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October Monday
02:43
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OCTOBER MONDAY
One October Monday
I thought I saw you standing in the rain
Arms wide open
To embrace the world around you
When the train came
No hesitation, anything
Walked on the tracks like a dethroned king
To hell with everything
That you didn’t live to say
I don’t think anyone had thought today
Was gonna be the end of your life’s play
Was it really worth all the pain
On October Monday
Our street was one big serenade
Of ambulances
Cops held back the cameras violently
With all the papers
And all the faces faking pain and shame
No one cared enough to ask her name
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2. |
McDonovan St.
04:07
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MCDONOVAN ST.
It’s been a month since I moved in
This old flat on McDonovan street
Press my nose up against the window
See the block where we used to live
I’ve been watching you lately
As you bring the kids to school
And I wondered if maybe
We can face up to what we have to do
I’ve been looking for something I can’t find
I’ve been holding on to things that ain’t longer mine
Tryin’ to find my way but I keep coming back again and I don’t know why
I don’t know why
Meet you for coffee that evening
On the corner at McDonovan street
You wear the top that I bought you
Ages ago before the shine wore off
Watch your nervous demeanor
The way your eyes move across the room
Then you pose me the question
Can you sign the papers soon?
I’ve been looking for something I can’t find
I’ve been holding on to things that ain’t longer mine
Tryin’ to find my way but I keep coming back again and I don’t know why
I don’t know why
I burned my heart on an old flame
It was here, on McDonovan street
Had I known that I’d lose you
Would’ve picked another lane
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3. |
Crosswords
03:35
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CROSSWORDS
Watch her sit on the bedside
Morning light creepin’ through
Her eyes a parade of strangers
They dwell through our room
The windows are open
The wind plays games with the cold
Kissing the the tears on your nose
Don’t know when the words dried up
Maybe they did years ago
But somehow it’s later
And we’re just living for show
Am I a god or a devil
If I leave or when I stay
Cause to me it’s all the same
Wish living simple was easy
I’m fighting the walls that mark this place
I’d rather let this crossroad fade
Than making crosswords every day
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4. |
Ocean Of Sand
04:35
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OCEAN OF SAND
The wind blows through the cracks
Casts shadows on the sand
The sun breaks through the clouds
In this no man’s land
A weathered fishing rod
Makes a line in the dust
Don’t know where the owner is
But I know why he left
Once there was a lake
In this ocean of sand
Its cry for help remained unheard
Till there was nothing but dirt
No one is left
In this swallowed-up ocean
All life is dead
In this swallowed-up ocean of sand
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5. |
Louise
03:09
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LOUISE
You used to call me from the porch
I’d sneak out, we’d watch the branches in twilight
Skip summer school for days on end
Drove your father’s car up to the river bend
We lived stories from the books we read
And made fun of how tragically they’d end
Now our lives have changed in so many ways
Still pretend to be in that summer haze
But dear Louise
Now you never seem to be enough for me
My dear Louise
We’re so wrapped up in our fake machinery
Still remember when we bought our first car
That rusty old Jaguar
We couldn’t be more happy you and me
Thought we had the whole world at our feat
Why we had to marry and settle down
How could I take that job in another town
Being star-eyed lovers across the lawn
Was never meant to last a lifetime
Oh dear Louise
Now you never seem to be enough for me
My dear Louise
We’re so wrapped up in our fake machinery
But dear Louise
Maybe you and I just weren’t meant to be
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6. |
Silent Light
03:56
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SILENT LIGHT
The leaves were falling down
On the old memorial grounds
Like feathers there were floating
See you turn and smile at me
When you left that New Years eve
Next day your door was open, your eyes were frozen
We had it all
If I count to ten
Will I find
You back again?
I still need you in my life
Now you’re a silent light
The ashes filled the years
Turned memories into tears
Can’t face no one but strangers
Cause what am I supposed to say?
Talk nonsense like some saint
Or that every time when you reached out I fled without a doubt
All along
You held me safe
While I looked away
In your darkest days
The thought kills me every time
For so long we had it all
Now I count to ten
A million times
To hear your voice back again
I still need you in my life
Now you’re a silent light
It don’t matter now at all
You’re just a name on a wall
It don’t matter now at all
If I hold on or let you go
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7. |
Back
03:37
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BACK
We lived in a house with ashes of home
The walls painted black
Saddened with cracks
All I see is pain in your face
All I hear is breaking this place
Some things get lost
The ones that we love
We just cannot save them all
But how do I make them come back
Dawn breaks
Screams across the field
I’m in the car
You run towards me
Flee
Some things get lost
The ones that we love
We just cannot save them all
But how do I make them come back
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8. |
Static Noise
03:38
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STATIC NOISE
Would you rather feel alone
Than find ways to numb the pain
Drink your days away and pretend you’re okay
Nights showered in a haze of smoke
Meeting people who you instantly forget
Mornings flushed for days on end you’re slung between sky and land
No one’s watching your tv when you’re alone
You’re just static noise
Ghosts around you living lives you cannot reach
You’re just static noise
Saw my scribblings on the wall
They’re a carnival of thoughts I can’t explain
Until now I’ve never been afraid of the man within
Streets filled with blinded eyes
I’m a flashlight in the dark
All the old friends that I see, mirrors of my own defeat
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9. |
A Good Guy
04:41
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A GOOD GUY
I wish somebody had told me, before you did that night
On the balcony of some college friend’s hideout
You nervously sipped a half-full glass of wine
“Steven, you’re a good guy”
Now I stand on his roof, let the rain wash over me
Hear you talking too loudly, probably with him
Of all bad places, this must be the worst
I wish somebody’d told me long before that night
Now I just wanna scream the words right out
Of this godforsaken rooftop, paralyzed by sound
Don’t know what to do, kill me or you
Erase my traces and come back brand-new
I wish somebody had told me how to pick a fight
I go after that shithead, punch him in my mind
I don’t want the optimist to leave me behind
Standing by the drinks right in your sight
Now I just wanna scream my lungs right out
Of this godforsaken rooftop, paralyzed by sound
Don’t know what to do, kill me or you
Erase my traces and come back brand-new
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10. |
Grey
03:44
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GREY
Saw my reflection in the mirror today
I didn’t look that much like me
The doctor said it’s all a phase in life
That every sound just seems to quiet
That every muscle feels worn and tired
The older I get
The less I’ve got left to say
Cause the start has an end
With lesser unknown
The more all turns out like grey
There is a flat now where our garden used to be
We’d lie down under the birch trees
Hey Rosey now the only flowers that you see
Are the ones laid at your feat
The older I get
The less I’ve got left to say
Cause the start has an end
With lesser unknown
The more all turns out like grey
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11. |
Closure
04:55
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CLOSURE
Love, it’s something so strange
It comes and goes in tidal waves
So don’t feel estranged
Don’t be bitter from the pain
Love, it wasn’t enough
Would’ve given all if that was the cost
Still I stand here between stones
With words you spoke, on my own
Life isn’t all there is
It’s hard to see
Life isn’t all there is
For you and me
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Forre Sterra Helmond, Netherlands
Forre Sterra: an indie rock band with a passion for storytelling and depressingly catchy tunes. Avid tea drinkers & vinyl collectors. Sarcasm is underrated. Cats are fabulous, and slightly dangerous.
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