1. |
Open
00:33
|
|||
2. |
Sing It Straight
03:18
|
|||
every night will you try to be on my side
if we're not if we fight will you run and hide
so speaks her gaze
he knows it too well
she's got something to say and it's tearing her up but the kid's in the way
every night will you try to be on my side
if we're not if we fight will you run and hide
so speaks her gaze
I know it too well
she's got something to say
this time she says it outloud
I think
I don't mean to do what I do
that can't be me
as told by you
maybe sometime I'll speak my mind
and sing it straight my love
and be on your side
if we're not if we fight will I run and hide
so speaks my gaze
you know it too well
I've got something to say and it's tearing me up but the kid's in the way
every night will you try
we will fight
we will cry
save for the light on the front porch at night
there is nothing that shines
no one gets out alive
it comes as surprise
worse than I feared
how can you leave
babies and years
and though I try to speak my mind
I can't sing it straight my love
or be on your side
|
||||
3. |
I Am Not All Right
02:29
|
|||
I am in the wrong
I have the right
and though I wanted it all to be all right
there is something in my blood and I am not all right
nice to ask if I need a meal
on the sidewalk how am I to feel?
that a question? or just really:
"you are not all right"
you don't let me be what I oughta be
why do I become a lie?
words I say
even if planned out
tend to change from a whisper to a shout
what happened to the power that lit my way?
nothing's neat arranging for an audience
though I train to speak in my defense
I am unprepared to fight when I am not all right
they don't let me be what I oughta be
why do I become a lie?
I am not all right
do I have to yell?
why can't they see through this shell?
I wonder
sincerely wanted it all to be all right
but there's something in my blood and I am not all right
I am not all right
|
||||
4. |
Carrier
03:14
|
|||
I'd say I hope someone gives you a taste of your own medicine
seems that someone gave you too many rounds of something empty
I don't wish you well
and now diseased
you spread it around
unwittingly
and tragically
I call you a carrier
you're called a carrier
if and when you happen to lick yourself accidentally
you may swallow what you carry
well
and now diseased
you spread it around
unwittingly
and tragically
I call you a carrier
you're called a carrier
I call you a carrier
made me a carrier
|
||||
5. |
Try To Hide It
02:33
|
|||
tell me what's the worst thing that could happen?
all I'm saying is don't try to hide it
I'll tell you what'll calm you down
I've seen it all
I've been around
kitchen flower
I see her in the harvest
in the darkness
sunlit river
catskill trees that tower under stars
I'll tell you what'll calm you down
they've seen it all
they've been around and live past human clockwork
think it over
there's no rush to talk
and talk
but tell me what's the worst thing that could happen?
I'll tell you what
her bike went down
she screamed a last call from the ground
all I'm saying is don't try to hide
|
||||
6. |
To Think I
03:02
|
|||
how dare you make me lose my train
interrupt with nothing to say
an off the mark remark to decode and deal with
you make assumptions and they are wrong
you make your voice and opinion known
you make yourself at home uninvited
how will I tell off a now known toxin?
can I just leave silently walk away
I spend a whole lotta time thinking up what to say
so I have to fend you off
silence doesn't do the job
to deflect your unrelenting mission
some level know you're missing the mark
only makes you louder bark
more shots in the dark same ammunition
how will I tell off a now known toxin?
can I just leave silently walk away
I spend a whole lotta time thinking up what to say
It's tasteless so it mixes well with a smile or I'm joking pal
entry you allow
toxic
your body tells you something is wrong
either to continue along
or if not what to say and in what tongue?
how will I tell off a well known toxin?
I just leave silently walk away
to think I spent a whole lotta time thinking up what to say
|
||||
7. |
Middle
00:24
|
|||
8. |
Bad Intelligence
03:17
|
|||
constellation
I hate it being along
news doesn't come my way
a half choice of my own
when the well had run itself dry
I settled down out among rusted leaves
brave is being alone
if you wanna know, you find out
off but not by much
was bad intelligence
abandon ship
if the wind picks up again
I will not hear
no one do I seek
with hell to raise
rain's bound to come
I'm out here all alone
if you wanna know, you find out
I wasn't built for this labyrinth
no one lives
nothing grows
hate is being alone
if you wanna know, you find out
|
||||
9. |
Save The Ship
03:43
|
|||
I am the oldest one
one among heavy litter
we must have lost the course
of course I won't tell the youngers
welcome back come aboard take a map draw the oar
there's a crack in the hull
but keep it quiet keep it low
smile onward
god's love is so kind
no one can tell you
who is the captain
is anyone gonna save the ship
ocean water keeps coming in
and nothing will make it quit
I climb to the highest point
I pray for a shoal to come under
I stare into the eyes of ghosts
the crew is starting to whisper
majors all have to meet
you might want to take a seat
there's a crack in the hull
so keep it quiet keep it low
smile onward
god's love is so kind
no one can tell you
who is the captain
is anyone gonna save the ship
no shit
water keeps coming in
and nothing will make it quit
used to know who
not anymore
are we gonna make it?
and what does make it mean?
|
||||
10. |
Foreground
04:25
|
|||
streetlamp is lonely
how can it be that a gentle halo upon receiving such silence still forgives each visitor approaching?
those background lies latent fears they always rage to the foreground run up from the underground
small change makes noise
the mother who mentions a bike out of nowhere reveals a window quietly inviting you to open and give form the shapeless
|
||||
11. |
Close
00:46
|
|||
12. |
Get It Off My Chest
04:04
|
|||
he's in the front seat out cold
it's because he's been sad
want it off my chest
I'm all right
anchor pulled me under
if I might
there's something I should tell you
I want it off my chest
get it off my chest
|
Jacob Snider Los Angeles, California
From Philadelphia, to the coast of Maine, to NY, to LA, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer Jacob Snider has been making records with emotion and verve. He is one half of Moxyblossom, and one half of film scoring duo Small Isles with Jim Fairchild, making their Sundance debut in 2022. As a producer, recent credits include Maria Lane, The Younger Brothers, and Eleni Dadian. ... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like Jacob Snider, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp