1. |
No Boats
03:01
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No Boats
For I know you'd rather fuck a stranger
Than ever hold my hand
And you would rather sit in silence
Than go and dance
And you won't let me in
When I just wanna know you
However I'd be lying if I said
I didn't understand
Cause i do
Cause I do
But there's no boat
No boat
There's no boat
No
Boat
That can sail me away
Sail me away from the truth
And there's no boat
No boat
There’s no boat
No boat
That can sail my heart away
From loving you
And you're nothing but a stranger
And your soul yearns for danger
Something oddly different to hold
And it hurts you claim the reckless
You act so damn feckless
A passive observer in an active
Life
'Cept when your heart strodes
Along with the night
The night
The night
But there's no boat
No boat
There's no boat
No
Boat
That can sail me away
Sail me away from the truth
And there's no boat
No boat
There’s no boat
No boat
That can sail my heart away
From loving you
For you know I'd rather fuck a stranger
Than ever hold your hand
‘Cus I don't wanna sit in silence
I go out and fucking dance
And I would never let nobody in
And I wouldn't want to know you
However I'd be lying if I said
I didn't understand
But still it breaks me
‘Cus I can't sail away
I can't sail away on the sand
A boat don't sail on the ocean
It floats on the motion
But the waves just can't
Sail me away
Sail me away
Sail me away-ae-ae
From loving you
From living you
From loving you
However you'd be lying
If you said
You understand
The
truth
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2. |
Like the Arctic
05:26
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Like the Arctic
Cause when you’re cold,
You’re cold
Like the arctic.
And when you’re bold
Oh I find your love
Cathartic.
Oh but when they’re young
And when you’re old
They just do
What they want
And you do just
What you’re told.
‘Cause when you look my way
My heart sinks like the Titanic
Quickly and wildly,
Sets my whole soul
Into a panic.
And I never could afford
To take a second glance.
So I guess it’s time,
I just leave my soul
To happenstance
No, I never could afford to change
The destiny of chance.
And lately I feel
That I’ve been falling
falling down
And I just feel so
Complicit
In the breakdown.
Oh there’s too many thoughts in my head
I can never run away again
Just succumb to the landslide instead
Oh Mercy mercy me
Oh Mercy mercy me
I beg lord,
Please
And the other day
I laughed for the first time
In a long time
It was brief, just a few seconds
So acute.
But when the world gives you
Nothing but short depressing answers
It takes a lot of time
To accumulate
the truth.
And lately I feel
That I’ve been falling
falling down
And I just feel so
Complicit
In the breakdown.
Oh there’s too many thoughts in my head
I can never run away again
Just succumb to the landslide instead
Oh Mercy mercy me
Oh Mercy mercy me
I beg the good lord,
Please-----
Please
And I feel that I make everything
about myself
And I’m doing all I can
To try and get the help
I need
the ice is breaking
Between my knees
Can no one see
I’m trying please
Maybe I’m just too
Complex a woman
And the world has never been too nice
To complex women like me
We tear them apart, we ignore their art
We lambaste their diction
If they’re too damn sharp
Poor me
Oh little poor me
Maybe I’m just too smart for my own good,
Always overthinking what I know
And sometimes I think I’m just too smart for
my
Own
good
Too good to put on a ring
Too wise to feel anything…
I know
I know...
But when you were cold,
I loved to be
in the arctic.
And you were so bold
Oh I found falling in love
Cathartic.
But when you act so young
You make me feel old
When you just do
What you want
And you leave our story
Untold
When you just leave when you want
Making monsters
Out of my gold
Oh you were so much like the arctic
And I can’t get out of the
Cold
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3. |
Sean
05:25
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Sean
(this is a mockup because there are a lot of jazzy riffs, too many to write down honestly, also I wrote it out as “Shawn in the song because it's hard to write phonetically in Gaelic but I definitely do mean the Gaelic spelling of “Sean”)
Shaw-aw-awwww-awn
Can we fight
Can we fight the dawn
And you-oo-oo-oo-oo
You're gonna leave me behind
In a few months
Time
I knew it from the first time
I saw your face
That you were gonna put my heart
Through a rigorous chase.
From the first time
I felt my heart beat fast
When you crossed my mind
I said to myself
Watch out for your health
That boy's gonna leave you
Bent
And blind
"Okay" I thought
"Then he'll just be ignored"
If I pretend he doesn't exist
Then he can't be adored"
But from what I understand,
Fate had other plans
And soon I find myself always talking to you
Fantasizing about holding your hand
Your hand
Your ha-an-an-and
Shaw-aw-awwww-awn
Can we fight
Can we fight the dawn
And you-oo-oo-oo-oo
You're gonna leave me behind
In a few months
Time
For the past four years
You've held unconscious siege over my mind
Over my mind
Over my mind.
But will you leave me behind
In a few months time
I tried to pretend
That we could still be friends
Because I'm not something that you want
And I'm sure you'll agree
That when you're standing beside me
There's a million other girls
You'd much rather I
Be.
You never ask how I'm doing
You never ask how I've been
But boy you wear vanity so well
You can hardly tell
It's a sin
It's a sin
It's a si-i-i-in
Shaw-aw-awwww-awn
Can we fight
Can we fight the dawn
And you-oo-oo-oo-oo
You're gonna leave me behind
In a few months
Time
For the past four years
You've had me in tears
Despite the fact I never cross your mind.
But I'll just laugh it off
And pretend I'll be fine
When you leave me behind
In a few months time
And I used to tell myself
That we could still be friends
When my heart no longer beat at your every mention
But then we had that long-ass talk about intentions
And that's when I realized
I never wanted your friendship
Shaw-aw-awwww-awn
Can we fight
Can we fight the dawn
Dawn
Because this whole thing has left me so helpless
I really wish I wasn't so damn selfish
And maybe I should apologize
Cuz our whole damn friendship's built on a lie
It's a lie
It's a big fucking lie.
