1. |
It's Going to Be Alright
03:38
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If the world comes crashing down
Like waves out at sea,
Don't swim against the tide,
Just hold on to me.
And if you lose your way
When you're walking alone,
Then I'll be the map
That guides you back home.
I promise you this:
I'll stand by your side,
I'll see you through,
And it's going to be alright.
If you fear
That your mind is going,
I'll be the tell:
Madness is knowing.
And if you can't see,
I'll be your eyes,
Finding some light
In the darkness tonight.
I promise you this:
I'll stand by your side,
I'll see you through,
And it's going to be alright.
And if you feel,
This time, you can run away,
I'll be the reason
You choose to stay.
I promise you this:
I'll stand by your side,
I'll see you through,
And it's going to be alright.
And it's going to be alright.
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2. |
Loose Lips
04:10
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I guess now there is no doubt:
Everybody thinks they've got you figured out.
So in love with your inventions--
Lost boys with good intentions.
We all know that was your game,
Not paying close attention.
And never feeing shame
For catching interceptions--
False affection and deception.
I never thought it would come to this,
But I don't know you anymore.
You say it doesn't matter,
But behind closed doors you're keeping score.
I guess that's just what you live for.
Tried so hard to stay afloat,
But tactlessness will tip the boat.
Drifting with no place to go,
You can't erase the things you wrote.
Loose lips sink ships.
Only now can you come to grips
With all the sails gone up in smoke.
I never thought you'd sink so low.
But you did, and you don't even know.
I never thought it would come to this,
But I don't know you anymore.
You say it doesn't matter,
But behind closed doors you're keeping score.
I guess that's just what you live for.
Oh, it's your fault.
You didn't make the call that could've changed it all.
Oh, it's your fault.
It's your own damn fault.
I never thought it would come to this,
But I don't know you anymore.
You say it doesn't matter,
But behind closed doors you're keeping score.
I guess that's just what you live for.
I never thought it would come to this,
But I am not so sure anymore.
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3. |
Rebecca
02:44
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Rebecca,
It always rains here.
Corporate fellas' black umbrellas fill my view.
New York City, subway steam, a grey-ish hue.
Rebecca,
It's weird out here.
And the people that you meet don't seem to nice.
In the office, on the street, they're all like ice.
Rebecca,
We took a risk here.
Coney Island and I'm spelling out your name.
I've been swimming, now I'll never be the same.
But that's okay.
The told us the hand of God was cold.
But they'll never know the weight of your soul.
Rebecca,
If you're still out there.
'Cause I could use a friend in these uncertain times.
I'll be yours if you'll be mine.
Rebecca.
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4. |
Alone
02:48
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She was seventeen,
And a box of black hair dye.
Now with a sigh, a white lie,
She gets high as a kite.
In the pre-dawn light,
She pokes her head outside
To look with bleary raccoon eyes
At all the ones she's left behind.
My, my, my sweet as apple pie,
But fickle like a rolling stone.
She'll lay down, but then turn right around,
And you'll wake up alone.
She sang like a bird,
'Cause she was frail with hollow bones
That flitted away their hours
With cigarettes and styrofoam
Cups of coffee,
Which history has shown,
Will lay idle like a good man,
'Cause they taste too much like home.
My, my, my sweet as apple pie,
But fickle like a rolling stone.
She'll lay down, but then turn right around,
And you'll wake up alone.
She knows all the tricks of the trade.
Has that honest smile that says,
"Come on and save me,"
But it's the same harlots' masquerade.
And still you say
You think she'll change.
Fat chance.
My, my, my sweet as apple pie,
But fickle like a rolling stone.
She'll lay down, but then turn right around,
And you'll wake up alone.
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5. |
Fade Away
02:50
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For a ghost, you're sure not
Very good at haunting,
But maybe it's only the illusion
That you wanted.
Because the stairs at night
Can be pretty daunting.
And I know as well as anyone:
It's fun to be dishonest.
As the twilight turns to grey,
You fade away.
You fade.
For a guy born with wise blood,
You're pretty good, but not good enough.
A fox's eyes and a statue's heart
Will only get you so far.
As the twilight turns to grey,
You fade away.
You fade.
Don't have to tell me, I already know,
When you're gone, where you go.
No one here can deny
That there's a glimmer in your eye.
And there's a glimmer in your eye.
As the twilight turns to grey,
You fade away.
You fade.
And even if the earth is dressed in white,
I won't be the one to leave on the light.
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6. |
My Heart is a Suitcase
02:46
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I could be nostalgic,
Or I could be a mess.
I guess, you can't have it both ways,
Can you.
And my heart is a suitcase,
That holds what I have held
And loves it all at once,
And too much.
It's my whole life I've waited,
Just to say, "It's been,"
And it's been
Wonderful.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
How sweet is to love
And be loved by you.
