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Come A Little Closer

by Shawn Malloy

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1.
Levity 03:47
All the luxuries in this life become so expensive The only way to survive is to transcend this third dimension Today I am certain that material ownership eventually evolves into burden And the Gods we can see, smell, hear, touch and feel just aren't worth the worship Forget the propaganda you've been told You are the only one who can save your soul Disconnect these insecurities from the whole that gives you gravity All along you've defined purity. Keep this in mind when you die, and you'll find levity. Stop awaiting instruction from those who feel that they can define dysfunction The blind leading the blind will trailblaze a path that is the path to destruction Every moment of my existence I dedicate to acheiving ascension Not accepting the bullshit and lies that everyone else has presented Everything that you've known to be true is nothing compared to the light already in you Disconnect these insecurities from the whole that gives you gravity All along you've defined purity. Keep this in mind when you die, and you'll find levity. If I lived with these lies Until the moment that ended my life Carrying them with my pride Would turn me into a poltergeist
2.
I don't know what's comin over me Revelations develop slowly Something previously failed to see Energy coming into view Some kind of divine spark within you But sub consciously always knew I feel you're all too far So come a little closer, why don't cha? I'm feeling it all too hard Come a litter closer Suddenly a moment defines forever Even if we don't quite remember Parting before this speck of eternity Yet somehow you always find your way back to me I feel you're all too far So come a little closer, why don't cha? I'm feeling it all too hard Come a litter closer Show me a sign So come a little closer, why don't cha? You could be mine Come a litter closer I'll give you time to recognize That we've been traversing the same line Gravitating toward the center Rendezvous' deja vu, just remember me.
3.
Good riddance. I enjoyed my stay I'm just a little anxious sitting in place I never could display hometown pride so easily I guess I could still use a little more scenery Don't ask why my residential Has maxed out its potential Thanks for all the lessons But I've overstayed my welcome You gotta get me on the fastest train out of Worcester I just can't be here any longer I'm sure I'll miss all of my friends and family But I could surely do without my sketchy neighbors, they're fuckin scary Goodbye crack dealers on main south Discount whores with sores on their mouth But I can't say the times were all bad It made my character ironclad You gotta get me on the fastest train out of Worcester I just can't be here any longer Industrial wasteland producing nothing but stagnant air I don't care, My destination could be anywhere anywhere And maybe someday from the other end of the tracks I'll be smiling when I look back and I'll appreciate this silly little town But that's not meant to happen right now
4.
Runner 04:47
I am a magic illusion Like how a rabbit appears in the heat of conufusion How did I get here and where have I been My life is a faded diary and a dried up pen But I'm runnin out of time I'm not as young as everyone with a million more steps to climb I am a little too late for the games children play Been too busy coping with all these passings away If I were just a little more savvy I'd know how to make myself happy But for now I run with this gang Me and my friends against the grain I am a clown and this is my makeup Can't afford to have you see me naked Where I have scars. Ask me how they were made. I'll reply, you'll make them someday, someday when you're old and grey I'm past 20 with no teenage wisdom The past 10 years like a gap from a cataclysm I made the jump, and I made the fall When I hit rock bottom will I feel anything at all? I'm still running away From the pain, of something that won't happen again I'm still running away From the person I was then, who said all the things that he never meant I have my friends, I have my pills, I have my soul in my instrument In my van with the world right in front of me is where this story began I keep running away. I keep running...
5.
Matrix 02:34
It's just an illusion baby Just how we perceive it I wish you could see beyond the sky The truth is past the night Your body is a prison You have ears that won't listen To all the sounds that you've been missin' Try and leave it, you won't If you feel that this is home They're just shadow puppets Talking in the dark These are just pieces of paper But you couldn't tear them apart Blindfolded adolescents Intoxicated by the taste of suffering Get high, get wasted Off the honey dripping off these pyramids Mind your business and support this business Riches are in your best interest Megaphones and gibberish aren't enough to spay the bitch
6.
Sweet 16 04:37
