1. |
Wishing Trees
00:59
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wishing trees
sail away with me
across a frozen sea
somewhere we can be
just be
dream a day with me
out of this factory
somewhere wild and free
full of wishing trees
I have learned to love to keep
understood the pipeing dream
it's a far cry off from being seen
but it’s always heard
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2. |
Pipers Dream
04:12
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piper’s dream
wrap me up in sympathy
comfort me with misery
if you leave me here
I promise you I’ll bleed
wrap me up and make it true
make me feel like I’m brand new
if you leave me here
I promise you I’ll bleed
wrap me up and show your friends
show ‘em how a queen descends
just don’t leave me here
to bleed
I'm the piper
I bleed red
my imagination stole my bread
and now I’m left with a hole
instead of a heart
settle me and give me grace
pick me up to save my face
if you leave me here
I promise you I’ll bleed
strap my mouth
refine my oil
plant my feet on dead man’s soil
just don’t leave me here to bleed
I'm the piper
I bleed red
my imagination stole my bread
now I'm left with a hole
instead of my heart
I'm the piper
and I need you
I will bleed you dry enough to prove
I will leave you a hole instaed of a heart
raise the cup at a selfish speed
dreams are never really what they seem
once you’ve loved a piper’s dream
you’ll bleed
as for these words
they will fall like lead
onto stoney ground that roses dread
but no one bleeds
when they fall dead
you’ll see
I'm the piper
I bleed red
my imagination stole my bread
now I’m left with a hole
instead of a heart
I'm the piper
I need you
I will bleed you dry enough to prove
I will leave you with a hole
instead of a heart
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3. |
Last Few Standing
05:27
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last few standing
I read in the paper
it happened again
I guess those bridges that you burned
bought their way back up again
we’re suddenly strangers
someone has to tell you my name
I saw you last night
it was clear that you had changed
you sold out your mercy
you won the chance to begin
now you’d be lucky in a fight
to get your ass kicked
by a couple of friends
why didn’t you call me
I would’ve come
I’ve imagined this day
a million times since I was young
it wouldn’t have been easy
tell me what is
it’s just what we'll end up paying
for a stolen kiss
you got some reasons
you like to call them your own
they’re just as sure enough
as the gypsy
calls the road his home
you got some pieces
you like to call them a heart
when they’re just the last few standing
after most of it was blown apart
why didn’t you call me
I would’ve come
I’ve imagined this day
a million times since I was young
it wouldn’t have been easy
tell me what is
it’s just what you'll end up paying
for a stolen kiss
I watched you for hours
those hours turned into years
I’ve watched you spend more time without her
than any mother dares to fear
why didn’t you call me
I would’ve come
I’ve imagined this day
a million times since I was young
it wouldn’t have been easy
tell me what is
i guess it's what we'll end up paying
for a stolen kiss
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4. |
Drummer Boy
02:50
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Drummer boy
so you got yourself a drummer boy
put him in the front
it will never be a son of yours
to pay for what you want
justice only goes so far
when a killer wants to hunt
watch your mouth
tone of voice
can give way to deceit
watch the steps
your ignorance can give way to defeat
watch the starving children
as they’re dying in the streets
don’t you know
don’t you know
I guess you don’t know
didn’t your daddy ever tell you boy
this life is not a game
or did he feel he’d done enough
by giving you his name
don’t you know your history
man
the politics of shame
the church who is responsible
for making you their man
present themselves as gullable
like puppets on a hand
i stand here on another shore
to watch this all play out
so helpless to project the truth
what this is all about
it is plain to see
you’ve had your chance
and soon your day will come
when the innocent shall rise against
the one they called their own
but go ahead and stall some more
what the hells another day
because none of yours will bear the chores
or ever take the blame
there is nothing more to answer for
when the garden reaps its hate
and carries on for lifetimes long
while the foxes eat the grapes
‘tis always more then you bargain for
when you tempt the hands of fate
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5. |
Wake Up
04:22
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wake up
it’s not a matter of what is right
it’s not a matter of what is wrong
it’s just about this precious waste of space
