1. |
Bright as the Moon
04:03
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Sometimes
I forget that I'm dreaming
When I talk to you
So when I wake, I wonder:
Were you dreaming too?
When we shine together
We're as bright as the moon
So before we say goodnight
Just look up
The scattered ashes of a million lights
Bleed through the sky
Soon enough
We'll tumble backwards
And be reunited, you and I
But tonight we question why
We question why
Those times
I think I must be near you
Though I'm far away
So when I wake up from my dream
I hope you'll stay
Wrap your arms around me
Shine as bright as the moon
And the darkness of the night sky too
It's all a dream to you
Just look up
Though it makes our spirits shine
As bright as the moon
I can see the men inside of women
And I can see the women inside of men
The words are false, but the energy is true
Something about the sun and moon
And about water and fire
Something about our eyes
And the way that we see in twos
You can name a person, but you can't name a spirit
I can see us shining as bright as the moon
I remember dancing in the womb with you
Before we became
You and I
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2. |
Great Blue Heron
04:04
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Think I'll move away this spring
It's been a year I'm in this city
I don't have too many friends
That I can call on for an evening
Try my luck again
Go to someplace I can breathe
Without waking up my neighbours
I'm choking on the balcony
In humid summer afternoons
But I can see out
Past the buildings
To a life where I live out
The promises that I make myself
I don't know where my heart will lead
I turn twenty-five November
I'm getting past my fear
Of having children and a family
Somebody's at the door, though
Who?
Who?
I can hang on for awhile
But sometimes I'm so impatient
Because you never know how long
You're gonna last, or if you'll make it
Don't look it in the eye
Ride the breeze between the hills
See what future lies beyond them
And forget about the useless things
That matter to me in the city
Maybe out there I can try
To live a life where I don't doubt
The promises that I make myself
Promises
Promises
In promises we try
To make the truth come down
And fill us like balloons
Balloons
Balloons
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3. |
The Neighbourhood
07:30
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I see resentment in your eyes
When we pass each other on the street
I can't begin to know how hard you've worked
Or what your children eat for dinner
When you're on the evening shift
You did it for them, so they could be born here
Go to college, get a job, make some money
Settle down and never have to fear
Of being broken by a dream
We're dressed in white
We sip champagne
We care for nothing but the status
Of our own names
We sell the land
We sell the sea
We sell our hearts and minds
Our daily lives
Our human energy
And we're the ones who pay the cost
We're the ones who pay the rent
We pay for nothing with a million dimes
That we've already spent
We pay for nothing
And nothing lasts
We pay for nothing but the future
And we'll end up in the past
Yeah, we'll end up in the past
It was hanging in the back room
Of the store for twenty years:
The first dollar that you ever truly made appear
And it came to you with promises
That money can provide
But the currency of promises
Exchanges into lies
And you knew that
It said:
I want to control you
For only minutes at a time
All your friends and family
Think we're such a lovely guise
To hide behind
If they knew the truth about it
I would surely die
I'd like to see them try
I said I'd like to see them try
Oh, yes I would
Yes I would
Even though you've got a plan
Even though you've got a dream
Even though every day the bastards
Steal the air from inside you
You try to fight it, you try your very best
But there are a million drunks
And they're dressed in white
And they're jacking up the rent
So much you'll pay for nothing
And it won't be cheap
You pay for nothing, you get nothing
And you'll end up on the street
And when they see that vacancy
They can hardly see what you can see
The floors you scrubbed down on your knees
The afternoon deliveries
The neighbour children getting older
The winters when the pipes were frozen
Put the "out for lunch" sign on the counter
Go grab a coffee around the corner
But when you come back
The door won't open for you
Anymore
The time has come
You can't afford to sign the lease
The neighbourhood kept swinging
'Till it knocked you off your feet
You're looking at the people
Passing by on the street
And you wonder if one day you'll feel
The way their faces say they feel
They sleep at night without the nightmares
They spend their days without the fear
Of bringing hunger home for dinner
Of debt so deep you break your fingers climbing
Couldn't keep the family business thriving
Now you're on the evening shift
Diving for dishes, dish diving
When you miss a spot
The guests complain
They sip champagne
They sip champagne
Avez-vous, avez-vous?
