We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Those Lost Downstream

from Straw Songs: Vol. 1 by Jeff Straw

/

lyrics

You have what you want,
But not what you need.
You have what you saw,
But not what you see.
Your boat travels on
Further downstream.
You share the air with the ghosts you still let breathe.

The sun slowly sets
As you close your eyes.
You are so reticent
To even your mind.
You hide your regrets,
'Cause you can't set them free.
But you'll spit out the key to their cage
If you let them speak.

You named your boat "Sincerity,"
'Cause you wished it was your style:
The actor loses himself after awhile.
But you relax and coyly laugh,
'Cause you think it won't come back.
Though the water's tame for now,
It might not last.

You find your friends
In the movies you see.
You bury your demons
In the glow of the LCD.
And you find your truths
In the books that you read.
But you never stopped to see
If they'd float or sink.

And though you try, the quiet kind
Should not be your chosen scene.
Let another mend the tears of tattered seams.
The self subsides, so heed advice;
Don't find it obsolete.
The boats more steady
With both halves heavy:
A balanced empathy.

You find your peace
In the air that your share.
You find your beach
And live happily there.
You share your courage
With words that you speak.
And you help balance the weight
For those lost downstream.
You help balance the weight
For those lost downstream.

credits

from Straw Songs: Vol. 1, released November 19, 2013

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jeff Straw image

Jeff Straw Columbus, Ohio

contact / help

Contact Jeff Straw

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Jeff Straw, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now