1. |
Memoir of the Fool
04:22
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You're doing all right
And then all of a sudden you're awake in the middle of the night
And try as you might
There's a sense that something's missing from your life
So you start to remember all the joy, the mistakes, the strife
It cuts like a knife
And when all the reminiscing's through
Has this ever happened to you?
You just have to write it down
Find a place where you can let it
Tumble from your mind onto the pages
So you can't leave it behind
As you're watching your hometown
Close a store and then forget it
Your perspective travels through the ages
For future scholars to find
This one you won't study in school
'Cuz it's the memoir of the fool
(Oh, it's the memoir of the fool)
You're doing your best
When the world throws you punches at a time that you never would've guessed
Right in the chest
So you shake it off and get back up again
Until you can't remember all the pain you felt back then
Or who you had been
But the next hit gives you deja vu
Has this ever happened to you?
You just have to write it down
Find a place where you can let it
Tumble from your mind onto the pages
So you can't leave it behind
As you're watching all your friends
Growing up just to regret it
Your perspective travels through the ages
For future scholars to find
I won't pretend to know all the rules
'Cuz it's the memoir of the fool
(Oh, it's the memoir of the fool)
If you want to learn just how unwitting a person can be
It's perfectly clear in this autobiography
To think that there's someone who could learn from my idiocy
I guess I'm just naïve
But the lessons I've received
I simply must believe that they're doing their part
And my message will travel from the eyes and the ears into the heart
Now we can start
With a quick self-diagnosis of my scars
From the mild and superficial to the deep and the utterly bizarre
'Cuz just like the stars
The past makes constellations too
Has this ever happened to you?
Oh, has this ever happened to you?
You just have to write it down
Find a place where you can let it
Tumble from your mind onto the pages
So you can't leave it behind
As you're watching all your time
Run away like you've upset it
Your perspective travels through the ages
For future scholars to find
Life is short and it can be cruel
Oh, but it's better with a fool.
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2. |
Good Woman
04:11
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There is a feeling when you walk into a crowded
room
I never feel when I'm with you
There is a moment you know someone's the one
for you
Turns out I've had a few
It's easy to wonder why
Everything, everything is
An obstacle in your life
Everything, everything is
Not as bad as it may seem
I'll be here to make things right
'Cuz every time I stop and remember
Things aren't how I planned
I think of last November
You outside my window
When you're in love then there's nothing you can
do
There is a feeling when your head sinks down
below the line
And walls keep you confined
There is a moment when you've been swallowed
by the grind
But what you want is deep inside
It's easy for standing by
Wondering, wondering if
There's something you should've tried
I'm wondering, wondering if
You think it's much too late
'Cuz I know there's time tonight
And every time I stop and remember
Things aren't how I planned
I think of last September
Standing in the rain
When you're in love then there's nothing you can
do
So if you say to me baby I think that I'm coming
undone
I'll be there tying the string from the love of a
good woman
So if you say to me baby I think that I'm coming
undone
I'll be there tying the string from the love of a
good woman
So if you say to me baby I think that I'm coming
undone
I'll be there tying the string from the love of a
From the love of a
From the love of a
There is a feeling all the lucky people come to
know
The others come and go
There is a moment when time starts moving nice
and slow
And you lose all control
It's easy to be surprised
When every day, every day is
The one where I realize
Every day, every day is
Just as good as it may seem
When I have you in my life
And every time I stop and remember
Things aren't how I planned
I think of us forever
Don't need nothing else
When you're in love then there is nothing you
can do yeah.
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3. |
So Long
03:28
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Looking out at the fresh cut twilight
Long without my snowdust rose
If I could see just one angel with my eyes closed
Oh, you know it'd be you tonight
If we're together then why can't you be right
here?
