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Callow
02:50
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Blurry and bleak
Everything screams
"You need to be released
and part ways with woe"
We know you won't see me
As I’m anchored too low
Like a balloon filled with air
With no chance of going anywhere
Stuck, see through and cursed
Just spinning in wind
Waiting to burst
Yes, I am volatile
Fickle and floating
But I won't break the stride
Or try to stop the rush
For myriads of reasons
I let the hell overtake control
Drive me off a cliff
In all the buzz and noise
The sweetest tune plays
The timbre of your voice
A parting gift for the unworthy
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Transient Courage
03:46
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Ran, ran away from the grief
Tried to hide in streets, in crossroads
Coincidence I cannot buy
Observed my inside and ran
Barely awake in a daydream
I saw my feet all printed in snow
As I walked away from the compass needles
All fossil in mutual choke
How come those footsteps, they point back
Am I losing my senses
Haven't I gone forward on
Or is it the snow that always turns around
When I sleepwalk
December eyes and melted snow
That falls below
Your implication is doomed
If you weep all year
And never save a tear
A fool rumbles
Behind a barrel organ's handle
As he tries to speak out
Mind the melody
Intangible crawl
In a body of a doll
Preventing a fall
But what for
Clusters of words in parlors
Clusters of thoughts on papers
It won't get lost
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Different Shapes
03:29
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Seeking silence
Makes all the sounds seem the loudest
It's when the colours don't match
And circles lose their roundness
It's not gone forever
Maybe just lost in time
It all comes back
Brighter than ever
In different shapes
But the same paradigm
How do I make it stay?
How do I make it perfect right away?
Thinking silence heals brought us here
Does it hurt you as much as me
Watching me disappear?
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Reframe
04:14
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Distant yet hearing
All the noise that's appearing
Sinking through the floor
Keeping intact the glass ceiling
Sights and stares as I ascend
From the lows of the shell I've made
With all the lights dimmed
Surrounded by silhouettes I've never seen
Comfort lost and never found
We struggle to get in rather than get out
Layer so thin
The weakest I've been
Keep breaking my fingers on the way in
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The Early Bright
02:26
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I don't want to see
Will you read me to sleep?
Such a resonant tale to me
As I'm hoary standing by
One eyed night sky holds the weep
What a place to bide
I would love to see it cry
It all laid me down
Left with an aching imprint on my knees
Will I ever find the stolen crown
Will you help me heal my agonies
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Narratives
02:41
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On my knees, staring at this tale
It's depicted in the colourless sky
The look in your eyes and the skin so pale
Devoid of all strength and bleeding dry
I've made myself a fugitive
From a once desired narrative
I see my life as Indian summer
The season's long overdue
I'm skipping days to mitigate the bummer
Still I've got no clue
I see my life as Indian summer
And I just wish things were different
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Inner disputes
Cruising my conscience
Like strangers with torn parachutes
Diving in with little or no control
Too random, lacking a pattern
With no direction and destination unknown
High in the skies of my clouded mind
Lies the source of distractive deafening sound
Hypnotised, blank stares with my empty eyes
These unforgiving voices keep questioning my choices
The maze I drew
The face I once knew has gone
As well as my will to go on
The days seem too long
Almost like years
It hurts watching myself disappear
My hands are tied
And all limbs intertwined
With the blueprint you can find me
And I saw you holding it tight
For now I'll rest the heavy head
And just wait to be found
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Passing
02:23
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Reading off the walls
Giving meaning to colours
And every scratch they hold
Drawing lines, unconfined
Always present in space but distant in mind
If only my thoughts could reach you
To explain everything
To break the silence
That fills our room's corners
And keeps holding me in
Using words right is still the hardest part
It seems
You were always restless about it
But I wouldn't see, I couldn't feel a thing
You were always restless about me
Just put words in my mouth
And we both might see through everything
How would it feel knowing you could sink into me?
Would you swim or just let your hands go
To feel the currents and see where they flow
There's no chance of wading against the stream
So before you submerge I just need to know
How would it feel knowing you could sink into me
If only my thoughts could reach you
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