1. |
Uprooted
03:17
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Suspended
Upended by the passing breeze
Twisted
In a fractured dream
And how pathetic is the autumn leaf?
Thrown out of balance by the slightest wind
I don't speak the language but I'm bound to pick up on it
If all I can do is just be blown away
And finding
That home is just another word
For someplace
You can't stand to be
Are you still searching for security?
Don't bother seeking unattainable things
Better to keep moving with the dying of the seasons
You're bound to be reborn as something with a thicker skin
And there's no such thing as stillness
And there is no comfort zone
You're eternally in transit
And there's nowhere you can go
And you find yourself a nomad
When you never meant to leave
The place where you found solace
Why can't you breathe?
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2. |
Sunrise
02:05
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From warm until cold
From green to grey
To ice and to snow
To the darkest of wintery days
I am here holding on
Follow me to far away
Where home is but a distant place
And skeletons will turn to dust
In closets left untouched
Another day begins
From miles away
From here to there
Connected by thread
And by satellite signals we'd share
All the horrors of home
Share with me the little things
That make existence worth the pain
A lonely heart will go insane
If left out in the dark
So stay up
Wait for the light of day
Push through the night
until you see the sun
I've never
Felt so alive as when
Sleep-deprived, heavy-eyed
Talking to you
Talking to you
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3. |
Lakeshore Ltd
03:38
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In a hushed tone
Over the phone
You tell me that you miss me
Already halls are empty
Without me
And now the train is rolling to carry me away
To obligation and joyless restraint
I'm wearing you on my sleeve
Holding on to memories
I miss you too
I can't sleep
I can't sleep
Close the distance
We will do a slow dance
Of photographs and whispers
The numbness in our fingers
Won't leave
But your sweater's getting heavier and tugging at my back
I am casting off my caution, I am slipping through the cracks
You can look but you can't touch
Will it ever be enough?
Will we
finally
close the
gap?
And when you're near
You are farther away
You only know me
When I'm pressed against a screen
I am still waiting
And growing impatient
When will you let me in?
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4. |
1:30
02:55
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We talked May into June
from our separate rooms
Under blue computer light
As though beneath the same moon
1:30 AM
I want so badly just to bridge the gap
In the darkness thinking
I was undeserving
Of such gentleness and care
It's a painful kind of scar to wear
When your love goes unrequited
I thought you could save me
Or at least erase the
Marks of who I used to be
I'm shaking
and I
Cannot stop
So help me if I fall
Would it damn me in your eyes
if I went back on my word?
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5. |
Gone
03:35
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Setting out in the early morning
Fatigue of tears on your eyelids burning
Leave the house before mama comes
With the dogs at her heels
Say goodbye to the daily grind
With your guidance counselor lost in your head
Swept away by a metro card
to an island of strength
Run away
And never return
Run away
And never return
Grandma wishes you'd make amends
But the nightmares tell you the wound's still fresh
No protection from madwomen
Who live under your skin
In the margins of planner pages
Of empty hallways and cold staircases
Overwhelmed by a longing
Deeper than canvas and paint
Run away
And never return
Run away
And never return
Could I forgive you?
Unconscious of your deeds
I cannot believe
All that I wanted
Was one apology
one apology
What a failure and what a joke
What disaster children unwanted home
What the hell are we supposed to do
When you push us away?
I will not be the first to bend
Nor to beg forgiveness, I made no sins
I will cry to the Jersey sky
Before crying to you
Run away
And never return
Run away
And never return
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6. |
Long Way Home
01:57
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And even when you think you're still
The ground is never solid
You can run away from empty space
But the sky will always follow
Until you rest your bones
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