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Therapy
01:47
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I've had a string of short term, long term
Ended sure things
Before I gave them a chance
Stood up, stand out
Put yourself out there
How can you love
If you don't ghost the past
I get anxious at the thought of
Someone touching you
So I'll bury myself until I can't define
The difference between
Paying for your time
Paying for your time
Paying for your
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2. |
Less Important Than Sex
04:05
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A lease requires a side of giving
But you just hang yourself out to dry
Ask yourself is that worth living
Or giving up is that just your style
Hard to believe you met your maker
Your imagination cut from cloth
Its hard to think that they'd be fakin'
Something that would get you off
Something that would get you off
Something that would get you off
Don't beat yourself up
'Cause it's only living
And living is dying
Right from the beginning
Safe to say I've hit rock bottom
That codependent fashion tie
Did you like the last four years? You bought them
Boredom pet project gone awry
Lacking that communication
Needed to correct the course
I put up with your inclinations
You put the cart before the horse
Put the cart before the horse
Put the cart before the horse
Don't beat yourself up
'Cause it's only living
And living is dying
Right from the beginning
If you're wondering, I'm at the bottom
Holding out to hear you sing
But you're already moving on now
So I doubt you're wondering
Must be nice to care so little
The house is empty, no difference
At least I've come to terms with being
Much less important than sex
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3. |
Crushed
04:21
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What's worse than calling
You'll lose sight if you're staring at the sun
There's no sense in asking
If that's all you ever intend to do
I used to write out
Long, unspoken bonds
And played it off like
A romantic crush
But it's so hard to love
If it's already given away
Crushed
I am torn
I can't write a letter
But you
Can keep
Up with me
If you're tired
And ignored
And you breathe electronically
Take three
Maybe four
Steps from the screen
I've refused
To fix these broken bones
What's old, what's new
I'd spend, I'd save
But I can't fix you
No, I can't fix you
What's worse than calling
You'll lose sight if you're staring at the sun
There's no sense in asking
If that's all you ever intend to do
I used to write out
Long, unspoken bonds
And played it off like
A romantic crush
But it's so hard to love
If it's already given away
I've refused
To fix these broken bones
What's old, what's new
I'd spend, I'd save
But I can't fix you
No, I can't fix you
No, I can't
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4. |
White Flag
04:18
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Mask of glitter and gold
And all of the fabulous things I'm off to do
It's crass
And it's gotten old
But never a day have you walked in my shoes
It's done
And it has become
Something that brings me to my knees in pain
It's done
And I have become
An echo of every word I ever sang
Cut the cord and jump overboard
Cut the cord and jump over
Mistakes
Fall to heartbreak
But my life has taught me to crush what I've made
You'll break
How long will it take
And I cant stop pretending I'll drag this lake
It's love
A push and a shove
But all that I wanted was your softer side
My love
Well I was haunted
But all that you wanted was a steady tide
Cut the cord and jump overboard
Cut the cord and jump over
Throw me a line
Don't let me go
I keep on reaching out for you
But I never seem to know
If you'll write back to me
Or leaden my shoes
And leave me drowning at the bottom of the sea
It's war
You're settling scores
And each time it reopens you slam the door
What for
Were you feeling bored
Or maybe you wanted to tower and lord
I'll cave
When all that you gave
Is slipping away
And I can't hold my grip
I caved
White flag has been waved
You've finally sunken my last battleship
Cut the cord and jump overboard
Cut the cord and jump over
Throw me a line
Don't let me go
I keep on reaching out for you
But I never seem to know
If you'll write back to me
Or leaden my shoes
And leave me drowning at the bottom
I'm drowning at the bottom
I'm drowning at the bottom of the sea
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5. |
Flashlight
03:46
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I'll give you a view if you want one
You're clumsy and needed a reason to breathe
It's hard to believe you've forgotten
Scratch the surface until you can see them bleed
It's a coat when you're already warm
When you're laying in bed, back covered in sores
Not surprised, but alarming confusion
You're lovely, but needed a reason to leave
It's hard the believe you've forgotten
Not a voice
Not a choice
If you can't use it
I've got my eye on your gun
I'm coming back
You're coming undone
Now you're the untouchable one
