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Inky Fingers
03:39
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Inky Fingers
It’s hopeful well there’s hope
Though the chances have fallen quickly from bad to worse
And if you knew him and you might know him
You’d put the lord’s name in your mouth and start to curse
And when I saw him all tubes and wires
His long beard nowhere to be seen
I put my hand inside his hand
And whispered below the rattle of machines
On the way home driving through the rain
I had to pull over again
Under an overpass I called out his name
And tried to nullify my brain
And in the darkness of the evening
I tried to see a glass half full
But I pictured his inky fingers
And felt a churning dull aching pull
Still I’m praying and I don’t pray
And I’m never one to heed god’s rules
Yet there’s this strength in holding hope
Though I don’t think he would bear to suffer fools
On the way home driving through the rain
I had to pull over again
Under an overpass I called out his name
And tried to nullify my brain
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Brushes
02:48
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Brushes
She’s painting pictures while I sleep
I hear the brushes in my dreams
Abstract depictions of some horse
That ran her over when she was four
She never seems to get it right
I’m sure she’ll throw it in the fire
Just like the pictures that she found
When her mom was out of town
It’s not that she’s this broken bird
It’s just some things may have occurred
Despite the tricks and my mistakes
She’ll be beside when I wake
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Unchosen
04:04
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Unchosen
You smell of cigarettes and sex
And the way that you’re listing
I can tell you’ve been drinking
There’s a beer in the fridge if you want it
Some salad and cold lasagna
I’ll be out on the porch
Waiting for a storm that never comes
You sit in the corner sipping water
Hold your hand to a candle
Scratch at your ankle
Remind me of things I can’t remember
Roll this bitter pill in sugar
I’ll hold you in these thin arms
Ignoring all the worms inside my brain
Help me shepherd in the day
Watch the sun’s fragile display
Leave this tangled mess behind
Puzzling my mind
You’re lost to dreaming so peaceful
The room growing lighter
A slow inching spider
The way I can sense subtle spinning
And yearn to find some beginning
Somehow flipping the script
Spread these wings so clipped and fly away
The dog at the doorway breathing fast
Stretching my hand out
He comes around
Happily sharing this moment
A life reversed unchosen
Stepping outside out of time
His dog trailing behind into the day
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4. |
All the Things
01:37
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All the Things
Paper hat a box of white tip matches
All the things you can’t afford to keep
Dusty yellowed photos
Piled by location
Phonograph your grandfather’s typewriter
You’ll hold everything inside your head
A hand knit baby’s blanket
Keepsakes from the war
Drop it all let it lay behind you
Leave it here for someone else to find
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Sugar Cube
04:06
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Sugar Cube
If I could slip away tonight I would
Sneak into the ether like a bird
Trowel through the night
Drifting out of sight
Still I am tethered to this world
Dissolving myself like a sugar cube
Trying to avoid and elude
I’ll exercise my will
Purify and distill
Still there is nothing I can do
Every living molecule in my body
Fastening and holding me together
Though I’ve been described as being cloudy
I’ll stay encased in this thin skin forever
There’s nothing that can hold you in my arms
You float on the horizon I’m a stone
There’s a wave that brings you close
Then you’re caught in undertow
The purpose of the tides remains unknown
If I could only step into the water
Swim until I’m tired then swim farther
Lose sight of the land
Watch the world expand
Leave behind the madness and the horror
Every living molecule in my body
Fastening and holding me together
Though I’ve been described as being cloudy
I’ll stay encased in this thin skin forever
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6. |
The Feeling of Falling
01:40
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The Feeling of Falling
I followed your lead
Took up reading talking walking
Through the dead leaves
Pulled up carpets and sanded the floors
With shaky hands
I talk to your plants
Do my damndest
To try and understand
The feeling of falling in dreams
Mirrors how it all seems
Every night in this place
I go a little crazy
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Released
03:05
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Released
It’s all in the way
The light falls away
I’ll draw this line
Here in the pines
I’ll say my name yell it without shame
Lies that I’ve told
My loss of control
Slipping down life
I will atone tonight
You write these words and tell them what you’ve heard
See me here stretched bare as this air (in disrepair)
Time will dissolve this all
I’ll rest my bones beyond these walls
Stars overhead
Wine and the bread
The blood in these veins
Can’t be contained
The vines will grow across this winding road
And all I am will be released again
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Dissipate
01:44
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Dissipate
Staring at the evening sky
Looking for a sign
Everything I see and hear
Bleeds into design
There’s a moon that’s nearly full
It always invites
Wondering if you can see
Me down here tonight
And all I know
Everything I hope
I have learned to bleed for real
Where’s my antidote
Sitting on the wooden dock
Granite down below
Listening for the way wind
And the foghorn blows
Seems there’s no relief from this
I’m always awake
Somehow you’re in everything
As I dissipate
I can see the shore from here
I can see the lights
Everything crossing now
I’ll see you in the night
I’m always awake
Come back right now
I’m holding fast
Bless me at my core
I don’t know I’m pure
But wait for me
I don’t call the way my love
Crawling toward the sky
Tonight I’m watching everything
I swear it’ll be all right
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