1. |
Dust
03:22
|
|||
|
The dust is still coming
Your sisters and cousins
Your brothers and lovers
They need not apply
Your heart must be restless
Your body defenseless
Your words are your witness
Don’t shrink from the fight
Holding on to the weight on your shoulders
Buried deep in the problems of others
Sharing all of yourself with a stranger
Can keep you alive
That’s one way to survive
I’ve heard your hard words
The things that you’d die for
I don’t think you’d lie
But you might want to try
The dust is still coming
We must get to running
Step out of the sunshine
And into the light
Holding on to the weight on your shoulders
Buried deep in the problems of others
Sharing all of yourself with a stranger
Can keep you alive
That’s one way to survive
The rain will keep falling
The sick will keep coming
The fires will cling to the wind
As it rushes by
Your home must be inside
Far from the highlights
Safe from the strings
That can break in this life
|
||||
2. |
Ghost in My Head
04:07
|
|||
|
Watching for breath
And I’m trying to capture the ghost in my head
But I’m captured instead
Finding the right notes
To bury with old poems
The more that I read
The less that its sounding like me
There’s a voice that whispers in my dreams
Of a light that’s going dim in me
But this fight I cannot win and I can’t make peace
Looking for the water that’s more endless than the sea
I’ve seen no rainbows in four weeks and though
There’s no rain coming in
I’m drowning again
Cause the gray clouds are hiding
The ghost you can’t find him
To bless all your deeds
Until your soul is in need
There’s a voice that whispers in my dreams
Of a light that’s going dim in me
But this fight I cannot win and I can’t make peace
Looking for the water that’s more endless than the sea
|
||||
3. |
Sunny Windswept Road
03:26
|
|||
|
God spoke to me with a little purple flower
Growing in the pot of a dying tree
Don’t make your plans without me
It’s easy to feel there’s no hope
I’m dying like the tree
But God says, nothing is impossible for me
Sunny windswept road
Take me to where your leaves blow
Cause I’ve got nothing but trouble today
The sun rides low
And the loneliness of the afternoon
Leaves an afterglow
I’d die for you
But that’s of so little worth to you
You wouldn’t do what I asked you to do
To show me that your love was real
So like a fool
I made a wager and lost to you
I bet that you really loved me too
But in the end you refused to yield
Sunny windswept road
Take me to where your leaves blow
Cause I’ve got nothing but trouble today
The sun rides low
And the loneliness of the afternoon
Leaves an afterglow
I’d die for you
But that’s of so little worth to you
You wouldn’t do what I asked you to do
To show me that your love was real
So like a fool
I made a wager and lost to you
I bet that you really loved me too
But in the end you refused to yield
God spoke to me with a little purple flower
Growing in the pot of a dying tree
Don’t make your plans without me
|
||||
4. |
In the Garden
03:55
|
|||
|
Use to be all a boy needs a girl to carry his name
Tied up like a ribbon, one soul just the same
For better or for worse till sometimes it ends in indifference
Idleness is the devil’s pistol, love is his grievance
If it takes me a hundred years
Till the end of my life is near
Is that the voice that I long to hear
Soft in my ear
Only then will my sight be clear
Wash the beam from my eyes I fear
Have I been throwing rocks my dear
When I should have shed tears
I’ll be wandering
In the garden
But when the Lord speaks
Will I hear?
I’ll be stumbling
Down the mountain
I’ll be trembling
In my fear
Oh in my fear
Tired of living rough so I’m soldiering off in the war
But still asking, what’s it all for?
Any day or today it’s a choice to measure your life
Choose mercy again
Never think twice
If it takes me a hundred years
Till the end of my life is near
Is that the voice that I long to hear
Soft in my ear
Only then will my sight be clear
Wash the beam from my eyes I fear
Have I been throwing rocks my dear
When I should have shed tears
When the light comes
I’ll be struck dumb
Like Peter saw the Son
And his fate was made clear
When the dark cloud
Terrible in its holy shroud
Brings silence all around
I wish you were here
Oh i wish you were here
I’ll be wandering
In the garden
But when the Lord speaks
Oh Will I hear?
