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Camouflage
05:45
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You dressing in camouflage doesn’t mean that you’re a tree
A human in the wilderness is a scary thing to be
You dressing in camouflage or me dressing in jeans
Doesn’t mean that we are trees
And if you’re feeling terrified
It can help to feel a little terrifying
Snake’s bite or scorpion sting might be all that you can bring
Yourself to be, but curled up and crying
I don’t want to be
Harsh red or bright green
Cloak me like a trap
And let me leave here and never come back
And if you’re feeling terrified
It can help to feel a little terrifying
Snake’s bite or scorpion sting might be all that you can bring
Yourself to be, but curled up and crying
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2. |
A Very Hot Shower
05:07
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A very hot shower and a very clean shave
Two eyes painted like razorblades
The only lie I'll tell is that I am not afraid
I am not afraid
You were always on my mind
Bad blood and an early grave
I will climb my laddered tights
And I will, I will
I will get up on that stage
Singing:
Hold me closer tiny dancer
Teach me to be small and brave
Sometimes my mind doesn't do what I want it to
Sometimes I'm so afraid
Sometimes I try writing love songs
But I just can't think all that much about love
When the touch that I believe that I am bound to receive
Is burned in my brain and in my blood
You were always on my mind
Goose-pimpled skin and an early grave
I will climb my laddered tights
And I will, I will
I will get up on that stage
Singing:
Hold me closer tiny dancer
Teach me to be small and brave
Sometimes my mind doesn't do what I want it to
Sometimes I'm so afraid
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3. |
Sword I
02:22
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A gawk so thrown and jolty
From the window of your truck
That your head divorced your body
Just to get a better look
I hope you're happy
With your halved and doubled body
Was I really all that beautiful?
Was I really so intriguing?
That you'd sacrifice yourself
Just to peep upon my being
Like I was a goddess
And you were a crop
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4. |
Venom
03:48
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Praying to a god that I know I don’t believe in
To please break this curse that I say I don’t believe in
One good thing about biting my tongue
Is that saliva wells up in my mouth
A constant supply of venom
For whenever I may need to spit it out
Spit it out, spit it out, spit it out, spit it out
One good thing about the gap in my teeth
Is that the venom can just shoot right out
Have you seen her walking these streets?
Pepper lip and a v-shape brow
Spit it out, spit it out, spit it out, spit it out
Venom, venom, I’ll give whatever you got
Venom, venom, on the count of one she shot
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Hold Me
05:10
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The world is a nightmare, won’t you hold me and hold me?
Hold me, mama, until the good lord unfolds me
I’ve been painted red, I’ve been painted blue
How can we leave our beds if this is what they do?
Hold me, hold me
Hold my fire I don’t need it anymore
When it feels just like a candle standing lonesome on the shore
And won’t you hold my branches as they burn out in the flames?
From the ground up to the canopy until only ash remains
Hold me, hold me
My body, so unholy, holding everything I am
From my ocean to my pilot light to my forest where it stands
Hold my neck, hold my toe, hold my shoulder, and hold my hand
I will hold you sweet angel if you should ever need to land
Won’t you look me in the eye?
Look me in the eye, as I’m talking to you, to you
Hold me, hold me, hold me
Until the good lord unfolds me
The world is a nightmare, won’t you hold me and hold me?
Hold me, mama, until the good lord unfolds me
I’ve been painted red, I’ve been painted blue
How can we leave our beds if this is what they do?
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Sword II
02:21
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A look so sharp and pointy
From beneath your furrowed brow
Growing tighter than a fist
Above your tiny mumbling mouth
I hope you’re happy
With your judgements on the body
Was mine really so revolting?
Was it so truly terrifying?
That it could only be a sunset
If it were all curled up and crying?
Like I was a goblin
And you on a mission from the lord
Yeah you’d trade your two jelly peepers
For one hand-crafted mythical sword
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Bolt of Lightning
05:38
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Feeling less like Frankenstein’s monster
And more like a bolt of lightning
After a cup of that morning mud
Everything gets a little more exciting
The lines that you thought drew daggers
Your disdain is my strength now
That you still laugh is proof enough
Confusing you is a full time job
I’m getting stronger and I’m getting stronger
Who knows just how strong I’ll get
Now that I hold the dodgeball caught
And we are both covered in sweat
Feeling half like Frankenstein’s monster
And half like the bolt of lightning
That surged through his crown before he was run out of town
Before everything got a little frightening
You hold your body like a police car
You see your hands as two sheriffs
Enforcing laws, you hear your papa’s applause
You feel like this whole bloated town is yours
You reminisce about the good old days
Back before personal computers went mad
When boys were men, and the girls were also there back then
Your mother was alive, and so was your dad
Feeling half like Frankenstein’s monster
And half like a bolt of lightning
After a cup of that morning mud
Everything gets a little more exciting
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8. |
Salmon
05:13
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When he said he wanted to be a salmon
Pink and red and able to change sex
I later made a joke to my buddies
But I knew exactly what he meant
Don’t take me back, back to your old days
They were not good and they were not golden
Mama mia, here we go again
One more reminder of what lives beneath
Tentacles slapping wet up on the floorboards
There’s a knock at the door, no you can’t come in
2002, standing on my bed frame
Arms crossed like a vampire, I fell
Commanding the gay ghost from my body
I attempted an exorcism on myself
Don’t take me back, back to your old days
They were not good and they were not golden
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9. |
Can I Not?
06:07
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How can I love you this much?
Need you this much? Can I not?
The relief of a wasp flying into the room
Only to fly straight back out
That is how I desire to see
The last close call between you and me
How can I love you this much?
Need you this much? Can I not?
But I still got myself stung
But the sting ain’t the thing that hurts
Bruised ego and a broken heart
I close my eyes and I can hear you laugh
How can I love you this much?
Need you this much? Can I not?
How can I love you, love you so much? Can I not?
How can I need you, need you this much? Can I not?
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Two Steps on the Water was an emotion punk band working on Wurundjeri land (2014 - 2018)
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