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Up/Down Jam
02:26
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I'm in disguise
I'm not myself
Avert my eyes
It can't be helped
It merely seems
I've lost my face
Don't make a scene
I'll just retrace
And go the last place
That I've been
With any grace
I'll blend right in.
I run when
Things just fall apart
The center gives
And throws my heart
Away into
A wild tailspin
And I hunt it
Down again
Down again
Up and down again.
This madness
I would not prescribe
You must be this tall
To ride this ride
And so I peek
Up on the shelf
It's what I seek --
My very self.
Who put it there?
Well, maybe me.
I might have
Set this up, you see.
Or maybe not
I'm never sure
Sometimes my motives
Are obscure
But never fear
The ride's for real
And now I'm down
I'll go again.
Up again
Down again
Up again
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2. |
Selfie
02:44
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See the lens pointed at my face
Tilted at just the right angle
For the perfect self-portrait of me
I've got it all exactly worked out
Living my life at arm' length
Finding windows with the best light
Filtering feelings through my effects
Perfecting my best natural smile
CHORUS
Look there's me in my favorite outfit
Look there's me and my favorite meal
Look there's me and my favorite friends
Looking at my selfies shows me how to feel
Look there's me in my favorite outfit
Look there's me and my favorite meal
Look there's me and my favorite friends
Looking at my selfies reminds me I’m real
Expressions look best when they're fresh
Now I see what was behind me
Some people say they want to remember
I just want a memento of me
Searching my life at close range
Finding clues where I have the best time
Filtering heartbreak for the right contrast
Rejecting the worst, falling out of the frame
CHORUS
How many views? How many likes?
Hold my arm out, position my chin
How was that smile, did I have a good time?
You know what? Better take it again
CHORUS
Looking at my selfies reminds me I'm real
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3. |
Lost In Vienna
04:17
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Where have I been?
Well, I could ask you
Where have you been?
Sitting here now
With your fat Sachertorte and that grin.
I know I was supposed to meet you at Stephansplatz
Instead, as you've no doubt surmised
I got lost in Vienna.
Earlier I had been inside the cathedral
Where Mozart was married and,
Years later, carried from
To St Marx, where you can visit his marker but not his grave
It's true, he too was lost in Vienna.
I went to the Friedhof to see
The great composers' graves
Beethoven, Schubert and yes, Salieri
They rest by the main gate but I had got turned round coming in
So I entered the wrong gate
That's me, still lost in Vienna.
The section I walked through was scattered
With gravestones that had been shattered
They had lain that way since 1938
And they stay that way now
When there are no descendants to tend them.
Too much, so much lost in Vienna.
Once I found my way back to town,
I saw Figarohaus
Where Mozart wrote -- oh, yes, I see that you know.
I must have spent over an hour
Looking at coats and Klaviers and clocks
As easy as falling in love
To get lost in Vienna.
By then it was dark
And I finally got back to Stephansplatz
Remembering how the cathedral roof in the day
Looked like the November leaves in the Friedhof
Gold and brown and green and even gray.
So where were you?
Even Mozart had an excuse.
He, like me, was hopelessly, artlessly, utterly, perfectly finally
Lost in Vienna.
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4. |
Our Only Hope
02:35
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Doe-eyed samurai
Casualty of fame
Unrepentant warrior
Impervious to shame
Shockaholic general
Walker on the skies
A pure force of nature
Both wise and cracking wise
Undistressed damsel
Our Princess of Snark
Covered us in glitter
So we'd sparkle against the dark
Christmas trees the whole year 'round
To make each season bright
Wit and wisdom, laser sharp
To carry on the fight
CHORUS
Now take her and cut her out
Into little stars
She gave so much to show us how to cope
Somebody has to save our skins
But now she's far away
We, we are our only hope
We all fall a little short when facing down the storm
We all could use a kiss for luck to reach the other side
Face your fears; be afraid, but do it anyway
Take a risk, take a leap, take the prize
CHORUS
We, we are our only hope
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