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Fire
02:05
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Well this building’s on fire
Yeah it’s about to blow
So time to take what you can grab and go
Oh did you have a list in mind?
Guess I should’ve come up with one ahead of time
Cuz I saw you with that match I just figured everything would be fine
Yeah I thought the fire
Would keep me warm
But I stuck around too long and I got scorned
I really should’ve seen
The writing on the wall
If it walks and talks like an arsonist best just make the goddamn call
Oh but baby I’m a phoenix
With so much more to learn
Maybe you’re a phoenix too but baby you sure look like an urn
Oh fire
Mighty agent of change
But stick around too long it’ll make you deranged
Yeah fire
Away
Cuz baby I’ve been burned before but I know how to make them pay
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2. |
The Shining
03:54
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Tricking out tips in my jar
A squid in the water, good start
But these thoughts keep on kicking my heart
Cleated mistakes
My feet know the ocean floor well
The current, the riptide, the swell
But your eyes keep on ringing my bell
Waves just won’t break
And I call you my shining love
A cellophane shot in the dark
And I call you when I’m dreaming of
The person I hope that you are
Caffeine can’t capture the shape
Of that jellyfish look on your face
It just captains my ship and my shakes
And takes me away
Gin makes my stomach go soft
Makes the pelican panic drift off
Fools me to feeling on top
Of worlds far away
And I call you my shining love
A golden leaf hand that I held
And I call you when I can’t wake up
From twenty cold layers of hell
And it’s true
You don’t know me now
You don’t owe me anything
And it’s true
I don’t know you now
And I don’t know how, but I’ll swim
On through this
So I call you my shining love
Phospho-fluorescent and kind
Then I call you and you don’t pick up
And I put that right out of my mind
If I knew that you loved me, I’d stay
If I knew that you didn’t, I’d walk away
But you either don’t know or won’t say
It’s killing me day by day
And how can I wait?
How do you sleep?
How do we swim out of something so deep
With all of this black shattered glass in our sea
And whatever it was that made you think that we
Had nothing to keep
They don’t call it a shiner love
Because it feels good to get hit
Still I fall right into your smiles love
And every swing of your fist
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3. |
Robin
05:17
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I am gonna keep you safe from harm, little dove
So don’t you fly off into the wild
Cause I think you like being in my arms, being with me
I think you wonder who our child will be
Our little Robin
But why have you been lookin at me like that, my dear
Can’t you see what we got ain’t so bad
Why have you been waking up so tired, my friend
Have your dreams been awful sad again
Look I know we’re not perfect, but who is
Give me time to show you I am growing still
Into someone I think you’ll like
I am climbing slowly trying to hold you still
Even if we may not be likely to
Make it through the night
I’m sorry it’s just not like me
To lay down in a fight
But I’m not sorry I want you
To wait it out alright
It’s gonna be alright, right right right
Right right
You think that it’s alright that I’ve been crying love
I guess you think they’re tears of joy
I thought that you would help me with my flying love
But now you treat me like a toy
Poor Robin
So why you gotta keep me in this cage, so small
You know it doesn’t get much light at all
You’re never gonna see a fit of rage in here
That doesn’t mean that I’m alright, oh dear
You know not perfect isn’t the same as good
Oh I know you well, so I know you mean well
When you say that it’s just another uphill battle, but
We have flown too low, so just let me go
And trust me I promise you’ll see
We can greet a brand new day
You just have to promise you’ll try
To rise up anyway
Like a star like a faraway sun
I can’t wait to see the light
It’s gonna be so bright when I take flight
Give me time to show you I am growing still (I know you well, so I know you mean well)
Into someone I think you’ll like (When you say that it’s just another uphill battle, but)
I am climbing slowly trying to hold you still (We have flown too low, so just let me go)
Even if we may not be likely to (And trust me I promise you’ll see)
Make it through the night (We can greet a brand new day)
I’m sorry it’s just not like me (You just have to promise you’ll try)
To lay down in a fight (To rise up anyway)
But I’m not sorry I want you (Like a star like a faraway sun)
To wait it out alright (I can’t wait to see the light)
It’s gonna be alright, right right right (It’s gonna be so bright when I take flight)
I’m sorry Robin
Robin, I am
I wish that I could show you
How much
I would’ve liked to know you
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4. |
HM
02:48
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Well Gray Whale Cove's on fire
Yeah it’s Friday night
And everything’s gonna be alright
If I can stop thinking bout overpopulation
And what I’m gonna do when all my favorite places
Turn to piles of trash
Oh but it’s kind of nice and so primitive
Everybody bearing witness
To the Harvest Moon
Have you heard her sing?
