1. |
Alive
04:29
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As you well know
My head is in the clouds
While my mind’s been down in the weeds
I’m already feeling foggy
So this overcast looks grim for me
I’ll do my very best to make contact
Making up for the confidence I lack
So when I breach static
Please pull me back
I fear
That if I hold it in my hands
I won’t be a better man
I’m dying to know
What if feels like to be alive
This smile's never faked
But it’s sometimes forced
Somewhere behind these teeth
Lies ideas never endorsed
The words that make it out
Commonly cause remorse
But what good is a mind
If it’s behind closed doors
I fear
That if I hold it in my hands
I won’t be a better man
I’m dying to know
What if feels like to be alive
There’s an unsound space between
Blissful ignorance and
Loosing innocence
Truth is only found
Where we go searching
So let’s keep our eyes closed tightly
I fear only what I don’t understand
It feels far from my hands
There’s an unsound space between
Blissful ignorance and
Loosing innocence
Truth is only found
Where we go searching
So let’s keep our eyes closed tightly
I fear only what I don’t understand
I’ve been spending all my time
Writing in the sand
I fear I don’t understand
These things
Just fall in our hands
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2. |
Virtues & Vices
03:44
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Forgive me
For the brevity of my writing
Take from me
All this guilt that I’ve been fighting
My well intentioned thoughts
Have been overriding
While my best regards
I feel them subsiding
There’s no secret to this life they’ve sold me
I learned their virtues and vices
I settled my own prices
The years I’ve spent rehearsing
These verses in my head
Yet they’re promptly forgotten
They lack enlightenment
That I saw once when I was younger
Sane and sensible
Became illogical
Is there a secret to this life they’ve sold you
I’ve been searching and searching
Likely a lack of listening
I hear every word you are saying
But I’m lost in the
Convictions you’re leading
Why is it that
I’m the only one asea
When everyone else is
Perfectly care free
There’s no secret to this life they’ve sold me
I learned their virtues and vices
I settled my own prices
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3. |
Constant Reminders
04:05
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I found my focus somewhere
Between 2 and 5 AM
But then I lost it when I saw her
In the hours following
Now I’m stuck between blue emotion
And black pretext
I know exactly what I have to do
But I remain perplexed
So please tell me
Because I’ve forgotten
I need your constant reminders
Please tell me
I keep forgetting
I need constant reminders please
I’ve made filth of all these spotless impressions
Every breath I take feels like digression
What ever happened to these good intentions
I’m left with affairs
I’d rather not mention
So please tell me
Because I’ve forgotten
I need constant reminders
Please tell me
I keep forgetting
I need constant reminders please
Perhaps if I ink this
In my skin
It will remind me
Everyday
But with words like tattoos
I hope to never ever
Fade away
Have it haunt me
And break me
Instill a perpetual purpose in me
So it’s all I see
When I close my eyes
To sleep
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4. |
Love & Language
04:43
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I don’t know much about love
But my mother told me
It came from above
I hear it’s patient
And it’s kind
Still for many
Impossible to find
What I feel is what I lack
And this won’t go away
It’s always coming back
Is there a chance we’ll find it before we go
Or does the time fly too fast for us to know
Love and language
Often fail to express
The way this feels
So I’ll strike a chord
Searching for the sound of solace
That I thought I had found
Long ago
Long ago
Searching for beauty
We may find strife
But without triumph
How do we measure life
Is there any need to conceal
The parts of us that may never heal
Love and language
Often fail to express
The way this feels
So I’ll strike a chord
Searching for the sound of solace
That I thought I had found
Long ago
Long ago
Conceal then confide
At least I know I tried
But now I’m in deeper
Than words can dig me out
Conceal then confide
At least I know I tried
But now I’m in deeper
Than words can dig me out
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5. |
Humidity
03:31
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My tongue
It blesses and it curses
It repeats all these verses
That make me feel sorry for myself
So I’ll take my emotions off this dusty shelf
Now that I have time to think
I’ll drive myself to the brink
But I know it’s okay
Because I’m conditioned to feel this way
So maybe
It was the sudden drop in humidity
That made me
Loose all my resiliency
On the corner of Orpine
I was bored out of my mind
And I lost my cool
So I’ll leave those memories behind
Now back to the shores of my ocean
Where my mind continues to grind
In a perpetual motion
Stagnancy has yet to find me here
A place where I live in less fear
Of the dreaded maybe
It was the sudden drop in humidity
That made me loose all my tenacity
I’m often wrong
But I’m never in doubt
I’m constantly searching
To see what this life
Is all about
Sometimes you have to finish what you start
Even though
You know
It might leave you with a broken heart
Sometimes you have to finish what you start
Even though
You know
It might leave you with a broken heart
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6. |
Untitled
03:26
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