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Oh Da Dee
04:22
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I am the tiger
I am the claws the fang the bone
Caught on the island
i walk a path that no one knows
Out of the silence
I hear your thumping heart come near
I am the tiger
I am the one that you should fear
You know i'm gonna get you someday
There ain't no use running away
You know I'm gonna get you someday
I am the hunter
I am the mind the hands the bow
I am provider
for all the hungry tounges that call
Follow the footsteps
and set a trap that draws you near
I am the hunter
I am the one that you should fear
You know i'm gonna get you someday
There ain't no use running away
You know I'm gonna get you someday
Lay down your arms
your blood is mine to draw
let it run let it run let it run let it run now
Pull back your claws
your blood is mine to draw
let it run let it run let it run let it run now
You know i'm gonna get you someday
There ain't no use running away
You know I'm gonna get you someday
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2. |
Lukewarm Love
05:37
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Stones beneath my back
as I stare into the future
the old’s not coming back
but will always be our teacher
Can’t let fear lead me, let the monster to seed me with doubt
but I can’t be “without”
I just wanna grow taller, not outrun forefathers or burn their house - just mine
Ohhh not wanting to hurt you can’t be the reason I stay
Ohhh I wanna help you through this dark dense fog I created, but we gotta find our own way
no lukewarm love
Bottlenecks of guilt
I’m always pushed towards you (they push, why do they push, just stop)
still my guts aren’t spilt
but they ache to find a new truth (where is it, where is the new truth)
Playing pretend is a laugh but not when it’s necessity
and you’re missing the best of me
it’s my own mind’s invention, I know your intention but time ain’t cheep
and it’s flying off the shelves it seems
Ohhh not wanting to hurt you can’t be the reason I stay
Ohhh I wanna help you through this dark dense fog I created, but we gotta find our own way
no lukewarm love
I’ll love you till I’m dust
but the scales cannot be tilted
go soak your bones in lust
before all the flowers have wilted
Ohhh not wanting to hurt you can’t be the reason I stay
Ohhh I wanna help you through this dark dense fog I created, but we gotta find our own way
Ohh I never wanted to hurt you, but it’s gotta be this way
Ohhh I wanna help you through this dark dense fog I created, but we gotta find our own way
no lukewarm love
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3. |
Great
02:49
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Hey there sister now your time has come your body’s overflowing with the rising sun
keep your eyes wide open, fixed on what you’re hoping to come
tie all your worries in a big ol sack and throw them off a bridge and listen to splash watch em drift down river, wait until your shivers relax
you’re gonna be great (you’re gonna be great)
through your patience comes a payout from the bank of fate
and just wait (you’re gonna be great)
a little longer and enjoy the moments song and just sing it,
you’re gonna be great
Hey there sister can you feel the heat of a brand new heart making it’s first beat
you got no room for doubting or shouting over thoughts you don’t need
turn to the man who’s standing by your side he’s got the dad jokes loaded and his heart is wide enough to give you all shelter, snuggled up together inside.
You’re gonna be great (you’re gonna be great)
people gonna have their two cents but don’t take the bait
Innately (you’re gonna be great) you know the answers just look at all your dancers it’s plain
that you’re gonna be great (you’re gonna be great, you’re gonna be great)
No need to be afraid
we’re with you all the way
look at the life you’ve made
Hey little baby oh someday you’ll know how blessed you are to have these people here to show you
how to laugh at yourself, accept another’s help and to grow.
Life isn’t perfect but through all it’s pain you’ve got strong arms to hold you and deflect the rain, let them be your coat of armour, they live to see you smiling again.
You’re gonna be great, (you’re gonna be great)
The bands all playing and your first dance awaits
The date (you’re gonna be great)
oh is growing nearer, there’s nothing to fear here we love you you’re already great.
(you’re gonna be great, you’re gonna be great, you’re gonna be great)
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4. |
Jordan
07:17
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got the call this evening
said you weren’t around no more
tTying to reconcile your leaving
such a permanent way to heal those sores
Why didn't you call out? why didn’t you shout out “hey I’m drowning hey I’m being pulled by undertow”
Was I not present? Was I just not hearing you?
