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Spinning out of control
I keep stumbling where I wanna go
I can’t pick the truth out of all the noise
Even myself I seem to annoy
Spinning all around my head
So many ideas that sink like lead
I drag a few out into the light
But they’re only a flicker in the night
Chorus:
I feel crazy all the time
I gotta sever the cord and untie the line
Push myself out into space
I gotta see if I can get back in the race
They came knocking at my door
I couldn’t tell ya what it was for
They’re speaking a language I don’t understand
It’s like a lost track from that Sonic Youth band
Chorus
I never know just where to begin
Or what direction I’m going to spin
I’m spinning further and further down
Couldn’t get much lower except underground
I keep trying to think more positively
But that couldn’t be much more unlike me
Chorus
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What Do They Know
03:33
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I’ve been going over my list of all the things I forgot
It keeps growing longer it feels like it just won’t stop
Sometimes I wonder if it’s just me
Like I somehow misplaced the key
I see others live it up like they’ve got it all figured out
What do they know that I don’t
What do they have that I don’t
What do they do that I don’t
What do they see that I don’t
I feel like my life is stuck on repeat
It was something Bill Murray was able to beat
But as I go through my dusty files
Searching for answers to fill those miles
That I’ve racked up on this road I still just can’t find
What do they know that I don’t
What do they have that I don’t
What do they do that I don’t
What do they see that I don’t
I’m at that age where I keep trying to look back
Find out where I went wrong and how I got off track
But that ain’t no way to live
You gotta move on and try to forgive
Yourself because you’re all you’ve got
So live it up while you can
What do I know that they don’t
What do I have that they don’t
What do I do that they don’t
What do I see that they don’t
What do I know that they don’t
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Last Midnight Ride
04:01
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Hey there friend I got a favor to ask
Can I catch a ride I don’t know if I can last out here on my own
Have we started or is this the end
I’m not sure just where I’m supposed to begin to find my way back
Everything feels so strange and the lights
Through the raindrops on the windshield color the night a kaleidoscope of fear
As I nod off and on over the rumbling road
And I fight back the tears that are ready to unload is this just a bad dream
I see the signs everywhere
Trying to tell me things of which I should care
Is it safe for me to close my eyes for a while
I don’t want to wake up if this has all been a lie
My mind is racing with so many dark thoughts
I can’t remember the way so please just don’t stop until we’re far away from here
I looked in my journal and I studied the words
But the meaning escaped me it all seemed a blur like it was written by someone else
I gave up my last buck with a pull of a tab
And everything else that I thought I had turned out to be just a mirage
It feels like the end is finally closing in
As I search deep inside trying to figure out my sin is there a way out of this
I see the signs everywhere
Trying to tell me things of which I should care
Is it safe for me to close my eyes for a while
I don’t want to wake up if this has all just a lie
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Enough Blue
03:57
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Pass the magic eight ball doesn’t matter where you fall
We’re strangers together lost in this world
Show me where it hurts tell me why it didn’t work
I’m lost with you and I’m lost without you
Enough blue to go around
I’m not trying to bring you down
Closets full of skeletons we can’t seem to keep them in
Life wants to pile on just when you’ve had enough
Keep the lights down low I don’t want to see when you go
How did we get here and how do we move on
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Ruins
02:50
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You think you’re better than me
You believe you’ve got something I need
But I see right through your fragile game
When it crumbles down you’ll have no one else to blame
There’s no going back this time
I want to show you I have the spine
To follow through throw it all away
And never look back no matter what you say
But I want you to know that I’m sorry
Those feelings are no longer a part of me
This goodbye has always been there waiting
You think you’re better than me
You believe you’ve got something I need
But after all this time I finally realize
There was no escaping our demise
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Intermission Song
02:30
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This is an intermission song
Here to entertain you until something better comes along
If you need to walk out and clear your mind
It’s okay I’ll save your place here in line
This is another long goodbye
Words become smudge marks as they cry
Broken promises trail back to me
