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Emerald
01:09
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2. |
Cinders
03:43
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Shift between landscapes from the out to within
To not know yourself the most cardinal sin
Forest to desert, do you feel the heat
of intense introspection that leaves these cinders so sweet
All these masks that I've crafted
have a new one I need to learn
Shed this skin, with nothing left
Are you finally ready to burn?
Walking a thin line between blame and guilt
Truth asks for destruction of all of those structures you've built
Without these four walls, I soon forget my name
Casting golden torchlight to keep all my beasts contained
All these masks that I've crafted
have a new one I need to learn
Stripped to bone, with nothing left
Are you finally ready to burn?
All these masks that I've crafted
have a new one I need to learn
Say goodbye to all your lies
Are you finally ready to burn?
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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Background Music
04:02
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High to low
it's all I've ever known
Wax to wane
it's always been the same
Hunting David
seeking the ideal
Unable to sift perfection
from the crudity of the real
When will I be enough?
When will I say the right thing?
to find my person loved
and not just be the background music
Read my face
the scars they tell my story
Leave no trace
as you dig below my quarry
Heart placed on sleeve
begging for attention
Can't stay, won't leave
a walking contradiction
When will I be enough?
When will I look the right way?
to find my person loved
and not just be the background music
Growing up
I heard a lot of names
One was mine
the rest, weapons to maim
Porous, thin skin
will catch up with you one day
When hazy reminders of you
are all that remain
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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4. |
Mercury
04:15
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Where I used to see the grey
now there is only black and white
How I used to see myself
suddenly, I have no sight
Place myself upon the altar
take which pieces what you will
Hopes and dreams remain broken
potentiality unfulfilled
Fell out of touch with Mercury
was trying so hard to appease
Cutting, twisting, hiding just to suit your needs
and somehow, I lost me
Where I'd take to mountains for company
now I'm living in my head
How I used to talk to a god
who lately wouldn't know were I alive or dead
Seem to have lost my Mercury
was trying so hard to appease
Cutting, twisting, hiding just to suit your needs
and somehow, I lost me
Where did I go?
Iron casing with little spirit contained within
Winged boy, is there a reason you don't visit at night?
Where did I go, and was this renunciation worth it?
To set the queen so safely aside
Touch me with caduceus
seeking out this double thing
Moon's reflection guide me towards that
neverending ring
I have lost my Mercury
was trying so hard to appease
Cutting, twisting, hiding just to suit your needs
Do I finally suit your needs?
'cause somehow, I lost me
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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5. |
Clockwork
04:00
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Compass points me east
Journey to begin again
The shadows do not frighten any longer
the darkest, now my kin
He shows up early to save my soul
same position, different face
Somehow you seem to me familiar
start to realize when it's far too late
I am clockwork, right on time
A geometric pattern, I am following a line
I am clockwork, switching sides
Disintegration by the hour, in a minute at this second
Sharp turn ahead
let go your hand
Apollo he tempts me with lyre
still I know I'm no match
So abandon your ivory key
it's time to face the North again
Niobe's lonely up on Sipylus
so I share in her inner stillness and rain
Hear the bells of olde now
read Akashic thoughts
The Furies wind me up again
The Fates, they turn me South
Compass points me east
Journey to begin again
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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6. |
The Naysayers
03:38
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Another day, I hide away my hide
Me and silence, walking side by side
So much to say, so little fight
Trepidation remains my finest blight
Another week down, I'm unfulfilled
Tendency to dodge my dreams distilled
Made a choice: found my voice
But what of the naysayers?
Those rabble rousers
Will they break this fragile need?
Stone these words to watch them bleed
Another month, I decide to decide
Quill and parchment, my soul bared line by line
So much to give, so little time
Consternation thwarts my pint-sized pride
Another year gone, constrict my range
Too afraid to chance the choice to change
Made a choice: raise my voice
But what of the naysayers?
Those rabble rousers
Muckraking mudslingers
Will they break this fragile need?
