Steg Wasser Strand
Weigh Down
Verse 1
Is it true, what you told me --
That there’s fire in my eyes,
That all the shadows pale to grey
and dissipate when I am with you?
V2
Would you tell me if I
had over-stepped my place
and filled you with a loneliness
that saturates the spaces between us?
Refrain 1
It weighs you down,
Oh, you weigh me down.
V3
I can’t tell you anything
of our past and present ties,
You fill my head with whims and things
that riddle through my lies and follies.
V4
I was a fool, I know --
I thought I knew a thousand things.
But a thousand stories turn to dust
when faced with all the crimes and sins that made them.
R2
They weigh me down,
Like I weigh you down.
V5
Would you hold me still,
For all my imperfections,
All the callous words and the lightning bolts
I hurled in your direction?
V6
Oh, how I wish that I
could blame it on my youth.
But I am older than the stars,
Oh, I’ve been running from the truth for years.
R3
It weighs me down,
Like I weigh you down,
Like you weigh me down,
Oh, you weigh me down.
Chaos
Verse 1
Tides and glides and specks of gold,
Ravines and rivers running cold,
Waves and currents forming,
Flow and filter through these souls.
Chorus 1
I don’t know if we can keep running,
I don’t know how far or how near,
But I know that if you leave me now, leave me out here,
you’ll leave me falling
through the chaos we contain.
V2
If I could turn you in my hand
and draw your features in the sand,
Would it bring me closer?
Would it help me understand?
C2
I don’t know what we’re becoming,
I don’t know if we’ll still be here,
But I know that I need you now,
Need you right here,
‘Cos I feel I’m dissolving
in the chaos we contain.
V3
These eyes like burning trees,
And howling whispers from the sea,
Will they bring us closer?
Or will they come for me?
C3
I don’t know if I need forgiveness,
I don’t know if I’m bad or I’m good,
All I know is I can feel you now,
Feel you right here,
Though one day there’ll be nothing
of the chaos we contain.
C4
My friends tell me I’m deluded,
They say I’m squandering my dreams,
But you and I we’re living now,
Living right here,
‘Cos we may soon be nothing
but the chaos we contain.
End To The Ways
Verse 1
In the nook of my mind
I’ve left the dark behind,
But the past still radiates
and shapes our time.
V2
There’s a hope taking root,
A shot I like to shoot
where I try to coax you from
your solitude.
Chorus 1
The break of the day is here to see,
No end to the ways that we could be,
But you’re all I’m not.
V3
With the light on your brow,
You play the monster, you play the clown,
And erase yourself for me,
I don’t know how.
C2
The break of the day is here to see,
No end to the ways that we could be,
But you’re all I’m not.
V4
You say I said, “Please go,
Leave me so I can grow.”
Though that’s not what I recall,
How would I know?
C3
The break of the day is here to see,
No end to the ways that we could be,
But you’re all…
I’m caught in a maze,
I’m lost at sea,
I’m casting the blame,
I’m running free,
You drive me insane
but it’s all me
‘cos you’re all I want,
You’re all I want.
Less Than The Storms
Verse 1
Is there any use to comfort?
Cast an alibi asunder and I
couldn’t tell you for sure.
Have you taken all you wanted?
Have you thrown aside the haunted soul
that devilled the past in you?
Chorus 1
I could surmise
more than I thought from the sigh in your eyes,
Less than the storms you were feeling,
Was I heeding?
Can I survive
the pitfalls and landslides on this mountain ride?
Couldn’t I see you were reeling?
Now we’re bleeding.
V2
Cauterise and feel you hunger,
Can’t you feel the past like thunder now
the ocean has swallowed you?
I’ve been looking through your history,
Trying to solve the winter mystery
that keeps me up at night.
C2
I could surmise
more than I thought from the sigh in your eyes,
Less than the storms you were feeling,
Was I heeding?
Can I survive
the pitfalls and landslides on this mountain ride?
Couldn’t I see you were reeling?
Now we’re bleeding.
Seagull
Verse 1
Like summer rain,
Come thread me through you heart again.
Like feathered snow,
Come bathe me in your afterglow.
Bridge 1
I’m spread beneath your feet like fire,
But will I miss you again?
Chorus 1
There’s a seagull out the window,
And he’s haggling with me,
Says I’m failing from the get-go,
Says I’ve lost all my belief.
V2
Before we know
if our tethered love will fade or grow.
Before we start
to coalesce or fall apart…
B2
I’ll lay beneath your feet like fire,
But will I miss you again?
C2
There’s a seagull out the window,
And he’s haggling with me.
Says I’m failing from the get-go,
Says I’ve lost all my belief,
And now the thunder’s growing out there,
And it’s shattering my dreams,
And I’m caving to the ground
but I won’t give the seagull what he needs.
B3
I’m spread beneath your feet like fire,
But will I miss you?
V3
Before the rain,
Come thread me through your heart again.
Before the snow,
Come bathe me in your afterglow.
B4
I’ll lay beneath your feet like fire,
But will I miss you?
C3
There’s a seagull out the window,
And he’s haggling with me.
Says I’m failing from the get-go,
Says I’ve lost all my belief,
And now the water’s rolling out there,
And the rocks they bare their teeth,
And I’m certain I will drown
but I won’t give the seagull what he needs.
B5
I’ll lay beneath your feet like fire,
But will I miss you again?
Written, performed, recorded and mixed by
Steg Wasser Strand
Mastered by Chris McCormack at Blacklisted Mastering