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To Be Known
05:55
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if you're feeling disconnected
I'm here to plug you in
and if you're standing on the other side
I'm here to build the bridge
(we're just passing through
but if you're listening, we'll sing to you)
I can be at home
and be alone with you
I can be alone
and be at home with you
(we're just passing through
but if you're listening, we'll sing to you)
O, my heart is glad to be known by you
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2. |
Snow
05:13
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It was last December
when we walked outside
barefoot in the snow
just to see how long we'd go
And we stood on the corner
while the cars were passing by
when my eyes met your eyes
and our laughter turned to quiet
yeah I had no idea
the grief I'd give to you
And do you remember
when you washed my feet
with a bar of soap?
(it was white as snow)
and you kneeled in the bathtub
worked the lather with your hands
so tenderly
as you said to me,
"As I have been forgiven,
so I forgive you."
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3. |
Returns To Me
05:42
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I run my fingers through your hair
I'm listenin' but you don't wanna share
I run my fingers through your hair
but you're not there
I lay my head upon your chest
I feel the movements of your breath
I lay my head upon your chest
and feel the breath
I press my cheek against the glass
I'm needing but too afraid to ask
I press my cheek against the glass
ashamed to ask
So I lay my head upon a stone
No place to call my home
I lay my head upon a stone
I am alone
So lift my singin' to the trees
I hear them singing back with me
I lift my singin' to the trees
and feel at ease
I throw my words into the flames
they call me by a secret name
I throw my words into the flames
they know my name
I toss my heart into the sea
she always gives it back to me
I toss my heart into the sea
returns to me
I lay my belly on the dirt
I listen to the wounded earth
I lay my belly on the earth
and feel the hurt
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4. |
Breakin' My Bones
03:43
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never thought I’d find myself here before
drinking down some medicine, face on the floor
thought I was a followin the ways of God
but the room, it started spinning and I couldn’t keep up
once there was a time when I believed in words
but now I’d rather listen to the trees and the birds
now let me tell you something you can understand
I don’t need a conversation, no I need to hold your hand
yeah you’re breakin’ my bones just to make me whole
yeah you’re breakin’ my bones just to make me whole again
so you try to say a prayer but all you hear
is the ticking of a clock and your movements in the mirror
yeah we’re talkin talkin talkin trying to make some sense
but sometimes we’re cleaner/clearer if at first we’re made a mess
yeah once there was a time when I believed in words
but now I’d rather listen to the trees and the birds
well let me tell you something you can understand
I don’t need a conversation, no I need to hold your hand
yeah you’re breakin’ my bones just to make me whole
yeah you’re breakin’ my bones just to make me whole again
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5. |
Covenant
03:25
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The veil has been parted for me
but I’m still waiting on the sea
oh, that saltwater sting
for a gold rosy ring
That which I longed for
is now what I most fear
but I just don’t think I can wonder/wander
for the next forty years
The curtain has been torn in two
which once hid us from you
now all is revealed
in a humble man’s meal
He drank for the covenant
while we drank for the fun
He broke bread for the covenant
while we were loading our guns
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6. |
Shiver in Yr Soul
07:13
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well it was once beside the river
when you said you got a shiver in your soul
and it may be a little while
before I see a shining smile
in your eyes
you try to hard to make it happen
but you withhold that you are trapped in your own mind
but if it's love that you are choosing
we must set fire to these illusions one by one
one by one
and I know you think you loved me
but the truth is that in time
instead of caring for my fruit
you left me rotting on the vine
and how my heart burst open
like a grape all choked with twine
whose hapless hope was that in being crushed
I'd ferment into wine
and how you tried to silence me
with your fists into the wall
and make me think that I was selfish
if I defend myself at all
well now my throat's burst open
and the only thing that comes
are the melodies left burning
in the marrow of my bones
is it real, the covenant between
all things seen and unseen?
is it true that two became one?
(rib of rib, bone of my bone)
how will I untangle my veins from you,
if now one becomes two?
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7. |
See Me
07:12
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you hide contempt with a smile
but you’re serious
oh, so serious
your face is dim with denial
it’s delirious
so mysterious
Just wish I knew what was true
I thought by now you’d pursue me
game of hide and seek
hours into weeks
but I’m left waiting and wondering
you’ve given up on me
given up on me
just wish I knew what to do
don’t even recognize you
but what would happen if tonight, you looked me in the eyes?
come out from hiding and see me
but you look away
pushing me away
you’re either silent or screaming
pushing me around
shove me to the ground
I can’t believe this is true
don’t even recognize you
but what would happen if tonight, you looked me in the eyes?
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Soften Cincinnati, Ohio
four-piece tender nuggets from cincinnati, oh
brianna kelly | jon delvaux | andrew aragon | corey waddell
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