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No Waves

by The Y Axes

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1.
Empty Space 03:19
2.
Nevertheless 03:12
I’m waking up on my own to find nothing has changed Same shadow on my toes same bookmark in my brain Same facts I’ll never know same thoughts of right and good I’m waking up all alone wondering if I could Be strong enough to fight Be well enough to write Words someone else will find and pick up when I’m gone I’m walking now asleep Flipping through memories To find a glimpse of me to try to prove myself wrong I never said I was fearless but nevertheless we are in this And we don’t know what’s next I wake up to hot blooded veins A world that’s turning to ash but I can taste the rains I’m breaking up on my own all thoughts of don’t and should Constraints I’d somehow grown so that I never would Be strong enough to fight Be well enough to write Words someone else will find and pick up when I’m gone I’m walking now asleep Flipping through memories To find a glimpse of me trying to prove I could Be strong enough to fight Be well enough to write Words someone else will find and pick up when I’m gone I’m walking now asleep Flipping through memories To find a glimpse of me to try to prove myself wrong I face the world with my eyes closed but I face it nonetheless I never said I was fearless but nevertheless we are in this I live my life with my eyes closed but I live it nonetheless I never said that it wasn’t a mess but it’s all I’ve got left And I don’t know what’s next
3.
All these parts unknown as Gravity takes hold My broken heart once cold and dark Those promises you told me Burn just like a sole in Open streets streaked gold in heatwaves Can you hear it? A silent refrain is taking me higher I try to maintain But I’m on fire and you’re on fire Just waiting for the next train And with your heartbeat pressed against my lips Come even closer we can whisper it And you may think I’m just insane saying I feel it: a secret singing in our fingertips Of fictions weaving Twisting through me leaving Traces of a place I’m grieving They say snakes shed skins and May say I’m no different Rivers in my slithered footprint And all these facts I know Melt from me like snow Do you ever wonder how a hope burns like a star? Something in the air When I saw you there Makes me start to wonder what my life has meant thus far Far enough along even when I am alone I swear, a thought can take me there Enough away, become just energy Heat signatures surrounding me
4.
Smoke 03:33
Carried our packs straight to the edge Saw the future burn the past Saw strip mall sketches stretching skeletal We knew it wouldn’t last Through dark heat Smoke in the street But I see you clear Pulling you feet farther from me But i know that you’re near We read the same words Forget what we heard Two meanings diverging from the same verse Our insides churning just to learn from ourselves Reverse what we rehearsed The lights will bend between the trees But I see you clear It’s up to you and down to me And I know that you’re near And what do I do now When I promised that I’d get to you but now I don’t know how I’ve got you always Your words in my head I’ve got you always Your heart in my chest And I won’t rest
5.
I’ve been a fell tree A hurricane afraid to fail Digging for who I used to be I’ve been the dirt under your nails Our eyes a neon sign Our hearts a swept front porch Our hands scraping in the sky Our mouths shouting for more Oh there’s colors that you’ve never seen You don’t need a name for everything you do I say “I don’t know who I’m supposed to be” You say “There’s no such thing as ‘supposed to’” Just out of view outside They wait for you you’ll find Impatience gets the best rebuke No rest when you’re hanged up by your shoes Our eyes a neon sign Our hearts a swept front porch Our hands scraping in the sky Our mouths screaming for more There’s colors that you can’t perceive You don’t need a name for everything you do I say “I don’t know who I’m supposed to be” You say “There’s no such thing as ‘supposed to’” And what do I know what do I say when they come asking? Every equation incomplete Every sentence fragmenting Like the gap in between where we’re standing And all that I have left are words trapped in a void With echoes keeping company to thoughts that I avoid The colors start to bleed and now all that I see are the stains of my days as they pass me And how should I know what’s actually happening When I can’t discern what I see from in a dream? It’s all in my head, try to keep it open But now that seals been broken through There’s colors that you’ve never seen You don’t need a name for everything you do I say “I don’t know who I’m supposed to be” You say “There’s no such thing as ‘supposed to’” And what do I know what do I say when they come asking? Every equation balancing Every sentence fragmenting Like the gap in between where we’re standing
6.
Get Away 03:14
We might be natural born escapists Strapping broken hearts against our chest But I think that nothing can shake us We’re just tired of waiting for what’s next So tired so tired of failing first So tired so tired of the original curse Of trying my best and feeling worse Can we just get out? Can we get away From pretending everything’s ok? Because we hold back tears And i see my face reflect distorted ways Close my eyes turn up my headphone Turn you up so i can hear the sound Trips me up because i think you’re with me Talk aloud even when you’re not around There’s no time no time for giving up Because our time our time is not enough Should we take it slow or take it up? Can we just get out? Can we get away From pretending everything’s ok? And all that we’ve seen just clings to us All that we know is growing rust All that we’ve done has gone to dust All of it seems to be too much And when it comes will you turn away from it? Would you rather be safe than sound? It’s gonna happen someday won’t it? Don’t be afraid of what it is found
