1. |
Step Outside
02:19
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I woke up in a room, it was full of things
And I realised I’d forgotten how to breathe
Cuz no matter what colour these walls are
They can’t help but isolate all our beating hearts
So I step outside where there are no sides
Just open spaces full of life
And pulsing rocks and dancing trees, singing creatures and flowing breeze
Home is here calling our name saying “it’s been so long since you’ve gone away, come back home you know the way”
Home is earth and here we stay
I realised my dreams, they are maps
They are trails that lead the way back
To the way of being that my heart already knows
I’m sorry I’m so sorry that my minds so very slow
So I step outside where there are no sides
Just open spaces full of life
And pulsing rocks and dancing trees, singing creatures and flowing breeze
Home is here calling our name saying “it’s been so long since you’ve gone away, come back home you know the way”
Home is earth and here we stay
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2. |
Simplicity
06:05
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I wanna go back to a simpler place inside of me
Cuz there’s beauty in simplicity, I mean just look at you and me
And there’s nothing more simple than loving you
And I truly believe there’s not much love cannot do
So when I’m thinking hard, deep furrows in my brow like ridged old bark
I’m taken by the hand by forces I don’t understand
And they lead me back out onto the land
Like water finding the simplest path to where it wants to be
Hands in the garden, moist cool earth between my fingers
Now this is living I can find some meaning in
Simple things throughout my day like chopping wood and making love with you
And I truly believe we could all have it this good
So when I can’t see, and I’m blinded like stars by the city lights
I’m taken by the hand by forces that have no name
They lead me back to where they came from
Like water upon the shore in breath out
Let it all flow but put some effort in, please try
Cuz we can build the lives we wanna live
And the worlds pretty fucked up I know and it’s all cuz humankind
And I truly believe we could clean up this mess if we try
So when I dont believe and my skepticism has the better of me
I’m taken by the hand by the forces that live in all things
And they lead me back into my heart
Like water, the magic that gives life
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3. |
Words Words Words
02:09
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Words words words…
And I can’t find the words so easily to describe
They don’t seem to come together in my mind
In any way that could possibly satisfy
What it is I’m trynasay
It’s basically I love you but also so much more than that
I swear I had it all phrased out but its gone and won’t come back
I built it all up but its now just collapsed
So I say I love you
Words words words….
And I try to explain it while we talk
As we do loops in the evening around the block
But it all comes out sounding like some verbal slop
So I give you a hug
It’s about vulnerability and trust and how
I’m speaking to you and you touch me know
On my arm but that’s all it takes
To make my whole mind go blank
Words words words...
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4. |
Birthday Song
03:26
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Time sure flies when you’re having fun
Moments ago I was some cells in my mum
I was just a thought in the mind of my dad
Happy birthday boy you’re a man at last
How’s it feel now you’re closer to
The great reveal of that thing you
Couldn’t comprehend but learned to accept?
I’m still learning I haven’t accepted yet
The Earth sure flies around the sun
God is alone if God is one
That explains some things to me
My life is a reflection of the galaxy’s
I could grow bigger and bigger still
I could get smaller I think I will
I could spin around and view the sights
See the absence of darkness the darkest light
Time sure flies when you’re having fun
Moments ago I was some cells in my mum
I was just a thought in the mind of my dad
Happy birthday boy you’re a man at last
How’s it feel now you’re closer to
The great reveal of that thing you
Couldn’t comprehend but learned to accept?
I’m still learning I haven’t accepted yet
I’m shattered by the reality my life is full of fragility
I do not know what death will be but I’ve stopped pretending
That somehow this whole life’s about me
Though that’s something I wish I could go on believing
Life is holy life is crazy
Perfect circumstances created something amazing
And cosmic energy continues to evolve
Memories in matter hold it all somehow
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5. |
It’s OK to Be Wrong
04:08
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I could kill whoever’s president of the United States
Then some other fool would come and take their place
And I don’t want to spend my life locked in a cage
And evil has so many faces and oh so many different names
I could spend my life with a mind full of hatred
Judging every decision everyone else is making
But that sounds shit so I’m trying to change it
A scared heart trying to understand life and what we’ve made it
I could send my thoughts up in smoke with a single toke
Spent years doing that hiding from all that great unknown
Now I’ve been greeting it daily and I’ve still got hope
I’ve opened my heart and mind and there’s now way to make them close
I could get a full time job but why would I?
