1. |
Knuckles Bleed
02:12
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oh, I try so very hard
but the pieces, they're too tight
I can't put together
what won't ever fit right
my fingernails break
and my knuckles bleed
trying to get you all the things that you need
oh I try and I try and I try and then
I fail and I fail it seems time again
just to get up to get up and go again
but by then my knees buckle
and my back, it aches
I don't know how much more of your love I can take
there's so much darkness
and not enough light
as I push and I push
and you don't even fight
oh I cry and I cry and I cry and then
I forgive you forgive you time again
just to get up to get up and go again
maybe I gotta start over again
to clear my head of your influence
all of those good memories of you
just make me want to give in
but I know that my time
is worth much more than this
I can't give it all away
for your measly kiss
my momma taught me
about love and life
and I'm gonna work now
just to make myself right
oh I'm leaving this time for good I know
don't even bother lookin' back cause I’m out the door
I'm ‘bout to start over again
and I won't miss your back-pedaling
trust stealing, no
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2. |
Younger Ways
05:10
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After you’re gone in a day or so and I’ll know for sure
Exactly how much cold I will endure
A tide picked me up where I first met you
Then it carried us off with currents of youth
Oh, to oceans of truth
An anchor you became, steadied harsh waves
As I balanced on toes through cartwheels and games
Oh, childish games oh, childish games oh, childish games
In circles we traveled, spinning round and round
oh we Climbed to the tops, not scared no ground
Oh, joy with no bounds
All these memories that only we share
we will hold tight and handle with care
to be conjured up in times of despair
the power to save
the power to reclaim our young, young, younger ways
Bright sun came one day and scorched up our sea
All the water was gone, forced us to leave, oh we hated to leave
A green land then appeared, farther than near
So we quietly walked, timid with fear
Oh, childish fear
And on that dry land, we built us a home
with sweat and tears, out of yarn and stone
Oh cold stone, oh cold stone, oh cold stone
We survived many years, remembered to play
We had to work hard, keep hunger at bay
Oh, but still we played
All these memories that only we share
we will hold tight and handle with care
to be conjured up in times of despair
the power to save
the power to reclaim our young, young, younger ways
then one morning came you had slipped away
And my world turned to cool, rotten decay
Oh, true loves decay
I gathered twigs and old drift wood
To build a fire like only you could
But the wind it blew, restless and cruel
It took all my light in the dead of night
I huddled down and closed my eyes
Thought only of you to realize
All those memories that only we shared
I cling to them in my despair
And they hold me tight, treat me with care
the power to save
the power to reclaim our young, young, younger ways
Now that you're gone in a day or so and I'll know for sure
Exactly how much cold I will endure
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3. |
Perhaps
03:34
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when the night is late and quiet
we are sneaking past the stream
I would reach out, touch your hand and
know what love could mean
for an ache had flashed right through me
one I've never felt before
But, I knew it was because of you
and oh, I wanted more
perhaps I have real happiness
now that I've found you
I hope I can keep it
something close and true
for the young they can be foolish
they try to grow up fast
While the old are wise to remember
make each moment last
now the stars are shining brighter
And the moon makes your face glow
I don't think I've seen such beauty
in someone that I know
there's really no way of telling
what may come to be
But I'm filled with strength, this feeling
I'm ready for anything
for our hearts are built to break
there's no escaping it with time
I will burn this in my thoughts, reflect
how great it feels you are mine
walking slowly back towards home
it seems the world doesn't exist
this life has much to offer
But love's its greatest gift
the days they pass so quickly
before you know it years are gone
hold tight to opportunity
work to be where you belong
as I tip toe to my bedroom
picking leaves out of my hair
I still smell the grass around me
pulling magic from the air
Now I lay my head to pillow
my heart still beating fast
I can't wait for all my days to come
but I'm gonna make my moments last
perhaps I have real happiness
now that I've found you
I'm gonna work to keep it
something honest, close, and true
perhaps I have real happiness
now that I've found you
I'm gonna work to keep it
something honest, close, and true
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4. |
Wispy Water Waves
03:37
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He’s taking the river home
He’s going to share all his dreams
With those wispy water waves
In sunlit hidden caves
He loves these new spring days
Oh the, water gets so high
From all the melting snow
Soaking the ground below
He slips and slides along
Humming nature's songs
With sweetly stated words
And newly wakened birds
Yes imagination soars
When you search for more
It’s not from TV screens
But where things are unseen