I can't escape from the ringing that's in my
ears
Each of our moments are severed by
circumstance
My mind is your ballroom round and around
you dance
I come alive when I feel your fingers
running
Down my spine, oh the passion's strong
But then I go blind and your smell it lingers on my
Blankets at night after you've been gone
And I wish that I could just go on
Or at least not have to wait so long
Living here in this clock-stopped motion
Think I hear your brimstone voice
I'd sing along if only it were our choice
But we drift 'cross the silent ocean
Contentment could fit in the space between
you and me
Just one more kiss 'cuz you taste like eternity
I count the hours and we never have enough
Oh, how priorities change when you fall in
love
I come alive when I feel your fingers
running
Down my spine, oh the passion's strong
But then I go blind and your smell it lingers on my
Blankets at night after you've been gone
And I wish that I could just go on
Or at least not have to wait, oh
With you so far away you seem as real in
my head
Makes me wonder if I'd be better staying there
instead
Didn't want to be lying in a lover's lonely bed
Half asleep making promises I need to keep
Well I've made up my mind, next time
You are here sleeping soundly with me
We'll disappear as the sky's unsure
Beneath the trees of an iridescent future
Over years' worth of history
I come alive when I feel your fingers
running
Down my spine, oh the passion's strong
But then I go blind and your smell it lingers on my
Blankets at night after you've been gone
And I wish that I could just go on
Or at least not have to wait so long.
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4. |
Didn't Want to Fall
04:02
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No one dreams of
Living with a broken heart but
If I could I would
Do it all right from the start
Give it one more try
Baby I'd try
I wouldn't do you wrong this time
Destiny is all that I have left
Because my stubbornness has taken all the rest
And if you recall I didn't want to fall
I didn't want to fall
Slowly drifting
Over the waves to the open sea
Storm clouds press down
Knocking the wind right out of me
So I'm sinking in
I thought I could swim
I guess that's where my mind has been
Destiny is all that I have left
Because my stubbornness has taken all the rest
And if you recall I didn't want to fall
I didn't want to fall
Now I'm in way too deep
And I can't get to sleep
Without someone to hold me
If I had let you inside
Hadn't wanted to hide
You'd be able to mold me
Into someone or something
That deserved to be with you
But now there's nothing I can do
Empty, lonely
I'm settling in on the ocean floor
Darkness surrounds me
I wonder how long I can live here for
Without air to breathe
Without you to see
The water starts consuming me
Destiny is all that I have left
Because my stubbornness has taken all the rest
And if you recall I didn't want to fall
I didn't want to fall.
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5. |
Never-To-Dos
04:09
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Is life a road or a racetrack?
Do we move ahead or keep circling round?
'Cuz I swear I see the same drops of rain fall down
I try to go but just come right back
I try to go but just come right back
I'm not much more than a boomerang
So stiff and constantly spinning
How I wish I could get the hang of
Stepping out into the unknown
For now I'll have to reap what I have sown
If you try to overcome inertia
A push is all you really need
The push I got, an awful lot
But over and over the stone keeps rolling
Down but I'm no Sisyphus
'Cuz I don't want the whole world to see me try
And fail again and so I end before I begin
I'll just add it to the list of never-to-dos
How long is too long for waiting?
Am I a lost cause or biding my time?
'Cuz rushing through seems to be where I draw the line
I'd rather keep procrastinating
I try to sort my priorities
But instant gratification
Always takes the majority
Of any time I might've had left
I might be stealing from myself, but it's still theft
If you try to overcome inertia
A push is all you really need
The push I got, an awful lot
But over and over the stone keeps rolling
Down but I'm no Sisyphus
'Cuz I don't want the whole world to see me try
And fail again and so I end before I begin
I'll just add it to the list of never-to-dos
I make something new just to throw it away
It's become my routine each and every day
I want to express, show people my heart
But you can't really share what you won't even start
But I want to start
Oh yes I want to start
Is life a road or a racetrack?
Do we clean the slate around every bend?
'Cuz each new day's a chance for me to
Start again
Another day to pick up the slack
Another day to pick up the slack
If you try to overcome inertia
A push is all you really need
The push I got, an awful lot
But over and over the stone keeps rolling
But I'm no Sisyphus
I won't do this for all eternity
Inside of me I have everything I could need
I'll just add it to the list of things I can do.
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6. |
(Who Says) It Has to End
04:16
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Life is a series of straight lines
An intersection at both sides
No longer willing to compromise
My only future's inside your eyes
Sometimes at night I will reminisce
Think of the moments that led to this
All the connections that I will miss
How temporary the present is
If you could see my face you'd know
Just what I was thinking
I wander deep inside my mind
Ooh baby I'm sinking
Some of my favorite places
Fade from reality
How will I keep myself
From living in my memories?
