1. |
See You There
02:50
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Well I haven't left my house now in just about three weeks
I haven't said a word somehow about this I can't speak
Sit in bed all alone, sit in bed curtains drawn
Waiting for some peace
I don't care much about things that used to be
Of the utmost importance to me
Waiting for the day I can finally say
I'm done
Ooo I no longer care
Ooo I will see you there
A friendly face is hard to go out & seek
The pushing & pulling is much too much for me
Another day, another face, opportunities
Oh well, one more wasted week
Go to work, work all day, making money
In the end what's it for? No family
Hope or pray wish or stay what's it gonna be?
I'm done
Ooo I no longer care
Ooo I will see you there
Ooo What's it like to care?
Ooo Will I see you there?
Ooo I no longer care
Ooo I won't save a chair
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2. |
Rootless
05:04
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I met you at 14
& I left you at 19
it was the hardest thing i'd ever do (or ever done)
I couldn't stand it at the time
Between the shards of what was yours and what was mine
In the space of that almost crash
More pain and heartache than i could take at such a tender age
Oh everytime I find my feet
& feel solid on the ground
The earth is pulled from underneath
& I'm rootless, rootless yeah
Everytime I fall & fall
Too uncautious to halt
Instead of earth, soft & warm
I'm rootless, rootless yeah
(To a fault)
I met you at 19
And thought you were the one
In a year we parted ways, oh
You left me reeling & confused
Tossed aside & abused
& burned up by the sun
Pulled up by the roots, just like the other ones
Oh everytime I find my feet
& feel solid on the ground
The earth is pulled from underneath
& I'm rootless, rootless yeah
Everytime I fall & fall
Too uncautious to halt
Instead of earth, soft & warm
I'm rootless, rootless yeah
(To a fault)
Will I meet you at 23?
Wait for you plant your feet?
In the garden of my heart (at the start)
Or should I pour concrete
So nothin/nothin/nothing could ever grow
Never open up my soul
So i'd never be a sinner in a sinners bed
Oh everytime I find my feet
& feel solid on the ground
The earth is pulled from underneath
& I'm rootless, rootless yeah
Everytime I fall & fall
Too uncautious to halt
Instead of earth, soft & warm
I'm rootless, rootless yeah
Everytime I fall & fall
Too uncautious to halt
Instead of earth, soft & warm
I'm rootless, rootless yeah x4
(To a fault)
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3. |
Make Me
02:36
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its been 20 years and I’ve got no home
and I know the worst is yet to come
its been 20 years and I just don’t know
about the world, about me
and you sit there, in your tower
and you tell me to figure myself out
well ive been waiting
for a helping hand
but its never gonna come
so make me your tragedy
and ill be rotting inside
make me a life lesson
take me and hide away
o ooo ooo
o ooo oo
o ooo ooooh
so make me your tragedy
and ill be rotting inside
make me a life lesson
take me and hide away
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4. |
Blue
04:43
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There's a sadness
On your birthday
When there's nothing
To be happy about
You try to make
Your parents proud
But a bottle of pride
Doesn't always go down
& you're blue
you're blue
there's a gladness
On a wednesday afternoon
when there's nothing new
To confuse or abuse
the blues
the blues
the blues
There's lies you tell to children
As you tuck them into bed
You'll grow up show up know up hope up
To get them to sleep
There's nights you lay up thinking
Will I be happy healthy selfless wealthy?
Before you dream
of the blues
the blues
the blues
the blues
the blues
There's a sadness
On your birthday
When there's nothing
To be happy about
You try to make
Your parents proud
But a bottle of pride
no it won't go down
when you're blue
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5. |
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Everything is shit
Everything is shit
Everything is shit
Today
Everything is crap
Why won't you call me back
Will my father die
Today?
Sitting here alone
beside my telephone
I'm wondering where this goes
When I'm all alone
In my mind
Everything is bad
I'm feeling oh so sad
I failed another class
Today
Havent seen my best friend
In a couple months
We haven't been to brunch
Today
Sitting here alone
beside my telephone
Wondering if you'll call
Oh I know that I'll fall
Again
Sitting here alone
beside this telephone
not a call or a text
or a single swipe right yes
today
Everything is shit
I am 21
This is what life is?
Well it's not very fun
Today
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Shelley Smith Melbourne, Australia
Solo project of Shelley Smith who is also in Way Shit
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