Bloom
At first light, I found my baby girl,
swept away by a decent man.
I'm in a panic with my two divided hands,
one's on the bottle, while the other mutes my mouth.
Tell me something good, that I can understand,
that everyone's got time, tell me life is fair.
Another year, and my legs still shake
Steadily, I'm losing pace.
Please pull me out of bed, sing no sorrows for me yet,
and I'll bloom instead.
Recoil, recall, recover the second act.
We went out in a blaze, we're all gone in a flash.
Disillusioned by our day dreams,
woken up by the deafening disappointment of..
Another hour, lying on my back,
complacently, I'm losing track of
Another year, and my legs still shake
Steadily, I'm losing pace.
Please pull me out of bed, sing no sorrows for me yet,
and I'll bloom instead.
The damage in my head, 'til it burns red,
dark enough to see the light in me.
I'm erasing to a blank page,
deconstructing every melodic phrase.
Forget the faces from these photographs,
forget the words I said, I want them back.
What's in a name, what's in a name?
I don't feel the same, are we still the same?
Another year, and my legs still shake
Steadily, I'm losing pace.
Please pull me out of bed, sing no sorrows for me yet,
and I'll bloom instead.
Songs of timeless beauty and power in the mold of Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake from enigmatic Los Angeles artist Shannon Lay. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 4, 2017
The Los Angeles-based indie rock artist's first full-length album is inspired by songwriters like Glen Campbell and George Harrison. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2020