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Sleeping With Eyes Open
06:28
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Well I woke up one night from a dream
I dreamt that I was trying to go to sleep
And I can't see why it seems to hard
When I can fall asleep driving a car
I've been sleeping all day with my eyes wide open
Did I miss anything? I didn't miss anything.
Well I fell asleep one day in a chair
My mind didn't feel like it was going anywhere
And right when I felt like I was learning something
I woke up from a deep deep dream
I've been sleeping all day with my eyes wide open
Did I miss anything? I didn't miss anything.
The path of life is made of straight lines
The lines are very small
And the path is very wide
And it winds
Well you say your life hasn't been the best and that
Makes you want to cry, and you think
Why doesn't anybody feel the way that I do,
Why doesn't anybody else just want to die?
Because you've been awake for hours,
And they've been sleeping their whole lives
You could bury your head and go to bed
Or you could live and sleep with open eyes
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In Love
02:38
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I've got this feeling in my head
My ears are still ringing from what she said
Different flavors of alarm clocks in her dreams
But in her conscious mind she dreams of me
I'm in love, I'm in love
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Seasick in a Car
03:47
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We all try to float on the best we can
But the water is so fearful how long can we last
My life is the water the boat is my head
The fishes are dreams that never began
Getting seasick inside my car
And dramamine won't do a thing
I'm getting a little overwhelmed
The waves are crashing down
And I'm getting farther away from shore
It's becoming so hard to prioritize
When people assume the importance of their lives
And here I've got one paddle and a hole in the sail
People can't you see that I'm destined to fail
Getting seasick inside my car
And dramamine won't do a thing
I'm getting a little overwhelmed
The waves are crashing down
And I'm getting farther away from shore
Oh well, we all get a little seasick some times
But we'll all soldier on alright
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Politician
03:45
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I've spent far too much of my life
Working hard on wasting time
I've been on my ass all day
I learn a lot that ruins my mind
Life is like a rickshaw
and we're pulling everyone behind
and our back's just screaming
but we tell everyone that we're doing fine
Well maybe I'm always wrong
You know that that sounds vaguely right
I'm going to tell you the truth
Everything I say is just a lie
I know that lying's a sin
I'm just a politician
I know what I think is all wrong
but I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind
I wish I had amnesia
I'd forget before I forgave
and I remember wronging
the people that don't even know my name
I don't want to sound complaining
but time seems like a waste of time
We spend our whole lives wondering
how the hell are we going to die
Well maybe I'm always wrong
You know that that sounds vaguely right
I'm going to tell you the truth
Everything I say is just a lie
I know that lying's a sin
I'm just a politician
I know what I think is all wrong
but I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind
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5. |
Single-Celled Organism
04:49
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Try and put your life into perspective
When you miss your respective
Girlfriend, boyfriend -- it never ends
Loneliness when you're not alone
And you say that you can't get a job
They gave it to some lazy slob
But everyone's getting laid off
Fuck off if you think I'm wrong
Well you could have been
A single-celled organism
On some far off planet
But you're not
You want to go to some far off place
Because around here you can't show your face
To the losers, the boozers, the stoners and whores
They're not worth your trouble anymore
You tried so hard to fall in love
And you try so hard to keep your love
The fighting, the lying, the crying, the dying
All worth it after all
Well you could have been
A single-celled organism
On some far off planet
But you're not
You try and master the art of living
But you're multi-celled, and it's hard
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6. |
Virgin Again
03:54
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Love, oh no, a feeling that you've felt before
And you know you're a virgin all over again
You know the feeling that comes over you
When you walk into the wrong bathroom
Or when you feel you've come] too soon
To the party
It's been with me my entire life
You know I'm trying to be a better man
But I just can't understand
Why everyone's an ampersand
And and and and I'll change my plans
I give up. Trying to be a human is too damn hard
We get high on soft-core porn
We play video games, watch TV, waste our day
You think she might be the one
But you just want to get laid, roll around and have a little fun
You can fight but you can't fight how you feel
Maybe you're right, this thing feels so damn real
But you're a man, you grew out of this shit since two-thousand-and
You're a virgin all over again
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7. |
Hipster Funk
05:26
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Let's stop before this gets to hip
Let's buy our big fake thick rims
I'm near-sighted, you're short-sighted
Let's all go hipster funk again
I swore those hippopotamuses
would never try to follow us
Ugly sweaters, what's the weather
Let's all start the hipster funk again
And yeah I hate cats that's not the point that I'm trying there's no point round blunt fat retarded
Let's all pretend we don't pretend
And I pray for love and I pray for death
You can send me to hell, it can't get much worse than this
I don't want to be loved, I don't give a shit
Let's all go hipster fuck with it
My band's so underground we play in the sewers
We're so unheard of no one's heard of us but the deaf
All our old stuff is better than the newer
You're only cool if you heard of us back in 2010
That was back when I sang of a wonder walrus
Before any talent had ever found us, let's stop
Before this gets too hip
And I pray for love and I pray for death
You can send me to hell, it can't get much worse than this
I don't want to be loved, I don't give a shit
Let's all go hipster fuck with it
I just want my life to make some sense
I just want my life to make some sense
And I pray for love and I pray for death
Let's all go hipster funk again
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Mangy Cats
03:34
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I've got a bunch of mangy cats
Living in my garage
They shit on everything and I hate them more than anything
Please just let them die, oh God
Nothing seems to go my way
I realize I've spent all day
Walking around with shit
On my shoes
And I would never hurt a fly, but please someone just tell me why
I have to wait for cats to die before I can be happy again?
