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Dirty Roots
05:30
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I've given all of me
This fickle affection held in such high esteem
With countless hours kneeling
By your bed if not in it
All flesh
All flesh
All flesh
All flesh
Dirty roots and all
My love was never mine to hold
It was a feast before, set on
The day of life the crown of my birth
Yet I was the host
My love was never mine at all
A red eyed boy who uproots flowers
From his fathers garden
To leave a messy blessing on his grave
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
Dirty roots and all
And you’ve taken the best
Broad chinned the worst of my bitterness
And on my back I’ve scored
The day I fell into your arms
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2. |
Cold in the City
05:33
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Come, come close enough
Just to fool yourself
To let me love you right
To cry and turn away
Tonight, we could see enough
You were all I wanted but
I was not the man
You thought, and you were frightened
Because
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
You could be mine
Come, come as you are
Lord knows we’re not enough
But all that's mine is yours
For better or worse
If you would have us
Is that too much?
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
You could be…
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
You could be mine
You could be mine
So come, come close enough just to
Fool yourself, just to lose my heart in this
Fading promise of, “I’ll loved you wrapped in white”
Let me love you right, let me love you right
I was too much
I was too much
I was too much
I'm not enough!
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
You could be…
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
I am the cold in the city
You could be the…
Spring coming in, that points me to the light
Caressing my bare limbs
Showing life and love once again
Once again
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3. |
Sinking Like A Stone
04:23
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When did it come to this?
Standing over the ledge, lookin' down
For the easier way out
Lookin' for the farthest point
That I could stop
In the depths of my disparate sin
How long have I watched you, my friends
Lacing fingertips, laughing off your heads
While you jump?
Can I take anymore of this
Loyalty war in my chest?
I'm trying to catch you
Well, my boots are close enough
My mind is far gone
My soul is too fragile
To give heed the winds my own discontent
That haunts this seductive thought
How long have I watched you, my friends
Lacing fingertips, laughing off your heads
While you jump?
Can I take anymore of this
Loyalty war in my chest?
I'm trying to catch you
And I’m so damn tired of you falling through
Well what of it?
Throw me off the cannon cliffs!
Throw me to the wolves!
Throw me to my own sin!
Make me fight like a dog
But I’m not coming out, no, no!
My conviction has wrung my throat
And they’ve bound me down with ropes
And I’m sinking like a stone
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4. |
Fire! Fire!
04:12
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Come back down now
Don't lose it all
Come back down now
Weigh the cost
Lay it down
Count the cost of indulging
It's not enough
The lack of space from Darlin'
Cause it came cravin’
It came out of nowhere
Fire, fire, fire fire...
Fire!
Come back down now
Don't lose it all
Come back down now
Weigh the cost
She came ‘round
To hang me by my heartstrings
But I'm hanging on
It's not all her, not all me
Damn this craving
It came out of nowhere
Fire, fire, fire...
Fire!
Come back down now
Don't lose it all
Come back down now
Weigh the cost
Come back down now
Don't lose it all
Weigh the cost
I was wrong
Searching for the answer
All along
My own voice callin'
"Terminal desire
Is fire, fire, fire, fire...
Fire! Fire!”
Come back down now
Don't lose it all
Come back down now
Weigh the cost
Come back down now
Don't lose it all
Come back down now...
Come back down now...
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5. |
Any Other Way
05:34
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These hymnal words, the song inside
I tried to sing but choked out on
The smoke it took to ease the pain
I could not take it, could not take it
Any other way
Behind the guise of poetry
Were storehouses of misery
In lines I loved, once loved to sing
Now keeping secrets
Keeping secrets like my unbelief
I grew coarser, you were finding
Faith through all my former writings
So cynical, I turned away
The same as God would
Even God had turned His face away
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Now I’ve been lonesome for some time
You found the voice I tried to hide
Held me there, drunk again
And laughing off my head
As I recall you were yelling
Something about his forgiveness
Kinder words never kept me down
That even saints are
Even saints are often prone to doubt
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
Is there any other way?
I reached on up to find the light
Still aching from last night
Saw Him there, though sore and tired
I tried an honest smile and said,
Why’d you choose to use a man,
Heart prone to wandering? He said,
“Angels laugh and poets sing
When all Gods children
All Gods children
All Gods children come back home again”
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6. |
Popcorn Ceiling
07:00
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Staring up at the popcorn ceiling
This unfamiliar room is spinning
I haven’t quite felt right
Since I drank myself to sleep last night
With you on my mind
(Well it ain't uncommon)
I never was too quick to come back
When I lose myself I tend to wander
It's in the way I yell, the way I laugh
In a way I couldn't help it
Felt like I wasn’t worth a damn
Cause you weren’t in my arms
So I went and found a bed...
