1. |
The Hands I Got
03:21
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V1
My neighbor gives me alcohol
Like bottles of wine
We’ll share a drink or two
Talk about our lives
He puts out his cigarette
Looks off and smiles
Says “the day is so tiresome
So i sleep well at night”
he said “I raised my kids even though they weren’t my blood
I have played my hand with the hands I got
Here”
V2
The lady who lives upstairs
leaves her door cracked
welcomes the small parade
Of 2 or 3 stray cats
And she smokes the pain away
hides from herself
But I see it in her eyes
She’s been through many hells
She said “I moved around a lot
Can’t wait till I go home
Cause I’ve wrung enough with the hands I got
Here”
V3
Sometimes I disappear
Cause it’s all just too much
The crowds and open space
The indifference and love
then the teapot will scream at me
And I’ll harmonize along
Welcome the early day
Hope I don’t get it wrong
Because I swore to myself
That my kids won’t be me
So I’ll hold their hands with the hands I got
Here
I will play my hand with the hands I got here
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2. |
Stick Around
02:35
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V1
People call me brave
But I ain’t ever worn a cape
They all see my face
Only in the light of day
And you know it’s quite comfy
Down here on the kitchen floor
I know folks who love me
But I can’t figure out what for
CH
Maybe I’m brave enough for now
Maybe it’s brave to stick around
V
Of all the heroes
I think Batman is the best
He’s totally normal
With just some armor on his chest
And I’m pretty average
I’m 5’10” and a half
I think I’ll be okay
The Joker kinda makes me laugh
OUT
maybe I’m brave enough for now
Maybe it’s brave to stick around
maybe I’m brave enough to stand
Maybe it’s brave to hold your hand
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3. |
Bless These Heavy Arms
03:07
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V1
When my eyes open
Awash in light from
Another morning alive
I wanna hear you laugh
I wanna hear you cry
Just wanna hear you use your lungs
Call it god, call it happenstance, a second chance
But I can’t lose you
I can’t lose you
I can’t lose you again
CH
Oh bless these heavy arms
For they must lift this heart
V2
When I close my eyes
I can see your life
Tiny ember set ablaze
You’re still laughing and
You’re still crying and
You still breathe another day
Call it luck, call it fortunate, a barely miss
But I can’t let you
I can’t let you
I can’t let you go
OUT
Oh bless your sturdy heart
It surely lifts these arms
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4. |
Home Goes With You
03:20
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V1
Sometimes at night I sit alone
Turn out the lights, put away my phone
And I swear I hear you breathing deep
Do you do that too or is that just me
CH
If I can’t be where you reside
Then I claim where you stand as mine
Cause I find my home goes with you
V2
I fear you’ll drift if I don’t hold tight
I got it in my head that somehow you’re mine
Shall I use my palm and try to drink the sea?
Even if I could, it would never be
BR
I'm splintered and broken
I'm split right in two
I’ll pick up these pieces
And build it with you
If only in my mind
OUT
Cause I find my home goes with you
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5. |
Sleeperland
03:11
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V1
Oh I come to
Hands on the wheel of my '13 Ford
It's me and you
I'm zoning out and you're acting bored
I don't remember
The last hour, the last years, did I hurt you bad?
You grab my hand:
"Did you get lost down in sleeperland?"
V2
I lied to you
When I swore I was listening
But here's the truth
I was afloat in my daydreaming
I'm alone there
in my comfort, no adventure can startle me
You say, "understand
Dreams are but dreams down in sleeperland"
BR
You had to break the news:
"Life won't stand in line for you
Time is dripping through the stars
now you gotta wake up"
OUT
You gotta wake up
Please wake me up from this sleeperland
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6. |
Start A War
02:48
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V1
I want you to come at me
like they did in Normandy
Any less and I’m gone
Like a boy in Neverland,
you and your favorite rock band
Any less and I’m gone
CH
Charge my shore
Or say goodbye today
Start a war
It’s the only way
To get me to stay
It’s the only way
V2
Take a march around my home
Like they did in Jericho
Any less and I’m gone
Let me hear your trumpet blast
Let me know your love will last
Any less and I’m gone
OUT
Any less and I’m gone
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7. |
Maybe Then
02:48
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CH
When I wake up
The morning is there
Like a dog or a friend who cares
When I close my eyes
I hope to see it soon
Maybe then my anger will be gone
V
I got this fire deep in my bones
It’s not ideal but I get by
Its a venom down in my soul
The remedy is a little time
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8. |
Trying
03:16
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V1
At your table in your home
I’m not able to feel your love
You said “tell me that you care”
Swear I do but I sat and stared
CH
I’m trying so hard these days
To stop lying, saying I am okay
I’m furious I don’t know how I feel
Curious when a breakthrough will be real
I’m trying
If there’s a god he knows I’m trying
V2
I am swimming in the ocean
This is feeling my emotions
I don’t like it, it’s dark down there
Let me come up, up for air
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9. |
Slow Goodbye
02:55
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V1
What a thing to see
A loved one’s fading scene
while the film just carries on
The writers look away
When characters die off
But I never closed my eyes
What a strange idea
To care for someone else
Just to let them go
Maybe we were born
To walk each other home
Well I’m glad we got to meet
CH
We’re running out of time
Yet it drags along
So play another song
And say a slow goodbye
V2
I think we all know
Getting old is getting old
And so is being young
Age is like a thief
Steals away our years
So I’ll take mine with you
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10. |
My Own Shadow
02:31
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V1
I own my father’s books
They’re all that I ever took
From him when he died
But I don’t think he’ll mind now
I fought my father’s wars
But I can’t figure out what for
So I think I’ll concede
He don’t care, he’s fast asleep
CH
I’ve done it your way
I’ve loved all your shade
But I think it’s time I go
Instead of living inside yours
I’ll cast my own shadow
V2
I have my mother's teeth
People say that they can see
Her when I turn a smile
Except I’ve been feeling sad a while
I did my parents' drugs
I took them in the name of love
But I like being clean
I like feeling finally seen
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