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Twisted
04:28
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Deep in my bones, deep in my soul
Deeper than the catacombs
I loved them all
Now taller than the tallest tree,
High above the canopy
That love still grows
But suddenly all the doors were locked
The shades went down and the lights went off
And I was left in the cold
And all these voices in the dark
Still trying to tell me where to go
Are growing old
How they get me so twisted
How they get me so twisted
How they get me so, so twisted
To my eyes, to my face,
You told me that I had a place
Inside of your life
I'd be lucky even if I got to hear
All the real reasons why you never wanted me here
But then I wouldn't have to ask why
You got me so twisted
I wouldn't mind, I wouldn't care
If you just told me why
You didn't want me here
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Someday
04:46
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Do I want the love I've been hearing of from above
Or has it just been far too many movies and bad TV
'Cause there's a love next door
who fights and roars from behind closed doors
But I can still hear everything
So I decided to put my faith in something I could see
But what I do depends on you
And everything we are and hope to be
What I choose weighs heavily on you
It might as well have just brought you to your knees
Every day it makes me think that
If I ever needed anything
It would be for me to stop wanting
One day
Someday
I decided long ago I can't live my life justified if I'm
Comfortable but resigned
To doing something that I won't like for just a little while
For it all to end
I understand how absolutely lucky I am to be able to stand and say that
If I ever needed anything
It would be for me to stop wanting
One day
Someday
I wonder how I came to feel this way
I wonder if all of you still feel the same
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3. |
Crowded Room
04:46
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On a scale of 1 to 10
How much would you say you actually understand
About the souls you meet
Like grains of sand in the wind
I picked some pieces up and I find
I'm just back where I started
Back in the corner of a crowded room
Not knowing what anyone wanted
I could sing about love
But it would not be what you were thinking of
I gave you the keys
To come inside a long time ago
But like a blade of grass poking through the cracks of the concrete
I won't stop until everyone knows that I tried
I tried and failed
But that's alright
I'll just pick myself up, breathe in, and exhale singing,
"I could sing about love
But it would not be what you were thinking of"
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4. |
Another One
03:23
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How much, how much, how much is enough
How long, how long, how long can I keep it up
How can I make plans for forever when
I begin middle out and end up where I began again
You say, you say, you say something synonymous
With a way, a way, a way out of all of it
I love you when I wake up
Day in day out, I'll just sleep it off
But after this one I'll want another one
Dark days, dark days, I can't see four feet in front of me
Hallways, hallways are closing in around me
It's only you with all the lights on
I'll write another one
But after this one I'll write another one
It's so easy to see right through these
Past hangups and insecurities
You give me a moment of clarity
Like looking in the mirror and
Seeing what everybody else sees
How much, how much, how much is enough
How long, how long, how long can I keep it up
How can I make plans for forever when
I begin middle out and end up where I began again
But after this one I'll want another
After this one I'll want another
After this one I'll want another one
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First Person
04:10
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Walk away, you don't deserve to be happy
The mirror said, and
I don't completely disagree when you were
Standing there right in front of me
With your door open wide
All there was left for me to do was
Fucking walk inside
Instead I stood underneath electrical sky
So much more used to all the rain
I'll come to you in the first person
So you can see who I really am inside
I'll come to you in the first person
All will be revealed in time
Could have inched my hand in a little closer
Could have brought my face down to yours
Even as I tell you now, the sun is still shining
I just had to wake up and turn around
See that the light was blinding
So I'll come to you in the first person
So you can see who I really am inside
I'll come to you in the first person
All will be revealed in time
All the voices inside my head are loud
I can't tune them out, I can't turn them down
When I spoke to you, it wasn't by myself
I just tagged along with a ghost of my former self
Really should have known, comes as no surprise
I'll just show you who lives inside my eyes
And come to you in the first person
So you can see who I really am inside
I'll come to you in the first person
All will be revealed in time
I'll come to you in, I'll come to you in,
I'll come to you in the first person
All will be revealed in time
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6. |
Empty Space
04:25
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I took a pride from the strangers passing by
When she outstretched her hand
It would only take one glance from across the street
For one of them to think she was with me
I know it's small, petty and trivial to want
All the approval from people I don't know, but
That's just my way, I fall in love I want the world to fall down with me
But I'll just float away
To an empty space
Now I'll never be whole
Somehow I know that's okay