For stranger men, for stranger men
For stranger men, for stranger men
For stranger men, for stranger men
For strangers
The lonesome artist is the cusp of genius
His hands will work the emptiness to feed him
But the shame filled man can’t trust himself
He’s all humiliation
Isolation for himself
Cold migration in his chest
His worth and fight bein’ tucked inside the shelf
A stranger man, a stranger man
A stranger man, a stranger man
A stranger man, a stranger man
A stranger
All I was looking for was comfort
I tend to get so insecure
All I was looking for was comfort
I tend to get so insecure
And I woke up feeling hungry
Like an unfulfilled whore
A stranger man, a stranger man
A stranger man, a stranger man
I'm a stranger man, a stranger now
A stranger
No you weren’t in my arms...
No you weren't in my arms...
No you weren't in my arms
No you weren't in my arms
No you weren't in my arms
No you weren't in my arms
Let's be honest, let's be honest!
No you weren’t in my bed
No you didn’t kiss my sorrow
No you weren’t in my bed
No you didn’t love me bare
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7. |
She Liked The Blues
04:54
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My loving girl, its been a long time coming
Since I sang your name with a bitterness
Do you remember the day I walked out the door
Just trying to love you a little more than I did before
They all say woe to us, we all know I’m a broken man
Well, desperate I left, and desperate I return again
Please stay
And I’ll stay
Please stay
I must confess, I thought I felt her lyin' in your arms
Well it's not like I love her now, but I loved her then
Well, please listen dear, because you’re the one I’ve chosen
It's my hearts cross to bear for being handed out
Please stay, please stay, please stay
You’re not like the other ones
Please stay, please stay, please stay
Cause you’re not like the other ones, no
Forgive me my wrongs
Just loved you to fast and too strong
Cause you’re not like the other ones you’re...
You're not like... the other ones
You’re my girl
And you're still my girl
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8. |
Augustus
06:04
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I gazed upon that river, where there stood
More memories than I have made in all my years
The heavy air gave me chills, a hollowness
In my chest, telling me there was beauty
Showing me that there was sorrow
Tucked beneath the consequence of halos shown
From pebbles thrown, atop these quilts of trampled grass
I could feel the spirits dancing, they were playing out
The very same as when August burnt orange
As when August took Claire
And sacrifice was reckless for the day
Sacrifice was reckless for the day
When winters done and spring has warmed the land...
Sacrifice was reckless for the day
I saw his future hover like feathers to the blunt ground
I saw that young girl cry her eyes out
Those bitter tears that break the clouds
I saw his brother bury him down
It was the most he’d ever felt
It was the most that he’d ever felt
And sacrifice was reckless for the day
Sacrifice was reckless for the day
When winters done and spring has warmed the land
We’ll ride away and sacrifice for the fallen
That lonesome dove flew away
Black against that orange sky
With the sound of the calling bell under his wings
Echoing from the day when August
Lived and breathed
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9. |
For, Adeline
05:48
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It's not hard to say forever
When you are pleading with a ghost
It's not hard to say forever
When you are pleading with a ghost
Ruby lips and painted face
You wear to hide your sadness
Lovely cheeks with contrast streams
Piled dirt upon those banks
And I'd rather see you plain
Adeline
Cathedral soul and mosaic heart
Found shattered on wooden floors
I swept around, made stained glass art
Only I thought beautiful
But I wore out your weary heart
Adeline
It's not hard to say forever
When you are pleading with a ghost
It's not hard to say forever
When you are pleading with a ghost
So you’re off, far out east?
Those coastal skies, they will grant you peace
Skip around that river town
Staring out along the water, find your home
Finally calm, I pray you joy
Current carried, my voice from shore
Whispered soft beneath the wind
Far I love you’s are lingering
It's not hard to say forever
When you are pleading with a ghost
Darlin' I'll let you go now
But please forgive me so
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10. |
Sincerely,
07:28
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How do you say goodbye when she can't hear it
You want to stand you want to scream it
Nostalgia as my witness
She's always been my greatest weakness
What do you say when words would make no difference
That's why I stand, that's why I sing it
As far as you are from me
These songs have not grown tired of reaching
My voice has not grown tired of singing
But I think I have to leave...
Have to leave
You behind... no, no
I don't want to leave
Do I have to leave?
I decide?... Don’t I?...
Sincerely, this is killing me
Yes I love you
But I loved her too
I hear you, a man has to choose
And for goodness sake girl I choose you
Am I the cold in the city?...
I am the cold in the city...
You could be...
I am the cold in the city...
I am the cold in the city
I am the stain in the ceiling
I am the smudge in your story
But I can’t leave
You were my drink in the evening
You were the face in the ceiling
You were the hope at the ending
I can't leave
We are just lost in a feeling
We are the spirits still dancing
We're on the edge of our meaning
That this is good...
bye...Sincerely
oh-oh Sincerely
oh-oh Sincerely
This is good...
bye...Sincerely
oh-oh Sincerely
oh-oh Sincerely
This is goodbye
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Logan Daniel Garza Austin, Texas
A native of Austin, TX, Logan Daniel Garza writes soul-baring songs for reckless broken hearts in the tradition of Damien Rice and Ray LaMontagne. Since his first EP “Alpine Summer” released in 2012, LDG has cut his teeth as an engineer and producer in several studios around Austin, patiently crafting his self-produced debut LP, “Sincerely,” set to release early 2020. ... more
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