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Smoke
04:00
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When I'm happy I don't need you
when l'm not, you're better off alone, I’m better off alone
I know that it was long ago but I still feel like it was yesterday
If I don't add something new I'll evaporate away
And everything that disappeared like smoke with him
needs something whole to take its place
I never asked for this new perspective,
I would have stayed completely wrapped up him if he had let me
I've got too much time, not enough work, not enough hurt to keep my racing mind tired
I want to go too far, care too much, dive too deep and come back gasping for air
I want to fill it all up and speed it up too fast, bring it back down and slow dance with you
To someone with a hammer every problem looks like a nail
but to someone with quick feet and a slow tongue a problem means that you should run
we were headed for something better but we just got to where we are
If you spend long enough awake at night you learn to see in the dark
I'm sorry that I pulled away I'm sorry I apologize too much
But your hands just make me nervous when they're so confident and close enough to touch mine
If you need to leave then go,
just don't slam the door so loud
I won't hold onto you
if you're sure that you can't stay
And when you leave I'll pretend that
I've forgotten you
And if you come back I'll pretend
That you never went away
Like an old pair of shoes things we lose have a way of coming back in the end
I just hope that my voice will hold onto its sound before you come back again
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Spin
04:24
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There once was a boy, his heart had been destroyed
By the previous love in his life
And there once was a girl naive to the world,
She only gave her heart up but twice
The boy played guitar, a little terribly so far,
but enough to get him in the girl’s eyes
While the girl learnt to dance, the boy stole a glance
and saw his wildest dreams realized
But he wasn’t looking for love
‘Cause its feeling, he is sick of
But hers is the only hand he would take hold of
They met after school most days, as a rule
to see each others faces in sun
They fell into love so hard, they hoped they’d never start
from the bottomless pit without one
And she was in love so she thought
“I can’t ever leave, I cannot,”
But without him she felt she can’t go on, she must not
As the sun fades away, and winter takes the stage
the lovers grow farther apart
And in the cold of the wind, the girl takes a spin,
and ends up right in another one’s arms
But he only wanted her spell
She left him for one he knew well
And it’s so much worse just knowing it’s someone else
There once was a boy, his heart had been destroyed
by the previous love in his life
And there once was a girl, naive to the world
who just couldn't tell wrong from right
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She Knows
04:13
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I don't feel I've been myself for quite a long time
now I'm trying to find old clothes that fit
to feel like what I left behind
I want to learn to fix not having to explain it first
but everything's still broken
and my thoughts still lost for all the words
If I was small enough I'd fall asleep in your arms in your arms
I was ready for you to leave before you even kissed my lips
I was waiting for you to come home even when you sat
right next to me your hand on my knee
They said that girl better brace for impact or get out while she still can
She Knows, and she still stays
Cuz he said girl, I've never felt like this for anyone but you and
She knows that she's the same
I play back through the whispered words you said
Sure that I must have missed a sign
I'll never be all the things in your head,
and you'll never be everything in mine
She knows and she still stays
She knows she knows and she wouldn't have it any other way
If she was small enough she'd fall asleep in his arms
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4. |
In The Morning - Live
05:15
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I used to love the morning
I used to rise before the sun
In those hours of darkness
I am the only one I am the only one
You used to hate the morning
the night was never long enough
and in those hours of darkness
we were the only ones you were the only one for me
I’ll go to sleep and pretend
you still want to put your arms around me
I’ll go to sleep so I don’t
have to think about you anymore
I’ll go to sleep listening
to your songs about me on old recordings
I’ll go to sleep but it won’t feel better in the morning, won’t feel better in the morning
I might deserve a conversation but I’d always pick you instead
I just want words to describe your subtleties so I can get them out of my head
A kiss on the forehead instead of the lips is better than no kiss at all
Even though your hands may hold another’s I’ll always pick up if you call
I’ll go to sleep and pretend
you still want to put your arms around me
I’ll go to sleep so I don’t
have to think about you anymore
I’ll go to sleep listening
to your songs about me on old recordings
I’ll go to sleep but it won’t feel better in the morning, won’t feel better in the morning
Rain curls my hair, time wrinkles the page
but my looks improve with tears and age
At sunrise the streetlights are still glowing for their own sake
My heart keeps glowing glowing glowing growing growing emptier for mine
‘cause the bigger the promise the emptier it is
I’ll go to sleep and pretend
you still want to put your arms around me
I’ll go to sleep so I don’t
have to think about you anymore
I’d go to sleep listening
to your breath and heartbeat slowing slowing
I’ll go to sleep but it won’t feel better in the morning, never feels better in the morning
sometimes remembering feels just like the real thing
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5. |
Hold My Heart
02:21
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Some people like tall dark and handsome
Some people like shy and sweet
Some people want a bouquet of roses
and some people fall in love with anyone they meet
but I, I don't need nothin'
'Cause I got my flat haired man, my flat haired man
I don't need to meet your parents
though I'm sure they are quite nice
but you should know I've thought of kissing you
more than once or twice
we both know I'm leaving home soon
you can't really be the one
but I think you know I'm into you
so let's have fun
you're my flat haired man, my flat haired man
oh you don't quite hold my heart
but I'd like to hold your hand
I just wish I didn't blush
so much more than I had planned
but maybe we can hang out
if you want to, if you can
and maybe you could get with me
and be my flat haired man
oh my flat haired man, my flat haired man
doo doo doo
oh my flat haired man, my flat haired man
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