1. |
||||
|
standing still -
is that a hobby of yours?
'Cause when I say it aloud,
when the words leave my mouth
I'm really not so sure
And where's the thrill
in watching seasons go by?
'cause when the autumn rolls in
you'll be left in the wind
I'm really not sure why
So patiently you wait on me
and I apologize you had to see this side of me
At just a change of the breeze
I take it personally
You try to fix it but I'm to far-gone to please
So I told him, I said
"There's something wrong with my head"
You know that your my best friend
no matter where we have been
And lately when I sleep
I'm running endlessly into a field of broken things
that I bring and I leave
and tell myself when i wake up "it's just a dream"
Standing still -
isn't that a hobby of yours?
'cause when the words come out of my tired mouth
I'm really not so sure
And where's the thrill
of watching Autumn roll by?
'Cause when the season begins
you'll be left in the wind
I'm really not sure why
|
||||
2. |
Hey Friend
02:54
|
|||
|
Hey friend, you're at it again
You haven't really got us all convinced
that you're doing all good,
that you're feeling alright
Hey friend, there's nothing to fear
but you really haven't looked yourself in the mirror
Are you afraid of what you'll find?
Maybe it's none of my business
Maybe it's nothing at all
But when you come to find
that there's no one staring back on the other side
maybe just give me a call
Hey friend, you're at it again
but I never really know what to expect
when you're finally up,
when you're finally at 'em
(back to me - down to earth)
Hey friend, there's nothing you're missing
some days are just like thius
you've just gotta fight it
Are you afraid you're gonna die?
Maybe it's none of my business
Maybe it's nothing at all
But when you come to find
that there's no one staring back on the other side
maybe just give me a call
|
||||
3. |
Cliffside
03:33
|
|||
|
You and me
tall cliff by the sea
there isn't anywhere that I would rather be
Wine and cheese
warm bread on the breeze
there isn't anywhere that I would rather be
Soft-lit clay
city by the bay
I revel in the beauty of the words you say
Candles fade
flicker on your face
I revel in the beauty of the words you say
And everything about this interaction seems
like it was written in a book-turned movie scene
Thought I was the only one
to form patterns in the suns
but this fascinating sight make me feel so undone
to think that you could share this view with anyone
Why me?
I see my sunshine walking my way
she doesn't know that I feel this way
so I say
Hey honey, I know that I'm late
you really take my breathe away
and when you feel like I do today
well you can't just go and walk away
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
You are a breathe of fresh air, so to speak
You are my favorite face
And if we take just a moment to sing
I'll take your favorite pace
And every line is a lock, in a sense
I make the tumblers play
You thought the weight of the world was immense
But you've never stood in your way
Instrumentation is never okay
And I hate the sound of my voice
There's just one timbre I'll take in its place
And that's the sound of our souls
Our souls colliding
Tell me dear, is it as I feared?
Are you taken aback?
is there something I can do
to make it all better, dear?
Are we done here?
I'm sorry for eery waking moment
I tried but I'm just not here
I'm sure that I'll get it
One day I'll get it
And I'll be god-damned if I don't
I'm losing my mine
and this is how I show it
This is so typical
nothing more cynical
than sad men construing their lives
So what would you say then
if I put my name in
your hat just a couple more times?
But it's just a game,
so pick away
I'll be alright
|
||||
5. |
How in The Universe
01:20
|
|||
|
Lovely, will you ever stop being lovely?
Tell me - is it hard when you wake
to see it's not mathematically likely
for me to exist in your proximity?
Now, with the universe
handing out its powers
to the few and the lucky
How in the universe
did I get so lucky?