Shut the fuck up
You don't know what you're talking about
I know better
So please shut your mouth
When you talk just to contradict
You come across as kind of a dick
I understand the need to speak
And make your thoughts seem legitimate
That's why the crowds clap and why they scoff
That's why, when it's quiet, they all cough
Because they can't stand to go without
Making any kind of fucking sound
And the girls from my high school
Getting pregnant like it was cool
They all get passed around
More than a joint on the playground
I'm not too smart, I don't know much
I'm just a guy who thinks too much
But I can keep it to myself
No one cares about anyone else
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9. |
Leasing My Soul
04:15
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I had a dream once that we were God's dream
But God can dream what he wants, why would he dream of me?
I imagine what I want
Pretend how I feel
But I'm scared like a child
To reveal what's real
And when the sun sets, when I see the moon shine, another day dies, I know you'll all be here when I open my eyes
I'm not a perfect man
I'm doing what I can
This isn't my life
Belongs to everyone else
I know I'm too young to feel this old
Sometimes I feel like I'm leasing my soul
I know I don't have a whole lot left
But for you all I'll never go to bed
And when the sun sets, when I see the moon shine, another day dies, I know you'll all be here when I open my eyes
Don't know why I try so hard
To show you what I'm not
I'm not a perfect man
This is all that I've got
It's never enough
Why do I even try to love?
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Bathroom Stall
02:59
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Smokers have nothing to do so they do nothing at all
And nobody writes anything good on a bathroom stall
And I've been watching people watching people all day
Now I'm just waiting on waiting on people to wait
Life's not as hard as it appears to be
But it seems pretty hard as far as I can see
And beauty's in the eye of the beholder
But it seems I'm getting blind as I grow older
You can never run away from it all
Because the shadow of yourself will always follow
You can talk shit about me right in front of my peers
But just so you know I have two highly functioning ears
Life's not as hard as it appears to be
But it seems pretty hard as far as I can see
And beauty's in the eye of the beholder
But it seems I'm getting blind as I grow older
When life hands you lemons, kneel down and pray
When it feels too hard to make lemonade
If we can stand all this pain
Maybe living life won't be in vain
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11. |
Powerlines
03:54
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I've got power lines connecting my heart to my brain
And I can't tell if I'm happy or if I'm just insane
Everybody seems to know when there's something wrong
Even if you try to hide it in the lyrics of a song
And nobody seems to care when there's something wrong
They just wanted to confirm the suspicions that they had all along
Nobody seems to think they've said something wrong
Tears fall into their laps, they never see what's going on
Nobody seems to care that you're all alone
They carry on with their own lives and there's no answer on the phone
I've got power lines connecting my heart to my brain
And I can't tell if I'm happy or just insane
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Laying with you on the blades of grass
And the setting sun is parting ways too fast
Not looking toward the future, mind and heart are here
No sense thinking about tomorrow when the end is so near
This world's going down in this mushroom cloud
Take my hand, don't let go
Look into my eyes, behind this burning sky
Don't be afraid, it's the end of the world
Acid rain can't dissolve our hearts
And the sinister sky will never tear us apart
Don't think about the past, our lives are done
But my love for you will go on and on and on...
This world's going down in this mushroom cloud
Take my hand, don't let go
Look into my eyes, behind this burning sky
Don't be afraid, it's the end of the world
Try my best to find you in this sorry hell
Try my best to show you that I'm still alive, I didn't die
I know our love can make it through most anything
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