1. |
Over
03:32
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I stay busy, I know
But it lives in me
Actively
Backing me into corners
Can’t control
The impression you left on me
Like a tattoo that I never asked for
Under my skin
Hovering over
I avoid the places
That remind me
Yet still, your shadow’s behind me
Calls like a siren
It questions, it teases
It never gives reasons
Thoughts of you
Like I’m trying to
Put off
Starting over
I flip on a dime
Keep changing my mind
Won’t someone tell me, please?
How long does it take?
(How much longer can you take?)
Will I get better?
(How much more before you break?)
Now that I’m older
Does it get easier to get over?
Common wisdom from friends
You’ve got to get under
In order to start to get over again
But what should I do
If I fear that I just may be too sensitive?
I’m not built for this, dug too deep
To start over
I flip on a dime
But I can’t seem to find
My way to sweet release
I know it’s just time
But it’s taking all mine
Won’t someone tell me, please?
How long does it take?
(How much longer can you take?)
Will I get better?
(How much more before you break?)
Now that I’m older
Does it get easier to get over?
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2. |
Cage of Habits
03:43
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Roads on roadsWe paid tolls untold
A fix to fill the holes
Tarred souls to numb our woes
I know we have to let go
(Spiral keeps on spiraling)
Over and over
Raving and rabid
Shaking the bars
In a cage of habits
Wrists in cuffs on chains
We chose the links, how do we separate?
And if you threw me keysWould I even change?
Just a pleasure trapSome craving between us
You know how I’ll reactSo you play to my weakness
I know we have to let go
(Spiral keeps on spiraling)
Over and over
Raving and rabid
Shaking the bars
In a cage of habits
Now one of us has to break off
Sickle to the cycle
Been a long time since we could call this love
So let’s just call it what it is…
A cage of habits
(Whatever goes up, must come down)
So locked up
I’m locked up
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3. |
Guilty
03:56
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Your boys met me at the gates
Dangled keys and hazed with promised fates
I wish I could unknow
What it’s like to have my body made a battlefield
They paid until I owed
Felt so trapped, like I’d been bought and sold
While they played power games, got stoned,
I blamed myself and forgot who was in control
I’ve walked too deep inside a man’s world
Lost my strength, forgotten what I came for
And I know I’m not the first
That you’ve made defend her word
When I refuse to be coerced,
Somehow I’m subversive?
I’ll take the blacklist, I’ll do time
But I’m not guilty
So why do I feel guilty?
So guilty
As the gavel pounds
Touch my navel and I know deep down
Came all this way to see
The shape your silhouette makes
When you turn from me
I’ve walked too deep inside a man’s world
Lost my strength, forgotten what I came for
And I know I’m not the first
That you’ve made defend her word
When I refuse to be coerced,
Somehow I’m subversive?
I’ll take the blacklist, I’ll do time
But I’m not guilty
So why do I feel guilty?
So guilty
Can I forgive myself, for myself?
Too heavy to carry
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4. |
Loose Plans
04:01
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So I just booked my flight
Decided on the red eye
Hope I can find sleep before we meet face to face
I lose my mind in the cab to your place
Now I’m here cause you asked me
I wanted to know why
Don’t believe in second chances
Except for this time
Came to you with an offering -
That you might deny
And I know that I’m not too proud to say it
You should know by now that I’m complaining, quit playing
And I know that I’m not too proud to say it:
Love is easy, give it away
Throw me overboard, already lost in your wake
Throw me overboard, but make no mistake
If I go overboard, I’ll go my own way
Cause everything passes, everything fades
I faked sleep as you got up to leave
Held my tongue, as I lied through my teeth
We made some loose plans to meet up later this evening,
Plans we both know we don’t intend to complete
Goodnight old city
Goodnight to second goodbyes
Never know the answers, never know why
But somehow, I end up just fine
Throw me overboard, already lost in your wake
Throw me overboard, but make no mistake
If I go overboard, I’ll go my own way
Cause everything passes, everything fades
Throw me overboard, tell me I’m weak
Throw me overboard, make no mistake
If I go overboard, I’ll go my own way
Cause everything passes, everything fades
Everything passes, everything fades
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5. |
Cruelty of Nature
04:17
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In your shadows,
I see mine
Cruelty of nature
Nice to meet you,
The pleasure’s mine
Keep on talking
I’ll keep smiling
Even at zero
We wear the outlines
Of our past lives
Never old enough, to hold it all in your hand
Don’t want you to know, everywhere I’ve been
Eyes stare steady, longer than I can stand
In my sea of shame
In the shallows,
Why ask why?
Cruelty of nature
Will let you know
When it's your time
Never old enough, to hold it all in your hand
Don’t want you to know, everywhere I’ve been
Eyes stare steady, longer than I can stand
In my sea of shame
Hardest thing to give up is worth giving
Hardest thing to give up is worth giving
It’s not what you see
It’s not what you feel
It’s not what you think
Come on baby, let’s be real
It’s the hardest thing to give up
So give it up
(Why ask why?)
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6. |
Second Door
04:23
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Ear to the wall, I will wait
For possibility
I’m knocking, I know I am late
The door is locked, I’m holding for grace
Next time I’ll know
I’ll help amend
Let it be so
Love comes again,
And there’s a softening of hearts
Oh, won’t you come on through?
Open the second door
Always makes sense looking back
Do we get another chance?
We know truth because it repeats
Could we end this differently?
Next time I’ll know
I’ll help amend
Let it be so
Love comes again,
And there’s a softening of hearts
Oh, won’t you come on through?