Guess that’s for us to grieve, and for you to know
we’ll have our dreams to speak to you.
And you danced with wild elation and abandon
and you chugged the joys of life until you spewed
Sometimes you open up your mouth to sing, you can swallow all the darkness
and sometimes the darkness swallows you
We talked a lot about addiction
how sometimes it felt like your closest friend
you soldiered on ‘gainst your afflictions
but hoped it wouldn’t make us meet our end
I told you “never be embarrassed, never be ashamed to call - we’re rooting for you buddy, you don’t have to balance all those feelings in your swirling mind, please know I always have the time to help sift through it all.
You shone so brightly when you could quiet all your ghosts
but I’m sure it was exhausting every time you’d fall.
And you danced with wild elation and abandon
and you chugged the joys of life until you spewed
Sometimes you open up your mouth to sing, and swallow up the darkness
and sometimes the darkness swallows you
So here we are now, left with memories
Guess that will have to do for now
How can we honour you as we proceed?
What is the light beyond this cloud?
If there’s anybody out there who feels like giving up please know you’re so important to the ones you know and love and never hesitate to reach for a hand who’d love to teach you their own ways of plowing through.
Don’t make the world go on without you.
Don’t let the darkness swallow you.
You can dance with wild elation and abandon
you can reach out for a hand to pull you through
Let us join our voices loud and wide and strong
Don’t let darkness swallow you.
He would want us all to sing with hearts wide open
And chug life’s joy until we spew.
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5. |
Catchy
04:13
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I wanna run
wanna yawn and stretch my paws and claws and breathe the sun
on the prowl
and my senses flare hyper aware as I prepare to stare
bare my teeth again
badahpadah…
Don’t tie me down
when you try to be vivacious but you just come off salacious
and all I wanna do is paint the town
I’ll be myself
won’t apologize for eyes on my thighs and won’t
compromise and won’t disguise it
I can’t help it, I can’t help it
badahpadah…
Oh it’s just the way it’s just the way
Oh you can’t bring me down you can’t bring me down it’s just the way it’s just the way
just the way, or the highway
or the highway
or the highway, don’t know nothin but me, can’t be nothin but me,
or the highway
badahpadah…
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6. |
Praying for War
04:02
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The first time that I saw you I could barely make your face out through the blood
The infirmary was loud with swirling chaos but you were silent as a rock
You held my gaze for days and days as I did wash and stitch you up
The reasons why we two are enemies are less clear to me with every single touch
And I know when this is over I’m not gonna see you anymore
so i’m praying for war, ohh
praying for war, ooh
As I lay on my side phantom bullets fly by and I think about you
(think about you)
I plan escape trace around this broken scape just to find you
(just to find you, just to find you)
Med beds by pale moonlight, I could tell at the first sight that I loved you
(that i loved you)
No need to rush but I’ll be gone before the dusk become a memory, only a faint dream
Warm winds by pale moonlight,
you held my face that night
we sat in the labyrinth
morpheme and bandages
we called to the higher ups
better give us a good reason not to love
not to love
and I know when this is over I'm not gonna see you anymore
yeah I know when this thing’s over, you know when this thing’s over
I’m not gonna see you anymore
so I'm praying for war, ohh
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7. |
Sinking Sand
03:05
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Follow me, follow me, back down the rail from the trail to the hood of my car
Stay with me, stay with me, cast lines, bust rhymes, home will never be far
But babe if this is broken then how we gonna fix it?
Yeah babe if we’re in sinking sand then how do we un-quicks it?
If this is all habitual then, how do we nix it this time?
I know ya, I know ya wanna believe in the seed that she’s gonna grow strong (ooh she’s growing strong)
But you’re not weak and I can try so all we gotta do is, hold on
But if loving me’s unnatural then how you gonna fake it?
