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The Elm Tree
03:59
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She doesn't talk much out of fear of exposing herself
Consumed by regret and anxiety
But when she has the nerve to speak up to anyone else
It's met by offset hostility
This patchwork quilt of concrete and steel is telling her how to think and to feel
Her mind is not hers anymore
She walks into her room and hides her face within her hands
and silently she dreams of distant lands
Return, cast off your worries and rest
beneath the bright golden leaves
And learn that peace can be found in between
The branches of the Elm tree
Feeling the weight of expectation
Solace found only in dreams
The backlit frame calls her by name revealing her shame and what she could gain
She tries to escape from its hands
Asking God for guidance as a voice now breaks the silence
And once again she dreams of distant lands
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Just for You
05:24
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Winter, the air outside is cold and bitter
With dreary sky and frozen river
No sun above to keep me warm
Thinking to when the birds will all be singing
But until then there’s only one thing
To help me weather out this storm
The spark that shines inside your eyes is all I’ll ever need to get me through
Oh darkness fades when I follow your lead.
Pull this frigid heart in from from the cold, let it unfreeze
Thaw it out and warm it like a golden summer breeze
But even as the winter waits it's time to turn to spring
I’ll be right here, waiting just for you
Stay true, although that I have yet to meet you
I'm positive our paths will cross soon
And you’re all that I'm waiting for
And Maybe, when snow comes falling down so fiercely
And you're the one who's here beside me
We’ll stay inside and lock the door
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Sentimental
04:14
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Echoes return from the distant past
If only I could just make them last
They slip through my hands
It’s like playing catch with sand
Raindrops roll across the window sill
And waning sunlight I remember still
I find my repose
Though memories are colored in rose
But all those
distant echoes are no more
Like vanished waves upon the shore
But we can’t go back,
back to where we were before
Though I can’t stop dreams of what was and what might have been
Racking my brain to remember your voice
I’d turn back time if I had a choice
But despite my best intentions
The hands move only in one direction
Waves crash on the shore
Little patter on the porch
I hear your voice call back to me
As my thoughts rush out to sea
Waves crash on the shore
Can’t go back to where we were before
But all those
distant echoes are no more
Like vanished waves upon the shore
But we can’t go back,
back to where we were before
I'm sorry I cannot stop the clock, now all I can do is move on
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Sneak Preview
05:13
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I have never had my heart broken before
Afraid to go and put it on the line
I always said I'd step out when the right one came along
But you had been with me for all this time
I had never found someone to call my own
Cautious so much I never even tried
They always said it’s best to leave distractions at the door
This was the best advice, you would have been pushed aside
I have been seen by so many, known by few
First impressions never my best suit
But you knew me before I could even speak or hum a tune
No one sees me like the way you do
Falling deeper for you every day I cannot explain
How much your love for me is everything I’ve dreamed of
All I've been searching for was you
Falling deeper for you a little bit more every day
I'm feeling like I've been made new, the past is now fading away
Alone here with you, I’ve found out who I’m meant to be
Reciprocation overdue and so much left for me to see
All I've been through with you
Everything was just my first sneak preview
Falling deeper for you every day
Alone here with you
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5. |
Break the Mold
05:06
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Replacing boards upon this bow
But will it be the same if all the parts have been exchanged?
Like salt that loses all its flavor
Will I be thrown away if I
Don’t fit the expectation
They say we're defined by what we do, not who we are inside
Or at least that's what I’m told
What if I’m just not able to be what I've always been
What if I break the mold?
Featherless birds we are alike
And bees with nothing left to carry
Now what can show my worth?
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Scatterbrained
06:24
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Afterglow is fading
Moonrise takes its place
Final embers waning, darkness comes chasing
Mind begins its race
Every thought converging,
Every fresh imagined scheme
Grand illusions merging with random intentions
In a conscious fever dream
Still my heart
Still my heart
Still my mind and soul
Make me whole again
Welcome back again my friend, did you think this would end this time?
Drown it out again my friend, raise that noise to put me back in line.
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Prayer of the Faithless
01:13
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Help my unbelief
I believe
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I have walked alone for far too long
This path seems endless
Begging you to show me some compassion if you can
Feeling hopeless gasping for the air within your breath
My hands are shaking
speak to me a single word and it alone will be enough
I’m on my knees again, don’t be far from me
Do you hear my cries? They’re so familiar
I still believe, but help my unbelief
You gave me the tools to work
But not the strength to use them
“Ask and you’ll receive”
I have begged to no avail
Why does it seem like you build me up to break me down?
You’re not sadistic
Give to me a single sign and it alone will calm my fears
But how can I believe when you’re so far from me?
Do you hear my pleas? I feel I’m fading.
I will believe, but help my unbelief
Faith is but a choice to follow, no matter what the cost
Teach me to believe when I can’t see
You give a voice to the silent and a song to the deafened
You give rest to the weary and audacity to the insecure
You give faith to the skeptical and fulfillment to the wandering
You give joy to the afflicted and love to the lonely
Above all else you give yourself to the unworthy and undeserving
Love has found me broken
By faith I'll be made new
Though doubts and fears have spoken
You’ll always be the one to help me through
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Debris
03:08
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Did I ever become what I hoped to be?
As my breath expires now all I can see
Empty corridors, vacant rooms, and balconies
Evidence of anti-sociability
Expectation ravaged by reality
Nothing ever happened like I thought it should
Someone else might say it was a tragedy
But I wouldn't trade it even if I could
Even when I tried to push you far away
You would never run from me or leave me be
What I've done to deserve this, I cannot say
Someone else would throw me out like old debris
Did I ever become what I hoped to be?
As my breath expires now all I can see
Eyes of one who would never abandon me
Even as I leave this dark reality
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