1. |
Bumper Cars
02:54
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Say it all just one more time
I recognize the need to side
But I don’t think that I’m quite there yet
Breathe it in and breathe it out
But all you did was sow the doubt
And I don’t think that we’re quite there
The smallest consolation prize
Is that we won’t ever
Talk about this anymore
But I still left
To come back
To come back
Now we sit here side by side
And watch just as our lives collide
Did we ever think twice
It’s back and forth like bumper cars
We wonder how we got this far
And if you’d only close your eyes
Then you’d see the irony
On and on with longer days
And now we go our separate ways
Memories we never made
Clear the space and on display
The smallest consolation prize
Is that we won’t ever
Talk about this anymore
But I still left
To come back
And run away with you
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2. |
Nosedive
02:38
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She said get going
With no sign of slowing up
And all the words I had
Were never quite enough
And I can’t stand to see
You waste another day
Potential in your bones
Will leave you if you stay
The course into the bitter night
You betray the source because
It’s out of sight
Noooo
I would like to tell you
Something in the wake of this
And I don’t feel compelled
For nothing
As you set it off
Hold your breath
Brace your fall
If you jump
You’ll break through these walls
Now you catch
You recall
When you land
Your struggles seem small
Hold your breath
Brace your fall
If you jump
You’ll break through these walls
Raise your head
Even crawl
When you slip
Don’t sink
In the waterfall
Stop and start and goooo
The tide has ebbed
Before it flows
This town could never do for you
The things you need to make your move
The streets they narrow everyday
The concrete blocks the entryway
(Sorry Ghost enterprises took a nosedive today)
(As the DOW plunged three hundred points)
(The losses seem recoupable)
I don’t feel compelled for nothing
Hold your breath
Brace your fall
If you jump
You’ll break through these walls
Now you catch
You recall
When you land
Your struggles seem small
Hold your breath
Brace your fall
If you jump
You’ll break through these walls
Raise your head
Even crawl
When you slip
Don’t sink
In the waterfall
Stop and start and go
A nosedive couldn’t stop your road
Even in the cold
A nosedive still would let you
Just set it off
Hold your breath
Brace your fall
If you jump
You’ll break through these walls
Now you catch
You recall
When you land
Your struggles seem small
Hold your breath
Brace your fall
If you jump
You’ll break through these walls
Raise your head
Even crawl
When you slip
In the waterfall
Pause with fear and readjust
(Ablaze with all the brilliant ways)
You jump ahead with wanderlust
(I found within the warm embrace)
You check your sight below the sun
(Of passion pulsing through my veins)
And inch your walk into a run
(I found, yes I found, what I can’t explain)
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3. |
Right at the Start
03:32
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Won the war
But lost the battle
Can’t say we were
Ever rattled
Staring out
Into the sky
With the weather warm
Into the night
Leave the former
Take the latter
Lose yourself
Amongst the scatter
Days go slipping
One by one
And the year is almost
All but done
With patience
All this will make sense
Before you know
Watch the leaves around you
Burst with color
The seasons make their way
Well into summer
Leave behind the cold
Begin to wonder
Why nothing’s ever clear
Right at the start
Take the time
To feel the present
Though it may seem
Never ending
Stop to take a chance
To breathe
Time is not
A casualty
Stumble once
And stumble twice
Duck your head
Below the lights
Searching for a
Sweeter tone
That rings out when
We’re not alone
With patience
All this will make sense
Before you know
Watch the leaves around you
Burst with color
The seasons make their way
Well into summer
Leave behind the cold
Begin to wonder
Why nothing’s ever clear
Right at the start
(Nothing’s ever clear right at the start)
Keep the pressure down
And silence all the sounds
Pace yourself
Pace yourself
Keep the pressure down
And silence all the sounds
Pace yourself
Pace yourself
Fall back
To catch it
Release a bit
Of tension
Spring out
To drop it
Notice the way
That solves it
Stop
To check how far you’ve come
Everything you’ve ever seen
Was ripped right from beneath your feet
And caught
Suspended in disbelief
Though it’s not the clearest part
The seasons never change
Right at the start
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4. |
Best Intentions
03:28
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You can’t recall
The simplest things
I failed to see
I dwell on all the faults
Etched in my memory
As the seasons fade
My fingers curl away
Looking down
But no mirror
Hides the blame
And I could have sworn
That I would handle this
Better
Tired and worn
Holding out for better
Weather
There’s a disconnect
And it’s evident
I tell you now
Like I told you then
To point me in the
Right direction
It’s mixed amongst
My best intentions
Call it the same
And yet I think
It’s a gesture
That lost all meaning
When we missed
The center
Give me the words to say
And I’ll recite them all
Careful consideration
Fuels my monologue
And you don’t even
Think about this anymore
While I’m still struggling
And hung up on a score
And I could have sworn
That I would handle this
Better
Tired and worn
Holding out for better
Weather
There’s a disconnect
And it’s evident
I tell you now
Like I told you then
To point me in the
Right direction
It’s mixed amongst
My best intentions
Call it the same
And yet I think
It’s a gesture
That lost all meaning
When we missed
The center
And when I was
At my proudest
That’s when you began
To doubt it
Though I always spoke
The loudest
Now I’ve learned
To listen
There’s a disconnect
And it’s evident
I tell you now
Like I told you then
To point me in the
Right direction
It’s mixed amongst
My best intentions
Call it the same
And yet I think
It’s a gesture
That lost all meaning
When we missed
The center
Point me in the
Right direction
It’s mixed amongst
My best intentions
We left this
We left this
We left this
Where we started
Not knowing
Not knowing
Not knowing
When we parted
And all these
And all these
And all these
Best intentions
Have led us
So far from
The safest place
We mentioned
Can I say I’m sorry?
