1. |
The Same and Far Away
05:16
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I pay too much attention
Observe a bit too well
So I don’t miss the moment
It all gets shot to hell
Is it your fault?
Is it my fault?
Where can I place the blame?
If I never close my eyes I’ll never miss a thing
Cuz for some reason it’s worth it to live inside the pain
Make a home inside my head
The same and far away
Got all worked up again
I’m so sick of myself
I wish you would understand
How I’m not sure how to ask for help
Is it your fault?
Is it my fault?
Where can I place the blame?
If I never close my eyes I’ll never miss a thing
Cuz for some reason it’s worth it to live inside the pain
Make a home inside my head
The same and far away
Panic is not productive
I’m so quick to despair
My fear and my faith are disconnected
At the very least I’m painfully self-aware
Is it your fault?
Is it my fault?
Where can I place the blame?
If I never close my eyes I’ll never miss a thing
Cuz for some reason it’s worth it to live inside the pain
Make a home inside my head
The same and far away
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2. |
San Diego
04:19
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Dozing in your car on the way home from San Diego
When my head jerks itself up I think, “oh no, this is how we go.”
Traffic jam at 1am is really getting to me
Passing smashed up cars I think, “I should have more sympathy.”
Cuz lately I’m so aware
That my time with you on earth is rare
Cuz one day you won’t be there
Please don’t go
Who am I to think there might be something more important
Than the way you smile when you kiss my forehead
So I’ll try to stop sleeping with one leg outside the bed
“I love love love you” is what you said
Lately I’m so aware
Just how loving someones so unfair
Cuz when you don’t want to, you still care
Please don’t go
Cuz I want your hand on my head
I want your side to lean into
I wanna listen better
While you’re still here to talk to me
Oh talk to me
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3. |
Traveling East
04:29
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I’ll meet you where you’re going
Wherever that may be
Cuz it’s my heart you’re holding
Won’t you hold all the rest of me
Right now I’m traveling east
And I don’t know
If that puts you further or closer to me
I don’t know
Today’s all plains and puddles
Borders and state lines
These roads will knock the wind right out of your body
And make you lose all sense of time
Right now I’m traveling east
And I don’t know
If that puts you further or closer to me
I don’t know
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4. |
Tuesday
03:52
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I need it to be Tuesday
This seasons run its course
I need a job, I need a friend
All I gots dreamers remorse
I’m so tired
Of being so lonely
I need Tuesday
That’s when my baby will hold me
I throw a rock in my bourbon
Let the spirits submerge
My senses for a moment
Melt it down, dull the burn
I can’t keep swimming
In this aching hour
Oh Tuesday
You’ve got all of my power
But nothings easy anymore
I can’t go walking through our door
Without the threat of wanting more
Than I know you can afford
I can’t keep swimming
In this aching hour
Oh Tuesday
You’ve got all of my power
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5. |
Bad Attitude
03:57
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I’m covered in a gas station blanket
Getting sleep in halves of hours
In a rented van, it’s 3am
And I’m over this whole night
The boys all seemed so unbothered
Drinking coffee and making puns
They’re laughing loud, while their cigarettes burn down,
“Hey man, I got another good one”
And sometimes I wonder
If there’s something wrong with me
Cuz I got a bad attitude
For someone living their dreams
We’re up with the sun in the morning
Just like the one before
What day is it, and what town are we in,
And which way do I turn out the door?
And sometimes I wonder
If there’s something wrong with me
Cuz I got a bad attitude
For someone living their dreams
A bad attitude
I try to be nice to my husband
When he calls me up on the phone
But when the call gets dropped and he tries right back
Somehow I feel more alone
And sometimes I wonder
If I’m not cut out for this
I thought that chasing my dreams
Would feel a little bit different than this
And sometimes I wonder
If there’s something wrong with me
Cuz I got a bad attitude
For someone living their dreams
A bad attitude
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6. |
Some People
03:45
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There’s some people who think I’m famous
And my ego’s too big to tell em they’re wrong
There’s some people who make me nervous
Guess what, it’s all of you, it’s everyone
My jealousy makes me feel so green
I don’t even know how to be
My shattered mind gets me every time
Piercing my skin with it’s shine
I’m falling all over myself in admiration
Loathing my own situation
Falling all over myself in admiration
Loathing my own situation
There’s some people who make me feel
Like I got my shit together and nothing is wrong
There’s some people who think I’ve tried
Way too hard for way too long
My jealousy makes me feel so green
I don’t even know how to be
My shattered mind gets me every time
Piercing my skin with it’s shine
I’m falling all over myself in admiration
Loathing my own situation
Falling all over myself in admiration
Loathing my own situation
And it’s not like I feel like
I’ve done anything at all
But if I don’t inflate a little
I’ll shatter when I fall
I’m falling all over myself in admiration
Loathing my own situation
Falling all over myself in admiration
Loathing my own situation
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7. |
Dim Light
04:19
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Tonight’s all hazy and washed out
In the light of a low-hanging moon
And the tears are further back
In my throat
Not threatening the room
It’s better than yesterday, that’s for sure
But it’s still looming over, like a blanket over shoulders
I carry it with me through the forest and the fire
But baby, this is not the sound of a soul set to expire
I just wanna move through dim light tonight
Observe the shadows thrown by wild flame
They have so much to say
And I’m listening too intently for any shifting at the door
To see if maybe you’ll come out and not ignore me anymore
So I filled the room with smoke
And a sweet and delicate scent
Love, you don’t have to explain
It’s alright, I know what you meant
It’s not your fault that I am fighting with myself
It’s despair looming over, like a blanket over shoulders
I carry it with me through the forest and the fire
But baby this is not the sound of a soul set to expire
I just wanna move through dim light tonight
Observe the shadows thrown by wild flame
They have so much to say
And I’m listening too intently for any shifting at the door
To see if maybe you’ll come out and not ignore me anymore
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8. |
Stay There
04:13
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Take it from me, I know what you’re thinking
I just can’t seem to pick up the pieces
These days never go the way I think they will
So where is truth?
Where is love?
Why can’t I stay there?
I wanna go there
I had a dream that she stole my song
I had a dream that I took it back and sang it all wrong
What does it mean if you’re not winning in your own dreams?
So where is truth?
Where is love?
Why can’t I stay there?
I wanna go there
I never thought that I’d be someone with so many needs
I was supposed to be so much stronger
Than I am now
I’ve fallen so far down
So where is truth?
Where is love?
Why can’t I stay there?
I wanna go there
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