Hold some of my favorite stories there
Tucked in a corner below the stairs
The temptations are everywhere
They seem to beckon when I feel scared
Retreating further into the past
I want to step across the glass
The satisfaction, it never lasts
Oh, nostalgia's hard and fast
Wish I could start it all again
From the beginning
I need the chance to stop my world
'Cuz it's my head that's spinning
But if I try to turn around
I hit a brick wall
How lonely I feel
When I can't get there at all
All of time behind that door
Somewhere I've been before
Life never runs in a straight line
Its destination is undefined
But both our journeys have intertwined
And grown beyond my troubled mind
Could say that it's serendipity
Still I believe it's meant to be
Our path is foggy, oh I can't see
But it's great to have you along with me
Why look for things that I don't need
In a past existent?
'Cuz my beginning starts right now
And it's consistent
With everything I know you are
You've ever been
Two people, time, and love
Who says it has to end?
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7. |
Better to Be Alone
03:19
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I wasn't ready for the run-in, baby
You made me wonder if I'd ever drink again
I could barely get the words out
In another situation maybe
We would've never really been much more than friends
But I know that we'd have never worked out
Don't know what is right 'cuz you kept me guessing
Every day and night, now I've learned my lesson
Sometimes it's just better to be alone
You feel the need to have a better half
Right now you think it's me but that just makes me
Oh that makes me laugh
Because it's easy to say that you miss me
When you never showed up at my door
I thought that seeing you was a sign
But it was just a reminder that I
Don't need you anymore
It was once immediate attraction
I thought your eyes would run me over like a train
And I was ready for the impact
But later on we lost the satisfaction
You wanted something but could never quite explain
That our relationship was hijacked
I was not enough so you sent me packing
Then someone showed up who had what I was lacking
Sometimes it's just better to be alone
You feel the need to have a better half
Right now you think it's me but that just makes me
Oh that makes me laugh
Because it's easy to say that you miss me
When you never showed up at my door
I thought that seeing you was a sign
But it was just a reminder that I
I don't mind, I don't mind
If you don't take up another minute of my time
I'd be fine
'Cuz what you don't seem to realize, oh
Honestly I gave you all of me
But I didn't get anything back from you
Not long ago I dreamed about this moment
About my chance to win you back with poetry
I just had to get the words out
Nothing came because my worst opponent
The one standing in my way was me
Honesty just had to be the bailout
Wanted you to know this ain't gonna happen
I've had time to grow, to recap and
Sometimes it's just better to be alone
You feel the need to have a better half
Right now you think it's me but that just makes me
Oh that makes me laugh
Because it's easy to say that you miss me
When you never showed up at my door
I thought that seeing you was a sign
But it was just a reminder that I
Don't need you anymore.
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8. |
You Already Know
04:21
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People will tell you what you need
All the little tricks so you succeed
But no matter how much you may listen to or read, I
I
I have seen the places that you've been
I have seen the love from all your friends
And even though this chapter may be coming to an end, I
I
Would tell you
That bigger things are already running your way
With new surprises every day
It doesn't matter what I say
I think you already know
Look at all the lives that you have touched
All the minds and hearts you've changed so much
They may not pass along their gratitude and such
But I
I
Also know your friends and family made you
Into a person who never was afraid to
Stand up, defend the ones who don't have what they gave you
I
I
Would tell you
To keep 'em close when they mean so much to you
The people you don't want to lose
But it doesn't matter which words I choose
I think you already know
What to do
To yourself be true
Don't lose or refuse
I would tell you
To do what's right even when the choice is hard
The most important ones are
But it doesn't matter where I start
When you're broken or alone
When you can't pick up the phone
There's a light inside of you
There's a light inside of you
When you think it can't be done
And the war's already won
There's a light inside of you
There's a light inside of you.
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9. |
Lost My Mind
03:04
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If you needed me in a moment tonight
For you I'd run, oh for you I'd run
If you needed comfort, I'd gather the light from
The setting sun, oh the setting sun
You know what else I'd do?
I'd take a ladder to the moon
You know what else I'd do?
