1. |
Do You Feel Clean?
05:40
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Just like my pride, you'll be gone
But now and then, I’ll see you in my head
This could leave me shamed and alone
But now and then, I’ll see you in the fog on the summit
Although I was a loser,
Although I wasn't there,
When all that's left are photographs,
You’ll miss me
You tell me that I’m crazy—like that’ll change who I am
Now all that’s left are photographs
Do you miss me?
Do you feel clean?
You’re so clean
Do you feel clean?
All these steps I take
Remind me how you saw through me
I'm a monster, I'm the spider in your head
The path is steep,
But it still don’t compete with your poison
As I spin my lies like always,
You get caught up in everything I say
Although I was a loser,
Although I wasn't there,
When all that's left are photographs,
You’ll miss me
You tell me that I’m crazy—like that’ll change who I am
Now all that’s left are photographs
Do you miss me?
Do you feel clean?
You’re so clean
Do you feel clean?
You still can’t help but to wonder if I’ll be okay
Just can’t let go of the past—no, you can’t let go
And if you saw me today, I would not be the same
So don’t hold onto those memories
Don’t pretend like nothing’s changed
I’ll always be a loser
I never will be there
Just turn off all the lights
‘Cause there’s no chance I’m coming back
No, I don’t ever want to feel like this again
But now and then, I’ll see you in my head
Do you feel clean?
You’re so clean
Will I see you in the fog?
Will I be clean?
Will I be clean?
Will I be free?
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2. |
You're On Your Own
05:11
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Tonight crawled and slipped beneath a scattered sky
-The wholesome wall between me and you
And I think I’ve built enough
So all in all… it’s safe to say my deed is done
Can’t stand the person you've become
And I’ll have to let this go
But right now, here I am
-Still holding on
Say what you need to say
Don’t say anymore
You know I tried to make you hear me
-Reached out hands you could not feel
You fell behind too far to help
And made more wounds that would not heal
You’ll try to mend and try to break
That wall of stone I have created
-End up tired
So close your weary eyes and get some sleep
It’s okay
Don't try anymore
‘Cause I found that you never could stand me
All in all, I tried my best
It's on you—no, you're never gonna' stain my hands
I'm over and through here with your games
You're on your own
I won't tell you how you need to change,
So just keep slipping from reality
I'm used to lies and used to rain
You drink the fire to dull the pain
Inside yourself there's a hurricane brewing
I feel the breeze, but you deny it
I won’t watch you cry and run for shelter
Spiraling out and away and away...
No, I found that you never could stand me
All in all, I tried my best
It's on you—no, you're never gonna' stain my hands
I'm over and through here with your games
I can't take this
I embraced my path and chose to walk alone
But then you asked for me to come back home
You’d surround me
I’d be just like you!
Would that make me whole?
If I stayed and wasted my life away?
Have you nothing left to say?
I don’t know what you want
I can only do so much...
I found that you never could stand me
All in all, I tried my best
It's on you—no, you're never gonna' stain my hands
I'm over and through here with your games
You're on your own
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3. |
The Empty Glass
04:40
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Look at all the things I’ll never lose!
Then a sullen batch of hands pulls me down
Creates a ‘better weather’ attitude,
How am I supposed to get things done?
Then an earnest twist of fate separates the trash
It’s so simple!
Still, I’m shoulder-deep in drama
Mt. Garbage seems to offer more
Than an empty field of dirt
But it’s a field of potential that I can’t see...
Now turning out and higher!
Who am I fooling?
I’m not okay
Displaying fine,
But inside is held by pins and rubber bands
No empty glass
Filled to top with tears—a pinch of regret
So let’s drink to giving up
All the things that stand in our way
And I won’t say, "Maybe tomorrow"
I’ve never been better!
Everybody always tells me where to turn,
And what to do, and how to walk, and how to think
With a better weather attitude,
I’d never bothered to cut them loose
Then an honest person blocked my path
With a mirror in hand
I didn’t wanna’ see those lies!
‘Cause my friends had only shown me
All the feckless, little things
That I wanted to see
Now turning out and higher!
Who am I fooling?
I’m not okay
Displaying fine,
But inside is held by pins and rubber bands
No empty glass
Filled to top with tears—a pinch of regret
So let’s drink to giving up
All the things that stand in our way
How I fell right into design!
So no shallow prints were left behind
And now all I know’s overfilling
Until I choose to empty my glass
Now turning out and higher!
Who am I fooling?
