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Provenance
04:09
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I didn’t see your brake lights when you stopped in front of me
I was texting my husband who’s been serving overseas
I saw you pulling off the road when it was already too late
I tried my best to slow down…Oh my God, what is happening?
But I said it was an accident
It was an accident
It was an accident
It was an accident
Just like me
You said you loved me and wanted all I had to give
And that I should trust you and not worry about protection
But now we’re here in the hospital with you screaming in pain
They said here is your baby boy, and we both share a name
But I said you were an accident
You were an accident
You were an accident
You were an accident
Just like me
I am an accident
I am an accident
I am an accident
I am an accident
I am an accident
I am an accident
I am an accident
I am an accident
We are all accidents
We are all accidents
We are all accidents
We are all accidents
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Cataracts Of Culture
04:33
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To combat hate we need more segregation
To combat drugs we need legalization
It doesn’t make sense
I’m fed up with my generation fixing our problems with overfixation
To combat porn we need more sex
To fix the economy we need more debt
Oh God, what happens next?
Oh God, what happens next?
Bullets are spreading like cancer in our schools
And we still think more guns are the answer
Well, we’re all fucking fools
We are not the greatest
I’m so sick of it
We are not the silent
I’m so sick of it
We are not the greatest
I’m so sick of it
We are not the silent
I’m so sick of it
No we are
We are the violent
We are the violent
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Conversing the Cross
05:16
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You say if there is a God why should I care
Why should I use my life to worship him
If he’s that selfish to require that much of me
Maybe I don’t want to go to heaven
You say if there is a God
You say if there is a God
You say if there is a God
You don’t think there’s a God
I’ve lived a Godless life til now and don’t feel incomplete
Besides you don’t have evidence of him even existing
He may not even be a “he” at all
You believe what you believe, that’s your life choice
But don’t force your beliefs on me and stifle my voice
I don’t have to sacrifice anything I’ve earned to a God who commanded Abraham to kill his own son
Yeah I’ve read your book
It’s full of myths and contradictions
You really base your life on ancient lifestyles and opinions?
It’s time for them to die: your God your bible your commandments
So we can find new life and unite under the new banner of Progress
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And God, I’m going to miss you if I find out that you no longer exist
But I’ll keep praying the same prayer I’ve prayed since I was a kid
That you and I would be together right until the very end
Right until the very end
Right until the very end!
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I A M A W O L F
03:36
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I've been talking and talking to you
but I get no response
I try to blend in with the flock
but I scatter them off
I smile to feign that I'm friendly
but I'm really baring my teeth
you say that the gate swings wide
but why is there no room for me?
you say the sheep recognize your voice
is that why I don't hear from you anymore?
I like to pretend that I'm holy
but I am a wolf in sheep's clothing
you might think that you know me
but I lie straight through my teeth
you say the sheep recognize your voice but my God I don't
speak in a language I understand because I want to know
I want to live and you promise life and life to the full
but I'm terrified to realize that I am a wolf
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Not The Hero
03:03
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The camera cuts across the scene
I’m there for an instant, distant and blurry
With no name or defining features
Forgettable, I’m just a passing vapor
I’ve no right to advance this plot
My name shouldn’t appear in the credits
But the Screenwriter has given me stock
He knows my character and my purpose
I am not the supporting actor
I’m too weak to play that part
And I am not the hero
But the one after the Hero’s heart
(I’m after your heart God)
So, what if I’m not the hero?
What if all of my pride has distorted the story of my life?
What if I’m just a background part
With a strong but subtle story arc
Unknown but to the one who knows my role?
What if I’m not the hero?
What if I’m not the hero?
What if I’m not even named?
What if I’m just an extra with a hopeless desire for fame?
What if I’m a siren distracting other roles?
I am not a shepherd
I am a thief
I am a wolf
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Manifest Destiny
04:03
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Today I feel like proving You wrong
Create reality for myself
The truth I lived now must be false
Manifest destiny
Meaning from nothing
Suffocate me
Prove that You’re real
Suffocate me
So I can’t feel
God I know You exist because
All of this wouldn’t exist without You
But I must admit
I’m so fucking scared when I pray it seems like You’re nowhere
Proximity is such a distant feeling
God I know You exist because
All of this wouldn’t exist without You
But I must admit
I’m so fucking scared when I pray it seems like You’re nowhere
Can You please close this distance?