She took a plane 3000 miles away
I did not have much to say when she called me on my birthday
Even though this heart migrates it eventually finds its way back to me
Now it's here to stay
And it's too late
Now I'll never be whole
Somehow I know that's okay
And it's so strange
How I could fall back to a routine,
and not think about you until it hits me
The very first words of a song I'll show you now
I took a pride from my soul deep down inside
When she outstretched her hand
It would only take one glance from her eyes
Into mine
To see that time made me forget about you
I forgot about you, forgot about you, I forgot about you
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Whatever Happens
05:10
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I don't mind if this is all I'll ever be
I'll spend my time waiting patiently
I can't force you to come with me
But there you are
When I close my eyes
It's like a crowded city street
The birds that fly sing a song above me
Of a dream away from the chaos at our feet
But there you are
And whatever happens
I'll look back on us and smile
That even if I'm all wrong
I'll know I was right for a little while
I've seen how easy it is to walk away
I'm connected only by a thread of string
But the arms I give you are intertwining
There you are
But whatever happens
I'll look back on us and sigh
A breath of fresh air
How did I get here
Summer in the city
Just like a movie
Just like a song
Rise up in beauty
Come back to Earth gracefully
It's there, and then it's gone,
and you're the space between
And whatever happens
I'll look back on us and laugh
At how my future fades into the past
Whatever happens, you're here now
Whatever happens, you're here now
You're here now
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8. |
No Fun
04:35
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I said I was gonna leave
When you said you need a minute to change, it implies privacy
But you asked for me to stay
Why would you still find it necessary to turn yourself away
Why would you do this to me
Was I the only one
You say you're playing a game
Why aren't I having any fun
Now all my friends, they need to know
Why I let you linger on inside my mind
So long, and never let you go
'Cause part of me knows you know
I need those eyes to be like windows
And my words like rocks to throw
How could you do this to me
Was I the only one
You say you're playing a game
Why aren't I having any fun
At all
Sank to the bottom of the ocean
But I found a pearl
Took me by the hand, brought me back to land
Now I know why you did this to me
Wasn't the only one
I played along with your game
Just didn't know which side I was on
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9. |
You're Mine
05:11
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Couldn't help it, couldn't help it if he tried
He knew that he must have you
He knew that he must have you
She couldn't keep it, couldn't keep anything inside
Had to tell everyone about you
We all had to hear about you
But when we got together and we found there's nothing better than the comfort that you found in each other's arms
There's me, outside watching you just fall apart
And I bet you didn't know that my house was haunted
And I didn't mean to leave you so broken hearted
What it is you fail to see is that the ghost inside, the killer is me,
And tonight,
You're mine
So much more, so much more you'll never see
What it takes to say "I love you", what it takes for you to trust me
How could you just move along so easily
If I'm not the only one to blame for everything
And I bet you didn't know that my house was haunted
And I didn't mean to leave you so broken hearted
What it is you fail to see is that the ghost inside, the killer is me,
And tonight,
You're mine
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10. |
Montreal and Tennessee
05:52
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If I were religious, I'd say God brought you to me
If I were scientific, I'd say chemicals are reacting
But what if I know I'm nothing to be, or not to be
Just the end result of thinking inwardly
I'll open my mouth to meet you
Such a pleasant sound
Keep my eyes upon you
'Cause I want to keep you around
Though I don't quite know you
You belong with me
We could go to Montreal
Or Tennessee
I've got nowhere to turn to
I'm surrounded on all sides
From the endless depths of the ocean
To the infinite height of the sky
We could go down together
If that were your thing
We could try and live forever
If only I knew what to bring
Though I don't quite know you
You belong with me
We could go to Montreal
Or Tennessee
Up on a plane, up in the sky, you're in the sea
Flying away, under the waves, into the deep
Under street lights, in the back seat
One and the same, what's in a name, what does it mean
One and the same, what's in a name, what does it mean
One and the same, what's in a name, who are we
Though I don't quite know you
You belong with me
Where the hell'd you come from
Where do you belong
Where the hell'd you come from
Where did you belong
Though I don't quite know you
You belong with me
We could go to Montreal
Or Tennessee
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And whatever happens
I'll look back on us and smile
'Cause even if I'm all wrong
I'll know I was right, for a little while
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Zion Rodman Boston, Massachusetts
Zion Rodman is a versatile musician who spends most of his free time singing and playing the guitar, bass, piano, and drums. He grew up in Cape Cod and lived in Boston, where he developed as a musician and recorded his first album and EP. Zion currently lives and performs in Chicago, and makes frequent visits to Massachusetts. ... more
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