us trying to keep something so far gone
you better put church back into state
while you just separate note from song
baby just try and hold your breath
while you got this fire on your tongue
then I wake up without a doubt
outside my window
it rains hard enough
it’s beatin’ me up
soaking sense into me
my eyes capsize
wake up manifest destiny
tell me why is it when it rains
it’s like being rocked back to sleep
rocked back to where
the season’s never change
right back to where
the strongest ones are weak
you can rewrite scenes to make ammends
in a film where night time never ends
where the misplaced details might offend
take to your end and start again
then I wake up without a doubt
outside my window
it rains hard enough
it’s beatin’ me up
soaking sense into me
my eyes capsize
wake up manifest destiny
somehow my road just forked in two
after miles of warning signs
but when you’re asleep and on the loose
that’s when you think everything’s just fine
well baby I got some news for you
I'm the young one
I am new
but I won’t say the same thing after you
who taught me everything I knew
then I wake up without a doubt
outside my window
it rains hard enough
it’s beatin’ me up
soaking sense into me
my eyes capsize
wake up manifest destiny
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6. |
Dew Drops
05:08
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dew drops
you asked me to confide
so my heart will ache tonight
from all of the answers
and still no proof
of
all that I’ll lose
if I suddenly choose
to
passionately pursue my truths
the birds wake me up
coffee fills my cup
every morning like the dew drops do
every morning like the dew drops do
why should I lie
I’m sort of petrified
of
what might happen
when I let this go
so much of who I am
a well written worn out plan
kept in motion
by a heart beating slow
I won’t be the one
who stares at the sun
then begs you to tell me I’m blind
no one has fun
when they lose all they won
truth never knew how to lie
so what you lost your stride
it looks like you’re dying inside
they say you can’t see the forest
for some trees
it’s more than a shame
more like something
they keep saying thru the years
to give confusion some peace
I don’t much agree
the confusion comes free
man it’s foolproof
you’ll end up here
with your heart in your hands
holding all life demands
and the evidence
all broken and clear
I won’t be the one
who stares at the sun
then begs you to tell me I’m blind
no one has fun
when they lose all they won
truth never knew how to lie
life won’t seem to move
as we struggle to prove to ourselves
that wholeness it means age
when the outside caves in
when you’ve leathered your skin
when those folks that you call friends
they move away
your age will wake you up
put some mercy in your cup
every morning like the dew drops do
every morning like the dew drops do
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7. |
Used To
06:00
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used to
out of sight
is out of mind
it always happens
when you
lose your mind
time sweet time after time
what’s the use
I don’t hear from you
I’d write or I’d call
but
you’re always so far
time sweet time after time
I’m used to being lonely
but I’ve never been this lonely before
when I’m all alone
I feel strange in my home
my cornerstone as a child
my cornerstone
time after time
I’m used to being lonely
but I’ve never been this lonely before
I’m weak and I’m tired
I’ve been burned by the fires at my
door
the last straws of a draw
rarely seem fair
I picked off the short one
and they butchered my hair
I’m vain but I know it
and
boy have I been shown it again
yesterday it was low
I stayed on the floor
I cried till my eyes wouldn’t well anymore
I cried time after time
I’m used to being lonely
but I’ve never been this lonely before
I’m weak and a little bit tired
I’ve been burned by the fires at my
door
I aint as young
as I was when I begun
and I’m just getting older each day
older and wiser
and somewhat more tamed
I’m used to being lonely
but I ain't never been this lonely before
out of sight
is out of mind
it always happens
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8. |
Songs to Forget
05:33
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songs to forget
its been a hard night
one of the longest we've seen
our eyes they're all wide
from both saying things we don't mean
we've tried and we've tried
we pushed comfort aside
just to dream
with arms open wide
all shattered inside it would seem
we could drive along the seaside
we could sleep under the stars
we could make believe some stories
to make us feel better
or we could just sing some songs
to make us forget
i thought that i knew
what i wanted from you
but i don't
you thought that you knew too
and if you don't know by now
then you won't
maybe it's a cheap shot to say
when the skin has pulled away from the bone
