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Panorama of the Mind
03:59
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Always find me dancing
But I can be quite depressing
Cover all my lies
With the flashy colored lights
When you see me smile
Only hold it for a while
It can be quite misleading
My hopes are that it's pleasing
A stick stuck in the mud
I feel like a dud
But I'll never show that side
Through confidence I'll glide
If I feel I'm going slower
Tick tock, time is over
I'll hide myself away
Recharged the next day
Ohhhh. This game. It causes such a strain.
To show this pain. There's nothing to gain.
So put it in a box. Lock it up shut.
And so the brain. Can shut the fuck up.
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2. |
Introspection Session
03:41
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Tried to find myself in the lost and found
But I didn't know, where to go
Tried to tune out all of the access sound
But I should have known, to go with the flow
Ohh, no where to go
No signs to read, no paths to follow
Walking down the street with no street light
But I should have know, which way to go
Wander through the street with no sense of sight
On my hands and knees, since I couldn't see
Ohh, desperately
Sanity holds me in its teeth
Why do I look inward
Just don't search, just don't look
Float onward, follow the herd
I know I should, and I would if I could
Trapped within my mind I am tired now
Take me away, I've gone astray
Try to hold my ground but I'm falling down
To a darkened room, where I shouldn't stay
Ohh, it's too late
Stuck in a hole with no escape
Ohh, down I go
My mind, my body, and my soul
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3. |
Hidden Feelings
02:34
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She doesn't want to cry
When her friends say goodbye
So she turns her back and hides
No tears will shed from her eyes
She feels a wave coming and its causing a strain
Pressure building and her dam can't refrain
From leaking and she's weeping and it flows like rain
Comes with a force that she can't contain
She has these feelings
She has these feelings
She has these feelings
That she stores in deep
For no-one to see
Her eyes are red as if her eyes were dyed
Her brain is strained because it stays inside
Her body hurts so she can keep her pride
He shoulders stooped but her head is high
She's angry cause her friends don't seem too sad
They don't share her emotions and it makes her mad
Why does her life always seem so bad
Stares at her phone and hopes it makes her glad
She has these feelings
She has these feelings
She has these feelings
That she stores in deep
For no-one to see
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4. |
Dig-Dug Digs Drugs
04:52
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Call it ADHD
Then call it ADD
The doctors try to describe me
The doctors a trusting figure
It's why he makes six figures
His drugs are so damn engaging
White noise is my only muse
Speed freak but it's good to use
Keeps me in line with you
And my minds fried, my minds fried
They call it healthy
My thoughts died, my thoughts died
They call it happy
Blame it on the tele
Blame it on the tele
Blame it on the television
Stay seated for two weeks straight
Getting restless so refill my mandate
Drugs fly with no delay
Prescriptions filled and its up to date
Pour it all over the dinner plate
Take some more and you're bound to feel great
Pick any drug that you choose
Drowning in these pills that I use
Prescribed so I can't abuse
Leave it on my tongue so I can feel the bitter
Feel the bitter
Leave it in so long till I can feel better
Feel better
Blame it on the tele
Blame it on the tele
Blame it on the television
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You always said I'd never make it far
Shouldn't strive to shoot for the stars
Lay back and enjoy your stay
Why would you want it any other way
Crossing the plank when you could have a drink
Settle down brother you shouldn't bother
I've been drinking and sinking everyday
And life couldn't be better
If you're looking for purpose, if you're looking for glory
Turn around and walk back, turn around and walk back
If you're looking for job friends life in a house with a white picket fence
Turn around and never, turn around and never come back
We'll hold you down, we'll hold you down
Lead you to the wrong track, lead you to the wrong track
We'll hold you down, we'll hold you down
Lead you to the wrong track, lead you to the wrong track
You're angry when I get new friends
Never want to hear of them again
Jealousy never let me free
You've got a good grip on me
Sometimes you seem to forget
This dark path in which you slip
Pull me down your hole
My life that you stole
Now I'm on the ocean floor beneath
Can't stand on my own two feet
Trying to lure others to follow me
Trying to lure others to follow me
