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I don’t think this woman ever grew
she’s a frozen ladder
you climb, on a full clear blue fall night
They killed them all, she knew
she’s a frozen dagger
you hold in your teeth
while your hands do the dance
To give without giving
to speak without saying
to love without loving
to kiss without kissing
To hear without hearing
to see without seeing
to part without parting
to dream without dreaming.
She wore pants under her dress
and inside a pocket
she wove the night air
and that look in your eyes
And I don’t think she ever ate a thing
she’s a barer
of birds a-flyn’
falling asleep on the wind
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2. |
A song for Lydia
03:30
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She said there's a word
She don't tell anyone.
It's a secret word.
No one should hear it
or they will take it away.
I said: no one will take it from you.
It's safe. I promise.
I'll be the wind around your heart.
I'll be your chamber of secrets.
She said: now that the flowers are blooming,
It's so beautiful.
I want to stay here for the rest of my life.
I said: Rain, come down!
Wind, blow your hardest!
I'll be the air around your heart.
I'll be your chamber of secrets.
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3. |
We have ways
03:17
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What did you do to me?
I drown in people's faces.
Someone's green sweater looked like an ocean today.
And I keep fighting the shape of your lips.
What did you do to me?
There's no space around my thoughts anymore.
I just fall into them.
And the only thing that lingers is this longing.
What did you do to me?
I was never afraid of a broken heart.
But your love was such a wonder.
And that smile on your face takes me home.
You sleep inside my chest
No one can see that.
I wake up lost and wordless
And find myself changed into me.
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4. |
Love is for nothing
03:45
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I don't think I ever
Wanted someone.
But you know,
There is a thing, another thing,
That happens when we are together.
A strange fire, of some kinship:
Sometimes,
A spark can last a lifetime.
A spark can light your life.
That's how it is
And we are all liars:
Love is for nothing.
I don’t think I ever
Made it work.
It's not for me,
These day-time fancies.
I'm not to be trusted.
Not much left of my heart
And even when it was crowded,
It housed so little more than dreams.
But still the thing, the other thing,
That happens when we are together:
It's not me who makes it, not you:
Love is for nothing.
How love
Shows itself
Like it was always there
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5. |
I just remembered
03:14
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I just remembered,
The black of your eyes.
How, inside it was like
Hanging high in the night sky.
Safe. And impossible to fall
These times I felt like I could do anything.
But now, anger’s hiding anger.
Fear hides vulnerability
Us is hiding you and me.
And I lost the direction
Of what it means to care for you.
How come is it
We lose so much
And so much is here?
Friend of my heart
I see you
Even when we're apart.
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6. |
A Gull
03:26
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Perhaps I’m strong enough to break now
We got lost, hang loose
The Ku Klux Klan is in my kitchen
And your mama’s cooked a goose
She’s sayin:
You don’t know what it’s like to be a woman
You don’t know, you don't know what it’s like to love a man
Every man around, every man around will make you want him, girl
Every man around, every man around will make you wanna break his heart
Perhaps I’m strong enough to break now
And I’m not staying here no more.
The Ku Klux Klan is in our kitchen
Hey there, mama, let’s cut loose
Desire is a bird, a beard, a bloody thing
So hard to respect, so easy to break
Our love it’s just a fir, a fawn, a flown, a floody thing,
Break it and the crack is whole.
Don’t stay inside now. Be a gull. They ride the storm
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7. |
The lake
04:34
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Once, a long time ago
there was a big black lake by our house
where all the roses would grow backwards.
I stayed under that lake for some time
trying to watch the roses:
also trying to avoid my father,
a hungry jackal with a laughing mouth.
צללתי פנימה
נשמתי עמוק
מי יערוב ל
אזלת ידך
והאדמה אמרה:
לא אצמיח דבר.
Coming out
Finaly I saw my sister was gone
And that jackal’s laugh had a touch of
Grey metal
צללתי פנימה
נשמתי עמוק
מי יערוב ל
אזלת ידך
והאדמה המרה
לא הצמיחה דבר.
I couldn’t tell you all that I lost
dignity, and the need to get away
them was first.
then came words,
and the desire to pay attention.
in the midst of it all,
I lost you too.
and the bitter ground
grew nothing.
I am leaning out of the water
I am looking for
looking for my sister
I am leaning out of the water
I am calling you
I’m here.
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