Oh o when boundaries slip away
And normal's led astray
When you can lose all sense of time
Sing your own new rhyme
He used to play with friends
But they left one by one
To find more grown up thrills
And seek out silly girls
He climbs that highest tree
Can’t wait for all he'll see
For the land it stretches far
No matter which way you are
He fears the day will come
When all these trees are gone
And children stay inside
From all this beauty they'd hide
For imagination grows
When you don't even know
It’s not from TV screens
But where things are unseen
Oh o when boundaries slip away
And normal's lead astray
When you can set your mind free
Climb that highest tree
He knows the day will come
He’ll have to leave this town
No matter where he goes
He vows to always know
The smell of wild flowers
And all the sacred powers
That nature's secrets give
And what it means to him
That nature's secrets give
And what it means to him
That nature's secrets give
And what it means to him
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5. |
Willow Tree
04:54
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I’d found you
I found you
In the shade of
My favorite willow tree
Oh, I found you
And you sang to me
You sang to me
Under branches of
My favorite willow tree
Oh, you sang to me
Won’t you
Come back to me now
I’m ready to wait
Come back to me now
My love is yours yet to take
Sing songs for me now
Your voice is ages away
Sing songs for me now
I crave it most every day
You'd changed me
You changed me
In the tangles of
My favorite willow tree
Oh, you changed me
And I’d felt free
I felt so free
In the tangles of
Your pretty melodies
Oh, I felt free
Won’t you
Come back to me now
I’m ready to wait
Come back to me now
My love is yours yet to take
Sing songs for me now
Your voice is ages away
Sing songs for me now
I crave it most every day
The love you harbor still today
Can it come back, will it stay
The love you harbor still today
Can it come back, will it stay
Cause you’d lost me
You lost me
In the fog of
Our secret meeting place
Oh, you lost me
For I’d ran away
I ran far away
From the fog of
All the promises I had made
Oh, I ran away
Could you
Forgive me somehow
I am ready to wait
Forgive me somehow
My love is yours yet to take
Come find me now
Your voice is ages away
Come find me now
I crave it most every day
I'll be there
I'll be there
In the shade of
Our secret meeting place
Oh, I’ll be there
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6. |
Waiting
03:36
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What do you know of the things they know
The world looks different from their eyes
All the hurtful things they've been through
You’ll continue to deny
From forbidden garden you picked off fruit
Far too soon, it wasn't ripe
So stubborn still you tried to eat it
A sour taste was left behind
Know your faults as you know your strengths
Or drag your heels as a last defense
In the periphery all the questions hide
Waiting their arise waiting their arise
Waiting their arise
Waiting their arise
Yet you pass through this life with blinders
Straight ahead the only view
Then you knock down, ignore reminders
Of unpleasantries you knew
Yes your opinions stay much the same
How to change, you couldn't do
For you ignore the opposition
To reaffirm your point anew
Know your faults as you know your strengths
Or beat your fists as a last defense
In the mirror image desires hide
Waiting to be obliged waiting to be obliged
Waiting to be obliged
Waiting to be obliged
Try to invite hard conversations
figure out all of the mistakes
with our heads down we are strangers
Never to know all that's at stake
All these possessions cannot guide us
Push us farther apart
they can't help to mend or find out
what is truly in each heart
A mind is weak when it can’t wrong
Find your errors to become strong
In the recent past, do deceptions hide
waiting to be made right waiting to be made right
waiting to be made right
waiting to be made right
in the deep long past, do deceptions hide
waiting to be made right waiting to be disguised
not waiting to be disguised
waiting to be made right
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7. |
Desperately
02:18
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How do I get back time that was stolen from me
Need it now, so bad, quite desperately
All the sudden new energy has met defeat
Aspirations shot down, so sorely beat
Desperateness forever will seek me out
How it tugs on my hair as I punch and shout
still it won't steer clear of all I have to do
ooo do ooo
And the dust that settled all around my face
Disappeared, so I can't even track or trace
Countless minutes, slowly torn from me
Years and years, stripped away, so easily
Desperateness forever will seek me out
How it tugs on my hair as I punch and shout
Still it won't steer clear of all I have to do
ooo do ooo
I look back and my terror surrounds me again
Like a blanket of angry jabbing pins
They remind, they rewind past choices made
They stab on, on and on, infinitely replayed
Desperateness why won't you go away
I beg, I plead, I even pray
Still, every morning I hope for a wishful start
But I only find you, shall we never part
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8. |
Dim Lonely Dark Stars
03:47
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Did he pull the stars down on you
Did he make them sparkle the whole time too
Till they shot through your eyes and turned so dim, lonely and dark.
