1. |
Careful Now
02:32
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is it my mind that betrays me or you?
is there anything left here to do?
when I can’t sleep or shut my mind down
or stop these thoughts swirling ‘round
careful now
I’m afraid we’ll take it too far
you've got me wishing on a dead star
'cos I’ve nothing else to show you
except the heart that I wear on my sleeve
things that I never want to believe
still come crashing around like a storm
always wearing your form
careful now
let’s step back from this precipice
stop kicking stones into the abyss
please don’t say that I don’t know you
although your face will not betray
you’re thinking it, you’re thinking it
the things that you will never say
but want so much to happen
I’m filling up a chest of hope
and sinking it, I’m sinking it
it only takes a little rope
and you can watch me hang
is it my mind that betrays me or you?
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2. |
Red Becomes You
03:11
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red becomes you
like a wound, like a gash
that's sewn up in a flash
it becomes you
like the wolves at the door
are still howling for more
they become you
in the dead of the night
while my guts twist up tight
I become you
and my thoughts on a whim
focus only on him
he becomes you
like the dress that you wore
crumpled there on the floor
I watch as it becomes you
everything becomes you
red becomes you
when I stare at the words
and they seem more absurd
they become you
it's a soiree of sin
on the head of a pin
which becomes you
in the small and dark hours
drying up like the flowers
I become you
until brittle and frail
until faded and pale
he becomes you
like no one ever does
like nothing ever was
I watch as it becomes you
everything becomes you
before you
I only dreamt in black and white
now you’re the incessant shade
that haunts my night
ever drowning
slowly in your shifting tide
cover me if you can from every side
whatever it is I think I see
it always somehow becomes you to me
you're nothing that I want
but everything I need
what's left to talk about
there's nothing to believe
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3. |
Charlemagne
03:39
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charlemagne, clearly something’s changed
I’m afraid of what you will not say
‘cos if you don’t belong with me
there must be something really wrong with me
so tell me please
I find myself on shifting sand
with nowhere safe for me to stand
I find myself adrift at sea
and you refuse to rescue me
charlemagne, you say you’re going away
I’m afraid to try to make you stay
I never should have let this start
you’ll only double cross my heart
I’ll cry and hope to die
I find myself alone at last
with phantoms of a love that’s passed
I find myself adrift in space
just left to moon over your face
I used to think you were the girl of my dreams
now get out of them
don’t leave me here alone with all of my thoughts
‘cos I’m scared of them
am I doomed to repeat myself?
I am doomed to repeat myself
again and again and again and again and again
and again and again and again and again
I find myself adrift at sea
and you refuse to rescue me
charlemagne, clearly something’s changed
I’m afraid of what you will not say
and there’s a part of me that knows
that this is how it has to go
but still
I’m feeling ill
I think I always will
but do I love you still?
no
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4. |
You Shut Your Mouth
03:01
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you shut your mouth when you’re talking to me
I’m saying this conversationally
but I’m not fucking around
you close your eyes when you’re looking at me
there’s nothing here that I want you to see
so step back and stare at the ground
I hope it’s plain now that I mean business
you better pray you can get a witness
when every interaction
is just a big distraction
you’re telling me?
I can’t fake tolerance
when all these sycophants
just keep selling me
you plug your ears when you’re listening to me
I’m muttering barely audibly
so don’t act like you heard a sound
I’m reduced down to nervous twitches
a lot of scratch but that’s not what itches
for all the conversation
there’s little innovation
you got nothin’ on me
despite outward appearance
you’re static interference
stop beaming at me
you shut your mouth when you’re talking to me
I’m not fucking around
I hope it’s plain now that I mean business
pray you can get a witness
when every interaction
is just a big distraction
you’re telling me?