|
||||
6. |
Tell Me About It
02:42
|
|||
|
Dancing, rising up
I watch you go
Problem child with thoughts
you'd like to know
Tell me about it
Tell me about it
Let it out
Those smiling eyes are telling me there's
Something about us
Something about us
A bit skewed
Every second counts
we take it slow
Passionate again
I start to glow
We were set adrift ahead of time
Like crickets in a winter stream
We flayed and broke apart
We showed our spine
We're gonna be alright
Tell me about it
Tell me about it
Let it out
Those smiling eyes are telling me there's
Something about us
Something about us
A bit skewed
'Cause all the darkness in the world
is crackling and writhing at our feet
in the falmes
So I told you about it
I told you about it
And you knew
|
||||
7. |
||||
|
I watch a bird in the modern wild
Everyone gleams with delight
She makes reflections in rippled water
Rise to a sparkle with life
But careful as she treads
'cause she knows that there's a world around her
dying to be seen and flown about
And I could not be read
as I see her dancing in the meadow
waiting to be swept into a breeze
Just wait for me
We are the children of endless wanting
We ask the desert for green
We take a moment to count our blessings
We'll make them up as we sing
I watch a bird in my room at night
She struck a chord that I like
She sand a song and it drove me wild
Knowing that she's by my side
But careful as she treads
'Cause she knows that there's something about her
Keeping me awake while she's asleep
But I could not be read
As I watch her fingers moving 'round the frets
to play the notes I never knew
Or maybe I do
Well it seems to be
That I'll always want
What I'll never have
But I swear on my life she's the one
I dreamt would be my better half
But careful as she treads
'cause she knows that there's a world around her
dying to be seen and flown about
And I could not be read
as I see her dancing in the meadow
waiting to be swept into a breeze
Just wait for me
Wait for me
We are the children of endless wanting
(Will you wait for me?)
We ask the desert for green
We take a moment to count our blessings
(Will you wait for me?)
We'll make them up as we sing
|
||||
8. |
||||
|
Anyone, anywhere, anyway
Never have, never am, never will
Wanted to, walking by, started
But never do
Anything - cannot say anything
Memory, could have been, never know
We will see
I never sleep
You're always approaching
It never ends
It never ends
It never ends
You're always approaching
It never ends
It never ends
You're always approaching
It never ends
It never ends
It never ends
|
||||
9. |
||||
|
I've been treading trenches in the carpet
Of my old bedroom
It's really not that funny
Don't give pity
I'm just worried
White cups, soda, paper napkins
Wooden tables, chasing after bugs
Glow bright before they're captured
Where'd it go? (I think I see it)
But I'm too busy wondering
Why all my good friends have trickled away
And as I stare inside my young self
It seems cavernous
|
||||
10. |
||||
|
I don't want anybody else to know
just what I think
And I don't want anybody else to know
just what that means
And I don't strike
As the kind of guy who's bleeding,
one death per week
Well I bet you had a hunch that I was
(But you could never see the wounds)
I bet you had a hunch that I cared at all
(I hid them under tunes)
I bet you have a hunch what I'm thinking
But ideas are misleading
Some day I'll stand tall\
I don't want anybody else to know
just what I think
|
||||
11. |
Spring
02:55
|
|||
|
We are the leaves
on the brink of a newborn spring
and a unity
If these trees can sing and give me wings
then I'll skim the sky and paint in peace
So leave me with the woods my dear
I'm singing songs that I could never hear
bethinking:
'This is not a place where I'll lose my mind'
You are the creek
Think a river is much too deep?
You should get some sleep
You don't have to dream on what I need
There is much much more for you to be
So meet me underwater dear
You're living nothing but a life of fear
Pretending:
'This is just a phase to be lost in time'
|
||||
12. |
Autumnus II: Family
03:21
|
|||
|
Bare feet, tall tree
Swung from the rope
Hope you saw me
Summer's ending
We'll make a mountain of leaves
I'll be your comfort in the end
You made my world begin
I wanted to let you know, but then
I lost it again
This is the part where you believe
This is where I leave
And when I return I will not be the same
So I hope you remember me
Talking, smiling
No one is mad, no one's fighting
Quiet, hiding
You know damn well what I mean
Sounding out from the other room
Hapless voices
Living under a younger moon
If I could take it back I would
If I could take it back
I'll be your comfort in the end
You made my world begin
I wanted to let you know, but then
There's something amiss
There's something amiss
This is the part where you believe
This is where I leave
And when I return I will not be the same
So I hope you remember me
When I return I will not be the same,
so I hope you remember me
|
||||
13. |
La Carta
01:44
|
|||
|
Ooh let's just pretend
Ooh help me forget
I'm not the boy that you met
I love you more than you can guess
Ooh let's just pretend
Ooh that we are not friends
I'm half of the man that you met
I love you more than I could ever
Express in these letters
I hope you can wait 'til I'm dead
|
||||
14. |
Socrates
02:54
|
|||
|
When it rains
All I see is your delicate face
Like a screen as the silhouettes dance on your frame
And if I look a little harder and I whisper your name
I can find another reason to go on another day
When it rains
All I see is your parasol shape
Like a portrait, the water exhibits your grace
But like an early-morning memory
I'm watching you fade
Into a sea of other ghostly visions I made
We were naming suns
Before the clock hit 1:00
I spread philosophy you knew
so it was nothing new
Then you corrupted me
On things that I believed
You lit me up like Socrates
The poison that I need
When it rains
All I see is a blustery day
Every creek, every fountain
is a trivial waste
But if I swim a little harder I can rest in your wake
Give me one good reason not to pick at your brain
We were naming suns
Before the clock hit 1:00
I spread philosophy you knew
so it was nothing new
Then you corrupted me
On things that I believed
You lit me up like Socrates
The poison that I need
|
||||
15. |
Snooze
05:23
|
|||
|
Who can save me now?
