Leaves just float

LEAVES JUST FLOAT (E A D G B E, capo 3)

I don’t know. Grass just grows. Leaves just float.

Rain just falls. Doors just close. I don’t know.

 

And time just passes like rain in the gutter. Useless trying to tell it where to go.

It’s difficult to swim against the current. Let’s be more like leaves and just float.

 

I don’t know. Grass just grows. Leaves just float.

Waves just break. Dinner gets cold. Leaves just float.

Grass just grows. Wind just blows. Leaves just float.

Now it's raining

NOW IT’S RAINING (E A D F# B E)

Now it’s raining. I’m not mourning. I’m just listening. Are you listening?

Can you hear me? Do you see me?

I can see you. And you’re see through. I see the sea, too. Running through you.

Now it’s raining. And I’m right here.

I’m not mourning.

 

Brace for the impact. You can’t have your time back.

Walk through the rain. It’s not that heavy anyway.

 

And it’s never as bad as you think it will be.

Will we keep that in mind as we fall through time?

Will we realise???

 

Brace for the impact. You can’t have your time back.

Hold your breath. This is bad as it gets.

 

I miss the time that’s passed. The bad ones aren’t all I remember.

It’s gone and so are we. It seems harder when it is raining.

It seems harder now it’s raining.

 

I’m not mourning.

Sitting and watching the storm roll in

SITTING AND WATCHING THE STORM ROLL IN (E A D G A E)

Sitting and watching the storm roll in.

Sinking and hoping I learn to swim.

Wanting but not knowing how to begin.

 

Sitting and watching the storm roll in.

Feeling the cool of the southerly wind.

The sky sings out and the street breathes in.

 

Sitting and watching the storm roll in.

Taking our time because it’s all we have.

But knowing it’s the only thing that never stops.

 

Sitting and hoping it rains all night.

The sky is clear the stars are bright.

The moon is full and we’ll be alright.

 

Throw me a light. I think you’ve seen enough.

Hold me tight. I’m not as tough as I look.

 

Throw me a light. I am ready to leave.

Tuck me in bed. I just want to sleep.

 

Sitting and watching the storm roll in.

Sinking and hoping I learn to swim.

The sky sings out and the street breathes in.

I lost you - Yev Kassem

 Track 1 from the Yev Kassem album We Swam Out to Sea. 

 

Thanks Nikola Jokanovic for the pic. Check out his stuff: 

https://www.nikola-j.com/ 

@linear.wave.sampler 

 

I LOST YOU (E A D G B D, capo 3)

 

 

I lost you, waiting in the last lighted room. It went dark and you were gone.

I lost you, feeling the windows with my hands, kicking over tables and chairs, tripping up the stairs.

I’ve been throwing spaghetti at the wall. It just withers and falls.

There’s a wind blowing in the middle of this blackened room. It runs up my back and laughs in my face.

Now I need you. Wondering what you’d say and wondering what you’d do.

 

From the middle of this dark room I know I can’t be far from you.

From the middle of this dark room I know I haven’t really lost you.

 

From the middle of a tablecloth we’ll body surf until the swell drops off but nothing really ever stops.

In terms of lemons and lemonade

IN TERMS OF LEMONS AND LEMONADE (E A D G B E, capo 2)

In terms of lemons and lemonade. All these things half unfinished.

Sunburn on a hot day. Cool under the shade. Soft warm glow.

Rooted in the earth. Drifting through the sky. Hands in the air touching the stars

 

In terms of lemon and lemonade. Night and day.

The sun hangs on your neck from a chain.

We buy lemons from the shops and revolve around the block.

 

All my nails half unbitten.

Peel the skin from the sun. Cut it in half.

Then cut it into quarters. Reach into the sky and squeeze.

All these things half unfinished.

I won't be lost

I WON’T BE LOST (E A D G B E, capo 1)

What would I look like if I was sure? What would it feel like to just fall?

What would it sound like if we all sung?

 

But I won’t grieve. There is no need. I won’t be lost.

 

What would I taste like if you fried me up? What would I smell like?

If it was a dark night would I have a light?

 

And even in the rain I will not be wet. Even in the storm it’s still clear up ahead.

 

And I won’t grieve. There is no need. I won’t be lost.

I won’t be lost.

Let go out of love

LET GO OUT OF LOVE (E A D G B E)

I’m nervous I’ll lose the things I love. But to hold on would be to hold on out of fear.

I’ll let go to make space. To shine a torch up ahead and peer down the path.

I need to let go out of love. I need to let go out of love.

 

I’ll let go to make space. To shine a torch up ahead and peer down the path.

I need to let go out of love. I need to let go out of love.

parker luis beat - radarbackwards

 parker luis beat by FOTB mr radarbackwards

Pain and truth

PAIN AND TRUTH (D G D G A D, capo 2)

Something I can cling to. Someone I can tell anything to. Somewhere I can get to.

Somehow I will find you. Somersaults through oceans and skies blue.

Sometimes I can feel you. Summer makes me think of you. Sunflowers in bloom.

Something like pain and truth. Like rain through the roof. Like boulder in your hands. On your shoulders I can stand. In pain and truth.

 

Something I can rise to. Laid awake all night in my bedroom. I wish I could tell you.

Someone’s on the other end. Someone said it’s all pretend. Sometimes I just think we’re scared.

