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Dark Matter
05:13
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We can measure anything from dust to Saturn's rings
When we come to add it up we still don’t know a thing
This girl’s been asking why since she was just a kid
Never been real satisfied with the answers that they give
With the answers that they give
She’s got the words of all the prophets saying grace is real
Others say the chemicals decide all that we feel
Map the brain like endless highways she’s ready for the proof
If we spend half of our lives dreaming, which part is the truth?
Tell me which part is the truth?
She feels that dark matter
Wrap around always close
Underneath the endless chatter
Just a drop of what we know
She wants a sage to save her
She wants a book to explain her
She wants a love to embrace her
Or will computers replace her
She feels that dark matter
Wrap around always close
Underneath the endless chatter
Just a drop of what we know
This girls been asking why since she was just a kid
Never been real satisfied with the answers that they give
She looks up to the sky with cells that came from stars
The only thing to master: live in question need no answer
Live in question need no answer
She feels that dark matter
Wrap around always close
Underneath the endless chatter
Just a drop of what we know
She feels that dark matter
It feels like dark matter
She feels that dark matter
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2. |
Queen of Swords
03:21
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Pull up my laces
Hit the pavement
Try to run it out
I block the calls
Build up my walls
The silence overdue
The tears don’t come through
Like they used to
Guess I could thank the pils
But i’m still running
like I’m running
to get away from you
Queen of Swords cut her out this time
Oh clear my mind won’t you
Queen of Swords sharpen every line
Just tell me what to do
Something infernal
In my circle
Like a poisoned pull
I spiral under
And it’s no wonder
We just go round and round
You want my peace of mind
You want me full time
You want me out of your way
I’ll fight my way though
If I have to
No is your battleground
Queen of Swords cut her out this time
Oh clear my mind won’t you
Queen of Swords sharpen every line
Just tell me what to do
Tell me what to do
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3. |
Unsatisfiable
05:12
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I want to be loud
But I don’t want to shout
I miss my friends
But I hate going out
Don’t want to grow old
But I want to be wise
I want to know the plan
But I want the surprise
I want all that glitters
But I don’t want the cost
I want an adventure
But I don’t want to get lost
I want a steady love
But I want the desire
I want roll like a wave
And then burn like a fire
I get pulled around like a puppet on a string
Acting like I don’t already have everything
Looking for relief with only never ending struggle
Makes me feel like I’m unsatisfiable
Unsatisfiable
My phone is listening
To whatever I say
So it can tell me
What to shop for today
Maybe some new clothes
Maybe some cream in a tin
Can stop the feeling
I don’t fit in my skin
Pursuit of happiness
It was there at the start
Like it's something you chase
Instead of something you are
So I stand still
And I try to meet peace
Because being complete
Isn’t missing a piece
I get pulled around like a puppet on a string
Acting like I don’t already have everything
Look for relief with only never ending struggle
Makes me feel like I’m unsatisfiable
Unsatisfiable
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4. |
Drive This Town
03:44
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Remember the time I nearly lost my way
I was 16 going on 78
Pick me up at the end of the street
Headlights off 'till I hop in the seat
All the worries that never stop
Get a little farther with every block
Stores downtown all dark and closed
But we don’t have anywhere to go
I’m just looking for a little relief
Maybe I can find it while the world's asleep
And we drive this town
Drive this town
Until I feel less alone
Drive this town
Cuz all I know is I don’t wanna go home
All day long pace the cage
Be a good girl, don’t make waves
Play the game, brave the day
Until we get away, get away
Can we get away?
Sitting in the diner smoking cigarettes
Two creams two sugars two hours left
You ask me what has got me so upset
But I don’t really want to talk about it
I’m so tired of living on this rollercoaster
What’s wrong with me? Will I be like her?
Sometimes I’m jealous of your easy fun
You’re here for a kiss I’m here to run
And we drive this town
Drive this town
Until I feel less alone
Drive this town
Cuz all I know is I don’t wanna go home
I don’t wanna go home
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5. |
Star Stickers
04:04
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Crickets outside chirping
The air condition hums
Summer nights tuck you in
To the setting of the sun
Seems like I was just a girl
Now I have one of my own
So I’ll stay a little longer
Because I know how it feels alone
Star stickers on your ceiling
In a room so much like mine
I lay and listen to your breathing
Drifting back and forth in time
Doctors say my mother’s dying
And there’s nothing they can do
Don’t you know I used to hide in my room
From the storms she’d put us though
And I know she loved us fiercely
Through the pain we couldn’t see
So I’m letting go of this fight
Besides forgiveness is for me
Star stickers on your ceiling
In a room so much like mine
I lay and listen to your breathing
Drifting back and forth in time
Your eyelids gently lower
My own begin to sting
Who the hell gave me the right
To make a mortal thing?