Held under water out of air they need
And when the second act begins
Where will you be when the lights go down
I think I saw you slip away
Only the remnants of yesterday
This is an intermission song
Time will run out on you before long
I hope you find what you’re looking for
The embrace the world has in store
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Almost Jumped the Sun
03:00
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Do not fail me now
‘Cause all I feel is doubt
There’s a fear that’s been growing deep inside
And there’s nowhere left I can hide
Almost jumped the sun
You get up high but how do you know when you’re done
‘Cause it’s a long long way down out of the clouds
They obscure your path and surround
Until you hit the ground
I let everybody down
I just keep moving the same puzzle pieces around
Every way out splits into two roads
Every moment a chance that it all erodes
I guess this was always my path
Never sticking around to see the aftermath
But maybe you can look the other way
So you don’t have to watch me waste away
With another day
Hold on to me tonight
Before I lose my way in the dimming light
Before the picture fades away
Memories blurring from day to day
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Dreaming of dive bars at the end of the line
If I ever get out of here I’m gonna spend some time
Trying to make some sense of all that we’ve been through
And now the bridge out of this place is crumbling too
Come on and warm yourself over the whiskey fire
I wanna know your every dream and desire
And if any mixed drinks or mixed feelings come between us
Let’s forgive each other quick before the damage can turn to rust
We’re going nowhere fast not sure how long it’s gonna last
I hope that you’re by my side for as long as we’re on this crazy ride
You say you sometimes think you got a raw deal
Well these days especially I know it’s easy to feel
And I think it’s safe to say we’re all in the same boat
I know it seems kind of leaky but I think it will float
At the end of a long hard day
I hope we can agree that things might be tough but we’ll all try to stay
And maybe we can get together and have a drink first
We need to formulate a plan but I gotta quench my thirst
We’re going nowhere fast not sure how long it’s gonna last
I hope that you’re by my side for as long as we’re on this crazy ride
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Jeremiah
02:56
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Did I hurt you look into my eyes there’s a story written for you
Did you realize that all the world can’t hold you down anymore
Are you alone in a crowded room you keep looking down at the floor
Should I lie to you do you want to be someone who gets away
Oh Jeremiah please hurry home
Did you hear things you didn’t want to hear oh will you lose your nerve again
You keep counting ways I’ve let you down well I know it’s too late for me
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Happy for a Limited Time
02:36
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All the stories we tell
Ourselves along the way
All the different ways to disguise
The truth of every broken day
When I look around
At all the glowing eyes
Lost in some other world so far
From something that feels more alive
Oh who do you make the deal with today
You don’t even seem to understand
To hide from the world is to hide
Hide from yourself
You let ‘em drift away so you can forget
A less than perfect time and all the things you regret
You squeeze the meaning out until there’s nothing left
Except you alone
You make the deal with today
You don’t even seem to understand
To hide from the world is to hide
Hide from yourself
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Don't Change Your Mind
03:03
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Don’t change your mind you’re looking for answers you’ll never find
There’s nothing to talk about the words don’t seem to wanna come out
Do you really wanna run away or be the martyr who has to stay
Fight the unwinnable fight and slowly fade into the night
Don’t change your mind the rules aren’t working out this time
The wounds you carry around are buried deep never to be found
So many wasted years washed away with all those midnight tears
But you never let ‘em see the person you were always meant to be
Don’t change your mind you gotta leave yourself behind
And walk out into the light ignore everything they say is right
But when your back’s against the wall will you crumble or will you fall
You got an ace up your sleeve that’s how you’ll make the devil leave
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Hold on to me tonight
Before I lose my way in the dimming light
Before the picture fades away
Memories blurring from day to day
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We’re all alone don’t you tell me how I feel
Wandering the streets of my mind looking for a home
The endless reel in the loop we’re all caught in
The internal war zone with no way to win
Dark steals light
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Will Rainier Seattle, Washington
New album out June 30!
Indie rock with a side of twang.
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