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Decade I
03:27
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We spoke in half-truths, a language from a past youth,
Simple translation I would be nothing without you,
I said it, can’t forget it,
Let’s give credit where credit’s due,
I was stronger, I could see farther,
I felt alive, I was brand new,
“I can’t believe the feelings you harbor,”
I replay, “if you only knew”
We spoke about a life exaggerated,
Reminded by the scars that never faded
Can that part of me be overstated,
If you were there I wouldn’t have to say it
We spoke about a life that was cemented,
But we were surely misguided,
I spoke the word and I meant,
You didn’t want to leave like I did,
I was careless and I lost focus
Either hopeful or hopeless,
Never quite found my balance,
A canyon left from its absence
We spoke about a life exaggerated,
Reminded by the scars that never faded
Can that part of me be overstated,
If you were there I wouldn’t have to say it
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Decade II
02:12
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It’s been a decade since we found ourselves in the basement,
Sometimes I ask myself where all the time went,
The years have dried like words etched in cement,
No one knows how much the songs we sang meant,
I took the words and tried to heal myself,
They picked me up from the place that I fell,
This is ours for the hours we spent locked behind double doors,
This isn’t yours, remind myself who I’m doing this for,
This is ours for the hours we spent locked behind double doors,
This isn’t yours, remind myself who I’m doing this for
I pray and repeat this, “this set list is selfish”,
I’m not looking for acceptance, but looking to break from the cadence,
but I'm still moving with too much hesitance,
We used to be reckless with our praise and dance
This is ours for the hours we spent locked behind double doors,
This isn’t yours, remind myself who I’m doing this for,
This is ours for the hours we spent locked behind double doors,
This isn’t yours, remind myself who I’m doing this for.
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Now more than ever my mind is dead set,
My spirit is spent, my soul’s in a great debt,
All the blessings that no one else offered,
We see it now, and we’re moving forward
May the bridges I burn light the way,
The past in the wake of the path I’ve laid,
Decisions and mistakes have each been made,
We see it now, and we’re moving forward
Let nothing weigh me down,
Look ahead to shed the dead weight,
Mark the passage of time, memorize the date
It’s been a decade and nothing seems to fade
Nothing seems to fade,
Nothing seems to fade,
Nothing seems to fade
Mark the passage of time, memorize the date
Mark the passage of time, memorize the date
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Foundation
02:47
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After years I’ve finally found my step,
There’s been a struggle but I’ve laid the foundation
Promises made to myself have been kept,
Clear eyes, I’m looking towards the harvest,
Building up over time, brick by brick,
I’ve sought guidance in a new direction,
My skin has grown callous and think,
Clear eyes, I’m letting go of the rest
After years I feel I’ve built momentum,
Stacking rocks against the current
I’m better now than the person I have been,
The truth poured out into a torrent
I put my hope into your heart,
You took the weight off of my neck,
Over years my crooked spine grew straight
My posture’s now correct
I put my hope into your heart
My all into your hands
To take me further away than anything else can
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Salvage
05:37
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I grabbed everything I could salvage,
Pieces made in a different age,
They warned you it be this way,
But I think they were just afraid,
Somethings were left unspoken,
And somethings were left broken,
I took all my hands could carry
Balcones now torn and buried
Together we ripped out the walls
And separately we went through our withdrawals
I’ve come out the other side of this
And I know that I’m not blameless
I took all my hands could carry
I’ve worked hard at leaving things behinds
That was a different person
That was a different time
You salvaged those years
When I was wrecked and young
You saw who I was then
You didn’t leave me broken
You salvaged those years
After all that I had done
You saw who I was then
You didn’t leave me broken
I know I’m still to blame,
But I’m more patient with myself these days,
So much the same,
But different in so many ways,
I took all my hands could carry,
Remind myself the truth all along
You’re better than to have half-loves
And you’re better than your whole-wrongs
You salvaged those years
When I was wrecked and young
You saw who I was then
You didn’t leave me broken
You salvaged those years
After all that I had done
You saw who I was then
You didn’t leave me broken
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Heat Depression
02:25
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Keep the cards close to my chest,
I don’t drive south of the river,
Put all the blame to rest,
The good news I can’t deliver,
Own up to my part of it,
We grew in different directions,
Let’s get to the heart of it,
We don’t have that connection
This is the part of growing up
They tried to warn you about
This is the choice you have to make
The one you can’t live without
I needed more time to be ready
I cleared my head eventually
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Crooked Numbers Austin, Texas
Let nothing weigh me down, Look ahead to shed the dead weight, Mark the passage of time, memorize the date.
It’s been a decade and nothing seems to fade.
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