CANVAS AND COLOR LYRICS

CANVAS AND COLOR

when you are gone
my world is grey
a big empty pallet
nothing to say

the way you brighten me up
like no other
I am the canvas
and you are the color

wherever you're going
can I come to?
my light is glowing
when I'm with you

MOTHER EARTH

mother, I remember now
where I came from
my head hangs down
below my shoulders
how heavily lost, how heavily lost I was till now

oh here I am
up from the ground
saw through the screen
I tore it down
burnt all my money, I burnt it
no more slavin' to keep around
machine minded men that hurt the ground

machine minded men
it's all they know
they're teaching the kids to play the role
to fight for money and so they go
and so they go, they shoot to kill

machine minded men, they shoot to kill
they captured our homes beneath the drill
looking for metal, they shoot to
no more slavin' to pay the bill
to power the phone that makes me ill

this is our home, she is our friend
this is our home, she is our friend

MARIGOLDS ON MONDAY

once I was an extraterrestrial being
I was nine years old
traveling on spaceships, inter-dimensionally
skipping through time
behind my grandmothers house

I was once a Cuckoo Bee
space was where I went
when the sad times came I would invent
I was a Cuckoo Bee

woke up with the sun
the moon was still there
I didn't want to look
but the sun didn't care

the storm had settled down into a Marigold
I found a missed call frozen on my phone
grandpa was a worker bee
tougher than the sun
when he pointed to the outside window
his battle finally done

it was a Sunday, can you believe?
he chose a Sunday, grandma was his queen
oh, holy Sunday, can you believe?
hallelujah, grandpa was a king

we ain't dead yet, but soon we'll be
he will be waiting for you and me

MIDNIGHT CALLIN’

I never thought I'd be here
still taking my time
still caught in a web of plans
of dreams, of wishes of mine.

do you remember
the stories you'd tell?
of where we would be in years to come
as the cool breeze fell across my face
I'd listen to the old trees shake
as the wind came through
and you laughed at me when I told you what they said
"you were meant to be the biggest of them all,
even the sun next to you would seem small"

now everything's on fire
please open the door
everything you left behind
has melted through the floor

but I still remember the day you moved on,
caught up in the wind that took your breath
and made you strong.

it's been five years since I've seen you
it didn't seem like it was the end
I used to keep a picture of you
on a wall inside my head
so I wouldn't waste the chance of seeing you again
when I burnt the bridge I burnt myself instead.

midnight, midnight callin'
and if you hear this on the radio
and it makes your heart sink down and you reach for your phone

oh
I ain't never been afraid before
Is what I used to think then
but that couldn't have been more untrue
it's what the sign said so many years before
on my own it was you I was waiting for
I guess the sign burnt too…

I never thought I'd be here
same place as before
the place we knew well when we were young
is ours no more

and as I lay here drowning in song
the wind that once blew about my back has been long gone
you've crossed the plains and sailed the seas
and seen the lights in every big city
and you'll never miss the fire that we set

"we were meant to be the biggest of them all,
even the sun next to us would seem small."

RASPBERRY SEEDS

try not to think about tomorrow
cuz I don’t know what should become of me
if I go on wondering
I might forget about today

I find the things that make me happy
are in the simple things you say
I don’t really want to leave now
so please don’t take me today

(chorus 1)
cuz all I know is I’ve got raspberry seeds
stuck in my teeth
and there’s a few hours ‘til the sun goes down
I feel the warmth of the fire now
this is where I want to be.

(chorus 2)
been on the run for a while now
I carry no sour grapes
just a pocket full of day dreams
and a hint of weary on my face

been on the run for a while now
I’ve seen all there is to see
just another stupid city
a beaten path, a broken dream

(chorus 1)

the blue turns to grey before the moon begins to rise
too many worn out years, too many worn out lies
I stand before you, I’m a wanted criminal
and there’s only one thing that I know

(chorus 2)

been on the run for a while now
cuz I don’t know what else to do
except to tell you that I’m sorry
I did it all because of you

I’VE BEEN THINKIN’

I've been thinkin' 'bout, 'thinkin' 'bout nothin'
cuz nothin's never been a problem for me
nothin' ever seems to bring me trouble,
cuz nothin' sets me free

free to think about movin' to the jungle,
livin' in the trees carryin' a stick.
no cell phone to keep track of me
cuz I'm too quick.

do your best, do your best to live on top
that's what they taught me to say
cuz on top is your happiness
and you can buy it in bulk
as long as you're a member

I've been singin', singin' to no one
cuz nobody's been singin' to me
too many fishies caught in the internet
and I'm alone at sea

swimmin' in the bay, swimmin' through plastic.
chasin' money like a hypocrite
I feel the waves take a hold of my brain
and I'm too lazy to get sick of it

I do my best, do my best to just go with it
that's what they want me to say
cuz on top of the big pile of s***
live the ones who roll in it

so take out my brain and put it on a shelf
stick a date on it for seven days out
because oh, it's going bad

the chemicals listed, don't know what they mean
but I put all my trust into everything
because oh, it's all I have
oh, then take on more tab if you're feelin' sad
do you remember?

turn the TV on, turn up the volume.
I watch my favorite show that makes me sad
feel the commercials with all the pretty people
put me in a trance.

well, no more because I'll be leavin'
leavin' everything I have behind
take a train out west until the end
and then get on a plane and fly

far beyond the concrete's jurisdiction
I'll buy a big garden
and I'll live on my own volition
and I'm happy until the end

WEEPING WILLOW

no more waiting now
you are not alone
crimson footprints fall
heavy in the snow
with a solemn eye

see the heads hang low
build the fires high
as you slowly go
dancing in the smoke tonight

no more standing tall
it's okay to bleed
wilted petals cry
and fall down at your feet
hear the willows weep tonight

don't apologize, it's okay to go
see the sunrise and watch the birds

oh, one more time
one more time