1. |
Tell Me What I Am
02:42
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This is not all I am
But all that I am never was
Never has been more than this
So hold me
In your eyes
In your mind
And tell me what I am
Because the only thing
That’s ever felt real
Is the way someone else feels
This is not all I am
But all that I am never was
Never has been more than this
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2. |
My Words Don't Work
02:56
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what's my worth
if my words don't work
cant get the meaning to hold
what's the point
if my words don't mean
what they're supposed to mean
I'm looking at you
wishing I knew how to say
what I wanted to say
what I wanted to say to you
but my words don't work
I chew on my consonants
the words stick on my tongue
barely fumble past my lips
and then hang in the air
fall like dead weight
I'm looking at you
wishing I knew how to say
what I wanted to say
what I wanted to say to you
but my words don't work
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3. |
Peel Away The Rind
03:33
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With the blood orange juice dripping down my cheek
I reached out to touch your mouth with sticky fingers
I traced your lips to find the words that came out
Peel away the rind
And feed me the fruit
I wanna know what it tastes like
Citrus tongue tracing the roof of my mouth
I’m feeling teeth and wondering how you bit me so hard
You broke the skin and emptied me from within
Peel away the rind
And pour the juice down my spine
I wanna know what it feels like
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4. |
I'm Empty
02:15
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Whispered to the earth
I’m empty and open
My whole mouth filled with dirt
and oxygen
Pulled them into my lungs
Where the light
cannot reach
I try to grow
Where no one knows
From the inside out
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5. |
Tied To Strings
03:25
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The wind moves gently by me
Leaves tremble on the trees
As I dig my fingers through my ribcage
In search of the air I breathe
I am trying to let go
Of the need to know
Why my insides turn as though
Tied to strings
Pulled by hands
Somewhere just out of sight
I don't wanna put up a fight
I'm forever on the ride
The moon pulling the tide
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6. |
Untie The Binds
03:53
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Gather up all the lifetimes
Spent telling people what they wanna hear
Put aside all the lifelines
Peel back all the fear
Oh I’ve never let it go
Untie the binds bit by bit
What’s left when it all falls away
What remains can’t live unchanged
What’s at the root of a tree
Gnarled and ugly
Cut it down and let it be
Oh I’ve never let it go
Unite the binds bit by bit
What’s left when it all falls away
What remains can’t live
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7. |
This Body
04:39
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I let my body soften
As the walls came up around me
A cushion to the harder things
Softer in my safety
I took in what I needed then
To nourish my body
I began to shed my skin
And felt the world upon me
I’m starting to feel strong enough
To let in the outside
Feeling braver in this body
Felt the ground under my feet
Said thank you and I touched my skin
It’s held me here so long, so well
Then I step out whole again
I’m starting to feel strong enough
To let in the outside
Feeling braver in this body
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8. |
It's Just Me
02:23
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Always trying to tempt me down the hole
It’s amazing the lengths you go
You speak as if we’re the only people
Left here to fend alone
I fall down through the smoke
And hit the bottom
But it’s just me
In a well of mirrors
This cave is a cage
And I am a bird
Forced to face my reflections
And turn them, turn them friendly
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9. |
Waiting
03:11
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I’m feeling it in the pit of my stomach
Like the pit of a peach all grooved and rugged
I’m reaching in and pulling it out
Holding it in my palm
Don’t know how to do it all right
So I’ll do it until I do it right
I planted it in the ground
Packed dirt over in a mound
Waited there night and day
Waited for it to show its face
Don’t know how to do it all right
So I’ll do it until I do it right
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10. |
Spilling Out
03:05
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Not enough to fill that cup
So I spill out
From my face
From my hands as they draw out
Something I can stand on
Some place good
Spilling out again
Looking out for something inward to fill
Holy answer come and put me in my place
What is good
And am I that
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11. |
Doing It Wrong
04:02
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Sky coming through the holes
That I patched last year
Cover my eyes as I squint
To push out the light
Noise floating in on the wind
Cover my ears as I try not to hear
‘Cause I don’t wanna know what I’m doing wrong
I’ve been doing it wrong all along
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