PRESS FOR PYRAMID
LYRICS FOR COLORS
Tentative Threads
roots seeking water
in the mortar between stones
the moisture that expands
lifting glass hands in the cold
small tentative threads
latching to harness, to hold
the boldness of sun
the permanence of stone
and all this will perish
in this persistent grip
I know how you loved her
but I can't identify with the past
we so resemble each other
it's unsettling; I can't take it to task
small tentative threads
reaching to make their holds fast
and how could I ever run
and where would I even go
when all this will perish
in this persistent grip
and all this will perish
in this persistent grip
Into the Clearing
one of you follow me
into the clearing
our ears are singing
how intently we're listening
how convenient to carry no ties, they said
how much easier
they weren't thinking of me
how convenient not vested in life
in life
and the grass is hissing
with insect song shimmering
and our mouths are silenced, hushed
with a fear that's not native to us
how convenient to carry no ties, they said
how much easier
they weren't thinking of us
how convenient not vested in life
in life
though we were not ever permanent
still we were not always on the precipice
though we were not ever impervious
still we were not always on the perilous edge
and the grass is hissing
with insect song shimmering
but our mouths are silenced, hushed
with a fear that's not native to us
how convenient to carry no ties, they said
how much easier
they weren't thinking of us
how convenient not vested in life
in life
though we were not ever permanent
still we were not always on the precipice
though we were not ever impervious
still we were not always on the perilous edge, perilous edge
though we were not ever permanent
still we were not always on the perilous edge
though we were not ever, not ever, not ever
still we were not always on the perilous edge
Tell Me How It Ends
I'll learn to hold my head over your sea
your surf will come and rush to dissolve me
so many pages in, it's hard to put the novel down
still with one finger holding the scene
can I live without dreaming
can I dream without waking
I'll learn to hold my head over your sea
your surf will come and rush to dissolve me
so many waves come in, I start to feel that I could drown
still with one finger holding the scene
can I live without dreaming
can I dream without waking
can I live without dreaming
I know now
after all of these pages
I have colored in, colored in
I know now
after so many pages
not one of them
can tell me how it ends
Room to Room
we added room to room
to lot to lot
a voluntary confinement
I sometimes think of
letting myself go
turning down the wrong street
turning down the wrong street
do you sometimes think of
letting yourself unravel
traveling to the wrong place
betray yourself, forget your name
I sometimes think of
wanting to be untame
continually retracing the same mistakes
is my will still bound
if I ignore this now
if I beat it down
who's to say I'll ever be stronger
I'll wander
from room to room
from room to room
from room to room
from room to room
open up the gates
open up the gates
open up the gates
is my will still bound
if I ignore this now
if I beat it down
who's to say I'll ever be stronger
who's to say I'll ever be stronger
who's to say I'll ever be stronger than now
Colors
over and over you turn
the moonrise overhead
you feel it
and in the twilight
the violence echoing the dreams
and is it over yet
did we give all
only to find we are the rebel cause
and are you for us
I know you're discouraged
to find me on the other side
and now we're flying colors
offer an out, another path
is there a fool
who wouldn't run for the chance
to slip through the cracks
only to find we are the rebel cause
and are you for us
I know you're discouraged
to find me on the other side
and now we're flying colors
flying colors
Underneath
underneath the sky
everything must die
underneath the moon
only you are mine
though our hearts may cost
us sleep some nights
running after dreams
in their blindness, blindness, blindness
underneath the sky
send me every sign
underneath the moon
you were always mine
though our hearts may cause
us grief sometimes
they're running after schemes
in their darkness, darkness, darkness
always a risk to be distant
always to draw nearer
always a chance to speak the words
to speak, to be the hearer
always a risk to be distant
always to draw nearer
always a chance to speak the words
to speak the words
to be the hearer
Devotion
salvage your devotion
I don't want the emotional weight
just want to have a good time tonight
girls I know are pioneering
suburban kingdoms for their children
but I just want to go out again tonight
who is this
trying to escape
from the room
salvage your devotion
I don't want the emotional weight
just want to have good time tonight
save a ten and a five
we're going to a DIY
oh tonight
just want to see a hometown show with you
who is this
trying to escape
from the room
and who is this
trying to make peace
who is this
trying to escape
from the room
from the room
and who is this
trying to make peace
Dinner Guests
if the fault lies with me
I'll exonerate the accused
and dress the wild animals
as dinner guests
to pass them off to me and you
animals scavenging
you tire of the abuse
upending our finery
our dinner best
are we the reckoning
taxonomy of the refuse
in conspicuous outlines of
our discontent
you'll find the theft
of the truth
animals scavenging
you tire of the abuse
upending our finery
our dinner best
I'm the wreck
and the refuge
you can't refuse
you're the catch
in my throat
you make the most of it
you do
I'm the wreck
and the refuge
you can't refuse
you're the catch
in my throat
you make the most of it
you do
you do
© Lyrics by Lauren Eddy