Sure I still work but I try to keep it part time
And life is work and I work hard all the time
But if a jobs in the way of your dreams I think it's best to say goodbye
I could plant some seeds you know I think I might
I love growing food I'll keep doing that my whole life
Sharing food with friends is part of the good fight
Remembering how to be human and reclaiming our birthrights
I could change my mind about everything in this song
It’s realistic I probably will before long
I’ll keep changing until I’ve once known is gone
Why take it so seriously? It’s ok to be wrong
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6. |
Hope and Despair
03:14
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Out there in the mountains I became broken hearted
Out there in the mountains a new love started
I think that I am finally
Learning to accept myself entirely
I break down, completely shattered
I’m reminded of what really matters
Even if I don’t know what a “good life” means
I sure as hell know that I’m living free
I will try to remember to smile
And look you in your eyes while
We talk, while we talk
There’s hope and despair scattered through
My days and what I thought I knew
I was wrong, I thank God I was wrong
Cuz I know now the importance of people
And I get shivers knowing I’m blessed
With some friends, I hope they know I love them
Trying to make it on my own, what was I trying to prove?
I had so much to lose
And I lost it, yeah, and I lost it
And I’ll keep losing it.
So now here I am wandering and living
Learning and accepting all that I’d hidden
Hope and despair still dance through my days
Everything passes in waves
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7. |
Today’s Weather
03:25
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I woke up today feeling on top of the world
Then my head hit the ceiling and I tumbled right back down
I get stressed and I see all the places I’d rather be
I try so fucking hard to remember what’s right in front of me
Yeah what’s right in front of me
I try so hard to see
Halfway through the day and so much has passed through me
Somethings like to hang around but in the end they all leave
Stuck around so many people I feel like there’s nowhere to go
I’m only trying to escape from my own self I know
Oh it's mostly me I know
Everywhere that I go
It’s night the stars are shining, in our bed we are lying
Your body is so warm, it makes me feel alive and
Your skin is so soft against my delicate flesh
But time goes on and on thats what makes these moments so precious
Time goes on and on I guess
Try not to let it slip
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8. |
Brown Recluse
01:59
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I’m a recluse today and I wanna hide away
In that secret place way back of my brain
Don’t wanna be seem, don’t wanna be heard
Just wanna to be alone with my hurt
Don’t shine a light on me and don’t come over
I’ll just scurry away to some dark corner
Leave me alone in my lair
Sometimes I know how to care I swear
The truth is I’m scared and I’m nervous
I’m isolating myself on purpose
Really what I want is this feeling to end
But I’m so good at defence mechanisms
So I pretend that I’m my own home
But really in this moment I wish I was not so alone
I keep talking shit but I’m the only one who listens
I guess that’s the best way to build my own prison
I’m scared I’m pushing away everyone who cares
When I come out of this no one will be there
So I put on my costume make sure its on right
That way I don’t have to bear the sight of my self
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9. |
Just Another Number
03:25
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Waiting here my dear, for it to become clear
Held back by paperwork
Behind a desk somewhere someone’s looking at our file
And typing our names into a database
But they don’t know us, no they don’t know us
I wish there was some way they could get to know us
Waiting here my dear, they say it could be a year
Dwarfed beside borders
Behind a desk somewhere someone’s making a decision
Making a choice that’s gonna change our lives
But they don’t know you, no they don’t know you
I wish they could get to know you the way I do
Elsewhere on the sphere, waiting in fear
People behind barbed wire
And behind some desk somewhere they’re reduced to numbers
And their names will never reach that keyboard
So many people we’ll never know, how could we ever know
In every unmarked grave lies someone who was known
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10. |
Naked and Humble
03:38
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I know I could never capture or hold anything
All of this is constantly forever ending
The moment it forms
The moment we’re born
