1. |
the light of my life
03:45
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i want to be the light of your life forever
i want to be the strawberry pie of your eye
i want to be a patch on your fraying sweater
but you wanna die
i want to be your head in the clouds
you’re screaming
i want to be the stars in the sky to your night
i want to be your delicate hand
i’m trying
to get you right
complacent
out of touch
hobbling round coming after us
i’m trying
to get you up
but all you are
insidious
kill the lights and lock the doors
i wanna get lost in those tears of yours
kill the lights and lock the doors
i wanna get lost in those tears of yours
kill the lights and lock the doors
i wanna get lost in those tears of yours
kill the lights and lock the doors
i wanna get lost in those tears of yours
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2. |
want
02:34
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you made me wait
big mistake
it's all i ever wanted anyway
you're going broke
big dumb joke
but i gotta get my assets in array
what you want most
kill your ghost
but after years of waiting nothing came
and after a while
you lose your smile
cause our futures get cemented nowadays
and i want to be a writer anyway
i want to be a writer
you'd sell a lung
to get well hung
but i heard that things like that don't ever change
you're on a hunt
all you want
but after years of nothing just stay the same
i want to be a writer anyway
i want to be a writer anyway
i want to be a writer anyway
i want to be a writer
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3. |
chalky
03:28
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i was walking down your street when i saw your empty home
they were moving portraits painted deeply monochrome
i remember mondays crawling underneath the seats
didn’t really notice any lack of summer heat
for a couple minutes we were sharing holidays
snowball fights and sleeping til the parting of the ways
cat’s in carolina i’ll be up in illinois
we will never see it so i hope that you enjoy
and if i tried to gouge your eyes out
would you even disagree
cause i coulda been there
and i remember how
you turned to powder just for me
you replaced it quickly til there was nothing to impart
it had lasted seconds til i thought of you in parts
though i know you love me, you love others even more
it will turn to pieces in a separated form
and if i tried to rip your ears off
could you even guarantee
that i coulda been there
cause i remember how
you turned to powder just for me
so i’ll be eating lunch with someone else
i’ll be eating lunch with someone else
if i tried to tear your heart out
would you even cease to be
i know that you’ve been there
and i remember how
you turned to powder just for me
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4. |
a wolf in kids clothing
03:54
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there’s a fire in your room
but it’s invisible when the lights are off
and soon you’ll start to smell the fumes
when your back is down and your eyes are up
will you be looking at the state of things
when you have a big body
no differentiate reality
when your memory’s foggy
if i tried to say the words
i was wrong
when i tried to say the words
i was young
and i know you like to laugh
cause it makes you feel sicker
yeah i know you like to laugh
cause it. makes you feel thicker
and i know you like to laugh
so open up and let me in
i feel like less than what i’ve been
i feel like less than what i’ve been
i feel like less than what i’ve been
i feel like less than what i’ve been
let me in
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5. |
lying by omission
05:25
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display of obvious fight for retention
you are a part of my subroutines
and in a letter you say it’s contentious
i don’t know what that even means
and i’d never hurt you
i’d let you hurt yourself
it’s just a truth of how i communicate
you’re just a strange thing
i’ll keep you up again
i like to give my words some weight
fame
i knew you by another name
when others kept
the same
we used to just
accept
you don’t know me like i do
but you ring the bell
i salivate
you don’t know me like i do
but you ring the bell
i salivate
i’d try to get a peacefulness separately
you said that no one really cares
it’s not a fault to prophesy entropy
but now we breathe nostalgic airs
and i’d never hurt you
i’d let you hurt yourself
it’s not a thing to wrap up in cellophane
it’s absolution
to just disintegrate
we only live to entertain
the east
a stopwatch set to be released
the sand in toes
the heat
the morning came
the ocean rose
you don’t know me like i do
but you ring the bell
i salivate
you don’t know me like i do
but you ring the bell
i salivate
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6. |
black sheep
03:48
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i don't wanna be your friend
means to an end
nucleoid and red
i don't have the space to pretend
cut and mend
til i make your head
give up some
it's not enough
if it comes from your heart
shard of bone
it is just a palindrome
made from disparate parts
but i am a vessel
my body will get cold
and i just want to live alone with you inside our home
it is a sycophant
just doing what it's told
until it barely got too big to hold
and though i never met you before
you know i'd rather hold you than hurt you
in the backseat
you can be my black sheep
and i'll pat you on the back
if you ever want to be alone
remember that a family is a virtue
you can learn things
and i can run rings
so i'll pat you on the back
i will never love a man
kick the can
pure symmetric tree
you were made to understand
back of my hand
loving absentee
get some sun
go outside and have some fun
you don't know your needs
i am one
you are just a fraction of
the things you mean to me
and i will get older
my skin'll turn to strands
and you're exactly where i was before i was before
so when i retire
i hope it's by your hands
your baby lying by me on the floor
and though i'll never know you at all
i promise that i'm gonna take you fishin
in the backseat
you can be my black sheep
and i'll pat you on the back
i get that you want to be alone
but i can only work with what i'm given
you got four paws
beneath your slack jaw
so i'll pat you on the back
stop following me
stop following me
stop following me
stop following me
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7. |
i'll be your anchor
03:10
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i’ll be an island
the salt will preserve my bones
and even if they turn into sand
it’ll rest on me alone
cause you are a seagull
you don’t need the ground to run
you can take a step on my beach
and you’re gone. and you’re gone.
i won’t get excited
it’s too much just to be
so even if you’re chasing me down
i’ll pretend like i cannot see
even if you’re calling my name
i just shut up preserve my brand
even if you’re rambling on
i pretend like i understand
if side effects of forced proximity hold
don’t know how to get withdrawal
so while you are moving through borders, i
stare at my wall
stare at my wall
stare at my wall
i’ll be your anchor
i’ll never let you drift to sea
cause i am a symbol
i represent a wanting to leave
so after you cut my rope
i’ll just sink to the floor and wait
cause while you’re a human
i remain in a constant state
and side effects of forced proximity hold
didn’t know if it was at all
so while you are moving through borders, i’ll
stare at my wall
stare at my wall
stare at my wall
stare at my wall
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8. |
bros
04:53
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freezing cold
philadelphia
forced to co-retreat
you held first
since your consciousness
we sold out for heat
melting skin
no humidity
i was on your team
we ignored
whole environments
i can barely breathe
and if you died
i’d want to die
back at seventeen
but now i’m old
i barely know
what you mean to me
four a m
at your mothers house
i can barely think
coca coal
burning out on you
slowly out of sync
and i’m not gone
i’m just a child who
start to love you late
so i’ll just grow
my blue eyes and find
some one else to hate
in the start
we lived apart
when i didn’t know
those opaque
can only take
couldn’t be my bros
you get on the side that you sow
you get on the side that you sow
you get on the side that you sow
you get on the side that you sow
you get on the side that you sow
you get on the side that you sow
you get on the side that you sow
you get on the side that you sow
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