1. |
For You, Dear
04:04
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For You, Dear
This attention to my ear
Is not wasted
Your fingers trace it
This attention to my ear
Is not wasted
My heart in paces
A question mark
A microphone
The funnel sounds
Keep running down
Like a marble in a chute
That leads down to the ground
I’m outta, I’m outta my mind
I’m outta, I’m outta my mind
I’m outta, I’m outta my mind
For you, dear
This fixation for you dear
Is not healthy
Or so they tell me
This fixation for you dear
Is not helping
But I can’t help it
The steady line
That triggers mine
It spikes into
Three quarter time
When started with a clock
That keeps running down
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2. |
How I'm Feeling
03:12
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How I’m Feeling
Like driving
With the windows open
On a clear night in June
With the music
So loud that the
Cells inside me fill out
That’s how I’m feeling
Right now
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Like being alone
And not looking back
In the rear view mirror
Like seeing the moon
On a landscape where
Nothing else will move
But me
That’s how I’m feeling
Right now
And I don’t even need
To go too fast
I get a close up
View of the fields I pass
Moving particles
I part my sea
Aerodynamically
That’s how I’m feeling
Right now
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3. |
Take Me Away
03:40
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Take Me Away
Time flies by a cat
In the window
Life outside looks
Awfully green
Light shines bright
In the afternoon
Take me, take me away
Take me, take me away
Take me, take me away
Come what may,
Take me away with you
Candlelight
Lengthens the shadows
Casts our fears
Of the unseen
Smile at me
Like something new
Maybe some music will
Take all our troubles away
Wind up the boxes,
Open the lids of today
Quick, quick slow
Quick, quick slow
Where will we go?
I don’t know
How long can we stay away
Two of a kind
To be continued
Breaks it all down
To what it all means
You love me
And I love you
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4. |
Closer
03:11
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Closer
You’ve got something
To say to me
You’ve got the look
That can only mean
Now look at me
I can barely breathe
You put your hand
On the wall and
Lean over me and say
Why don’t you slide closer?
Just a little bit closer to me
Slide over
Just a little bit closer to me
Now here comes
My favorite song
And I can’t stop
From singing along
And that’s the step
That you’re moving on
You put your hand
On my back
And now I’m gone
So I can hear
Your heartbeat
And I can hear
You breathing
And I can feel
Your right hand
Reaching out
For my hand
And you can hear
Me singing
And I can feel
You leading
And you can love
The way my voice hits
Your ear
Why don’t you slide closer?
Just a little bit closer to me
Slide over
Just a little bit closer to me
Slide closer
Just a little bit closer to me
Slide over
Just a little bit closer to me
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5. |
What I Heard
04:04
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What I Heard
Draw myself up
Up from the deep
Where arms and legs
Stay asleep
I know I heard
Your voice out loud
Halfway to wake
Up from my dream
Suspend my belief
I don’t want to
Wake up now
What I heard
Was the sound
Of your voice
Calling out
Frozen inside
Keep still abide
Awareness slide
Keep the world at bay
Soon I will know
Too soon arise
Come to realize
What you did not say
In the hallway
Or the next room
You would call me
And I would hear you
All in my mind
All in my mind
Where I can hear you
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6. |
Foreverness
04:18
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Foreverness
Picture’s still up
From the first time
I was in style
Kept a white square
On the wall so
I’ve been there a while
Looking so funny that
I know it’s
Gonna make you smile,
Gonna make you smile
Foreverness,
Never stops,
Not that I will ever see,
Never stops,
Coming closer to me
She was still smiling
Bout the time that
I pushed her away
But still it makes me cry
Cause I thought
That I’d be okay
Door slamming shut
On the words
That she heard me say
She heard me say
All my life
I wished for flight
I never thought
I’d wait in line
Now that I
Can’t seem to
Fix my mind
Always thought that
I’d have more time
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7. |
Physics
04:33
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Physics
Guess I’m breaking my bridges
And burning my bread
You’ll have to find someone
To talk to instead
I’m spinning so fast
That I’ve misplaced my time
It’s used up and faceless and
Waving goodbye
Gones be bygones
With a fidgeting gaze
Late for appointments
I started that way
Heartbeat accelerates
As I drive across town
I wait in the turn lane
Overcome by the sound
Of the drumbeat inside of me,
Pounding it out
On the steering wheel vinyl,
Frame jarring loud
Somewhere an insight,
An intricate arrow,
Designed just to point right
The way straight and narrow
I find a place on the wall
As I wind up to turn
Fix my eyes on the spot
And whip around sure
Straight as the arrow
That’s notched in the bow
I slice through the air,
Chin tucked toward the goal.