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7. |
The Cheapest Thrill
04:28
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With a complex that's as complex as
Some guy lying convex on the mat,
Long as your money's not on him,
You've got the last laugh.
Isn't that always the way,
The cost of fighting's twice the pay.
Must be worth it to win your prize,
Dealing blows but with closed eyes.
And you can't quit, although you've tried,
Addicted to the high,
The cheapest thrill
That binds you to a lie.
And you question the health of a love
For an iron fist in a velvet glove,
And if it's normal
That you can't get enough.
And you can't quit, although you've tried,
Addicted to the high,
The cheapest thrill
That binds you to a lie.
I know the feeling, enigmatic.
Hiding in a world of static.
Pain for pleasure, symptomatic.
I've been there too -- and I've had it.
And you can't quit, although you've tried,
Addicted to the high,
The cheapest thrill
That binds you to a lie.
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8. |
Stay
04:34
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I'm building a bridge across the ocean
To keep you off my mind.
I'm gazing through eyes, a blue-green opal
To see what I can find.
I'm writing the book of wrongs I did you
With words I can't erase.
I'm fighting a fire that keeps on growing,
Every time I see your face.
Soon I'll be gone
To the life I've made.
We were both wrong,
But I know why you stayed.
I'm shedding my skin 'til I'm transparent
And you can look right through me.
I'm getting the lead out, 'cause it's apparent
That our time is fleeting.
Soon I'll be gone
To the life I've made.
We were both wrong,
But I know why you stayed.
In the mountains, in the valleys,
It's not me who's keeping tallies
Of who said what or who got caught,
Or who first fell in love.
Soon I'll be gone
To the life I've made.
We were both wrong,
But I know why you stayed.
Soon I'll be gone
To the life I've made,
And when you hear this song,
You won't know why you stayed.
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9. |
Frankenstein
05:49
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The explanation for your reanimation
Is that something so beautiful simply can't die.
And, fine then, I'll say it:
I couldn't take it, if I had to say goodbye.
Basically, it all comes down
To what they make us out to be.
Failed experiments, such are we.
But you're looking perfect to me.
Frankenstein, would you be my valentine?
Climb through the bars on my cage.
Rough as sand, give me your corpses' hand,
And we will turn the page.
Basically, it all comes down
To what they make us out to be.
Failed experiments, such are we.
But you're looking perfect to me.
To me, you're lovely.
To me, you're something.
And basically, it all comes down
To what they make us out to be.
Failed experiments, such are we.
But you're looking perfect to me.
Oh, I know that you're perfect to me.
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10. |
I'll Have You Know
05:07
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Let's strike a deal, here and now,
In which we'll agree to disagree.
The pressure's on and, anyhow,
You said it's up to me.
Like I even had a stake in our little game.
Me, watching you shoot horseshoes.
But then, I guess, you can't feel ashamed
For what you won't admit to.
I'll have you know I tried my hardest
To play along and be outsmarted,
And if I'm in the wrong, 'cause you're broken hearted,
Feel free to right me.
Should've seen it coming when
We went walking in the summer.
You pointed out the clouds and said,
You liked some, but not the others.
Let's finally put this thing to bed
And tuck it in, by signing
Our names where the X's tread,
Formally resigning.
I'll have you know I tried my hardest
To play along and be outsmarted,
And if I'm in the wrong, 'cause you're broken hearted,
Feel free to right me.
I'll have you know I did my damnedest,
Waiting winter long, like Myles Standish,
And if I'm in the wrong, the way I have been,
Feel free to right me.
Feel free.
(Credit to Spencer Hill for a pretty rad guitar solo)
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11. |
Simple Song
04:22
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In ink and in graphite,
Ebony on ivory,
Is every sweet nothing
That meant so much to me.
Like, "Pretty's just a word,
So you'd have something not to be."
You'll excuse my rapid heartbeat,
Flushed cheeks and shaking knees.
Please?
Then we can lay together in the valley of my heart
Where love begins to grow.
We can sit and talk a while, maybe I can make you smile,
And no one has to know.
We can travel places, we could never go,
The hills of southern Europe, the coast of Mexico.
All the trees in bloom, the spring we've never known.
As long as I'm with you, dear, the whole world feels like home.
Then we can plant a garden in the valley of my heart,
Where love begins to grow.
We can sit and talk a while, maybe I can make you smile,
And no one has to know.
And once we've settled down after all our petty thrills,
We'll get a house in the suburbs, and you can pay the bills.
Have parties with our friends, if we've got any still.
You'll be my best forever, I guarantee you will.
Then we can build a city in the valley of my heart,
Where love begins to grow.
We can sit and talk a while, maybe I can make you smile,
And no one has to know.
Love is like a simple song
That no one has to know.
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E.A. Nickerson Massachusetts
Always unplugged.
Usually by accident.
20-year-old folk-type singer-songwriter, based on Cape Cod and in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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