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Everything visible in our solar system
Fills up less than one trillionth of the available space
Optimism is a form of denying reality
One can only deceive others
When one can first deceive oneself
Only humans care about their legacy
So go ahead, write your one-man show
Go ahead, craft your sonnet
Go ahead, structure your haiku
We are in denial of denial itself
Man is only truthful when
He acknowledges himself to be a liar
The human race’s greatest achievement
Is the discovery of zero
So go ahead, write your logline
Go ahead, brainstorm your memoir
Go ahead, do that crochet project
There are more galaxies in the universe
Than people that have ever lived
Modern human beings have existed for
0.0001 percent of Earth's history
We have fossils for only one of every
120,000 species that have ever existed
So go ahead, make your hand-crafted shoelaces
Go ahead, make your artisan swizzle sticks
Go ahead, make your vanity album
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When I was young
You never even gave me a second look
A second thought
A second chance to prove it
I always knew
I could have a life
Only You could dream
I just needed some time
To get through it
I may not be there yet
But some day you’ll regret you didn’t believe
Someday you will see
You underestimated me
I’m not the guy you thought I’d be
You owe me an apology
Some time’s gone by
And you probably think I’m still that quiet guy
You never knew that I could have ambition
That’s all right, ’cuz I’m about to get what I deserve
A little more love
And a lot more recognition
I may not be there yet
But some day you’ll regret you didn’t stay
You could’ve had your chance
But then you turned your back
And you walked away
[Chorus/Solo]
Some day you will know
When I get tired of lyin’ low
I will destroy the status quo
I’ll be the king of rock ’n’ roll
You’ll see my name on the marquee
I’m thanking the Academy
I’ll strike another victory pose
And talk some smack with Charlie Rose
Someday ...
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I can’t sleep, in too deep
Wish I could start it over now
Back in time, back in rhyme
I’d do it but I don’t know how
Incomplete, got no beat
Sometimes I forget to breathe
You’re the one that I love
But I don’t know what I see in me
I think it’s time that you should know
I’m tired of trying not to let it show
All the leaves are gone and it looks like snow
And I’m hanging on by letting go
And you won’t see me before
I shut the door
All the blame, and the shame
I don’t know any other way
Every day slips away
There’s so much more that I could say
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Never really knew you
But I should have known
Everything you made was not your own
You said you were an artist
Underpaid and overdrawn
And no one understands you ’til you’re gone
I still remember
The last words that you said
You said I’m better off dead
That’s what you said
You said I’m better off dead
And I still remember
The last words that you said
You said I’m better off dead
You said it’s all an illusion
Everything’s the same
‘Cuz nothing in this world can ever change
If no one really sees you
No one knows your name
Then no one can ever love you
That’s a shame …
I’m better off dead
You’re better off dead
They’re better off dead
We’re better off dead
Drop dead
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I don’t want you to leave me
I don’t want you to stay
I want you forever
But just not today
I know you can’t hear me
When I’ve got nothing to say
But I need you to see me
Even when I’m far away
Sometimes I go missing
My mind goes astray
I’m awake in the night
And I’m so dead in the day
I know I can choose it
It’s not like there’s only one way
But I’m afraid if I lose it
Maybe I won’t be the same
And that’s why I stay
All alone, even when I’m right next to you
All alone, I’m thinking you feel it, too
All alone, I wish there was something I could do
When you stand in the middle
You see every side
And they see you back
In every crack you try to hide
I wish I had something to run to
But I’ve got no spaces left to fill
My escape never ends
And I won’t rest until
I no longer feel
I don’t want you to leave me
I want you to stay
But I told you I loved you
And you looked away.