with arms open wide
all shattered inside all alone
we could drive along the seaside
we could sleep under the stars
we could make believe some stories
to make us feel better
or we could just sing some songs
to make us forget
it's been a long year
and i don't want to live here anymore
the people they're all wierd
and the circles only come with locked doors
i know exactly why we came
but it don't mean the same thing no more
with arms by my side
all shattered inside by the door
we could drive along the seaside
we could sleep under the stars
we could make believe some stories
to make us feel better
or we could just sing some songs
to make us forget
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9. |
Shells of Men
04:22
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shells of men
I quit climbing the mountain
when I lost the faith
now what do I do with
this bitterness and shame
bargaining for peace of mind
has never been my style
I just accept what i'm missing
knowing all the while
it’s like a stone in my heart
this boulder in my hand
it’s like the heaviest grade of steel
the best assembly line ought to demand
for many years I’ve made my homes
out of piles of wood and stone
s
but circumstances took my breath away
I never thought I’d be right here
hoping for anything clear
just waiting for my miracle to come
it’s like a stone in my heart
this boulder in my hand
it’s the heaviest grade of steel
the best assembly line ought to demand
what remains is wearin’ thin
as our wonder years descend
but just take hope
only shells of men begin again
I lost my goodness
when I sold my heart
now I’m as desperate as I am open
but too numb to fall apart
fortunes failed to honor
time is rusty knife
I'm so tired of treading this water
pretending I’m alive
so I went searching for truth
for a reason to live
or that fountain of youth
I had lost my will to give
it’s like a stone in my heart
this boulder in my hand
it’s the heaviest grade of steel
the best assembly line ought to demand
what remains is wearin’ thin
as our wonder years descend
just take hope
only shells of men begin again
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10. |
Matter to Me
06:23
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matter to me
I went out today
bought a fragrant sachet
for a conscience that was driving me mad
but half way thru the day
I lost that sachet
and wound up feeling worse than I had
i felt dusted off then used
profoundly confused
by a
trust that I thought we had
but at the end of the day
things never work that way
so I offer up this plea for grace
to know the things that matter
and the things that don’t
the things that might
and the things that won't
all of those beautiful and sacred
the wounded and the belated
all those memories and movie scenes
of perfect and broken things
that stay forever on a mind
I wake up each day
and put a smile on display
like some china you keep in a case
you can hear it in my bones
I’m ready to go home
so I offer up this plea for grace
to know the things that matter
and the things that don’t
the things that might
and the things that won’t
all of those beautiful and sacred
the wounded and the belated
all those memories and move scenes
of perfect and broken things
that weigh forever on a mind
through pieced together scenes
and stolen broken dreams
these are the valleys
that teach us to bare
through the dullest of aches
from the quietest mistakes
to the most public of heartfelt affairs
thru gently broken wings
and semi severed strings
he is holding the rest of what’s there
to know the things that matter
and the things that don’t
the things that might
and the things that won’t
all of those beautiful and sacred
wounded and the belated
all those memories and movie scenes
of perfect and broken things
that stay forever on a mind
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11. |
Bending Wood
04:35
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bending wood
I think I’ve had enough
living on the outside
until my skin is tough enough
tough enough
I can’t explain
when day after day
the simple things that seemed so plain
just scatter down the drain
everyday’s the same
we’re poor enough to say
the bluest of the truest skies
will never make things change
but they can ease your pain
it’s never been for nothing
this life I’ve tried
but I must have done something fine
to make you mine
I always used to bend wood
make believe convince myself
I was doing all I should
never mind I could
without you
I tend to freak out
tend to speak out of turn
let my wick at both ends burn
until you came to me
as freely as a melody
when my courage all but fights
I look into your eyes
and they say I’m home
it’s never been for nothing
this life I’ve tried
but I must have done something fine
to make you mine
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