Shit Stepdad Says
Song: Must Land Running
Album: Wildlife Pop
Beams of light, hear my call
Beams of light, break my fall
Breezy night, hear my call
Breezy night, break these walls
After all these hammers thrown
After all these broken bones
I can barely hobble home
I can barely hobble home
Feel it all, feel it all, feel it all, feel it all around you
Take it back, take it back, take it back, take it back with you
Rushing waves, hear my call
Rushing waves, stand so tall
Raging fire, hear my call
Raging fire, cover all
There is water when i’m thirsty
There is sun when I am cold
There is food when I am hungry
There is life, there is life.
Song: Jungles
Album: Wildlife Pop / Ordinaire
It’s overwhelming me, the static in the trees
The sun is burning me, there is no cooling breeze
We don’t belong to ourselves at the mercy of the cats
We belong to places, to places
Strong and brave, courageous, our tiger faces
I crouch down low and freeze, the leaves are shuffling
Lips curled away from teeth, she has been prowling me
We don’t belong to ourselves, they’ve been planning their attack
We belong to what we came from
Leaving home will be a struggle
Wearing masks and beating war drums won’t equip us for these jungles.
Song: Show me your Blood
Album: Wildlife Pop
Congratulations seem to be in order
All of my patient dreams have gotten shorter
I dare you to walk away from me
All these foundations we have built together
Secured a union, but not by tether
I swear I admire your esprit
My dedication may’ve been overwhelming
But if you felt that way why wouldn’t you tell me
I wear obsession on my sleeve
My incantations sound like a campaign speech
My trepidations pound throughout my strained reach
I will live without living
So take me back home, let me know that you’re human
Touch me and feel all the damage that you did
Show me your blood
I want to meet him and see what I am not
I want to break through this chronic blood clot
I don’t want to stand back now
I can’t compete with him, I don’t got what he’s got
My heart will be a rock, an empty parking lot
Get away, I’ll nurse myself to health.
Song: Mystery in the Faking
Album: Wildlife Pop
How do you always snag the breaks
Is it just good timing
Is there a method to changing tastes
That you’re hiding
The way that they fly to you when you tell them that you’re busy
When you leave all your excuses sound so flimsy
But nothing can stop a man convinced of his own whimsy
He believes I am sold too
Teach it to me, it all seems so easy
Reach out to me and hand over your key
You must have gone from good to great
When I had my back turned
You must have buried your mistakes
And had all the maps burned
All that I figured out is this game is a mystery
As I’ve been talking you’ve run out of things to say to me
Everyone stands and cheers for others’ pure dishonesty
What they do I cannot do
When you go don’t look at your shadow
It’s dark there and you need light.
Song: Will I Ever Dance Again
Album: Wildlife Pop
As if the walk down the block was on a tight rope
Stop to watch the concrete decompose
I’ve been searching to find out where the grass grows
The wind is an insect with a bloodlust
Stinging with grey sheets of a thick dust
Lord, I need to find someone I can trust
I don’t know where you’re hiding
Don’t know where to find you
Don’t know why this must be true
I can’t remember fighting, can’t remember lying
Can’t remember wronging you
You’re not here to point the right direction
Will I ever dance again
You’re not here to help me ease this tension
Will I ever dance again
Will I ever dance again
Whenever I do it wrong it feels so right
Every single night seems like it’s the night
I have heard the bark and I’ve felt the bite
My legs are shaking
My feet stop tapping
I’m not sure how i’m still breathing now
And I feel like I must be leaving now.
Song: To Ribbons
Album: Wildlife Pop
Shaking in my bed with songs stuck in my head
And folks are screaming loud all over town
They’ll cut you to ribbons
Like I knew they would
like I thought they might
They’ll cut you to ribbons
Did you doubt they could
Did they blow your mind
Nothing’s easier
It’ll only end up bringing you down
I hear them coming now
I’m not going to boast and I’m not gonna say
I told you so
They’ll cut you to ribbons
Don’t you hear that distant bell tolling
They just want to get this ball rolling
Song: My Leather, My Fur, My Nails
Album: Wildlife Pop / Ordinaire
She’s got style
She rips it off my back and puts it on her coat hook
She won’t smile
You’d best avert your eyes and not give her a second look
Things she wants
Not a companion but some pages in her journal
Things go wrong
We started equal but it got way too paternal
She wants a coat made of my leather, and my fur, and my nails
She’s always cold despite the weather
She needs sun, she’s so pale
You think she’s had enough, it’s not enough
She always wants more
She always wants more of my leather, and my fur, and my nails
Things she wants
Not a companion but some pages in her journal
Things go wrong
I wouldn’t dare do all but keep it all internal
You can’t realize the danger that I’m in
If she calls me, I’m not home
Take me out of water
Shrink me in the dryer
Strut around and let the world know what disaster means
Take me out of water
Shrink me in the dryer
I don’t suit my skin.
