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Fear the Fear
04:35
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I lie in bed at night
Terrified of tomorrows light
I fear the ghost under the bed
Imagining it’s shape
I let it seal my fate
I let it live inside my head
But shake it off I can’t, I won’t
Cause what would I write about if I don’t
Fear the fear inside my bones
I form a knot of stress
It is a god damn mess
I fear the rest in happiness
I place upon my chest
A rigid heaviness
So I may moan about it’s weight
But shake it off I can’t, I won’t
Cause what would I write about if I don’t
Shake it off I can’t, I won’t
Cause what would I write about
What would I write about
And what would I be about if I don’t fear the fear inside my bones
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2. |
Fight or Flight
04:27
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I’ve got visions of us
Growing old, growing stuck
To the frame of the bed where we have laid to rest
We’ll grow hollow in that room
As our bodies stay, our minds are drifting fumes
They float from our bodies, from our bed, from our brains, to their grave
I see you clear in flight
You are an all consuming light
I feel it all with fright
It is a never ending fight or flight
To lose, to love, to leave, to stay
It is us until the end
I am certain, it is plain
But I am a poet, I breathe for the tension, the release
And it’ll push us to the edge
Make us fear imbalance on the ledge
‘Cause we are manipulators and gifted providers of guilt
I see you clear in flight
You are an all consuming light
I feel it all with fright
It is a never ending fight or flight
To lose, to love, to leave, to stay
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3. |
Shine
03:46
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I see the brightness
Fade from your gaze
Leaving you heavy
As it stains your face
The sadness rumbles
Through your chest from the strain
When the tunnel is far
It is hard to see at all
Oh, that the light, the light that shines
It burns, it burns for you
Oh and the dark, the dark that comes will die
And bring you back to shine
Bring you back to shine
And by morning
The light will remain
But the dark will keep on coming
So let it be and let it die
Come on my darling
You can’t sleep it off
Be awake and feel it coming
‘Cause this life is worth fighting for
Oh, and the light, the light that shines
It burns, it burns for you
Oh and the dark, the dark that comes will die
Oh, and the light, the light that shines
It burns, it burns for you
Oh and the dark, the dark that comes will die
And bring you back to shine
Bring you back to shine
Bring you back to shine
Bring you back to shine
Bring you back to shine
Bring you back to shine
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I am a slave to the release of the song in my throat
The roar of the folk in the empty auditoriums
As I sing before the real stars shine
I feel it like an echo, calling my name
It knows I need it, to feel the euphoria
The release of the deepest notes I keep
And I wonder if loneliness is a feeling felt or a feeling made
Do we make it up as we go along
To feed our poetic lines
A hollow in my insides, I’m keeping it clear
For the flicker, the flame, the friction that I need
So I nurse it, to have, to hold, to keep
And I wonder if loneliness is a feeling felt or a feeling made
Yes I wonder if loneliness is a feeling felt or a feeling made
Do we make it up as we go along
To feed our poetic lines
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5. |
Fraud, Failure
04:57
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I bring to the light of day
Only lines carefully made
Wouldn’t want you knowing
The words I keep beneath the rhythm and the rhyme
These precious lines I write
Were surely born as lies
So I only show the words I know
Will keep in the heat of light of day
And as I write the words escape like shooting bits of blue to crumbled bits of paper
The only place to truly know my mind
The heart is a masterpiece
The brain is to blame for keeping it bleeding
To justify an idle life on paper
And as I write the words escape like shooting bits of blue to crumbled bits of paper
The only place to truly me
As I write the words escape like shooting bits of blue to crumbled bits of paper
The only place to truly know my mind
I could never show you
All that breeds within my brain
I could never bear it
Cause you would find me out
I’m a fraud, I have failed
You would find me out
I’m a fraud, a failure
Failure
Failure
Failure
Failure
Failure
Failure
Failure
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6. |
A Temporary Soothing
01:30
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7. |
Anywhere Else
03:01
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I’ve got my licence
But I’m scared of driving
So I keep walking everywhere
I’m scared of dying
Scared of breaking
Scared of killing someone else along my way
Oh I don’t know how to rid myself of fear
So I keep walking
It takes me so long to get anywhere else but here
I read the news sites
And throw my sense out
Ponder tragedies and pains as if they’re mine
And I told my doctor
She says I’m too well
I’m not ill enough for help to keep me sane
Oh I don’t know how to rid myself of fear
So I keep walking
It takes me so long to get anywhere else but here
Oh it follows me about my day
Keeps me captive and out of range
Oh I don’t know how to rid myself of fear
So I keep walking
It takes me so long to get anywhere else but here
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8. |
Island
04:05
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It’s not what it seems
The glitter and the game
I’m not who I seem
I’m not some eager maid
To shape, to break, to recreate
I am an island
And here I’ll keep
Sifting art to gain
Make pennies from the pain
The glitter and the game
Forms a frightening refrain
To shape, to break, to recreate
I am an island
Hear my lines and you will know
All you’ll ever know of me
I have shared my cheapest thoughts
And my deepest lust
Isn’t that enough?
Don’t ask me what I mean
Or tell me what to be
I am not naive
Oh honey, I am free
To shape, to break, to recreate
I am an island, I am an island
Hear my lines and you will know
All you’ll ever know of me
I have shared my cheapest thoughts
And my deepest lust
Isn’t that enough?
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9. |
Only Life
03:32
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It’s so much to take he says
Singing softly, out of key
Down by the sea
In the evening breeze
The clouds are hanging low tonight
I can feel them float and soak
His skin and mind
His skin and mine
They say
That’s alright, it’s only life
It floats away with the morning light
That’s alright, it’s only life
It floats away with time
Drinks and drugs and caffeine
Runs wild through his frame
To fill a void beneath his skin
It’s a hollow float
A temporary soothing
They say
That’s alright, it’s only life
It floats away with the morning light
That’s alright, it’s only life
It floats away with time
But I can’t feel his breathing
I can’t feel his heart beating
They say
That’s alright, it’s only life
It floats away with the morning light
That’s alright, it’s only life
Only life
It floats away with time
We all float away with time
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Blurring vision
A brain in bits
I need escape from this mess I’ve made inside my brain
‘Cause I am frightened all the time
Of losing life, limbs, love, life, limbs, love
Of losing my mind
We’re all sown from splitting bones
With the frailest of fabrics to keep us whole
So it’s no wonder
Our brains are failing
When there’s a constant hum, a dance, a drum inside
Anxiety keeps the frailest bits of me locked in a tin
Shakes them about and brings me an all-consuming fright
It is wild
How we grow
Fraying our seams apart for show
Sown back together in the dark
So we don’t know what’s in or up or down or out
Anxiety keeps the frailest bits of me locked in a tin
Shakes them about and brings me an all-consuming fright
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11. |
Mothecombe
01:36
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12. |
I Call it Love
04:45
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I’ll never be over you
I’ll never let go, I’ll always be true
To you I’ll always float
I want to be your nearest safety boat
When you’re caught in the undertow
And the sea is a beast, you’re never alone
To you I’ll always come
No mountain high or ocean wild can slow me down
The restless call it restless
The hungry call it lust
The frightened call it foolish
But I, I call it
I call it love
When I shake like a bird in fright
And my animal mind is burning alive
You hold my bones and show me how to breathe
Whisper in my ear that you are always near
The restless call it restless
The hungry call it lust
The frightened call it foolish
But I, I call it
I call it love
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