1. |
Oh Lightning
03:10
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Days go by
I’m taking my time
Man, I’m gonna meet you on the other side
I came to the light
I gave up my mind
I came to, and I saw nothing
Oh lightning
I said I couldn’t sleep until I let you in
I said I couldn't be until I was your friend
I said I want to mean something
Did you keep it from me?
A hidden mystery
Man, it’s just a cloud that’s passing
Give me your sight
I’m already blind
I just want to see you better
The first or the last
The moment that I need is already past
The faces that I see through a painted glass
When I know that nothing lasts
I can’t talk right
I cannot recite
I could not break your vision
Of a future of light
Give me your time
I just want to know you better
Talking shit
I said I want to be the one you miss
I said I want to be your only friend
I said I want to mean something
Oh lightning
I said I couldn’t sleep until I let you in
I said I couldn’t be until I was your friend
I said I want to mean something
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2. |
By My Side
03:14
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When the sun lights up your face
Don’t give me time, don’t give me space
Just give me something that I can taste
Like you right by my side
Oh all of my time these days
Just to put a smile on your face
Just to make those bad dreams fade
I give and I take
Oh the worst of times
Never known the best of them
Only known the best of friends
And the means unto my end
I hear you saying baby please just try
I think about you every night
I think about everlasting life
And I watch those days go by
When the sun lights up your face
Don’t give me god, don’t give me grace
Just give me something that I can taste
Like you right by my side
I am young in eternity
I am old in my father’s face
I don’t really mean what I say
But if I did then would you stay?
Voices saying getting right with the lord
I hear he’s swinging that holy sword
I hear he knew me before I was born
I’ve been bought and warned
When the sun lights up your face
Don’t give me time, don’t give me space
Just give me something that I can taste
Like you right by my side
When I still think about you every night
All my means and all my tries
I think about everlasting life
And I watch those days go by
Yes now I watch those days go by
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3. |
Only Friend
03:59
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When I think about the end
I think you are my only friend
When I think about this life
I think this is my only life
When I think about this world
I think this is my only world
We grew up in a southern town
What was up was really down
What I found was really found
I think I met you underground
I think about when I was born
How she lost her eyes to see
They were praying hard for me
I was born into belief
I was born not to see
Oh but I do and I believe
She was holding on for me
Living in a foreign land
Have you lost your eyes to see?
Or have you found the garden tree?
If I stayed within your tree
I don’t know who I would be
Now my only friend
Do these good times ever end?
When you’re living in this town
That's why I tried to move away
Now I see it upside down
And you don’t know what you have found
Until you find what you have known
I see your colors and they glow
I see your colors and I know
I just want to stand close
Now my only light
Shine a little more my way
I’m growing older every day
And I can’t say what I should say
I can’t I mean what I should mean
What I see I do not see
What I mean to say I cannot say
But I’m gonna try it anyway
Maybe I was born not to see
So why can I not believe?
When my mother lost her eyes for me
And she loved what I would be
I know not what I will be
But I love what I can’t see
If it all just goes away
Or if it all decides to stay
I believe my body ends
And I believe you are my friend
Until then, until then
My only friend
I take each day as it will end
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4. |
Only Time
03:47
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So I call you from the side of the road in the trees
And I’m parking my car because I don’t know where it leads
And it’s a long road back to where I’ve been with all my friends
And it’s a long road down to where I head now with my plans
So if you could pick up, please pick up now
And if you don’t pick up, well don’t pick up anyhow
I saw you the other day
You were like an old friend turning grey
And I did not know what to say
And I saw you through the trees
You were like a wild man, what could it mean?
I did not know what to think
When I look in her eyes
I want to live; I want to try
I don't want to live; I don’t want to die without you
And you ask me what it is I must do
And you ask me where I would drive us to
But I don’t even try that much these days
I don’t even try to think about it anyway
You said it’s only time that I give you
It’s only time that goes away
Yes it’s only time that gets in my way
Where are your thoughts?
