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Unfold
03:30
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I wish I was smarter
Wish it was harder to figure me out
I wish I was taller, wish I was stronger
Wish I could swallow my doubt
I focus on the things that I can’t change
I always find a new way to complain
Hey hey, uh huh
Hey hey, uh huh
I wish I was patient in conversation
Never so anxious and blue
Better at seeing or just believing
I was enough for you
I focus on the things that I can’t help
A prisoner to the pain I cause myself
Hey hey, uh huh
Hey hey, uh huh
Hey hey, uh huh
It never ends
Just ask my friends
It never ends
I wish I could drink and not always think
About all the things I regret
I wish I could smoke and not feel broken
When I’m alone in my bed
I fixate on the things I’ll never be
Instead of revel in reality
Hey hey, uh huh
Hey hey, uh huh
Hey hey, uh huh
Hey hey, uh huh
I focus on the things I can’t control
I always find a new way to unfold
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2. |
Mutual Friends
03:41
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Would it be easier if we were strangers at the start?
We both knew Abby, we both hung out at the same bar
And now it’s been a year, we’re still here tending to the spark
And though I’m happy, I know it all could fall apart
And if this ends, it’s more than just our hearts
Don’t pretend like we would have a clean break with no shards
There may come a day you never wanna see my face again
So if this ends, who gets to keep the mutual friends?
Well I could live without the little couch or paintings that we found
When we first moved into this apartment we call home
But I can’t think about going out if our love heads south
Who would I turn to?
And would they still pick up the phone?
If this ends, it’s more than just our hearts
Don’t pretend like we would have a clean break with no shards
There may come a day you never wanna see my face again
So if this ends, who gets to keep the mutual friends?
Who gets to keep the mutual friends?
Would it be easier if we were strangers at the start?
‘Cause if this ends, it’s more than just our hearts
Don’t pretend like we would have a clean break with no shards
There may come a day I never wanna see your face again
So if this ends, who gets to keep the mutual friends?
Who gets to keep the mutual friends?
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3. |
Acquaintances
03:05
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I love the smell of cigarettes
As long as I can’t taste them on my breath
I love the sound of old Corvettes
As long as I ain’t driving
And I love the way we met
But I could do without the rest
Baby, I liked you best
When we were just acquaintances
I could tell that you were bad for me
The first night standing on the balcony
Drinking rum and cokes, you hated all my jokes
But I just couldn’t look away from you
And then you said that I should wait for you
Before I went back home, if only I had known
I love the smell of cigarettes
As long as I can’t taste them on my breath
I love the sound of old Corvettes
As long as I ain’t driving
And I love the way we met
But I could do without the rest
Baby, I liked you best
When we were just acquaintances
It started hitting me in little ways
You’d show up late and you would never pay
You thought my friends were bores, so we always hung with yours
But then it hit me like a ton of bricks
These were problems I could never fix
I gave it a good try, but now I’ll say goodbye
I love the smell of cigarettes
As long as I can’t taste them on my breath
I love the sound of old Corvettes
As long as I ain’t driving
And I never would have guessed
That this would end in such a mess
Baby, I liked you best
Baby, I liked you best
When we were just acquaintances
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4. |
The Game of Letting Go
03:02
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I know we’re over, I know we’re through
I know you’re probably onto someone new
I wish that I could say the same were true for me
but it isn’t yet
I can’t remember why we called it quits
We had our problems, maybe now they’re fixed
But either way my mind is playing tricks on me
When I get in bed, when I get in bed
I wanna ask you how you’re doing
But I don’t really wanna know
Cause then I’ll know for sure I’m losing
The game of letting go
I tell my friends that I’m just in a funk
I bought a book on the teachings of a Buddhist monk
He said to focus on breathing but I just get drunk and think
Of the fun we had, all the fun we had
I wanna ask you how you’re doing
But I don’t really wanna know
Cause then I’ll know for sure I’m losing
The game of letting go
I’m tired of playing and saying I’m fine
I wanna ask you how you’re doing
But I don’t really wanna know
Cause then I’ll know for sure I’m losing
The game of letting go
(Never gonna let it show)
The game of letting go
(Movin’ on just movin’ slow)
The game of letting go
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5. |
If Not My Thoughts
02:31
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Who am I if not my thoughts?
Who am I if not my worries?
Time and time again it’s what I’m taught
But who am I if not my thoughts?
Who am I if not my past?
Who am I if not my stories?
Well I do all that I can to not look back
But who am I if not my past?
Well it seems my voice of reason’s got a lump inside his throat
And that’s when all my demons come to play
I try to find the meaning when it’s hard to stay afloat
I’m just not having any luck today
Who am I if not my brain?
Who am I if not my body?
Who are they to say what’s normal or insane?
Who am I if not my brain?
Well it seems my voice of reason’s got a lump inside his throat
The devil on my shoulder is looking bright
I try to find the meaning when it’s hard to stay afloat
I’m just not having any luck tonight
Who am I if not my thoughts?
Who am I if not my worries?
It’s never what I have but haven’t got
Who am I if not my thoughts?
