1. |
New Day
03:29
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A new day
Iâve gotta find a way
To try to stay
Relevant
Oh itâs hell ainât it baby
Saw a flower pedal
Hit the ground, it made no sound
Now what was it I was worried about
Anyway?
Iâve been chasing time
But lately I find
Thereâs always time
Itâs your state of mind
So give me every little thing
Iâll trade it all just to be
A little broke but doing me
Cuz baby lifeâs just...
Back again to chase another trend
Change my skin, forgettinâ
Who I have been lately
Then I felt a little drop of rain
The small refrain
Telling me itâs all the same
Either way
Gonna make my peace
With all these things
Weighing down on me
Just let it all be
Give me every little thing
Iâll trade it all just to be
A little broke but doing me
Because baby lifeâs just...
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2. |
Light in a Dream
03:00
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I held it all
In my hands
To keep it safe
Peeling back my fingers
I saw just sand sinkinâ
Through them
Why canât I be content
With what I have surrounding
Thereâs a light
Always flashing in my dreams
What I have is what I need but
What I need is clarity
From whoeverâs staring back at me
Pleasure and pain
Often share
The same name
And desire is fateâs lover
And fate is just
Hunger and fear
Why can't I be content
With what I have surrounding
Thereâs a light
Always flashing in my dreams
What I have is what I need but
What I need is clarity
From whoeverâs staring back at me
Hear it starting,
Feel it matching every breath
You start to crave it
Foreign & familiar
Crawling like a
Serpentine siren
Crawling into all that you desire
Hate it, need it,
Can you even see it,
This time swear itâs all
You needed
Want it, I donât think I want it
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3. |
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Whenâd you become such a part of me?
A hair tie left behind
Ran me through
Swore Iâd found you on this pedestal
But since you have come down
Youâve not been you
I think casual was the cause
A fear to be the one
So involved
I found something
I think I need a little more of but
Picture perfect
Always end up hurting us
Iâll go and
Fall back in the breeze
And call myself free
Itâs easier to like
What you donât see
Iâve seen my heaven & my demise
Iâve seen them overlap
A thousand times
I think casual was the cause
A fear to sell your soul
To no applause
I found something
I think I need a little more of but
Picture perfect
Always end up hurting us
Feelinâ something ya but
Weâll both say nothing
Back & forth till weâre left both
Coastinâ, Knowinâ
Weâre caught in the breeze
Thinkinâ weâre free
Itâs easier to like what you donât see
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4. |
Be My Guide
03:55
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You spoke of love as if it
Were a passing highway sign
A one time guide
Shimmering in the light
While I tried to prove
That the sun and moon decide it for you
Like a fool denies
The fire before his eyes
Still you keep crossing my mind
So let the rhythm lead the rhyme
And if I fall out of time
Be my guide
Be my guide
How long can a flame burn
Before the wind claims her
How long can I cry
Over my own lie
One day the sky will clear
Shining a light on my foolish fears
Maybe Iâll have learned
What you deserve
Cuz you keep crossing my mind
So let the rhythm lead the rhyme
And if I fall out of time
Be my guide
Be my guide
You could always see through
I couldnât see you
You keep crossing my mind
Rhythm and rhyme
Be my guide
Be my guide
Cuz you keep crossing my mind
So let the rhythm lead the rhyme
And if I fall out of time
Be my guide
Be my guide
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5. |
Spine-Writing
03:36
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Another night under neon
And desire skies
Chasing pools of blue
And a crooked smile
Oh if there was forever
Or even just one night
I howl with Ms. Main Street
To the moonlight
Then soft she says
"Are you sure you're not blind
Or misguiding my overgrown appetite"
She doesn't know that she
Holds the key
To everything
Itâs written down her spine
Like a light
Shining
Telling me that
This time it's alright
Now I'm under porch light
Where the mystery fades
Where the sound became the song
And remained
But who are you
If not for me
And who am I
If not for we
Then soft she says
"Are you sure you're not blind
Or misguiding my overgrown appetite"
She doesn't know that she
Holds the key
To everything
Itâs written down her spine
Like a light
Shining
Telling me that
This time it's alright
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6. |
Holy Captor
03:27
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Spent too much of my life
Explaining myself to me
Kept up like a vice
Posing everything pristine
Dreams of violet eyes
And a crystalline smile
Left where I began
Just spinninâ like a turnstile
I caught my reflection in some
Shattered panes of glass
I had to laugh remembering
Most things donât last
All this time wanting someone to set me free
Saw my signs in only things surrounding
Oh I never thought that
Never thought
It could be me that I need
Just to be set free
Iâve been over thinking a little too much
Oh itâs such a waste of time
Trying to rewind
Fighting to survive
The Friday night rapture
Still lookinâ for my
Next Holy Captor
I need to believe in something
That canât be taken away
But for now Iâll try to be fine with
Being okay
All this time spent searching for what canât be seen
Saw my signs in only thing surrounding
Oh I never thought that
Never thought
it could be me that I need
Just to be set free
Iâve been over thinking a little too much
Oh itâs such a waste of time
Trying to rewind
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7. |
Pride
04:42
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Swore I saw an angel approach
But it was just the angle I am told
Living out these fables wove
In the back of the mind
Let the fire burn bright
Singing,
Donât ya know, that every stone
Will one day sink back to the sea,
That this mountain youâve made of sand
Will blow away in the breeze
So then why is she haunting me?
