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Kerosene pt.1
03:47
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I lit a lantern for you
That I ended up using to find my way back and
It got burnt out before it got seen
But one day I'll go shopping for kerosene.
My heartache will lessen with the size of my heart
And though that's a good fit it doesn't feel good
And though I remember promising I would
I don't think I took care of myself.
And I've still got this scar on the side of my thumb
That will always be there but it's healing up nice
From the same night that you borrowed my knife
That you used without noticing the blood.
I lit a lantern for you
That I ended up using to find my way back and
It got burnt out before it got seen
But one day I'll go shopping for kerosene.
I lost perspective as soon as I could
Because my vision has never been great
And though starting now is starting too late
I have learned to play it by ear.
It'd be romantic to burn it all down
To shred every story and start again new
But I'm afraid that the way that I grew
Means that I'm sewn into these walls.
I lit a lantern for you
That I ended up using to find my way back and
It got burnt out before it got seen
But one day I'll go shopping for kerosene
In the morning I'll go shopping for kerosene.
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Kerosene pt.2
02:26
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My heart's the same size as it was
There's no value in that
I got satisfied with sleeping and not making plans
And it wasn't so bad
And all the ones that I burned down
That I thought would kill me went up
With the kerosene I bought
And probably will buy again.
The scar's getting smaller
But I still look at it every time I play guitar
And when it's gone
I wonder if I'll remember where it was
And even with my purported lack of perspective
I still see the light
That I put out
And probably will put out again.
Fat with one year under my belt but I know
No value in that
Still haven't taken care of taking care of myself
But it isn't that bad
And even with all the kerosene my lantern could possibly hold
I know that it's burnt out
And will probably burn out again
Will probably burn out again.
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Kerosene pt.3
03:30
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Maybe some rain got into the top
while I was trying to find my way back
or maybe 5 years is 5 years too much
to set something down and expect it to work
and maybe it speaks a bit to my form
that longing would keep me sewn into these walls
kerosene just puts the past up in flames
an honorable grave or an effigy
It’d be romantic to distill it down to
Eight easy letters for me to sing out
but if the truth’s in the letters, I don’t know what they are
and I don’t even like romantic things anymore
my hands are covered in menial scars
and my heart’s so big I think it will explode
and kerosene makes the past so overbright
it so easy to forget I put out the light
just
Let me take care of myself
Let me take care of myself
Let me take care of myself
Let me take care of myself
if I was honestly thinking it through
I would have known that the light wasn’t ever for you
cause kerosene gives me someplace to be
when the hope still arrives in the morning
because the hope’s right on time in the morning
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