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Greyhounds
03:48
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Lost in this grid
Hunched up against the wind,
No one is around
Sewn in the seams
of my eiderdown sleeves
I hug this to my heart
When the Greyhounds all rush out
desperate laps in the park
Kinetic release or revenge at the dark
Flashing your gang signs at the moon
…I can’t seem to get
Lost in this city
Its Numbing infinity
Dizzy me around
Sewn in the seam is a muffled scream
And it Echoes in my gut
When the Greyhounds all rush out
desperate laps in the park
Kinetic release or revenge at the dark
Flashing your gang signs at the moon
No you can’t make me give this up to you
Flash your gang signs at the moon
This is no time…
I shouldn’t be here
I shouldn’t be here
I shouldn’t be here
I shouldn’t be here
Lost in this grid
Hunched up against the wind
No one is around
And sewn in the seams
I can’t shake the feeling
The earth is not my home
And I’m running this alone
desperate laps in the park
Kinetic release or revenge at the dark
Flashing your gang signs at the moon
No you can’t make me give this up to you
Flash your gang signs at the moon
This is no time…
I shouldn’t be here
I shouldn’t be here
I shouldn’t be here
I shouldn’t be here
hoohoohoohoo
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2. |
In the Glare
03:44
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Since I hit the ground x8
now I’m in the glare
And I can feeling everything
I know that trick of light
bending in air
And I’ll take it as proof
the intent of the Universe
to show me itself
Ontario blue
since I hit the ground x4
When I’m in your stare
well, I’m not myself out there
fate or phantasm
belief is a natural reaction
But you’re looking healthy
but it’s taken what’s left of me
a moment behind you
Ontario blue
… since i hit the ground x8
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3. |
Doomed!
03:22
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Where am I?
I wandered upstate rising up
Evaporating out of my life
Even when I’m closest to you
You’re a prism and I just pass right through
To a peaceful plain
Calm wind in the grain
Still this hive is churning out again its
Doom
Its doom…
I shed my skin all over again
All my memories and
All they represent
They hug me like a hurricane wheel
Exploring every inch of me
Hug me like I’m doomed…
Oh light like this gets stuck in my eyelashes
And I’m cocooned in my own doubt and fear
I calm myself
I console myself
But I can’t hold myself
Cuz I can’t slow myself
And I can’t show myself
Cuz I don’t know, myself
Maybe its just that I’ve outgrown myself
I’m doomed
I’m doomed
I’m doomed
I’m doomed
I’m doomed
I’m doomed
I’m doomed
I’m…
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4. |
Dodges & Feints
04:57
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Midnight below the tree
The loneliness of hide and seek
And I have counted down and uncupped my eyes
And I have memorized every place my friends could hide
Listen for the heartbeat, the breath,
The whisper and the broken branch
Midnight in theater B
I calm myself and follow my feet
And I kick this empty can down the road
It’s useless to fight against
the earth’s cruel slope
And they’re listening to the echo,
the clang, the clamor of a broken man
Reach for me
Even as I run away
And I will dodge and feint
It’s just how the game is played
Now I know where you hide when
You’re caught in an awkward lie
Blame it on some change in me
And elevate yourself with fortune cookie speak
But the camouflage is incomplete
I see you but you don’t see me
Reach for me
Even as I walk away
And I will dodge and feint
It’s just how the game is played
Did I drop my guard to something terrible
A black hole in a lab summoned like the devil to corrupt me
or am I just slippery
Will you reach for me
Even as I walk away
I’ve been losing sleep
Keeping up this pace
Will you reach for me
Even as I walk away
I will dodge and feint
It’s just how the game is played
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5. |
Parallel Lines
03:12
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Monday’s dumb
Twirl your hair and suck your thumb
Stay inside
Listen to your neighbors fight
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
Honestly
I’ve never seen myself so clear
Heart on sleeve
I’ve barely changed in forty years
Oooo
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
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6. |
Fidget Spinner
03:00
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Monday’s dumb
Twirl your hair and suck your thumb
Stay inside
Listen to your neighbors fight
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
Honestly
I’ve never seen myself so clear
Heart on sleeve
I’ve barely changed in forty years
Oooo
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
Whatever
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7. |
The Oracle
04:24
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Time is not an arrow
Time is a grenade and
You’re holding it the wrong way
Feels like moving backwards
Even as you stand in place
Oh, ask the oracle anything
How will I know how will I know how will I know how will I know
A fair fight is a fair fight
Almost, but not quite
So what do I do what do I do what do I do what do I do now
You become a superstition
A symbol of regret
A stone we kiss to make a wish
Permission to forget
And you click your heels together
Have you even tried that yet
You had lightning in a bottle
And a promise to collect
At least that’s what you thought it meant
In a circuit guided vessel
Retracing your mistakes
Everyday is the same day
A merry go round merry go round merry go round merry go round
Just holding it down holding it down holding it down holding it down
You become a superstition
A symbol of regret
A stone we kiss to make a wish
Permission to forget
And you click your heels together
Have you even tried that yet
You had lightning in a bottle
And a promise to collect
At least that’s what you thought it meant
Time is not an arrow
Time is a grenade and
You’re holding it the wrong way
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8. |
Uranian Love Song
04:57
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I’m knocked out
Frozen for winter
I’ve been somewhere but so far I’m
Unable to remember…
Ah
I, I wouldn’t know, I wouldn’t know
My good man
My shadow in his hand
He’s tracing me all around around around
And drawin’ me back to life
Plan for the weather and
Grab some things for dinner
And sprinkle some seeds
around the back yard
A favor to some critter
I wouldn’t know I wouldn’t know I wouldn’t know I wouldn’t know
My good man
Easy and content
He smiles his surrender
All akimbo on the floor
And distracted by my laughter
I Can’t pull on my sneakers
The failure of my hands to complete a simple task
The wholeness of this power
I wouldn’t know I wouldn’t know I wouldn’t know I wouldn’t know
ah
Soft ear of the earth
Stretched across the sky
Decide for me these things
I can’t decide
I wouldn’t know I wouldn’t know
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10. |
Fata Morgana
03:28
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I’m turning off ambition like a stove
It’s useful but a hazard when left alone
I never speak about love
It’s a word I can’t define
I don’t understand it
It’s easier than I’d hoped
To live a life without it
It’s easier than I’d hoped
To live a life without it
Let’s try an imagination game
I’m me and you are you
And we don’t see each other
Although we’re in
The same goddamned room
And our bodies are featureless
A pair of plastic tubes
Tell me now do you love me
And would you let me love you
But love is a story part
Love is an afterthought
Otherwise love is a takeover
An activity plan you bought
Let love be its own thing
Like the mystics say
Let it have its own body
Let it walk away…
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DM Stith Rochester, New York
A singer-songwriter and visual artist currently living in New York.
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