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They Asked Me
02:47
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Do you love?
I only give what another cannot stand
I walk in the shadows of things too surreal to believe
Obscured by alertness and freedom
The creature, hunchbacked near my cabinet
Has kept watch over me
And when he leaves my side
I have truly lost my innocence
Just as the day in a dim bowling alley
When my cousin, her friend, and I talked about life
And I mistook reflection
For deep affection
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2. |
Shame
03:13
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Did anyone see you
On the bed that night
Half drunk, dazed, and smiling
Yearning for
My fluorescent lights?
Moments fade too quickly
As I learned stuck in neutral
Suppressing old feelings
Which I barely could control
If I could come to your lips
Everything would be just right
I would never fac that that darkness
Or travel through this
Wasteland of filmstrips
Directed by names I can't pronounce!
Though our friendship has scattered
With the ashes of receding tides
If our sparks ever cross again
I'll be sure to
Drop you a line.
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As the morning turned my way
See birds flying through it's hazy face
And I came back here to replace your place in my life
And didn't you know that I'm not the world's strongest man
When it comes to you and your world I'm lost
Can't you see the towers of mine they could shine like a dime
Take me back again to your warm desire
And again again again
Longing for belongings here again
And I need your love you know I can't pretend anymore
And didn't you know that I'm not the world's strongest man
When it comes to you and your world I'm lost
Can't you see the towers of mine they could shine like a dime
Take me back again to your warm desire
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Saw you at a concert
Tan and full of life
Billy played his heart out
We never heard him in our lives
There was an old woman there
She grabbed me by the arm
I ignored it and walked away
To your bountiful irresistible charms.
She looked for a weapon in cold blood
While I held you and tried to say I love you
But fear of leaving stood in my way
At 2 AM I scour the Internet
Horny and alone
Dozens of girls call me daddy
Cheerleaders, teenagers, sadomasochists
Everyone feels so hollow and far away from this
There's someone that means the world to me
But I turned away
When her existence became happy and busy.
So I drink when no one's home
Cider and beer without a care
It's only happened twice so far
But I fear what demons await me there.
I need you now
Though we never dated and I haven't seen you in a year
Come lay here by my side
Handle with care
Thouch my hand and spoon me
What's left of my pride
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5. |
My Letter/Song For Ava
07:27
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My Letter:
The script was twisted
The stamp not on straight
I took the wrong way round the bend
It worries me writing you
These feelings will never end you know.
Still I have it buried in my soul
A bent-up word from long ago
Though I know it's strange
I hold it close and think of everything we should be.
Song For Ava:
Saw you in a film the other night
The camera was great
The writing alright
Do you think of me as your slave now honey?
Do you hear them moaning at night?
Like the man I despise
Locking her up so tight
Betraying Jesus's dreams
Treating girls as toys
Pipes to be passed around
To all the naughty girls and boys
My crush is an angel
And sluts are seraphim sent
When it's over they go straight up to
Where our Dear Mother is meant
But the sackcloths devour them
I shall remove what they stroke
Trails of blood for the old Injun cries
Smiles through the fort fire and smoke.
John, clean Pocahontas's ass
And leave her in the tobacco fields
She can live then
Pure with the land
Gone from her eyes the courts and old fears
Maybe I could love you
For somebody else
Maybe all my questions
Are teasing me through your mammary cells
But I know they'll keep you
Till you can't perform
Cut you unceremoniously down
Look at all the pretty worms!
Is this the life we know?
Obscured by ceramic and kiln
Weaving blankets of deception
As the latex slides in?
Now I did get off
Quarter past two
That doesn't mean it's anything
More than what I know love to be true
You may enjoy it for a while
Call me when you're done
We'll wipe down the path
Your flaming red virtue had run.
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6. |
Seeds
04:18
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When I was born
The stars they bled
A tangled mess of light
All in your head
Now I won't stay too long
But I have to feed
Such an existence
No forsaking the deed!
The tears from past lives
Running down your face
Your soul isn't your own
Your mind they've erased
I want to see right through you
Just give me a little mind
Little time
Little blind mouse now baby
Stumbled into the hive
The bees only spared him
Cause he had a knife
He preached to the cactus
Saw many things
What he got honey?
What he got that I don't got?
Tell me!
Ah woman, you're making me insane!
I become everything
Kill me anything
I just want you
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7. |
Underhanded Memories
02:12
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Embrace him
And Stella slaps me round to zero
Breathe his perfume
the lives of 10,000 years
Running down his shirt
The haze was good today
The grotto was lit, hooray
I stumble back in
Country rock and stale food
You rifle through
Anxiety and recipes I get stoned to
But if there's one thing I'll remember
It's that greeting
Drifting outside the airport
Whispered with feeling
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C.W. Franz Chicago, Illinois
Enterprising poet with a strange taste in music. Butchering everything from folk to musique concrete or something.
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