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Seasons of the Heart
01:59
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I take a shovel and put it into the ground
I dig a hole until I am too far down
and from the moment that it starts
to the end when we must part
oh to the seasons of our hearts
The sound of rolling thunder echos the rain
The tears in her eyes mirror my pain
and from the moment that it starts
to the end when we must part
oh to the seasons of our hearts
The leaves on the tree turn from green to brown
They fall one by one onto the cold cold ground
and from the moment that it starts
to the end when we must part
oh to the seasons of our hearts
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2. |
A Darkness I Have Known
02:21
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To sit alone
To sing songs until I no longer feel right or wrong
Until I am six feet under and my spirit has flown
To die alone
Only to be reborn more alive than before
Like a caterpillar transformed and nothing more
A star is born
Out of the dust, out of the gas, out of the debris a mass is formed
A light so bright that it can guide a sailor to a shore
To drink alone
To numb the pain, to lessen the horror that one day I will be
as I once was before
A silence so vast, a darkness as dark as the depths below
To live alone
To be nothing but the air I breathe and the words I'm about to flow
No different than the sea, the trees and the breeze that blows
No different than the birds, the bees and the flowers that grow
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3. |
Green
02:18
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I like sailing on a boat
I like swimming in a moat
I like leering at girls like a goat
I like wearing my green coat
I like doing the dead man's float
and I like how you float my boat
(I like green)
I like girls who are young and lean
I like girls who are old and mean
I like girls who love to make a scene
I like to lay on my big soft bed
I like to have a place to hang my head
and I like to pretend that I am dead
(I like green)
I like to smoke the color green
I know you know just what I mean
and I like the idea of not being a machine
I like the creatures that come out at night
I like the ghouls that cause a fright
and I like to hear the birds sing with dawn's light
with dawn's light
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4. |
Lilium
02:59
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No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
You were so hard to swallow
You were so hard to swallow
You were so hard to swallow
I swear it's the truth
You and your tomorrows
You and your tomorrows
Sweet lies you wish would come true
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
I used to beg, steal and borrow
I used to beg, steal and borrow
I used to beg, steal and borrow just for a kiss from you
Oh, how I used to wallow
Oh, how I used to wallow
Oh, how I used to wallow in it, it's true
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
Parting was such sorrow
Parting was such sorrow
It was so hard to say goodbye to you
There'll be no more tomorrows
There'll be no more tomorrows
There'll be no more tomorrows to look forward to
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back
No I ain't never going back to the likes of you
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5. |
Little Bird
02:44
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Fly down, fly down
Little bird, come down
and sing a lullaby with me
Lay down, lay down
Little bird, lay down
and won't you bless me with your company
Don't frown, don't frown
Little bird, don't frown
it breaks my heart to see you lost in misery
The wet ground, the wet ground
Little bird, the wet ground
is saturated with the tears I've cried for thee
So get down, get down
Little bird, get down
and shake your tail feathers to the beat
Slow down, slow down
Little bird, slow down
there's no reason for you to rush to your destiny
Cast out, cast out
Little bird, cast out
the demons that seek to destroy your peace
Fly south, fly south
Little bird, fly south
to where the sun shines and hangs like a wreath
to where the sun shines and hangs like a wreath
to where the sun shines and hangs like a wreath
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6. |
Rustling Trees
02:32
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When I get up in the mornin'
I groan, I cuss and I seethe
I wish I was a rich man
With acres of rustling trees
When I drink my coffee
I take a little sugar and cream
One foot in front of the other
I carry my sweet misery
Sometime I imagine myself
on a boat with a sail and a breeze
and you are there with me
Sometimes I imagine the both of us
facing each other on our knees
and you still think fondly of me
When I return in the evening
I lay myself down to sleep
All the wolves start a howlin'
and they begin to circle around me
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7. |
One Day I Will DIe
01:42
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I opened my eyes
I looked up into the sky
That's when I realized
Oh God, one day I will die
All the words
That I use just to get
Oh just to get by
When did I turn into a lie
Oh God
One day
I will die
Oh God
One day
I will die
All the promises
That I made
Just so I could lay by
Oh lay by your side
All the thoughts
That I still crave
Just so I can feel like
Feel like I am alive
Oh God
One day
I will die
Oh God
One day
I will die
Oh God
One day
I will die
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8. |
Crack Whore
02:00
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I sing songs about hobos
When I paint pictures
I paint pictures of elbows
I don't care about
what you may know
So please just give me some room
For my toes to wiggle
I take baths
With the lights low
I don't own a t.v.