For they don’t belong, here, so low
They yearn for the sky, so high, where they’ve shone
All of this time
Don’t pull them down
there's something stirring in him
it's on the edge of where sorrow begins
run away now, somehow, before he pulls you down
Will he rush the water, cold, to your chest
Will he make it rise so fast above the rest
Till it pours down your throat, and hits your lungs, shocked so wet
For you don’t belong here, so low
You yearn for the land, to stand, where you’ve roamed
All of this time
Don’t pull her down
The lightning strikes
the earth it quakes
The wildlife hides
the clouds they shake
these warning signs are all around
still you only look down
Oh he held you tightly, warm, in his arms
till you felt so safe and so far from harm
now they're chains that make it hard to breath, trapped afar
oh the wind it shrieks, but you don't mind
to all of this, it seems your blind
for all you hear and all you see
as little bits of company
lie, scattered all on the ground
dim, lonely, dark stars
dim, lonely, dark stars
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9. |
Ivory White Lies
03:42
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All those lazy men on the lazy beach
With their pretty girls and their salty drinks
They turn their backs on him
But they don’t know why
For they know not what they do
Their hearts alive like thumping drums
Beating loud to sounds of money sums
And slick alibis, for all their ivory,
yeah ivory white lies
Then those pretty girls they just prance on by
With their little shorts and their fleshy thighs
They turn their backs on him
But they don’t know why
For they know not what they do
Their hearts alive like thumping drums
Beating loud to sounds of money sums
And slick alibis for all their ivory,
yeah ivory white lies
And the children play in the sand all day
With their free thoughts in their Camelot’s
They think of castles and distant fairy lands
They look him in the eye
With a long sad sigh
For they know not what’s to be
Their ears perk up with sudden fear
To heed the call they soon must hear
oh the beating sound of money sums
And slick alibis for all their, soon to be
yeah ivory white lies
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10. |
Pretty Please
04:34
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We wander past hillsides of evergreens and tall tall grass
the dew glistens rainbows on spider webs that cross our path
I'm searching for that place where wonders never cease to inspire
deep passions or insights in someone I have come to admire
pretty please don't go stay here a little while longer
at twilight 'fore midnight the sounds will astound ya
the lore laced loon calls will sing out a warning
of heartaches, and mistakes, and all of their glories
so please don't go stay here a little while longer
As I've read past my lifetime of love affairs that never fade
for authors make magic enduring many centuries
i grasp bits and pieces of everything within my reach
then throw out my work to destroy is then to recreate
pretty please don't go stay here a little while longer
at twilight past midnight the sounds will astound ya
the lore laced loon calls will sing out a warning
of heartaches, and mistakes, and all they had hoped for
so please don't go stay here a little while longer
don't confuse the difference of all there is to know out there
with things that are worthy and staring at you now right here
each day a new canvas can come in many different forms
with vibrant paintbrushes dancing in fine lines or storms
pretty please don't go stay with me all through the morning
see in me the wisdom and spirit I bring
love me like a cupids sharp arrow stings
in ancient old tales of which wild loons sing
so please don't go stay with me all through morning
Love me like I'm dipped in the purest of gold
Know me like a treasured gift to unfold
See in me the glory, your hope and blessings
Give me an old tale of which wild loons sing
Love me
Know me
Pretty please, see in me and give me
Love me
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11. |
Sunrise
01:39
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when the, sun hints the sky
it’s the, end of the night
and we've, taken this day for all its worth
oh my, place is a mess
but I, couldn't care less
cause I, feel so happy I could cry
oh its time’s like this, i feel so alive
I wanna, scream at the top of my lungs
but I, shouldn't be loud
a crowds sleepin’ all around the house
and they've, entered their sweet cryptic dreams
now I’ll, pour you a drink
lets go, walk down the street
and tip our glasses to the sunrise
oh it's time’s like this, we feel so alive
we wanna, scream at the top of our lungs
now we’ll, sit by the shore
talk a couple hours more
bout everything and nothing at all
oh this, world is a mess
but we, couldn't care less
right now, there is hope in all we speak
and its times like this, we can feel alive
we're gonna, scream at that top of our lungs
now lets, head on back
find a cozy spot to crash
we've given into to a new day
and it's time like this.
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12. |
Forgotten Daydreams
03:26
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recalling some times I danced till dawn
feet so sore, my heals all torn
I took, I ran, I jumped, I fell
still all the stories I lived to tell
remember when we lost our way
chosen paths led us astray
we walked, we talked, we made amends
so now our stories have new ends
everywhere you go
and everyone you meet
can come around again if only you could see
those things you've left behind
forgotten daydreams
building blocks of life
specks of history
travel with me through my mind
haunted maze of word and rhyme
I search, I hum, I find, I sing
so all the stories to life I can bring
go back to when they made you doubt
scared your fears, flushed them out
you bled, you scar, you heal, you yell
still all the stories you fight to tell
everywhere you go
and everyone you meet
can come around again if only you could see
those things you've left behind
forgotten daydreams
building blocks of life
specks of history
everywhere you go
and everyone you meet
can come around again if only you could see
those things you've left behind
forgotten daydreams
building blocks of life
specks of history
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North of Kismet Madison, Wisconsin
North of Kismet is Amanda Mueller and Gisela Hansen. We share a passion for music from different perspectives. Gisela, a German native, is a talented guitarist and trained opera singer. Amanda, born and raised in Wisconsin, is a poet who creates melodies to sing her poems to. Luckily, we met and discovered an ability to create complete songs together, a little differently, just North of Kismet. ... more
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