Stone these words to watch them bleed
Make no sound - neither will they
Refusal now to live that way
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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7. |
Source
04:54
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Step into my solitude
Don't worry - I won't hurt a bit
Surrounding you with arms wide open
when the loneliness ceases to quit
Slowly seep into your cracks
the world has left behind
Sift into your mind and soul
until we can't unbind
Like mother's milk
Like wild foxglove
I'll be your source of light and love
Take a seat and rest your head
Transform emotion into lead
As the darkness persists in its descent
it warrants the compassion of a true friend
I will take the place of that
when you are overcome
Fill you with a sense of escape
just until you succumb
Like mother's milk
Like wild foxglove
I'll be your source of light and love
All that I ask of you in return:
Abandon the entirety of your self-concern
Is there a little bit of you left in there? (You are mine)
The world so cold and it don't care (Take my hand)
Can still feel the layers of your soul (I am your comfort)
One piece too many missing
to ever be made whole
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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Rescued
04:31
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There's something you should know:
I tend to fail at love
For reference, ask those hereinabove
Copper calls in November
To fill a hole as old as I can remember
So I try to comply
with a heart that always feels so sure
But as day softly fades to night
my heart is reaching for a new cure
Floating across a hilltop
snow falling at my feet
Been in the habit of forgetting
love is a two-way street
So I collect and store each history
like books upon a shelf
Guess I'm not too good at giving
the love I won't give myself
So I try to comply
with a heart that always feels so sure
But as day softly fades to night
my heart is reaching for a new cure
And I swear with each time
the story this go-round will be new
And I pray each and every night
that I will be rescued
Fall into me, for as long as you can take it
Make me complete, long enough for me to break it
Thought I was over this by now
Won't go away somehow
Copper calls in November
To hunt down promise, to dismember
Not one more time will this mistake be attached to my name
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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9. |
Him
02:56
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He is the spitting image of dissonance
He travels down on his cloudy grey cloud
to a place he knows too well
He is the mirror reflection of fragmentation
He finds the night in the brightest of lights
so many holes he can't shine through
He is the echo of self-enmity
He runs away on his speedway to flay
so many means to scorn the self
He travels down on his cloudy grey cloud
to a place he knows too well
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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10. |
Last Days
04:52
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You taught me compassion was key
to never let judgment control me
You proved love was more than a concept
and you hugged me at every misstep
But when your transition began, I ran
I let down the person I most wanted to become like
My heart gives way whenever I reflect on
your last days
Your head broke in two when he slapped
and your heart broke in four when she left
Our hearts broke in eight million pieces
when you inferred that you were to leave us
Farewell I just couldn't bid
so I hid
I let down the person I most wanted to become like
My heart gives way whenever I reflect on
your last days
More than a father
More than the sun
Gold's worth less than copper
In the light of unconditional love
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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11. |
Prima Materia
01:12
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12. |
Phoenix
04:32
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Water falls
Passion disenthralled
Earth dissolves
Revealing creation
Vitriol, proclaim my soul
Black to white, warm red night
Dragon sighs
No longer can you deny
what you've descried
Free mind's eye
Phoenix fly
There's no saving a heart when no heart is left
Air ascends
Persipience bends
Fire amends
Transforming creation
Peacock's tail, countervail
Black to white, warm red night
Dragon sighs
Watch those colors multiply
before your eyes
Wave goodbye
Phoenix die
There's no saving a heart when no heart is left
Change.
Emerald, lead to gold
Black to white, warm red night
Dragon sighs
Find yourself amidst these lies
One more time
Black to white, warm red night
Dragon sighs
Reborn whole on this great night
Spirit revived
See you shine
The dross held the light
Phoenix rise
There's no saving a heart when no heart is left
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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13. |
Only Me
04:25
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Tell me again
What would you have changed?
Ugly head-to-toe, inside and out
The things our minds will say
This frame may not be a lot to see
the subject of no one's fantasy
But these arms will keep you warm
amidst the snow
This body may not be stunning
as far as bodies go
Yes, it could be harder
but it's the only one I know
Let me avoid my life
a little longer
Let me fill that void
with something stronger
How could I ever make a difference?
Oh, the truths we live each day
This song may not be the best you've heard
no classic poem found in these few words
But these hymns will comfort wounds
you can't outgrow
This voice may not be enchanting
as far as voices go
Can only hope you'll listen
'cause it's the only voice I know
All this time
trusting in the ultimate lie:
that I would only rise to fall
Somehow forgot to summon into mind
the power of the small
Tried so hard to be more
fighting in a war against me night and day
Convinced sufficiency could only result from resistance
But that is not the way
Too long have I been surrounded
by thoughts borne out of fear
Concluding pure gold existed
somewhere outside of here
Slowly realize the truth
discovering the stone
No, I may not be perfect
But I'm the only me I know
Copyright 2012 Jeremy Webb
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grey Tucson, Arizona
Raised in the desert southwest amidst the juxtaposition of piercing sol and irrepressible monsoon, a small boy quickly realized his affinity toward music and spirituality. Realizing the inseparability of the two concepts and discovering the piano as an adolescent, he uncovered a means of expressing his perspective and experience via the audible world. ... more
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