Everywhere possible there are things becoming
Condensing into this moment living
Out of some unknown
Void completely full
Fleeting meetings with people peeping
Into one another’s hearts
I am destroyed by love
I am destroyed by love
A figure fractures this fractal, oh fuck
What’s happening here? No one knows what
I think we make it up
Live as you make it up
All the shit that doesn’t matter falls to the side
The vacuum of space pulls me from my mind
Here’s where my words end
I’ll always love you friend
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11. |
After the Fact
01:03
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I said what I wanted to, I feel so much how bout you
It’s not that I feel that I didn’t say what I fell inside
It’s just I’m not sure what you feel about what I revealed
So I sit in my current state and I just contemplate
All the words that I have said, I hope we can still be friends
It’s possible we won’t be friends, so for now I’ll just pretend
That I didn’t say a single phrase, I just want to hide away
And go to some secret place and forever there remain
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12. |
Shed My Skin
02:39
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Shed my skin, can’t get back in
To what I've been, never be again
Shed my skin, can't get back in
To what I've been, never be again
Never be again
Never be again
Never be again
Grow some roots, spread them wide and
Grow my roots, send them deep
Grow some roots, spread them wide and
Grow my roots, send them deep
Send them deep
Send them deep
Send them deep
Still my mind, I’m in my flesh
Let my senses be my guide
Still my mind, I am my flesh
Let my sense be my guide
Be my guide
Be my guide
Be my guide
Shed my skin, can’t get back in
To what I’ve been, never be again
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13. |
Mixed With Salty Brine
03:57
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If I die before I leave this continent behind
Take me to the coast, somewhere the tourists don’t go
Burn down whatever is left of me
Say a short blessing and feed me to the sea
Mixed with salty brine again like how it was when we began
It feels right that this is how it ends my friend
But there’s no end in sight I turn to rock like rock turned to I
And created itself as a concept in my mind
A complex playground for a journey, a mystery since ancient times
It winds and winds and winds around like a fingerprint, like a vine
Eating itself and throwing up, ebbs and flows and chaos and luck
That’s how there’s no end that's how there’s an end for us
Ba da ba ba, Ba da ba ba
I’m scared of dying
Ba da ba ba, Ba da ba ba
But I’m really trying
Ba da ba ba, Ba da ba ba
To accept all things come to an end
Ba da ba ba, Ba da ba ba
To really appreciate that I did even begin
We fall head over heels, trying to explain it all
I think we all understand, deep inside we all know
We fall head over heels, trying to hold on
I think we all know, one day we let go
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14. |
Purpose
04:58
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I found the purpose
There’s no purpose
I found the point
This is all there is
The gods are dead
Most of us are sleeping
And when we wake
It’s a horrible greeting
Since I was a young boy
I’ve had nightmares of destruction
Collapse and explosions
Bellies shrinking to nothing
Now I’m a young man
And I see more clearly
While those were my nightmares
That was someone’s reality
And what can I do
So much really
So that’s what I’m trying
Living ethically and free
It’s easier to hide
Yourself in lies
Then face the bleak truth
This worlds gonna kill you
And no one is coming
To save us my dear
It’s hard to accept it
But it's up to us here
And we are not alone
Life surrounds us
Everything that exists
Exists as one
And who knows the whole story
Of what happens when we die
Anyone who says they do
Is telling a lie
But why should it matter?
You’ll find out soon enough
The mystery will always
Live inside of us
I’m gonna compost my body and that part of me
That I call my mind, there’s no eternal I
No more disrespect to life just leave me wherever I may lie
When it comes my time, right now I am alive alive
No more predictions I’ll know it when I witness
No more trying to escape from the beauty and horror of this place
I will make change and I can stand to face
Whatever may come, I found my purpose its love love love love
I found my purpose, it's love love love love love love
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Well-Worn Toronto, Ontario
Well-Worn is Terran Vaivars-Szwarc, a Toronto based creative. Strong DIY/DIO ethic. Engaged in the effort to bring about a more liveable world.
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