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White Noise
04:00
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The sky looks gray today
and his eyes just stare at the ground,
engrossed by the sound of the rain
he feels cold
he feels pain
but the feeling tells him he's alive
His eyes look dead today
he's never one to sleep quite enough
It's tough when you've been woken up every night
to the sight of dark figures surrounding your bed
Are they haunting your house or your head?
Is it something else instead?
Maybe the pills that bring you sleep?
Are they the reason you're awake?
He only ate once today
It's a wonder he's eating at all
your call set about his descent
could you explain what you meant
when you said that he changed for the worst?
Now he's cursed by the sound of your voice
it recedes through white noise as it
plays on repeat on his head
He always tries to hide it from his friends,
the turmoil in his head
Outside he's smiling
but inside he's dead
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Worthless
04:22
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Ten o'clock a knock on the door
You talk like something ruined our rapport
Then you said
"I don't love you anymore
I don't know you anymore"
And that's alright
cos somebody tipped me off
about the dreams you had last night
And I hear
you're having nightmares about me
the type to tell your friends
It's hard to face the fact that life is but a nightmare
so duck and cover to your bed
to the sheltered life you lead inside your head
cos it was all inside your head
Mangled metal, shattered glass
distort reflections of your perceptions of our past
Then you ask
if I remembered what I'd done to you
What exactly did I do?
And is this how you think of me?
As some fucking monster
that haunts your dreams?
Cos I hear
you're having nightmares about me
well I've been having nightmares too
and in them you convinced the world that I am worthless
and the part that keeps me up at night
is the knowledge that it's true
Sleep doesn't come easy
Dreams come back to haunt me
Half past three
eyes locked on the ceiling
Guess I'll stay here
right where you left me
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Red Walls
05:17
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Broad strokes of green and blue
call out from the wall across the room
The shapes inside the frame relay a lovely view
but no-one seems to care aside from you
No-one seems to care that you are
standing in the corner by yourself
Desperate to connect with someone else
Panic sends you down the hall,
Red wall
Locked in the bathroom stall
Red wall
I don't belong here
and I never will
Emotions take their toll
and you relinquish your control
You dissociate and say that nothing's wrong
You hate that you blend in but don't belong
You hate that you look up to see
an image neatly summarize it all
Red wall
a red rose limply hanging from the wall
Red wall
I don't belong here
and I never will
You're a portrait trapped inside its frame
A wallflower wilting on display
A red wall's no place to find a rose
It's wilting away and no-one knows
I'm wilting away and no-one knows
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