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* volume three *

by charlie shuck

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1.
i hope that you are feeling better feeling better than i do today yeah i hope that you are feelin better cause i like you better that way well pardon my heart it likes to move to fast beats out my logic and never learns from the past my tongue it broken it spits out nonsense and my gums are bleeding with words i'd love to express i put on a smile in daylight but i know it won't last til moonshine i heard you were in a bad place and i heard that you got burned and i hoped i'd never lose my way but i guess we've both still got a lot yet to learn and i hope that you are feeling better feeling better than i do today yeah i hope that you are feeling better cause i like you better that way
2.
leaves 04:18
i've been in a quiet time when only storm clouds fill my mind seems like everything i said just came outta my mouth dead and i've been hiding out at night where there ain't no damn fights i've been tryin' to keep my cool and quit breakin' my own rules and now the oceans start to rise from the tear drops from my eyes as they fall and hit the floor i hear soldiers splashin' at the door and the soldiers said they found me dead they needed someone to identify my head so they took me down to the scene where they'd found my notebook burned in a pile of leaves they said "have you seen this man before?" i answered "once or twice or more but i ain't ever seen him like this he never used to get so pissed" i took the scraps of the notebook and what was left of the guitar and i made up a tune and i sang it to the moon and from that burnt pile of leaves emerged a small, determined sapling and she reached up to the sun singing "lazy bones, you're works just begun" and the clouds inside my mind turned white forming new ideas, not blocking out the light been tryin' to make every word i breath be more like throwin' out a seed.
3.
it may be true that i just met you and i can see that you've been broken too we beat ourselves up while the world beats us down but i've seen you smilin' when there's no one else around and i know that this song probably won't help a thing probably just make it worse when you're on the brink but i hope that it reaches you softly this time to easy your stress and settle your mind well i hope that you're feeling productive and healthy and that you always remember it's your heart that makes you wealthy and with a spark on my lips from the magic you showed me i will sing us field of sunflowers and daisies and i know that this song probably won't help a thing probably just make it worse when you're on the brink but i hope that it reaches you softly this time to easy your stress and settle your mind
4.
winter time brings me down but not as much as the spring when new lovers are around holding hands in the parks while i'm alone in my darkened room and spring flowers coming up from the ground bring me down winter time brings me down but not as much as the summer when the sun is bright out shining light on my tears and bringing to mind all my wasted years and summer showers fallen to the ground bring me down winter time brings me down but not as much as autumn when the leaves start turning gold and brown and jumping in piles of leaves was fun when i was a little child but that harvest moon shining big and round brings me down but at least winter still holds hope for new things and at least winter isn't overwhelmed with beautiful imagery and at least in winter no one will blame me for staying inside and at least in winter i can get by
5.
bread 02:16
i sold my soul for a loaf of bread i was so starved i wasn't right in the head now i fear i'll soon be dead i shared the bread with the forgotten men we talked all night and they shared their gin when a couple of pigs with their billy clubs they beat us up and they stole our drugs and they put my friend in a deadly hug i heard a voice on the corner sayin' "no more prayin' up to the stars if we want change we've gotta fight cause god is dead and cops don't care about your life i roamed around all over town with my mouth always turned to a frown and my eyes pointed to the ground when i looked up to see the buildings the were in ruin all through the city they sit there hollow as they crumble and i fall to pieces wasn't right in the head and now i fear we'll all soon be dead.
6.
sweet dreams 02:56
sweet dreams my dear close your eyes and be at peace i'll be here if you need me now go to sleep sweet dreams my dear when your working day is done and you're weary of the sun sweet dreams in your dreams there is a fire and it's burning perfectly not to hot and not too cool just right for you and me and in my dreams there is a fire too and i hope it's plain to see that it burns for you sweet dreams my dear i hope you wake up with a smile and maybe stay with me a while before we have to leave
7.