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5. |
Condescending
03:13
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She always told me
I was condescending
Just to let that
Be all we ever had
Drop our heads
Below the clouds
You’ve been looking around
We were promised so much more
Crumpled papers line the floor
Left to wander yet again
Nothing more than just a trend
Write the rulebook as we go
This is all we’ve ever known
All we’ve ever known
She always told me
I was condescending
Just to let that
Be all we ever had
I couldn’t tell her
I was not pretending
When I called back
Go on and call me back
No this is not
What we were told
Not the promises I sold
As I gave it all away
Wish I’d known it yesterday
Deserving more than we decide
Assumptions on which we rely
In the end it came to this
Ending in a fractured split
She always told me
I was condescending
Just to let that
Be all we ever had
I couldn’t tell her
I was not pretending
When I called back
Go on and call me back
Why don’t you call me back
Well this could never last
She always told me
I was condescending
Just to let that
Be all we ever had
I couldn’t tell her
I was not pretending
When I called back
Go on and call me back
She always told me
I was condescending
Just to let that
Be all we ever had
I couldn’t tell her
I was not pretending
When I called back
Go on and call me back
She always told me
I was condescending
Just to let that
Be all we ever had
I couldn’t tell her
I was not pretending
When I called back
Go on and call me back
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6. |
Foundation
03:36
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We watched the sun
Rise again
You held my hand and told me
Never fear the end
We left our thoughts
Right where we lay our heads
Are caught in disarray
All our questions still contained
Whoa oh ohhhh ohhhh
Whoa oh ohhhhhhh
I don’t wanna go it alone
So unprepared
For the things
We can’t postpone
You’ve had the answers
All along
All the lines neatly drawn
The path clearly shown
Take each moment
Let it last
Remember all the lessons
Gathered in the past
The more we dwell
The more it stings
We’re always stronger
Than we think
I’ll still visit you in dreams
Whoa oh ohhhh ohhhh
Whoa oh ohhhhhhh
Can we pretend
Just for a while?
That all of this could just be
Something of a trial
The script exactly
Like you wrote
Nothing more than
Just a joke
Let’s believe we have control
Let’s believe we have control
Our grip is weaker than we know
Our grip is weaker than we know
And I still hold
You inside
As my foundation
Or pride
I can come into my own
All you’ve taught me
Now is shown
And I’ll fall
This I know
But you’ll catch me
Down below
Try to understand at twenty one
The finality of a setting sun
Try to understand at twenty one
The finality of a setting sun
(And I still hold
You inside
As my foundation
Or pride
I can come into my own
All you’ve taught me
Now is shown)
(Whoa oh ohhhh ohhhh
Whoa oh ohhhhhhh)
We’ll watch the sunrise again
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7. |
New Hampshire
02:56
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We never made
That trip to New Hampshire
Left dazed and searching
For answers
And you told me
But you only
Lie to yourself
(Lie to yourself)
(Lie to yourself)
These words stretch
Farther everyday
The gaps begin to blur
While all the bells
Peal out the same
Still I’d rather fall in two
Instead you had me
Fall with you
(And I can’t even think)
We never made
That trip to New Hampshire
Left dazed and searching
For answers
And you told me
But you only
Lie to yourself
Go ahead and slander my name aloud
I assure you I never made a sound
Fabrications
Complications
Cry wolf again
We speak low
Beneath the trees
Careful not to rush
Navigate the shade
With ease
Still I’d rather fall in two
Instead you had me
Fall with you
I’ve lost the words to say
To say
Safe your breath
Determined to make a scene
Looking back
We laugh on account of these
Fabrications
Allegations
Cry wolf again
Thought a lot about it
This Christmas
And your name
That’s all but synonymous
And you told me
But you only
Lie to yourself
We never made
That trip to New Hampshire
Left dazed and searching
For answers
And you told me
But you only
Lie to yourself
Burn the pictures
Throw away the memories
We’ll assume the status
Of enemies
Fabrications
Complications
Cry wolf again
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8. |
Ampersands
03:45
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A long time coming
Just spit it out
I promise it’ll be worse
If you muffle the doubt
Find it yourself
Through the stories spun
Your voice so clearly
Says what needs to be done
Leave it all to chance
Take the leap of faith
And whatever happens
We’ll both be okay
But all of this has come
Exclusively at my expense
Through all of this I left
A thousand words unsaid