Where is your mind?
What do you love?
When will you die?
I don’t really know
I don’t want to go today
You said it’s only time that I give you
It’s only time that goes away
Yes it’s only time these days
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5. |
Something Like Someone
05:44
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Do you recall the time that I gave up my mind to you?
It’s not the words that I hold on to
You, what are you missing?
Because I want to be there for you
I want it coming on bright and blue
No, it’s not a mission
When I don’t even know what those words mean
Your vision is all my vision needs
Now, how do I stand it?
Man, I’ve got so much uncertainty
Yes, you know I know this
But one day I will proceed
To be something like someone that you could see
To be something like someone that you could need
Around your house is somewhere that I could be
In your arms or asleep
Maybe it’s the truth that it’s almost over now
Just as I was thinking
You spit me right back out of your mouth
Now, I’ll be the beacon flying from the Bible Belt
Now, spend my days drinking
And trying to remind myself
What did you have back then?
Just some time and some friends
Well what did you give them?
The biggest piece of myself
And now I know
I’ll never take that out
When will you come back home?
I never left, I guess
You found the meaning now
I want to see myself
To be something like someone that you could see
To be something like someone that you could need
Around your house is somewhere that I could be
In your arms or asleep
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6. |
Pretty Little Life Form
04:08
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Pretty little life form
When I met you it was the beginning of the world it seemed
What is anything for if it’s not to feel, if it’s not to need?
Because I felt you on my insides
When I needed something to believe or something to be
So I’m cutting every corner
To get back where I was, to what I used to mean
Pretty little life form
Can I take you back to the beginning of everything?
When we crawled out of the ocean
When nothing was good and everything was in between
Because I wanted to start over
I want to think of you as you think of me
And are you everlasting?
When life is death and death is in between
Pretty little life form
What have you done to make yourself so clean?
Getting into heaven in life or in death is harder than it seems
Because I wanted to start over
I want to take you back to the beginning of everything
When I met you in the forest
And nothing was old and love was always mean
But what have you seen?
Is your mind upset?
Mine is
I’ve been running through the woods for weeks
And I forgot what anything means
Except that I love you
Not yet
But I will one day when I’m a better man
Tell me now, lately, is your mind upset?
Mine is
But I love you
Not yet
But I will one day when I wash my hands
Tell me now, lately, is your mind upset?
Mine is
But I love you
Not yet
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7. |
Take My People Dancing
04:29
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Hold on, wait, I think I’ll be there in a moment
You looked like you were already sleeping, dreaming, or dying
Well I can’t tell the difference
These days, those days
All of your beginnings
They become your endings
So now god is somewhere waiting on his children
Smiling, laughing, delivering your raindrops
Devil, you fell in fire and your hubris
Humans, we think we can overgrow you
Not until I find you
So I walk through cities hoping that I’ll find you
Sleeping, creeping, so that I may kill you
People, places, I don’t know your names yet
But I’m walking, always looking for an exit
Tell me when you find it
So please hear me when I tell you all how much I
Love you, need you, want to see you living
You ask, Austin, tell us what you mean now
“nothing,” I say, “I just want to feel good”
Tell me when you feel good
But we’re still trying
I reach out for you in a bolt of lightning
I want to hold you, but this world is so inviting
I want to keep you, but you are not everlasting
I want to go outside and take my people dancing
I want to go outside and take my evil dancing
I think we went outside and took our evil dancing
And now there’s nothing left but laughing
And now there’s nothing left
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8. |
Another Way Home
02:43
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Oh you’ve got a right to change who you are
Because I’ve been waiting long for you
Oh it’s not a plan that I held in my hands
It came and went but then I came back for proof
Well you found another way home
I guess, my friend, it’s gonna carry you
I’ve been taking pictures so I don’t forget
Just what I meant just when I said it was true
Just what I saw when I was looking for you
Oh you’ve got a right to stay who you are
But you must know that, brother, I’m far
Words into the wind, I never knew where they went
Until you caught them and made them make sense
Well you’ve found another way home
I guess, my friend, it’s gonna carry you
I’ve been having visions that I can’t forget
Of all my friends and of it all coming true
Of all the pictures that I’ve held in my view
Of what I meant just when I said I was through
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9. |
Partial View
03:50
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My whole life I’ve been waiting
For the weight of the world to come crashing down
The weight of something it is upon you now
And I could not get out
I could not let you out
Oh but I love you
I love you
That’s partly true
But then a darkness came from the window onto you
And I could not get through
I could not let you through
My whole life has been a snakeskin
I shed it off
I shake it off
And I saw myself as I really was
I’m just a man of loss
Just a man of loss
Oh but I know you
I know you
That’s partly true
But then a likeness came from the window onto you
And it’s a partial view
It’s just a partial view
It’s always a partial view
When god is saying this to you
God is saying this to you
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10. |
The Mission
03:40
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I found a new home
I found some new friends
I met a good heart
I’m learning lessons
I made some teeth marks
I cursed some blessings
I miss my parents
I miss the mission
You’ve got a good heart
I’d like to be you
You’ve got a sharp mind
Brother, does it eat you?
