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Tennessee
02:30
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Fifty miles to Tennessee;
I hope we find somewhere
to sleep tonight
won’t be different,
it’s always the same
Truck stop at dawn,
corn fields for days
And I’ll take my turn
at the wheel for a while
because there’s nothing to do
but think it through
as I watch the signs fly by
and the shivering lines
Picking the flowers and
learning their names
Yeah, a day off in Atlanta sounds great
but we’ll hit New York in about seven days
And I want you to
want me, to(o)
I just want someone
to say goodbye to
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2. |
Waking Dreams
03:41
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Did it change your mind?
Write it off—I do it all the time
Push my thoughts back and tow the line
I confess: I slept all day
Do you take it whole? Or
tear it up and cast it off,
just to fall in love
with what you have lost?
Either way, I can relate
If I keep a level head, I’ll make it
through, it seems
but I spent all day retracing steps
in hazy waking dreams
until the orange
lights washed over me
I still feel fifteen
when I’m alone at
night with my mind
or staying out too late
on the lower east side
I hope sleep takes me
before first light
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3. |
Something To Make
04:17
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If I stand alone at
the gate for an hour,
it might change it somehow
It’s strange but it’s out
that I came
to break it in two
to mend it for you
somehow
I scrape the soles of my shoes when I walk
to wear them both down,
I’m trying it out
If I feel the slush seeping in,
there’s a reason for bowing out
Don’t waste your time on it—I’ve
been setting the stakes,
cooking the books
Are you keeping an eye open?
I’m still on the take
breaking it down
so at least I’ll
have
something to make
In a daze with hands interlaced—
it’s so strange that it’s simple and sound
Like a top, it’ll spin till it stops
and it lies still on the ground
But I don’t wanna go
there, baby—it’s a lazy
high, and highs come down
If I’m spry I can rationalize
and draw truth from a lie, somehow
Call it out, hold it like it’s holy
It’s a broken
kind of open
till it’s shut
And we could talk it out for hours
and waste all our time, or else
sing a psalm to independence,
estranged but alive
Find a silence in the
sound; in time
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4. |
Sound So Familiar
04:48
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Push it hard ‘til it splinters;
let me know when it hurts,
find a line to make it work
It's doubt and you can't sleep
when it's around—
just gotta hear that sound, so familiar,
cause it means everything to me
What's it worth if it's hollow?
Just find another way to go
Make it right but not for show
Cause it's out that I can't
breathe when you’re around;
just wanna hear that sound, so familiar
cause it means everything to me
Don't rely on it—I’m still fine for it
It's just this heart of mine's feeling helpless
and I can't just let it be
Wanna take a ride with me?
I'll tell you what it's like, darlin’
thinking all the time about how
you went and set me free
It's a rush that you can't explain,
but it'll find a way
to seep in until it stays—
it stings in little ways,
but you can cut it out
Just gotta hear that sound, so familiar
cause it means everything
I'll see you in my dreams
but I don't know if i can sleep
Sometimes I realize it's been
gone so long
It's like a loss of light, an ebbing tide,
the eddies they go crazy
churning, swirling
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5. |
I Just Wanna Dance
06:47
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Draw a line and I’ll stop if I find it
I’m stupid for trying to say it out loud
It’s a seamless excuse,
but it’s far from the truth—
guess that’s something that I
do when I’m down,
still trying to figure it out
It’s a splinter of grey,
enough to drive you insane
I hope I got something better in me now
Take it home right away,
What’s the use? Will it pay?
I want someone to let me know how
Still trying to figure it all out
And I wanna know what you’re thinking,
I wanna try to pull it out of you
I’m on the ropes and I’m bleeding,
I wanna know
I’ll find a way
to let you down every day
I’ll break promise
after promise
somehow
All in all, it’s a noose,
it’s a type of abuse,
it won’t loosen till I cut the thing down
Still trying to figure it all out
And If your heart will allow
I’ll just find a way
to break it somehow
Lying there as you trace
gentle lines across my chest till I’m out
And it just goes
slowly
Darling,
hold me
But I just wanna dance
Is that all right?
I’ll tug you around,
we’ll waltz for a while,
we’ll drink up this town
and if you need me there
honey I’ll be sure to not be around
Is that alright?
I wanna know what your thinking
I wanna try to pull it out of you
I’m on the ropes and I’m bleeding
I wanna know
I wanna want what I’m needing
I wanna want what I’m needing
I guess it’s easy to pretend
that I know and I’m trying
I swear I’m doing right
How’s that for compromise?
And I’ll break before I bend
but I know that I’m lying,
I swear I’m doing right
How’s that for sacrifice?
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6. |
Painterly
03:45
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Wrapt by something longed for still and sweet
Helpless heart swung open, painterly
I stood by the window as you rolled like a rising tide
A knowing smile grinds me to a halt
“Another life” -- just say it soft
Open and familiar silence slows
Always dressed for weather—where’d we go?
All I know for certain is your eyes seem free
Storm in open ocean, painterly
And I could find the reasons why
No one wants to make it out
If I could find a ride, I wouldn’t go
because it’s a long way, you know
For all that fondled them when they were fire
will gleam and understand
That fondled them when they were fire
will gleam and understand
That fondled them when they were fire
will gleam and understand
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7. |
The Tower
07:16
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Hands down the worst time I’ve ever had
Willoughby and Onderdonk
that’s what we could’ve had
Spend the time, let the winter lift
you know it never lasts
At Willoughby and Onderdonk
that’s what we could’ve had
No, it wasn’t all we had to do
Just decimate the self
and let it all pass through
Teeth pulled and rhythm struck
Prairie grass and wildflower,
vague visions carry us
Heavy lidded, heavy handed,
silently pushing off
Snow drift and city traffic hum soft
I know it wasn’t all we had to do
I know we say it, but is it true?
Was it really all we had to do?
I wouldn’t know
But once you’ve drawn them all
you’ve drawn The Tower too
Once you’ve drawn them all,
you’ve drawn The Tower too
Hands down the worst time I’ve ever had
Willoughby and Onderdonk
that’s what we could’ve had
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8. |
It Gets Easy
05:27
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They say it gets easy but I wouldn’t know
I’m rushing like a summer day to the snow
It don’t feel like losing but taking on a load
And a sense of a winding dark country road
Lying down on the hardwood, hand on the phone
Wanting out of a darkness that chills to the bone
or at least a familiar sense of alone
Is it easy for you?
Or are you really scared?
Are they all reminders wherever you look?
Or are they even there?
Is it all horizon?
Or is it closing in?
Is it fading softly?
Or is it thickening?
Does he say it simple?
Is it sweet and clear?
Does he let you wander inside for a time?
Is it lovely there?
Does it seem familiar?
Or is it something new?
Can I call you later?
Just to talk to you
I wanna know
They say it gets easy
but I wouldn’t know
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9. |
Lioness
03:10
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I saw you there, bright as a spark
holding an answer alone in the dark;
level and lovely, right on the mark
And I feel the weight of every breath
as you take them proudly a lioness;
as tall as the spire you’ve gilded for them
You make it look so easy
I bet you think you’re tough
But there’s a light and it’s shining not only for you
We could all feel the glow pouring out of the blue
If we wanted to
If we wanted to
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Nico Hedley New York, New York
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