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It all happened so fast and so slow at the same time
You were never the same again then you left us behind
Now i’m driving with the seat pushed back all the way
I relax cus you’re alright
Now you’re alright
I didn’t want to try so I tried and I failed again and again and again
And if I ever made you smile I took that as a win. Your smile my prize
I can see you in your easy chair
Morning paper, morning hair
And you’re alright. Now you’re alright
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We are floating underneath everything
Wholly hoping what we catch doesn’t sting
If I was certain how could I sleep at night?
If I had doubts now what would that look like?
We go walking slower than backwards
We go dancing on the blue moon
Cautious fingers are flipping through records
Ghostly mouths start singing that tune
If it was up to me, but it’s not up to me, you wouldn’t have my heart
If it was up to you, but it’s not up to you, I wouldn’t have your heart
I’ve been singing all the day long yeah
I’ve been dreaming a beautiful song
Open up, you’re lost and then found again
Hold me close, I’ll sleep like a mountain
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Shine
03:51
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Well, they don’t even ask and they get what they wanted
Cus you just cannot pass up a sure chance to flaunt it
And I sit in the back I’m just a drop in the bucket
I really wish that you would shine for me.
I don’t wanna be mad, I don’t wanna be jealous
But it made me feel bad and it made me feel useless
And you say its not me and you say, “Oh, baby, it’s just business”
But I really wish that you would shine for me
Come on and shine like you used to do
Make me feel like the best thing that ever happened to you
Show me you’re mine and I’ll quit my crying
These days it seems that’s all I ever do
I remember the days; you and me in the apartment
Oh, you loved me you’d say cus I was strong and unguarded
But now I’m weak in the knees and afraid I’m being taunted
Oh, I really wish that you would shine for me.
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When the World
04:22
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Forget about what they said to you
Forget about what they said that you can do
We don’t allow anything that’s new so forget it
I was around when all of this began
And the big ones never learned my name
I never found that secret formula and I looked and I looked and I looked
And when the world comes
When the world comes for you, we’ll be watching.
Oh, no! You did it again
Don’t you listen to anything I said?
Now they’re never gonna let you in
Don’t you listen…
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Hiding Place
03:28
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In the lantern light oh you looked so happy
A blood rush blush on your friendly face
I will hold that thought I will keep that memory
In the hand-sewn pocket of my hiding place
In the lantern light we gathered our children
‘Round the oldest book in our woodland home
And you read outloud you spoke proverbs to them
You, their earthly father with a godly poem
In the lantern light oh, you held me surely
You said you’d come back when the fighting’s done
So, I fill my days since you took your journey
To defend our home from the coming storm
Oh, keep that glass from getting dirty
Oh, keep those fires burning at home…
In the lantern light I saw bloody soldiers
I saw full grown men cry like newborn babes
From the battlefield you kept all my letters
Filled with plans and prayers and better days
In the lantern light I have held my anger
I have kept my curses in my chest
As the oil fades and the war just over
They will send you home that you may finally rest
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Black Blackness
03:45
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Between me and Mars there’s a black, blackness. I’m hurled into space.
I can’t sleep past five AM, I’m so out of place
Between me and Mars there’s a cold, coldness orbiting my head
Something more than gravity’s been keeping me in bed
And by this time tomorrow I won’t be where you are
All my thoughts are hollow, I’ll blame it all on Mars
Between me and Mars there’s some big trouble for which there is no cure
Three hundred years ahead of me six thousand years before
Between me and Mars there’s a black, blackness and I’m scared of the dark
So I’m curled up in a little ball, a pounding in my heart
Between me and you there’s a whole country. I’ve only seen a bit
Was it just 21 days in a minivan, man I can’t get enough of it
Between me and Mars there’s a black, blackness and I’m hurled into space
I can’t sleep past five AM, I’m so out of place
And by this time tomorrow I won’t be where you are
All my thoughts are hollow, I’ll blame it all on Mars
And by this time tomorrow I won’t be where you are
As I’m watching you go, I’ll blame it all on Mars
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Before it Began
03:36
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This day was over before it began.
I promised I’d hurry and not change plans
But you won’t believe me ever again
Cus I’m still laying in bed
Last night’s disaster was not meant to be
My bad behaviour surprises even me
Now I’m just a coward in blue floral sheets
And I’m still laying in bed
We ate like fishes, we drank like kings
It started out innocent, but then here’s the thing
I’ve got a big mouth and it loves to sing
It went on and on, and on, and on, and on
You’ve had eight hours and your conscience is free
You’re making me coffee and trying to be sweet
Though your reputation is worse cus of me
And I’m still laying in bed
Yeah, I’m here hiding in bed.