Open the second door
Learning to be comfortable, when it’s uncomfortable
Holding, I’m holding, accept it, it’s over
And open and open and open the door again
To be comfortable, when I’m uncomfortable
Holding, I’m holding, accept it, it’s over
And open and open and open the door again
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7. |
Fading Into Black
04:17
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A thick haze
Hangs over yesterday
We sleepwalk through a maze
Bruised faith
And in the disbelief, we hope to find relief
But lose days
Against my best defenses, I can’t accept the senseless
Standing alone in the mirror
Wondering what went wrong
Couldn’t have been any clearer
We’re still hanging on
I’d take an hourglass, and I’d shake it, shake it, shake it
But we can’t turn back
I would break it, break it, break it
But there’s no more sand
So we’re fading, fading, fading
Into black
Into black
Into black
Into black
Now we drain
The color wastes away
We’re left to bathe
In dark rain
It’s like the night turned out the lights and now
Forgot to wake
All goodbyes are better, when they are not forever
Standing alone in the mirror
Wondering what went wrong
Couldn’t have been any clearer
We’re still hanging on
I’d take an hourglass, and I’d shake it, shake it, shake it
But we can’t turn back
I would break it, break it, break it
But there’s no more sand
So we’re fading, fading, fading
In denial or a dreamer, could be either or
Lately I’ve been so unsure
In denial or a dreamer, broken what you swore
Only something time could cure
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8. |
The Projector
04:00
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Poised to analyze, the projector scans from side to side
Choosing what he wants to see
If the question’s fight or flight, his weapon is the harshest light
So bright it blinds others from his deeds
Nothing’s wrong, he’s always right
Too insecure to empathize with anyone unwilling to agree
We don’t need your recommendation
We won’t be a screen for accusation
Shifting in between and out of focus
Just a way for you to separate from us
Poised to analyze, the projector scans from side to side
Choosing what he wants to see
With the limits of his sight, fan the flames of archetype
Creating stories to deceive
Don’t you lay those lies on me
Now my responsibility to remedy misguided points of view
We don’t need your recommendation
We won’t be a screen for accusation
Shifting in between and out of focus
Just a way for you to separate from us
Nothing’s wrong, he’s always right
Too insecure to empathize with anyone unwilling to agree
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9. |
Together Apart
03:15
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Let there be spaces
Let there be room
For all of our faces
A place to be new
Through our changing
I won’t name it
I can’t frame it
I can’t do what I’ve done before
I can’t contain it
I can’t tame it
And no words could live up
Wherever we go, we’re together apart
No matter how it unfolds, we’re together apart
Together apart
It breathes
Let it be free
Let there be spaces
Let them be true
It doesn’t need saving
There’s nothing to do
I won’t name it
I can’t frame it
I can’t do what I’ve done before
I can’t contain it
I can’t tame it
And no words could live up
Wherever we go, we’re together apart
No matter how it unfolds, we’re together apart
Together apart
It breathes
If distance comes, don’t miss me
Trust that I’m with you always
I put my hand on my heart
You’re with me
And it seems we live forever
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10. |
Roman
03:50
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Summer lover, you still hover in winter
Help me make sense of the distance
Tell me that you’re not with her
When you’re 3000 miles away
How can your hands press against my chest?
Familiar death,
Don’t come again.
Tasting regret, bitterness overtakes me
You’re so quick to forget
Down on one knee, then betray me
But I can’t see anything now
Yet the future knows impossible things
My memory plagues me now
Familiar death
Don’t come again
Come closer, Roman
Speak higher, Roman
Don’t punch below
Don’t go so low
Come closer, Roman
Speak higher, Roman
Don’t punch below
Don’t go so low
Speak higher
Speak higher
Speak higher
Speak higher
Let the flowers spill out of your mouth again
Back into the waters, where you once pulled me in
You tell me I’m beautiful when I cry -
Is that why you keep saying goodbye?
Come closer, Roman
Speak higher, Roman
Don’t punch below
Don’t go so low
Come closer, Roman
Speak higher, Roman
Don’t punch below
Don’t go so low
Speak higher
Speak higher
Speak higher
Speak higher
Call me Roman, I can’t sleep tonight
I close my eyes, but I can’t close my mind
These clouds won’t shift shape
These clouds block the light
How could you leave with a full moon in the sky?
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11. |
Walk Through The Fire
04:15
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Beauty can make me weep, and kindness too
Now my eyes scan across your face
Searching for a trace of what I once saw in you
And in dreams I found a way to get you through
But when I wake I know it’s something I can’t do
You’ve got to walk through the fire alone
Walk through the fire alone
Walk through the fire
Walk through the fire
I’ve walked through the fire, I know
Standing in front of the mountain, we’re losing the view
Holding tight to the day we first met
Trying to separate my illusions from you
And in dreams I’ve found a way to get your feet on the ground again
But when I wake I know it’s something I can’t do.
You’ve got to walk through the fire alone
Walk through the fire alone
Walk through the fire
Walk through the fire
I’ve walked through the fire, I know
I want you to be better now,
But by the time you’re better, I’ll probably be gone
I want you to be better and better,
But by the time you’re better, I’ll probably be far away
I hope that you get better and better,
But by the time you’re better, I bet I’ll be far away
I know that you’ll get better and better,
And by the time you’re better, I better be gone
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12. |
The Vine
03:10
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Motherland, fatherland
Terra incognita of this otherness
Motherland, fatherland
Placenta of your traded dreams hovering
Well, we’ve been running these religions
For a long, long time
Womb to womb
Sky to sky
And I might just take a blade to this vine
That got me drunk enough to delude
I could call anything mine.
Motherland, fatherland
All your children are creators
If I’m the arrow to your bow
How much further must I roam?
Well, we’ve been running these religions
For a long, long time
Womb to womb
Sky to sky
And I might just take a blade to this vine
That got me drunk enough to delude
I could call anything mine.
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