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Secrets
04:50
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Keep imagining the way you want it
Sometimes it doesn’t happen but it’s good to have dreams
I have my secrets but secrets won’t keep
I have regrets but I don’t lose much sleep
I live in a house and I cook my own meals
Sometimes I let the big things pass me by
So I can stay inside
I have good balance but sometimes I fall
In the end don’t we all
Caught yourself somewhere between
Living your life and letting go
Standing still, trying to decide
How far to push and when to stop
I used to draw things I couldn’t see
Charcoal shadows of who I used to be
With some sense of direction to navigate the murk
It wasn’t easy but it didn’t feel like work
I’m losing focus but I can still create
Complex distractions to avoid the things I hate
And the things I love
Things that were important sometimes slip away
Everything changes and it’s always been that way
Caught yourself somewhere between
Living your life and letting go
Standing still, trying to decide
How far to push and when to stop
Is it good enough, is it all you want
Is it loud enough to drown out the hum
Does it make you feel, does it make you move
Because if you stop it will never come
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Old Box of Records
03:01
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Found myself in an old box of records
No one wanted them
There to be discovered
By a lonely kid who didn’t know what music was
Everything changes
Everything changes
And everything makes sense
Under dust and scratches
Something cool in the grooves
But more than cool
Something beautiful
I feel beautiful
Layered noise
An orchestra of toys
Big ideas and bigger aspirations
Of a lonely kid who didn’t know what trying was
Everything changes
Everything changes
And sometimes dreams slip away
Under blistered fingers
Something new in the strings
Resonating happenings
And I can’t describe how good it feels
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I Don't Understand
02:56
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Hard as I try to mess things up you just never seem to quit
Giving up is easy but you won’t let go so I guess that this is it
There is no defeat that’s sweeter than your victory over me
I thought you’d tire of this routine by now but I guess we’ll have to wait and see
You are deserving of the things that you demand and though I
Can’t get it through my head there are lots of things that I don’t understand
I can try to make it better but it’s not going as I planned
When I fail I will try again but if you leave I will understand
I could give you reasons or I could just give you a ring
All of my excuses couldn’t match the happiness that you bring
You are deserving of the things that you demand and though I
Can’t get it through my head there are lots of things that I don’t understand
You are deserving of the things that you demand
You make me want to try to be a better man
I don’t believe but I’ll do anything I can
And though I can’t get it through my head there are lots of things that I don’t understand
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Never Be Perfect
04:53
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You’ve been building a thing in secret
Trying to manage a life in the space between
But nothing ever happens
You start and you stop and create distractions
Paint over the mistakes until there’s nothing left
Then cast it away
It will never be right, it will never be perfect
Nothing ever comes close enough for you
You set out to fail and you succeeded
And you blamed the world ‘cause you’re too scared to face the truth
The good days come and the good days go
Your spirit glows with determination
Designing your purpose
But you get lost and begin to wander
Through a city that can be so unforgiving
You can be so unforgiving
It will never be right, it will never be perfect
Nothing ever comes close enough for you
You set out to fail and you succeeded
And you blamed the world ‘cause you’re too scared to face the truth
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I Don't Write Love Songs
04:12
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You don’t know what you do to me
It’s so simple it slips past reasoning
And turns to instinct as it keeps repeating
And I repeat the same the same refrain
Time and again, my mantra
The closest thing to god
And I am not afraid to say what I mean
It’s not about the when, I’m concerned with the how
Because I don’t write love songs
And I don’t want to start right now
But you’re better than an ape made of metal when he’s wearing live tigers for shoes
Or a shark that can fly and also swim in lava pools
Yeah that’s dangerous but beautiful
I can’t not tell you that you’re beautiful
Oh no, no, yes, yes, no, wait I don’t know
But I know...
You’re better than a cyborg unicorn with rainbow laser eyes
Or a stubby tailed dog with glasses on his butt, yeah
Yeah that’s a clever disguise
You’re clever, clever and you’re beautiful
Sorry about the dog butt thing, I just got carried away there for a second, you know, just...
Carried away by your brilliance
Carried away by a rainbow laser from a cyborg unicorn
Carried away on the back of a shark that can fly
Carried away by an ape with live tigers for shoes yeah You’re just that cool
I can’t not tell you that you’re beautiful
You’re clever, clever and you’re beautiful
And you’re weird
And I really like that too
You’re just that cool
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I Kind of Remember
02:35
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I’m looking for endings in all these beginnings
False starts and failures gathering dust
I look at my collection, this monument to something
That made sense in dreams but faded when I woke
But I kind of remember all the parts between
The lonely spaces and the ghosts that lived there
All leading toward something
I’m reconnecting with the things I really want
It doesn’t get easier but it doesn’t feel like work
And so much for all that’s done and all I never did
‘Cause something is bound to come if I commit and try again
I think I can because
I kind of remember all the parts between
The lonely spaces and the ghosts that lived there
All leading toward something
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Thank You
02:42
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My eyes are shaky and it’s hard to see the road sometimes
But you can check my coloring books, I always stay inside the lines
That’s not to say that I don’t need a little help when it gets dark
Somehow I got the sun when all I hoped for was a spark
So thank you
It’s nice to know that there are people who look out for you
They don’t come along all that frequently, so hold onto them when they do
The most generous gifts are often unexpected
But don’t let surprise suppress a rousing and whole-hearted thank you
The road behind me is paved with bumps and winding turns
And though I know I’ve got it good, I’ve still got a lot to learn
Though I can still see struggle on the road ahead
I know we can get through, onto goodness too,
So we will say thank you
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Ross Malcolm Boyd Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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