Of pain and truth. Rain through the roof. Falling through the floor. Not knowing anymore.

Like boulders in your hands. On your shoulders I will stand.

Dark clouds

DARK CLOUDS (E A D G B E, capo 2)

Move the dark clouds away from my heart.

Take your hands and spread them apart.

Send a light so I know where you are.

 

Let the dark clouds sink into the earth.

They disappear but they always return.

We make mistakes but continue to learn.

 

Under my fingernails. Between my toes.

Behind my ears and inside my nose.

Far away but all around.

 

Move the dark clouds away from my heart.

Take your hands and spread them apart.

Move the dark clouds away from my heart.

Sit on the sand

SIT ON THE SAND (E A D G B E)

I want to go fishing but I don’t know to fish. I want to ride bike but I don’t know where it is. I want to lose my mind. Throw it as far as my fishing line goes.

I want know what everybody else feels like. I want to have a dream but I can’t sleep at night. I want to get in a fight with a cloud and let him win.

I don’t want to arrive but I can’t keep going. The wind has died but I won’t stop blowing. I want to be alive but I don’t know where I’m going.

So I’ll go to the beach in the afternoon. Sit on the sand until I see the moon. Sit on the sand; what else would I want to do but sit on the sand?

 

I want to play guitar but I only know three chords. I want to have a surf but there’re holes in all my boards. I want to learn how to fix things.

I want to read a book while my eyes are closed. I want to hold your hand while I blow my nose. I want to know where the bait goes.

I don’t want to arrive but I can’t keep going. The wind has died but I want stop blowing. I want to be alive but I don’t know where I’m going.

So I’ll go to the beach in the afternoon. Sit on the sand until I see the moon. Sit on the sand; what else would I want to do but sit on the sand?

 

I’ll sit on the sand.

Sit on the sand.

(Yeh) Sit on the sand.

I’ll sit on the sand.

Outta bed

OUTTA BED (E A D G B E, capo 1)

I can only get myself out of bed. I can only hold what can fit in my hands. I can only try. It has to be enough.

I can only sing one song at a time. Whether it is dark or light outside. Whether it is calm or a little bit rough.

I can hear a voice. I can see a face. I can feel light from a heavenly place.

I can touch a hand. I can hold a head. I can only get myself out of bed.

 

I can only hold my breath for fifteen seconds. Maybe a bit longer if I really had to.

I could never make spag bol like Mum does. But I can put vegemite on pretty much anything.

I hear a voice. I see a face. I can feel a light from a heavenly place.

I can touch a hand. I can hold a head. I can only get myself out of bed.

I can only hold what can fit in my hands. I can only get myself out of bed.

Whether it is dark or light outside.

I think I've had enough

I THINK I’VE HAD ENOUGH (D A D G B E)

I’ve only got myself to blame. But I’ve only got myself to apologise to, too.

Wind icy cold and the water is rough. Fuck what you’re told, I think you’ve heard enough.

I look with my nose and hear with my hands.

 

Slept for thirteen days. And I woke up feeling ok.

Golden and white like a cupboard of stuff. Throw me a light, I think you’ve seen enough.

Cling to me tight it’s about to get messy.

 

Wind icy cold and the water is rough. Blows through your bones and it raises you up.

Take me back home, I think I’ve had enough.

I think I’ve had enough.

I think I’ve had enough.

I think I’ve had enough.

I think I’ve had enough.

Lightning

LIGHTNING (D A D G B E)

Lightning bites you. Unclear, come through. Doors swing, doors slam. I know I am not. On track, off road. Light pack, heavy load. Come back, come home.

Lightning strikes like wheels on a pushbike. Ride through the night until the sun comes back. Come here, come home. Through the bubbles and foam. Until we land we’ll roam.

Let the sharks chase like thunder in your face. Until you find a safe space. Wouldn’t that be all you’d asked for? Waiting at your front door but you haven’t been home in a while.

Lighting falls like rain through the roof. Like jumping through hoops. Like a cold bowl of soup. Like chicken in a coop. Like a Tuesday afternoon. Like a Wednesday afternoon. Like a Thursday afternoon. Like a—

Perfume

PERFUME (E A D G B E)

What can we do? Who can we talk to? She’s only young.

She smelled like rain. We named her perfume. And it poured all night.

It made us sad. She was too beautiful. It could never last. They would eat her alive.

 

We made a choice. And she went quietly.

Now I hear her voice almost every time it rains.

What can we do? Where is the prize?

Like day becomes night. Now I know it comes at a price.

Then we fell silent

THEN WE FELL SILENT (E A D G B E, capo 2)

Then we fell silent. The sun was setting.

Pulled by a strong light. The night was soft and thick.

 

No one denies it. Knowing is just enough.

And I won’t hide it again.

 

Still undecided. As the night was breathing in.

Then we fell silent.

They live in my heart

THEY LIVE IN MY HEART (E A D G B E)

They live in my heart; these moments.

The colours, the smells, the people.

Some lost, some gained. Never repeated.

 

They live in my heart; these feelings.

Sunsets, sun flies.

And time just blows in the wind.

 

They live in my heart forever.

And as I move closer I hope for clarity.

I hope for compassion. I hope for love.

For myself and everyone else.

 

They live in my heart. These moments.

These moments.