I've been turning inside-out
And I can't keep my own friends
from fleeing the scene of the crime
Who can catch me now?
I've been falling for the clouds
And I can't find my own winds
They must have burned off with my mind
Too close to the sun
(burning conundrum)
What are your plans now?
(swimming in the clouds)
I was too heavy
(threw me to the sea)
Ocean is so deep
I can't see
Life happens too quickly now
And if I don't wake up on time
My daylight is running out
And if I don't wake up
The universe and all it holds
Will come to an ending
Up-ending the plans for the life that it holds
Tell me I'm crazy now
Who can call me out?
I'm meandering about
But I can't shout my own name
Just what do I look like -
My mom?
Who can show me how
Not to collapse at every bout
'Cause I can't solve my problems
My father still wells up with pride
Don't sound like my mom
(do look like my dad)
He has stronger genes
(don't know what that means)
I do love them, though
(but it never shows)
I am just too numb
Is that so wrong?
Life happens too quickly now
And if I don't wake up on time
My daylight is running out
And if I don't wake up
The universe and all it holds
Will come to an ending
Up-ending the plans for the life that it holds
Tell me I'm crazy now
But don't push me out
I would rather wait 'til I'm found
I just need to make enough sound
Help me, help me I'm stuck in my head
Can we maybe just skip to the end?
I'm fine.
Caught up in my head
(wish that I was dead)
She looks perfect, though
(never tell her so)
Was a year ago
(but you never know)
Focus on your path
That's all I have
Life happens too quickly now
And if I don't wake up on time
My daylight is running out
And if I don't wake up
The universe and all it holds
Will come to an ending
Up-ending the plans for the life that it holds
Tell me I'm crazy now
|
||||
16. |
Night Owls
03:18
|
|||
|
You and I know we can't stay awake
The howling moon is a friend to our state
Now the sun is overhead
I will lay here in my bed
And wait for the night to wake me
The darkness takes me home
To find the words I know await me
You cannot save me now
So I sit and sing to the owls
You and I are afraid of our fate
Thinking about nothing I lie awake
Strange ignition in my head
Every corner burning red
Wait for the night to answer
But silence fills the void
So I will write myself to safety
They cannot take me now
So I sit and sing to the owls
When the sun is blooming overhead
And we're ripped right from our grassy beds
The atoms spreading far outstretched
And rearranging like I said
From the bottom of my heart
I swear to meet you there
A galaxy away
A galaxy away
|
||||
BEKIND Austin, Texas
BEKIND is an indie pop/rock duo based in Austin, Texas. The band aims to create a blend of indie pop that encompasses the joy of singing along with a show tune and the groove of modern pop music.
If you like BEKIND, you may also like:
Z Tapes offers a second pressing of fuvk’s previously sold-out “golden girl” cassette. Beautiful bedroom folk with quiet, moving melodies.
go to album
No Fool Like An Old Fool
by Caroline Says
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 20, 2018
go to album
Hailing from Austin, Texas, Choffel lays her jazz-tinged, blue-eyed, smokey n'soulful vocals over pop leaning gems.
go to album
Danny Seim (Menomena), Bryan Devendorf (The National), & Dave Nelson (Sufjan Stevens) craft charmingly scuzzy pop.
go to album
A winning combination of plucked pastorals and wispy, crackling vocals drives the third album from the Austin-based acoustic project Taft.
go to album
Luz na Madrugada / Late Night Light
by Pedro Fonte
featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 14, 2023
go to album
The Spanish artist makes lush and vivid folk music with vulnerable lyrics.
go to album
