1. |
Inverse
03:21
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My restless dreams
I see that face
Inverted smile
Inverted space
My darkest dreams
I see her there
Trapped in a sleep
Beyond the veil
She floats aloft
Between the stars
Eyes closed
I see your face again
Dead eyes
Spikes of adrenaline
Trapped in
A dream upon a star
My mind
Inverted weak and scarred
How long have you Been
out there?
Will you last 10 more years?
Will you last 50 more years?
Will you last 1 more years?
Will you last one last night?
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2. |
Constellation
05:56
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A light in the sky
She is a light in the sky
I see her longitude
Latitude
Her longitude
And her latitude
Without fail
Her system rotates in my mind
Sun rise
Sun fall
Star light
Start night
Constellation, In my mind
Adjacent instance
Adjacent crime
Constellation, In my head
I really don’t know
Baby am I dead?
Constellation night time star
Forever hiding
The Promised light
Constellation, In my mind
this star is burning
Girl bide your time
The light in my sky suggested
A deeper understanding
Of a system with unknown rules
Was there really a clean solution
Was the answer anything more conclusive
than an image
on a back lit screen
I see her longitude
Latitude
Her solemn mood
In solitude
Please don’t leave me
I Say I’m sorry
That I can’t sleep
Eyes closing around me
You can never be free
The stormy sea
Is a surprisingly gentle beast
Crashing wave
Sinking stones
The colors are wrong
just swallow the song
take this gift, take that trait
label this here, you are now growing
getting fixed now, pulling teeth later
you will never know, what we are taking
Constellation, In my mind
Adjacent instance
Adjacent crime
Constellation, In my head
I really don’t know
Baby am I dead?
Constellation, Daylight due
Don't use your eyes
I will stay with you
Constellation, In my mind
This star is burning
Girl bide your time
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3. |
Try to Relax
06:42
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The silence is so loud
The silence is so loud
Ba da da da da
Ba da da da
da da
And I'll lie
and I’ll take
and I'll lie
and I’ll manipulate
Lie
And ill take
And I'll yearn
And I'll retaliate
Trying
To enter Him
Lying to
Proliferate
Boy you don't matter
I'm dying to manipulate
Ba da da da da
Ba da da da
da da
Oh boy, You think too much
Just try to relax
Oh boy, you talk to much
Just lie on your back
Don't even breath
Don't even think
Don't even blink
Don’t hold back
I need your trust
I need your help
I need a host???
Don’t hold back. Now
The silence is so loud
Ba da da da da
Ba da da da
da da
And I'll lie
and ill take
and I'll lie
and ill manipulate
Lie
And ill take
And I'll yearn
And I'll retaliate
Trying
To enter Him
Lying to
Proliferate
Boy you don't matter
I'm dying to manipulate
The silence is so loud
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4. |
Outside
07:24
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Angel on the outside
Angel in the skin
Why did you let me in
Smile so gently
Gazing straight through me
Falling for the offset
Falling down again
Never understood where you’ve been
I think this
I think that
I never saw through myself
I never thought for myself
you pointed me somewhere else
I never heard what was said
I never thought myself thought
I never knew what to do
You knew that blood was here too
I never tried to look through
you
angel on the offset
angle in the skin
when did you settle in
smile so sweetly
gazing straight through me
Following the signposts
Chasing down the wind
only ever went where you’ve been
I never thought myself thought
I never knew what to do
You knew that blood was here too
I never tried to look through
I never saw through myself
I never thought for myself
you pointed me somewhere else
I never heard what was said
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5. |
The Color of the Sun
09:25
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I’m untamed I’m unkept
I’m deranged I’m inept
wont someone come
take away the pieces that make me
I’m vapor trails and kitchen sets
I’m walls and floors and baking racks
wont someone come
rearrange the pieces that make me
I’m ready to do what I’m told
give up what you used to be
step away from tragedy
give up what you used to know
overwhelmed by overtones
I feel like your canvas
I am the color of the sun
It’ll be okay
it’ll be alright
it’ll be
Something new
constellation, daylight due
this star is burning girl run me through
I’m ready to catch up to you
I’m ready to
pass you by
This agony is in the sky
the ground is safe kid do not cry
this dream is here, enough for two
My star is burning girl
Run me though
I feel like your canvas
I am the color of the sun
it’ll be okay
it’ll be alright
It’ll be
Nothing new
Reflecting what’s around me
Tell me where to run
Reflecting what’s around me
tell me what to touch
Reflecting what’s around me
tell me what I love
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6. |
2 AM
06:11
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2 am,
A light on the receiver
How could I understand
Where this came from
Night is falling
No ones calling
me
Too soon now
To know just what this is
4 AM comes
Crawling out again
No one wonders
Why I slumber
You would know
I gave my all
I thought that I could breath but
That wasn't my call
Less was more
I built the door
I thought that I would grow but
This is forever
no no no no no no
I never thought Id get here
I cannot breath
I cannot speek
I cannot breath
I cannot see
who the fuck did I think I needed to be
what the fuck did I think I needed to do
too lost now
to see hurtful intent
9 am comes
peeling back the skin
why should I
have to try
this
Desperate Now
To initiate contact
How could I find the hand
That caressed me
No one's watching
You would know
You took my all
I thought that I Could breathe
But that wasn’t my call
Less was more
I fed the whore
I thought that I could grow but
This is forever
Night is falling
I keep calling
Head is pounding
I won’t listen
Enough stalling
I keep tearing
ego bleeding
Yes, This is forever
this is forever
this is forever
this is forever
Yes. this is forever.
