1. |
Splinters
05:02
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Short circuit synapses
History repeats
Weeks and months
We are desperate
To separate ourselves
As the tree collapses
Under the weight
Misaligned history
Splinters of wood
Dig into my skin
Our bones are weak
And we are sick
Branches snap
Our arms break
I cannot hold this up
Generations end here
Our line runs clear
There will be no roots
You have torn up
Any stability that
We all once had
There are forests
Everyone has one
Branches intertwined
Why must ours break
here creatures dwell
draped in shadow
Preying on the weak
People are vultures
Roots like ribs
Cages at the feet
Of our trees
I believed in this
Our tree could live
We could hold up
Branches off the ground
But wood splits
We split and fall apart
I no longer know who
You are or where
We came from
Each new act
Revalues the meaning of the past
And this story
Just fragments of memory
Ephemeral lines
The edge of consciousness
Read side notes
Learn half formed histories
I climb up the the tree
I’m trying to see
How high i can go
How far
Can I reach the top
Can I look across
What will I find
What will I see
Can I rise above the crown
What will I appear to be
From the ground
And when I look down
Who will be there
Waiting for me
Waiting to see
Will I slip
Will the branches snap
Under my weight
What if I fall
What will it mean for me
Will I lay on the ground
Will I make a sound
If no-one is there watching
And nobody is there to catch me
And as I lay in the dirt
What will I think
Will I ever get up
Or will I give up
Is this it for me
Do any of us realise life while we live it
Every single minute
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2. |
Filament
09:24
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I remember how it felt standing there
The weight of the church stones bearing down on our backs
Did you see my hands they were shaking
As you walked down the aisle
How many years had it been before you said yes to me
I remember the way your mother smiled
As we started reading out those lines
For better for worse
For richer for poorer
In sickness and in health
To love and to cherish
Till death do us part
The start of something new
Another chapter pages turn they say
I remember the joy we felt
And how it began to melt away
We bought our house and filled its rooms up
With picture frames and memories
I’ve breathed in these hallways so many times since then
We grew together here
The dream of growing up and growing old
And everything we had all mixed up
Were the plates yours or mine
Tables chairs books and ornaments
The lamp was definitely yours
But the lamp has broken my dear
And it’s been a year since it stopped filling the room
The way you used to do
The filament has all burned out
Such a fragile shape
Trapped in a world of glass
Had to watch you fade the same
But your light is so much harder to replace
For better for worse
For richer for poorer
In sickness in health
To love and to cherish
Till death do us part
I remember those words we spoke
Do those promises still hold
The last line caught up faster than i thought and left me out in the cold
I remember everything we had
I remember everything we felt
I’d like to say they remain unchanged
But i’m not sure anymore
I still go out into the woods at night
Like we used to do together in the summer
And i look up at the stars
And i tell myself i can understand them better now than i ever could before
I remember how it felt standing there
The weight of the church stones bearing down on my back
My hands were shaking as you were carried down the aisle
In that box of wood
I remember the way your mother cried
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3. |
Misfortunes
03:26
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Do you feel ashamed
Do you feel to blame
What if things could change
Would you same
All of your mistakes
All your misfortunes
Keeping you awake
Does it bother you
Was it all your fault
Don’t you care at all
Were you feeling stuck
Don’t you give a fuck
What if things could change would you stay the same
Was it because of you that she got worse
Because of you they all got hurt
Do you even care about the hole that you made
Do you regret you didn’t stay the things you never got to say
Do you even care
About the place that you came from
The faces that you can’t recall
The overwhelming rage and the anger that took over you
Hormones and thoughts and the fire they conspired to create
Fuelling each other without hesitation
Why me you did ask
The twisted abrupt emotions stronger than logic or reason
This is not the life you chose
The darkness grows and grows
Would you trade places take back promises
If it could be done would you start again
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4. |
Dismantle The Sun
03:55
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Stop all the clocks
And cut off the phone
Prevent the dog barking
Take away his bone
Silence the pianos
And muffle the drums
Bring out the coffin
Let the mourners come
Put bows around the white necks
Of the innocent doves
Stop traffic with policemen
Wearing black cotton gloves
Let aeroplanes circle
Moving overhead
Write a message in the sky
Saying she is dead
She was my north my south
My east and my west
My working week
And my Sunday rest
My noon my midnight
My talk my song
I thought that love
Would last forever
Well i was wrong
The stars are not wanted
Drown out every one
Pack up the moon
And dismantle the sun
Pour away the ocean
Sweep up the wood
For nothing now
Can come to any good
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5. |
Broken Vase
06:02
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This vase was mothers
Look at it now fractured and broken
Hardened glue seeps through the cracks
A puddle gathers at the bottom
I can see myself in the reflection
But i’m not myself and she’s never coming back
It’s so hard not to notice the shadow in the corner
