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No Mames
03:38
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I'm 25 this fall
Have I learned anything at all?
I'm sweeping the floor
Can't take it anymore
Fidel's been here since five
He hasn't had a day off since I've been alive
He's sending money home
I'm saving up for an iPhone
What can I learn?
Is it my turn?
I live a life I didn't earn
This world is unfair
and I never cared
but I've got some energy to burn
and I can learn
This city runs on sweat
Eight million immigrants all paying their debt
Through the end of every day
Tired smiles on the subway
What can I learn?
Is it my turn?
I live a life I didn't earn
This world is unfair
and I never cared
but I've got some energy to burn
and I can learn
I'll learn to build a bigger fire
I'll learn to reach a little higher
I'll learn to work until I'm tired
until I get what I desire
until I find what I require
until it's mine
I'll learn to grind
Until I die
(fuck)
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2. |
Blocks the Light
04:03
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The curtain blocks out the sun
We bought the best Amazon could offer
Bled our coffers dry
The curtain billows at three
You're fast asleep next to me. I ponder
the shadows on your thigh
Inches from my eye
Miles from where I lie
Try as I might, I can't sleep through the night
til the morning gets bright, it's not the curtain that blocks the light
We didn't talk much today
I feel myself drifting away from someone
Has the sun gone down?
I get up and throw back the screen
Stick out my shoulders and scream I'm sorry
What the hell are we now?
Show me something now
I don't remember how
We're wasting time just lying here
Run me over or whisper in my ear
Try as I might, I can't sleep through the night
til the morning gets bright or I shake from the fright
Am I gone from your sight, is it wrong, is it right?
As my heart's getting tight, it's not the curtain that blocks the light
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3. |
The Only One
02:56
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Lead the way
Laugh and grin
Take everything you wanna say
Hold it in
Brush and floss
Save and spend
and even when we know you're lost
We'll all pretend
You wanna be strong still you want us to care
Keep it inside, this isn't something to share
Hold it, hold on
Do it all by yourself if you're the only one
If it helps we'll hide
or hang up the phone
and even though we're by your side
you can be alone
You wanna be strong so you ask us to leave
Say it again to force yourself to believe
Hold it, hold on
Do it all by yourself if you're the only one
You wanna be strong but you already are
You go it alone and never get very far
Hold it, hold on
Do it all by yourself if you're the only one
You wanna be strong but you already are
You go it alone and never get very far
Hold it, hold on
Do it all by yourself if you're the only one
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4. |
Don't (Turn the TV On)
01:33
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Don't talk about the president or world events
Don't think about the time you spend
Turn the TV on
Don't imagine all that you could do, aspire to
Don't admit there's something wrong with you
Turn the TV on
We waste so much time
Don't talk about who you could be, the things you'd see,
the things you'd overcome, the goals achieved
Who'd believe you?
Turn the TV on
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5. |
Heroes
02:52
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We worship our heroes
We worship ourselves
We worship a busy day and trophies on the shelves
Our hero's sick
That's his whole shtick
We swallow that pill and we follow him still
It's always just news to click
You love his work though
I loved it too
But where is the line between the art, the men, and what they do?
The area's grey
That's what you say
He thought that as well, so he raped someone else
and said "wait, it's okay, I'm gay"
The press goes wild
The man exiled
We all congratulate ourselves
But they'll release a new track
or slip in through a crack
and in a few years they'll have their lives and families back
Our heroes stink
Just what I think
I'd rather go blind or out of my mind
than click on another link
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6. |
Tossing/Turning
03:25
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Ten dollar shots and a gin martini
Kim Kardashian in a bikini
Cigarette smoke and a quarter pounder
Another year down and a little rounder
It's a constant attack of alternative facts
It's a world we can never get back
Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, memes
Our generation's amphetamines
We post online, artificial glory,
We only leave the house for the Insta story
It's a constant attack of alternative facts
It's a world we can never get back
Politics, terrorism, train delays
Wanna pack up my things and hit the highway
Kavanaugh, Spacey, Casey Affleck
Justified with mental gymnastics
Then there's the streetlight on your skin
The bed we're in slows everything
Drown out the noise for a while, everything's fine
Group text the boys for a while, everything's fine
Shit talk your job for a while, everything's fine
The subway's a mob for a while, everything's fine
My mood's on the edge of a knife, but everything's fine
and you are the love of my life, everything's fine
You are asleep next to me, and everything's fine
and I"m right where I wanted to be, and everything's fine
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7. |
Nothing to Me
03:38
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You called me up
You said you've had enough
You're leaving
Worlds apart
A shaky heart
Keeps heaving
How long could it be?