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You get the window
I’ll hold the ladder
I’ll hold the ladder
You get the window
I’ll hold the ladder
Hand you the window
I’ll hold the ladder
Hand you the window
I’ll hold the ladder
You place the window
I’ll hold the ladder
You place the window
You clean the window
I’ll hold the ladder
I’ll hold the ladder
You clean the window
I’ll hold the ladder
You break the window
You break the window
I’ll hold the ladder
You hold the ladder
I’ll fix the window
I’ll fix the window
You hold the ladder
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Tooth fairies and rabbit paws
Lucky sevens and Santa Claus
Be all that you can be
Buy one and get two free
Salvation and sacrifice
Don’t you worry, you’ll never die
You’re special in every way
And everything’s gonna be okay
I know it, you know it, too
I’d like to believe it,
But I know it’s not true
Cowboys and mavericks
Everyone above average
You’re one of the few
And it was all created for you
Like secret codes and superfoods
Nostradamus and the Delphi dude
Just think it, and it’ll come true
Cut the cord, get on board
Two by two
Tarot cards and crystal balls
The notion that you ever loved me at all
Screw you
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Don’t bore me
Give me something to think about
Don’t ignore me
Give me something to think about
I know you’re ready
You’re ready to go
But tell me something
I don’t already know
Maybe you don’t like
Hanging with my kind
Infatuated with the mind
Don’t leave me in so much pain
Forget your body
I want inside your brain
Don’t tease me
Give me something to think about
Don’t always agree
Give me something to think about
I need to know that this is more than a date
So give me something
I can ruminate
I know you don’t like
Hanging with my kind
Infatuated with the mind
Don’t leave me in all this pain
Forget your body
I want inside your brain
Don’t bore me
Give me something to think about
Don’t ignore me
Give me something to think about
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She asked me how tall I was
Then she asked again
Every moment the world starts anew
It must be kinda strange
To look around
At all the faces trying not to look at you
I don’t know how, I don’t know why
All I know is I won’t say goodbye
I know you’re there, taking your time
And I know that I’m the next in line
But I won’t run, I might hide
I won’t laugh, I’ll probably cry
I might get mad, but I won’t know why
I won’t recall
Anything at all
After all
On a summer Sunday
I’d ask him about his life
He’d tell me the same stories every time
The details disappear
The meaningful remains
A story never spoken always dies
I don’t know when, I don’t know why
All I know is I never said goodbye
I know you’re there, taking your time
And I know that I’m the next in line
Some day I’ll listen
To the music in the air
I’ll hear the notes, but I won’t know the song
Then you’ll take my hand, and tell me that it’s mine
And I’ll know that I won’t have too long
I won’t know how, I won’t know why
This is how I say goodbye
I know you’re there, taking my time
And I wonder who’s the next in line
They won’t run, they might hide
They won’t laugh, they’ll probably cry
They might get sad, but they won’t know why
They won’t recall anything at all
After all.
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Just Can't Sing
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I can turn a phrase
I can spin a yarn
I’ve been known to write a line or two
I can tell a story
In many different ways
But there’s just one thing I can’t do
I taught myself to play guitar
By watching MTV
Been doing it since I was just 13
I can strum and I can pick
And I can play some blues
Unfortunately, I just can’t sing
Oh, I know
I know that I will suffer ’til I die
But still I’ll try
I know that I am capable
Of doing many things
But oh my god
I just can’t fuckin’ sing
From grade school to grad school
I always got an A
I did all right on my SATs
I’ve taught myself to juggle
And how to drive a clutch
But singing in tune, not so much
Back when I played Little League
I made the All Star Team
In basketball, I was The Most Improved
But when I’d try to sing a song
With this old stupid voice
The girls were never moved
I don’t need no golden throat
Just a vocal range
of more than three damn notes
And if I can’t have a cool voice that’s mind
Jeff Tweedy’s will do just fine
Yeah that would ease my mind
I know I should be grateful
For damn near everything
But Jesus Christ, I still wish
That I could sing
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Marc Conklin
Marc Conklin is a Minnesota-based ghostwriter, screenwriter and songwriter. His newest release is a 5-song concept EP called "Seven Long Days." His first album, "Just Can't Sing," consists of 10 tracks, each performed by a different Twin Cities vocalist. The song "Someday" received airplay on alternative station 89.3 The Current in St. Paul. ... more
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