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Radiant Light
05:09
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Radiant Light
I was hopeless, but I had accepted
The burden of life without love
So I went out singing, late one morning
To collect the wage for the day
There he was standing, still unassuming
And I just had nothing to hide
So he took my hand, and we walked down Ludlow
Told me he worked with radiant light
Chorus
It was a long way home
A long way home
The forest, the mountains, the desert at night
It was a long way home
Well, I grew up, in a broken down city
The barons all left us for dead
So I snuck out the day after Christmas
With a trunk full of nothing to hide
I wandered among the monolith landscape
Found trouble in paradise
Till I felt the pulse of a radiant lighthouse
Calling me back to where the sun meets the day
Chorus
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2. |
Skin Deep
04:08
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Skin Deep
When I opened my mouth and stuck up for me
I was told I was hopeless, I was told I was mean
So I hit the road driving with a head full of steam
I didn’t stop till I couldn’t feel the pull on me
It took half my life to shake off the loneliness
It took all of it to cultivate a little kindness
And let me tell you, I still fail everyday
But my mind’s quiet now and I begin again
Na na na, nananana na na na, nananana na na na (x2)
It feels good when you lose the metrics and the gazing
When my hair turned grey I never felt more free
We can cozy all we want up to vanity
But these bodies will be corpses, beauty’s only skin deep
Na na na, nananana na na na, nananana na na na (x2)
When I opened my mouth and stuck up for me
I was told I was hopeless I was told I was mean
So I hit the road driving with a head full of steam
I won’t stop and you don’t have a pull on me
Na na na, nananana na na na, nananana na na na (x3)
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3. |
Solitary Thrill
04:38
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Solitary Thrill
At a desk but my head is
Driving through sunsets in the Midwest
At table but my eyes can see
Those late summer canopies
And oh sometimes it feels like I am running from something
Starstruck rabbit in the morning light
Patch of green, the city life
Chorus
And I can’t sit still
Up before the morning
To catch that solitary thrill
All alone
Looking in the glass and
Wishing I was home in bed
Looking out over autumn fields
And sitting with a quiet head
And oh sometimes it feels like
I am running to the next thing
Lovedrunk mama in the evening light
Worked-in hands, my artist life
Chorus
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4. |
Desert Palm
04:48
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Desert Palm
I never expected to break you
But I hoped to take your power away
There’s a madness in your head
Driven by fragility
The cancer in your mental machine
Decorated in ribbons and rope
All that metal and no real love for you
There’s a fire on the sound
And when this shit comes back around
One day they’ll be coming for you / in the morning
Chorus 1
When California burns like a desert palm
When the river opens up wider to drown
When greed starts to pull your daughters down
Will you, will you believe me now?
Will you, will you believe me now?
I didn’t think I would change your mind
But I was tired of faking being on your side
God magnifies the lowly
See you crawling through the needle
And you just want to crush them underfoot
Chorus 2
When tyranny puts us on the move
When you slam the door ‘cause they don’t look like you
Can’t you see we’re all coming home to roost?
Will you, will you believe me now?
Will you, will you believe me now?
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5. |
The Rage Inside
05:58
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The Rage Inside
Run far away
Or stay in this place
Well I’m coming up dry with my drinking cup
And I want to bend
The arc’d branch for them
But I’m standing on the sea watching storms roll in
And they gather like a mob in the distance
But what you do want me to do?
I’ve got so much to lose
I don’t know how you don’t hide
When I’m running for cover from the rage inside
On a quiet night, I can hear
The boots and the drums getting clearer
And I’m staring down the line of unbroken chains
Hidden bloody hands, your eye fill with sand
We all choose what we settle for
And I don’t think it’s wrong to want a little more
But do you want me to do?
I’ve got so much to lose
But I can’t ignore the rising tide
When I start to listen to the rage inside
Run far away
Stay in this place
It’s the question we’ve been asking all of these years
Will we face it, or will we drown
Will we face it, or will we drown
Will we face it, or will drown
What do you want me to do?
How can I elevate?
