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Clock Strikes (Intro)
01:17
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2. |
Nicotine Hallelujah
03:43
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1, 2, 3, 4
Shit, I left ‘em stranded, by now could be dead
I’m just a nail mocked by hammering heads
If I’m gonna bail then they’ll be free falling cause there ain’t no reason
To be spinning and hitting on gullible me
We’re running and begging to senseless machines
But if he’s got a smoke then it’s meant to be
Take it in, let it out before you proceed
Wipe ‘em clean, wipe ‘em clean
Oh nicotine hallelujah
It’s making me feel like I knew ya
It’s everything that I do to
Keep me sane
Nicotine hallelujah
It’s all that I can think to do to
I keep wondering if it will do
And keep me rolling
Well shit, I could be running in marathon races
Be singing and dancing in warm lit up places
Be meeting and kissing the beautiful faces
But I’m stuck here in bed ‘cause I’m lazy as fuck
And all of my family is out of luck
‘Cause their daughter ain’t making the family buck
She could be stupid or maybe just stuck
But I know my way out, just today’s not a great day
To move, and to do
All the steps to forget I’m a fool
So I’m so, I’m so screwed
Huffin and puffin, we’re all out of luck
Nicotine hallelujah
It’s making me feel like I knew ya
It’s everything that I do to
Keep me sane
Nicotine hallelujah
It’s all that I can think to do to
I keep wondering if it will do
And keep me rolling
But if it keeps me skinny and it keeps me strong
So life ain’t draining from my skin and bones
Or maybe delaying the need to move on
And keeping me around for the armageddon
Nicotine hallelujah
It’s making me feel like I knew ya
It’s everything that I do to
Keep me sane
Nicotine hallelujah
It’s all that I can think to do to
And I keep wondering if it will do
And keep me rolling
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3. |
Something // Way
02:40
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I see it, I want it, it’s in my reach
I know it, I got it, it’s up to me
I feel it, the motion, it’s going
But there’s something in the way
A bit of broken soul
Stepped on an open hole
And down I go
There’s something in the way
A bit of aching heart
Pierced by a poison dart
And down I go
God damn it, I had it, now where’s it gone?
I search, I call, but it won’t come
I stumbled, I fumbled, I killed the cat
Now I’m crawling back
But there’s something in the way
A wall of painted glass
I thought I’d make it past
Turned out with gashes on my face
There’s something in the way
It’s saying not you, not today
Don’t be crazy, you’re too fragile, too heavy, too lazy
Oh-wah-oh
Oh-wah-oh
Oh-wah-oh
Oh-wah-oh
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it
I knew it, I knew I couldn’t do it
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it
I knew it, I knew I couldn’t do it
But there’s something in the way
A bit of fighting fire
A vestige of desire
Oh shit, I can’t even give up right
No, not today
Still got a beating hope
Still got a pulse, I know
And I’ll run faster this time, here I go
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it, I want it
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4. |
Fear of the Dead
02:41
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Slack jawed lacking ambition
This room is a void of confusion
Time was always an illusion
This we seem to forget
Fear, fear, fear of the dead
Fear, fear, fear of the dead
Idle prophets in caskets
Worms that are knocking at their doors
Hungry insects with headstrong prospects
Taking what you thought was yours
Fear of what was there before
Fear of what was there before
Fear, fear, fear of the dead
Fear, fear, fear of the dead
Fear, fear, fear of the dead
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5. |
Waiting.
03:32
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Compression is the lesson
Keep your body proud
Connection is the question
Please don’t think too loud
We’re all waiting, waiting, waiting
I feel concussive must’ve
Lost my train of thought
I can’t recall the fall
Or is this still the drop?
