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In Harmony
03:45
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I can't sing in harmony / If you don't know the notes
Where your voice is supposed to go ---- to sound complimentary
I can't drum in double time / If you don't know the chords and remember any of the words ----- it's not punk rock to me
The less we are in sync, the more you need to drink The less we are in tune, the further I feel from you
I'm tired of playing minor chords / and songs that make me sad I know you feel real bad ---- it's not how you're supposed to be
I can make my keyboard sound / like any sounds you want
but you don't know what you want ---- or what to do with me
The less we are in sync, the more you need to drink The less we are in tune, the further I feel from you
I can't play in another bar / cause no one wants to go
They're tired of seeing your show ---- let me give it to you straight
You need to fine another thing / to dedicate your time stop trying to make it rhyme ----- and enjoy my company.
The less we are in sync, the more you need to drink
The less we are in tune, the further I feel from you
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2. |
Lock on a Chain
02:35
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I put a lock on a chain on a chain on my heart / gonna hold this mess together / till I find the missing parts
I came broken when they made me and I'll be broken when I go / A dozen rusty sprockets / where I thought I had a soul
Oh no, oh no, oh no
I wear a mask on a mask on a mask on my face / so I'm not afraid to tell you all / exactly what I think
We dress the truth up with lies and then play it on repeat / skips into our minds / and poisons all our dreams
Oh no, oh no, oh no
I shone a light on a light on a light in the dark / and where I thought we ended / was another chance to start
Now I'm restless for the future while I'm shackled to the past / and what was endless pain / is now a kind of love that lasts
Oh no, oh no, oh no
Oh no, oh no, oh no
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3. |
The Volcano Song
03:05
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Clouds around your shoulders / Clouds around your peak
A hood low on your brow / shadow across your face
Nobody else heard you comin / now everyone wants you to leave
Shake from the foot to the summit / deep within you're desperate to breathe
You crack, you bloom
You exalt with your towering plume
You groan, you rise
You make the earth reunite with the sky
The wind is thick with sulfur / your fire lights up the night
Everyone swears its thunder / but the sound comes from inside
Sparks dance around your mouth / the mountainside covered in ash
Wherever this energy is coming from / there's no way it's going back
You crack, you bloom
You exalt with your towering plume
You groan, you rise
You make the earth reunite with the sky
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You got the bright red skin / From a long afternoon in the sun
Every inch of your face is burning / tender like a child who was wronged
Your mother kept an aloe plant in the window / broke the leaf and laid it's gel upon your blistering brow cool and wet the pain starts receding / that's when you know her love is the best
And when your wife / secretly shared with your doctor
That she was afraid that something was wrong / and that you might try to take your own life Now the shrinks try to pull apart your brain / and pluck out the parts that look real strange
But insanity is imagination that lost it's way / so if you never make it back I know you'll be okay
They say you can know a tree / from the fruit that they grow Different fruit from different trees / planted where they need to breathe
And if there's only leaves / then it might be diseased
You can prune a branch or two / And it might once again produce
Am I a lonely apple tree? / Bent sideways in the breeze The harvest time has come and gone / Am I the dark before the dawn?
If I got this one thing wrong / should I lay it out in song?
There's an orchard all around me / and I tremble fearfully
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5. |
Restless
06:45
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I'm not sure of my place in the story
Lost my thread in this twisted plot
All my friends seem quite contended
With a life I don't think I want
I'm not sure of what I love anymore
I'm bored of my home and I hate my job
I just don't know what I should be doing
Make something from the little I got
There's a part of me that's restless
There's a part of me afraid
There's a part that needs to get going
There's a part that needs to stay
I'm not sure of my place in this family
I can't relate to my own flesh and blood
I'm out of step with the walk I am faking
And I don't care if I ever get caught
I want to give up on trying to listen
If what you say don't me much
So many have heard you when you've spoken
But you only care when I've done wrong
There's a part of me that's restless
There's a part of me afraid
There's a part that needs to get going
There's a part that needs to stay
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6. |
Trapped in the Dark
03:45
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I remember you singing those songs about praising
The raising of hands and the lifting of spirits
I thought that I felt it in my deepest of hearts
The only thing standing when my world fell apart
Take me to the clinic that treats all the fractured
Because my sight has been splintered into thousands of shards
I used to think believing was as natural as breathing
now everything is laboured and I'm trapped in the dark
I'm trapped in the dark
I'm not so fond of parties and I don't care for receptions
I'll stay home alone and send my kindest regards
I can't say goodbye so I'll wait out in the hallway
And regret that decision for the rest of my life
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7. |
Your Dog
01:55
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You walk your dog in the pouring rain / You walk your dog before you go to work
You walk your dog when she starts barking / You walk your dog every single day
Your dog, your dog, your dog, you love your dog
You pet your dog, when she needs petting / You train your dog so she learns to stay
You wash your dog when she gets muddy / You feed your dog every single day
Your dog, your dog, your dog, you love your dog
You love your lab, you love your bully / you love your pug and your wiener dog too
You love your pitbull, you love your husky / you love your shitzu and your st. bernard too
Your dog, your dog, your dog, you love your dog
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When his machine / stars to sing / sticks the pin / into my skin
Leaves a mark that won't wash out / spells out a verse to remind myself
By the grace of God, you've been lost
By the grace of God, you've been found
By the grace of God, I understand
By the grace of God, I am what I am
When the blood / wiped away / the bandage on / downstairs to pay
Healing takes about a week / the answer now when I need to see
By the grace of God, you've been lost
By the grace of God, you've been found
By the grace of God, I understand
By the grace of God, I am what I am
You can ask, I might forget
I might lose hope, I might give in
You can ask, I don't mind
I have this song, this mark is mine
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9. |
Up North
03:35
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Up north the air you breathe tastes sweeter / on your skin feels colder / overall seems cleaner
Grass and weeds grow around kind of wild there / every week spreading faster / living life freer
The days are pure and last that much longer / The sun shines brighter / the night darker
The noise is gone except for birds in the morning / the firewood cracking / the wind brushing through the trees
Back home, we got things to do there / clothes that need washing / jobs that need working
The time flies by along with bills that need paying / cars that need fueling / coffee that needs brewing
And all our friends are thinking the same thing / try to keep you from knowing / what they are feeling
It's harder everyday to make a human connection / to not feel like a stranger / in this dimension
Up north, why don't we get together / take off for the weekend / just a little vacation
Forget about the world cause it's so demanding / give up commuting / for some para-sailing
The bugs might bite and the neighbors get rowdy / everything gets dirty / but consider us lucky
We got a place to go for a little relaxation / and meditation / when we travel up north.
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10. |
Works of Love
04:30
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When I stopped loving you, when I forgot how to feel
You kept on loving me like it was no big deal
Thought I didn't deserve it, I was riddled with guilt
And when I bloom again, I'll shake off all this wilt
Because of your Works of Love.
When I stare the bedroom wall, you would cradle my neck
Even if I shrugged you off, you would always come back
When I hit all the wrong notes and I am acting off-key
Though I feel like a monster, you help me be me
Because of your Works of Love.
I'm a distant connection even if I am near
But you're the only thing that seems to adhere
I know you'll be waiting when I finally defrost
And all these good things are worth any cost
Because of your Works of Love.
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