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Hunger Moon
04:09
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Build a cloud out of your names
I’ll shift my shape until you break
You could be anyone
I could be anyone
You can dream yourself the same
But you’re gonna want me to keep you awake
You could be anyone
I could be anyone
Oh, love
I’m never gonna love you
And you know I’m not gonna try
Why waste time thinking of you
At arm’s length, even gods will die
You can push me out to see alone
And I will swim
I’ll pull you down with me
But I’ll drown before I let you in
Broadcast a version into my room
I’ll be your good girl for a hunger moon
I could be anyone
You could be anyone
Let me slide in and out of tune
I’ll have you singing in light maroon
I could be anyone
You could be anyone
Oh, love
I’m never gonna love you
And you know I’m not gonna try
Why waste time thinking of you
At arm’s length, even gods will die
You can push me out to see alone
And I will swim
I’ll pull you down with me
But I’ll drown before I let you in
Don’t come too far into the light
I don’t wanna be your way back home
Please don’t ask me if I’m all right
Just love me and leave me alone
Cut a sliver out of the sky
Doesn’t occur to wonder why
You could be anyone
You could be anyone
I could level or I could lie
Cast a spell through a tired eye
I could be anyone
I could be anyone
Oh, love
I’m never gonna love you
And you know I’m not gonna try
Why waste time thinking of you
At arm’s length, even gods will die
You can push me out to see alone
And I will swim
I’ll pull you down with me
But I’ll drown before I let you in
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2. |
Better
04:52
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Set it on fire for a start
What else do you do with a broken heart
Take off your body and stand apart
Watch it burning
Pick up your shovel, turn the spade
Bury yourself in a shallow grave
Make up your mind in a mess you never made
Pray you stop breathing
If I knew how, I would have told you by now
To follow the sound and cut it out
So I can be better
Start up walking and leave your shoes
Take out the screws when they come loose
Paint yourself in your blacks and your blues
‘Cause you get nothing for bleeding
But a chip on your shoulder and an eye for your teeth
An arm and a leg for what’s underneath
Sell your soul for a bit of debris
You’re tired of breaking down
If I knew how, I would have told you by now
To follow the sound and cut it out
So I can be better
Set it on fire for a start
What else do you do with a wild heart?
‘Cause it follows after, all flicker and spark
Keeps you running
Keeps you running
If I knew how, I would have told you by now
To follow the sound and cut it out
So I can be better
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3. |
Kansas City
03:53
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You take this city and make it disappear
You’re wild and with me and I am here
Suddenly you shimmer into bloom
Can I be in the space next to you?
So forget me not
This fall on the floor is all we’ve got
So forget me not
‘Cause you’re all I’ve lost
And never had
So run with me, restless hearts across the room
I’m coming clean to lose more time with you
You catch the light and there’s nothing I can do
So can I stay in the space next to you?
So forget me not
This fall on the floor is all we’ve got
So forget me not
‘Cause you’re all I’ve lost
And never had
I want to be the reason you move
It takes one moment to know how much I could have loved you
How much I could have loved you
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4. |
7 Minute Walk
04:19
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Take the long way home, halfway in the dark
It’s burning on my mind, I’m choking on a spark
It’s all the reason why I’m not gonna sleep tonight
My shadow’s never shy
But that’s all right with me
It’s not the first time I don’t know what I need
And I know I could walk the seven minutes to your house
Throw up on the lawn and get it all out
But if I catch my breath, that’s the one thing that won’t leave
While I think myself to death
No more aces up my sleeve – you got me
It’s no surprise, eventually my hand bleeds
But I guess it doesn’t matter – the messes make their mark
And I was always a good shot in the dark
But it’s not that easy, and I don’t get it right
This is the closest I get to spilling my guts tonight
I can’t tell if I’m better than I was
But something’s gotta change – I wanna be there when it does
‘Cause I am tired and I am sick of all this crashing down
And I kinda hate myself for this, but I’m standing in front of you now
So please tell me, I just need to know
That if I ask you to walk, you’d walk me home
That if I ask you to walk, you’d walk me home
That if I ask you to walk, you’d walk me home
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5. |
3 AM
03:46
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3 AM
Throw the oars back down, spitting blood on the ocean floor
With splinters screaming in my fists in a voice I can’t ignore
Yeah
Awake again
Hear the sirens call, hit the shore ‘til I break down
Remember when the fault was always mine if I dreamed but I still drowned
So I turn into the blue
Find, unexpected, you
So I take my heart and make it new
Can’t say why, I just do
It’s 3 AM
Coyotes howl from the graveyard beside your house
I’m awake again, chasing words around the corners of my mouth
And there’s thunder in your eyes
And I know your hand in mine
You open my ribcage wide
But I don’t mind
‘Cause I’m caught up on my ragged bones
But you want me the way I’m wired
And I know you’d carry me down to the water if I catch on fire
I guess I always thought I was a wreck and a lightning strike
A blinding light
But this time I got it right
This time I got it right
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Robin West Chicago, Illinois
Chicago singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer. Indie rock/pop/folk (sadgirl???). Actively performing, writing, and avoiding pigeons at all costs.
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