7.
Moon 04:46
The moon Comes out in the daytime Turn the radio up But it’s too Late I can feel the shifting tide Churning up my insides A sound I found resounds inside of me I flipped a switch to find the frequency But there’s not waves that I can see Nothing just left and wandering I wish I was born a planet Or a comet Just me alone with a moon in space Or burning out breaking up watching my past disintegrate At noon we wake Like we got nothing to be No one around that we can see And it’s true No present, no past, no you weighing down on me Just surviving And I can see I can see There’s nothing wrong with my heart Just atrophied and maybe falling apart But I heard this one echo through my head It’s the same song rearranged from what you said I wish I was born a planet Or maybe a comet Just me alone with a moon in space Or burning out breaking up watching my past disintegrate And on my block the lights burn out Feel the stars pressing down Feel myself untethered from the night Living like now Or never’s whenever you like Moon.. moon.. I wish I was born a planet Or baby a comet Just me alone with a moon in space Or burning out breaking up watching my past disintegrate Moon.. moon..
8.
One Of Us 04:40
And you could say Every word I’ve ever written spells your name But there’s not time for stealing glances Spending chance that you take Stick to your guns Stick with me Air sticks to your lungs Wait til you see The whites of their eyes glow That’s when you know That’s when you know You could be one of us Think you might be one of us Everyone’s one of us Why would you ever want to be one of us? The sun goes up The buildings go down But you can’t see it because we’re underground Running faster than your radar guns You say they’re coming well Just let them come And you could say Every word I’ve ever written spells your name But there’s not time for stealing glances Spending chance that you take Stick to your guns Stick with break Air sticks to your lungs Wait til you see The whites of their eyes glow That’s when you know That’s when you know You could be one of us Think you might be one of us Everyone’s one of us Why would you ever want to be one of us? The flag goes up The buildings go down But you can’t see it because we’re underground Running faster than your radar guns You say they’re coming well Just let them come You could be my breed You could be my breed I see your face and I can’t breath (enon interlude) Ah ah.. The sun goes up The buildings go down But we can’t see it because we’re underground Running faster than your radar guns You say they’re coming well Just let them come You could be my breed We could be happy You could be my breed I see your face and I can’t breathe
9.
Sun leaks in through my windowpane But this heat doesn’t feel the same Wind rattling through my ribcage A vacant heart and an occupied gaze Progress in unlearning All the rules you used to know Carved in trees and heavier than stone But you’ll always be the same to me And all the things we used to do In another timeline when it was me and you On your hardwood floor pulling the demons from our chests Never knowing they could be all that’s left Or that your fear can be your friend when you’re on your own Cuz even when you’re by yourself you’ll never be alone And there’s And all that you’ve got Are circular thoughts Keeping me up I wind up depending On all these hopes inside my head I wind up drowning deep in them And you struggle and shout Your lungs filled with doubt I’m not gonna find my way out I’m not gonna find my way out On your fire escape steps squinting into a crowded sky The constellations lit by satellites And I tried to put it down in words My thoughts are a small town And you’re a universe
10.
How We Begin 04:28
Close your eyes and feel it breaking through The kind of nightmare that you get used to The kind of outrage that could wear you down Til you miss it when it’s not around And wandering I feel my self defeat The best of me And I get so caught up with how it ends What matters What matters ishow we begin Are we lost and found? Our voices a silent shout With our words entwined Remind me that I’m alive Inside my lungs the air I felt the rush Of trying not to care but it was all too much Too much to feel too much to think too much to touch Somehow still just not enough It’s all just me I feel my chemistry Is fragmenting And I get so caught up with how it ends What matters What matters in how we begin Are we lost and found? Our voices a silent shout With our words entwined Remind me that I’m alive The songs don’t sound the same It’s like the key has changed And I would rather be lost Than something that I’m not Are we lost and found? Our voices a silent shout With our words entwined Remind me that I’m alive What matters is how we begin What matters is how we begin

credits

released June 6, 2019

All songs written and recorded by The Y Axes: Alexi Belchere, Devin Nelson, Jack Sundquist, Nick Schneider, and Paul Conroy
Additional vocals on One Of Us by Enon Gaines
Violins on How We Begin by Alan Chen
Produced by Aaron Hellam at Hellam Sound, Oakland California
Cover art by Lauren Edwards
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