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friday me
01:41
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Friday me
stuck it to Monday me
so when I checked my screen
on Monday morning
there was a part of me
that never left
and didn't want to be seen
but it left work for me
Friday me
could give a fuck about Monday me
whatever tears were leaked
were Monday's problem
where should the future be?
way out in front
or lying back in the leaves
we just want symmetry
Friday me
was pretty happy that he lived to see
the sight of Monday me
fighting Sunday evening
end meritocracy
to make it fall
will take more than a week
so Monday, talk to me
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2. |
the desert
02:45
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what i discovered
about halfway across the desert
was that something might have changed
if i'd only taken that other train
there might've been better wilderness
there might've been a star
among a desert of stars
look out for fire
seems like no one takes you serious
all I can say are those words on the wall
and what i discovered
gave me chills at the height of summer
it was not some wild refrain
it was cool and it called my name
and when the dark covered everything
that's when I shook the most
inside a desert of ghosts
what I discovered
was a prologue to another
but the desert took the tears
and we left it in better spirits
still trying to learn how to travel light
along a path that strays
across a desert of days
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3. |
king george
02:43
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I know I won't be here forever
and I may not have been here enough at all
a better thing might be to blame the weather
blame the summer spring and winter for the fall
I know when I talk to a stranger
it's like trying to read a cloudy crystal ball
a better thing might be to look behind me
read the writing that runs all across the wall
no there isn't much I want to recall
but oh, could it be
that the world turned out the way it did for me?
all for me
did the world turn out the way it did for me? all for me
I know the universe is cold and empty
but I bet if you could wrap it in a song
the fathomless music might seduce you
into doing something very very wrong
I gambled with the clothes that I had on
then oh, could it be
that the world turned out the way it did for me?
all for me
did the world turn out the way it did for me? all for me
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4. |
guy with tits
02:36
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we went away for days
to see a new sun melt sapphire
into the weave of the waves
where some of that sun stood still
my edge was ablaze
everything else was a red wire
breast still harboring malaise
from under a spongy fill
[you gotta get yourself together]
[get the squishy little bits in a mass]
[whoever betrays you, does only to save you]
[a guy with tits shouldn't ask]
so I lay out in the rays
while seabirds abscond with the French fries
all the beauty of the day
couldn't arouse my soul
bent across the chaise
I catch my reflection in your eyes
now I know the many ways
it's all gone out of control
[you gotta get yourself together]
[knot your tie and run a comb thru your hair]
[whoever rejects you just wants to protect you]
[a guy with tits shouldn't care]
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5. |
beef
02:43
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i got beef
with the mother and the child
i got beef
'round the middle,
maybe that's why they say to me
you can't afford the real thing
I got beef
with the product and the price
I got beef
but I bought in
maybe that's why they say to me
you can't avoid the real thing
they say to me
the real thing is a biter
they say to me
the longest of all-nighters
they pray for me
that mead will bring relief
I got beef
but I know the apple's ripe
I got beef
from the middle of a lifetime of rivalry
with what some might say was the real thing
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6. |
sad to say
02:01
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it's sad to say, but I
I hate emotion
I cried today
and it felt unclean
so I turned away
but by then the door was open
and whatever else came in
I can hardly dream
it's sad to say, but i
I fake devotion
i prayed today
and it felt obscene
so I ran away
but by then the words were spoken
though they moved neither the ghost
nor the machine
dark horses and wild nights
soon enough for both
at the world's edge they arrive
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7. |
peak eerieness
01:56
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a moment came, peak eerieness
discomfort rose and my host's address
was all at once ahaunt
was all at once unblessed
and all at once i knew i was the unwanted guest
the moment went, the feeling changed
found a home still it had no name
then all at once grew arms
then all at once grew teeth
then all at once the ground fell from underneath
the moment's gone but the change was real
I still can't say what it is I feel
when all at once there's smoke
and all at once there's fire
and all at once some flame'll reach a little higher
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8. |
i'm fine
02:37
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People come, people go
all at once two fools betrothed
all at once the trail goes cold
all the above now that everything's out
I'm fine, tell the chorus line
never in love, was there ever a doubt?
I'm fine, tell those kids of mine
I'm fine for as long as everything's fine
people come, people go
in the crowd, two fools draw close
in the crowd no fool is alone
in the middle, now that everything's out
I'm fine, tell the chorus line
my survival was a secret 'til now
I'm fine, tell those kids of mine
I'm fine for as long as everything's fine
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but whatever
02:56
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who holds the keys to my soul
when it's been gone so long
but whatever
who holds the keys to my heart
when it's been wrong so long
so whatever I feel
might make sense to a broken wheel
in the unreal
there's something other here
who can you believe
when even you were ready to buy two
but whatever
who was overseas
man it wasn't me, but when my ship comes in
then whatever I steal
will stay under lock and key for real
it's a new deal
where what matters is revealed
to whoever leaves, you left too soon
there were ten more tunes
but whatever
when they felled the tree
from where it grew, I thought am I next too?
so whenever my heel
turns to a point upon the wheel
and the bells peal
Then I'm first across the field
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10. |
how can you hate a song?
03:03
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How can you hate a song?
talk about something that doesn't do anything wrong
How can you hate a melody
it's like hating a person for being a person
How can you hate a tune?
do you hate dreamers?
well, who the hell are you?
How can you hate a song?
When there are hundreds of places
where there are hundreds of people
wishing you would go cold
with such an assault on your soul
How can you hate a song?
written by moonlight, forgotten by dawn
How can you hate a melody?
An ephemeral whisper, it's been good to your sister
How can you hate a tune?
Do you still hate dreamers?
A lot of people do
How can you hate a song?
Can't you hear yourself speak?
listen to what you're saying
this is why you're alone
it troubled me all the way home
How can you hate a song?
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