Whatâs never lived canât dieâŚ
Is that all thatâs protecting me?
My Pride?
It seems itâs all fallen through
Youâve outrun your pursuit
Rest now child
Rest now child
Face to face with my own fate
I asked for clarity, but was told to wait
Funny how what tests your faith
Is often what you need
To make it all seem real
Singing,
Oh no, she got too close
So iâll go and shed my skin again,
This wall you built, from the riverâs silt
Wash away with the rain
So then how do I care for her?
They say it just takes time..
Is that some form of bravery?
Or Pride?
It seems itâs all fallen through
Youâve outrun your pursuit
Rest now child
Rest now child
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8. |
I Was The One
03:29
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I was the one
Believing all I dreamt of
A boy I saw so consumed
Planting seeds that never grew
So I threw it away
My insatiable ever growing cage, asking
Who is this really for?
Myself or who I try to be?
Take your time
Breathe in each day
Leave tomorrow undefined
The same old crime
Wonât get easier
With each new disguise
Itâs all the same
I know each scene frame by frame by frame
Why am I so confused
Miscommunicating it?
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9. |
Swiggum
04:06
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Blue sky beaming
Lazy day dreaming
Doing fine with nothing at all
The sun is singing sweet melody
The grass is growing green harmonies
Here and gone just like the breeze
This is all Iâll ever need
So much time spent trying to find
A little light in my life
Flip on a tune, and fall in a groove
Oh Iâm shining so bright
Each day is a song, weâre playing along
Until itâs time to move on
And when that day comes, Iâll know Iâve done
Just what suits the song
The best things donât last too long
Easy breeze riding
Sidewalk surviving
Heading any which way I please
Pretty sure I know what it means
Pretty sure itâs all just a dream
Floating down the same sibylline stream
Wondering if what is will always be
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10. |
Walka That Line
04:08
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So, youâre back on top
your concrete hill
Screaming about how
You know best
But whoâs it best for
Who cares anymore
Itâs all a media massage
A made up cause
The great mirage
Of self identity
We see what we want
And want what we see
Well, itâs all happening
Why do you fear what you donât understand
Itâs like hiding your left from your right hand
Donât trust what you see on your screen
Itâs all just make believe
Drawn between you and I
An invisible line
Saying only one can be right
Well I tried so many times
Tried so many times
But I couldnât break the divide
I see what I want
I want what I see
Itâs all happening
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11. |
Release
04:17
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Collapse in the current
And feel your body pulsing with the sound of the drums
Some form of freedom
Out of body; wholly numb
Oh release release
Pulling that silver string that has no end
I've heard this voice shout
Every time my thoughts echo too loud
Every time this prince grew too proud
Every time I fell in this silent shroud
I heard....
It's night time all the time
And I feel it
How was I to know it's only in my brain
Crawl back to the clearing
Search for that feeling that you cannot define
My eyes are sewed shut
But somehow I can see the lights are clear now
Release release
My spirit sings when I set it free
I've seen the face of God
In the cracks up in the ceiling
In the stranger face I was passing
In the mirror staring back at me
Itâs there
It's night time all the time
And I feel it
How was I to know it's only in my brain?
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Keeps Nashville, Tennessee
Keeps is an indie rock band from Nashville, TN formed in 2012.
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Since forming, Keeps released a full-length album titled Brief Spirit in 2016, and released their sophomore LP titled âAffectianadoâ on December 4th, 2020.
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