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6. |
Naked
02:39
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I don’t say much if I see you out
And I don’t smile, I just kinda bend my mouth
But there’s no hard feelings, and there’s no ill will
It’s just that all this healing can be a bitter pill
When once upon a time I swore that we were gonna make it
We laid a foundation so strong a hurricane couldn’t shake it
We even named our future babies, guess it’s good we waited
‘Cause now we’re just two people who have seen each other naked
I want you back even though I don’t
Things got bad but it’s worse alone
But there’s no hard feelings just the cold hard truth
That I’ll sit here reeling ‘til there’s someone new
But once upon a time I swore that we were gonna make it
We laid a foundation so strong a hurricane couldn’t shake it
We planned a tropical vacation, guess we’re never gonna take it
‘Cause now we’re just two people who have seen each other naked
Loving is so easy til’ it’s complicated
And soon you’re just two people who have seen each other naked
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7. |
Just Married
04:06
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Raise a glass, the best man makes a toast to Bobby and Jenny
They both laugh at his awful jokes of which there were many
Now they dance, taking pictures in ridiculous poses
And ride back to a king sized bed with blankets of roses
Just married
Just married
Well at the start, things looked promising for Bobby and Jenny
They played it smart and bought a big old house way out in the country
But all that yard got him dreaming about the days he could run free
And things got hard when the baby came and ate all the money
Just married
Just married
They got everything they ever could’ve wanted and some more
Just married
Years went by and they made a ghost of Bobby and Jenny
Tears went dry with the petty woes of which there were plenty
Now at night they share dinner so devoid of emotion
At 49, every table might as well be an ocean
Just married
Just married
They got everything they ever could’ve wanted and some more
Just married
They got everything they ever could have wanted and got bored
Just married
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8. |
Stealing Light
03:21
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It doesn’t matter what you call it
It doesn’t feel good
To stare into the wall
Until you feel understood
And I know it drives you crazy
When I hold it all inside
I just never like to steal the light from you
I swear I’m gonna pull myself together soon
It’s not black and white but so much more than blue, but it ain’t you
It’s just something that I’m going through
Maybe I’ll try meditation
As soon as I sit still
I’m too scared of medication
To be put on any pill
But I don’t want you to save me
Just stay here by my side
I just never like to steal the light from you
I swear I’m gonna pull myself together soon
It’s not black and white but so much more than blue, but it ain’t you
It’s just something that I’m going through
I just never like to steal the light from you
I swear I’m gonna pull myself together soon
It’s not black and white but so much more than blue, but it ain’t you
Just something that I’m going through
Just something that I’m going through
It’s just something that I’m going through
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9. |
Fridays
02:25
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Fridays are the hardest
Cause I know that you’ll be out
Drinking at some party
Or kissing someone’s mouth
And maybe it means nothing
But it means so much right now
Fridays are the hardest
Fridays are the hardest
‘Cause the city fills with light
While I sift through the darkness
Of the wrongs that can’t right
And maybe it means nothing
But it means so much at night
Oh, Fridays are the hardest
Fridays are the hardest
When you got no place to be
And you got no face to see
Fridays are the hardest
‘Cause they used to be the best
We’d drink in our apartment
Order out and get undressed
We were really something
Now it’s like we never met
Fridays are the hardest
Fridays are the hardest
Fridays are the hardest
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10. |
The Movie of Us
03:24
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A backyard bar, your hair still wet
My can of beer still cold
If I could pause any scene from the movie of us
I think that’d be the one
A rental car, our dripping sweat
An empty parking lot
If I could replay a scene from the movie of us
I think that’d be the one
The christmas lights, the credit debt
The cookies on the stove
If I could slow down a scene from the movie of us
I think that’d be the one
The grocery line, the words I meant
The silent car ride home
If I forget any scene from the movie of us
Please let that be the one
The downstairs couch, the last month’s rent
The boxes by the door
If I could change anything about the movie of us
I think I’d be the one
If I could change anything about the movie of us
I think I’d be the one
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11. |
Somebody New
03:43
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I took a ride to Minnesota
I took a ride to Tennessee
To any place where no one knows ya
Just trying to shake you off of me
But when I tried to take a load off
I was heavy in the knees
With all the things I never told ya
And all the things we’ll never be
I know that I can find somebody new
But I have never found somebody who knows me like you do
Did you find someone to hold ya?
Is he everything you need?
Does he offer up his shoulder
When an old wound starts to bleed?
Does he love how you hate movies
Does he care how loud you sleep?
Does he really make you happy?
Does he make you think of me?
I know that you can find somebody new
But have you ever found somebody who knows you like I do?
And the pain I held against you
Well it all went up in flames
But with the weight of what we’ve been through
Could it ever be the same?
I know that I can find somebody new
But I could never find somebody who knows me like you do
Knows me like you do
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12. |
The Strangest Disguise
03:12
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My girlfriend left me for a downtown banker
And it tore me apart but these days I thank her
‘Cause if she were who she said she were
I would’ve never been a regular
At the dingy old dive where I met my wife
And I find it quite funny
I’m always surprised
All my greatest blessings wear the strangest disguise
I was laid off from work last Friday
And on my way home I saw a man on the highway
He said his car was broken down
So I offered him a ride to town
And told him all about my loss
Now he’s my new boss
And I find it quite funny
I’m always surprised
All my greatest blessings wear the strangest disguise
I was scheduled to fly at midnight
But my cabbie crashed when he sped through a red light
And though I’m not responsible
I’m still lying in the hospital
While the plane I’d have flown in
Is down in the ocean
And I find it quite funny
But I’m not surprised
All my greatest blessings wear the strangest disguise
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Darryl Rahn New York
"When someone can captivate you with just a voice and a guitar they're doing something right."
- Brian Rosenworcel of Guster
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