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Polaroid
03:12
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Polaroid you left
I hide in the drawers of my desk
The camera and you flashed in contest
And film, immortalized your chest
Come here and lay on my breast
Your fingers gripping my T-shirt’s neck
Your moods less confused as I’m stroking your head
And they each rise and fall with my breath
I form words,
Only after you know you’ve been heard
Why does everything hurt?
She cried from amber eyes I’m disturbed
But I soothe her and say, the feelings go away
For all those who put in the work
It’s a painful thing, being conscious on earth
But it beats the alternatives I’ve heard
This feeling it's hopeless, is less than you deserve
I want you to remember your worth
Voice inside
Turns against you in the blink of an eye
What do you do, when all you can do is cry
Struggling for grounding, in a world in demise
Well thank god I caught you in time
I know now you would’ve been alright
And I don't believe that you're borderline
Just afraid and confused, by a pain you can't describe
Does it leaves when I hold you at night
Hope it leaves when I hold you at night
Grieving and celebrating life
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Maybe
04:02
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Maybe, if you saw things my way
You’d live, with less of a need to escape
Maybe, if you didn't gravitate my dear
To pain, you'd lose all of the things that make a woman far away
Maybe I made a mistake
Maybe all you do is take
Maybe after ten days, I shouldn't love you this way
But a heart’s not a heart till it breaks
Maybe, parts that hurt cant be healed
An empty plate, sure can't make a meal
Maybe your ways, are to beg borrow and steal, love
Tell me now who got the raw deal
Maybe I made a mistake
Maybe all you do is take
Maybe after ten days, I shouldn't love you this way
But a heart’s not a heart till it breaks
A heart’s not a heart till it breaks
Maybe, I'm the one to blame
Spoke clearly when you said you'd rather refrain
Maybe, feelings better tamed
Could lead to safety, hard to lose when you refuse to play
Maybe I made a mistake
Maybe all you do is take
Maybe after ten days, I shouldn't love you this way
But a heart’s not a heart till it breaks
A heart’s not a heart that can't break
Do you protect it by running away
This is how Adam’s rib breaks
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Visitor
03:44
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Do you,
Remember, the time we spent
Curled up, On the floor of my walk in
Closet, I laid out my songs
In headphones you listened along
Naked, as the king before parliament
You sleep, with your head underneath my chin
Deep breaths, I’ll play you out
Just don't guess what I’m singing about
No moments wasted, my dear
one of us is only a visitor here
I can’t,
Help it, a pictures worth a thousand words
You smiled, and let me satisfy the urge
Add it, to the shrine in my-mind made for her
No moments wasted, my dear
one of us is only a visitor here
No moments wasted, my dear
one of us is only a visitor here
Soft face, polarized in instant film
No place, left for me to keep this meal
You’re gone, and the picture seems a little more surreal
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Natalie
03:28
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Your photographs
Do I hide in my attic or hide in the trash
Wonderful moments pass
People come in and out of my life so fast
Objects you didn't pack
A box of tee shirts and a gift I had wrapped
I look at them and laugh
The memories I keep, in case you come back
Natalie, you're everything to me
Natalie, what will the future bring
If I do the math
It doesn’t add up to me getting any slack
So i’m cut in half
Fractions of failure every angle unmasked
When what's done is passed
These habits I keep, in case you come back
Natalie, you’re everything to me
Natalie, you were everything to me
Natalie, you were everything to me
Natalie, what will the future bring
This picture frame
Outlines affection you decided to waste
I guess it's just a fact
People come in and out of my life so fast
Wonderful moments pass
And people come in and out of my life so fast
Natalie, you were everything to me
Natalie, what will the future bring
Natalie, you were everything to me
Natalie, what will the future bring
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Consume
03:58
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Stay, the hell away from me
Familiar company
What will you make me do
Shame, since I was a child
Has kept my manner mild
Always scared to lose
And no I’m not saying it’s a losing fight
But that doesn’t mean I ever get to feel alright
Pray, my body will leave me
Peacefully sleeping
I am too stoned to move
Hate, that all the solutions found
To quiet the voices now
Make me so removed
I never got to choose
Consume or be consumed
And no I’m not saying it’s a losing fight
But that doesn’t mean I ever get to feel alright
Trace, all of my boundaries
To people who found me
When I was destitute
Face, nightly confounds me
Reflections disgust me
Man I miss my youth
Though it held no real use
Consume or be consumed
And no I’m not saying it’s a losing fight
But that doesn’t mean I ever get to feel alright
I could scramble and dismantle all the hurt inside
But I think this time around it is a losing fight
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Norman Lake Ventura, California
Norman Lake is a project by singer songwriter Joey MacMahan. Based in Los Angeles California.
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