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Nothing Is Forever
05:03
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A nervous breath, a broken sigh
In these you left me wondering why
Tell them I’ve gone out singing
Of hopeful thoughts, of younger days
As I revealed myself in ways
Recorded church bells ringing
The summer nights recurred the same
You thought about me when you came
Then knew you couldn’t stay
Cause they were coming to take you away
Coming to take you away from me
But you liked it
But what was the point of it anyway?
Enough of lessons I should have to learn
And bridges that I need to burn
What was the point of it anyway?
Nothing is forever when you’re 17
Now things are always what they seem
My shower mat was smeared with bugs
My bedroom floor in souvenir mugs
The fan above me buzzing
The things we said last night they gleam
Upon my face the telescreen
And through the morning listens
I said your parents loved you still
In your own world you’d wait until
They were dead to say
Cause they were coming to take you away
Coming to take you away from me
But you liked it
But what was the point of it anyway?
Enough of lessons I should have to learn
And bridges that I need to burn
What was the point of it anyway?
Nothing is forever when you’re 17
Now things are always what they seem
A million people tell me that the world ain’t always right
So if a million people go to change it I might too
The visions I could never have when I’m lying wide awake
Walking down the waking streets on the routes they often take
I would never dream of simple things again
I would never dream of faces more than friends
Cause that’s what growing up is
Your body knowing when it’s the end
But what was the point of it anyway?
Enough of people that will never learn
And bridges that I need to burn
What was the point of it anyway?
Nothing is forever when you’re 17
Now things are always what they seem
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How Was the Dress?
02:33
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How was the dress?
It was green and sparkled in light
How was the mess?
They were cold and looking to fight
For the first time stood a chance
With my childhood in their glance
To all the mothers who used to watch me play
To all the fathers who'd see me burn in Hell today
Do they still trouble you?
Caused all you asked was
How was the dress?
How was the cake?
It was thin and stuck to the plate
How was the music?
All her grandparents closed their ears
I hope at least you danced
When I did all the men changed stance
To all the mothers who used to curse your name
To all the fathers who'd see it all like Sunday games
Do they still trouble you?
Caused all you asked was
How was the dress?
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Every single day I walk down the street
And I see these people in the place we'd meet
The home of the watchman in the 4th Ward
Whose Baptist daughter goes to Our Lady of Lourdes
Called you on your birthday, in a card I bought
Told you my top schools bet you already forgot
But yes, of course I still I think about you
I do, I still think about you
And time is moving in between us
In between states and telepathy we use up
I say matured while you say endured
And life is moving in between us
In between souls and people that we use up
I stay compelled while you stay withheld
On the flight to Myrtle, through the monsoon rain
This old man's shirt says The South Will Rise Again
As we picked through clothes at the Salvation Army
People givin' dirty looks and you say hardly
In the Calabash House by the rental boats
Had something to tell you but you flagged down the host
And yes, of course I still I think about you
I do, I still think about you
And time is moving in between us
In between states and telepathy we use up
I say matured while you say endured
And life is moving in between us
In between souls and people that we use up
I stay compelled while you stay withheld
The Southern girls prance down the boardwalk from the sands
Lotion-lathered, soda-drinking, marked with golden tans
I was once a belle like them, so stupid, young and free
Go on and talk to them, and maybe you'll get lucky
I don't want them that way, but I couldn't say that
You say you'll love me forever, except for that
All God's children will be forgiven so I will see you there
But for the time being I'll stay away and never tell you where
And yes, of course I still I think about you
I do, I still think about you
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Great War Centennial
00:46
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Blithe Smile
01:27
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Blithe smile you gave me
Tell me when you're free
Give me that look that says
You can't wait to get me alone
Give me a night with you
To show you what remains unknown
The best that you'd ever have
That's saying I'm up for grabs
I don't wanna go with strangers
Claiming that I'm legal age
I don't wanna act like I have
Settled in a budding stage
Blithe smiles you took from me
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Your Confirmation Song
04:50
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The night bled gold when I was sealed
Upon my bed, thy words they healed
This wretched heart become a shield
Stroking my hair, thy voice appeal
St. Joseph in your wedding spoons
St. Lucy sees through empty rooms
St. Patrick cleanses evil words
St. Francis sings with morning birds
You take me home with you
Tell you the things I wanna do to you
Gather my blessings, watch my blood as it pools
Abandon me guessing, now I’m one of the fools
The evening’s parties are a rush of sin
And lest you know whose house you’re in
I gaze upon you like a prize to win
I kiss you hard into that growing grin
St. Nicholas gives us children toys
St. Anthony chases faded joys
St. Catherine burns the factory down
St. Agnes lowers your modern gown
You take me home with you
Tell you the things I wanna do to you
Gather my blessings, watch my blood as it pools
Abandon me guessing, now I’m one of the fools
Deny me, validate me
Suppress me, undress me
Declare me, announce me
Touch me, call me your same
Love me, serve me
Surprise me, unravel my brain
Teach me, follow me
Ravage me, take my pain
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8. |
If I Leave Here
04:34
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With each trip down, I seem to long for the city life, the busy sights
And if I should move to the Bronx
You can come watch Yankee games with me
In the cheapest seats
And if I should move to the deserts
Of Arizona, New Mexico
Past the Navajo cliffs we’ll stroll
Stay in roadside motels, neon glimmering in the darkness
If I leave here
I’ll never come round again
But I’ll just be awhile my friend
Forever staying on the East Coast
Born and raised here
And if I should move to the segregated ruins of Baltimore
Or Italian sections of revolutionary Boston
Sun kissed, tropical, Florida
If I leave here
I’ll never come round again
But I’ll just be awhile my friend
I don’t wanna leave here now
But I know I gotta leave here somehow
Gotta find someplace where nobody knows my
Name, or who I am
And after years I’ll return again
Buy a large old house on Grand
Everywhere I go nothing is like home
But you have to leave here they say
But I’ll never leave here, no way
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9. |
Mermaid Diner
01:33
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At the diner and we take up three tables
But I don't care, yeah I don't care
Manicotti and a wet ice cream soda
Spilling everywhere, my feelings everywhere
And the cashier is screaming pay all together
We put out twenties and say
We need change please
In the alley in our mermaid costumes yeah
And it's raining and the wigs are sticking to our hair
And all I'm thinking that this
Is what high school really is
A mess, a mess, a mess, a mess
A beautiful mess I'm saying as it's pouring
This shit was never boring to me
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Buried Under Snow
03:57
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Buried under snow
Now it’s time to go
Summer kept us warm
Now your heat I mourn
I miss you like you died
Though you never joined my side
And I've wanted you for my whole life
So close but now I’m gone
And I was ready to give you my whole world
If you only would hold on
Remember all the times that we were missing
'Cause there was no place to go
Remember all the nights we thought of kissing
But in quiet no one knows
When the blizzards come
And there is no place to run
And you hate the life you chose
I won’t say I’ve froze
Show up at my door
Embrace me to the core
If you’d only how me some respect
When you had the chance
If you’d only show me that you cared
To brave this new expanse
But never more than a friend could I be to you
Heart could’ve been yours and beating true
Of promises you made to you
Some harder cut to keep
With that cut me deep
So I set you free
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