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Nobody Waits
03:11
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you only want me when I’m well.
you only want me when I’m okay, and today I am
unwell. I take it you don’t find it charming.
I’ll only want you once
you’re gone. I’ll only want you once
it’s too late. and I’ve been angry,
I’ve been wrong and resolute
in my absolution:
loving me is leaving
a kettle on the stove
of a house where
you never had the key.
are you still bothered by
the ghosts, do they ever mention me?
you only want me if I’m yours
but I am no one’s
for the taking. we wake up
cradled on the floor. new
year’s day: a spark, a flame,
you think you love me
just because you watched me
sleep. leaving a kettle on the stove
of a house where nobody has the key.
you don’t know me anymore -
it’s okay, if nobody waits for me
if nobody waits for me
if nobody waits for me
if nobody waits for me
you only want me when I’m well
you only want me when I’m okay
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I have not been writing
that many new songs
how I wish I could stay longer
how I wish I’d never gone
you have not been writing me
as often as I wished
sometimes I think I left you
just to see if I'd be missed
I saw my fortune scrawled out
up against the wall
in a crowded market place
in a town I can't recall
the teller told me that I would be
young and I would fall
but my new friends all assured me
that it all was surely false
back at home, you found religion
in a dirty crystal ball
in the back of a dollar store
in that shopping mall
I found religion
out in San Cristobal
now I feel that I've come far enough
to give you a call
I have not been writing
as often as I'd hoped
but there are some things you're good at
and then some you can't control
you have not been visiting
I can't say that I mind
'cause every time you go somewhere
you leave somewhere behind
I saw my fortune scrawled out
up against the wall
in a crowded market place
in a town I can't recall
and the teller told me that I would be
young and I would fall
but I didn't think he meant so soon
not so soon at all
back at home, you found religion
in a dirty crystal ball
in the back of a dollar store
in that shopping mall
I found religion
out in San Cristobal
now I feel that I've come far enough
to give you a call
so I'm calling now but it says
I don't got the number right
your body looks to me
a way it never has before
and is this what's making you so sad,
and what you did this for?
she said,
your body looks to me
a way it never has before
and is this what's making you so sad,
and I can't do this anymore
I found religion
in a dirty bathroom stall
in the back of a liquor store
in the back of a mini mall
you found religion
when you realized you could fall
now you say that you've come far enough
to give me a call
so you're calling now, but I lie
and I tell you that I moved
everything's brand new.
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