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Burning Bridge
03:58
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I’m scared for the blind man
He doesn’t know who’s around
Covered in flames
He don’t know what’s taking him down
They are in his way
What’s he gonna say?
Will he refuse?
What’s he got to lose?
We’re beaten down
By an everlasting light
This poor man
Can’t seem to get it right
They are on his way
What’s he gonna say?
Will he refuse?
What’s he got to lose?
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3. |
Nothing at All
04:07
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Fumble a handshake
Holding a stare
Give your friends a bad day
Now no one cares
Why do you hold a grudge?
It's nothing at all
nothing
At all
So let go
I will always blurt the words out quick
Like they all ought to know
Then I spill my thoughts too much
Although my friends say I don’t
And still you hold that grudge
It's nothing at all
Nothing
At all
Nothing at all
So let go
I bring out the worst in you
Still you repeat yourself
To the end of time
(While you suffer, crumble, suffer, break)
My stability lies on a whisp
How did it ever get to this
Catastrophes from nothingness
To the end of time
(While you suffer, crumble, suffer, break)
(All for nothing, nothing for all)
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4. |
Grief
02:55
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It wasn’t long after you left
I was grieving your death
Thinking you were long long gone
Times like these I really need a sign
Then I just sit back and say never mind
Months go by never leave a trace
Wondering if I would ever see your face
Time was all I’d ever see
Wondering how long it’ll be
Can I escape this life?
Always distracted, always a mess
Having these feelings I can’t express
Where did you go, where did you go?
Nobody knows
Times like these I really need a sign
Then I just sit back and say never mind
Months go by never leave a trace
Wondering if I would ever see your face
See your face
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5. |
Speech Act
03:34
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When I slowly come down
I will not look around
I will not feel the air
I will not feel the ground
With your touch I will hear
As the fog will be near
Charred are the words
Resigned to old fear
The seeds are all plucked
As the ground opens up
I am not what you want
I’m never enough
But I will keep trying
My lungs will keep pushing through
I don’t know what you could give
But something you say may make my doubts fade
I’m someone to use
Or someone to lose
Dearest friend, what will we do?
All that is pretty is left untrue
I will keep trying
My lungs will keep pushing through
I don’t know what you could give
But something you say may make my doubts fade
O cruel
Patience
Seeping out the skin
The hours
All spoken
If I can just give in
But I will keep trying
My lungs will keep pushing through
I don’t know what you could give
But something you say may make my doubts fade
I will keep trying
Yes, I will keep trying
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6. |
Buried in the Snow
06:00
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We’re back again
How terribly tragic
How unpredictable
But if we payed attention we would know
How?
How so?
Haven’t we been told?
How many times ago?
Well, if we payed attention we would know
How?
How low
will we sink in this circle?
A million leagues below
But if you payed attention you would know
You can grit your teeth and struggle through the pain
But if you die again it's all in vain
So tell that joke again
know what I’m sayin?
Burning buildings
Smashed windows
And hurt feelings
Somehow outweigh the pain
and suffering
I guess it's all the same
Mirror reflections
Or minor infractions?
Now forming different factions
Separate but somehow equal in action
The cats out of the bag, can't get ‘em back in
So make sure it aint the mirror you’re attacking
Glass ain't made of flesh and it's sharp
That's seven years of bad luck to the heart
It's happening again
Will you play a part?
Sweden on the sidelines
I guess that's a start
If you consider negligence an art
Long knives
and broken glass
Don't think too fast
Else you’ll end up on your ass
How long did you expect this to last?
Unsustainable
They’ll take you and me off the table
We’re ready willing and able
to accept the new fable
They’ll switch the names
And everything else can stay the same
Look, I need cold hard cash
How long did you expect this to last?
20 years of bad luck have passed
I’m sick and fuckin’ tired of walking on broken glass
I thought we left this buried in the snow
Somewhere near old Moscow
70, 80 years ago
But if I payed attention I would know
Still so sorry for how I felt
The consequences of my actions delt
One hundred more years and the snow will melt
A couple more degrees and the snow will melt
In the desert overseas the snow will melt
With this hot new disease the snow will melt
A simple change of the season and the snow will melt
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7. |
The Safety Plan
03:12
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Day one’s actually living life
I let my fear slip out of sight
I had my dress on tight
My face was vague and my eyes were wide open
My ambitions are mispronounced
Here I am if you don’t pounce
I’ll stand my ground
Before I tell myself it’s time to leave
When I walked I wasn’t small
I crossed the street, ready for the claws
People lost in midday thoughts
A few stared back, it made my lungs
Feel earthquakes
No one knows your safety plan
We’re all biting an empty hand
Too much is significant
It all cancels itself out in the end
What’s defined is in the heart
There’s a pull that makes two marks
We are scattered through flame and ash
We are lucky to find someone we care for
When I closed the door behind me
I looked out and watched the snow melt
The woodstove then began to stir
If there's ambivalence in me, I hope it heard
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8. |
Cold Goodbye
03:06
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Calling all my old friends
Who all left me here
Alone for sometime
For such a long time
The point of no return
What a regret
We don’t don’t talk the same
As if you wanted more
Is there a way out
A cold goodbye?