If a couple years go by that's nothing to me
How sad does it seem?
Can't even find a way to say what I mean
So I act like it's nothing to me
So you enlist
I clench my fists
Keep breathing
I miss my friend
I still pretend
Still grieving
How long could it be?
If a couple years go by that's nothing to me
How sad does it seem?
Can't even find a way to say what I mean
So I act like it's nothing to me
Too late, did I miss my shot
to say it's not nothing to me?
How long could it be?
What if I find out you're only a dream
Then there at the end
I'll tell you my friend
The rest was nothing to me
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8. |
Alright
02:56
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I've had a few drinks and some heavier blinks, I've been slipping
Try to walk but I'm tripping
but it's alright
I'm trying to think but there's plates in the sink I should clean
Think I see something green
but it's alright
I feel alright
There's things in the air I should probably share, but I don't want to
This part of me haunts you
Is that alright?
It's flowers and doves and I'm lucky in love since I date you
I occasionally hate you
but it's alright
I feel alright
I don't wanna be just a wave in the sea any longer
I wish I was stronger
but it's alright
I'll never admit that I'm sick of my shit, but I'll hint it
and hope you don't print it
but it's alright
Things are alright
I feel alright
We'll be alright
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9. |
Serious Now
01:58
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This is me being serious now
This is me with a furrowed brow
This is me with a song about right and wrong
This is me being serious now
This is life getting serious now
This is love in a fearsome drought
These are women in the streets, these are wolves at their feet
This is life getting serious now
How can we make a joke without amends?
How can we do it all again?
Just like we always do
This is the end feeling serious now
This is the curtain, the lights and the bow
And as the audience stands they see the blood on their hands
This is the end feeling serious now
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Doom and gloom, that's all you feel
Try your best to make it real
I guess it's just a part of getting older
Like your hair relocating to your shoulders
So you hit the booze
What's left of the day you lose
It's only yourself you bruise
You crave attention every day
Something real to take away
As intimate as secondhand smoke
or old friends with an inside joke
But it leaves you cold
Like seeing your house get sold
Like watching your dad get old
So you walk around with a cartoon frown
Hide inside it like a dressing gown
You're just naked underneath
Don't want anyone to see
So if asked, you're always okay
Is that just a word you say
Is that just the price you pay?
Doing your best to be blue
'cause without it who are you
It's all you ever do
It's all you ever knew
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I'm living in a messed up world
Full of male hostility and stressed out girls
And a guy was murdered on my street last night
Took me ten whole minutes til I felt alright
I held onto your body by the siren light
Nothing ever fills up, soothes or sates me
Just how I've been feeling lately
Scared to go outside in a world that hates me
I'm living in a broken town
Where we don't start dreaming when the sun goes down
Where we don't start living at the break of day
Where I'd owe you money just to get my way
Where like a fly on honey I am here to stay
Nothing ever fills up, soothes or sates me
Just how I've been feeling lately
Bottom of the list in a city that rates me
Gonna fight until the fever breaks me
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me
I'm living in an empty shell
Only dumb ideas and unpleasant smells
And I treat it good and I treat it bad
and I try to treat it gently when it's feeling sad
But I still want it to have the things it never had
Nothing ever fills up, soothes or sates me
Just how I've been feeling lately
Trapped in a body with a mind that hates me
Gonna fight until the fever breaks me
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll build a bigger fire)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll reach a little higher)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll work until I'm tired)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks me (I'll get what I desire)
(Hold it, hold on)
I'm gonna fight until the fever breaks
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Joe Holt New York, New York
Joe is a folk singer/songwriter originally from England, whose music was praised by Obscure Sound as "stirring, eloquent songwriting," and by Ear to the Ground as "the real deal when it comes to folk songwriting." His music has been featured twice on NPR. He lives in New York City. ... more
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