Let the night come

LET THE NIGHT COME (E A D G B E)

Let the sun shine on my face.

Let the wind blow on my chest.

Let my heart run like a river.

Let my mind be an ocean.

Let the light in through the cracks and let the night come.

Let the night come.

Let the night come.

Let the night come.

The road was wet

THE ROAD WAS WET (D A D G B E, capo 3)

The road was wet; I didn’t see rain. The sun was out, just hiding behind a cloud or two. A tree obscuring the view.

 

I flew bare chest down Glebe Road as you went to work. I felt wind in my face but it didn’t make me cry.

I am sheltered. I am right here. I am doing nothing. I am trying.

 

Asleep on the lounge. Awake through the night.

Grateful for morning and glad to be alive.

 

And I can see stars fall from the sky like rain. I can hold out my arms; I can wait all night.

But they fall through my fingers like wind through the trees every time.

They fall through my fingers like wind in the trees every time.

Every single bee

Track 4 from the Yev Kassem album We Swam Out to Sea. 

 

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EVERY SINGLE BEE (D G D G B E, capo 4)

I can see the sunshine shining through the roof. I can feel it breaking, aching like a tooth. I can see the rain descending from the clouds. I can see the morning come and turning back around.

I can feel the wind blow, blowing us away. I can see the grass grow stronger every blade. I can see the bees kissing flowers in the yard. Buzzing down the street and it doesn’t seem so hard.

Where can you go when you only see the dark? When you wake up in the night and you don’t know where you are. When you fumble for the light but you don’t know where you left it.

I can hear the clock tick, ticking from the first. I can see the full moon just about to burst.  Looking out the window, watch the sky go dark. I can feel the turning, burning in our hearts.

What is the use in understanding why? When the morning comes along just as surely as the night. And I’d rather stay in bed but I’m up before the sun is.

The jacaranda leaves are falling to the ground. Crying purple tears but they never make a sound. Nests of baby magpies, empty like our hearts. Fending for themselves, man, they grow up so fast.

And I can see the path of the sun in the sky. Every twist and turn as it hurtles into night. I can see the path of you and me. And every single bee.

Slipping out of me

SLIPPING OUT OF ME (E A D G B E)

Maybe it’s slipping out of me. I can only let it pass.

Blowing like wind through the trees.

What am I fighting for? Where is that swinging door?

Opening and slamming in the breeze.

 

Maybe it is in front of my face. I can only feel it there.

Folding itself on my heart.

I feel it filling up. But everything must pass.

And everything does.

 

Maybe it is slipping out of me.

I cannot fly yet

I CANNOT FLY YET (E A D G B E, capo 1)

I feel the water rising. I cannot jump in.

I see the bird in the tree. I cannot fly yet.

I cannot remember why I thought what I did.

And why I couldn’t what I can now.

 

I see the moon so full. I can almost taste it.

I want to punch holes in the roof and make tiny pools.

For the stars to swim. I want to let them in.

They can almost see me. I cannot be late.

They can almost see me. I want to let them in.

 

I see the moon so full. I can almost taste it.

I see the bird in the tree. I cannot fly yet.

I cannot fly yet. They can almost see me.

I want to let them in.

Pouring in

POURING IN (E A D G B E)

The morning light is pouring in. I’m half awake, half unprepared. Have fun, I thought, as I walked outside.

The sun is up. It’s all we asked. You can count your toes. I can write a song. He can tie a knot better than anyone I know.

 

Empty like a breath. Weightless as my heart. Glowing like a stone in the middle of the night.

In the middle of the road. In the distance I see light. Shining for no one.

 

The afternoon is melting me. I’m half a man, half a glass of ice. I’m halfway there with nowhere to be.

Nowhere to be.

 

Rising like a cake. Setting like a good boy. Getting what I asked for because that’s how it works.

Don’t mourn my death. Don’t fear my life.

 

Don’t mourn my life. Don’t dear my death.

 

Empty like a breath. Weightless as my heart. Glowing like a stone in the middle of the night.

In the middle of the road. In the distance I see light. Shining for no one.

See them leave - Yev Kassem

Track 3 from the Yev Kassem album We Swam Out to Sea. 

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

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@linear.wave.sampler 

 

SEE THEM LEAVE – (E A D G C E)

 

I sat on the grass and I folded my legs, watched the night roll past and come back again.

It rained all night, but I didn’t get wet. The black cockatoo’s wings hanging over my head.

 

I didn’t want to yell but I didn’t have a choice.

Sometimes you’re surprised by the sound of your own voice.

 

The frogs marched in like inquisitors on the hill, they said they knew what I’d done and asked how it feels.

And that black cockatoo just kept staring me down, he said it’s much too late for me to save you now.

 

And I thought, what are the chances of your finding me here?

But it’s probably not that uncommon this time of year.

 

I watched him disappear over the back of the trees, melting into the night and away from me.

And I sat on the grass and tried not to chew my nails. I inhaled for four and I held it for four and I exhaled.

 

I wasn’t ready to fight but I would have for you.

Sometimes you have to do what you don’t want to do.

 

I don’t know what to say but I know what to believe.

You might not hear them coming but you always see them leave.

Going for a surf

GOING FOR A SURF (D A D G A E)

Going for a surf because my head is spinning and I want to feel the wind on my skin.

Sea in my eyes and salt up my nose. I want to glide down the biggest wave.

 

Going for a surf because it’s good for me. When the waves hold me down I feel like I can breathe.