You’ve got a kind mouth
I’d like to kiss you
So when you go home
How I’ll miss you
Home how I miss you
Well it’s a good life
That’s why I take it
And it’s a long road
When life is what you make it
Now it’s a short wick
Brother, would you shake it?
But now you’re leaving
Oh I missed the meaning
Now you’re missing
Oh I miss the mission
Oh I miss your mission
A graven image
In my own image
A graven privilege
Living how I’m living
A buzzing light on in an empty building
The pearly gates
Or escape from the prison
So when my time ends
What will I be missing?
When my time ends
Who will I be missing?
What will I be missing?
Who will I be missing?
Oh I’ll let you all in
I’ll let you all in when I find my keys, friend
I’ll let you all in
Oh I miss the mission
Oh I miss your mission
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11. |
Goodness
07:20
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They shut the old mill down
So many good jobs went south
They put a prison in its place
So many good lives contained
Have you seen them all?
Rising for the altar call
A taste of heaven, a taste of hell
When they’re never gonna make it out
You are my brother, this much I know
I want to let your goodness show
You are my sister, as I have seen
I want to let your goodness breathe
You are my family, although I’ve fought
You gave me all the good I’ve got
I built an altar unto itself
You’re never gonna let me out
I’ve got some good plans of my own
Set off to watch my future grow
Like a good weed that I let
Take over my garden plants
Until one day I dug it up
Washed my hands and shaved and cussed
It was then that I felt
Your goodness is my only help
So when I die will you dig my grave?
The only place I want to lay
Is right by you in the shade
A million nights, a million days
But there’s a lifetime in between
I want to set my goodness free
I feel my nature; it goes away
I will not keep; I will not stay
Yes I’ve hoped for things unseen
Yes I’m unsure of so many things
I will not keep; I will not stay
Goodness, won’t you come my way
Another place, another day
Yes I know that I’ve loved this world
Yes I know that I’ve loved this world
Yes I know that I’ve loved this place
Yes I know that I’ve loved your face
Goodness, won’t you come my way
Goodness, don’t you fade away
I will not keep; I will not stay
Goodness, don’t you fade away
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12. |
When I Was A Child
02:52
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When I was a child
I let my mind run wild
I thought that time expired
And then
What then?
So I let you in
I let you in again
When I was growing up
I tried to have my fun
I tried to hurt no one
My mind got stuck
It split and sunk
So I gave it up
I gave it up
Saving all you can
I tried to love your plan
I tried to play my hand
To the finish
But there’s a limit
And I cannot win
I cannot win
You are my best friend
When I took your hand
I tried to understand
What it meant
How time begins
And it let us in
It let us in again
Somewhere in between
The light I try to be
The dark I cannot leave
I am ancient
When time ends
It’s gonna start again
Start again
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