She’s down for anything
Yeah she’s the Harvest Moon
Here to make sure we’re all in tune
Yeah I’ve been Colorado dreaming
But I’m not sure I could cut it
Oh the Rockies sound real nice
But California’s got me in a vice
Yeah you must get her echo in the mountain air
But you’d never believe
How loud that bitch can sing
Till you hear the Pacific howling
To the Harvest Moon
Have you heard her sing?
Then why are you asking anything
Yeah she’s the Harvest Moon
Here to make sure we’re all in tune
We’re all in tune
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5. |
Emily
02:50
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Oh rise rise rise
Sermonize
I apologize
But don't lay the blame on me Emily
No don't lay the blame on me Emily
Oh I really tried to be Emily
Everything you wanted me Emily
But I can't lie
You can't hold me and I think someone else can
No you can't hold me and I think someone else can
Someone else can
But don't lay the blame on thee Emily
No don't lay the blame on thee Emily
You're everything I wanna be Emily
Oh all the light I see in thee Emily
So please don't put it out
Oh I can't hold you but I think someone else can
No I can't hold you but I love you please understand
Please understand
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6. |
Noam
04:52
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We saw a banjo man in Grass Valley
He had an odd name it was Noam
His waltz about broke my cold Northern heart
And now he’s back in Nashville, his home
So we packed a suitcase for Tahoe
What we climbed was so painful and white
That peak about broke my only two legs
But now I miss that back-country sky
And when I sleep’s when I get all my work done
My mind sifting sands of the day
I close down my two blue and Eerie-born eyes
And I sit in my sandbox and play
Cause when I dream, I dream in Ohio
All the childlike worlds I could make
My feet and my mind running wild, making stories
And footprints in sand that’s like clay
It’s a full life
A full life
We laugh till we cry or it’s almost too much
I wanna see Noam playing the banjo
I wanna ask him if home and Noam rhyme
But I’m just about broke, and he ain’t coming here
And I don’t have the money to fly
I wanna dream in the shade of a palm tree
I want the people I love to live here
But ties can’t be broke, like a sailor-style knot
So New England, you’re far, but you’re dear
I’m gonna sail that lake this summer
The lake that I feel like I own
And hear my mom’s voice as it fills up a room
Instead of tinny and small on the phone
For now my sunfish’s asleep in a shed though
It feels sad cause I gave her a name
Anna is lonely and scared of the dark
But Anna Banana is safe
It’s a full life, full and majestic and lush
A full life
We cry till we laugh or it’s almost too much
Oh it’s almost too much
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7. |
Good Golly Mr. Poly
03:42
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Here I go again trying to pretend
I'm not just running towards an obvious dead end
Well are you gonna be my friend
(Probably not)
Yeah you wanna fuck me
I mean I got eyes man (20 20)
So I can see
You didn't really seem the type to have
An everyday carry
Oh but you got a girlfriend (good for you)
I know that she says it's okay
I just don't believe you when you say (what'd he say)
That you told her everything I mean
Who's really that good at communicating, cause (most people are
not) I been with you for more than a day
And I haven't seen you hit her up once
That seems fucked up (kinda is)
But who am I to judge
It's not your fault, you just think you're in love
Well here it goes
I've been on this ride long enough to know
I'm just your fun little sideshow
But I swear I'm not a ho (is that so)
Yeah, you're quite the conversationalist
Is this the kind of date where we kiss
No a hug, that's fine (bitch who has time)
This is kind of the ultimate shoulder shrug
And you're with her when you text me
That you wanna fuck me in that cafe
Where I work (sounds like a flirt)
Did you tell her that?
Does she want that too oo oo oooo (I hope for you)
Cause it turns her on
Does it turn you on (probably)
Cause it turns me on
Is that wrong? (nah)
I want you, maybe her, or us
It's not my fault, it's not my fucking circus
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