Ave Maria, avez-vous?
Déjà vu, déjà vu
Déjà Maria, déjà vu
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4. |
Inflation
03:17
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The stock market, born this morning
Dived in to the late afternoon
Everybody was taking action
Inside of their cubicles
And vehicles, and fly away
Blinking sixty times a second
Was the footage of a young child
Who had made it out of public school alive
Now they’re running favours for the actors
Maybe break into the industry this time
All seeing eye
You don’t know what’s right for me
You take my wallet, you take my car keys
I wave to everyone goodbye
Bye-bye
So, without warning, the stock market
Spread its wings and flew into the sky
Taking action, everybody parked their cars
And ran inside their cubicles to hide
Hide
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts forever
You gotta make it last forever
All seeing eye
You don’t know what’s right for me
You take my wallet, you take my car keys
I wave to everyone goodbye
Bye-bye
All seeing eye
You’re making me pornography
You take my picture when I’m fast asleep
And say it represents my life
My life
All seeing eye
All seeing eye
All seeing eye
All seeing eye
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5. |
Thirsty/Predator
03:31
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Where does all the money go, and how come I see none of it? The water pours out of the faucet, down the drain, back to the faucet. Lately I’ve been having dreams where I take drugs to find a way out of the dream, but when I drug reality my vision turns to pink-and-yellow. I’m talking loudly on my cellphone, freaking out the night-time tourists in my mind: how do we create a future, trying to leave the past behind? And how do we explain to children everything there is today when I’ve never known what hunger feels like, my body is too far away, it never raises any question that I can’t disguise as fate-until a voice comes filling up the silence: where’s the other part of me? Where’s the black misshapen figure dancing in transparency? If I witness everything, what remains a fantasy for me?
If I can’t afford a home, am I supposed to buy domains? If I move into the cloud, could I come back to earth again? If the signal fades away, would I become a refugee? Is there any mortgage for my privacy, some sort of policy?
I don’t think so.
I want a currency that nourishes the human spirit. I want to think about a single thing for several minutes. I want to free myself from working and still feeling worthless, sleeping and still feeling restless, talking and still feeling voiceless, living and still feeling lifeless.
Faced with our grotesque reflection, rather than to turn away, embrace the mirror.
I’m so thirsty I’m made of water.
Meanwhile
In the deep Pacific ocean
10,000 leagues below the surface
A sperm whale has traveled many days
In pursuit of a squid the size of my ignorance
And as it consumes
Its only meal for months
I’m standing in the checkout line
With a cart full of liquidation cocktail shrimp
In vacuum-packs
I pay by credit
And I feed a different kind of hungry giant
With the krill of my labour
The whale has one heart
And the squid has three
The bank has no heart
But I have seven billion
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6. |
Magnetic
04:52
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It was an accident
I couldn't turn away
You grabbed my hand
We painted every colour
Between the outlines
Of the day
I was a slave to nature
You were water on the fire
And right between our eyes
Right between our thighs
Between our arms
Between our stomachs
In our bodies every night
There lied an answer
It came pouring out
Like water on the fire
On the outcry of our lives
Every night
I hear your voice
In empty rooms
I just want to be with you
Until tomorrow comes
Behind a cloudy sky
I'll be someone else
And you'll be someone
I don't recognize, except
When I see your eyes
I'm reminded of a brighter
Time in my life
But of course
You never pay just once
You never play just twice
Before I met you, I would go out
Smashing bottles every night
It's alright, it's alright
Pour the water on the fire
It's alright, it's alright
Pour the water on the fire
Every night
The trees still call out in your name
Mercury in retrograde
Cold blood on the windowpane
In June
Deserts flood in tides of endless green
Upon the liquid earth, if only you were there
Birds don't tangle quite the same
In your hair
I hear your voice
In empty rooms
I just want to be with you
I just want to be with you
I just want to be with you
Be with you
Be with you
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7. |
My Ikea Bedframe
03:07
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I met you when I was a waitress
I was working off my massive student debt
When you asked me if what I learned was worth knowing
I replied "nothing that I won't one day forget"
You told me I was crazy
And I told you I was dying to be cured
I told you to come back here in a little while, you just smiled
You said you would come back when you could
In the evenings we went dancing
I would turn you 'round and spin you on your head
Later on when we sat down to catch our breath
You whispered to me "do you think we'll miss this when we're dead?"