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And Yet
01:51
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And yet I have this sort of compass inside
And so does everyone else
It points us to see right from wrong
It points us to see past ourselves
I’m starting to believe
In something more than me
I’m starting to believe
In something more than me
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Constant Battle
03:30
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We’re in a constant battle
And to think that the devil ain’t real
Is just how he wants you to feel
Will you take up your sword or your shackles?
Because this war’s a fight to be had
Complacency leaves you good as dead
Yesterday’s fears have become unbearable again
Ceiling fans and chandeliers have robbed to much of my attention
I’m writing to the rhythm of the recurrent noise outside
Wrestling with rapture
Feeling ready but still unsure
You’ve got answers to all of the questions I have inside
But will I ask the right ones?
And will I fight until my times done?
Listen closely son
Yesterday’s fears have become unbearable again
Ceiling fans and chandeliers have robbed to much of my attention
From staring at the ceiling wishing I could fall asleep
(Staring at the ceiling wishing I could fall asleep)
This claustrophobic feeling, thinking of eternity
(God, just let me sleep…)
Oh I just need to breathe again
I just need to breathe again
Oh, I just need to breathe
Breathe in breathe out this is what you need
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Scatterplots
04:32
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She said, she said
What if we’re not accidents
She said, she said
What if we all have a purpose
She said,
What if we’re not made for nonexistence
She said, she said
What if, what if
We’re just scatterplots i responded
What if,
Just random data points on a planet
What if
All of this is completely meaningless
What if, what if
She just smiled at me
As if i was missing something
She said, she said
You were never directionless
She said, she said
And never a wolf, not for one second
She said
Live like a sheep and reap the benefits
She said, she said
What if, what if
I relinquish all control
What then, what then?
Follow blindly behind the shepherds cloak
Is that it? Is that it?
Give up who I am for someone I don’t know
Is that it? Is that it?
She leaned in real close
And whispered to my soul
It’s okay to let things go
There is freedom in surrender
A seed must die before it grows
Fuck
I give up
There is freedom in surrender
There is freedom in surrender
Fuck
I give up
There is freedom in surrender
There is freedom in surrender
There is freedom in surrender
There is freedom in surrender
God
I give up
There is freedom in surrender
There is freedom in surrender
God
I give up
There is freedom in surrender
There is freedom in surrender
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This life is mine, but it doesn’t belong to me
You say to die is how I’ll find who I’m supposed to be
I need Your help to purge this selfishness inside
Give me a clean heart, give me a new life
How do I deal with this
I never thought it’d get this bad
I guess I was wrong
How do I deal with this
(My teeth)
I never thought it’d get
(Still bleed)
This bad
(With the)
I guess I was wrong
(Blood of your sheep)
But blessed is the Lord my rock
Who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for war
My mercy
My fortress
My stronghold
My deliverer
My shield, in whom I trust
You give victory to kings
Even though we’ve all become traitors and thieves
Even when we steal the bread from those we should feed
I cry out to my God
But You’ve already forgiven me
You’ve already forgiven me
The distance between the dying and me
Is steadily decreasing
The pain within my chest about what happens next
Cannot be understated
When everything ends will there still be a place for me?
I’m not looking towards the light because I’m afraid of the dark
No I’ve got You in my sights because I believe in who You are
I’m not looking towards the light because I’m afraid of the dark
No I’ve got You in my sights because I believe in who You are
I want to be a better man but dammit I can’t
Dammit I can’t
The healthy don’t need a doctor, physicians are for the sick
And I’m sick, God I’m sick
I want to be a better man but dammit I can’t
Dammit I can’t
The healthy don’t need a doctor, physicians are for the sick
And I’m sick, God I’m sick
God I’m sick
I’m not looking towards the light because I’m afraid of the dark
No I’ve got You in my sights because I believe in who You are
I’m not looking towards the light because I’m afraid of the dark
No I’ve got You in my sights because I believe in who You are
I believe in who You say You are
I believe You’re who You say You are
I believe in who You say You are
I believe You’re who You say You are
I believe in who You say You are
I believe You’re who You say You are
I believe in who You say You are
I believe You’re who You say You are
I believe in who You say You are
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