But I own a crystal
When I'm high
I like to whistle
When I'm low
I like to drink
and shoot off my pistol
I take the bus
To get to where I go
When I get to where I go
I still don't know
Why I got out of bed
In the first place
Only to find myself
Standing here, in last place
Now I can carry on
Just like a crack whore
Whose in need of a fix
and has a back door
Down on my knees
I swallow 'til I'm sore
Just to get to that place
Where I don't have to feel anymore
and down on my knees
I swallow 'til I'm sore
Just to get to that place
Where I don't have to feel anymore
and down on my knees
I swallow 'til I'm sore
Just to get to that place
Where I don't have to feel anymore
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9. |
Knot
02:03
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Maybe I am
or maybe I'm not
Maybe you are
or maybe you're not
Some call it crass
but I call it a fart
Some call it stupid
but I call it art
Maybe it's all for gold
or maybe it's all for naught
I might be lost
or I might not
and when I'm scared
I wish I was not
and when I die
this body will rot
and when I lie
it's to protect what I've got
Maybe it's all for gold
or maybe it's all for naught
Maybe I'm sorry
or maybe I'm not
Maybe I'm jealous
of the things that you got
Maybe you're buyin'
or maybe you been bought
Maybe you're lyin'
and it's time you got caught
Maybe it's all for gold
or maybe it's all for naught
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10. |
A Bad Case of Gas
02:12
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I am coming down fast
I'm gonna break like glass
I don't I'm gonna last
Much longer here with you
All things that come will pass
Just like a bad case of gas
I can be such an ass
When it comes to dealing
With the likes of you
Oh I can't wait for you
To go away
That moment will shine
Like the brightest day
Oh my hips
Will begin to sway
On that day
When you go away
It was your lovely ass
That had me in such a trance
It was never meant to last
But for one moment
I swear my love was true
But now that moment has pass
All is quiet at last
One foot on the gas
I am movin' far away from you
Oh I can't wait for you
To go away
That moment will shine
Like the brightest day
Oh my hips
Will begin to sway
On that day
When you go away
I am coming down fast
I'm gonna break like glass
I don't I'm gonna last
Much longer here with you
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11. |
Helium
01:04
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Helium is the air I want to breathe
Suffocate the life that lives inside of me
Helium is the air I want to breathe
To bring about the death that will
set me free
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12. |
Inheritance
01:52
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You're only as real as you imagine yourself to be
You are not a cog in a great big machine
So never do the work on your knees
and always remember there are no guarantees
and knowledge cannot always be measured by degrees
I'm sorry to say but your heart will come to bleed
and all of your thoughts will eventually grow wings
take to the sky and color all that you see
and remember to look both ways before you cross the street
and always remember to smile at everyone you meet
Now a lot of people'll try to tell you what it all means
and some will try to sell you a dead man's dream
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13. |
Dying on the Vine
02:44
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I'd like to find a little peace of mind
While I'm here, while I'm alive, while I'm killing time
and sometimes I dust off all of my ribbons
to remind myself that I've won some of the time
and it seems all I ever remember
are the times that I've stumbled
I'll always remember the times
I've been unkind
Well now I'm waiting here
the last in line
Now I'm hanging here
Dying on the vine
and oftentimes I wonder if I'll ever get out from under
from under this place that I find myself in from time to time
and just as Cain slayed Abel I just up from the table
I lost my head then I took what wasn't mind
and I remember when I used
to rape, pillage and plunder
I remember when my heart
was thought of as being unkind
Well now I'm waiting here
the last in line
Now I'm hanging here
Dying on the vine
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Cotton Portland, Oregon
Cotton is a musical project based out of Portland, OR, fronted and founded by J. Han. Cotton's songs make use of minimal instrumentation, using only his voice and a guitar, keyboard or organ. The lyrics have a poetic quality to them; they rhyme and tell anecdotes that point to something hidden. ... more
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