I can’t fake tolerance
when all these sycophants
keep selling me
and every conversation
is just an aggravation
just leave me be
no chance for integration
of all this information
you keep selling me
there’s too much information
it’s just an aggravation
just want to shut it out
just shut your fucking mouth
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5. |
Old Overcoat
02:46
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old overcoat hanging on the chair
the one my granddad used to wear
now the threads are bare
and there’s a tear upon the shoulder
old overcoat given once to me
by grandmother in secrecy
hung below my knees
but it looked good when I got older
oh, the brightest colors always fade
and no one cares about the plans that we made
so long ago
old photographs in the picture frame
and no one can recall their names
the styles have changed
but there’s a look that seems familiar
oh, the brightest colors always fade
and no one cares about the plans that we made
so long ago…
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6. |
Waiting for the World
04:06
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put on all your epaulets
and scribble down some epithets
the laundry list of lost regrets
and trivial fact findings
just think of all the money spent
the seasons of your discontent
arrived and never really went
perennial bad tidings
so now you’re only waiting for the world
to catch up to you and celebrate their find
‘til you’re free and you’re paid to do
whatever comes to mind
or get left behind
with education incomplete
and no one falling at your feet
no victories just bittersweet
and hope is just a hurdle
an opportunity awaits
somewhere within the book of fates
to take your place among the greats
in pantheons eternal
but now you’re only waiting for the world
to catch up to you and celebrate their find
‘til you’re free and you’re paid to do
whatever comes to mind
or get left behind
it seems so clear but you can’t see
you say “the problem can’t be me
‘cos i know for sure
that everyone else is wrong”
and now you’re only waiting for the world
to catch up to you and celebrate their find
‘til you’re free and you’re paid to do
whatever comes to mind
or get left behind
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7. |
The Duration of Things
03:58
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a moment’s hesitation
it’s such a simple thing
it tells me all that I need to know
it tells me everything
in the time that it takes
for the words that form in your mind
to make their way to your mouth
that’s when you’re breaking my heart
so tell me the truth
we keep connecting
in spite of all our faults
lies and crying three-fourths of the time
that doesn’t make it a waltz
in the time that it takes
for the hand that slaps my face
to pull me in for a kiss
that’s when you’re breaking my heart
so tell me the truth
that’s all I’m waiting for
some sign of proof
tell me the truth
you know the closer I get
the more it seems
you’re just like a stranger
we fall in bed together
but then we fall apart
and by the time the credits roll
we’re just alone in the dark
in the time that it takes
for me to realize
that you’re the one that I want
I’ve gone and broken your heart
so tell me the truth
that’s what I’m waiting for
the final proof
tell me the truth
you know the closer I get
the more it seems you’re just like a stranger
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8. |
Celestial
03:15
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she puts the stars behind a veil
so in comparison they pale
feels like the sky is falling down
every time she comes around
and she feels so celestial
it’s unreal, it’s unbelievable
it’s all I can do to keep up with you
she means more than the world to me
(etoile du berger, toute pres)
I look around she’s all I see
(jour et nuit, elle brille)
now I’m convinced it’s all for her
forgot just how the bad days were
and she feels so celestial
it’s unreal, it’s unbelievable
it’s all I can do to keep up with you
and when the veil comes falling down
she wears her starry brightness gown
she’s tracing lines up in the sky
I’m blinking dust out of my eye
and she feels so celestial
it’s unreal, it’s unbelievable
it’s all I can do to keep up with you
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9. |
Sleep
01:39
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sleep
here beside me
so that I might sweetly dream
I’m told the outside world is cold
the best things are the ones you hold
stay
just for always
now we’re finally in phase
I’m done with toiling in the sun
I know I’m not the only one
sleep
here beside me
so that we might sweetly dream
and both rest tonight in peace
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10. |
The Perfect Kind
03:01
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I’d barely known you for the longest time
and it wouldn’t be honest to say you never crossed my mind
but lately now it seems I’m inclined
to tell everyone I finally find in you the perfect kind
and right there all the time
and now it’s suddenly clear
that we find ourselves here
I’d been racing through so many years
I love the way that you drive
so can we go for a ride?
now it finally begins
got you under my skin
I’m glad it’s not too late
yeah this was worth the wait
I’ve been trying hard to give the impression
of someone who never suffers depression
like I’m alright
but now I’m gonna make a confession
the other troubles I had aren’t worth a mention
they’re not worth the time
you put them out my mind
but it doesn’t feel strange
now that everything’s changed
how easily we’re rearranged
so can I see you tonight?
would that be alright?
now I can’t help but smile
you’re eclectic and wild
I know this is the best
my lovely lioness
is there a place that we can go to be together
that you’ve never been? I feel like I’ve been nowhere ever
any time is when I want the chance to hold you
so pull me in close there’s nothing more I’d ever need
and now it’s suddenly clear
that we find ourselves here
I’d been wasting through so many years
so glad we got this chance
so can I have this dance?
there’s so much to convey
though I can’t find a way
to say what’s on my mind
but you’re the perfect kind
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