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Moving On
04:20
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a ship sailed into a burning harbor and we stood still
raging fires took the best of us still
this scathing reputation's starting to affect our population
i thought i'd call the convocation, i thought i'd call out in elation
i thought i saw reciprocation
but if you ought to know
i really loved you so
it's sad to see you go
i thought i'd let you know
this time i'm moving on
this time i know you're gone
this time we both were wrong
i'm not just all sad songs
you ran into a burning building
and i came too
seasons change with the points of view
we're trapped in desperations, trying to evoke our prosperation
i thought we'd heal an ailing nation
we had such great communications this side of blank deliberation
but if you ought to know
i really miss you so
it's sad to see you go
it's sad to see this show
but this time i'm moving on
this time i know you're gone
this we both were wrong
i'm done with your sad song
a ship sailed into a burning harbor and we stood still
raging fires took the best of us still
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2. |
Separate Hearts
04:18
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i've started thinking about you when you're not here
i've started thinking again, again
mixed up a rhythm or two
i syncopated the wrong point of view
stood here pretending for you, for you
now i'm drowning 'cause i can't swim anymore
and i'm down in the deepest depths of your heart
i'm astounded by this foreign place we call ours
we're surrounded but we're still alone and apart
we're just two separate hearts
i try to not think about you 'cause you're not here
i've started thinking just pretend
i keep my thoughts to myself
hide inhibitions high up on the shelf
we're decorated in wealth, with stealth
and i'm down in the deepest depths in your heart
and i'm drowning 'cause i can't swim in your arms
i'm astounded by these petty faces of ours
i'm surrounded but i'm still alone and apart
we're just two separate hearts
i know that you're fine, you don't waste time on me
between the lines your secret lies with me
another life, lifetime with you
we rolled the dice, i lost a time or two
i'm not better off than i thought i was
you were bottled up as i thought because we were scared
now i'm well aware
that i'm drowning 'cause i can't swim anymore
and i'm down in the deepest depths of your heart
we're astounded by these separate places of ours
you're surrounded but i'm still alone and apart
we're just two separate hearts
we're just better apart
we're just two separate hearts
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3. |
3000 Miles
03:35
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have you ever been pulled closer yet further away?
three thousand miles will keep us at bay another day
the further the better i used to say
i'm not supposed to, but i miss you anyway
you and your therapy don't speak to me anymore
but i hear your voice, a senseless noise, above it all
thinking of you, i've misjudged you i would say
i'm not supposed to, but i loved you anywayd
and i wish i could stay
if i could just stay
would you fade away?
would you let me stay?
anyway
excommunication is patient till the last
if i break the glass, would you let me pass the broken half?
moved the words 'round, hope i wrote down what i couldn't say
i don't want to, but i need you anyway
and i wish i could stay
if i could just stay
what would you say?
would you let me stay?
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4. |
Two Trains
03:26
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two trains pass me by, either one my destination
two lives that i won't lead
i've run out of time to keep them closer to the station
i take the chosen path, chosen for me
can you understand me?
take me with you, take me
can you understand me?
take me too
with you
keep on, it doesn't feel the same
never quite crossed the track
keep saying what you need to say
trains don't turn back
still close but too far away
opposites still attract
keep making the same mistakes
when the tide turns to black
lightning strikes twice, i swear
and i missed all of my share
do you understand me?
take me with you, take me
do you understand me?
take me too
with you
take me too
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5. |
Winter of Daydreams
03:51
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there's a point on the line where everything falls and i've reached mine
too late to call it, too early to say
it's the winter of daydreams
the winter of daydreams, the winter of daydreams
a balancing act between fear and fact
close my eyes and smile, let the cold relapse
it's harder to say if its clearer now
but i'm sure of just one thing, that my provisions won't last
through the winter of daydreams, the winter of daydreams
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6. |
Takes Its Toll
03:39
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i'm optimistic, i try so hard to be
so conflicted to stay between
it takes its toll on me
it takes its toll
keep retracing the little dots in my mind
keep erasing the plans i swore by
i see it in your eyes
and i keep on passing by
i'm running to beat the sky
i couldn't tell you why
but i'm trying
it takes its toll
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7. |
Patterns
03:51
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burnt out, trying to keep a flame
washed down, a memory of a name
keep track of all the missing links
look back, does it sail or sink
i'm starting to see the patterns
starting to see
stretched thin, without a reason why
this is not what i had planned
not what i swore by
seen through, the numbers multiply
stay true, another one slips by
but i'll be fine
i'll be fine
they don't seem to care
spent my winter in daydreams
it takes its toll
but i'm starting to see
that i'll be fine
i'll be fine
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James William Anderson Los Angeles, California
james william anderson is a 16 year old singer/songwriter.
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