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Vatten
04:44
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Holy water, jello brain
Blurry vision, Vatten reign
See the shadow from the tree
Heaven thunder and pour on me
Rip my heart out, give me time
Keep your method 'cause I've got mine
Holy water, not again
Scan for exits and Vatten reign
Burn like fire, burn like fire, burn like fire
Burn like smoke, float away
Give me answers or give me pain
Scared of leaving, scared to stay
I'll keep searching either way
Leave your science and leave your faith
Both are empty so Vatten reign
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The Room
04:02
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They painted the ceiling, then gave you your feelings, then locked you away
They told you to dream, reminded you they're not real, then gave you hell to pay
A faceless monster picks numbers from rosters so the rainbow dies
They sold out your saints, then promised love without hate, then shot down the skies
But I know that we can break free
From the room they locked us in
And I know that there is hope because it's
Only hope that wins
They gave you a name, then they made you the same, so that you'd take the fall
They locked all the doors, put you on all fours, and made you drink the fog
An irreverent messiah who told you to try but you let them win
They made you a runner, they're making you dumber in their holy sin
But I know that we can break free
From the room they locked us in
And I know that there is hope because it's
Only hope that wins
Babe I know that we can break free
From the room they locked us in
And I know that all the broken spirits
Can be whole again
Yeah I know that we can break free
From the room they locked us in
And I know that there is hope because it's
Only hope that wins
Babe I know that we can break free
From the room they locked us in
And I know that all the broken spirits
Can be whole again
Again
And I know that there's hope
'Cause it always wins
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Alternative
04:22
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She only caught a glimpse
Held back true tears
Wanted to be the special one
And dyed her hair to match the rainbow she don't see
She's just too cool to live
She's so alternative
But I know she's just as scared to face the world
Acts like she's made of stone
Tries to hide a human heart behind a wall of irony
She's just too cool to live
She's so alternative
But I know she's just as scared to face the world
She says she wants to die
She's always getting high
But I know that someday soon she'll be my girl
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4. |
Pool (II)
04:28
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My inquiries are useless as I'll never get a name
Left without our clothes and you say that I am to blame
Two girls at the party like the three girls in my head
And I want to stay afloat but one of us is tied to lead
Terrified deserted as you're drowning in the pool
Tried to pull you out instead I acted like a fool
Looked like you were perfect but I guess it was a flaw
Can you love at all?
Annie make me clean
I'm not having fun
Annie make me clean
Didn't mean to hurt no one
Annie make me clean
It's so hard to watch
Want to learn to feel
Millions are watching yet you can't look in my eyes
A violent kind of romance in which both of us have died
A long annoying hum that rattles to my very core
And I know that though I hate you I'll always be back for more
Annie make me clean
I'm not having fun
Annie make me clean
Didn't mean to hurt no one
Annie make me clean
It's so hard to watch
Want to learn to feel
But guess I can't be taught
Annie make me clean
Hate this heart of mine
Annie make me clean
And I am running out of time
Annie make me clean
Nothing I can do
Never find an end
Killing cells out by the pool
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5. |
Monolith
04:52
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Can't fight it
Reflections come my way
I return to this hole
The feelings never stay
Call it truth
But I feel like no man
I'm staring at blank screens
Space I don't understand
But I won't let it take my soul
Sought escape
That wouldn't take my heart
A barely lit room
The gold that has been shot
Monolith
Please can you make me clean?
First I'll lose my mind
Then you'll see what I mean
But I won't let it take my soul
Won't let it take my soul
Guilt myself
For salvation I seek
A monster wants control
Of objects that I seek
Dear stranger
When all the living's dead
Will you still remain?
Or were you in my head?