If you're looking for purpose, if you're looking for glory
Turn around and walk back, turn around and walk back
If you're looking for job friends life in a house with a white picket fence
Turn around and never, turn around and never come back
We'll hold you down, we'll hold you down
Lead you to the wrong track, lead you to the wrong track
We'll hold you down, we'll hold you down
Lead you to the wrong track, lead you to the wrong track
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Just a little bit
Just a little bit
Out of my mind
Thought I had it
But I must have
Left it behind
Sure I saw it
Sure I heard it
But I lost it this time
Go searching
Soul searching
I'm falling behind
I'm lurking
Sit perching
A bird in a bind
Pick my feathers
Pluck my wings
Take all my colors that deserve to be seen
Leave me naked
In a cage
Born and raised in captivity
Put a tab on my tongue
Leave it for so long
Now you're all alone
All alone in a really bad dream
So scream! But your voice is gone
Shout! There's no one around
Cry! There's no reason why
Your life is a lie
And you're filled with doubt
Gasp! for a breath of fresh air
Laugh! Cause you've already been here
Trapped in a really bad dream
Nothings what it seems
While you're tripping
Found a little place
To rest my weary face
Leave without any trace
And never return
Thought I had a vision
Could see my one true mission
I was lost but now I'm found
These thoughts don't create any sound
They're in my head
In my head
In my head
Till the day I'm dead
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I'm so tired
My arms are weak
Been working so long
I'm gonna need some sleep
I keep on slipping
My eyes are heavy
I need some rest
But I'm never ready
Wake up tired at the start of the day
Get up quickly but always want to stay
The days so long and the nights so short
When you're on the clock, time moves slower
Working so hard never get to rest
These weary bones will soon turn to dust
Over working body and it starts to show
Wrinkles spread so quickly and now I look old
My eyes are closing
But the phone keeps ringing
Are you busy
Can you be here in the morning
These streets are noisy
My brain keeps roaring
How hard I try
But my mind is soaring
I've felt the burn and it's burned me out
I've lost my drive, taken by doubt
Sought for the boom, only found the bust
Gave it my all, everything I lost
Tried to make the largest profit
I'm still broke and broker by the minute
My life flies by too fast to live it
Try to slow it down but always got to work
I'm so tired
My arms are weak
Been working so long
I'm gonna need some sleep
I keep on slipping
My eyes are heavy
I need some rest
But I'm never ready
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8. |
Una Caminada Larga
07:16
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Tengo ganas de salir
Pero no sei adonde debo ir
Entonces salgo de mi casa
Una caminada sin presa
Y yo voy adonde mis pies me traigan
And this road, it curves and winds through nothing
A space worth noting for the life that springs
Under the sky, the clouds, the sun that beams
The ground, the grass, the mountains that are so green
And on this walk
I find I'm lost
And that's fine
Y camino hasta el sol se abaja
Y los pájaros empiezan a cantar
And as the sun goes down
I look around
And there's nothing, just a cloak of darkness
Y las criaturas de traz que esconden
Siento muy conectado con mi espirito
Quiero dar un grande grito
De amor, tristeza, y lo que venga
And on this walk
I find I'm lost
And that's fine
I lost myself
Caught in a spell
And lose time
Y yo voy hasta el sol se nace
Regreso a mi casa un nuevo hombre
Olvido todas mis problemas
Se fue durante el noche yo pienso
Salió de mi cabeza y fue para las estrellas
I lost myself
Caught in a spell
And lose time
And what I thought
Was what I sought
Was now mine
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Ohh damn
Holy hell
Stumble down
I tripped and fell
Shaky knees
Fall to my feet
Trouble now
I'm feeling weak
Visions bleak
My eyesights closing
In my mind
This war I am losing
Black out
No memory
You're hanging with the spirits
But it's all imaginary
No oxygen
To my brain
My grip loses
Dark hole I fall in vain
It's not my place
It's not my time
It's not my fate
It's not sublime
Blood stops
An aura crops
You're face as you
Start to drop
It's a fallacy
That the light that you see
Is a long past memory
Or the salvation that you seek
It's only electricity
The bang before the bust
Returning to dust
Blue veins
Shrivel as you die
Move onto
The afterlife
Wet dirt pressed against your eyes
As day turns into night
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Sprouting Doubts Guatemala
Put myself out there, fill myself with doubt later. These songs are my way of staying sane during my Peace Corps service in Guatemala. Hope you enjoy, but if not just know I enjoyed recording and writing these songs.
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