Lies
V1
I’m self sufficient, I’m so secure
I got everything I need, no need for any of yours
I won’t call any favours, yeah i’m fine on my own
You say this kind of behaviour, is why I feel so alone
Ch
All the lies I tell myself help put me to sleep
All the times I should of stopped to listen and not speak
Could of spared me from my 'self' and saved a lot of grief
And in turn allow myself to finally just be
V2
Everything's working, everything’s sure
I got no doubt that i’ll make it, so just give me the floor
I don’t need your approval, a trophy on your shelf
I don’t need to be famous, doing this for my health
Br
Find refrain, say it’s name
Hold this space, make room for the truth and all it's pain
Ch
All the lies I tell myself help put me to sleep
All the times I should of stopped to listen and not speak
All the lies we tell ourselves won't help us to sleep
All the times we should of stopped to listen and not speak
Could of spared us from our 'self' and saved a lot of grief
And in turn allow ourselves to finally just be, just be
Keep Trying
V1
Flipping through the messages, dissecting every word
Wanting to be gentle yet heard
Did I say it well enough, did I get it right this time?
Maybe we’d be better off if you could simply try and read my mind
Read my mind
Ch
All our fears that we’ve felt we’ve dealt with oh so well our whole lives
Now rush back into the light
Say what they will, every fear that seeks to steal, destroy and kill
Oh love has it’s reply…
"Just keep trying"
V2
Tomorrow steals my confidence, it’s worries manifold
But today is but a vapour, so we’re told
Projecting past the present tense, a place we’re less alone
Baby we’ll better off embracing everything in the unknown
Ch 2
All our years shaping every moment, every thought in our minds
Now try to harmonise
Bend as they will, every note and word, where melody stands still
Hear love and its reprise…
“Just keep trying"
Here We Go Again
V1
Here we go again, another poor connection
I want to see you but not through this frame, I want to see all your pain
I want to see all of you
V2
Here we go again, another awkward silence
I hope that it's filled with some truth
Not my need to pretend or my need to defend
Cause all I want is you
Ch
If this is falling in love, give me every second of all this, all of you
I think (I've surely) i've fallen in love, you're all that I can think of
My heart belongs to you
Bricks
V1
I’ve got the money, clutching it so tight
hoping to keep some in the afterlife
I’ll pre-order a fancier coffin
So maybe i’ll feel less empty less often
I’ve become my very own pharaoh
storing up treasure while avoiding the narrow
So build me a house, make it a tower
The fruit of your labor, is the source of my power
Ch
All these bricks, built on sand built with blood
They cannot fix all the shit that we’ve dug up
All these bricks, have we asked where they come from?
From little kids, digging cobalt from the mud
these little kids, empty lives fill our cup
these little kids, let their eyes interrupt
V2
So we just keep moving, no time for questions
who could bothered with your introspection?
do what we have to, to live a bit longer
I’m pointing the finger, cause it makes me feel stronger
Our ‘great’ empire, rests on the weary
so we avoid all that makes us feel dreary?
So I’ll turn away, I’ll keep on pretending
pretend that my comfort is the thing worth defending
Br
All this time, we’ve just dug in, calling it freedom never calling it sin
I wanna build a better me, a better world free from slavery
But it’s not just ‘them’ that are in need, I need someone to deliver ME
From my sin, from my greed, from the idolatry that is ‘ME'
Neighbour
V1
They built some prisons in redfern
Drive by them everyday
They call it social housing, looks exactly like Long Bay
You've seen the towers on Morehead
Or do you look away?
"They should clean up this area" is such an easy thing to say
I wasn't built for this burden
Not used to suffering
If my neighbors hungry whats that got to do with me?
Does that make me complicit?
What does that even mean?
Surely I'm a good person, I just can't fix everything
C
When all is said and every song is sung
With who will I be counted as among?
What power(s) and what Kingdom(s) of to speak?
What strength there is among who we've called 'weak'
V2
I want a trendy apartment
Near all my favorite cafes
Yah I want that status, ready and willing to pay*
You call it gentrification
What does that even mean?
I worked so hard to get here, don’t go fucking with my dreams
Who really sees the price tag?
Who doesn't look away?
Who's gonna stare down the barrel of all of our wicked ways?
I ain't got time for questions
To take a look in the mirror
I don't think I could cope with seeing things so crystal clear
Outro/resolve
This is an ode to suffering and all it has to teach me
what riches could I seek? a part from those beside me
a lie that runs so deep, scarcity economy
theres enough for you and me, the land provides abundantly
creations turn to speak, the quelling of idolatry
this is an ode to suffering, and all it has to teach me
Bloom
V1
We all have our seasons to feel alive
We’ll be searching for healing till the day we die
Life can feel like treason, betrayal and lies
Still hope keeps on teasing us all the time
Pre Ch
I’m so tired all the time
From trying to escape the dark night and how it’s coming
I can do this one more time
If you remind me of the springtime and how it’s coming
Ch
I’ll rise up to my feet again
Though bruised this heart will start to mend
The leaves will fall unto the ground again
And there remain until the winter’s end
You can’t rush the bloom
Pre Ch 2
I’ve been lied to all my life
From friend and enemy alike, but the one that’s stinging
Is the lie within my mind
That tells me I will not survice another season
Outro/Resolve
You can’t rush the bloom
You can’t rush the bloom
Don’t you rush the bloom
Shaken
V1
Can I find some relief? Been looking for that peace
Is it found in the soil, or the tops of the trees?
I reach out to friends and family
They don’t bring no joy they just pile on the grief
Pre Ch1
Now this ache has found it’s way through every bone
And my mind is racked with doubts i’ve never known
Ch
It’s like i’m being shaken, pruned on every vine
Forsaken, hollowed out inside
Mistaken, believing every le
A slave in a house that I despise
V2
I got nowhere to run just new places to hide
No destination for the questions on my mind
I reach out to hope, reach out to belief
Will they answer the call or will I get the machine?
Pre Ch2
Now the places that i’ve found in you before
Feel so vacant and so empty and so poor
Will my weariness persist forevermore?
Are there answers locked behind any door?
Bridge
Dream of a better home
Live through the bitter cold
Rest in the great unknown
Just be, you are more than you know