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Dream #4
05:16
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A girl I once loved was skating outside my doors
And when she fell I ran, I held her inside my arms
And she said, "who are you with?"
I said, "I don't know who I am"
And then she disintegrated right out from my hand
And I said
Ed was talking, he was talking all day
And drinking Coca-Cola outside of Burger King
And he said, "Coke is the best,
And you are the worst,
And love is only true when it is something that hurts"
And I said
I was smoking weed with a buddy named Ben
He used to buy me beer, but now I buy it for him
His house was rotting,
It was falling apart
But sometimes something dirty is the nearest to your heart
And I said
Sitting here right now, I wonder what it all could mean
All of these people and all of these scenes
Perhaps the answer is that,
Despite all the strife
All we do is play a role in someone else's life
And I said
Fall is coming, as it does each year
Summer's last stand whispers softly in my ear
I think of a love,
Who has thrown me away
And I still miss her more each and every day
Since she said
Kirk was smiling, his teeth stained with wine
He asked me to introduce him to a friend of mine
They hit it off, but soon he tapped me on the shoulder
Saying, "I've drained this bottle
And I'm back for another"
And I said
A friend of a friend, who I don't like too much
He grabbed onto me and he cried at my touch
He said, "I feel the loneliness
In my existence
And I feel the emptiness in my resistance"
And I said
Sitting here right now...
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Maiden
03:28
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It turns out the maiden was a monster
And maybe I shouldn't have loved her
But it turns out the maiden was a monster
And I gave all of my love to her
And it turns out... turns out the maiden was a monster
I don't want to look
But I can't see
And the lack of option
It is killing me
'Cause it turns out the maiden was a monster
And I gave all of my love to her
And it turns out... turns out the maiden was a monster
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Beauty Seen in Solitude
02:45
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I'm looking down at people
Each one passing me by
It's as if no one cares
But then who the hell am I?
I've read in all your holy books
That someone takes the lead
Someone fights the battle
While another succumbs to greed
But I feel like that leaves out
People like me and her
Confusion's not an adjective
But it's the closest word
And beauty's not the same
Without her by my side
But the view still is pretty
I'll take it all in stride
I'm looking down at people
For my friends who were coming today
Maybe they've found something better
They all have gone away
So I'm staring at my hand
Where there once lay a golden fist
But now that fist has dissipated
Into a lonely mist
And I'm left alone
Yeah, I'm the only one
And a beauty seen in solitude
Is a beauty seen by none
And I can't take a picture
Of this knowing in my head
So all these beautiful thoughts
They'll all die when I am dead
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Purple Bottle / Lullaby
10:58
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(Purple Bottle by Animal Collective)
I've got a big, big, big, big heartbeat, yeah
I think you are the sweetest thing
I wear a coat of feelings and they are loud
I've been having good days
Think we are the right age
To start out own peculiar ways
With good friendly homes
You get me freaked, freaked, freaked on preakness
Never met a girl that likes to drink with horses
Knows her Chinese ballet
Must admit you smell like fruity nuts and good grains
When you show my purple gaze
A thing or two at night
Make me sick, sick, sick to kiss you
And I think that I woud vomit
But I'll do that on Mondays, I don't have a work way
I like it when I bump you an accident's a truth gate
I'm humbled in your pretty lens
I'll hold you, don't you go
Sometimes you're quiet and sometimes I'm quiet, hallelujah!
Sometimes I'm talkative and sometimes you're not talkative, I know
Well I'd like to spread your perfume around the old apartment
Could we live together and agree on the same wares?
A trapeze is a bird cage even if it's empty and defintintely fits the room
And we would too
And my dear, dear, dear Khalana
I talk too much about you
Their ears are getting tired of me singing all the night through
Lets just talk together
You and me and me and you
And if there's nothing much to say
Well, silence is a bore
I've got a big, big, big, big heartbeat, yeah
I think you are the sweetest thing
I wear a coat of feelings and they are loud
I've been having good days
Think we are the right age
To start out own peculiar ways
With good friendly homes
Sometimes you're quiet and sometimes I'm quiet, hallelujah!
Sometimes I'm talkative and sometimes you're not talkative i know
Sometimes you hear me when others they can't hear me, hallelujah!
Sometimes I'm naked, and thank god sometimes you're naked
Well, hello . . .
Can I tell you that you are the purple in me?
Can I call you just to hear you, would you care?
When I saw you put your purple finger on me
There's a feeling in your bottle
Found your bottle, found your heart
Gives a feeling from your bottled little part
I just called to say I like you
I just called cause I've wondered how you've been
I just called, well I tried, but it was busy
Get that feeling from the bottle, found the bottle found your heart
Get that feeling from your bottled little part
Got to crush high
Thought I crushed all I could
Crushed all I can then I touched your hand
Crush high
Don't want it to stop
Because stories of your brother
Make my crush high pop
And you couldn't really know
Because it's in my toes
And sometimes I wonder
Where'd that crush high go
Crush high then I go and take some pills
Because I can't do all of my do's and still feel ill
I got that
(Lullaby by Blind the Thief)
Didn't you tell me all this was theirs too?
Even if vision blurs and presence turns crude
And wanting to break free from their love
We took a brush to the back of the sun
As we scrubbed and laughed you showed me the heart that they had
When things get strange, I often think of that
Now you feel out of place in your body, in your mind
I can tell you what it means to break through to the other side
You will find that in truth, to be human is to be sane
But sanity is always in search of a higher plane
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5. |
I've Forgotten
04:33
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I feel so incomplete
With all these caring faces in retreat
And now I've forgotten how to turn these tears to ink
So I'll drink another beer and then I'll fall asleep
If the water wasn't murky I'd be afraid to swim
'Cause it's what you see that does you in
And now I've forgotten why I shave my face
So I'll stare into the mirror envisioning happy days
All the gods in their heavenly thrones
They all sing me songs that don't use tones
And now I've forgotten the right way to pray
So I'll sit here real quiet 'till God has something to say
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NYC
03:54
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I had seven faces
Never knew which one to wear
And I'm sick of spending these lonely nights
Straining myself not to care
Subway she is a porno
And the pavements they are a mess
I know you've supported me for a long time
Somehow I'm not impressed
New York cares
It is up to me now
Turn on the bright lights
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Ben and Schuyler started playing music together at age 14 in Portland, OR.
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