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Intro (Deal)
03:12
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We walk down a dark street and stop at the crossroads
You are the devil and I'm about to make a deal
What will you offer for my soul?
I ask
I don't want your soul
You say
I want your friendship
There must be a catch
I ask
People always want something for something
The catch is that you be yourself
You say with a cat grin and a cat mind
And in return I be myself
That's how magick works
I'm still cautious
I want power beyond my wildest dreams
And this devil is acting the angel
Or are you an angel anyway?
Do angels make deals?
Can they make deals?
Or do they offer what is already there?
I accept your offer
But I might be the devil in this situation
I'm still confused when you turn into a cat with rainbow fur and run away
And I shuffle away
Tail between my legs
Pointed tail
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Test the water
Let me swim
Find the centre
Find the rim
Keep your head above the surface
Submerge your limbs
Watch the setting sun on the horizon
Watch the light grow dim
Tides will bring me back to you
Push and pull and bring me through
I’m shy from the thought of you
I’ll take shelter from my emotions
Until the sea brings you back to me
Boil the ocean
Cut off your fins
Quiet the notion
Get under my skin
Come hell or high water
I will win
Watch the rising sun on the horizon
Watch the light come in
Tides will bring me back to you
Push and pull and bring me through
I’m shy from the thought of you
I’ll take shelter from my emotions
Until the sea brings you back to me
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Runaway
05:01
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Light
My chest is light
My heart is full
My head is tired
My hands are numb
My feet are sore
My world is over
But your’s is ready and waiting
I would run away with you
Oh, I would run away
I would run away with you
Oh, I would run away
Call me a runaway
Dark
My heart is dark
My chest is tight
My head is tired
My hands are numb
My feet are sore
My world is dying
But yours is lush and green and thriving
I would run away with you
Oh, I would run away
I would run away with you
Oh, I would run away
Call me a runaway
I would rather stay with you
Oh, I would rather stay
I would rather pay my dues
Oh, I would rather pay
(Verse Overlay)
I've fought so hard
I will stay will you
I'll stay
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Thorns
04:05
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I don't hear anything from you anymore
I can't feel anything for you anymore
I will rise higher than this mess, I will soar
I will forget this mess, forget it all
It cascades like an ocean
Like a summer wave
All the things you ever gave to me
It bombards like a volcanic eruption
Like the summer sun
All the things and all the thorns in me
Everything's sort of blurred out around the sides
Girl, you know you curved out of a violent game
You're a bit of a step down for my usual taste
You're a bit of a let down for me
It cascades like an ocean
Like a summer wave
All the things you ever gave to me
It bombards like a volcanic eruption
Like the summer sun
All the things and all the thorns in me
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words can never hurt me
Sticks and stones don't make good homes
But thorns and hope will free me
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5. |
Only You (Album Version)
03:48
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Only You
Have I been kept awake?
Is this as far as I can make it?
Have I been
Is this as far as I can take it?
Cause every little step I take
And every little move I make
Cause only you
Can make me feel the way
Like I do
Cause only you
Can take me away
Like you do
Like you do
I’ve been pulled away
I’ve been steered from all Ive longed for
I’ve decayed, replayed, conveyed
I’ve been lead astray for sure
And every little step I take
And every little move I make
Cause only you
Can make me feel the way
Like I do
Cause only you
Can take me away
Like you do
Like you do
Cause only you
Can make me feel the way
Like I do
Cause only you
Can take me away
Like you do
Like you do
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6. |
Social Death
05:44
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My heart's about to explode
Emotions too hard to contain pressing against the muscle fibres and stressing the flesh
My chest under an aggressive boot
Stress on my ribcage from either side
Two conflicting forces
Push and push
In and out
Left and right
Up and down
Push and push
The black cloud over my head bursts open in a storm of fire and doubt
The open hand in my throat closing into a fist around my windpipe
The voice in my head shifting from speaking to shouting to screaming
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
Help me
My limbs tense in the midst of adrenaline fuelled panic
The fibres tearing under the pressure
Air in my mouth but hitching by my molars
I'm dying
I'm dying
I'm dying
I'm scared
Help me
Please
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Give me peace of mind
Give me time
Give me peace of mind
That I can find and use
Stability is key
But when your friends are going out with their friends
And not you
It’s easy to lose it
Ability is key
But when your head and heart are fighting it out amongst themselves
It’s easy to lose it
Just give me something I want
Just give me something I need
Give me peace of mind
Give me time
Give me peace of mind
That I can find and use
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I feel bad about saying this
I feel bad
I wish that I was numb to this
I once was, that’s sad
I don’t think I should want this
In this way
If I say go home, don’t stay
And I don’t know
And I don’t want you
And I don’t need
No, I don’t need you
