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Numbers
04:52
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down and when I'm under it
my heart's feeling over it
I can't help but contemplate
the disillusion of the day
I was laying in bed last night when
these numbers just popped in my head
so I thought of what scale degrees
they would be if they were singing me
when I was woken up
I looked at the paper that I had
scribbled those numbers on
and this is the song
this song was born
this song was born
out of my nighttime slumberless dreaming
I am drinking tea
and feeling rather pretty
only because I am doing
what I was born to be doing
lately I've been feeling so
down, sad, ugly and out of control
and I know that it is because I have
not been doing what I was born to be doing
this song was born
this song was born
out of my nighttime slumberless dreaming
in the afternoon when sunshine
fills everywhere but in my mind
all I can do is wander around
touching the ground
this is an attempt to make contact
with the wholesomeness that I lack
and it is just the notion
of my undying devotion
you've gotta go
you've gotta go
you've gotta get up and go
this much I really do know
I've gotta take this on
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2. |
Come Cold
04:28
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I feel the winter growing underneath my skin
I'm on the ice and knowing that it's getting thin
and if I move if I stir if I breathe
life will come and take itself away from me
beneath my feet the river's flowing back to the sea
I feel its pull to crack the ice and swallow and take me
but maybe the cold will come and freeze again
only the cold can help me get safely back to land
so come cold come cold only the cold can save me
there's nothing but the wild wild elements out here
they're taunting me and teasing me and daring me not to feel fear
would my life be their victory
or would my death cause some to mourn for me
I'm holding a rare gift in my hand
to die from nature and not from man
even if I'm swept away I feel that this is love
nothing but the natural forces around me below and above
so come cold come cold only the cold can save me
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3. |
Trouble
04:47
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never before and never again would I recommend falling like a dizzy child into your arms to her disillusioned alarm
it was just like a bottle of wine that has oops slipped my mind and now I'm swimming spinning swimming in delirium not remembering where it came from
and now we're talking together quietly trying not be believe that the difference lies in the shape of our memory that together we could cause some real trouble oh yeah we already have but the two of us together we could make that trouble double
you can ask me but I might not say you can tell me and I'll probably sway oh 'cause your rhythm and your beat it's like a massage to my feet
it is afternoon and I am waiting around for the echo heartbeat the sound to elapse from the cradle and go out the door
and now we're talking together quietly trying not be believe that the difference lies in the shape of our memory that together we could cause some real trouble oh yeah we already have but the two of us together we could make that trouble double
the illusion of what said and done haunts me like a loaded gun and I feel scared that it was real
time and space can replace what it is we wanted to contemplate but all there was was you and all there was was you and you and you and you and you and you
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4. |
Gone
03:28
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I was gone like the wind
I was gone like the wind
it was nothing to begin
but it was not innocent in the end
my heart is forever yours
I'm not sure if you want it anymore
If you want it anymore
you were here all along
you were here all along
and I knew that it was wrong
that all the while I had moved on
but my heart is forever yours
I'm not sure if you want it anymore
if you want it anymore
some things never changed
some things remained the same
but others they evolved
went from large to small
but my heart is forever yours
I'm not sure if you want it anymore
if you want it anymore
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5. |
Peel
03:53
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everything outside has changed
and I am feeling somewhat the same
as how I imagine it to feel
losing your outside
peel
and yet something within me stirs
like a shovel cultivating the earth
rupturing my comfortable still
filling me up with new
will
like the rain I want to fall
collect into a puddle from many things small
reflect from my shiny self
the gazers hidden wealth
it'll come 'round again
this circle never ends
we'll be here again
missing our old friends
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6. |
Man On My Left
04:23
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going into the city
on my day off
crossing the bridge
lights up ahead
lights all around
sirens sound
traffic stands still
there's a man on my left
there’s a man on my left
he's looking around
everywhere but down
nowhere to run
nowhere to hide
one leg's over the railing
the other one's close behind
he's looking around
nowhere to go but down
there's a man on my left
he's leaning his weight
off of the Golden Gate
his hands release
followed by his feet
oh how nice
it must be
to feel so free
so much wind
in your hair
nothing but air
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7. |
Maggie
04:13
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come closer to me
let my fingertips trace your body
I will hold the sound of your cry
I will hold it until I die
listen to her sing
it's the sweetest harmony
the songs that come out of her
into me into me
it's the freest love that I've ever known
it's deeper than thunders' moan
come closer to me
my darling guitar Maggie
listen to her sing
she brings out the best in me
and when I hold her in my fingers
it's the sweetest love that I've ever made
take me all night long
let's be where we belong
where I'm cradled by your sound
I've never felt so well loved
take you away from me
and I am nothing but melody
my darling guitar Maggie
my darling guitar Maggie
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8. |
Owned & Operated
04:21
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miles and miles are falling between
your eyes and mine and all that they see
I don't know what's happening
in your life as we speak
coming home all alone
all I know is from what I read
and from what I might happen to see on TV
and that is just me
let alone the rest of this country
owned and operated by you know who
owned and operated misconstrued
coming home all alone
the one thing I know for sure is that
when you are finished and ready to come back
you are not going to want to
come home all alone
coming home all alone
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9. |
Wound
05:31
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is it enough to ask for
the tiniest illusion that keeps me coming back for more
is it enough to rain on my soul
and to pour it all out just when when it starts to get full
nobody here is watching
nobody here seems to mind
so take off the layers and reasons
and let it all unwind
heartache or none I'm swallowing stones
and the evening is turning me unusually cold
take it on baby rush to her aid
while the faintest recollection of yourself degrades
nobody here is watching
nobody here seems to mind
so take off the layers and reasons
and let it all unwind
loud wind is roaring inside my veins
while the chaos from volcanoes and laughter maintains careful now tender be soft to your own
gentle with how much of yourself you're willing to loan
nobody here is watching
nobody here seems to mind
so take off the layers and reasons
and let it all unwind let it all unwind
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10. |
Night
06:11
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shelter me from this little mind
I don't know what to expect every time
I lay my head on that soft fluffy white pillow
letting go giving up giving away my control
well is this ever going to end
is this all really happening
it's the alter ego of my life but I just can't seem to get it right since when is everything so fucked up mad
it's the alter ego of my life but I just can't seem to get it right these crazy crazy crazy crazy nights
well I don't want to be terrified
every time that I rest my eyes
I see the world in all of its horror every day
the last thing I want is to see it in my dreams that way
well is this ever going to end
is this all really happening
it's the alter ego of my life but I just can't seem to get it right since when is everything so fucked up mad
it's the alter ego of my life but I just can't seem to get it right these crazy crazy crazy crazy nights
there are things in life that I would never choose
but in my dreams they seem like the right thing to do
but I don't want I don't want to
get a gun
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Caroline Hecht Providence, Rhode Island
“I am here to use my voice as a gateway from my soul to yours-- to make you cry, and then laugh, all in one song.” proclaims
Caroline Hecht, a modern day siren of the soul.
Now in Portland, OR, Caroline finds herself heading up a digital songwriting collaboration with 20 renowned musicians from around the USA, and planning an east coast tour for the late summer/early fall.
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