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7. |
Oxygen
05:19
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I'm not falling asleep and he’s not waking up again today
I'm not falling asleep and he’s not shaking off the dust. today
And I'm won't move around. Im not making time again, Today
And I'll open my eyes. finally see the sky again, today
Watch me struggle to get oxygen today
Find me hiding in the sheets under the bed, breathing sharply
No one knows the proper way to wake the dead
Catch me staring aimlessly to clear my head, missing something
Oh boo hoo
ba da da da da da da da da da da
my whole life you said that I would…
my whole life you said that I could…
my whole life you said that we should…
my whole life you said that im so good
Im so good, good, great, fake
Watch me struggle to get oxygen today
Find me hiding in the sheets under the bed, breathing sharply
No one knows a proper way to wake the dead
Catch me staring aimlessly to clear my head, missing something
you got too close to the sun
you had to learn to run again today
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8. |
Distracted
05:58
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I’ve forgotten and how the day begins
I've forgotten what supposed to come after that
I’ve forgotten how the story ends
I’ve forgotten what I’m supposed to forget
there will always be another
always be another
There will always be another distraction
Now I can’t finish anything at all
There will always be another distraction
There will always be another song
another song
another song
another long long long long song
I’m sorry I
And I'm sorry I couldn’t be your anything else
And I'm sorry I never thought anything through
Youve forgotten what you did to me
Youve forgotten how you left me here for dead
Youve forgotten almost everything
we’ve forgotten who we used to be
There will always be another
Always be another
There will always be another distraction
Now I can’t finish anything at all
There will always be another distraction
There will always be another wall
another wall
another wall
another tall tall tall tall wall
I’m sorry I
Just avoiding the question
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9. |
Finally Aware
04:22
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You were the gun pointed at my head
The price I paid
Ultimatum, Nearly Dead
You were the leech hanging from my heart
Concise convulsions
Was I always just your art
but I think I made a mistake
Trusting you were from a better place
And let me just make myself clear
I trusted you
I
I’ve got money
I’ve got friends
I don’t know
where I’ve been
And I think I made a mistake
Trusting you were from a better place
And let me just make myself clear
I trusted you
semblance of seismic activity under the skin
my finicky body destroying the fire within
my fingers are trembling adrenaline forcing a grin
the blood in my head
Succulent voices of sin
I can’t sleep now
a slave to instant gratification
a slave to the nighttime seas vibration
a slave to fortune cookie wisdom
a slave to my brain’s endless submission
I know what I wanted but I cant admit it
I know what I need but I don’t comprehend it
im living your dream dying under the stars
this is the way I play my cards
why are you writing this shit
why are you trying to think about this
better off drowning your spirit
you don’t know the lyric
you’ll never get out of this funk
born out of luck
never could make it again
you love to pretend
you love to think you’d survive in the dark
you can’t be a star
or stop buying porn
or get to the store
all of this shit and you’re asking for more?
you don’t know what you want
you don’t know who you are
you don’t know what to do
you don’t know who to love
you don’t know what to chase
you don’t know where to go
you don’t know what you need
you don’t know how to
Turn the page
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10. |
Promised Sunrise
07:56
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remember who you used to be
so afraid of tragedy
remember who what you used to know
overwhelmed by overtones
listen as I cry my song
understanding I went wrong
remember where you used to go
underneath the undertow
remember why you came so far
understand this dream was mine
you never wanted what you saw
picture perfect waterfall
listen as I fall apart
hearts don’t know what limbs they’ve lost
remember how you thought you knew
what the future held for you
study with an empty heart
casting dust into the starts
light and dark cannot exist
just a consequence of spin
and I’ll see you when I understand again
and I’ll stand up when
when I’ve found some wind
and I’ll mend these limbs
when I understand
Shattered by the burning light
grind your bones to fuel my fire
brighten up the long walk out
navigate my seas of doubt
less is more the more you think
shadows got the best of me
now the fire helps me see
sifting through my deepest dreams
never gonna let it get the best of me
never gonna go back down
never gonna let it get the best of me
for long
Itll be okay
Itll be allright
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Wasp to Orchid North Carolina
A mostly self taught guitarist who has been experimenting with song writing for a few years now. He currently is in a physics PhD program.
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