1. |
Sun Overhead
02:08
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2. |
Innate Beauty
04:13
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searching for the breath inside me
nothing hurts like gasping for air
while i’m diving and coming up with nothing
eyes locked tight on visions wishing they were there
there’s an innate beauty calling to me
i can’t put my finger on it, ooh
there’s an innate beauty in the mystery
blindly chasing something honest
like a whisper, loud enough to tease me,
shadows dancing then fading into dust
just when i feel like i’m onto something,
i lose sight of everything i’m told to trust
i think i’m moving closer
slowly closer
calling over
pull me over
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3. |
Losing Sleep
04:10
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i’ve been losing sleep
with all dreams i can’t hold onto
i’m losing track
and can’t go back to wondering
i’m trying hard to keep
a steady grip on what escapes me
i’m searching for
for that face i’ve seen so dimly
more than just a moment
i’d die to know you without any mystery,
inside, i feel the ache
each night, i count the endless seconds
til i lie awake
i’ll wake up at the scene
cause i can’t stand to lose it
you come and go,
my heart is stone and trembling,
breaking at the seam,
a simple gesture won’t revive me
my back and forth, our time was short, my longing
hoping your voice can pull me out of it
i’m so sick of this
help me to fight the lie
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4. |
Waste Your Time
04:31
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i’ve been hearing a melody to charm you
my own familiar tune
while i’ve been talking for hours but i know
that there ain’t no fooling you
my hope is that you’re not too sick of me yet
since you let me tag along
and the only thing now that could make me upset
is the thought that you’ve chosen wrong
all our minutes have turned into hours
as every seed we have sown turns to flower
i know there’s more in the world that you’ve yet to see
but baby, please waste your time on me
i’ve been walking down every single road
that held a trace of you
i been caught in the window in your soul
what a lovely point of view
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5. |
Alone
03:29
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we use a silhouette to play our lives
lurking in the shadows to save our pride
oh, i need to start calling it like it is
take one second and close my eyes
use another moment to say goodbye
cause i need to, oh i need to find faith again
it’s too easy to lose your faith
along the way, along the way
finding solace inside the pain
along the way, just don’t find yourself
alone
alone
don’t find yourself alone
started looking twice at the things i’ve known
trusted something more than what feels like home
i’m freed to go find something more
all this black and white starts to lose its charm
when i find the color that keeps me warm
i see you in every glimpse of haze
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6. |
No Relief
04:31
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the sun was overhead
as i led you from the car,
our fingers lovely but strange intermingled
we wandered through the woods,
i noticed the horizon slowly dimming
while my assumptions grew more and more feeble
and now, it seems so clear,
above the treeline of the forest,
i see my tower of babel erected
i hoped of reaching god
or at least touching something holy
like a wedding day unanxious
like a flagrant kiss untainted
i walk you down this path
only to watch you leave
there’s no sense in looking / walking back
the memory offers no relief
i feared of taking steps that i would swiftly trace again
i guess we weren’t too sure where we were headed
the leaves had turned, both a beginning and end
their colors withered, at rest where they landed
god, i wish i’d had known where we landed
i’m searching through the aftermath
i’m learning how to grieve
i’m ok knowing that you meant
a little more to me
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7. |
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i’m waiting on a call
from a friend from out of state
that knows my name and
even though it’s been a while, it feels the same
just talking bout the weather
and how even though I’m in the midwest,
the south is getting way more snow than us
daydreaming in the car
about the day when I will have more kids than him
while the subject of the discussion is how
I have miles of wounds and baggage
he still thinks I’m worth the effort
the kindness in his voice reminds me
of the loving God we both still serve
the conversation’s ended
and I’m sitting in the dark
of a well lit room
i’ve got some good perspective
and I think I like the view
i tried to act alone
or at least enter unnoticed
i shuffled in and quickly walked away
i heard your footsteps sound across the floor
leaving your fiance on the couch
to enter my room and smile
you leaned against the wall
and you asked how I was doing
I said, “bad” and still you chose to listen as I
unpacked all my latest sorrows,
doubted if I’d face tomorrow
and when I stopped, you chose to come sit down
when I asked if you could pray
and I know that you’ve never had the answers
but you’re there and I think that’s all that I could need.
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8. |
Apparition
03:08
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let me up carefully
stifle the song found inside of me
usually, i lose everything
but as i wake, i cannot shake you
your sullen eyes locked with mine
while you wait and pray for the morning
hope became a passive sting
by every cold night with a glimpse of you
your word allowed a loosened grip,
a zealous heart to grapple with
and now I’m undone
looking for reasons to stay
while you drift away into the morning
remind me i’m lonely
apparition, holy ghost
crawling on the floor
dust to fingers, dust to bone
almost within reach
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9. |
Can't Betray
03:16
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let's lose this life and find one on the freeway
it never felt like mine til' i was free
i walk the same but not in same directions
the plan was yours but choices - they were free
i'm glad it's you and sure as hell not me
my words have changed and finally got some action
yeah, i'll never take it back
it's like it's deep in my veins,
something I'd never change
yeah, i'll never take it back
got a hold on something
I can't betray
i watched my stars fall right out of the sky
and found that life is mostly do or die
the world's unclear but now my heart's not heavy
the question is, will I feel the same
when time has past and no one knows my name
I hope to god my heart can just stay steady
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10. |
Wash Me Clean
03:29
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nothing for hours, the sun is overhead
my baby’s got bare feet, the wind runs through her hair
she teases like summer, she holds me like the spring
let’s dance on the water, let’s forget everything
on the waves, feel the breeze
where the tide washes clean
river warm, brittle leaves
where the tide washes clean
we drink in the sunset, we lay upon the leaves
the mountain’s soft whisper, their message in the trees
i’ll love you forever, that’s all I’ll ever need
yeah, I’ll love you forever, that’s all i’ll ever need
wash me clean, wash me clean
your love is all I’ll ever need
wash me clean, wash me clean
it seems the water sets me free
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