But no matter what I say
It doesn't matter anyway
Cuz you'll leave me behind
Any day.
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4. |
SilverFish
05:26
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SilverFish
You say you kiss my cheek
And fall
To the floor.
Can you please shut your mouth
I don’t wanna hear
Anymore.
You say you love me
But that can’t be true.
Because of all the times we’ve hung out,
There’s really only been *counts on fingers*
two.
And you’re a dreamer, a romantic, and kind of obsessive
And you’re a believer, a denier, to the point you’re pathetic
You don’t like conversation if you’re the one who’s obviously wrong
Like when you voted for Jill Stein
So now, I’m gonna write you a song
You don’t know love
And I don’t want you
You don’t know love
If you say you
love me.
And you don’t know love
No matter what you think you do.
So why can’t you see,
You don’t know love,
If you say you love me.
You’re so divorced
From reality.
Say you must’ve known me in a past life.
I really don’t agree.
Bernie or Buster,
You’re sort of a prick.
The thought of watching you cry
Only makes me feel sick.
And you’re a feeler, an optimist, and very possessive
And you’re a liar, a faker, to the point you’re pathetic
You won’t argue with me because you’re always wrong
You fucking voted for Jill Stein
So now, I’m gonna write you a song
You don’t know love
And I don’t want you
You don’t know love
If you say you
love me.
And you don’t know love
No matter what you think you do.
So why can’t you see,
You don’t know love,
If you say you love me.
Walk straight forward
Don’t look back
You don’t make me smile
You don’t make me laugh
And I’ll say we can
But we can’t be friends.
You say you’re fine with self-sacrifice,
But I call it just being a dickhead.
Yeah I don’t love you
I barely know you
And you’re kinda a dickhead.
And I’ll never love you.
Because,
You’re an Asshole.
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5. |
Temple in Athens
05:18
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Temple in Athens
Verse:
Your scars don't make you a soldier
But you seem
To think they do.
You walk around, looking down,
Like you're so much older.
But we both know,
That isn't true.
Chorus:
But you're no god, you don't get
No temple in Athens
No
You're no god, you don't get
No temple in Athens
Athens
Cause you can climb up the mountains
And look at the marble
But you
Won't find your own face staring
Back at you.
No
You're no god you don't get
No temple in Athens
Athens
Verse:
Congrats
You got out of the hole
You've been stuck in
For so long.
Now you walk around
With your head held high
As if you're the only one
Who’s allowed to be strong
Chorus:
But you're no savior, you don't get
No religion named after you.
No
You're no savior, you don't get
No religion
Named
After you.
Sure you had your time on the cross
But you built it yourself
And you only had to stay there
As long as you
Wanted to.
No.
You're no savior, you don't get
No religion
Named after you
Bridge:
Oh you got out of it
Oh you're so strong
You can be proud of your battle wounds
But this has gone on far too long
Far too long
Chorus:
Because
You're no god, you don't get
No temple in Athens
No
No you're no god
You don't get no temple in Athens
Athens.
Sure you had your time on the cross
But you built it yourself
And you only had to stay there
As long as you
Wanted to.
No
You're no god
You don't get
No temple in Athens
Athens
Athens
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6. |
Little Specks of Sky
07:35
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Little Specks of Sky
You know I
Never truly noticed
The little specks of
Sky
In your
Eyes.
You know I think you understand me
Better than even I
Might.
And you're so damn funny
Oh how you
make me laugh.
3 am Sunday morning
Run in' round
Playing laser
Tag.
(oh)You know this city feels so brutal
I'm glad you're here with me
(and)You know these people are a nightmare
But you light up the day with your
Creativity
You know these hearts beat so heavy
But you keep mine
Off the ground
You know I thought about you every moment
After we stopped speaking for I think 30 days
And I remember crying on the hotline
Screaming
Without him I feel so ugly
Feel so
Crazed
And I think we're doing better
But it's so hard to repair what I've
Cost [Cahsssst]
Cost us
And of course now I come to realize
You bring a light to my life
But I can't bear to return to the days
(When) I thought we'd lost us
Lost us
Ooooh
You know this city feels so brutal
I'm glad you're here with me
You know these people are a nightmare
But you light up the day with your
Creativity
You know these hearts beat so heavy
But you keep mine
Off the ground
Off the ground
Off the ground
I should've been less superficial
And maybe then
we could’ve had it
All
And I know my thinking's pretty wistful
But you've never
Turned down my calls
You're so damn smart
And please don't ever change
I'll keep my thoughts in my poor man's guitar
Because I'm only happy when you're happy
And if it makes you happy
Well nothing's gonna change at all
I can be so damn selfish
And I'm always so damn mean
But you always ran right into battle
So I could burn you at the stake
Maybe I'm thinking not feeling
I run away from intimacy like it's the
Bubonic plague
‘Cus under the toughness of calloused hands
And straightened teeth
I'm still the same terrified girl I was at 17
But all the same
You never served to judge me
And all the same
All you ever did was love me
And all the same
You show me music
And you make me smile
And I don't know
From whence this feeling grows
But I think it's been there
For a while
‘Cus You know this city feels so brutal
But there's nowhere else I'd rather be
You know these people are a nightmare
But you show me
That's not all they have to be
And You know these hearts beat so heavy
They seem to only bring us down
But if they use their excess fat as wings
They can fly so far off the ground
You don't
Let me down
You know I'd be lying if I said that
I've never truly noticed
The little specks of
Sky
In your
Eyes.
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Rebecca Karpen New York, New York
I play baritone ukulele and cry a lot.
Go figure.
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