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Bomb Shelter Comatose
03:35
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Sunshine once again
It’s temperate, 7 out of 10
Not quite good or bad
I can’t explain what’s wrapped around my neck
Maybe I’ll go out, change it up
Go out for a swim
I’ll sink or swim or float
I wanna hit the bottom just to know
Will a shock to the system do me good?
Or do me in to the point where I’ll never take a risk?
And keep my world small because it fits
Close my eyes blind because I’m scared of the truth
It’s a 7 out of 10
This bomb shelter comatose I’m in
It keeps me safe, it’s good enough to live
But it’s not living, it’s not what I want
I’ve been thinking of breaking out
But something in me wants to keep me down
I know the function and it freaks me out
I understand why I faked it on command
Now I gotta break it with my hands
And reckon with the things that keep me far away
At a 7 out of 10
This bomb shelter comatose I’m in
It keeps me safe it’s good enough to live
But it’s not living, it’s not what I want
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2. |
The Balance
03:41
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Time didn’t matter a lifetime ago
I took for granted what I didn’t know
Things like: time, you can’t stop it
It goes one way
It’s a lot to manage
Time, when you have it, take a moment
Gotta learn the balance
Love was a trainwreck a lifetime ago
I didn’t come back totally sure
But I know: love in a strange time
It’s a challenge, it takes work and knowing
Love, it’s a habit, it takes practice
Gotta learn the balance
I’m not waiting on a miracle to come
Would you follow me into the unknown
Either way, it’s gonna change
It comes out in the wash now baby
I’m not waiting on a miracle to come
Would you follow me into the unknown
Tell me straight, but either way
It comes out in the wash baby
My dreams they would haunt me a lifetime ago
Now I’ll climb a mountain with plenty of rope
Because dreams without failure never happen
Put it all together
Dreams, when you’ve earned them, nothing’s sweeter
Cause you learned the balance
Gotta learn the balance
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3. |
Asleep
03:15
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I was asleep in the back seat
When I woke up in the middle of a bad dream
It was real it was concrete
When my body hit the ground
It brought me to my knees
It was an accident I know
Just a poorly timed blink
How fragile can we be?
There’s someone looking over us you say
How else did we walk away?
I wonder the same
I got up when the smoke cleared
I looked into the sky, nothing appeared
Where’s my god, where’s my energy?
I want something to hold, something to believe
But please don’t try to save me in the street
There’s a better time to preach
We don’t need to agree
There’s someone looking over us you say
How else did we walk away?
But I don’t understand how you can be so certain
A moment later and we would have crashed head on
No one would survive
But isn’t that just life?
You say there’s someone looking over us for sure
It’s a miracle at work
I wanna believe in something
I was asleep in the backseat
When I woke up in the middle of my 30s
Asking what is real, what is concrete?
Except the solid ground under my feet?
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4. |
High Alert
03:12
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I’m on high alert
Give me the plan
Give me the dirt
Something to command
A direction if absurd
This is how I make the chaos work
I’m on high alert
Gotta be right
Gotta be sure
It’s a silent obsession
I’m addicted to the burn
This is how I seem to never learn
Show me how you feel
Over and over
Won’t you repeat?
Trust is not an easy thing
I need hard evidence please
Prove it and the skeptic believes
I won’t stay on high alert
If I could breathe it in
A sip of oxygen
Show it when you know that you’ve got nothing to conceal
This is how love makes the broken heal
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5. |
Reprise
00:50
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I can only speak for me
Love is the most elusive thing
So show it when you know that you’ve got nothing to conceal
This is how love makes the broken heal
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6. |
Can't Find A Way
03:26
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Can’t find a way to fall in love with you
Can’t find a way to fall in love with you
You worship everything I do
But I know I can’t find a way to fall in love
I really wish it wasn’t true
The secret’s out I wasn’t right for you
Everyone knew before I knew but I denied
Cause all the little things you do
You meet me in the middle, make me smile
It isn’t lost on me how hard you try
But I can’t find a way to fall in love with you
In the middle of the night
I run the numbers on a decent life
But I knew the answer when I looked into your eyes
This isn’t black and white
It’s safe to say that I would die for you
Cause I can depend on you in every way but one
Can’t find a way to fall in love with you
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All Weekend
02:00
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The sun sets at the same time all weekend
That’s what they say and I want to believe it’s true
I’ve gone looking for moving targets and lo behold
Can you imagine my face on sunday night
The shadows move in a wave and they’re right on time
The colors blend at the far end
I wanted nothing more
There are no guarantees, only wishes
I want you next to me but how luck changes
I won’t be cynical
I’ll try my best to have it all and let it go
Like 1, 2, 3
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8. |
My Own Time
03:57
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To all the guards at the castle gate
I have made my very best case
There’s nothing left I can do or say
To convince them this way that way
In my defense there was no time left
And I got caught looking around
I’m on my knees now suddenly pleading
This is what I need I guess
All I can do is to walk amongst the hours
All that I find is the day outside
I’m not left behind when I’m on my own time
To everyone kneeling down at the gate
There is something you should know
I must admit I’ve been here twenty years
Never once have I seen it open
Do what you want don’t just take it from me
But I stand up and turn around
Life moves on quick with or without me
I may as well take my chances now
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9. |
Under The Moon
03:40
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Sometimes it’s possible to outrun each other
Today is yours, tomorrow’s mine
This constant climb, to thrive, to outrun each other
How quickly we forget me and you
We’re all living under the moon
It’s true, we’re all living under the moon
Have you ever once thought
Maybe I don’t want everything in real time?
When it’s all too much when nothing is enough
What is the end we pursue?
But look I do it too
I don’t want to consume
Or ponder with my feet up
Like will we decompose
Will we sooner explode?
What are we trying to prove?
History will see what hurt you hurt me
There’s no way around it
So why do we repeat when no one is happy?
Is this the best we can do?
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10. |
Newfound Oxygen
03:42
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Drifting way up high
See how we organize
Out here things begin
With newfound oxygen
Newfound oxygen
So long breathing in up here
So long that I now hold my own
I’m ready for a hard landing if it gets me home
No magic, no pretend
Silver bullets bend
Nothing heaven sent
It’s newfound oxygen
Newfound oxygen
Truth and altitude up here
Don’t fear me if I come back a little undone
Ready for a hard landing if it gets me home
Come right in you’re welcome anytime
There’s enough for all of us to dine
Won’t you stay?
Newfound oxygen
Saved me in the end I know
So slowly, down we go
Ready for a hard landing if it gets me home
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Steady Holiday Los Angeles, California
Steady Holiday is Dre Babinski and a small dog
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