Listen to the album here.
Tracklist:
1. Knock Out, Settle Down
2. Avenue
3. Beverley Road
4. The Heisenberg Principle
5. A Thought
6. Shipwreck %
7. Bring It On Home to Me*
8. Winter Fire
9. Rockaway (Far Far Away)#
10. F.M.
11. Credit Card Socks
All songs written and recorded by Jacob Grippen 2007 except *Bring it on Home to Me, written by Sam Cooke (1962).
% Saxophone played by David Storlie
# You'll notice live that I don't play the intro or the outro verses for this song.
1. Knock Out, Settle Down
I settled down the day you went away from here
I crossed my eyes and said that I am gone
you told me not to lie like that you said I wouldn't go anywhere
but I'm standing here outside your door, thinkin' you were right
you were my way of being lonely
you were my way of being lonely
so I walk outside and see your eyes in the sky
and I wonder why the stars aren't brighter than my cigarette
I settled down the day you went away from here
you were my way of being lonely
you were my way of being lonely
2. Avenue
Stream's forming in the Cabott Cove
it's the writing, didn't seem so deadly to her
face woke up before her eyes
and she crossed that canyon with a mellow smile
she digs her voice into your head
always lonely, but she'll never be alone
glancing across the sepia page
that's what she gets for being the queen of touch
don't you let her get into your alphabet
can't you see the wind begin to fall
walking on the rain inside her avenue
take no chances with the time she takes
Tomorrow's a good day to die
Crawl inside up to her mind
look around, you're reading her from within
if she wants she'll let you know
you get caught up looking for yourself
this could be the best or worst of times for you
give in to the silence on her face
if you have to speak, just say it to her eyes
she can read it with or without the sound
tomorrow's a good day to die
tomorrow's a good day to die
tomorrow's a good day to die (any day but today)
tomorrow's a good day to die (any day but today)
She said
just, love me for who I am
love me for who I want to be
keep me locked inside your mind
but don't ever love me for who I was
calloused by the waning nights
hold on to the moment she has to leave
useless is your grasp on time
and she crossed that canyon with a mellow smile
walking by the rain outside her avenue
time took your chance and it took your toll
tomorrow's a good day to die (any day but today)
tomorrow's a good day to die (any day but today)
tomorrow's a good day to die (any day but today)
tomorrow's a good day to die (any day but today)
You can see her rain soar on for miles now
and the canyon cross will take your time
3. Beverley Road
Make our way through the subway tacks
turn our backs on the world we know
here we sit and here we wait
want that touch that we can't find
seeking what we cannot make
chances are we concoct this sense
contact solace and watching wait
free the air from breathing words
talk about letting it go
talk about nothing at all
fleeting these moments too short
only we came here to see
candy
on this trip we do not speak
nod next seat, no friends want find
fast paced lives fill up our day
here we are to boost our hopes
talk about letting it go
talk about nothing at all
fleeting these moments too short
only we came here to feel
candy
talk about letting it go
talk about nothing at all
fleeting these moments too short
we find them waiting at the next stop
are they waiting at the next stop
we hope they're waiting at the next stop
4. The Heisenberg Principle
How will I get by without her in my life
when I feel like I'm fading
depreciating in my worth
how can I clean up this mess that's been made
could she be any colder
I feel so much older
see my obsession, see my pain
feel my condition it's my mind game
I can see it's over, but can my heart
and it takes all my time running around in my head
gotta get a job, but I can't pay my dues
if it's gain I've been searchin'
well it's pain's all I've found
where will I end up now that I've got this thing
that they call education, I've been on vacation in my mind
see my frustration see my pain
feel my rejection, is it my mind game?
So many options, but where to start?
and it takes all my time running around in my head
and it takes all my time running around in my head
5. A Thought
for months now, I've been thinking about how
I'm going to get on with my life
doesn't add up in my head
it's so easy when you know what you want, I don't know, do I care?
It looks so easy, you make it look so easy, so why is it so hard?
I've seen this face before lookin' at me through this window
I've seen the pain in your eyes, what do you want from me? I'm stuck in my world
can't get my mind around all the times I've tried to make it work
I can't help you now, you can't help me now, it's all for the pain
said we'd be friendly, said we'd try but we lied to each other
she's won the battle but she won't take the war, I will settle the score for my heart
how do I do this? How do I restart? I glued up my heart back together
thought I was ready, thought I could try, now I just cry leave me alone
how will I survive?
I'm not ready for love
I'm not ready for love
don't buy the truth from all the words in the papers
'cause I'm not ready for love
how can you change my mind?
please won't you change my mind
I need you to change my mind
please won't you change my mind?