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Build a House
03:30
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I could build a house out of missing you
I could fill an ocean with goodbye
Watering your garden with a million tired tears
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I try, I try
I could fill the night with wishing
Wishing things were different than they are
Put wishes end to end and put the string into your hand
You could pull me up into the stars
Into the stars are not known for being fair
I know now, now that you live there
Oh, with eyes closed it’s hard to say what’s real
So I move slow and make my way by feel
I could build a house out of missing you
I can kill a promise with a lie
Pull the lie apart you’re looking straight into my heart
Never even ask the reason why
The reason why I’m not known for being fair
Oh, I know now, now that you’re not here
Oh, with eyes closed it’s hard to say what’s real
So I move slow and make my way by feel… I make my way...
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Take a Picture
03:18
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Oh, Mr. Castle, how could you have know that this whole time you were waiting to be born
Your wife, Mrs. Castle, slipped into the snow
The woman of your dreams that you never got to know
How you gonna get her back?
Blood on your collar, flower in your throat
Don’t tell ‘em nothing, let em get your goat
Now Mr. Castle, you don’t look too well
You’re scaring off the customers with secrets you won’t tell
How you plan to get her back?
Take a picture it’ll last a lot longer
Everybody thinks that you’ve gone softer in the head
Dying to be dead
People heal and move along and get over
Through the woods you run you look over your shoulder a foot-fall away
Like it was yesterday…
Oh, Mr. Castle, careful what you eat
There’s love in the wine and anger in the meat
War took your muscle, you need building up
You’ll sleep like a baby and wake up with the sun
Don’t let em take you down, don’t let em get you down
Take a picture it’ll last a lot longer
Pocket portrait calling out from your trousers - hold it tight
And dream of her all night...
People heal and move along and get over
Through the woods you run you look over your shoulder a foot-fall away
Like it was yesterday…
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Safety Blanket
03:35
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Oh, rescue me my saviour, for I am truly lost
Lost of my own volition, I turned tail when you called
And like a dog I am loyal
And like a dog I wanna go home
Won’t you take me back under the safety blanket of your love…
Oh, come to me my saviour, reach me with pierced hands
I cannot move a muscle to change my circumstance
And like a dog I am simple
And like a dog I need to learn
The difference from the hand that feeds me and the one that burns..
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She can tell tall tales she learned in the cradle
She can whisper low and quiet a room
She can wear high heels and dress like an angel
And with a laser pointer she’ll dissect your doom
And she won’t leave you alone when you cry
No, she won’t leave you to cry
She’s so bad at the good times, yeah she’s bad at good times
See her comfortable in bent situations
She speaks her mind when misunderstood
She can sleep all night, she don’t feel no pressure
From her heart she cries for the less fortunate
And she’s the best thing in your life
She’s the best thing in your life
She’s so bad at the good times, yeah she’s bad at good times
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You don’t like a fuss
You don’t wanna have to figure it out
And you don’t want to hang around
You like to keep moving
You’ll hang out with us
If it seems like the sound is right
You can step out or stay all night
You can take it or leave it
You’re so…
You’ve got no regrets
You’ve got places you wish you knew
And you’ve go people you’re headed too
But you don’t wanna seem hasty
And I am not a guest
It seems a decision been made
In your peripheral vision I’ll stay
Until you happen to face me
You’re so cool…
When she closed her eyes
Yeah, everything changed for me
Night right away but eventually
Now I see cleaner and clearer
And I don’t like a fuss
I don’t wanna have to figure you out
And you don’t want to hang around
Yeah, you’ll do as you please
You’re so cool…
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He sang the song with a voice pitch perfect
a low fell over the room
I held on tight to my mother’s right hand
she closed her eyes as she swooned
Straight from his lips a silk thread came falling
and wrapped my heart it it’s cocoon
If not for the seat at his final performance
I’d know not that mourning tune
It served me well when my father was stricken
by a spell that took sight from his eyes
He at the table, his bible there with him,
he tried not to fall to his pride
Verses he’d recite straight from his memory
though robbed of the light of the moon
And me on my knees in the back of the kitchen
whispering that mourning tune
My sister was older, she married a merchant
He sold his wares ‘cross the shore
His ship was boarded the thieves took over
Pirates plundered his stores
When he tried to stop them they tore his chest open
And ended a sweet love too soon
I braided her hair and wove through black ribbons
And we sang that mourning tune
Now I’ve been out walking for what seems a century
My family buried and gone
A ghost of the country, a legend to many
They tell of my tales in a song
Oh, I’ve never married or taken a lover
Since sadness became my groom
Imagine my awe the day I discovered
That I was that mourning tune
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seela Austin, Texas
Born to exhausted Indian immigrants on a mild, summer eve, Seela had an average childhood battling the forces of evil with her superhuman strength. On quality meals of Supertramp, Led Zeppelin, Fozy Bear, & U2, she flourished in nerdy-ness, topping off @ 5’3″. Though songwriting has yet to lead to fame & fortune, opportunity, adventure, & delight have yet to cease. ... more
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