"Come on mama, bring in the kids. I will collect some food and lock up the chickens for safe keeping. I heard on the radio there's a storm a-comin' they say the sky is gonna fall and our trees may be uprooted. "You just make sure the kids are safe and warm. Give 'em you strength to help 'em brave this storm. I'll be back in a minute, you'll see. The end of the world don't scare me." Now the lights are out and the sun is hidden by the storm that the clouds are brewing. and my wife and kids are huddled and scared. They look to me and ask with their eyes "what are we to do?" I have lied to many times, but one more won't hurt as long as it's white. "It'll be over in a minute, you'll see. The end of the world don't scare me." "Come on ma, we've gotta talk. They say the world is gonna end in just a couple of hours, and I can't stand to watch the children die in pain, I wish there was some way that we could all just fade away." "You knew all along we have no chance, but you stayed strong, and you held your stance. Come on pa, you know what to do. the end of the world don't scare you." The wind began to roar with the fury of lions. The rain lashed out at the earth and the coop took off with the chickens. Then the trees began to tumble, the sky was death like black and I took the pills from the bottle. Enough for three, but none for me. Let them be the ones to die in peace. "It'll all be over in a minute, you'll see. The end of the world don't scare me. "
8.
we make good noise together when our minds and our heart strings tether we'll find the words and melodies wherever lets take advantage of this time cause nothin lasts forever you said you listened to my music on mushrooms, well your music touches my soul. you asked me what i was thinking of well wouldn't you like to know. i was thinkin of the way you stare down when you're singin your songs and trying to picture you when your hair was long and how my thoughts are clearest at the dawn when i'm half asleep with your music on. so sing me a poem and write down a line i'll follow up but i'll take my time cause words are important and i apologize if i apologize too much tonight i was thinking how i'd like to know you line for line let's open up another bottle of wine stay up until the morning light singin songs and examining each other's minds did you notice something's starting to grow i'm not quite sure i care what it is you said you're an angel in their eyes well you chase away the snakes and clear the cobwebs from my mind.
9.
some things are to hard to share sometimes you just need a breath of air my head is full of alcohol my dreams are written on my wall you could never find a way in this mind of mine and heart we shall pretend is mended and attended to, but in the full and honest truth i let my mind get like my room - cluttered up with shit i can not move i kept my heart up on the moon as far as i could get it from this human's pain and gloom i can never find my way back in this mind of mine and heart i shall pretend is mended and attended to 'cause thats all i know how to do
10.
it's hard to remember just where i was before the stars came out to light the world it all seemed a waste of time it's hard to remember all the loneliness i've know and my heart has turned to clay in your hands i long to stay it's hard to remember when all my magic died a time when all the world seemed grey but then you came in and painted colors on every day where was i before the stars false starts broken promises and broken hearts you invited me in and you poured the wine you took me to bed and said everything is gonna be fine
11.
their wonders were shrouded by incandescence. i can not look up my third eye weeps with uninspired grief for numb dreams. a broken psyche grounds me but a time or two when i was in the mood i saw them dancing. gently following their rhythm my back to the asphalte. i remember climbing trees to reach them. by now we are no longer human. our mouths are dry. my heart hallucinates familiar imagery. we are both broken though our edges are jagged differently. mornings are lonely when not even tears will come i went home screaming at the streets The only release i can manage. i will not say what is on my mind if the act is objectionable to you i will write you poetry that you may never hear. i will sing in silence and dance where you can not see. i will sit at the bar and read and drink until i am as dark as the stars.
12.
i was sitting by my window when something caught my eye there was a planet coming 'round the other side of the star i was heading toward maybe i'll crash land maybe the people will hold out their hands. but it seems like i am just passing by moving on ages quicken holding on the plot can't thicken metamorphed in solar flares all the obstacles are dead time is naught it's face it stares and all of my known words are said but i have never seen the light that they claim burns so bright can you introduce me to the host the father the son or the holy ghost i have been to the farthest reaches flicked about like an ash this goes out to all who teaches teach the children to forget their past. and i have never seen the light that they claim burns so bright can you introduce me to the hoax the father the son and the holy ghost
13.
i am strange 02:18
i'm sorry if i was acting weird tonight a strange mood held me apart and i don't even understand my brain don't ask me to explain my heart but i am a romantic and i am hopeless when i wake up in the morning i hope that i don't still feel strange i hope that i can sort this out and start a brand new way but i am strange

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released July 5, 2016

all songs written/performed/recorded by charlie shuck
released by Infintesmal Records
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