If this behaviour’s cyclical then how’m I gonna break it and if all of this just feels too real then, how we gonna make it out alive?
Yeah babe if this is broken then how we gonna fix it?
Yeah babe if we’re in sinking sand then how do we un-quicks it?
If this is all habitual then, how do we nix it and go back to the start not fall apart not fall apart not fall apart?
not fall apart
don't wanna fall apart
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8. |
Over You (Reprise)
02:11
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Every day I go a little bit longer
Everyday I go a little bit harder without
Everyday I go a little bit longer
Without crying over you
Without crying over you
One of these days, you're gonna be great
One of these days, you're gonna wake up
Oh, you're gonna wake up
and you're gonna say, oh you're gonna say
Today is that day
Today is that day
Ohh, without crying over you
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9. |
Over You
05:47
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Part A: Every day I go a little bit longer baby
everyday I go a little bit harder without
every day I go a little bit longer without crying over you you
Part B: I read your letter on the first of April baby
I read your letter and it nearly made me crazy
I read your letter on the first of April and I cried over you
Part C + D: One of these days you’re gonna be great you're gonna be saved you’re gonna behave
one of these days you’re gonna be great you’re gonna be saved you’re gonna behave
one of these days you’re gonna be great you’re gonna be saved you’re gonna behave
crying over you.
I’ll never settle for less
than full blown distress it seems I'm blessed to conjure mess after glorious mess
but no more
will I stand at the door inviting more pain to dirty my floor
I just cleaned this shit
fuck it, i’m over it
jk lol I’m not I’m drowning but fake till you make it
but how does one “make” feelings?
How do you fabricate the closure and effects of healing?
I lack the tools in my box
I’m trying to run my race with untied laces and some lead filled socks
So I’ll retreat in my cave
Till I learn how to behave in ways that make it not turn out this way
wait a minute star child, don’t be so lugubrious,
there’s life beyond a stinging diss
just think of all the love you’ll miss
Every chance at romance is a dance upon a precipice
a blissful view until you slip
and free-fall with no chute equipped
So what? Are you gonna die from metaphoric falls?
or a wallop to your metaphoric balls?
Your limit you can set it! Only breaks you if you let it!
Life’s a fat and mangy pussycat and you’ll regret if you don’t pet it
that’s probably true, I guess it all depends the colour lens you’re looking through
rosy posy victories or only just the black and blue
your perspective is choice - no one else is gonna raise your voice
CHORUS
I’ve arrived I’m here, everything’s so clear
I’m amazed at the pace that you can run and get shit done when you don’t run with fear
Thought my internal compass was dyspraxic
Hell no!
Turns out volume of my conscience was turned
down low
You see my life was just cauldron of worry
(Bitch, you were stirrin' it)
never gave myself an unbiased jury
(You Gary Sterling’d it)
NowIi’m my own best friend, never hating on myself again
But what about the boy?
Be specific, you mean whats-his-face?
I hope he’s rockin with his cock out in a better place
I can’t blame him for vacating when I was always wary
fighting to convince me his love was more than temporary
Understandably that’s heavy shit to navigate
teaching me to love myself - man how the fuck you s’posed to date?
(It can’t be done!)
Well, it can, but it ain’t that fun
like trying to sing your sappy love song while your choking on a loaded gun
meaning it sucks, but I wish him luck
cause now I’m dancing in pyjamas with my cats like I don’t give a fuck
K I do, but not about the things that make me blue
you have to manifest the life you want to come to you
(Easy Rhonda Byrne)
Hey why fight? Maybe the hippies got it right!
Or would you rather lay in shackles of your own design, awake at night
preparing for the worst
(like book your hurst and get it over with)
hey! death ain’t funny honey but I get your gist, no sense in pissss-
ing time away, gotta seize each day
give ourselves some credit
cause we are on our way.
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Minuscule St. Catharines, Ontario
Minuscule is the culmination of many years of musical exploration. Niagara-based ukulelist Laurel Minnes leads a womens choir, backed by a supporting band, creating a powerful new form of pop music.
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