Don't fight it
They're serving it for free
When I am getting one
You know she's doing three
Monolith
You'll find me one
I'm killing all my jokes
You're killing just for fun
I let it take my soul
Oh no
I let it take my soul
Oh no
I let you take my soul
Oh no
I let you take my soul
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Hush
04:26
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Maybe I'm scared of everyone
Or maybe i'm just scared
Life screams and tries to distort all
The secrets that I've shared
And it makes me wanna run
Now baby hush
To ghosts converge inside my human
Form to have a laugh
They do not know each other's plans
But both involve a trap
And it makes me wanna jump
Now baby hush
Baby please be cool
There is no rush
I'm trying to sleep
I need your touch
Sometimes I get the feeling that
My efforts are but smoke
I long for freshened air so much
I don't realize I've choked
And the battle's lost and won
Now baby hush
Baby please be cool
There is no rush
I'm trying to sleep
I need your touch
Baby please be cool
There is no rush
I'm trying to sleep
I need your touch
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7. |
Jericho
04:28
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8. |
Goat Song
07:58
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And I'm alone
Trapped in this maze that is my head, my home
And I've done the thing I thought I'd never do
Write some melodies for my weak heart
How did we start?
So now I drive
Down the highway as fast as I can
With the funny feeling that I'm not a man
Convicted by what I don't understand
Don't understand
Try to believe
Just like heavy stains on concrete floors
Like the radiator lulling me to sleep
Haunted by the truce I'll never see
I'm sinking deep
I no longer have a say in what my body wants
I'm the host of a ghost and I'm dead and gone
I can't connect with people that I know I love
I just want the peace that you said would come
And I pity myself and don't know what for
Can I not read my heart or do I ignore?
I can't connect with people that I know I love
And I just want the peace that you said would come
So will it come?
So will it come?
So will it come?
I see the buttons on her dress that I undid
And I see her blue eyes burning through my skin
She didn't know my name and I didn't know hers
It's the mystery I love, never the girl
I look back in time and it seems so far
Time's such a dick but you never are
And I hope the rest doesn't take so long
I like to speed down the road I'm on
The lights go flashing by
And the bluejay's on the fly
And the voices from the sky
And the agitated cries
I'm never scared
I remain scared
My tongue so meek is reluctant to share
The feelings that I have for you aren't very clear
I'd quickly wed the idea that is you
What can you do?
Yeah two diversions fight in me
A conflict bright but still unseen
In the empty chassis I call a skull
I'm waiting for when I feel full
And what about the lonesome spark
A fire missing a clear mark
The manifesto growing old
It's tough to believe what I'm told
And what would all the neighbors think?
I love it when they hear you sing
My God, it gets harder to hear
I barely know when love is near
And I know that I am not a slave
I'm bound to figments either way
So will you ever call my name?
I won't come when I hear my name
You know I won't come when I hear my name
You know I won't come when I hear my name
You know I won't come when I hear my name
You know I won't come when I hear my name
And I'm driving down the highway just as fast as I can
And I get a funny feeling I'm a shell of a man
When my heart's getting raped by my foreign brain
I don't get to leave this life feeling I'm the same
And that's when the monolith is close to clear
And the wheel makes a turn but I cannot steer
And I drive off the bridge into the sea
And I crave Vatten but it's killing me
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9. |
Cool Cool Rain
04:20
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The start of something centuries old
The myth of hope that's growing cold
The eyes that hide what heaven sees
The joy killed by anxiety
My blindness will not change the facts
I'm scared for what my payment lacks
When others touch themselves it's touching me
But still I bleed
You'll find your sea of love
Is still a sea of pain
And then you wash away
Like the cool cool rain
You'll find your sea of love
Is still a sea of pain
And then you wash away
Like the cool cool rain
The end of something fresh as blood
The trick you pick to shove your love
Though you feel it deep inside you
Don't you think it's too good to be true?
You'll find your sea of love
Is still a sea of pain
And then you wash away
Like the cool cool rain
You'll find your sea of love
Is still a sea of pain
And then you wash away
Yeah you'll wash away
You'll find your sea of love
Is still a sea of pain
And then you wash away
Like the cool cool rain
You'll find your sea of love
Is still a sea of pain
And then you wash away
Like the cool cool rain
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Tommy Kessler Chicago, Illinois
St. Louis-raised, Chicago-based guitarist, songwriter, producer, and vocalist. (he/him)
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