Life is short, you might as well be kind
And learn to walk with the rage inside
I don’t even hide from the rage inside
I don’t even hide from the rage inside
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6. |
Sad Song
03:58
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Sad Song
When I used to get real down
I’d get in my car and drive
Sometimes in the afternoon
Usually late at night
I’d drive mostly in darkness
Save for sometimes the light of the moon
When no one’s willing to understand
That shit stays with you
Now I know I’m not the only one
Who’s loved but still feels alone
When you’re ready to torch the goddamn house
But can’t bear to burn down your home
Sometimes a neighborhood apart
Is enough for me
And sometimes the ghosts are felt
Clear across the galaxy
There are days when I still get real down
But it’s different now
I’m not saying I have the answer
But I’ve got a little figured out
I’ll sink my feet into the ground
And listen to the wind
Anchored as a mountain, aware as a tree
Keep going, keep going, keep going
Keep going, keep going, keep going
Keep going, keep going, keep going
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7. |
Vigilante
04:43
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VIGILANTE
Talk me up again, I’ll get some tongue in my cheek
Kindness is the way until you need to grow teeth
Oh baby come on
Consequence has come, why can’t you just let it be?
If we still had the stone age, you’d be stoned like a queen
Oh baby come on
Oh baby come on
All this conversation is making me feel cold
All of my responses are making me feel old
Oh baby come on
Justice is a hollow thing unless it’s with change
But everyday that passes / the more shit stays the same
Oh baby come on
Chorus
When there’s nothing left to see
Except this decaying world and me
Won’t you let me be?
Away, vigilante
Race me to the river, come on jump in with me
I’ll be everything beyond your wildest dreams
Oh baby come on
Call me hypocrite, call me a vigilante
You can tell your man that he can come talk to me
Oh baby come on!
Chorus
You’ve been running away, I’ma follow you down (x4)
Oh baby come on
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8. |
In The Spaces
04:21
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In the Spaces
Oh yeah yeah I saved you a place
A refuge from the outside world that you run from
Oh yeah yeah I craved this space
Like a worn out wheel that won't stop turning
I can't pretend that I was happy
I can't pretend it was easy
Oh yeah yeah I saved you a place,
Saved you a place, saved you a place
Oh yeah yeah I cried when you came
Tumbling down from heaven to be with me in this cold world
Oh yeah yeah I knew your name
When the credits from the film rolled late one morning
My fingers only knew some of the answer
The rest was found in the spaces of your laughter
Oh yeah yeah I cried when you came
Cried when you came, cried when you came
If you love them do it anyway
And expect nothing in return
I'm just a fire minded woman
And I don't want to burn
I don't want to burn
I don't want to burn
Oh yeah yeah nothing’s the same
There's a quiet to the words that wasn't there before
Oh yeah yeah nothing’s the same
Shouting in the stillness leads to falling into ether
Moving forward as the clock turns backwards
Reimagining the long-rung-out chords
Oh yeah yeah nothing’s the same
Nothing’s the same, but it's okay
Oh yeah yeah nothing's the same
But look who you saved, look who you saved
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9. |
Smile And Wave
06:23
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Smile and Wave
Bring the kindle now
And set me alight
Summer’s end,
Bowls of red wine again
I walked through the fire, once
Awhile back
The skin of my soul
Remembers the moments, laid bare
Chorus
I / hear you calling
I / Smile and wave
It / Is not easy, but
I cannot stay
Bring the knife now
Have it at the ready
But I can’t bring myself
To make the motion
And I wish I could just say it
That I want to do it again
But history has a strange way of repeating
And I don’t want to die
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10. |
Everywhere
05:30
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Everywhere
Pick me up again off of these
Boards of despair
I grow tired of the journey
It seems to lead nowhere
I used to be the slash and burn type
And scorch the earth
Then I was faced with real survival
So I put the fire away
Chorus
It’s everywhere
It’s everywhere, oh
It’s everywhere
It’s everywhere
Go and put the war away now
You know nobody wins
Look me in the eye
And tell me when you mean something
Tell me is it enough for you?
These rivers of blood
Of children, all innocent
Just to satisfy your gun
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Lindsay Dragan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lindsay Dragan is a Pittsburgh-based garage folk artist. You can catch her as a solo act and a full band on local, national, and international stages. For a complete show list, see the shows tab, and follow her on social media at lindsaydraganpgh!
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