But what if I’m not in the air?
What if I’m deep under water?
What if I’ve turned
And pushed off the wall?
What if I’ve used up
The physics of it all?
What if I’m not in the air?
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8. |
Goodbye
03:53
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Goodbye
I know there’s been
Something wrong
For a while now
I know there’s been
Something gone
For a while now
The meter you filled
Has run out of time
And I’m daring you not to
Step over the line
With your hands
In your pockets
Your toe kicks a rock at me
I don’t have any change
You say:
We don’t spend enough time
We don’t spend enough time
We don’t spend enough time
Around here
I know there’s been
Something wrong
For a while now
I know there’s been
Something gone
For awhile
Now the scene I imagined
Has filled up my mind
And I’m scared that you’ll say
I’m just wasting your time
When we walk
Under street lights
Your shadow takes over me
I know it’s time for a change
I can’t make up my mind
I can’t say goodbye
I open my wallet
And out comes a lie and
You jingle your keys
You turn back inside
We leave at the same time
But facing two gates
And then only the strangers
See the tears on my face
Lights refract in my eyes
I can’t say goodbye
I can’t make up my mind
I can’t say goodbye
Lights refract in my eyes
I can’t say goodbye
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9. |
20 Steps
04:13
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20 Steps
Only 20 steps
From the storm drain
There’s a path to the water
Where the wings of the culvert
Slows all that’s rushing down
The rocks and the leaves
Rest lightly,
The light flows through trees
Slightly,
And the creek flows,
It flows around
There is stillness
In between
The passing cars
The waves of sound
There is stillness
In between
Our passing lines
When I look down at the water
You look up at the trees
Only 20 steps to the bridge
There’s a car crossing over
Where two pairs of tires roll by
One after the other
You stand uneven
By the creek bed
I sit not hearing
All that you said
Let’s find our footing
On higher ground
Only 20 steps to the car
There’s a storm passing over
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10. |
A Little Bit
02:19
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A Little Bit
All those days eavesdropping
On the birds out on the wire
Their subtle conversations
On the air just make me smile
One romantic line,
Happens all the time
Strangers on the sidewalk
Driving blind
I gotta make you fall in love
With me a little bit
Make it impossible to wave
And smile and then forget
You want to talk to me a little
While I’m singing
See me later
And say that we met
Look into my eyes
It hasn’t even started yet
Summertime is longing
For attention in the night
I find myself sleepwalking
When the moon is in the sky
Metal on the skin,
Position that we’re in
East and west maneuvers
Wearing thin
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11. |
I'll Be Alright
04:20
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I’ll Be Alright
She was just a little girl
Always smiling
Frozen feet
With no steady beat
Careful to listen in
She tried her best to
Accommodate
Always hiding a pounding soul
That betrayed hope
All her breath held in
She said:
Someday I’m gonna run away
Someday I’m gonna run away
When my feet hit the ground
And my weight shifts around
When my stride
Measures my mind
When I start to think
That I’ll be alright
Yes, I’ll be alright
The echo of those grown-up
Words seem far enough away
Foreign now, though stifling,
What awful things to say
She’s untied all
Those apron strings
But set her own to stay
She’s stronger now, and she’s wondering how
She ever lived that way
The pain in her side
That aches as she runs
Will break in due time
When she turns to find
Those brown eyes
But instead sees her own
She can look on in love
She can speak out in love
She can breathe out in love
She can breathe in love
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12. |
Wallflower
06:14
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Wallflower
Romantic moment
With my phone
A secret smile for my opponent
The room reflected in my shoes
A backwards dance
From my perspective
This is just a waste of time
I can’t interpret your signs
I can’t bring myself to smile
So I sit alone tonight
With my hands
By my side
My toe keeps tapping
On the floor
I’m lost in thoughts
Caught on rewinding
My fingers wrap
Around the chair
While I’m pretending
That I don’t care
Trace my eyes
In liquid lines
Glance them back and forth
To find somewhere to wait
In single file,
Let’s move in time,
Assembly line
Hands that glow
And fingers blue
Reach for friends who
Stand in another queue
And I bite my lip
And I muddle through
And I disappear to fix my shoe
I can’t see a thing
But I enjoy the view
I just want to dance with you
Just ask me to dance with you
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Sara Quah Normal, Illinois
Sara Quah is a singer/songwriter/woke human being from not-so Normal, IL.
Elaborate melodies and intricate lyrics
are the foundation of her vintage songwriting.
Her newest full-length, full-production LP is called Taking Me Back and was released May 2017.
Learn more about her all-that-ness at saraquah.com.
Follow her on social media @sarabquah.
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