1. |
Turned Ten
05:04
|
|||
i didn’t read comic books
i watched Power Rangers
and a neighborhood
confronting dangers like
rock-men and making friends
eyes peeled till the episode ends
sucking my thumb cause i could afford it
nap inside my dad’s t-shirt while he wore it
think i turned ten and my head got sick
my head got sick, my head got sick
think i turned ten and my head got sick
body’s been combatting ever since
i’d always wait till my cereal got soggy
dishes in the sink getting cloggy
red sweatpants-er, kitchen dancer
i owe any of my nuance to live James Taylor
eggs scrambled, nose runny
roll around the ground when my town got sunny
front yard, momma calling me honey
my sister had a stuffed bunny named bunny
and i always thought, the church smelled funny
think i turned ten and my head got sick
my head got sick, my head got sick
think i turned ten and my head got sick
body’s been combatting ever since
that feeling really wowed me out
wowed me out
bunk beds, play dates
chocolate sauce in vanilla milkshakes
swim pond for your birthday
8:15 we were staying up late
having a catch, having a talk
throwing fits, throwing rocks
chicken patties, chicken pox
playing outside till there’s snow in my socks
and i’d come back in, and my brother’d stay out
but my very favorite part about
the winter was taking off my gloves
and touching my face
cause that feeling always wowed me out
wowed me out
that feeling always wowed me out
wowed me out
|
||||
2. |
Tagalong
03:19
|
|||
when i hear a bark
through an open door
well i perk my ears
and wait for yours
still anticipating
a scurry or a whine
but each time
i'm left
and when a quarter fell
to the floor
well i braced myself
for something more
still anticipating
a scurry or a whine
but each time
i'm left lonely
i’m left lonely
she reverberates
without a sound
still occupies this space for now
still anticipating
a scurry or a whine
but each time
i'm left
oh what a part
of this equation
and now you're not
everything's changing
anticipating
a scurry or a whine
but each time
i'm left lonely
i’m left lonely
|
||||
3. |
Dazy In The Night
04:16
|
|||
baby come crash it
la la la
maybe i’m dazed, maybe you too
i like it better dazy with you
by my side again
dazy in the night again
lately, we’re sorting out
maybe getting by somehow
ok I’m all in
getting dazy in the night again
baby, it’s madness
got a whole life, come crash it
trashed and about a quarter past it
grab a wig and your momma’s fake lashes
tell me where the stash is
jean jacket and a passport
hey if you want it don’t ask for it
baby come crash it
|
||||
4. |
Medfield
03:15
|
|||
overcast
Frito-Lay bag and a soda can
on her lap, on the cooler
just watch and clap
overpacked
Bubble Gum Bob, bag of soda cans
under-practiced stepping patterns
in the marching band
whistle-stop
back in Medfield both my parents taught
all we got hug the highway
till the legion lot
holding hands for my mother’s sake
only when the togetherness was too much to take
all the people playing parts in the town parade
and i see it, in you now
you got all the same things that make
your body tremble
and your heart ache
|
||||
5. |
Holyoke
06:01
|
|||
on the older side of
autumn 2012
i took a trip all by myself
no fear just fun
i’m fit for a challenge
let’s see what happens
but my faith ran out
on a traprock mountain
about a thousand feet up
with the shadows creeping
from another afternoon
to another evening
oh i know that it won’t mind
one handle of the cliffside
to break off and bury me alive
caught underneath the landslide
but if i hold it just right
even out my weight
this will be my way out
fingers freezing
body moving slow
take a breath before i go
bittersweetness stinging
the corners of my jaw
i remember what i want
i savored that chill
in case the cold dark air
was the last thing that we’d ever share
|
||||
6. |
Always Evernot
04:55
|
|||
navigating through the mess
right as i can be i guess
what’s it worth to you, what’s the use
try to keep it tight, and stay loose
cmon sugar listen up
cmon baby that’s enough
cmon sugar listen up
cmon baby that’s enough
lot of wisdom to consider
whole lot of ways to get better
just a little, just a lot
always evernot
cmon sugar listen up
cmon baby that’s enough
cmon sugar listen up
cmon baby that’s enough
|
||||
7. |
Gloom
02:52
|
|||
coming back to the only ocean where i row
open up wide, i’ve got nowhere else to go
you could swallow me whole, and ill swirl around your gloom
till you spit me out, on your shore a new man
|
||||
8. |
No Yeah
03:03
|
|||
it’s my night
rock and rollin
24 hours
till we hit the road
and you know when it’s late
i cant say ‘no’
keep it high, keep it low
keep it on the floor going animal
i don’t wanna go home
i don’t wanna go home
no no no yeah yeah yeah
keep it on the floor like that
24 hours baby
no time for a nap
and you know when it’s late
i cant say ‘no’
keep it high, keep it low
keep it on the floor going animal
i don’t wanna go home
i don’t wanna go home
no no no yeah yeah yeah
keep it on the floor like that
24 hours baby
no time for a nap
and you know when it’s late
i cant say ‘no’
keep it high, keep it low
keep it on the floor bunch of animals
i don’t wanna go home
i don’t wanna go home
|
||||
9. |
I Know You're Tough
05:14
|
|||
i know that you’re tough
i know that you’re tough
i know that you’re tough
i know
i scrape up your skin from a bank parking lot
four in the morning we’re falling apart
your head’s boiling over, you’re screaming it off
neighbors are scared and they’re calling the cops
i know that you’re tough
i know
you’re raging on like a hurricane
but it’s not like a storm when there’s someone to blame
it’s not just the drinks or that it’s late and we’re up
it’s cause and effect, how the hidden erupt
i know
throwing punches
i know that you’re tough
i know
neighbors are scared
so they’re calling the cops
your heads boiling over
so you’re
screaming it off
|
||||
10. |
At Once
02:00
|
|||
ok so no more like it was
ok no holding out for us
ok i feel it all at once
at once
ok so no more like i knew
no holding me
like i remember
|
||||
11. |
240 Backseat Haven
02:08
|
|||
july leo
v-o-l-v-o
240 wagon
backwards backseat waving
till the strangers gave in
240 backseat haven
no, i don’t want to settle down
i want to get back in the sound
of driving that wagon around
in the old roads in our little town
|
Streaming and Download help
Nick Pope recommends:
If you like Nick Pope, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp