1. |
Flight School
04:20
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Potential…I don’t know
I don’t fuck with you
Flight school…guess who
Yea, I’d fuck with you
What good is fire if it’s
Forbidden to spread?
These flickers are whispers
Dying to scream
You’re engulfed
Before you consent
You know what this is right?
…What?
This is a way to compensate for all that you are
You claim you have an element but don’t thrive with it
You talk talk talk but have nothing to show for it
Sat for hours in the dark
Strumming that guitar
Words from the heart
Or words to duck and dodge
All your tics and flaws
Fuck that!
You thought your head was somehow screwed on better, huh?
Well not really
Make a move
I don’t fuck with you
What good is fire if it’s
Forbidden to spread?
These flickers are whispers
Dying to scream
You’re engulfed
Before you consent
What are you still doing here?
You're supposed to be miles from the wreck
Brace for change
Brace for loss
Brace for anger
Over all of it
Just swim sideways
Parallel to beach
Exit flight school
Miseducated again
Cuz action must succeed passion
Risks calculated and rationed
Words eloped with conviction
Who are you convincing when you can’t convince yourself, huh?
I stayed face down when I fell instead of wearing it proud
Instead of walking it off, I laid deep in the ground
And I’m not proud, no not at all
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2. |
The Disconnect
02:53
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Results and pills dropped on the floor
Hubris and slammed doors
Tears over last minute dinner
One angel, three sinners
The divide is solidified
Can I mask my disconnection?
Insatiable by all accounts
I can’t bear to look you in the eyes
Stack the dishes higher
Blank stare at the pile
Scrub off the grime
Or let it sit and harden
I’ll let it sit
There’s no urgency
Can I mask my disconnection?
Insatiable by all accounts
I can’t bear to look you in the eyes
Lord I see it now, the art of killing time
Routine degrades the feeling of being alive
My heart is tone deaf to your helpless cries
There’s a hole in my existence
And I’m going to spend my entire life trying to cover it up
Only to forget that it’s there
And fall in
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3. |
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Verse 1:
Emily:
Hold me
Wrap me up
Soothe me
With the sound of
What’s eating you up
Chris:
It’s hard to put into words
Is this what we deserve?
Is life just damage control
For all our disappointments?
Pre-chorus:
Chris:
Cuz I can’t find a way to go around this
Chorus:
Chris:
So tack another year on
Are we better
Or is the guise just stronger?
Can I worry for everyone
And still have enough for number one?
I know I never show, know I never show
What feelings I have stowed, feelings I have stowed
You had to ask what’s eating me
How can I say it’s everything
And nothing at all?
Verse 2
Chris:
Spare me
Don’t you dare speak those words
You’re so circular
Can’t you see why I’m starting to get deterred?
Emily:
I’m not looking for help,
Especially not answers
I just want you to lend your ears
Try to understand where I’m coming from
Pre-chorus:
Emily:
Cuz I can’t find a way to go around this
Chorus:
Emily
I saw into the cores of
Everyone I thought I could trust
They were littered with a thousand black thorns
Ashamed, I quickly shut my door
How dare I even show, dare I even show
What feelings I have stowed, feelings I have stowed
You never ask what’s eating me
But still I’ll say it’s everything
You make it nothing at all
Bridge:
Chris:
My pride demands
That I give you the answers
To all of your woes
A cure
Pre-chorus:
(Together, Harmonized)
Cuz I can’t find a way to go around this
Chorus:
So tack another year on
Are we better or is the guise just stronger?
Everyone I thought I could trust
Were all looking out for number one
I know I never show, how dare I even show
What feelings I have stowed, feelings I have stowed
Had to ask what’s eating me
How can I say it’s everything
And nothing at all?
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4. |
Phoenix Come
05:36
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Verse 1
I want to find you the words that will dissuade you from
Exiling your soul from your sapped frame
I need a way to know
That bonds aren’t temporary
My sights are set on eternity
Chorus:
Death’s hourglass is overflowed
Why us?
From the ashes of our broken dreams
Why us?
But surely from the ashes a new phoenix will rise
Why not?
Expanded wings will shatter the glass
Why not?
Verse 2
Search for ways to reconcile,
Is faith just blissful ignorance
Or the cornerstone for how to live?
We’ve limped such great distances
Do we seem aloof or beguiled?
Is this all a test or absurdity?
(Our heartbeats claim the former)
Outro
But we carry on
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5. |
Stay Awhile
04:33
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Hey you over there,
Curled into a ball
You swear it's over when
Hit with an obstacle
But the sun will still extend its warmth to you
Sometimes I want to crawl away
Never show my face again
But to do so is to spit in the face
Of the tool granter
I hope you
Stay with me awhile
Stay with me awhile
The better times, the better times you seek
Is one smile or laugh away
No one ever said
Those horns aren't sharp
When you take your grab at them
Expect to get cut
Tell me why end it here when
The world's so short on good
I know you'll
Stay with me awhile
Stay with me awhile
The better times, the better times you seek
Is one smile or laugh away
So stay with me awhile
Stay with me awhile
Admittance of, admittance of help and need
Is anything but weak
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6. |
King Ghost
06:01
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Every bone inside my body says you exist
Every cut and open wound says that you persist
Are you the neglecting parent as your kid
Wreaks terror in the sandbox, so apathetic?
You want me to celebrate all your glory?
Your kingdom comes too late
You want me to tell them all about your story?
But your hands are too bloodstained
Is it so wrong
To be sad, scared, and cold?
‘Cause I’m so blessed,
But what about the rest?
Should I just shield my eyes from this injustice?
Or is the sky gonna fall down on me too now
Devise ways to validate that masterplan now
‘Cause lives slip through our minds but I don’t know how
Lie that it’s up to the divine but not ourselves now
‘Cause lives slip through our minds and King Ghost has no sympathy
For clasped hands but bootstraps clean
You want me to celebrate all your glory?
First we must set our own fates
You want me to tell them all about your story?
Haven’t decided if you’re here to stay
You want me to celebrate all your glory?
There’s a spark waiting to be set ablaze
You want me to tell them all about your story?
Absent: You Us: A trace
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