Everything In Waves "Echoes" (DER-595)

01. Vines
all the ways. to take your vines. to their wine. and still you're sober. if the clouds. could come and wet your skin. would you still flower. the distance. like empty vessels. on a windowsill. i cannot. keep you in the dirt. if the sky lets down. it's hair in the rain. you will grow. until i am just. a thought vibrating in a stem

02. Numbers
the etchings on the bedroom light. the words written on the front door. the gunshots that we heard outside. and all those other things you thought were signs. but we're too insignificant. for those petty things to mean anything. but i guess it doesn't matter now. you moved on and you moved out. oh come on please not again. feels like i'm losing what has not yet been. i knew deep down that this was never right. but i still wanted a little more time. oh i know this is for the best. and so do all my closest friends. in the end they are what matter most. the rest will come and go. the battle that we had to brave. the breakdowns and the strength we gained. well it all fell straight through the floor. i just don't feel it anymore. you told me not to let you go. and then you let me go

03. Last Summer
i miss last summer. clothesline pond mirrors. six acres reversed. eyes weak from such an unplugged feeling. how could it be the cure. theories come. hold a lot like slivers. until you finally pull

04. Open Windows
i could feel. this intangible thing. leave with the wind. clothesline strings. and every garden. the neighbors had forgotten. my only thought. was to hell with it all. home is just a. chair in your soul. to sit down when there's nowhere else to go. i still miss. those open windows. and wooden floors. that store sounds. from before. before we were born. reflecting in the shine. of murphy's oil. but home was just dead trees and the need. to hide from skies colored limestone green. all of the weeds in that lost yard. keep growing back why don't we. i wish you could have seen everything. return to prairies by january

05. Oak Grove And Hues
every room and noon soaked tune. your guitar turning the curtains blue. how many moons do you think we've passed. far below and through. hey sandra. remember oak grove and hues. willows in delaware. would unfurl a loom from you. and other cliches too good. to possibly be true. i'm sorry that greyhound left you where it did. and we can't be the friends that we were as kids. how much do we have to drink to forget this goddamn concrete. maybe we just need delaware and a little coffee. you've got it in your head. like negatives from a dark room. you've lost it in your head. don't worry 'cause we all did too

06. 78
how many bruises from music does it. take to pull. the plug or try to separate. from a jukebox you got at goodwill. last spring. that only plays 78's. i couldn't tell if it was irony. until you refused. to see a shrink or call aunt jane. i hear things too. not like you do. but i know. what it means to lift windows. and let traffic. signals count down like a. metronome. or heartbreaks that sound like home

07. Montana Days
i forgive you for the last two weeks. when you skipped town and lost our laundry. all those bison grazed montana days. better have been worth the alkaline taste. just a coffee cup three quarters full. that's how you know i'm coming home soon. forget the toothaches and the cold. next check we'll be set for april. from a mountain peak you couldn't name. 'cause you can't read maps or resonate. with topography and paths of trains. but understand all in the same way. just a coffee cup three quarters full. muddy grays are the new normal scene. the type that no one wants to paint a thing. but there's this faint gesture. just a coffee cup three quarters

08. Looper
it pulls me away. until i'm lost. and then i'm waiting here. waiting for anything. it's here and then it's gone. and now it's like it was never here at all. it keeps on looping around. while i stay still. why can't i turn it off. i know i never will. i guess i'll just forget it for now. until it comes back around

09. It Still Feels The Same
(instrumental)

10. Linear
oh, here's to a new day. i'm not talking about the sunrise. i feel something amazing in the air. it's the sound. maybe i'll just sit alone. and think for a while. rest a while. i'll be a while. i've got nothing left to lose. everything around me is overwhelming. but i know everything will be okay. i'll just listen to the sound. this sound will heal my soul