1. |
The Drive Home
02:15
|
|||
|
I’m in the backseat watching the shoreline from the passenger side window ebb and flow as you take us sixty miles per hour towards home
On a rainy Sunday the leaves are changing color
So am I
I’ve never burned so bright
I’ve got Brand New songs pulsing through my headphones
Can still hear the music of your conversation in the front seat
Valleys and the peaks
Behind me the timekeeper inquires anew:
What hour did we leave?
How long will it take to get there?
How long will it take to get there?
How long will it take to get there?
Oh my love, wouldn’t we all like to know?
On a rainy Sunday the leaves are changing color
So am I
I’ve never burned so bright
|
||||
2. |
102 Degrees
02:57
|
|||
|
One hundred two degrees
Of water around me
I could pull the plug
And watch it all flow out
What a way to go
As the credits roll
The soundtrack plays on
And I hear Gollum’s Song
And you could find me here
In the candle glow
Wax drips down my legs
The curtain hides the rest
And I would feel no pain
And I’d wish you the same
When you saw the scene
One hundred two degrees
|
||||
3. |
Good Times
02:50
|
|||
|
Blue sky, silver plane
Sunshine is running
Through my veins
One times two times three times four
Keep on flyin’, there’ll be more
Rooftop, summertime
Clouds roll
Silver-lined
Five times six times seven times eight
Sun upon my body and sun upon my face
Birds fly, wind blows
I feel the breeze
Between my toes
Nine times ten times eleven times twelve
If only one could take these days and put them on a shelf
For a rainy day
For a stormy day
For a day when sun ain’t bright
Then one could take it off the shelf
And hold it through the night
One times two times three times four
I’ll look upon a good day and keep coming back for more
Blue sky, silver plane
The sunshine is running through my veins
One times two times three times four
I’ll look upon a good day and keep coming back for more
|
||||
4. |
I Never Knew
03:41
|
|||
|
I never knew what I
What I put you through
Now I’m not sayin’ that I do
And I don’t claim to know any better
Than you
But what I know now I could not have known then
It just aches to have wounded a friend
I never knew what I
What I put you through
How do I heal from pain that I caused?
Three words fail to bandage the damage I’ve done
And I’d tell you I’m sorry if I knew what it meant
But there’s no taking back what I didn’t do then
I never knew what I
What I put your through
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
Pacing the afternoon waiting for my laundry to stop spinning
Hating the one upstairs for cigarettes and sounds that make their way to me
Snow outside presses against the door and holds me captive in my own home
And I keep reading over the same lines
I used to know how to cope, there was a time
I need to learn to be alone again
That is the only way that I’ll get anything done
I need to listen to that still small voice
The one that tells me of my purpose here
I need to take responsibility
Stop blaming everybody else but me
I need to offer what I have to give
To serve in love, that I may truly live
And the answer is not on Facebook
A text won’t make this feeling disappear
The solution is not as simple
As a ten-question quiz will reveal
And a plane can only take me so far
|
||||
6. |
Better Woman
02:27
|
|||
|
Good man, I will make you fall
Make you fall in love with me
Good man, I will let you down
I’m not all I’m meant to be
I bet I could make you happy if I tried
But I’d just as soon have made you cry
I believe in us but I don’t believe in me
‘Cause I know my inner worlds, I know my tendency to flee
To the haven of my memories, hiding in the trees
These roots are buried deep
These roots are buried deep
But you, you make me wanna be
A better woman
You, you make me wanna be
A better woman
|
||||
7. |
Milk & Honey
03:20
|
|||
|
I’d like to be like my mother
I’d like to be a lover, and I’d love to stay home
On weekdays while you’re out makin’ money
I’ll be your milk & honey
Warmin’ soup on the stove
Keepin’ track of it all
Color-coded calendar on the kitchen wall
Coupons are clipped
Held up by magnets from the places we’ve been
And I could never be
All that you taught me to be
I’d like to be like my mother
I’d like to be a lover, and I’d love to stay home
On weekdays while you’re out makin’ money
I’ll be your milk & honey
Warmin’ soup on the stove
“Always room for one more”
Never knowin’ who was gonna walk through that door
You turned a house to a home
One that we can return to even though we are grown
And I could never be all that you taught me to be
But I will strive to be all that you modeled for me
I’d like to be like my mother
I’d like to be a lover, and I’d love to stay home
On weekdays while you’re out makin’ money
I’ll be your milk & honey
Warmin’ soup on the stove
|
||||
8. |
What Came For Me
04:07
|
|||
|
I woke up in the middle of the night
Relieved to feel you breathin’ by my side
To know that it had only been a dream
But in it we were caught in the crossfire
My heart it took a moment to slow down
To know that we are safe and we are sound
There are no bullets flying, no one screams
Just the hum of our white noise machine
This is the fear that wakes me up at night
When it’s my time, will I understand that it’s my time?
Will I stare down the barrel of a gun long enough for this to flash before my eyes?
And play just like a movie
Of all I’ve ever seen
Or will I lose my consciousness
Before I have time to see what came for me
Sleep is starting to take over now
My lids heavy below a furrowed brow
I wrap the covers tightly all around
Such questions go unanswered ‘til tomorrow
|
||||
9. |
||||
|
Can you imagine if you lost the color blue?