6. Shipwreck %
take a picture of today, don't you know I had to throw it all away
lookin' forward, lookin' back, don't know if I'll ever get myself on track
run away from this old game, yes I fought it, but I found it just felt the same
thought I was happy today, didn't know that I had felt it pass away
but you are
you are
well, you you are right
that I was wrong
I don't want to face my fear, if only I could make my life seem so clear
wanting nothing from my mind, if I could I shouldn't waste no more time
gotta make it on my own, don't know where I should look to find my home
try to find it soon it someday, don't you know that I will find myself okay
but, you are
you are
well, you you are right
that I was wrong
sometimes anchors keep you safe, lock you up into a most comfortable place
sometimes anchors keep you down, anchors away I'm gonna ship myself around
7. Bring It On Home to Me* Words and Music by Sam Cooke (1962)
8. Winter Fire
I remember in winters past how warm it could be
now I'm standing here with you, staring at my vapored breath
when I look into your eyes I can see the melting snow
falling softly on the hair that your cap forgot to save tonight
the cold can take your breath, it can take your blood away
I regret as I'm freezing out here I know it doesn't take that long
I remember in winters passed this wasn't so hard to do
your hands are cold, your nose is red, your face is flushed
please won't you come inside and stay
I've got a place where we can thaw
I'm starting the fire
to know is to feel and I can feel your gaze on me
frolic through the winter white where these things are found
you've been so fun to me, let's not have this end
but feet are cold, my nose is red, my face is flushed
please won't you come inside and stay
I want to hold your time with me
I'm starting the fire
I used to be satisfied with not knowing what was real
I could hold it in and suffer as long as I didn't get a no
I shy away from things I can't control
but the sense of warmth radiates out from your lips
I cannot control these things that you do
but do I want to? why would I want to?
I'll walk out on a limb and wait
you can decide if I will fall
please won't you come inside and stay
please won't you come inside and stay
please won't you come inside and stay
I won't let me get in our way
9. Rockaway (Far Far Away) #
Intro:
What a time to be away from friends
falling into place at the end of the line
you wake up with your head in your hands
the pounding rain watches you reach
you scream, she can't, she can't hold this pain
she can't, she can't hold this pain
********************
Somebody told me, "your life must be so hard"
and then you told me, why do I feel so soft?
running out of time and running, running into a wall
I remember you told me, "I'm ready." "I'm ready," I replied
Pleased to meet you, King of Insecurity
won't you stay a while to wait
and I was on my knees so you could interview
I want this scene to last
we started this together
we'll finish this together
we started this together
we'll end this alone
cough stars to the heavens, destroy this dream inside of me
trouble dripping down from our minds
and the flawed design of this world we knew
never came to enter its plea
you said "you're fading"
we'll end this alone
I saw the rain fall it was running down your spine
I saw the rainbow, it was etched inside your eyes
and I never knew that it could cause such pain
to hold a body like yours to mine
you said, "I'm ready"
I said, "I'm ready"
you said, "I'm ready"
but, I'll never was ready
********************
Outro:
watch the indigo of your mood wisp by
take control of what you feel so heavy
this won't ever make these words disappear
but your grain of salt is that she was there
drive off, drive off in the rain
drive off, drive off in the rain
with the house in, house in the windowpane
house in, house in the windowpane
10. F.M.
half past nine, I'm waiting for you
to call me up again, I can't just be friends with
you don't know what kind of spell you've drawn
I'm reading, writing, thinking, but I can't get through
we've been so close for all these years, know
I could be the one to make you feel like me
now I've got to know, if, you, will,
my timing is not perfect but my heart is real
Chorus:
when you wake up in the morning
will you wake up next to me?
when I wake up in the morning
will you be the first thing that I see?
the time is ticking and I can see
you've come o a decision and you're walking up to me
will my heart be broken yet again
I've tried to shrug you off, but I can't steal
another moment without you with me
I catch you talking softly without speaking at all
now you're looking at me through your hands
you're smiling at me, your eyes do say
when you wake up in the morning
will you wake up next to me?
when I wake up in the morning
will you be the first thing that I see?
Repeat chorus
11. Credit Card Socks
you stole my ride then you stole my heart
you put it all on my credit card, my crediy card
I found my missing socks on the subway today,
I guess that's where missing socks go when they go away
you say it's easy
I say it's hard
you say I'm lazy
but so are
I walked down to the bus stop today
they told me that I wouldn't be saved, wouldn't be saved
I drove the bus to the playground, I wonder what the people will have to say, will have to say
interpretation
can you tell me?
Infatuation
leave me a-
you told me that I couldn't play
I followed you down into the bay, into the bay
you thought my socks were so far way
but then again what can I say, what can I say
my prospects fading, I'm up on top
you're complicating, I need to . . .