I’m not okay
Displaying fine,
But inside is held by pins and rubber bands
No empty glass
Filled to top with tears—a pinch of regret
So let’s drink to giving up
All the things that stand in our way
And I won’t say, "Maybe tomorrow"
Or "Maybe next year"
It might just take a whole ‘nother lifetime
To ever be better
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4. |
Towing Me Down
03:58
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All this time up the mountain,
I felt the quiet
And listened closely for the first time
There wasn’t much left to say
And that lack of words was enough
To help me set things right
The life rope that you gave to me was not enough
And no surprise I couldn't pull you up
You’re too much of an anchor
And when it snapped,
You stole a part of me I can’t ever get back
Besides this wall, I’ve done no wrong
If I went back, I would change nothing at all
You’ve become an anchor
You’ve been towing me down
And I for one am not okay with drowning
I don't believe in mistakes
But we all know that they’ll be made
-Like it’s the first time
You always have too much to say
Soon enough, the ground will give
And how that dirt’ll tumble down!
And I hope that you enjoy your fall
-Spend all that time with The Devil
Looking, I see only up now
Try not to watch you roll down
Besides this wall, I’ve done no wrong
If I went back, I would change nothing at all
You’ve become an anchor
You’ve been towing me down
And I for one am not okay with drowning
You loved me and led me to fall
Oh no, I just can't hold your weight no more!
Don’t think I will ever return
We’re through!
Here’s to goodbye!
I close my eyes, you sink away
Your voice escapes, and I hear you scream
That you’ll wait for me, but I don’t believe it
I’ll pray for you when I taste the summit’s freedom
Besides this wall, I’ve done no wrong
If I went back, I would change nothing at all
You’ve become an anchor
You’ve been towing me down
And I for one am not okay with drowning
No longer towing me down
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5. |
I Am The Forest
04:00
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The forest scribbled out the answers
I didn't listen, I didn't care!
I broke my shell in all directions
Born in soil, turned towards air
As I bored, you swore I’d be free
Well, I’m here
Then you sold my core to the skyline
You didn’t care
Did I wonder which way was up!
As I struggled with each new step
As I fumbled and shed my tears,
I was alive
My father lives near the top of the mountain
While my mother sleeps inside the lake
My brothers and sisters all surround me
And they all sway together in the breeze
But I don’t
‘Cause I’m hurting and straining to be seen
Now I'm strong from the battles
O’ I have no more fear!
I’ll wander—ascend for years
And I’ll stretch my roots into the earth
And I’ll tower above my peers
I will shine!
I'll grow into the eyes of the forest!
I’ll be proud as I look down upon my peers!
Then a stranger with an axe will stand before me
I’m the fool
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6. |
Skyline
05:05
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If time is just an illusion,
I’ll be gone in a flit of the eyes of a god
I’m moving faster than I’m choosing
I move faster, then I’m gone
All my sources pointed to lies
And my superiors said to be something I’m not
And then my other half hung off the side of the building
It seems unlikely that he'll survive
Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight
Skyline, is there a city here for all of us?
Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight
Skyline, I’ll leave my misfortune at your door
Now is there anyone to break my fall?
When someone comes, I’ll run and hide away
Just lettin' everybody pass on by
I start to wonder, "Can I stand at all?"
-No, I can’t
Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight
Skyline, is there a city here for all of us?
Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight
Skyline, I’ll leave my misfortune at your door
Have respect for society?
For teaching me what?
How to give up?
Ah—Deceiver’s gun keeps shooting blanks at me
Telling me I should be filled with an atrophy
What’s that ass-backwards agenda?
I can’t love myself ‘cause to you I’m a fraud?
In this world of idealistic people,
We’re all hanging now
Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight
Skyline, is there a city here for all of us?
Skyline, I’m ‘bout to cry tonight
Skyline, I’ll leave my misfortune at your door
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7. |
The Pull
04:07
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I believed that time could heal all damaged persons
But I've called your lie, for souls know only growth
I kept track of days, and years went by remotely
Wanting more out of life than being alive...
O’ I'm hopeless!
Open the sky
The clouds have spoken
The truth of your lies has been revealed
No shots were called, so I'm boiling over
Awkward in such a perfect low
I'm going nowhere, yet moving forward
And all around, I can feel the pull
Maybe I needed time to sort out my emotions
To factor in why there’s a stick deep in my spokes
I guess I'm all to blame,
For I can't see a foot in front of my face
When I reach the top, it’ll be no surprise if I faint
Under my feet, these rocks are moving
The truth of your lies was in the fog
No shots were called, so I'm boiling over
Awkward in such a perfect low
I'm going nowhere, yet moving forward
And all around, I can feel the pull
And you chose to turn back down
Delivered the reverse of what I’m after
I climb past ya’ to be a master of my own life
-So fast becomes faster
Why would I act on a choice so bold?
Decades and decades of doing what I’m told
And you’ve misrepresented my arrogance
Turn up the beat—not hearing ya’ plunder
It’s no wonder...
Spit that yakity-yak
You’re like wax—I’m a slick rail
Two steps ‘til the big fail
Almost there? I’m aware
Isn’t fair? Are you kidding me?
I can’t see far, but I still see
There is no height I cannot reach
There is no mind I cannot breach
I got the answer, but I can’t teach
You don’t see, so the words get pinched
Punching the ref, and you wonder why
No shots were called, so I'm boiling over
Awkward in such a perfect low
I'm going nowhere, yet moving forward
And all around, I can feel the pull
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8. |
The Ticket Out
05:42
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A sudden fight broke
With who I was and who I am
The former hung himself to avoid the confrontation
And I felt the mourn
Should I be ashamed?
I don’t really even care
His weapon is gone, but I'm still afraid
‘Cause he’s still got both my hands bound
My response is cold
But that don’t sit well
With the man who been eating at my soul
A hole filled with careless hopes,
Greed encompassed growth
-Slow-mo kill for the thrill
Of skipping on the bill with The Devil
He told me it would be okay
He said, "It just don’t matter anymore”
I’m flattered he would think it so
But me? I can’t sink that low
This moral walk’s descending into caverns
Crawling with these empty, sinning bastards
Crosshairs trickle in between my eyes
So I try to lift my hands up high—comply
I wanna show ‘em that I mean no danger
I’m no evil rearranger
A stranger still to the violence that lines the path
I’m ashamed to be part of that math
Well, pardon my lack of concern,
I needed a way out
And this passive, sick-cycle world
Can't buy me a ticket for the train
-My ride out of this hollow, empty hell
I'm at the gate,
And I only see one sure way out of here
-Down
A sudden fight broke
With my left hand and my right
Over who could paint
A better self-portrait on the concrete
Leaking out loneliness
How could I own up to this?
I shouted, “Enough! Ya’ll should be ashamed!”
But the likeness was more than a picture or a name
It was perfect—that made it all worth it
Claimed the copyright,
Sold it back to the circus I came from
-Where my other half still hangs from
No one else around to smear the blame upon
Then I made enough to finally purchase that ticket,
And train ride straight to the top
Quicker and slicker
Than tripping towards a flicker of light
Stumble through the dark on a chance I bite?
Aha, that just don’t feel right
I’m arrow tonight, flying back to home plate
Well, pardon my lack of concern,
I needed a way out
And this passive, sick-cycle world
Can't buy me a ticket for the train
-My ride out of this hollow, empty hell
I'm at the gate,
And I only see one sure way out of here
So I crippled my hands and smiled
'Cause I made a fortune
Off that rust-colored, tear-filled mess atop the asphalt
And my self-made portrait of pain
Just bought me the ticket for that train
I'm at the gate
I'm at the gate
I'm at the gate
-Down
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9. |
Zoomies
05:03
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You pulled me out of the shallows
Could have fooled me,
I thought I was done for
But you showed me that all was forgiven
And you loved me until I stepped off the train
Every moment was warmed by your glow
Even cold days had nothing on you
I wish you could see me up here where I’ll be shining
But I’ll hold onto the treasure you bestowed
You said, “Run!
I want you to run and don’t ever stop
Just run—don’t even look back
Zoom away from it all”
Was living life with my glass full,
And you helped with the spilling
Best believe that I’ll miss you
‘Cause nobody else
Could ever replace you
I won’t blame them for trying
But you came like a shooting star
And streamed across the sky of my life
You said, “Run!
I want you to run and don’t ever stop
Just run—don’t even look back
Zoom away from it all”
So I run!
You taught me to run
You said, “Don’t ever stop—just run!”
And I’m not coming back
-Zoomed away from it all
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10. |
The Summit
04:59
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When you realize
Bones are made of planet dust,
Lungs are breathing butterflies
-A voice emanates through us
It’s then you’ll see
You are full of the world's paradise
From the top of summit,
All I can see are rewrites of a clone
You all live through the screen on your phone
Regret is written as you go
You're all victims of technology
I can't breathe, so I called a timeout
Can’t help me right now
There’s no way to share this with anybody else
I cut my connection to resist the infection
You are the new generation
You take a picture instead of looking free
Do you even notice other people on the street?
To be in this moment with no lies spoken,
It feels unreal
And I wanted to get lost with you
I wanted to get lost with you…
But I can't breathe, so I called a timeout
Can’t help me right now
There’s no way to share this with anybody else
I cut my connection to resist the infection
You are the new generation
O' I can't go home tonight!
The top—it should be making me feel all right
Who’ll sing with me?
O’ the wind of memory!
I was stalking and chasing
-A constant replacing of what I believed in,
Just to be accepted
By people who won't even remember my name!
O’ I can't breathe, so I called a timeout!
Can’t help me right now
There’s no way to share this with anybody else
I cut my connection to resist the infection
We are the new generation
It was then when I realized
Everything I’d ever done,
All the people I had run from,
Just like my pride were gone…
But now and then, I can see them here
-Deep in the fog on the summit
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