And you would hold me in the mornings
Safe and warm in my IKEA bedframe
But when you brought it to the curb somebody picked up all the pieces
And you never held me quite the same way again
For awhile I didn't love you
For a time I didn't listen when you spoke
For a time I would imagine myself standing with another man
Who compared to you looked like a joke
But when you cried I saw things different
I forgave him for us sleeping on the floor
Then we laughed and said "without a little sorrow now and then
What's the point of it all?"
Oh, I'm not a great believer
There's a black hole just a thousand miles away
But if I could fly, I'd chase the sun and tie a string around it
So I'd never miss another day with you
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8. |
The First Time
04:19
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"This is my party"
That's how you feel when you're young
Now you notice children everywhere
And you know you're not one of them
Yeah, it takes a little time
To see things clearly
"Let's turn it up louder"
Thats what we think when we're afraid
But silence is the only way
To find your true voice again
It takes a little time
To hear things clearly
In the noise of everybody else
You get off track
Then you climb right back
Inside yourself
Don't poison my body
Don't poison my mind
Feel everything like you're feeling
For the first time
The first time you get there
Everything feels strange
For most of life you're waiting around
Now suddenly, it's happening
The first time you get there
Everything feels strange again
For most of life you're running around
To right back where you started things
Don't poison my body
Don't poison my mind
Don't poison my future
Don't poison, don't poison
Don't poison
If you feel like a child again
Don't feel afraid
The first time I saw you
The first time I cried
The first time I looked around
The first time I tried
The first time I lost it
The first time I came
The first time I hit the end
I went right back to the start again
"This is my party"
Thats how you feel when you're young
Now you notice children everywhere
And you know, and you know
And you know, and you know
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9. |
Climbing Mt. Juma
01:21
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When I climb Mt. Juma
I will send out a dove
A love-letter
An answer to the question
Every sidewalk raises
For the fruit it hopes to bear
In your mouth
If history repeats
Then I'll be seeing you again
When we forget the sound of nature
And content ourselves with pebbles
In the shapes of songs
So when I climb Mt. Juma
I will send down a landslide
It's the only rock to ever roll
And know your name before and after
It tames you or lets you tame it
So when I climb Mt. Juma
It'll feel like a hurricane
For the both of us
Lost in the land of gold and silver
While the world turns for nobody
It's a word that I made up for you
Juma
Juma
Juma
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10. |
Back to You
03:57
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I should have asked
For you to stay another night
Your shadow looks just like me
Beside the candlelight
Remembering those summer nights
When I held my handlebars so tight
But I couldn't tell you why
When we talk about it
I get broken into pieces
I fell all the way
Back to my empty room
The same thing every time
Your shadow looks just like me
In the empty glass of wine
Forget about those sleepless nights
When I held my hands up to the light
And I fell all the way
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
I live my life under your sink
I feel your pull and I spill my drink
But I couldn't tell you why
When we talk about it
I get broken in to pieces
Like expensive china
Yeah, when we talk about it
I get broken in to pieces
I fell all the way
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
I should have asked
For you to stay another night
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11. |
Icarus
03:37
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"It's always morning somewhere"
That's just what you say
But if I could fly, I'd chase the sun
And never miss another day
Hold me in the morning
Take me where you lay
But if I should fall and scrape the stars
You'll find me in the clouds one day
It's another kind of love
It's another kind
"It's always morning somewhere"
That's just what you say
But if I could fly, I'd chase the sun
And never miss another day
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