Can I run away
To never return again?
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9. |
Alone Again
05:00
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Beaten down
Throwing up
Call me
Help me
Alone again
You’re so far away
You’re not close enough
It’s so hard to see
When it’s over me
It comes and goes
A broken heart
I’ll write it down
To never read again
It’s all so simple
It’s all so simple
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10. |
No Good Words
03:22
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When I make myself vulnerable
I’ll know what you’ll do
Chastise me and shut me up
I don’t trust you anymore
Now we don’t talk that much
Share no good words
There’s days to heal and days to numb
I do neither now
I’m yours and I’m not, there’s a clause in our blood
Where you cracked the clay
If we played this out again, there’s love in ignorance
But here we stay
I know you are a part of me
But do I really want that?
Maybe in another year
We’ll find somewhere even
To mend the changing seasons
I’m yours and I’m not, there’s a clause in our blood
Where you cracked the clay
If we played this out again, there’s love in ignorance
But here we stay
Thankfully I had my friends
To guide me through the whirlwind
Reminding me of lovely things
After this transpired
With commitment I admire
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11. |
Love You Forever
02:18
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Love you forever
What do you think?
Is it too long?
I’ll keep it down
My biggest weakness
Is I never quit
I love you forever
Is that okay?
A quiet expression
Is good enough
It’s all I’m ever used to
From you
I love you forever
Is it too long?
Do you think we will make it
In this crazy world?
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12. |
Bird Love
04:08
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Why do you always lie to me?
Was it the thousand wounds I left in your knee
It was never really a choice to me
Out here it's kill or be killed
Fight or flight
Constantly
I’m sorry
But every boxer needs a punching bag
And you’re the closest thing that I’ll ever have to that
I’m sorry
One look in the mirror and I’m sick
Maybe I’d stop punching
If you weren't such a dick
Here I go again
Why don't I ever just listen to my friends?
I’m sorry
But every boxer needs a punching bag
So every mean thing that I’ve ever said
I take it back
I refuse to hurt
So the punches invert
I stay inert
I accept these blows
Break my jaw
Eviscerate my nose
… and I never know
Where any of this ever comes from
… and I am sorry
I truly am
But sometimes
I have to punch my closest friends
I'm sorry
(Eviscerate my nose)
I’m sorry
(Eviscerate my nose)
I’m sorry
Eviscerate my nose
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13. |
We Wait
03:38
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You’re a pale moon
I’ll paint you
If you slip far
I’ll catch you
I’ll sweeten air if you’d like
But the shutters are
All shut-up
Tell me what’s next
To stave off
Don’t go mute and don’t act cold
I’ve got all these ambitions I want you a part of
Sulking flames won’t live in my back pocket
You said all you need is work and patience
I’m not sure about it
If the rain comes
(The door is)
Your shelter
If the sun burns
(Open)
I’ll falter
There’s no warmth when you are gone
(The keys are in your hands)
But the looks will
(A tin man)
Still hurt me
And I question
(With outstretched hands)
If love’s free
I’m not designed to make you proud
(Ready for a hug)
I’ve got all these ambitions I want you a part of
Sulking flames won’t live in my back pocket
You said all you need is work and patience
I’m not sure
I think we wait
(As long as you need)
I think we wait
(As long as you need)
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14. |
Fog Above the Reeds
03:14
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I felt that uncertainty
I’m cut down, head on my knees, I cry
This is life, I’m not dead
I need to erase the lines that wrap my skin with stinging twine
Just load the final arms
What a break we had
I cannot spend my fate across the fear that hounds my stay
I felt it around my neck
I could sense a fainter breath
But instinct has a way of always righting its wrongs
I will see your face again
I will write my fate and throw it away
We are stumbling, half insane
What a depression I’ve felt
I cannot spend my days in a way you'd call deprived
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
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15. |
Epilogue (Born for War)
05:55
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Epilogue
When the work is done, the prologue
Don't prolong the inevitable
Consequence of inseparable intelligence
Look where it's gotten us
Maybe we’re just dumb
None of us were born for war
Afraid of change
Don't want the furniture to rearrange
Don't want the walls to close in on me
In a little while
My clothes will be out of style
I’ll be a profile on a lonely web
Status reads: oh mama please, I wasn’t born for war
Epilogue
When the work is done, the prologue
Don't prolong the decades to come
Recovery, rediscovery
Another profile
Another end
Let's get to work, ‘cause none of us were born for war
Warm milk
A warm bed
A warm hug from your ma and pa
Comfort
Your wants and needs
Cradled in the armpit of stinky love
I think I’ll stay right here
I think I'll stay right here
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Community Development is an indie rock band from Nova Scotia, Canada.
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