I'd sit a while just talking to you
I think I've lost my mind
But I don't mind, no I don't mind
If you have all my heart
Then what is left to find?
And so I hope it's true
That love is blind
Because I see only you
Are you seeing me too?
Imagine the life that's been waiting for us
Just take my hand, oh just take my hand
If you trust me today that's more than enough
You'll understand, oh you'll understand
What I already know
We're gonna take it nice and slow
I already know
The two of us are halves of the same whole
I think I've lost my mind
But I don't mind, no I don't mind
If you have all my heart
Then what is left to find?
And so I hope it's true
That love is blind
Because I see only you
Are you seeing me too?
What else do I have to say?
Can't throw it away, won't throw it away
Today may be our only day
You might have to leave, I'll beg you to stay
I promise it'll be okay
Once I finally say what I have to say
I've got a fire that's been burning inside
From the day we met, oh the day we met
I've wanted to tell you a million times
But I haven't yet, oh I haven't yet
Because I'm scared to hear
What I've expected all these years
I'm scared to hear
And so I hide my feelings and my tears
I think I've lost my mind
But I don't mind, no I don't mind
If you have all my heart
Then what is left to find?
And so I hope it's true
That love is blind
Because I see only you
Are you seeing me too?
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10. |
Here to Stay
02:53
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Waking up with her beside me
It's enough to always remind me
What I need in this broken world
What I see inside this girl
Reliable in her blunt honesty
Friendly when she really doesn't have to be
For some it's the pretty face or the legs that last for miles, but
There's something I love in the way she smiles
And what if I love her?
No it can't be, no it's too soon
But I wonder why my feelings would run on time
So what if I love her
More than I could ever say? Well
As long as she knows that I'm here to stay
I keep her close and pray I haven't disturbed her
Even though I love to hear when she murmurs
Soak it in as I close my eyes
Listening to her sleepy sighs
Conversations start and start again
I'll listen to her voice as long as I can
For some it's the opportunity to get their way, but
I just want to hear what she has to say
And what if I love her?
No it can't be, no it's too soon
But I wonder why my feelings would run on time
So what if I love her
More than I could ever say? Well
As long as she knows that I'm here to stay
And nothing that I do could ever be enough
But maybe I can try to deserve her love
For some it's all about the things they can get for free
But I just want her to be happy
And what if I love her?
No it can't be, no it's too soon
But I wonder why my feelings would run on time
So what if I love her
More than I could ever say? Well
As long as she knows that I'm here to stay.
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11. |
Life
04:29
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I have never felt
Something in my soul as strong as this
I think it's your heart I'm feeling
I had never thought
Something that's this good could exist
Give me your hand, I'm reeling
But if you'll have me and you'll take me home
And throw an anchor on this rolling stone
I will never have to be alone
And that's a debt I must repay
And I can't promise a world that's free from problems, oh whoa
But I know there's somewhere for me and my wife
I wish that a future with me was a little bit easier to see
But I know I can promise you a life
You have always been
Two steps forward to take one step behind
'Cuz I take a little longer
You have always known that to
Use your heart for your mind
It makes you a whole lot stronger
So if you'll keep me on the upper shelf
And look the other way when I embarrass myself
I can't offer all the fortune of wealth
But I will find another way
And I can't promise a world that's free from problems, oh whoa
But I know there's somewhere for me and my wife
I wish that a future with me was a little bit easier to see
But I know I can promise you a life
Forest green and ocean blue
Life gets its color from you
I want to paint it too
I may be young and dumb
Not knowing what's to come
But when the day is done
It's you and me and that's enough
We will always be
Running from the moving waves of time
And hoping they never catch us
We will someday see from the
Mountaintop once we're done with the climb
With only a couple scratches
So if you'll love me the way you do right now
For just as long as God will allow
I can't keep away every cloud, oh but I'll bring an
Umbrella every day
And I can't promise a world that's free from problems, oh whoa
But I know there's somewhere for me and my wife
I wish that a future with me was a little bit easier to see
But I know I can promise you a life.
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Taylor Pritzl Madison, Wisconsin
Taylor Pritzl is a Madison-based artist who uses his love of full piano chords and vulnerable lyrics to hide the fact that he has no idea what he's doing.
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