When the ocean pulls me in I don’t try and fight. I want to be with her every day and night.

 

Going for a surf because I’m a surf bum. I don’t want food and I don’t want a job.

Don’t try to call me and don’t try to find me. If the wind is offshore you know where I’ll be.

Melt into the stream

MELT INTO THE STREAM (D A D G A E)

I just want to melt into the stream. Feel the shadows passing underneath. But try not fixate on them.

And try not to mourn the trees as I see them pass in the other direction.

Because I can’t control where I’m going. And I don’t know what I’ll run into.

Or who I’ll turn into.

 

I just want to be one with the sky. And burn like a star in the night. I hide my face in the light of the sun.

And try not be paralysed with the wills and the won’ts and the whys. As if I ever had a choice.

Because I can’t imagine. I’ll just wait for it to happen. As I melt into the stream.

And I can’t control where I’m going. And I don’t know what I’ll run into.

What I’ll sink into.

High sentimentality mode

HIGH SENTIMENTALITY MODE (E A D G B E)

High sentimentality mode.

High sentimentality mode.

 

I can hardly stand it.

My feet stuck to the pavement.

So, tell me how your day went.

 

In high sentimentality mode.

High sentimentality mode.

 

I can hardly breathe here.

Horizon blurred and unclear.

So, why can we not leave here?

 

In high sentimentality mode.

High sentimentality mode.

High sentimentality mode.

High sentimentality mode.

I'm an astronaut

I’M AN ASTRONAUT (E A D G B E, capo 3)

I’m an astronaut in a shuttle and it feels like gravity is defying me. I’m hurtling into night.

I’m hurtling into night.

 

I’m an astronaut and now I know just what it means to watch the world just pass you by. Floating just out of reach.

Floating just out of reach.

 

I’m an astronaut. I’m an astronaut.

I’m an astronaut. I’m an astronaut.

 

And now I know just what it means to watch the world pass by.

And now I know just how it feels to hurtle into night.

Filled with dread

FILLED WITH DREAD (E A D G B E)

Filled with dread but not enough to protect my heart from my brain.

I can’t wait to get home today.

And when I do I’ll open up. I’ll be honest with myself.

And suddenly I’m not alone.

 

Filled with dread but it won’t stop. Like a bottomless well.

I’d feel better if I fell.

And if I ever hit the ground at least I’d know which way was up.

And suddenly I have been found.

Balloons - Yev Kassem

 

 Track 2 from the Yev Kassem album We Swam Out to Sea. 

 

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

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@linear.wave.sampler 

BALLOONS (E A D G B E, capo 5)

 

Wet like rain like falling like leaves. Hot like summer like reflections on the sea. Lost like lighting like dogs at midnight. Born like morning like rivers of light.

 

Fun like the first like running all the way. Burnt like toast like the middle of the day. Songs like tears like cheeks like pushbikes. Change like a friend like traffic lights.

 

Love like clouds like balloons in the sky. Sadness like needles like sickening heights. New like shiny like laughing like teeth like missing like maybe like is it just me?

 

Broke like a bone like the screen on your phone. Giddy like a kid like stumbling home. Sorry like a knot like a wave like a breath. Gone like a key like the sea like death.

 

Love like clouds like balloons in the sky. Sadness like needles like sickening heights. New like shiny like laughing like teeth like missing like maybe like is it just me?

Stuck under the house

STUCK UNDER THE HOUSE (E A D G B E)

I’ve been stuck under the house for four days now.

Waiting for someone to pull me out.

Maybe I’ll never be found.

 

Damp and cold. Muddy and mouldy.

I don’t know which way I came in.

But I’ve been stuck under the house for too long now.

 

For too long now.

Maybe I’ll never be found.

 

Damp and cold. Muddy and mouldy.

I don’t know which way I came in.

But I’ve been stuck under the house for four days now.

Sinking in the same boat

SINKING IN THE SAME BOAT (E A D F# B D)

Some people can’t help it. Some people don’t even know they’re doing it.

Sometimes my heart sighs for what I can’t understand at the time.

Some people are breaking.

 

Some people are angry. Some people will be mad at me.

Sometimes my heart feels full with all the things I never wanted to do.

And some people are sinking in the same boat.

 

Some people are sinking in the same boat.

 

Some people drive massive cars and park in spots where they should not park.

And sometimes someone else drives by and smashes their window in the middle of the night.

And some people are guilty. But it wasn’t me.

 

Some people find it funny. Some people only think about the money.

Sometimes I get bent out of shape but always find myself in just the right place.

It’s how I know we’re sinking in the same boat.

We’re sinking in the same boat.

We’re sinking in the same boat.

We’re sinking in the same boat.

The sky was clear

THE SKY WAS CLEAR (E A D G B E)

The sky was clear.

The sun woke up.

The wind was at my back.

I could cry

I COULD CRY (E A D G B E)

I could cry, I could cry, I could cry all day. I could look to the sky, I could look away. I can see with my hands, I can feel what has spilled from me.

I could cry, I could cry until my eyes fall out. I could laugh, I could sigh, I could scream and shout. I can be still, I can stop.

 

The sky was clear.

The sun woke up.

The wind was at my back.

 

I could cry, I could cry, I could cry all day. I could look to the sky, I could look away.

I could cry, I could cry until my eyes fall out. I could laugh, I could sigh, I could scream and shout. I can be still I can stop. I can be still, I can stop.

 

The sky was clear.

The sun woke up.

The wind was at my back.