I’ll be stumbling
Down the mountain
I’ll be trembling
In my fear
Oh in my fear
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
Sorting out my old regrets
Some are blue and some are red
Standing in the corner shy
Afraid to dance afraid to cry
No wiser than the day is long
The soldier in me now long gone
It’s funny when you’re giving in
A bit of fight wells up again
I’ve had to swallow the worst of my fits
I broke the last vow that I swore allegiance with
And I’d swallow my pride for this one little wish
To keep this family together
No mountains here to break the dawn
The sun is wane the whole day long
A cold wind drives the traveler back
Lest he’s resolved to face the fact
No birds to circle about the sky
With promises of warm Julys
Just the inky hungry crows
Tearing at the winter snow
I’ve had to swallow the worst of my fits
I broke the last vow that I swore allegiance with
And I’d swallow my pride for this one little wish
To keep this family together
Soon the break will come at last
And one side stands to see it pass
The other lets the shadows dance
Just pining for another chance
But times are changing in this place
The joyous rooms that laughter made
Will someday stand like empty tombs
Of endless listless afternoons
I’ve had to swallow the worst of my fits
I broke the last vow that I swore allegiance with
And I’d swallow my pride for this one little wish
To keep this family together
|
||||
6. |
Stay
03:32
|
|||
|
You can stay with me as long as you want
There’s no getting it back
No getting it back
Sink your teeth into me as much as it hurts
I’m still gonna come back
Still gonna come back
I’ve been drawing twos from the bottom of the deck
Always let you deal cause I know that you’ll come back
I don’t need to win but I’m ahead if you’re still wondering where I’m at
Wondering where I’m at
You can stay with me as long as you want
There’s no getting it back
No getting it back
I can take the pain as much as it hurts
I’m still gonna come back
Still gonna come back
Cause I got plans for us even though I know you’re going
Talking about the future but I know there’s just no knowing
We’ll be in the sun even though the wind is trying to hold us back
Not enough by half
To hold us back.
I’ve been drawing twos from the bottom of the deck
Always let you deal cause I know that you’ll come back
I don’t need to win but I’m ahead if you’re still wondering where I’m at
Wondering where I’m at
Stay
|
||||
7. |
Jack and Jill
02:20
|
|||
|
Did I see you in the rain
Falling forward down the lane
Shoes untied
Suicide again
Did I see you in the wind
Falling forward giving in
Jack and Jill
Lost their thrills again
|
||||
8. |
The Sun Will Go Down
03:45
|
|||
|
The sun will go down in the sky tonight
Just like it always did before
But your passing left me empty and alone and I might
Not want to stay here anymore
Its like ever stormy weather
Come on love see me through
Cause I’ve no else to turn to
And I’ve got nothing left to prove
What you’re asking of me
Is too hard to take
I can’t surrender my soul
Everything that I could give
Would be a promise that I’d break
Trying to keep myself whole
Is it Hell or Heaven calling
Come on Lord help me decide
Is it your voice I’m hearing
Or am I praying to my pride
I remember long ago
When I held you in my arms
You asked me with a weary sigh
Is it a curtain that conceals the warm blue sky
And is there still
A bright sun shining in the night
If I could hold that scene forever
I’d never have to let you go
Though this world has many treasures
This place will always be your home
|
||||
9. |
Walk
05:34
|
|||
|
Walk on to me
Walk on through me
You know I have no place to run
Pour me into
A man to break you
God protect me with his Son
Hold on to me
Fear to tempt me
To become what I have done
Walk on into
Share your hate through
Devil claim what we’ve begun
She’s only shades of what I could be
Sometimes she sees what I’ll never see
Never forget you’re a part of me
Chained to me
But I long to be
Clear and free
Open seas
Walk on by me
See what I see
What makes me cry makes your heart sing
Walk on through me
Step upon me
Meekness is no easy thing
You upend me
Need to hate me
I only have myself to give
Pleased to meet you
Only if to
Break my heart the way you did
She’s only shades of what I could be
Sometimes she sees what I’ll never see
Never forget you’re a part of me
Chained to me
But I long to be
Clear and free
Open seas
She’s only shades of what I could be (walk with me)
Sometimes she sees what I’ll never see (walk with me)
Never forget you’re a part of me
Chained to me
But I long to be
Clear and free
Open seas
|
||||
Trilobytes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
If you like Dust, you may also like:
The duo of Sascha Höfer and Bertram Kolar command an "island of sound" on their debut EP, contrasting warm hooks with turbulent dynamics.
go to album
A riveting jam session from Pittsburgh, Pa. folk band Wisbands, who infuse classic Americana with jazz and psychedelic rock.
go to album
The Woman You Want
by Eliza Shaddad
Haddad returns with cinematic soundscapes that include introspective folk, post-grunge, and indie-pop influences.
go to album
The spirit of the Canterbury scene is alive and well across this groovy, harmonic psychedelic suite.
go to album
Mothers Cry And Then We Die.
by Nymphlord
Alt-rock that’s alternately slashing and serene, Nymphlord surrounds sugar-sweet melodies with toothy riffs.
go to album
This Dunedin band go for a downbeat, scruffy indie rock sound on their latest.
go to album
Another Place to Need
by A.O. Gerber
Moody, atmospheric songs where heavy atmosphere gathers around feathery vocals and shoegaze-ballad guitars.
go to album
