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White Walls
02:35
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I spin my wheels, walk the same ground, wasting energy
I’ve spent so many years avoiding what was best for me
I’ve got some learning to do
Guess I got something to prove
I thought that busy was a noble state to keep me in
Push my nose up and justify a quiet power trip
I’ve got some learning to do
I still got something to prove
Painting white walls white
Just to kill the time
Painting white walls white again
I set a low bar, keep excuses on the tip of my tongue
I do the same thing every time expecting new results
I’ve got some learning to do
I’ve got a few things to prove
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Sunny In The Making
03:11
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Been some years, been a couple of heartbreaks
I went to the ocean to crash
I was approved your conditional muse
And maybe I got caught up in that
Now I’m a mess and I’m overcorrecting
Hung up in the fire and haze
The sun is out and I can’t bring myself to
Open up the curtain today
I’m sunny in the making, habits don’t behave
Two steps in the right direction, one step back again
Once again climbing out of the chaos
Buried to my neck in the sand
Don’t wanna run or to play with the form
I still go to the ocean to crash
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Repeat
03:49
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Repeat the words to me
It don’t come naturally
I love you, how simple it seems
It’s easy to some but for me, won’t you repeat
I’ve got trouble again, it’s an obvious thing
Easy to some, but elusive to me
I’ve forgotten again my basic needs
I’ve got trouble again, crashing into the sea
Birds understand not to loan out their wings
I’ve forgotten again, this is not a dream
I’m a piece of elastic and I’m pulling me back
Hoping that no one will notice the cracks
I’ve got trouble again
I’ve got nothing to burn
Twenty three in cash and the weight of my words
Would you take it as payment from my open hand
Knowing one day I’ll be good for the rest
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Bread and wine by the bathroom line
This is living life, I don’t mind
Let’s stay awhile
The door opens, a woman stumbles in
Her dress is covered in her daughter’s meal, she has to laugh
This is living life
This is who I am tonight
By the time we say our goodbyes
The day has turned to night
I wave and take the long way home
I pass a kid who holds a violin
I see myself in him
I recognize that happiness
I’ll give up, give up that clever touch
It only led me further from the things I used to love
So sing with me in that simple key
The one that everyone can somehow find their way around in
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Candles
02:48
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I couldn’t sleep, I took a drive
The flashing lights
The candles burn
The warning signs, the sad goodbyes
Oh not again
The candles burn
My blue eyed ones, my falling stars
We’re all the same
We stumble
So travel light, show love in time
When we diverge
The candles burn
Alone and surrounded in tandem
Lessons forgotten until the next one
I’ll sign my name on the dotted line
If it would it make a difference
And could you ever forgive us
The warning signs, the sad goodbyes
Oh not again
The candles burn
My blue eyed ones, my falling stars
Oh not again
The candles burn
So travel light, show love in time
When we diverge
The candles burn
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Tangerine you caught me on a good day
The roses started blooming
The fuel supply is plenty
Tangerine is this the ending
Forever now or maybe
The conversation empty
Tangerine I see the color fading
North is ever-changing
I look away for safety
Tangerine falling out of reach
Tangerine in and out of dreams
I saw some things today that I could not explain
I watched you change into a tangerine
Tangerine for you I’ll never quit
Close my eyes and purse my lips
Relive every moment
Tangerine falling out of reach
Tangerine in and out of dreams
I saw some things today that I could not believe
You were set free
Now you’re a tangerine
Tangerine you’re in my head
I sleep on your side of the bed
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Exactly What It Means
03:39
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One more hopeful cuts her teeth
Wakes up early and repeats the words
I gotta earn my keep
Another year turns into ten
Her bosses shake their heads
Your merits dear, they don’t mean anything
And now she’s standing next to me
Another body that’s still breathing but
Struggles with the need
It’s incredible to me how disconnected we can be
I know exactly what it means
Like when you’re living quietly and the silence makes you scream
I know exactly what it means
Years go by what do you know
There she is at my door
Talking about what matters most
I point to a bandage on her arm
She smiles at me and says
One day my dear, I’ll show you my wounds
I knew exactly what she meant
I didn’t press the topic
More important things she had to say
It’s incredible to me how connected we can be
I know exactly what it means
Like when you’re living just to breathe and the beauty makes you weep
I know exactly what it means
I never saw her again and so the legend went
One day my dear, I’ll show you my wounds
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Your eyes are looking just beyond
I know that the light goes off and on
Love me when I go to sleep
Fragile aren’t we, who would guess
Here today, tomorrow’s taking bets
Maybe lightning, maybe worse
Hey we got this far in other words
Love me when I go to sleep
If tomorrow comes I’ll try
To never fear the ending dear
I’ll do the dishes, make some tea
I just want some kind of normalcy
Love me when I go to sleep
I’ll share with you my darkest dreams
Say em all before it comes for me
Love me when I go to sleep
Love me with no certainty
Love me when I go to sleep
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Steady Holiday Los Angeles, California
Steady Holiday is Dre Babinski and a small dog
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