1. |
What's that Sound?
03:07
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Now I lay me down to sleep
In my apartment by the alley
I close my eyes and try to dream
The gears begin to turn inside me
What's that sound?
From the darkness comes a beat
Leaky pipes electric humming
Tangled up in unwashed sheets
Gotta listen up
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2. |
Marathons
03:12
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We used to run marathons
We used to go up and over again
If at any time we couldn't break through
Throw it down lace up our shoes
We used to wake up at dawn
We used to get wasted out of our heads
The beat your heart's your motor
You'd come and run hungover
We used to run marathons
We used to come home covered in sweat
We were young and wild and free
Moving drinking freaking breathing machines
We glued our game faces on
We said we'll sleep when we're dead
The beat your heart's your motor
You'd come and run hungover
We used to run marathons
We used to get suntanned out on the sand
We could travel all the trails we knew
And make it back for beers and barbecue
We used to go all day long
Kicking it with our friends
The beat your heart's your motor
You'd come and run hungover
We used to run marathons
They'd say we're out of our heads
The beat your heart's your motor
You overheat you're over
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3. |
Leave the City
03:54
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Leave the city
Leave the city now
There's nothing pretty to look at now
It's going to blow down
It's going to blow
It's going to blow now
It's going to blow without you
Leave the city
Leave the city now
Its volatility is palpable now
It's going to blow down
It's going to blow
It's going to blow now
It's going to blow without
You are the stronghold
You are the scaffolding
You are foundation
You are the only thing keeping it from crumbling
Leave the city
Leave this city now
This humidity for crying out loud
It's going to blow down
It's going to blow
It's going to blow now
It's going to blow without you
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4. |
Why we're Running
04:30
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All the time we talk about
All the things we'd do without
If our fears were filtered out
And we lost all sense of doubt
All the kids are calling
And the leaves are falling down
And my head keeps humming
'Cause the winter's coming
Every flake from every cloud
Scars the surface shakes the ground
Every color has a sound
And the daylight speaks to loud(ly)
Every day a troglodyte
Someone else's paradise
Keep it down and keep it quiet
But it all comes out at night
This is why we're running
All these thoughts they would be fine
If they came one at a time
But the way it's working out
It's a lot to think about
This is why we're running
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5. |
Get It
04:34
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You are going to a special place
A place no one has ever seen
A place no one understands
It's yours
Don't wait up
For the light for the sun to catch you
Go with the kids running for the fences
And climb up
Don't wait up
The old guard has strong defenses
But you've got courage you've got all your senses
Stir it up
The horizon moves
There's something beyond
Get it
Draw up your plans for towers and bridges
You've got the future
They've got albums and pictures
Hanging up
You go in deep
You get the dirt on your faces
Sharpen your wits or you'll be dead in the mazes
Soon enough
You've got room for improvement
You've got to move like you're losing
Get it
Get it while you can 'cause you can't go back
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6. |
Soap and Water
02:48
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If your day takes you
Tries to paint you blue
No it can't change you
If you don't want it to
Have a little soap and water
Time could placate you
But there's so much to do
This game's a dirty one
And you're wearing its hue
Have a little soap and water
Scrub your skin at the doorstep
Wash the blues off your forehead
Have a little soap and water
Scrub your skin at the door step
Wash the blues off your forehead
Walk outside take a deep breath
Laugh it up before bed
In this place you're you
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7. |
Pedestrian
03:34
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Don't know how I made it this far
Without SSRIs, without a car
You say
You're so brilliant
But I'm not
No I'm just lucky, resilient
Don't know how I made it this far
So little sleep and so little confidence
You say
Myself needs forgiving
But I won't
He owes me for the years that I put in
Don't know how I made it this far
Biting my nails and biting my tongue
You say
I've got to start living
And I will
Just after this one more thing that's keeping me
Don't know how I made it this far
I made the choice to be a pedestrian
You say
Think of all that you're missing
But I know
Each and every inch of the distance
My mind cuts to the overgrown
Paths so narrow cars can't go
My heart picks up to fuel the flow
In rhythms you will never know
There's always just one more thing
Just after this one more thing that's keeping me
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Andrew Bockus California
Andrew Bockus is a chemist, runner, and musician based in California.
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