The other day you asked me
If some mysteries never end
You’ve got a long way to go without me
But for now I can hold your hand
Star stickers on your ceiling
In a room so much like mine
I lay and listen to your breathing
Drifting back and forth in time…
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6. |
The Way I'm Broken
04:14
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Saw a rabbit on my walk
She was rooted to the spot
Ears to the sky
Fearful eyes wide open
I said don’t you worry about me
I’m anxious company
I’ve spent most of my life
Feeling just as frozen
Stay out of the way
That’s how you get to stay
Been serving it so long
It’s like devotion
Oh I don’t need a thing
Except a hundred hurts that sting
And a thousand questions
That I’ve left unspoken
Do you love the way I’m broken
Do you love the way I’m broken
Always been a perfect fit
Since the moment that it hit
Even ways we’re wrong
Keep us tightly woven
Thinking that I’m right
Because we never seem to fight
Or is it that I’m scared
Of all emotion
Did you fall for easy ways
Could you handle if I rage
Cuz I don’t know what’s
Behind this door I’ve opened
But I’m going down bellow
And some things have got to go
Please say you’ll be here
When it’s set in motion
Or do you love the way I’m broken
Do you love the way I’m broken
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7. |
Strawberry Moon
04:00
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The pavement is scorching
The soles of our feet
I can feel something in the air
Closer then the heat
We’re looking like vampires
With juice down our chins
It’s all for the taking
So come on let’s begin
Strawberry moon
gathering June
Cast your net wide and see
Just what you find
Strawberry moon
Make me some room
All that I’m asking for is
Ready to arrive
We’re ripe for the taking
We’re ripe for the mood
Shadows that follow
Can’t tell us what to do
When we stop holding back
It comes like a floor
Even mosquitos taste
The power in our blood
In our blood
Strawberry moon
gathering June
Cast your net wide and see
Just what you find
Strawberry moon
Make me some room
All that I’m asking for is
Ready to arrive
When you’re young the world's your spell to cast
And magics all you know
Can I still wish on a firefly
Watch it go, Watch it go...
Strawberry moon
gathering June
Cast your net wide and see
Just what you find
Strawberry moon
Make me some room
All that I’m asking for is
Ready to arrive
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8. |
Someone I Used To Be
04:36
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Some days you just exist
Checking of the list
Wash and brush my hair
Clean the dirt off of the stairs
I should go outside
Try to feel alright
Put the cups away
Maybe not today
I used to wait on nothing and no one
I sure could tear it down
I used to think that I was the sun that
The world was just spinning round
So won’t you come and shake me, wake me up
Remind me of somebody that I used to be
Oh won’t you come and shake me, wake me up
Remind me that somebody, can still me be
Give my friend a call
She says you can’t have it all
The holding and the search
The fire and the earth
Maybe I’m growing up
Maybe I’m feeling stuck
Had to let go of that pain
But it sure did fan the flames
I used to wait on nothing and no one
I sure could tear it down
I used to think that I was the sun that
The world was just spinning round
So won’t you come and shake me, wake me up
Remind me of somebody that I used to be
Oh won’t you come and shake me, wake me up
Remind me that somebody, can still me be
I used to wait on nothing and no one
And I sure could tear it down
I used to think that I was the sun that
The world was just spinning round
Now I wanna feel something
Like I could just begin
And not know what’s waiting out ahead of me
I want to be surprised
By your asking eyes
Remind me of somebody that I used to be
I wanna feel something
I want electric skin
Everything’s alive and I’m falling free
Like it won’t be enough
Like I might burn up
Remind me of somebody that I used to be
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9. |
Body
04:38
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My body, my body
My body is a home
It made you it saves you
it’s all you’ve never known
The beating of my heart a song
That says you’re not alone
My body, my body
My body is a home
My body, my body
My body is a vault
It holds all the anger
the terror and the loss
Move it through find what’s true
try to get across
My body, my body
My body is a vault
Staring at the papers
in the checkout line
They’re selling anti-aging
Anti-time
But I thank my years
I thank my stars
It’s a damn gift I’ve made it this far
My body, my body
My body is a phase
It wanes and it waxes
In silver as we age
Give it time you will find
The wisdom of a sage
My body, my body
My body is a phase
My body, my body
My body is my own
You men in your courts
With the hatred in your bones
Tell us what to do
And we will pull you from your thrones
My body, my body
My body is my own
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10. |
Dearer Than Dear
03:32
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How could you say that
Are you for real
Don’t go to bed mad
No battlefields
Now you got me laughing at the truth
No one gets me more than you
I think I’ve done it now
Is this my worst yet
Can’t hardly see through
All of these regrets
Maybe somebody else would say we’re over
But you just move a little closer
Keep coming back coming back here
Keep coming back coming back here
Keep coming back coming back here
Friend, partner, lover, family, dearer than dear
You wanna know someone
Then take the long ride
The real variety
is on the inside
Let’s get those secret tracks
Let's find those deep cuts
I could never get enough
All first impressions are in the rear view
Can I still catch you eye
Can I amaze you?
Already made it through to all I’ve guarded
And we’re only getting started
Keep coming back coming back here
Keep coming back coming back here
Keep coming back coming back here
Friend partner lover family dearer than dear
We stayed up real late
We broke some new ground
We talked it all through
We drank that bottle down
No matter what the evening seems to send
We wake up and start again
You know my good stories
All my best moves
All my worst fears
All my bad moods
Thought that love would be a show and tell
More like digging in a well
Keep coming back coming back here
Keep coming back coming back here
Keep coming back coming back here
Friend partner lover family dearer than dear
Dearer than dear
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11. |
When The Veil Thins
04:42
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I’ve got her piano that I can’t play
Maybe somewhere a letter from his last day
Wish I had those video tapes from the old den
In my dreams I walk those rooms again and again
Night is stretching out to meet the day
Seems like the ones that left have a lot to say
There’s a ghost on every block as the month ends
But I wouldn’t mind a visit from an old friend
When the veil thins
When the veil is thins
Let them all back
They say his heart gave out after they fixed it
It always wanted more than I could give
Heard there was a car crash never got to say
That I’m so sorry for all those shitty things
So come and sing a song in my living room
I’ll make your favorite bread and a pot of soup
And all the ones I never got to know
Tell me you stories before you have to go
When the veil thins
When the veil is thin
Let them all back
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Julia Sanders Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville-based artist Julia Sanders has announced her third full-length album ‘Dark Matter’ Titled for the invisible, mysterious, and factually present mass that comprises more than ninety percent of our universe, the album is dedicated to questions—Is there any such thing as true contentment? What happens when we die? What’s the point of this life?—usually easier left unasked. ... more
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