Still there would be fields of dandelions dancing in the breeze
Cool cantaloupe, and succulent strawberries
Emerald green, and aubergine
If you lost the color blue
But there would be no tranquil ocean meeting the horizon
No sky the way you knew
Every day a bit askew
If you lost the color blue
|
||||
10. |
||||
|
Haven’t seen you in a while
Only in dreams and my social media feed
I miss your stupid face
And when I’m home I think you’re upstairs or away
Last time I saw you you were doin’ dishes
Facing the window to the backyard
You finally turned around and looked at me
I asked how you were doin’ and you said, “Great!”
With that glint in your eyes
And that smile we all love
I believed you because I wanted to
Wish I had held you longer that day
You told us you felt paralyzed
Like you couldn’t complete the task at hand
And looking back, the true mistake I made
Was thinking that I could understand
‘Cause I have been where you were
If I was I wouldn’t be here
Whatever dark was troubling your mind
I know you fought it with strength
With that glint in your eyes
And that smile we all love
I believed you’d make it through
I believed it because I wanted to
Got a text late one night
Said that you didn’t come home from work
I made the drive to mom and dad’s
Just to wait till you arrived
But the police came to our door
Sat on the couch you’d sat so many times before
Told us they found you hanging in a tree
And as my heart broke all I could see
Was that glint in your eyes
And that smile we all love
I just wanted to see you
Only to hold you one last time
Haven’t seen you in a while
Only in dreams and my social media feed
I miss your stupid face
And when you’re home I think you’re upstairs or away
|
||||
11. |
Never Mine
03:19
|
|||
|
I've worn it all around, passed it off as my own
Showed it to the town and everyone back home
But it was never mine in the first place
So I can't be mad when you take it back
Take it back
What I said
Wish I could
Put a bullet in my bed, keep it warm for the night
In the morning I'll be back to call you mine
For now, 'cause we're all on borrowed time
You always put yourself in the first place
Do you listen to anything I say?
Lend me your ears, my dear, no I don't think you could
You're too focused on a single world
Take it back
What I said
Wish I could
Put a bullet in my bed, keep it warm for the night
In the morning I'll be back to call you mine
For now, 'cause we're all on borrowed time
Lord, don't take me yet
I've got a few things left to do
A couple books still checked out on my shelf
I've started half a dozen, but I don't know how they end
I'm too busy flipping back and forth
I've yet to find out how to make love stay
I'm waiting on a rainy day
I'll still be reading when the drops return and melt away the page
I'm waiting on a rainy day
|
||||
12. |
Heartbeat
02:59
|
|||
|
We watched the earth freeze
Every single detail
We searched all afternoon for signs of life
Even the weeping willows stopped their crying
Our footprints cracked the creme brûlée
If there had been wind it would have swung the evergreen chandeliers like chimes
But all was calm and quiet that day
Then we saw a tiny tree
Right next to where the baseball diamond used to be
And this became our only hope
As you pointed for me to look
Water trickling between the bark and ice
Clear skin reveals the blood beneath
If only we could find
A heartbeat
|
||||
13. |
Emperor With No Clothes
04:27
|
|||
|
The year that we elected
The emperor with no clothes
I stopped going to church every Sunday
And I couldn’t write no more songs
‘Cause our prayers are all rising to deaf ears
And my music is doin’ the same
Who can be taught what they don’t already know?
We’re all so set in our ways
I have no human desire
To convince you that you are mistaken
I believe it with all of my heart
But it won’t help to rub it in your face
The only way that I’ve changed
Is through friendships with those different from me
And I know that I’ve still got a long way to go
But I know that I’m not who I’ve been
I can’t expect you to be any other
Than where circumstance led you ‘til now
There’s a chance that I’m still a believer
Since I pray that you realize, somehow
And I don’t wish ill on another
Even the liars and cheats
I just want them to know the ways they’ve fallen short
I want it to shape how they see
I can’t live a day in your shoes
I can’t possibly know what you’ve been through
But if I listen close, I might hit the same note
And together we’ll sing our way through
Together we’ll sing our way through
|
||||
Abbey Hoffman Lansing Charter Township, Michigan
Abbey Hoffman is a New York City-raised, Lansing-based alt-folk singer/songwriter. She has been performing around Lansing since 2012, in solo shows and as a (former) vocalist for The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle. Current member of Super Secret Cult Band. instagram.com/supersecretcultband ... more
If you like Abbey Hoffman, you may also like:
I Used To Be Sad & Then I Forgot
by Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals.
go to album
Our Blood Is Red
by Luke James Williams
Emotive acoustic balladry from this UK musician with heart on sleeve and hushed arrangements.
go to album
Hushed and riveting, the new LP from Ana Silvera centers her expressive voice against quietly glowing guitars.
go to album
A Place Like Home
by Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke
The new EP from Scottish songwriter Alec Bowman_Clarke goes deep, setting vulnerable lyrics to gentle melodies & stripped-back arrangements.
go to album
The Edge of the Land
by Katie Spencer
Spencer's indie folk sophomore album was recorded live in the studio over the course of two days.
go to album
3ingle
by Jason Lytle, Little Wings, Kramies
A trio of songs from indie rock veterans, “3ingle” showcases their songwriting skill with pared-back, acoustic arrangements.
go to album
Delicate, plangent singer-songwriter material that feels like its petals could fall at any moment.
go to album
