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Priceless
03:10
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if id known id feel so low
id have never come to borneo
i killed a fisherman with a bow and arrow
i thought i was invisible
i will lie in my trial
'i gave my body to a crocodile'
ill show them tears, ill show them smiles
ill have the face of an innocent child
what a fine authentic sight
volcano cloud in the sky
12:15 is sweet and kind
12:49 is a liars time
priceless, priceless trust on the line
dusty bones in the morning time
i would lay as a child
watching over the animals wild
they were fine, they were strong
they didnt know a right from a wrong
i got a strange souvenir for you
you can only tell the truth to a harvester moon
im laying hidden in my canoe
is my secret safe with you?
what a fine authentic sight
volcano cloud in the sky
12:15 is sweet and kind
12:49 is a liars time
priceless, priceless trust on the line
dusty bones in the morning time
first time dead?
sail a while
it takes a very long time to make an old friend
you and i
we have been good
drifting planks of flaming wood
i dont know how it happened, guess i saw it in a dream
i woke up to the stinging of a bee
got a fly baited hook stuck in my palm
and a dragon in your eyes was pulling me along
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2. |
Utah
04:25
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set a timer and ill run around
ill tell myself
to come back to this spot
ill go about my day
count up all my memories
and find my favorite one
like the time i found a necklace
between the clouds
beyond the tree
i cant believe you really thought
did you really think
you could spy on me?
it was just about a week
we mourned eachothers side
a vigil over night
kisses on your cheek
kiss the tears away
until the chosen day
come out from my rock
and look up at the sun
hanging on the wall
star begin to fall
virgin of the dawn
in her lettuce shawl
lay my tongue on the dirty ground
thats how i know which way is down
when i can only think about her painted feet
and stained glass frown
ill be in utah
or further south
in red rock
knocking hoodoos down
and i suspect
ill see you there
the one i love
to pin it down
going slow i can
detach myself from them
and be alone with him
later ill come back
ill love them all again
i wont hate another man
when im old and done
angels haul me up
by my armpits in the sun
please tell me where she is
and if it doesnt hurt to ask
when will she be back?
god told me i was supposed to die
but id slipped his mind
for several months
and that supper is a pathetic meal
and so is breakfast
and so is lunch
i crawled up out my piled up
wrecked up plane
in the shining dawn
if today is long enough
i said ill put the poison
where it belongs
lay my tongue on the dirty ground
thats how i know which way is down
when i can only think about her painted feet
and stained glass frown
ill be in utah
or further south
in red rock
knocking hoodoos down
and i suspect
ill see you there
the one i love
to pin it down
tired of sleeping
and waking up
tired of working
and making love
the plain is dark
the moon is hard
was it necessary
to have come so far?
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3. |
Steady Tightening
04:02
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line em up
i demand a recount now
a low moral threadcountdown
here i am
my spray tan
on a sunset bedspread
pentagram
welcome my friend
to being blind
cream of wheat
mirror-eyed
i found out im yellow
crying on my pillow
we went through some weather together
i dont want to remember
i didnt like the world well
see you in hell
i am naked
and supine lay
do your best
it will not fly
i remember all the way back to myself
when all this was a page in a book on my shelf
and i was taught to fleece those rubes
bury them in their rumpus rooms
little naked
little lies
little human connexercise
well i found out im yellow
tears on my pillow
we went through some weather together
i dont want to remember
i didnt like the world much
read my lips
do not
do not touch
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4. |
I Hate Eating
03:06
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many days i dont ever go to work
till 3 i lay in bed
picking out a shirt
picking out my shirt
with a pillow on my head
ive got a bucket upturned
in my little shower
i can sit there like a bird
turning the minutes into hours
i hate eating
it makes me sick
but sometimes you gotta do it
im always getting stuck
admiring the animals
when ive got things to do
like sorting, folding, or memorizing
i wish i were more like you
i often look up at the sky
and see a shooting star fly by
does this mean i am blessed?
what about when a magpie flies by?
i hate eating
it makes me sick
but sometimes you gotta do it
does it hurt to be made of smoke?
cross my heart
and hope to die
your love is a message
that wont tell a lie
cross my heart
and wait to die
laying like a lamb
underneath the sky
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5. |
Green
05:19
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could not be evil
could not be good
one love is no money
one love is no wood
dissolve our family
body like a black ghost
walking by the mirror
dont know who i am
nor does any man
i never expected
the green lumber that grew
it really came through
one love is no salt
one love is no fire
could not revolt
could not desire
poor as a beggar
rich in money
rich love
white glove
hold him above
as a child i thought
that freedom is love
little man
at the end o my hands
ill shake him round a bit
little man
at the end of my bad hands
aint no jesus christ
to stop it from goin right
aint no jesus christ in sight
with the hope of a raft
i believe i am
all the past is done
and the rest expunged
your final destination
one love is no fire
one love is no bite
in a kind of trouble
when love is no fight
i never expected
my gift
was a fat chastized lip
i never expected
the smoke from the floor
from the basement door
i never expected
the green lumber that grew
it really came through
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6. |
In My Belly
03:12
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you dont want to filet yourself
too soon on a full moon
but youll do it inside the canyon whose iciness is that dark
i dont mind, so long as you sing like a lark
never let the dread out of your heart
in my belly is something dark and heavy
theres a path but the bridge is done in
whats that on the platform?
