1. |
The Rest of Me
03:52
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(verse 1)
So I’m gonna plan me a funeral
Ain’t gonna be no tears at the burial
No flowers, no friends, no family
I’m gonna shovel that dirt on the old me
(pre-chorus)
And I don’t need no sympathy
The fault is mine, it’s all on me
(chorus)
I’m gonna break myself in half
Light fire to the black, gotta do this fast
It’s hell to know the worst of me
It’s worth a try to make him leave
Oh I’m gonna break myself in half
And leave that half of me for dead
Make the best of me the rest of me instead
(verse 2)
It’s a young man’s game that the old men lose
It’s heaven or hell and we have to choose
(pre)
It’s hard to fight a child’s beliefs
It’s revisionary history
Chorus
(bridge)
And when I’m visiting the grave
Of all the parts I used to love
I’ll say a prayer, they got me here
But I had to give them up
And now the worst of me
Will rest in peace under ground
Chorus
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2. |
A Long Time Here
02:51
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(verse 1)
It’s unwelcome when it comes
You suck it in, black lung
What was started is done
It puts the pain where the fun was
Even innocence doesn’t work, I’m a smoking gun
I’m not a saint, but the game was even the losers won
(pre-chorus)
Another plank in the fence and a stone in the wall
Another rise and a fall, Oh, the rise and the fall
(chorus)
I try to stay in optimistic lands
But nothing could be worse than this
It’s a hug from God and a Devil’s kiss but…
None of us gets a long time…
None of us gets a long time here
None of us gets a long time
(verse 2)
It’s a battle in the mud
Doesn’t matter what you bring
All the best intentions, the hands still dirty
All the denying only hurts ‘cause the end will come
Another rise and a fall, Oh, the rise and the fall
Chorus
None of us gets a long time
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3. |
Mend
03:46
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(verse 1)
I fell into the water
I didn’t try to swim
Please forgive me Father
I know that I have sinned
This living feels like dying
I’m sinking to the end
But to rise now I’ll be fighting
I think I’ve got the bends
I’ve got the bends...
(chorus)
I come apart
But then you put me back together again
Oh, I’m on the mend
I broke apart
And I’m deserving every bad thing I get
You’re back Again, so now I’m on the mend
(verse 2)
I un-bloomed like a flower
I cursed the Son again
I screamed blame at Your power
Wore pride like a skin
When trying feels like falling
Can’t help but lose my breath
God be my wings for flying
Not ready now for death
No, not yet
Chorus
(bridge)
Gone was the sun and light and the rain poured again
I was done when the pain held a gun to my head
Where the ones in the brain that I bet on couldn't win
Chorus
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4. |
Been to the Valley
03:09
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(verse 1)
I’ve done my time out in the rain
The cold it soaked me to my veins
Been to the valley, felt the heat
Like the sun came and rested right upon me
(pre-chorus)
And I’m not gonna lie
Yeah, my faith almost died
But I clung to the core of Your grace
And I looked down inside
Found there’s nowhere to hide...
(chorus)
Out from a love unfailing, perfect, waiting
Unconditional and far beyond rational
Grace of a Savior
(verse 2)
I spent the night out in the blank
Stubborn, thought I could never change
I left belief, I left my knees
And I walked off the edge away from holy
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
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5. |
Fragile Chemistry
05:05
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(verse 1)
Good times come and good times go
Why they leave, I guess I’ll never know
The world’s on fire outside our window
We could see it, if not for all the smoke...
(pre-chorus)
In here
I’m choking in here
(chorus)
No falling apart
No fleeing the scene
I’ve got a puzzle to solve
For the ones who rely on me
No miracle cure
No parting of seas
Just that steady push up
As the weight of the world bears down
I’ll turn my back on this hell
And keep reaching for higher ground
(verse 2)
The same old demons haunt your nights
You can’t find sleep and I can’t stand the daylight
Sharpened rocks inside your pillow
So you bleed dreams
Wide awake and hollow...
(pre-chorus)
In here
We’re choking in here
Chorus
(bridge)
In the middle of night
In the middle of the end
There’s a riddle I cry
I’m stuck here waiting, still waiting
For an answer wrong, or an answer right
Doesn’t matter which way, just wanna be going
Somewhere knowing
Chorus
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6. |
Fun
03:49
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(chorus)
Oh… It’s a cross I bear
I don’t know why
I was born with it there
Oh… It’s like I don’t care
While I care way too much
With a heart that won’t budge in the way
(verse 1)
I must not have learned how to have fun
Did I wake up on the wrong side of the bed
Every day of my life?