Through all of this I left
A thousand words unsaid
Pull the string a little tighter
Have to say it’s not your best look
I gave and gave
While you only took
Put your feelings first
In this you’ve shown
So when the fall comes
At least you won’t be alone
But all of this has come
Exclusively at my expense
Through all of this I left
A thousand words unsaid
But all of this has come
Exclusively at my expense
Through all of this I left
A thousand words unsaid
But all of this has come
Exclusively at my expense
Through all of this I left
A thousand words unsaid
You never owed me anything
But I’ll never understand
How exactly this unfolded
No I never had a chance
Does your conscience beg the question
You can’t or you won’t
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9. |
Morning Glory
03:19
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I meant what I said
About these
Pictures never
Tell the story
(The story)
It hit us harder
Than it should
I rush to leap
But never look
I never could
(I never could)
Fill our thoughts
Up to the brink
I’m quick to act
But never think
And suddenly
(And suddenly)
All our summers
Stare at fluorescents
Watching days go by
Second guessing
I meant what I said
About these
Pictures never
Tell the story
Patiently we wait
In line
And set aside
These warning signs
(These warning signs)
Thought that we
Would be the ones
To equal parts
Greater than sums
Shout from our lungs
(Shout from our lungs)
Potential greater
Than is shown
Regret revealed
In undertones
We should’ve known
(We should have known)
All our summers
Stare at fluorescents
Watching days go by
Second guessing
I meant what I said
About these
Pictures never
Tell the story
Patiently we wait
In line
And set aside
These warning signs
But now our dreams have
Lost the weight of a guarantee
And waiver on so
Unrecognizably
I meant what I said
About these
Pictures never
Tell the story
Patiently we wait
In line
And set aside
These warning signs
(When I lose my way
I watch the morning glories
Bursting up
From barren soil)
(When I knock my head
Against the sideboard panels
Think of you and wish for
Better days)
But each morning glory
Blooms again
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10. |
Triangles
03:29
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Wish my mind
It weren't so overactive
And all these thoughts
They could be retracted
I don't know what
It isn't routine
But I think I'm stuck
In a maze
Days are quickly
They are spinning by
And I am searching
For something
Some lifeline
Every day it's
So uniform
And I am living life
In a mindless haze
And I’d drop everything
To fly away from here
And I’d drop everything
Alleviate my shallow fears
And I’d drop everything
To fly away from here
And I’d drop everything
Self doubt flows
It flows into my head
And it is fueled on by
All these inhibitions
Problems that were
They were never there
And they are walls created
Solely in my mind
It's in mind
There's more inside
It's in my mind
And I’d drop everything
To fly away from here
And I’d drop everything
Alleviate my shallow fears
And I’d drop everything
To fly away from here
And I’d drop everything
(I’d drop everything)
(I’d drop everything)
I don't think it's wise to stay
It's easiest to shy away
From issues that I never faced
Ventures I want misplaced
(I’d drop everything)
(I’d drop everything)
I don't think it's wise to stay
It's easiest to shy away
From issues that I never faced
Ventures I want misplaced
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11. |
Five Minute Drive
04:34
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You know the distance kills
When it’s not so simple
As a five minute drive
To clear the thoughts on my mind
I’ll hold onto these stills
In my memories passing
And I still saw the end
Still let it happen again
And I told myself
We would never get in this far
I told myself
It would never be this hard
I want you to stay
Just one more night
I want you to stay
Into the morning light
And I feel the separation starting
Tell ourselves it’s not alarming
Questioning our thoughts required
Protocol is undeciphered
Can we go back one more time again?
I brace myself
To call it again
By something else
I brace myself
Where it goes
Only time will tell
We left it alone
Just like we said
We’d savor the unknown
Contemplating
On the drive home
Second guessing words
That felt so certain
Weeks ago
I brace myself
To call it again
By something else
I brace myself
Where it goes
Only time will tell
Can we wind it back?
Listen to ourselves
Disregard the casting call
We played the part
But through it all
By our own hand
We framed the scene
I brace myself
To call it again
By something else
I brace myself
To call it again
By something else
I brace myself
Where it goes
Only time will tell
And time has told
We left it alone
This time
And carried on
Apart
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