I'll turn that flashlight into the sun
Now that you've had your fun
I'm coming back, you're coming undone
Now I'm the untouchable one
I'll turn that flashlight into the sun
Minds battered and bruised, but that's hidden
You're hungry and needed a reason to feed
You'll never acquaint satisfaction
For all I'm concerned I hope you
Starve
To
Death
I've got my eye on your gun
I'm coming back
You're coming undone
You're the untouchable one
I'll turn that flashlight into the sun
Now that you've had your fun
I'm coming back, you're coming undone
And I'm the untouchable one
I'll turn that flashlight into the sun
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Paranoia Agent
04:53
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What started as tongue-in-cheek
Left you in stitches
Now I've got the gold bat
Rags to riches
I've got to know
That there is a better word of
I've got to know
Is that your best excuse
For what you call love
What you call
Unsettling stories told
With room to wonder
My skeletons crawl back
To pull me under
I've got to know
That there is a better word of
I've got to know
Is that your best excuse
For what you call love
What you call
Is that the hill you choose to die on, your self-awareness coming back and undone
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7. |
1717
04:28
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I sit in wintertime with all the windows down
And then I wonder why I feel so cold
Dressed to the nine, but I am skin and bones
I really feel I'll die before I'm old
And I recognize
All my secondhand lovers
Had no chance to prove themselves
I reconciled
My burning bridges, pick up the pieces
Put 'em on a shelf
It's been three whole nights
Since I have left my room
This socializing wrecks my comfort zone
When this worlds too bright for my vampire eyes
My self-inflicted loneliness is home
And I recognize
All my secondhand lovers
Had no chance to prove themselves
And I reconciled
My burning bridges, pick up the pieces
Put 'em on a shelf
And I recognize
All my secondhand lovers had no chance
To prove themselves
I reconciled
My burning bridges, pick up the pieces
Put them on a shelf
To meet the aching gaze of me, my dog and no one else
And no one else
No one
Else
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8. |
Dark Sunglasses
05:32
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I've
Been wearing
Dark sunglasses
To
Hide behind
The fact that I am
Over
You
And that's a lie
I'm so good at
Fooling myself
And you were good at
Pulling through hell
And showing me that
I could love still
I could love still
I could love still
Today feels a little bit more like Tokyo
But it's a mockery
To my memory
That I would have to go back
And lose myself
Just to find myself
But the irony
Is I didn't leave
I just hid among yoshino
I've
Been wearing
Dark sunglasses
To
Hide behind
The fact that I am
Over
You
And that's a lie
I'm so good at
Fooling myself
And you were good at
Pulling through hell
And showing me that
I could love still
I swear I'm Juliet to your Romeo
But this poisoning
Isn't functioning
It's waking things inside me
This gesture's not enough to fill my cup
Time speaks to me
With humanity
But I shove it out the window
I've
Been wearing
Dark sunglasses
To
Hide behind
The fact that I am
Over
You
And that's a lie
I'm so good at
Fooling myself
And you were good at
Pulling through hell
And showing me that
I could love still
I could love still
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9. |
Everything in Time
04:56
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Everything in time
I needed a job
The rent was due
The lights were off
I told myself
Amongst the weeds
Let go of wants
Let go of needs
I'm only living when the words start coming
I'm only singing when a sad song carries a tune
I'd give it all, but I've got nothing
But sad songs that were made for me and you
I'm only living when the words start coming
I'm only singing when a sad song carries a tune
I'd give it all, but I've got nothing
But sad songs that were made for me and you
Timing my breathing
So I can swim through the sea
Anxiety-ridden
Along with the beat
It's a casual complexity
An every day sense of the world
Repetitive entropy
Cliched contradictions
Admire the beauty
But throw out the keys
Chalking the outline
Of personal needs
I apologize
That I couldn't be
The best version of myself
Until I was lonely
I apologize
That I couldn't be
The best version of myself
Until I was lonely
I'm only living when the words start coming
I'm only singing when a sad song carries a tune
I'd give it all, but I've got nothing
But sad songs that were made for me and you
I'm only living when the words start coming
I'm only singing when a sad song carries a tune
I'd give it all, but I've got nothing
But sad songs that were made for me and you
I'm only living when the words start coming
I'm only singing when a sad song carries a tune
I'd give it all, but I've got nothing
But sad songs that were made for me and you
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