When the sun rises and birds sing their bird songs
Something in my head wants them to stop… Don’t stop
(chorus)
Oh… It’s a cross I bear
I don’t know why
I was born with it there
Oh… It’s like I don’t care
While I care way too much
With a heart that won’t budge in the way
(verse 2)
Sigh, breathe in the smoke, color my lungs
Try to make light of the dark side lifting tons
Not the weight of the world, but enough
Just enough, never enough
Some parts in my head, get poisonous blood
Chorus
Interlude
Chorus
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7. |
Let's Make a Fire
04:49
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(verse 1)
You pick up the world
And put it on your shoulders
You open up the window
But then complain that it’s colder
And when I offer to share the weight
It’s all the same, always the same
We get colder
I’m unavailable, burying what I’m feeling
I’m overrated and medicated, I'm separated
And when you offer to share the weight
It’s all the same, always the same
We get colder
We get colder
(chorus)
Break off the branches
Lay down the kindling
I’ll get the matches
You get the gasoline
Let’s make a fire
Let’s make a fire
Let’s make a fire
(verse 2)
I could be standing there bleeding out on the floor
Sometimes I wonder if you care anymore
And when you offer to share the weight
It’s all the same, always the same
We get colder
I don’t wanna learn this the hard way
I don’t wanna do this the hard way
But I can only think of one thing we can do
Chorus
(bridge)
Cry for me now, don’t let me bleed anymore
I don’t know how but I have to leave, while staying
Lied to myself but the truth is out from the core
Inside out, learning how to breathe
Learning how to break…
Chorus
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8. |
Disappear
05:00
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(verse 1)
I just wanna disappear
Never to be seen again
Have nobody shed a tear
No suicide to make it sin
(pre-chorus)
Just gone, like I was never here
So long, no, I won’t miss it here
(chorus)
Rake me over the coals
I deserve it all
Life lost all beautiful colors
Now I’m only feeling grays
Just let me sleep and never wake again
(verse 2)
I’m not what I used to be
Even my vinegar was sweet to taste
Used to be a sight to see
Surfing while I made the waves
(pre)
Just gone, out into the clear
So long, like I was never here
Chorus
(bridge)
And here I am singing a song
A lullaby to sleep to
Everything about it is so wrong
A melody to die to
A cry for help to you
Chorus
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9. |
Dark Heart
03:42
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(verse 1)
Hearts all bleed constantly
Crimson tears flow through me
Hearts know pain
Embrace the rain
In chains or free
They still beat
(chorus)
So, touch feels right
And fights alone
Shines a light
Leads a dark heart home
Home... home
Leads me home
(verse 2)
Eyes don't see all the way
It's incomplete, this story
I'll throw away perfect dreams
When I awake, I will choose you and me
Chorus
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10. |
All the Signs
04:17
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(intro)
I've been reading all the signs
But every word I see dies inside of me
Send me angels and I'll fight them
Give me friends and I'll waste them every time
(verse 1)
I don't think I've seen the sunlight, or the moonlight
In I don't know how many days now
And all my chemicals won't mix right
And I crawl through my days
Like a lab rat in a maze
(pre chorus)
And I don't know how to be sorry
When I don't know what I'm sorry about
(chorus)
Alright, You win
I'll be praying "Amen", kneeling down
Count my blessings bowing down to You
I'll own my sin
Won't be blaming you again
Count my blessings bowing down to You... You
(verse 2)
If the truth is I believe in You
Then I can't deceive you
Still a dissonant mind grinds away
Got a list of things I won't do
Every one of them, I do
Every hypocrite lies in the bed he makes
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
(outro)
I've been reading all the signs
But every word I see dies inside of me
Send me angels and I'll fight them
Give me friends and I'll waste them every time
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11. |
All My Friends
02:00
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(verse)
All my friends live inside of my head
They're dead
That's what they said to me
All they do is just lie to me
Nightmares whispered as I lie in bed
(chorus)
Now everything that I do
I'm dragging their bodies along for the ride
As they rot down to bones here inside
I don't think they'll ever rest in peace
When most of me is by their side
(verse 2)
All my enemies left me for dead
I bet, none there expected my rise
I'm cockroach and butterfly
Mended wings now I've come back to life
(chorus 2)
Now everywhere that I go
I'm dragging this memory along for ride
While I secretly hope that it dies
I just hope the end that's coming
Will take me completely by surprise
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12. |
World Without Weight
03:07
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(verse 1)
This isn’t Sunday
And I’m not in church
Muted, unholy
And so I curse You without words
Feel on my own now
And if I’m not what difference does it make
Unloaded somehow
Got this heart that’s shooting blanks
(pre-chorus)
Gravity up
Gravity down
(chorus)
I wanna live a different life
I want nothing to be same
Just for a minute let me feel a world without weight
I’ll hover in the sky
Then I’ll kick my feet up in the shade
Just for a minute let me feel a world without weight
Feel the world without weight
(verse 2)
I stand here lusting
For numbed out nerves
Instead I’m feeling
Every fault line, every curve
My stomach turns now
I’m all in knots, gotta medicate
Brace for the let down
Say a prayer, accept my fate
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
(bridge)
I’ll resist the urge to cry
To create a reason why
I feel the way I feel
Where nothing quite seems real
I won’t crawl up in a ball
I won’t let my spirits fall
Lord, lift this heavy load
It just might take a miracle
Chorus
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13. |
The Devil & The Light
02:09
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(verse 1)
It’s been a long troubled time
And I’ve been wrong more than I’ve been right
I try to straighten out all these crooked lines
But I’m stuck between The Devil and The Light
(verse 2)
I stay calm on the outside
While I shake that cage the one I’m stuck behind
I pray the Lord to keep me in His arms tonight
While I’m stuck between The Devil and The Light
(bridge)
I’m a stubborn man
So I stand my ground
Won’t admit defeat
No, I won’t back down
It’s the way I’m made
I have a darker side
(tag)
‘Cause I’m stuck between The Devil and The Light
I’m stuck between The Devil and The Light
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Adam Watts California
Adam Watts’ work as a singer-songwriter, producer and mixing engineer has been featured on over 50 million albums sold worldwide, including over a dozen #1 HITS across multiple genres in the Mainstream and Contemporary Christian Music industries, as well as in feature films and television. Watts has released 10 full length solo albums and one EP Watts was Born and raised in Orange County, CA. ... more
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