1. |
New Ways
03:17
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I grow more obsolete with each passing day
I used to be so bright when I knew how to play
Now I don't understand
I can't comprehend
Nothing makes sense anymore
I don't like the new ways
Bring back the old days
Nothing is good anymore
Now everyone is different but me
And it's not like they said it would be
Warm friends grown cold
My young face so old
Nothing makes sense anymore
I don't like the new ways
Bring back the old days
Because nothing is good
Nothing is fun
Nothing is right anymore
I remember our machines
Birthday parties
Summer dreams
Crystal cities
Company
All gone now
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2. |
The Experiment
04:55
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In 1969 an experiment was devised
20 babies were kept alive
All alone
They gave them food and kept them warm
But kept them away from everyone
As the years passed, they all turned gray and died
I am the only one who survived
They tested me until I turned 13 and then released me to a world I'd never seen and studied my reactions to the stimuli
No one tells me what's going on but they record and dissect my every fault
I can feel the pressure of their eyes
I am the only one who survived
There are days when I look back and I long for the lab
Simple problems and tests I understand
Though their conclusions are drawn, I'm still trying to prove them wrong
But I think I am failing
I am the only one who survived
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3. |
Twilight
03:32
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There are times when I believe this is the best of all possible worlds
There are times when that brings me down
There are times when I know I'll never have more fun than I'm having right now
As day turns to night
In the twilight
I try to hold the moment but it is gone
Like reverse alchemy the leaves are turning brown
Entropy is winning
I see it in every town
As days turn to miles and miles turn to years what's left of hope is turning into fear
In the twilight there is only the road
Taking me somewhere I have never known
All this turning and changing doesn't seem to touch me
I must be a survivor
I must be dead inside
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4. |
Catherine
04:18
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When I awake, you are gone
And the poison memories bubble up, one by one
Of all my ghosts, you haunt me the most
I dream of my release
I dream of release
I dream of my release
Catherine, I hear you calling
Catherine, come back to me
Catherine, I hear you calling
Catherine, don't leave
I fear the silence, now you're not here
It grows in the space that remains
Now everything between us is gone
Like you've been erased
Like it never was
I thought I saw you today
Take this longing away
Catherine, I hear you calling
Catherine, I feel you near
Catherine, I hear you calling
Catherine, don't leave me here
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5. |
Cold Friends
04:39
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The clock on the wall isn't moving
There's no paper at the door
And I don't see my friends anymore
My little piece of world is about 3 miles square
There's only empty darkness further beyond there
I gave you everything
And you just left me here
I did so much for you
And you just disappeared
But I don't miss my cold friends
Bet you think I'm lonely
Bet you think I'm bored
But I've got music, books, and games
And all the time in the world
And I don't miss my friends at all
I don't miss my friends anymore
I don't miss you fucks at all
I don't miss my friends anymore
You were no company at all
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Sun
03:51
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I see the blinding shades of winter and I believe it can't go on much more
This cold inside me flowing through each fiber
This broken spirit is frozen to the core
I want to see the sun
Feel the sun against my skin
Let loose
Let go
Let down the walls that keep inside this cold
Let go
Let it burn away the shit that fills my soul
Hold on
There must be something better
I hold on
Hold out for something more
I want to see the sun
Feel the sun against my skin
Let loose
Let go
Let down the walls that keep inside this cold
Let go
Let it burn away the shit that fills my soul
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7. |
LEM
04:58
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I awoke today and everything was blue
And I knew that all the answers were on the moon
So I found an old Russian ship with fuel left in the cells and lifted off at 3 am
Climbed the gravity well
I leaned my head against the glass and looked into the endless night
Drifted up and fell asleep for my 4-day flight
To where the only answer
Is no answer
And nothing's left at all
I awoke today and everything was green
The ship was down in the Tranquility Sea
I suited up and opened the hatch, headed for Moon Base 3
Calling out on all channels "Are you there? Do you receive?"
But the only answer
Is no answer
There's no one else at all
I awoke today and everything was gray
I think this world is fading away
I watched the Earth rise, returned to my ship, and left the Moon below
Started the long fall down to home
Nowhere else to go
I stopped in space at a place once called Lagrange point 5
Floating between the Earth and Moon, I drift and wonder why
The only answer
Is no answer
And nothing helps at all
Caught between two zeros
Nowhere to go
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They say growing old is growing wise
But all they told you were lies
Growing old is growing hard
Saying goodbye to your dreams
Growing old is crying inside
As innocence dies away
Growing old is going bad
And all that you'll have is fear
Growing old is failing to change
When the new ways have come
Growing old is growing tired
Giving in to sleep
If growing old is all I've seen
Then let it end with me
Sing a song for the last man on earth
Don't cry too much for him
There is nothing you can do anyhow
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9. |
Burned Out
03:19
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Guess I drove myself too hard
Guess I drove you all away
Guessed that I could do it
Guess that I was wrong
Guess that's all there is to say
Burned out and wasted away
It's funny how things change
Never thought it would end this way
I awoke from beautiful dreams
With the taste of ashes in my mouth
Burned out and wasted away
I'm waiting for tomorrow
I'm all through with today
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10. |
Sleep
05:33
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It's time to go
I can't wait to leave
There's nothing more to say
All alone now
At the movie's end
I can't remain awake
Drifting out
Nodding off
Lift me up into sleep
This is where the struggling ends
In sleep, into sleep
This is where the suffering ends
I want the soft
And comfort now
There's nothing I can do
It's been so long
and far too hard
Now I just can't hold on
Falling down
Faster now
Diving out into sleep
This is where the story ends
in sleep
This is where reality ends
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Anu San Francisco, California
Anu has been creating music for more than three decades.
He studied electronic music at
Dartmouth College, with Jon Appleton and Christian Wolff.
He is a pioneer in the Internet music industry, and one of the creators of the Rhapsody Music Service.
He created and taught "A History of 20th Century Music" at Duke University's Talent Identification Program.
Anu currently lives in San Francisco.
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