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Fearful Lullaby
03:35
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Are you afraid of the dark, my baby?
I said mother, oh mother I am
Lay here as still as you can my baby
And I’ll fill up your eyelids with sand
I cried myself to sleep
While the monsters were quietly creeping
Through the cracks in my door
Plundering sheets for to dream in
What if our house catches fire tonight?
She says, “baby, oh baby it won’t”
How do you know so much more than I do?
She says, “baby, oh baby I don’t”
I cried myself to sleep
While the flames melt my whole into hollow
And in the snow white morning
Shoveling ash from my pillow
What if I fall asleep tonight
And I know not the light of the morning?
With robbers and demons aflight
Oh, lying awake I am listening
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2. |
Say I'm Strong
02:38
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Don’t call me so early
Cuz I don’t wanna talk
If there’s daylight
Turn it off
Even in Sunday’s best
I am not magnificent
I look fine
Nevermind
Heard you inside my head
You say, you say I’m strong
Wipe the fog from the glass
But I still can’t call you back
I am constantly cleaning
But the walls keep turning black
Heard you inside my head
You say, you say I’m strong
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3. |
Do My Best
03:17
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This is the life I’ve been given
So I will do my best
To tie small pleasures with colorful ribbon
And hold high my chest
I’ll find the rhythm
In the broken and rattling pipes
Give me a dead tree
I’ll revive it. I’ll paint it white
I’d be a great success
If the measure were more the dog than its bite
This is the life I’ve been given
So I will do my best
To greet the morning without resistance
Shower and get dressed
Days in my father’s shirt
They make me a better man
He’ll work from dawn to dusk
Come home, wash the pots and pans
Gardens on weekends
Moves the earth with a gentle touch
But a great command
This is the life I’ve been given
So I will do my best
To uphold my family’s conviction
A truly good man never rests
Call me up at
Any hour on any night
Give me your sorrow
And I will do my best to give it flight
My luck is borrowed
So I’m trying to use it well
To do what’s right
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4. |
Frozen Ground
02:45
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If I were living in a snow globe
Well I’d say you shook it up
All my possessions slowly float down
And settle in the backyard
All the things that I had buried
Well you quickly dug them up
Gently washed my dirty secrets
With a toothbrush and a cloth
All of my life
I’ve been waiting
For somebody to break me down
I was so stubborn
I was impatient
Til you came and you turned me around
Plowed a path in my frozen ground
I felt like I was hibernating
In the space between my ears
You woke me up to tell me
I’m borrowing your car
So I decided to go with you
And we drove around the block
You were always the explorer
And I the Plymouth Rock
All of my life
I’ve been waiting
For somebody to break me down
I was so stubborn
I was impatient
Til you came and you turned me around
Plowed a path in my frozen ground
All of my life
I’ve been waiting
For somebody to break me down
I was so stubborn
I was impatient
Til you came and you turned me around
Til you came and you turned me around
Plowed a path in my frozen ground
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I scare myself
The claws I’ve dug so deep
Where the time has gone
And how things it’s done
Made a monster out of me
We once vowed
To love’s infinity
But lately you
Haven’t even had
The heart to talk to me
Everything’s fine
I promise
If everything’s fine
Then what is this?
I am sitting beside you
But I am far away
There’s an ocean between us
You look familiar
But I don’t know your face, oh oh
There’s no going back now
Memories take your place
I once thought
That you were tailor-made
But the thread is loose
And the cloth is too
And we can’t keep the colors from fading
The hopelessness
I can feel it in my bones
And the only thing
That keeps me here
Is the fear of being alone
Everything’s fine
I promise
If everything’s fine
Then what is this?
I am sitting beside you
But I am far away
There’s an ocean between us
You look familiar
But I don’t know your face, oh oh
There’s no going back now
Memories take your place
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6. |
Driving Northbound
03:25
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Hopeless
I’ve run out of steam and I
Bought a ticket home
Cuz everybody seems to
Have it all figured out
And I’m just sitting in my room
A quiet place
With time to waste
91, I’ve got my snow tires on
The old hotel and the artificial pond
Violins and the orchestra will sound
Driving Northbound
Dead end
I’ve given all I can
I’m back where I began
Cuz everybody talks
They say I’m already washed up
I am no modern man
Wait awhile
You’re out of style
91, I’ve got my snow tires on
The old hotel and the artificial pond
Violins and the orchestra will sound
Driving Northbound
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7. |
Sardines (feat. Mree)
03:36
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Underneath the stairs
No one will find me
Inside the pantry
I can see the bottoms of their shoes
Running from room to room
Clamoring through cupboards
The door swings open
I am discovered
Happy she found me first
Sometimes I am not cursed
And though her touch is accidental
The rub of an arm inflated
Oh, is her heart beating as fast as mine?
Sitting in the dark
I here them coming
My stomach grumbling
Pressed between her thigh and a pile of cans
God, where do I put my hands?
I shift to hide my grin
The crash of pans and they pile in
That’s how the game always ends
They push us closer together
And though her touch is accidental
The rub of an arm inflated
Oh, is her heart beating as fast as mine?
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Stefan Weiner New York, New York
Stefan Weiner is an indie folk musician from Northampton, MA, based out of Brooklyn. He combines a classic approach to songwriting with a passion for music that is melodically and harmonically surprising. Inspired by everything from Top40 Pop to folk song, Stefan is on a constant quest for music that tells a story and invites listeners in. He hopes to do just that with Potluck, his latest EP. ... more
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