1. |
Over and Over Again
02:42
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A friend is a friend
Even when you hate him
Everything I've said to you
Was only to help you walk
You tell me love just lets it be
But no I will speak these words to you
I will repeat these words
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
I will dive down under the water
And pull your body up
From the bottom of the river
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
The thing you were looking for
Was right in front of you
The thing you were looking for
Was right in front of you the whole time
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2. |
Next Solar System
02:02
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If I was living in the next solar system
I wouldn’t need to ask your permission
Come on let’s fly in the sky
And make the Earth feel so small
It’s time to leave the Milky Way
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3. |
Another Life
03:44
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You keep starting with another life
We're in a video game
Like coming out of the movie theater
Turn around to go back in
Watch something else
Watch something new
A mystery to me
The next thing you'll do
And years from now, I will be different
The world around me is falling
This home, its warmth, and all these things
They're just melting snow
I am the way I am
For all the things I've seen
I am the way I am
For things outside control
What will you do next
And will you be happy
Now years have gone by
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4. |
The Sun and the Rain
03:51
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I'm a man coming in from the cold
I peel off the layers one by one
Until there's nothing left to hide
I'm not afraid of the fire
And I don't need a secret life
I don't need the darkness of night
So I'll step into the light
I'm not afraid of the fire
It's in my nature to crawl away
As well as jumping in to fight
I chose to stand and accept my life
The sunshine as well as the rain
You know I like to hide away
From all the people and the pain
But I choose to go outside
Where's there's sun and there's rain
The sun
The rain
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5. |
You Found Me
02:46
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I have loved before
Loved someone who didn’t love me back
I have done this more than one time
Maybe I didn’t love myself
I have hidden
I have hidden in the dark
Afraid of what others think of me
Who was I hiding from?
You found me on my own
I was lost, I had no home
You gave me life, I gave you nothing
I could never say how much you mean to me
I have hated
Even my own family
And people that I barely knew
Maybe I hated myself
You found me on my own
I was lost, I had no home
You gave me life, I gave you nothing
I could never say how much you mean to me
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6. |
Hold On
04:26
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I stop for a second to think of the coolness
Coolness of fall
The place where you used to live
When you first got married I thought you’d be so happy
That blessings would fall on your sweet head
You were in this city, and I was so young
I didn't know about death
The way that death it filters
It's like disease that passes to your hands
But now I can see it for what it is
You cannot stop the ticking of time
You cannot fix the brokenness of her
You cannot change anyone's mind
You can just hold on for dear life
I remember your place then, an artist’s den
A refuge from the hurt
That's at least what I thought, but pain chases down
The fastest and brightest of us
You cannot stop the ticking of time
You cannot fix the brokenness of her
You cannot change anyone's mind
You can just hold on for dear life
If you move again
The things in your heart will go too
You can't fix the pain, the hurt
Your family oh the darkness
I need you to know there's a way out from all this
I need you to know that the moment will pass
I need you to know that you're not on your own
I need you to give in to God and come home
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7. |
Rejector
05:23
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8. |
Cold Water
02:11
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You and I are walking on a bridge
Taking steps above the icy water
And now it seems like you’re saying to get in
I’ve lost enough this year already
It seems like certain death to me
To put my head under the current
To let go of my life
I hate to get so close to the abyss
You take things into your own hands
I’m tired of being in charge of me
Everything is out of control
And you ask me to give up one more thing
There’s nothing in me to rely on
My life is a flower quickly faded
It’s hard for me to see how after all this
My heart won’t be jaded
What is left for me to do
Except to follow you
Maybe I’ll find my life again
Under this cold water
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9. |
Perspective
03:15
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Is there anyone who can look outside themselves
Is there anyone whose voice can fill the void
Every single second of all of life is in view
Every word you say comes with depth of field
Depth of view
You can look back on the good and bad old days
You can see a truer view than physical
The older I get the more I should be slow to speak
Even in old age I still won't have this field
Depth of view
So why should I distrust myself
And why should I distrust my heart
Cause all the things I know in my head
Are just a drop in the bucket
All my eyes can see oh it is still not much
All the words you speak are full of truth and of love
All my heart can see oh it is still not much
All the words you speak are full of truth and of love
Depth of view
So why should I distrust myself
And why should I distrust my heart
Cause all the things I know in my head
Are just a drop in the bucket
So why should I fight to be heard
Maybe I should fight to listen
And maybe worlds don’t spin upon my words
And maybe I should fight to listen
All my eyes can see
All my eyes can see
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10. |
Time is Not
03:49
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I've been watching out the window
Everything is blurry to my eyes
My sight might be getting slower
Or maybe the car's speeding up
Time is not a constant
Time is not a constant
The older I get the faster it goes
When I was younger
I would see the hands move
Now I don't where the hours go
All the constant entertainment
Something's killing my attention span
I'm in a good place but I can't stop
Being excited for what's next
Time is not a constant
Time is not a constant
The older I get the faster it goes
When I was younger
I would see the hands move
Now I don't where the hours go
I need to sit here by the fire
I don't need to make new friends
I need to make this whole game show stop
No more prizes handed out
If I climb up to the top branch
I might leave myself on the ground
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11. |
In March
02:35
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Sometimes I feel like
The world is going insane
I could go anywhere
I wonder what would be the point
Since I was a boy
Most of my dreams have been dirt
Most of the things I hope for
Are not even worth it
There are those moments in March
Where the sun comes and shines
Only for a minute
Then the clouds are back again
My heart is always cheating on you
My head is fickle
I never know what to do
You are the one I need
Without you I cannot breathe
Sun comes down on the good and the bad
And I don't know which one I am
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