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Dirty
04:20
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where are you going, where are you going
away from me again? away from me again, oh
away from me again?
where are you going, why are going away
from me again? oh babe away from me again, oh...
away from me again?
haven't I told you that I want you back with me again?
haven't I told you that I want you back?
stay here in the wind with me
face your fears and dreams with me
haven't I told you that I want you back?
is it harder to see? is it harder to see?
is it hard to see? is our love hard to hold?
is it hard see with your eyes wide open?
is it harder to see me at all?
is it all? Is it all?
when you find your way back to me again again
will you find your way back?
when you find your way back to me again again
will you find your way back?
all I know...all I know....
is I was made of mud from the riverbed of us
where you pulled me from the silty stream –
refused to wash my body clean
I'm dirty...
is it harder to see?
is it harder to see? is it harder to see?
is it hard to see? is our love hard to hold?
is it hard to see with your arms wide open?
is it harder to see me at all?
is it all? is it all?
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Friend
03:24
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I had a friend once
somehow we lost it
I thought I knew exactly what it was --
it was nothing at all
remember driving around in your car?
back then I think I loved you
but maybe you could just get around
and I'd be stuck without you
I liked the idea of what I could be in your eyes
I wanted to see with your eyes -- see what you see in me
if you'd stuck around,
I'd be coming over
we'd cook up something
we'd drink a beer on the porch
but I don't know you
and I don't want to
I liked the idea…
I liked the idea...
I liked the idea...
I liked the idea...
tell me what you learned
did you learn anything at all
from treating me so badly?
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Swallow Song
03:57
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your chin is resting in your hand
a wave churns salt through the sand
a swallow dives to catch a fly
If he is happy so am I...so am I...
you took a dip in Neptune's pool
he turned your skin so pale and cool
flesh of a fish, flesh of a sin
flesh of a child who learned to swim
you're floating all around now, your mind is wandering
you're floating all around now, your mind is wandering
you're floating all around now, your mind is wandering
you're floating all around now…
oh to know what you are thinking
I turned every rock but came up empty
I remember your eyes and the lightening bugs blinking
I'll sing them a song so they won't forget me
a flower's petals wilt from bloom
a dusky haze, a small ripe moon
a swallow flits across the sky
if he is happy so am I
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Wrong Side of the Tracks
03:35
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we all miss her in our way –
that's the hardest part for me at the end of the day
and I've never seen a boy cry like that
you were on the wrong side of the tracks
you were on the wrong side of the tracks
and you seemed so unbothered, never even looking back
we drove out of our way to say goodbye to my family
I don't know when I'll see them again --
but we used to hang around with them
we used to hang around with them
but it seems like a long time ago
and you hadn't met before so now you know
what it's like to be with me
and what other fruits are born from this tree
for better or worse I suppose...
do you think they ever think of us?
I bet they think that we are on the wrong side,
that we are on the wrong side of the tracks
I bet they think that we are on the wrong side,
that we are on the wrong side of the tracks
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You Go a Long Way
04:18
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snow dusted through in the night
and I feel like myself for the first time in a long time
I thought I'd be someone else by now
but I can't control the way time passes unexpectedly
the pressure's just been building to this moment –
I know we all feel it...
it makes me wonder if there's something new,
some little light pushing through,
I wonder if there’s something new,
some little light pushing through me
and even in my darkest moments I hope you know --
there is a spark here
I feel the tapestry of your love wrapped around me
and you go a long way in making my whole day
you go a long way in making my whole day
I may not ever be in the right place at the right time
but I have something worth holding on to
and you go a long way
you go a long way
you go a long way
in making my whole day
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Carnal Otherness
04:21
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I can admit I never thought I’d
see the day when I could feel this way again
she is obsessed with carnal otherness, she is obsessed with me
she is obsessed with original sin, she is obsessed with original sin
she is obsessed, she is obsessed, she is obsessed with me
tell her that she’s understood, no,
you are on your own, oh,
you are the whole thing just now --
don’t worry baby
she knows that this life’s unfair, no,
you are on your own, oh,
you are the whole thing, baby
you’ve got ahold of something -- you can’t explain it
you looked inside and it was scary
and if you push me down, does that make it better?
you can be rough with me baby
I just can seem to be who you want me to
with my worn-out songs and point of view
tell me what you want, tell me what you want,
tell me, tell me, tell me,
tell me what you want from me
‘cause I’d like some weight off…
I’d like some weight off of me…
I’d like some weight off…
I’d like some weight off of me…
everything that you want, don’t you know I want it too?
everything that you want, don’t you know I want it too?
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Keeper
03:11
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you couldn't be a friendlier keeper
who is sought and who is the seeker?
I'm caught like a fish who knows better
I want to be trapped by you
I'll learn to be your partner
I'll burn a little hotter
I have an ace up my sleeve
I'll play it when I'm good and ready
there is still some room to breathe
in the warp and the weft that lets us give and receive
still, sometimes, aloneness fuels me in my body
I don't know if I like myself without it
it's all out on the table
so let's put our feet up when we're able
It's hard to feel good these days
but you keep me trying
to be the best I can be
to be a wheel that is turning
I've made a lot of mistakes but...
I'm learning
there is still some room to breathe
In the warp and the weft that lets us give and receive
still, sometimes, aloneness fuels me in my body
I don't know if I like myself without it
there is still some room to breathe
in the warp and the weft that lets us give and receive
still, sometimes, aloneness fuels me
sometimes, aloneness fuels me in my body
I don't like myself without it
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Guarded
03:09
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all I am is wandering...
all I am is wandering...is wandering...
all I need is to be seen, and that's hard for me
all I need is to be seen, and that's hard for me
'cause I'm guarded ...
and if I knew how to begin
I'd open the door and let you in
and I know that I'd feel so much better
it should be easy! it should be easy!
it should be easy! it should be easy!
all I know, is change is hard, and it comes so slow
and all I need is to be seen, and that's hard for me
'cause I'm guarded
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Surrender
06:13
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stepping over needles discarded on the sidewalk
I feel you reaching towards me like a viper, like a siren -- what
are you needing? besides the comfort of my contact?
I'll give you what I have on me, but nothing beats the moment
of sweet, sweet surrender…
sweet, sweet surrender...
even in your silence you are prescient, you are a messiah
I listened to you preach once, saying nothing from the pulpit of
a bus stop in the rain, “blessed are those who sing"
sing of surrender...
sing, sing of surrender...
maybe you were born to show us what we already knew about god
maybe you were born to show us what we already knew about love
maybe you were born to show me what I already knew about god
maybe you were born to show me what I already knew about love
please don't take me with you -- where you're going, I don't want to
I feel you reaching towards me but I can't be, I am not your
sweet surrender…
sweet, sweet surrender...
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Riley Skinner Minneapolis, Minnesota
Riley Skinner is an avant-garde folk performer based in Minneapolis, MN. Her music draws on intriguing melodies, textured layers of sound and intimate lyrics to answer one core question, "why am I here?". Riley also creates work for her duo, Heddwen, and performs primarily in the Midwest. ... more
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