Where the lamp once stood
I sit at this table
I sit on this chair
And read this story in a book
About these kids lost in the forest
Who can’t find their way out
Left to pick up the pieces alone
Got to follow this trail back home
The pieces don’t fit
And there’s nothing to rebuild
The sun has set and left me in the dark
What if the morning never comes back around
I can’t see where this path leads
I don’t know which way to go
Lost in a sea of shadow
And it feels like I’m drowning
Lost in a sea of shadow
And it feels like I’m fading away
There is no light there is no light
Theres nothing in my life
Keeps me awake it keeps me awake
I can’t sleep tonight
Take me back take me back
Back to before this began
There’s no escape there’s no escape
There’s no getting out of here
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6. |
The Dark Boundary
05:30
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Some things are impossible to witness
We were not absent
But there are things you cannot see
That some others believe in
It’s not in my power
To forgive you truly
Too much water passed under
More than there should be
And I can’t help but think
They will go to your funeral
And throw earth with relief
At your final burial
Beware the dryness of heart
That comes with the mourning spring
We cannot survive
Every passing thing
I am not sure
That even at the end
You were able to understand
Or to comprehend
Everything we had witnessed
Everything you tore apart
Even though you could forget
It was something that we can’t
We stood still by your bedside
Unsure of what to say
This hadn’t hurt like the last time
It just wasn’t the same
Before the machine could flatline
Your pulse had realigned
We watched you stir uncertain
Of what you would then find
You were saved for a moment
Caught on the edge
Brought back for a moment
Not in order to live
You have so little time left
But you must give testimony
Before you surrender finally
To the dark boundary
I will try to hold on tight
To my last breath
When there’s nothing left
The light on the wall
And the splendour of the sky
It led him away from us
To wherever we may die
Any feelings we might of had
Any resentment had now gone
We could no longer tarnish his name
The way we had once done
He had payed his final price
And taken with him his name
Even though he tore apart our family
We could still rekindle the flame
Be courageous when the mind deceives you
Be courageous for in the final account
We must go where those others went
Only this is important
Nothing is your prize
There’s nothing left for us
So go on to the dark boundary invisible to us all
I am glad in the end
He had taken what was due
And we were there to say
No one will console you
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7. |
Memories
02:21
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Police car back seat smells off
Strangers crawling in and out of my house like the ants I crush on my driveway
Muffled words behind the glass
Steamed up windows
Steam rises from my cup
This is not my cup
My hands are hot
I have this blanket for warmth
I should be in bed by now
My eye lids are heavy
Blue lights flash through though
The sirens have stopped
And no-ones rushing anywhere
They left me here
I can hear my pulse
Everything gets bright
White noise in my head
The picture frame
Hits the floor
The glass shatters
With my memories
Their faces like strangers
Trapped under shards and dust
Stronger than the comfort of detached words
Paper cuts
Torn envelopes
Tears on the page
The draw closes
It all feels
So distant
The permanence
Of a memory
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8. |
Illuminate
05:30
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I loathe myself for asking
Are we settling too far?
Have we become too comfortable?
It doesn’t feel like us
It doesn’t feel the same
It doesn’t feel like anything
It’s such a shame
Will you stay by my side?
Will you disappear?
Whatever you decide
Is fine with me my dear
I don’t know what I want
I don’t know what I need
Don’t know what’s best for me
Someone tell me please
We burn out smoke fills my lungs
Embers of doubt flicker in the dark
Rekindle this flame my dear
Illuminate my path from here
We barely talk anymore
It’s been months since I felt your touch
We eat we sleep
We don’t hear we don’t think
We sleep and dream of better things
What we once had is lost
It seems love comes at a cost
What’s worth more the sanctity of us
Or this fleeting need for something else
We made a promise to each other
Our lives are intertwined
How do we unwind
Twist ourselves back together
Fix the distance and the strain it puts on everything
The dust settles like snow
The darkness covers you
Smooth edges smothered and
Sharp edges broken with
The passing of time
Ravages everything
The smoke fills every corner of my lungs
Help me to breathe
I choke on the vapour and I come undone
Don’t let me seethe
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9. |
Walk With Kings
04:28
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Neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you
Yours is the earth and everything it contains
You serve your turn with nerve and sinew
You risk it all unafraid of pain
Lose and start again at your beginnings
But never breathe a word about your loss
If you could fill the unforgiving minute
All men would count on you but none too much
Two imposters just the same
Triumph disaster who’s to blame
You can walk with kings is that your aim
Lose the common touch can you recall your name
Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs
Blaming you
You can trust yourself
To make allowance for their doubts
And their lies about
The truths that you’ve spoken
Twisted to make traps for fools
Then watch everything you gave your life to broken
And hold on when there’s nothing left
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