Need an answer to Why I'm not like you 16 and I know who I am, you see I am whoever you couldn't possibly be 16 and I understand All of what my future has planned Sweet 16, they say I'm so young So why do I know more than everyone? Sweet 16, not a day older Then why does my life feel like it's over? Anger is not an enemy In fact it seems to be the only friend to me School is such a waste of a day Hating everything is a truth I'd hate to say When will I ever be in charge Still haven't had a moment of control so far Sweet 16, they say I'm so young So why do I know more than everyone? Sweet 16, not a day older Then why does my life feel like it's over? It's been a long time and I've had enough All I ever wanted was love
7.
I Am 03:38
Don't let the world tell you what you are Anything you want to be, you can be, it's not that hard Use your creativity to shape your reality Anything you imagine, You can even be a dragon I'm Ghengis Khan, I'm Chaka Khan, Half unicorn, half leprechaun Straight, gay, bisexual, what's my size? It's actual I'm telling you its factual that fiction is more than fantastical If I'm made of love I can make me up, It's not that tough, and that's what's up Creation stems from your imagination I am whatever I say I am, I am and Anything I wanna be, I'm Gonna be And that's pretty sweet. I am whatever I say I am, I am and I'm not ashamed to say that I am awesome, yeah, I'm pretty damned awesome More than just a biological entity You are sentient, relevant, exceptionally gifted being balanced in your brain hemispheres but not because i say so, know what you wanna know, hear with your own ears I can be a superhero alien martial arts master You can be a normal human, if you wanna just be stupid I am a white African American woman I don't care, if you don't, think so, You're not me, so how the hell would you know? I am whatever I say I am, I am and Anything I wanna be, I'm Gonna be And that's pretty sweet. I am whatever I say I am, I am and I'm not ashamed to say that I am awesome, yeah, I'm pretty damned awesome I am whatever I say I am, I am and I'm free to be me, and what is me? oh, me is free (to say that) I am whatever I say I am, I am and I am quite obliged to say that I'm pretty cool, yeah, I'm pretty darn cool Imagination could be manifestation Who am I? That is the question. You'll know by your own expression. You can be anything, when you are one with everything Internal realization becomes slowly integrated When projected into the collective mind of external information
8.
Tunnelvised 03:22
Do we walk With our heads in the sand? Shame we have to point out that the sky is full of plans Colorblindness spreads to shapes as we close these blinds and close these drapes Our eyes are closing vertically It narrows the field of what we see Daily programming is modern all seeing Truth becomes punishment but does it fit the crime? Of thinking nothings wrong and that everything is fine Do we sleep in a chemically enhanced sea? Toxic water takes you down with it Before you even have a chance to drown in it Media mimicry Keeps our minds in perfect symmetry you keep the mystery in the airplanes if you keep your eyes on the ad campaigns unique thoughts metabolize at the rate the dead rise Truth becomes punishment but does it fit the crime? Of thinking nothings wrong and that everything is fine The obvious is evidence, does it register in our minds? When everything is perfect and everything is fine Everything is under control including the people Your thoughts aren't your own The first humans have been cloned
9.
You're always counting on, some disaster To make you move just a little bit faster When are you gonna make a move? When will you'll make a stride? Everything you need to know is already in your head All the power you need is already in your hands You're always counting on, dates and figures Though change is constantly on the tips of your fingers When will you take a stand? And let your voice recreate the plan? Everything you need to know is already in your head All the power you need is already in your hands The outcome is waiting on you to make it true Now is the time to do what you came to do Throw your inhibitions down Sit back but stand your ground Procrastination sets the destination to the land of regret Your worst fear will be there wating for you, but only if you let it
10.
Forgiveness 07:40
Such a long time Since we've been intertwined We separated Quickly evaporated Something I did? or a thought I hid? To learn behind the scenes Was a yearning beyond your means Four years have past since I strayed from the path And even after the truth I had forgiven you And now Every day I sit and patiently wait for forgiveness from you too Such an eternity Since the disconnect We haven't made a promise yet That we've kept You keep holding on To a principle That's choking me out With the grip of a tentacle We break from tradition And we love with condition Without any mention Of underlying tension

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This is a "lost album."

It was recorded between 2010 and 2011, during and after the Anger Management/Dream Analog sessions. It was mixed and mastered in 2012.

Album release was scheduled for Summer 2012, but for various reasons was postponed.

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released August 4, 2015

Album artwork by Matthew Zollo

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