1. |
The Great Affair Is Over
05:15
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So the great affair is over
And whoever would have guessed
It would leave us all so vacant
And so deeply unimpressed
It's like our visit to the moon
Or to that other star
I guess you'd go for nothing
If you really wanna go that far
I've been losing touch with myself lately
I have lost my way completely
Nothing I do sticks anymore
Life hasn't opened any doors
I'm reading the Myth of Sisyphus
And trying to change myself
But I'm not learning about myself
And nothing I do makes sense
"Hey man are you okay
You're looking real bad today
Did you get enough sleep?
Did you get enough to eat?"
I'm doing the same things again
The things I've always done
Life is a never-ending cycle
I am the snake that eats itself
Complain complain all day
Into nights and throughout the day
Maybe your head will screw on straight
"Hey man, life is great!"
I walked around with a friend the other day
And we discovered a lake
It was in my neighborhood the whole time
And now I see it with new eyes
And I've come back several tiems
Always late at night
I don't want to see the colors
The lights on the surface are enough for me
And I don't want to seem self absorbed
But I am so self absorbed
I hate the way I am
So I talk about myself
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2. |
The Static Makes Me Sick
06:06
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I'll play that song again
I'll play that same song again
This song never ends
My songs never end
Thank you for tuning in
I'll scream into nothing
My eyes are in the back of my head
This next one's called Quentin
The static makes me sick
The static makes me sick
I can't get over this
The static makes me sick
Long nights alone in my room
Light emitting from my computer screen
Everything had meaning
I didn't intend for it to have meaning
Now I'm lying down in the closet
Hiding from the world
Eyes directed to the ceiling
Humming these same songs
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3. |
Don't You Worry
05:36
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This is the worst I've ever felt
I want to stub my toe on a shelf
I want to slam my head into a door
I want to get hit ten times or more
I want to turn inside out
I want my brain to combust so I won't make it out
I want my skull to split in half
I want my heart to swell to the size of a raft
These are not good things for me to think
I need to distract myself with little things
Mindless entertainment dumbing me down
Why am I like this she says with a frown
Don't you worry I'm totally free
I'm here anytime you need to talk to me
But if I had my way
I wouldn't say a thing to anyone for weeks
I want to know if we're alright
I want to sleep well tonight
I want to sleep all night long
I want to listen to my favorite songs
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4. |
There's No Key
04:57
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There are some nights where I lay in bed
And think about all the problems I've caused
I'll put in my earbuds and shut myself up
Because I don't care
And then I'll talk about it
To people that don't care
And they'll talk about themselves
To people that don't care
That's just how the cycle goes
No one really cares anyway
Everyone is too invested in their own problems
You'll never find an answer
Keep yourself locked away
Don't ever have a key made
They'll try and break in
But there was no way in to begin with
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5. |
Hands on Fire
04:43
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Jamie closed her eyes again
No one cared about her end
But it feels all right to be right here
Where the sun sets
All the thoughts swirling around her head
These rocks will be a glorious end
The wind whipping around her hair
What a beautiful day
Jeffree takes a bow
Nothing can stop him now
The piano keys feel so good
His hands are on fire
Darling this is it
This is how it really is
Don't cover your ears
Just listen to it
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