s not enough to seek admission
I don’t want to talk. I want to listen.
If nothing ever changed, I’d want to know you
If nothing stayed the same, I’d want to know you
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8. |
Contrast Media
02:45
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Got a letter in the mail today and it said,
“More exams and tests are on their way, so best prepare yourself”
And I thought, “Who the hell sends letters anymore?”
My life, in the hands of luddites. Who could ask for more?
They can pump me full of gadolinium - I don’t care
They can watch as magnets circle in the air
I want you to know that they may shake my heart
and peer and frown surrounded by residents
I want you to know I will not back down
Though I feel the resonance
I may be in the minority when I say
My physicians are not gods to me, and neither should they be
They are smart, but fallible. At the end of the day,
They’re attendants at a car wash; I’m a muddy Chevrolet
They can pump me full of gadolinium - I don’t care
and they can watch as magnets circle in the air
I want you to know that they may shake my heart
and peer and frown surrounded by residents
I want you to know I will not back down
though I feel the resonance
So happy new year – same as last year
We hold up our pictures to the light
Interpret the shapes – decipher smears
It’s not clear. It’s not clear. It’s not clear.
They can pump me full of gadolinium - I don’t care
and they can watch as magnets circle in the air
I want you to know that they may shake my heart
and peer and frown surrounded by residents
I want you to know I will not back down
though I feel the resonance
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9. |
Something to Lose
03:37
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I’ve got something to lose but that is a problem too (All it takes is)
One day and one crooked line to ruin a perfect view
These days it’s tough to say that things won’t fall apart
So I will gather up the string and tie a knot
Entropy and fear
Entropy and fear – I can feel the
Entropy and fear, ‘cause
I’ve got something to lose
I’ve got something to lose
The more I get the more that I have to lose
I’ve got something to lose
Time past – happiness was finding an open door
Now I strive and I grasp, reaching for something more
Let’s say I was born on second base and walked to third
Where did I get it in my head that I deserved?
Entropy and fear
Entropy and fear – I can feel the
Entropy and fear, ‘cause
I’ve got something to lose
I’ve got something to lose
The more I get the more that I have to lose
I’ve got something to lose
I’m as cynical as anyone you’re thinkin’ of
But I’m not down for nihilism
And I won’t let the fear annihilate my love
Entropy and fear
Entropy and fear – we can beat the
Entropy and fear, ‘cause
I’ve got something to lose
I’ve got something to lose
The more I get the more that I have to lose
I’ve got something to lose
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10. |
Under the Light
03:36
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Under the light of the VLT I see you
Looking alive as you play
Coins fall away
You are so beautiful you know
In the VLT’s blue glow
Under the light
Only the stains in carpet lie between us
How could I break your gaze?
Who would look at me that way?
It’s clear enough to see
My heart is playing me
Under the light
I’ll be dreaming of
Your Led Zeppelin t-shirt
All night
And I’ll be wondering
How you came to be near
It’s not right
The shadows are too deep – under the light
After three pints of four-dollar beer I’m swaying
That joke must have killed
And I’d dance if you will
But your partner is a screen
pecuniary dreams
Under the light
I’ll be dreaming of
Your Led Zeppelin t-shirt
All night
And I’ll be wondering
How you came to be near
Its not right
The shadows are too deep – under the light
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11. |
Talk
04:04
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Finding new horizons in backseat driving
I can micromanage the slicing of a lime
I don't like driving but I can steer just fine
My exhortations are stale and asinine
‘Cause I talk and I talk - please don't listen
when I talk and I talk - please don’t listen
The pulse of an extrovert trapped in an introvert – no one's more tired than me
‘Cause I talk and I talk - please don't listen to me
All my best intentions are ash in my mouth
Better to be silent than remove all doubt
I’m learning slowly in spaces between sighs
You find it tiring. I see it in your eyes
‘Cause I talk and I talk - please don't listen
when I talk and I talk - please don’t listen
The pulse of an extrovert trapped in an introvert – no one's more tired than me
‘Cause I talk and I talk - please don't listen to me
“Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”
Would be just as useful
“Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”
Can you hear what I’m trying to say?
‘Cause I talk and I talk - please don't listen
when I talk and I talk - please don’t listen
The pulse of an extrovert trapped in an introvert - no one's more tired than me
‘Cause I talk and I talk - please don't listen to me
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12. |
Each Passing Day, Pt. 1
03:42
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Each passing day I love a little deeper
I walk these cold streets with warmth in my heart.
Each passing day we move a little closer
Even those days when we are apart
In the evenings at home, when I’m happy and safe, anxiety gives way to calm
The bitterness abrades my skin, but you are my balm
Will you wrap me up in your arms
And tell me that everything is going to be OK?
Each passing day I love a little deeper
I walk these cold streets with warmth in my heart.
Each passing day we move a little closer
Even those days when we are apart
When I’m boarding that plane for a week far away, your parting smile is my shield
The indignity of air travel won’t bring me to heel
Will you call me when I’m about to yield
And tell me that everything is going to be OK?
Each passing day I love a little deeper
I walk these cold streets with warmth in my heart.
Each passing day we move a little closer
Even those days when we are apart
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