We’re all waiting, waiting, waiting
No don’t go
You don’t know
What’s out there
Rejection is relaxing
Come enjoy the view
Accept the satisfaction
It will come to you
Under decorum
You’re deficient you are sin
The itch continues
But don’t you go giving in
We’re all waiting, wai-
Waiting,
No don’t go
You’re gonna make your mother cry
And if you make it out alive
You’ll eat yourself to death
You’ll eat yourself to death
You’ll eat yourself to death
Well that’s all pretty but I’m not so fond of scenery
And I don’t have a thing to lose so you don’t have a thing on me
I’ve looked under my skin
Seen the muscles on my limbs
And I’m not sure but I have a suspicion
That I know just what they’re wishing
I’m gonna place my bets on something not yet tested
Not yet blessed and not yet bested
Not yet pounded and perfected, not yet
Used up and dejected
Keep your lessons to yourself
But my door is always open if you find you need my help
And just then
I can feel my breath again
I dive in
To silence
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6. |
FOMO (Interlude)
02:16
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You’re not missing anything at all
You’re not missing anything at all
Nothing’s going on behind the curtain
Everyone’s just waiting around
You’re not missing anything at all
You’re not missing anything at all
Nothing’s going on beneath the fabric
Everyone’s just fucking around
All looking for love
All undeserving
All with one foot out the door
Nothing that you haven’t seen before
You’re not missing anything at all
You’re not missing anything at all
Sip your tea and count your blessings
You’re not missing anything
Sip your tea and count your blessings
You’re not missing anything
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7. |
Moonshine
02:55
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Moonshine
Brightest in my lifetime
Keep shining on me
And I’ll keep my eye to the sky
Moonshine
Lightening up that dark night
Don’t leave me alone
In this house
You’re my home
Lost and found
Sitting on the window sill
Gripping on that magic pill
This heaviness that keeps me still
Oh moon
Moon
Moon
Moon
Take me away
No I can’t
No longer
No longer stay
Unrequited
Unexplained
Unaccepted
Oh moon
Moon
Moon
Moon
Take me away
No I can’t
No longer
No longer stay
Unrequited
Unexplained
Unaccepted
Moonshine
Brightest in my lifetime
Keep shining on me
Keep shining on me
And I will owe you my life
And I will owe you my life
And I will owe you my life
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8. |
Every Waking Hour
03:26
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Every waking hour
And every waking day
I see how time devours
And I am more afraid
I summon all my will
I gather all my power
But every waking hour
I am more afraid
I am more afraid
The best of my intent
The sum of all my age
Is nothing in the face
Of every waking day
My reservoir of faith
My beacon of desire
Is nothing in the face
Of every waking hour
In wake of every fall
The aftershock of pain
Embedded in my veins
And I am more afraid
O canopy of will
O beacon of desire
Summon you I still
My eyes with saline filled
My rigor nearly killed
In every waking hour
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9. |
I (Big This Room)
03:58
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I held myself in my own arms
Said that it’d be over soon
When I looked up it was all gone
I never knew how big this room would be
I threw myself a little chicken bone
Allowed these teeth an inch
I held my throat as I choked
But I still swallowed it
I did
Oh my weary dog
Thrown into the cold
Thrown into the jaws
Of the jaguar, pacing at my door
I thought myself a merciful man
To let what’s dead lie
I told myself you’re doing it again
Best run back and hide
Oh my
Oh my weary dog
Thrown into the cold
Thrown into the claws
Of the falcon, circling the war
Oh my naïve love
So easily deceived
What’s there now left of?
Is there none for me?
I taught myself
A valuable thing
Today
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10. |
Catching Cold
03:48
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Wasn’t there a time
Or a day
We spent chasing butterflies
Must be nice
Wasn’t there a park
Or a place
We would wander late at night
Must be nice
These days all that I know
An endless itch in my coat
These days covered in snow
These days catching cold
Wasn’t there a voice
Or a face
That could quell my beating heart
Now so far
Wasn’t there a song
No, a name
Somewhere right back at the start
Or did I dream it?
These days all that I know
An endless itch in my coat
These days covered in snow
These days catching cold
The feeling in my memory burns like
Carbon oxide
Formless but alive
Alive
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11. |
4-7 Company
03:52
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Take all my energy
Let it out of me
Let it breathe
Take off the pageantry
Hang it by the key
For the hours in between
And I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
As I thought I’d be
No one inviting me
No one fighting me
Only a silent divide
Can’t quite yet drift away
Got nowhere to be
Take my consciousness inside
And I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
As I thought I’d be
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I’m not as happy
Then come the shivers
Then come the ache
Then come the critters
Say I’m making a mistake
Then come the worry
Then come the fire
Then come the madness
And insatiable desire
And then I feel it
I nearly break
Until I see it’s finally quarter past 8
And I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
As I thought I’d be
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I am not as good, I am not as bad, I am not as sad
I think I’m happy
Woo
I think I’m happy, oh
Keeping my own 4-7 company
Keeping my own 4-7 company
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12. |
The Withstanding Wonder
04:14
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Oh twisted tree
Oh frosty February
Oh misty Monday morning
Oh perjured flesh
Poked at, painted and perfected
Oh needless, heedless mourning
I wanna peel this skin
Reveal the without to within
I wanna shake the dust held under
I wanna break this wall
Release the withheld
To the withstanding wonder
Oh mama’s child
Shifting through me with that crooked smile
Where have you gone a-missing
Words left unsaid
Weighted heavy on a weary head
You’re thrashing, soaking, wishing
I wanna peel this skin
Reveal the without to within
I wanna shake the dust held under
I wanna break this wall
Release the withheld
To the withstanding wonder
Wonder
Oh beauty, oh
Oh beauty, oh
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