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Old Man by the Sea
04:01
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When I was a child, he lived in a shoebox
A place full of treasures, a home by the sea
As I got older, he lived in a trailer
A house full of papers, important debris.
When I was a child he made me feel perfect
He called me sugar, he lived by the sea
As I got older, his flaws were apparent.
From such understanding, he means more to me
Oh, to, summer and childhood and life by the sea
Oh, to, all that came after… that life in a dream
When you were a child, he built you a diamond
You squared off the bases, you lived in a dream
When you got older, he looked at you different
He said you’re a man now, he moved to the sea
And I never met her, this piece of the puzzle
But I bet you’re like her, she gave you her ease
And it must seem strange now, to be here without them
Cause they felt to you, much like you do to me
Oh, to, summer and childhood and life by the sea
Oh, to, all that came after that life in a dream
And I took a photo
My brother a book
My sister took nothing
A long final look
My mom’s scared of clutter
It clutters the mind
My father he likes to
Leave nothing behind
And he was a window, to you as a child
So I could imagine a you before me.
The magic has faded, at least lost its luster
But you look for meaning, you’ve passed that to me
So you tell me a story, we laugh at his temper,
We cry for a dignified man and then we
Wonder if he’ll ever know what he’s left us
The death of a noble old man by the sea.
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2. |
No Show
03:08
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She didn’t come to me in a dream
Can’t be the mystic that she seems
But it’s easier if I believe she is.
She wakes me more and more
She shakes me more and more
Got a lot to give
Why is she a female form?
Everything wild is
I can’t put my finger on it.
That is not the truth of it
In the slightest, in the slightest
Lying through my teeth a bit
And each time that she doesn’t show
I worry that she’s quit
She doesn’t seem to have a plan
Thinks that if I gave a damn
I would give up what they made me take
Seems to think it's fine
To see no difference in my mind
Asleep and awake
The fact that she’s a female form
Everything wild is
Points to something earthly born
That is not the truth of it
In the slightest, in the slightest
Lying through my teeth a bit
And each time that she doesn’t show
I worry that she’s quit
The fact that she’s a female form
Points to something earthly born
The fact that she’s a female form
I can’t put my finger on
That is not the truth of it
Lying through my teeth a bit
And each time that she doesn’t show
I worry that she’s quit.
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3. |
Oh, Bert
03:30
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You sang of rocket fuel,
Learning to wait
I’m always worried
I’m running up late
Crowded with thoughts
Far more light than they seem
If you could choose
Would you stay in your dreams?
Tell all you shoulds to me
I want to see
The weight of your thoughts about who you should be
Don’t say you’re running away love
Choose to see
That life is as simple as Bert made it seem
You sang of rocket fuel,
Learning to wait
I’m always worried
I’m running up late
Crowded with thoughts
Far more light than they seem
If you could choose
Would you stay in your dreams?
Tell all you shoulds to me
I want to see
The weight of your thoughts about who you should be
Here I am in the in between
Here I am in the in between
Here I am in the in between
That life is as simple as Bert made it seem.
That life is a simple as Bert made it seem
He made it seem
Bert made it seem
He made it seem
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I walked home in a blizzard
It was fucking cold, but I didn’t care
I was listening to this book about
How suffering is good for you
I had this sense I was moving somewhere
Maybe to death, only to death
Really that’s all that we know
But knowing that somehow is freeing
The world does not care where I go
They say as you get better
You don’t give up your pain
It’s just that what you do with it
Gets less insane
The meanings I’ve made weren’t meant to last
The things that would pull me, let go quite fast
When I found that they’re grip wasn’t inevitable
Only is death’s, only is death’s
Really that’s all that we know
But knowing that, somehow, is freeing
The world does not care where I go
And if it don’t care
Then I don’t care
It’s easier said than done
Cause if I didn’t care
I wouldn’t feel
Constantly on the run
I feel you still
Watching me
Hoping I do what I should
But there’s something else
That’s watching us
I’d see it if I could
I’d see it if I could
I’d see it if I could
It’s only death, it’s only death
Really that’s all that we know.
And it whispers to me constantly
The world does not care where I go
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5. |
Now That I Know This
03:12
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I read in a book once
A line quite prophetic
Each blessing ignored will
Turn into a curse
I’m grateful for blessings
I’m told that I must be
I’m pissed seeking normalcy
Makes me feel worse.
And now that I know this, what should I do?
Now that I’ve finally said what’s true?
I wrote you a song once
And you’ll never hear it
I left things on stage and
You never saw
I think you admire
What you see as beauty
I think you detest what’s
Imperfect and raw.
And now that I know this, what should I do?
Now that I’ve finally said what’s true?
And now that I know this.
I finally see
That I must let go of
My life by the sea
I’ll pick a few pieces
I’ll take them with me
But I must let go of
My life by the sea
And even in death I
Endow you with power
As per all these stories
As chosen by me
Cause had we more time, well
I might try to change that
Instead of accept it, well
I’d make you see
And now that I know this, what should I do?
Now that I’ve finally said what’s true?
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Haley Midgette Toronto, Ontario
Haley Midgette is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter and actress.
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