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Salutations
02:26
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I’ll catch you on a good day
I’ll see you when the cold breaks
Void of tricks your mind plays
All the best till the poles change
Remember how the bridge frayed
Despite the bricks that papa laid
And some days your heart strays
Call me on an up wave
Good riddance to your old fate
Greetings loss and hello change
I used to grant you leeway
I’ll catch you on a good day
Can you carry your heart’s weight
Erase it for a clean slate
Try it all a new way
I’ll catch you on a good day
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2. |
Proxy War
02:52
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My best friend is in my bath tub
He’s wondering
Are we living in reverse
Why did love lead us to loneliness
When we couldn’t tell the truth anymore
Staying silent can’t keep the peace if it starts a proxy war
Inside of you
Inside of me
If I could shift the ringing in my ears
The retrospective bouts with confidence and fear
Into something metaphorical
Clever like an oracle
That’s a simile
Would you still listen to me
And not understand
There’s something off with your smile
It’s weather beaten and cold
What do you know that we don’t
Why can’t you tell the truth anymore
Staying silent can’t keep the peace if it starts a proxy war
Inside of you
Inside of me
We’ve lost our way
Aging one sin at a time
You don’t get your morals back
Now I’m in my bath tub
I’m wondering
Can we still go in reverse
Why did love lead us to loneliness
Why can’t you tell the truth anymore
It’s a proxy war
Inside of you
Inside of me
Inside of you
Go on and set yourself free
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3. |
Who You Are
03:15
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Shoot the ocean breeze
Tropics never freeze
Your sun is a bright light
Not dulled by the clouds
Somehow I knew you forged a smile
When you plugged your latest feat
With a hollow semicolon
And closed your parenthesis
Because we’ve put ourselves in positions
Where we cannot share our feelings
Here, fall is a cool breeze that will soon be cold
Late night recalls of your dreams
Wondering out loud how foolish they seemed
Do you still not know who you are
You said the good old days have come
But, they’re not gone
It’s kind of strange
To love you like celebrities that I’ve never met
I’ve seen premium content
Well, I don’t think the key to happiness is to sit around
Abusing substances
Remembering things in rosy, red retrospect
Late night recalls of your dreams
Wondering out loud how foolish they seemed
Do you still not know who you are
You said the good old days have come
Do you still not know who you are
Or did you just stop listening
Are you listening
To yourself
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4. |
Meet Me Halfway
04:21
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Time is undefeated
I felt like the title holder for today
Like nothing ever changed
My head is on an oval track
Why’s this have to feel like that
Consistently making lefts
While the earth does just the same
I don’t think I’m supposed to think that was a good time
Grim grabbed his hold
Patriarch of the blood line
What made our souls collide
Why’s it still hard to say goodbye
I’ll see you down the road
Over the tracks
Through prairies of snow
And up the mountain pass I’ll go
Coast down to the sand that’s below
I never used to drive slow on purpose
I gave pause on my way
To where I want to be
And through calamity
You found a port in the storm
You had such little time
To be yourself
I’ll see you down the road
Over the tracks
Through prairies of snow
And up the mountain pass I’ll go
Coast down to the sand that’s below
Can you meet me halfway
Advertise that you’re doing fine
Straight faced lies
Justified by the way you just followed
In your parents’ footsteps and did it all over again
I’ll see you down the road
Over the tracks
Through prairies of snow
And up the mountain pass I’ll go
Coast down to the sand that’s below
I’ll see you down the road
But right now, I’m stuck in the snow
Up the mountain pass I’m stowed
From the top I see the coastline erode
But not enough to meet me halfway
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5. |
Your Line In Sand
05:33
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6. |
Can't Get Enough
03:11
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I must love how you betray me
I betray myself just to see if you’ll come by
I made some plans, but I’ve got free will
I can change my god damn mind
I stocked the shelves
You’re too drunk to drive
Can it be my turn again
I’m sorry that you hurt me
I didn’t tell a soul
Your comfort is only good enough
Because you’re the one to cause it all
But don’t you dare say sorry
Show me with your moves
Just hurry up and say sorry
Your chatter kills my mood
I can’t get enough of this feeling
Show me with your moves
I can’t get enough of this feeling
So don’t you kill my mood
You only yell so I understand
