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Half Moon
03:15
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Fell for you in black
Standing on the edge of the morning
The half-moon of your face
Regal she sat eyes to sky
I could see it down the line
Turning slowly
She was shadowed, starry
The sheen on the trees
The weight of ending
So I asked to follow you
Wanted to feel just how you move
Partake in your world
I only saw the half of it
Green lights flashing, sparkling
Hugging the wall
Bracing myself down the hall
Unbounded walking to your music
How would your mouth fit with mine?
Would you hold my gaze as I dressed you down?
Would you be as good as you are in my head?
If I can’t have you, I’ll take what I can get
How were we before this?
Was it all so simple?
With heavy eyes
Kissing deeply for the night
You were naked when I served your coffee
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2. |
Faceless Woman
03:28
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Everybody knows you lied
You pushed your friends over the line
You’re a mogul, you’re at the top of your game
You won’t stop for anything
You’re ambitious with a penchant for power
You are climbing that corporate ladder
And you designed a house of glass
A sight to behold
Your fragile past
You get high sometimes
For the thrill of the crime
You saw yourself in a dream
Only to find your back was turned
You spun your reflection around
To your horror she was
A faceless woman
You must be perfect, but you’re never sated
In your black power suit, you’re curated
Don’t fidget or they might discover
Your womanhood
Your true nature
Don’t lose it now
Hold a little tighter
Who do you think you’re fooling
Grinning with your sharp canines out?
You refuse to become a cog in some wheel
Is this not hot happiness feels?
You swept your apartment clean
Stillness is not an option
You saw yourself in a dream
Only to find your back was turned
You spun your reflection around
To your horror she was
A faceless woman
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3. |
Raya
03:53
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Could’ve sworn I’d met you before
You were visceral, something worn
Maybe it how you held yourself
The familiar fashion we both stood out
You were stretched out on the concrete
While I watched and I waited patiently
Tried to approach but had to change tack
Wondered if I’d ever go back
So I built up the courage and we got real close
The smell of cigarettes on your clothes
I had this looming sense of losing myself
To remember the scars on your eyebrow
You my dear were a quiet killer
Raya you’re an old flame and I can’t stop thinking
About the moment that I leaned in
My face in your neck up against the bar
Tensions high, inhibitions far
I Knew it would be over before it started
Now I think of it often and I wonder “what if?”
I’m still clinging to your fleeting fingers
To go back to the steps where it started
Let’s go back to the steps where we started
Let’s go back to the steps where you departed
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4. |
Magic Square
04:19
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How the world keeps spinning
And the water stays so still
Keeping a distance
To hold onto
Sleep it off
Better tomorrow
Drowsy cycles
Drifting over
Wish I were a flower
Rooted in some soil
With memories of
Wild abandon
Laugh at the train
Hurtling towards us
The noose you tied
To the ceiling
Horrified
All you can hope for
Is a regular distraction
Crawled underground
Fixing to call out
Rising, falling
The water’s too still
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5. |
Aquarium
03:37
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I bought an aquarium
To help me hold all this water
So I could have a floor
To keep me from drowning
I put the tank over my head
And I pray
That this might be the answer
To managing this pain
And you’re looking kinda fuzzy
But my eyes will readjust
To the thickness of this glass
And the calming of the waves
I can’t be the only one like this
Does anyone else even notice us?
What will I be when I’m contained?
Embraced by these walls
Dream of what I could make
Chorus
Instrumental
Chorus
I need to rest for a moment
To sit and stare at my prescription
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6. |
Therapist
02:40
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Where do you think you’re going?
Heavy feather
Only flies in fair weather
Keeps me up at night
Floating in puddles that could drown you
Fear that you might learn to be different
I hear you say
This will never go away
You insist that
People never really change
Dig down deep into it
Maybe you’ll even see
A therapist
‘Cause you can’t escape yourself
Do you feel
Each letter rise and fall
Speak, breathe
Heed your body’s call
You can’t escape yourself
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Sister
02:50
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Sister you have no idea
Just how much I’ve dreamed
Of my soft and salty hands
Wrapped around your neck
Sister you’re a heavy weight
On everyone you meet
But I’d never say a word about it
To your face
You showed me all the ropes
And how to tie the strongest knot
But we wrapped it around myself
And now I’m writhing
I have kept my mouth sewn shut
A tactic for survival
But you keep on coming back again
‘Cause I’m loath to spit it out
You showed me all the ropes
And how to tie the strongest knot
But we wrapped it around myself
And now I’m writhing
I’m still grateful to you
For the long and winding grey
Staring out the window
At impressionistic paintings
And you showed me all the ropes
And how to tie the strongest knot
But we wrapped it around myself
And now I’m writhing
Sister you are such a precious ecosystem
Hands inside your pocket
Always on your gun
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8. |
How Dare You
02:43
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How could you do that to somebody?
How could you
Sink so far below the ground
To obscure your own vision
Cast out all your darkness
At another person
And you said “I am just bad”
But you meant “I won’t do better”
And you said “I couldn’t help it”
But you meant “she wasn’t worth much”
How did I not see this coming?
How was I so blinded?
That I sat idly by
I watched you unfold
And I mistook your weakness
For a tender soul
And you said “I am just bad”
But you meant “I won’t do better”
And you said “I couldn’t help it”
But you meant “she wasn’t worth much”
How dare you run
How dare you hide
How dare you pretend like everything’s fine
How dare you not fall on the floor crying
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9. |
Thirty-One
03:11
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Thirty-one is just another year
It melts into the others
If you like I could take you for a walk
And we’ll talk about the things that matter
I keep trying to say what’s on my mind
Sometimes stumbling
Change is slow but it’s rarely steady
It’s a wonder that we ended up here
I didn’t stop to think about it
I’m not hurtling towards anything
For the first time
What they think
Still gets the best of me
But I’m letting go
You poured a cup
Announced a toast
Lifted it up
“To all the creatures within
who rescue us”
Zoom out a little too far
Just far enough to see
We’re not much at all
The days drag on
The sun stays low
Blanketed city under shadow
Blink an eye
The year flew by
So I’ll sit
Stare out my kitchen windowpane
Quietly content
To turn another page
I didn’t stop to think about it
I’m not hurtling towards anything
For the first time
I didn’t even count the number
I’m not hurtling towards anything
For the first time
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10. |
Breaking the Distance
03:55
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Everyone I’ve loved
Has blossomed
As our eyes meet
Across the room
Is it just me
Or is it you?
What if we were closer?
Bodies out with skin like water
Would we like it?
Would this be a thing?
Would we have to have a conversation?
I wanna save you for later
While I focus on myself
I am waiting til I am ready
I am set on something different
Tailored to me
What of everyone
I have yet to love?
‘Cause I’ve always preferred
Some kind of low-key infatuation
And if I shout it out
Would you derive the same meaning?
I’m a slow burn
With a fast mind
I wanna save you for later
While I focus on myself
I am waiting til I am ready
I am set on something different
Tailored to me
Sometime we could try again
One day when I’m out of my head
And I’ll think
I’ll ask
What did I do to deserve such softness?
Flexing our feet
Reaching the ceiling
Breaking the distance
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Corey Gulkin (previously Corinna Rose) Montréal, Québec
guitarist, songwriter, weirdo. Tio'tia:ke aka Montreal
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