its the rangey fortress of my friend of 26
having all the while been kept up
waiting to erupt or split open like a nut
hes got the look of a man but hes just a bridge with a cold wind blowing through him
in my belly is something dark and heavy
theres a path but the bridge is done in
you told me to be long winded
to die when im 85, and i signed
but im not afraid of your justice man
ill fit in there fine, its as chancey as this soul of mine
and now ive got a blade in between my bite
and im biting my cheek like a poisonous snake
and the blood is happy to be free
and the whip cracks sound by the edge of my lake
and in my belly is something dark and heavy
theres a path but the bridge is done in
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7. |
Cherry Leaves
04:28
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down the road the lights were green
and red from up aloft
the pavement shone like colored gold
and rain was falling soft
i went there knowing nothing
and not seeing a light
i figured id be there an hour
or two at most that night
i hurt myself two nights ago
promise in the cold
wanton fighting soul
caress and tightly hold
set to leave my home tonight
never light another light
till my heart come back to life
set out in the early yawn
await the open hand of dawn
sunset au revoir
hair and lovers
broken law
comfort leaning
kiss goodbye
before they breathe a morning sigh
sleep in hay tomorrow night
miss her body and her light
what could i do?
what could i say?
to get away
down the road the lights were green
and red from up aloft
the pavement shone like colored gold
and rain was falling soft
the door was open waiting
i went inside and sat
when red wine poured into my glass
i knew id walked into a trap
confer a holy office on
creature of the night
touching me all wrong
in the guilty candlelight
i have no cherry leaves
my friend
to string up on an olive branch
i wish it had not gone this way
youll be waking up today
and ill have set out in the early yawn
await the open hand of dawn
sunset au revoir
hair and lovers
broken law
comfort leaning
kiss goodbye
before they breathe a morning sigh
sleep in hay tomorrow night
miss her body and her light
but what could i do?
what could i say?
to get away
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8. |
Smiling
02:52
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what language do you speak?
mouse
rat
snake
parrot
while my
golden tears
run down your cheek
two faced man
one tame
one wild eye
looking up at my jabbering friend
couldnt understand an english word he said
his backended, opened up, jive wheeled trains of thought
i thought i was smiling
but i was surprised
i was not smiling like i thought i was
everythings settled again
like sand on the bend
where the river U's
under a dark moon rain
i didnt like you
but i like you again
doesnt matter what the wind says
if a coconuts caught in the windsock
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9. |
Visions
03:47
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i looked into the lilac tree
and no words would come to me
her folds of skin were thin
her berries were all blue
she called me by my old name
and she spoke of you
look up sky proudly washing clean with the rain
pinkening magic made of love remains
youre free to follow visions only you can see
but i asked the stars themselves to guide you back to me
i asked the valley full of healthy trees
whats the message on the breeze?
we split our matches and out we go
test our fate and dont pretend to know
if the wind is a dancer
i wont demand an answer
but dont assume my love is like that love you knew
i would wait for you forever if you asked me to
youre free to follow visions only you can see
but i asked the stars themselves to guide you back to me
i asked the desert where the fire blazed
where el nino rained
a river down beneath the sky
headed toward a distant sign
turns a thousand times
with blinded eyes
go untethered on the desert plain
we may not know eachother when we meet again
youre free to follow visions only you can see
but i asked the stars themselves to guide you back to me
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10. |
Caterpillar
04:48
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some good ideas
make their way down here to me
when i hang out all night
from my intention tree
i swam in circles at first
but now im calm as calm can be
my body it hurts
but it will transform eventually
by myself im alright
but now your setting me behind
with all those tears in your eyes
the moon and the stars in your arms...
we used to fill our minds
with bells and whistles
nickels and dimes
dont have the time
sleepin under stars
dont know where we are
sleepin under air
i dont know where
some leeches i see
have attached themselves to me
as i move on down the river
to where i hope ill find a boat
your skin is getting too cold
head in the clouds
if youd still like to go home
just blink twice now
but see those letters in the sky
spelling out butterfly
another night in our cocoon
sleeping in a parachute
i think we used to fill our minds
with bells and whistles
nickels and dimes
dont have the time
sleepin under stars
dont know where we are
sleepin under air
i dont know where
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