It’s scary how it turns me on
I can’t wait for the signal
Shine the light
And crawl back in again
But don’t you dare say sorry
Show me with your moves
Just hurry up and say sorry
Your chatter kills my mood
I can’t get enough of this feeling
Show me with your moves
I can’t get enough of this feeling
So don’t you kill my mood
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7. |
Living In A Vacuum
04:00
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I projected who I thought you were
Made the mistake of not listening
To my gut or my brain
A common refrain
Now I can’t see
Who I thought you used to be
Come back around
You’re living in a vacuum
But oh so pretty in your online slide show
Come back around
Scared of all you can’t control
Oh so pretty in your online slide show
I did not know
Where you went
Should not have been surprised
You changed your mind again
Come back around
You’re living in a vacuum
But oh so pretty in your online slide show
Come back around
Scared of all you can’t control
Oh so pretty in your online slide show
You are a masochist
With no tolerance for pain
Preoccupied all the time
But it’s funny how you command the ears of a room
No attention for anyone but you
You’re talking over everyone
Not listening or wondering
If anybody else has problems too
If anyone might feel the same as you
Come back around
You’re living in a vacuum
But oh so pretty in your online slide show
Come back around
Scared of all you can’t control
Oh so pretty in your online slide show
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8. |
The Hardest Questions
04:11
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Affection displayed in public
Years later, can get you by
A warm way to think of each other
Time’s going to fly
Were you ever the way I remember you
Or did I remember it wrong
We prided ourselves on being honest
Putting it all out there to be seen
It was the truth if we thought we believed it
Now we lie right through our teeth
Were you ever the way I remember you
Or did I remember it wrong
What would it feel like
To give answers to the hardest questions
To unite the way we feel
With the way we act
You can’t learn that in a tabloid
From a Hollywood voter
An activist poser
Not your modern media feed
Telling you how to be
Turn off your TV
Throw your phone in the ocean
And talk to me
What makes your heart beat
Fool me once but I’ve forgotten
Fail me twice I like repeats
Third time I’ll leave my body
In the dark I’m yours to keep
Time’s going to fly
It’s going to fly
It’ll pass you by
Were you ever the way I remember you
Were you ever that way
Time’s going to fly
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9. |
Good Enough Sometimes
03:09
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Another night of bickering
Casts a little doubt
Why’d we come out in the first place
You told for me to choose the haunt
But my pick wasn’t good enough
And sure enough
My clumsy footsteps had to crack some egg shells
I swear this used to be fun
I swear at one time we took turns on the radio
Sometimes I get this feeling
That good enough sometimes might not be good enough
Now I can’t get the barkeep’s attention
He probably thinks you’re in the ladies room
Touching up your details
It’s not the first time you left me at this joint
I can’t believe that we’re still on this talking point
It won’t be the last time if we do it again and again and again
I swear this used to be fun
I swear at one time we took turns on the radio
Sometimes I get this feeling
That good enough sometimes might not be good enough
I know it hurts to admit
If you live life long enough
Then all your friends are hypocrites
Sometimes I get this feeling
That good enough sometimes might not be good enough
It’s good enough sometimes
I’ve read the room
I think the problem here might be you
I’m losing faith in your truth
If that’s what you thought you’ve been telling me
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Am I supposed to feel anything
I thought that’s what we’d do
You were scared to death of being alone
Now I guess I chose that too
Streaming curated television
I’m wondering who’s fooling who
Wondering which conspiracy theories
Are rooted in some truth
Halfway through summer
The days are getting shorter
Halfway through life
We’ve got a crisis on our hands
I’ve got a resolution
Spare some change
Fight the institution
It’s not a revolution
Always worrying about myself
But we’re halfway through summer
And the days are getting shorter
Halfway through life
We’ve got a crisis on our hands
Halfway through my excuse it’s clear
I’ve made the same mistake again
I’ve made the same mistake again
At a funeral for my conscience
She called me damaged goods
Is patience no longer a virtue
Do we hold on longer than we should
If you know it’s just a moment
Can you let yourself have that moment
You won’t flinch as it passes by
Then long for it next year at this time
I know it’s just a moment
Perfect by no means
It’s late time to leave
Should we stay
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