Song: Pick & Choose
Album: Wildlife Pop
If I could pick, could pick and choose
I choose you, it’s old news
If I could pick, could pick and choose
I’d pick you, yeah, I can’t lose
Everytime I try to call you never pick up the phone
And when you do you’ve got a million reasons to go
And when I ask you am I good enough you tell me no
Sometimes I feel like can call your bluff
You ought to know
You try to talk like all the world’s gonna step on your toes
And make me feel like I should never give a damn ‘bout your woes
Don’t try and tell me I don’t understand
I don’t think you really understand
Do you believe that you’re the only one
I think you’re absolutely wonderful
Hold on, Hold on
I’d give up everything for your admiration
Hold on, Hold on
I wanna let you know that I’m never leaving your side
You and me, we’re so caught up in awkward situations
Let me be, be the one who kills this contention
Nothing in this world will stop the beating heart I have for you
Maybe I’m just crazy but I know that you can feel it too
Like I do.
Song: Starfriends on Earth
Album: Wildlife Pop
My friends are the stars and the suns that move me
My friends are the power that is surging through me
My sisters don’t know how much they’ve given me
My brothers have shown me strength in symmetry
Hold on to the sunlight
Stay away from the midnight
I am part of you and you are part of me
A great epiphany that brightens everything
A line of energy plugged in and running strong
Life is overwhelming, life is overwhelming
Don’t question your worth
We’re starfriends on earth
My friends are the forest beside the city
My friends show me not what is but what one day might be.
Song: Treasure Hugs
Album: Wildlife Pop
Well I know he’s alive and tricking me into all sorts of things
Bless his soul, bless his mind
He is cold, He is blind
And I know he’s wearing out after all these years
And I’ll find him dead some morning in my bedroom
He’ll have painted all my windows black
Soon I won’t have a single dose of tact at all
And I just came back from coffee
And I didn’t bring my mind
What’s the use, it’s gone dry
No excuse, no goodbye
And I’ve locked eyes with a tombstone
He doesn’t sleep he engineers thoughts
I’ll be dead one morning in my bedroom
I’ll have covered all my walls with crayon
Obituary reads, “Who’s to blame for this disastrous plan?”
Imagine what you could make
If your muse hadn’t killed herself
And after all these mistakes
My life’s no better than hell
Maybe delaying the wake wasn’t best
But I’m starting to tell
No matter what road you take there are spots
With bone-dry wells
I was talking to a man one day and he couldn’t tell a lie
Time has flown, we will die
We’re alone, it’s alright
And in time we’ll be forgotten every single mortal soul
But you’ll be alive one morning in your bedroom
The sun will crack your windows, shake your walls
And you will wake up,
Realize the walk was worth a thousand falls.
Song: Exploring
Album: Wildlife Pop
Forcing is different than trying
We can smell each other lying
Never let impatience be your guide
We’re only human but we’ve lived too many days
to let a single bad one come and fill us with pain
He doesn’t want to be found
He’ll be hiding out, He’ll be hiding
Be still and don’t make a sound
He will cry out to the night sky now
Fleeing is different than leaving
Reprieve will never be so freeing
When did you decide we don’t need the moon
When we’ve got flashlights
How can you discount a million years
Shining at our side
He doesn’t want to be found
He’ll be hiding out, He’ll be hiding
Be still and don’t make a sound
He will cry out to the night sky now
We’re like the animals now
Hunting shapes and sounds into morning
Trapping and holding them down
Let them go and keep on exploring
Forcing is different than trying
We can smell each other lying
Song: Warrior (Jungles part II)
Album: Wildlife Pop
Young blood, step forward
Don’t hide yourself away, now
Take what I’ve taught you
Grip firmly and move swiftly
I must answer to the life I gave up
I’ll be gone until I finally wake up
I can’t be here to catch you when you fall
If you fall
Warrior, the bite marks soon will heal
Warrior, do not forget how it feels
Warrior, never set down your shield
Nor the sword and bow you’ve learned to wield
Oh, Warrior
Battles will find you
Learn to turn away, now
You must meet them with a humbling wisdom
Challengers will take your courage with them
You must raise your head with dignity toward all
Prepared to fall.