And I can’t handle
What you do to me
And I don’t want to
Don’t make me have to
If things were different
I’d be less sad
But I can’t control things
That make me feel bad
If you could see that I wouldn’t
Be so hurt
If I could be someone
Better than this jerk
And I don’t know
And I don’t want you
And I don’t need
No, I don’t need you
And I can’t handle
What you do to me
And I don’t want to
Don't make me want to
It’s all just collateral, I guess
I get fucked over then I get stressed
It’s just typical, I guess
I make a friend and then I get vexed
And it’s all usual, it seems
From the tip of my tongue to the tip of the iceberg
If I falter, please don't stop me
I've gave up my pride so you could have your way with me
And I don’t know
And I don’t want you
And I don’t need
No, I don’t need you
And I can’t handle
What you do to me
And I don’t want to
Don't make me want to
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It's been about 6 years since
You starting fighting me
Before that we used to share the floor to sleep
It's been a lot longer since
We shared our secrets
Before that we would walk together to school
I don't need your validation
But apparently you need it from me
We don't need to have this conversation
But apparently you disagree
I called it quits but you picked this up again
Give this an hour, you'll be through
Maybe we're better living far apart
Can't argue with me now
Oh woah, oh woah
Well, you said it, yeah, you said it
Oh woah, oh woah,
Well, you said it, yeah, you said it
You spent a year being angry
I didn't anything wrong
Before that we used to talk everyday
You spent another year annoy
I was moving on from it
Before that we were actually friends
I don't need your validation
But apparently you need it from me
We don't need to have this conversation
But apparently you disagree
I called it quits before but you picked this up again
Give this an hour, you'll be through
Maybe we're just better living far apart
Can't argue with me now
Oh woah, oh whah
Well, you said it, yeah, you said it
Oh whah, oh woah
Well, you said it, yeah, you said
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Confessions ricochet
I fall short, you know
You want to tell me to stay
As I grab my coat to leave
You said my weight breaks bows
It's more than I'm allowed
If I let my truth take hold
Would you get carried away, carried away
Would you tell me to stay, tell me to stay
If I leave my lies to grow
Would we get carried away, carried away,
Would we never escape, never escape?
My heart fears the cold
Winter stings my cheeks
Words claw at my throat
Snow fall white like paper sheets
You said my weight breaks hearts
It's all I have to stop me falling apart
If I let my truth take hold
Would you get carried away, carried away
Would you tell me to stay, tell me to stay
If I leave my lies to grow
Would we get carried away, carried away,
Would we never escape, never escape?
You said my weight breaks hearts (I said your weight break bows)
We end this before it starts (You end it before it hurts)
I don't want to be mean (I want to play this kind)
We would get carried away, carried away,
(we would never escape, never escape)
If I let my truth take hold
(I don't want to be mean)
Would you get carried away, carried away
Would you tell me to stay, tell me to stay
If I leave my lies to grow
(I want to play this kind)
Would we get carried away, carried away,
Would we never escape, never escape?
If I say you want to leave
Will you get carried away, carried away?
Will you tell me to stay, tell me to stay?
Please say
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12. |
Forget-Me-Not
04:27
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We’ve been going hard
Can you give me a reminder?
Why was I upset?
Can you order the next drink?
We’ve been going longer
Than I realised before
Can you give a reminder?
Why was I upset?
I'm still grateful for right now
I’m still happy right now
I don’t wanna be burdened
By the thought, by the feeling
Now I’m feeling uncertain
I’ve been split, I’ve been severed
I don’t wanna be burdened
By the thought, by the feeling
Now I’m feeling uncertain
Now I’m yearning, now I’m feeling for you
I was doing well
No longer under your spell
I was doing well
No longer wishing in your wishing well
I was doing fine
I was infinite, I was divine
I was doing great
But then that bitch went and said your name
I'm still grateful for right now
I’m still happy right now
I don’t wanna be burdened
By the thought, by the feeling
Now I’m feeling uncertain
I’ve been split, I’ve been severed
I don’t wanna be burdened
By the thought, by the feeling
Now I’m feeling uncertain
Now I’m yearning, now I’m feeling for you
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Hands, separated by centimetres of air,
close enough to seem like they are touching
but never touching
Never touching
Never together
No locking knuckles or intertwining fingers
No skin on skin on skin
Like watercolour, blending together on the canvas
Colours in the evening sky while the sun sets
But much like the sun and the moon,
Rarely we touch, rarely we connect the way I want to
Like black and white, when we merge,
We enter a grey area
An unfamiliar space that I don’t know how to navigate
And this constant space
This give and take and give and take and take and take
And I take it
Because I can see it
And no one else can
All they see are the hands that are so close
Close enough to seem like they are touching
So close but never touching
Never together
But I can see it
The distance between you and I
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The Captain London, UK
The Captain (Charlemagne Griffin - Anker) is an electronic artist from the suburban cuspe of London, making a blend of trance, drum'n'bass and dream pop that is soft on the senses and penetrating on the mind.
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