1. |
||||
|
underneath this dark abyss is a home that i miss
and my people have gone away, the strains that come when you stray away
and the clouds bring the rain, climb the current i once knew fame
atop this mountain, sing with me
know your people, know your time (2x)
when you're alone, you will find, all the spirits know your name
the price is heavy, comes with fame
all the days they have come
know your people, know your time (2x)
if it's right, you will shine
all of your self it will be lost
you will tumble you will fall
the drum it beats on you will find.
know your people, know your time (2x)
and all the days, they have passed
feed your hunger and understand if you're alone then it's your time
if you're alone then it's your time
the sky it's far away, but you can touch it if you stray,
understand that it's your time
know your people, know your time (2x)
|
||||
2. |
Stir Crazy
02:48
|
|||
|
this home
feels a lot heavier than stone
alone
in a place where memories are bare
my soul
grows with every question and answer i receive
i perceive
if it comes up, i'm down
if it goes down, i'm up
in this box, it's so comfortable,
in this box it's hard to breath
breaking free, it's so wonderful
breaking free, so hard to leave
hopes and dreams, i've got a dumpster full
hopes and dreams, i perceive
if it comes up, i'm down
if it goes down, i'm up
|
||||
3. |
Again
03:23
|
|||
|
waiting for the wind, i fell in love again,
if you could only see her face, and her air of grace
how she moved, and how she smiled
magnetic, enchanting
dreaming of romancing
holding hands, and dancing
horizontally, and we cant even breathe
think she's onto me and i cannot believe
the way she's treating me she conquered and defeated me
so familiar, so exotic, so surprised she wants to be with me
i'm floatin, i'm hopin
i'm
waiting for the wind
fell in love again
|
||||
4. |
Thorny Rose
02:54
|
|||
|
the thorny rose
has got seven toes
restless, but nobody knows
why
he does what he knows
but ultimately shows
the lifestyle that he chose
shy
a man without a fate,
he arrives at the gate
without a ticket
my oh my
my oh my
wondering prose
he follows his nose
he doesn't see those lights
and all of a sudden
with a push of the button
into the sky he goes...
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
i figured out why they killed jesus
you know that way you feel
when someone does the nice thing
makes you just say,
"for real?"
jesus tended to do that a lot, i feel
and too many people could not repeal
their hatred and jealousy
for a man so pure
if he actually existed,
then i'm sure
he had a human side
instincts and more
but wanted his life to be a folklore,
so bad, that he became his thoughts,
his ideas forming his actions,
and this he taught
a soul however evil, cannot be bought,
or sold
and the romans, however hard they fought,
found jesus, the savior they sought
and continued, even when he was caught,
to not fully understand his message
|
||||
6. |
Untrue
05:39
|
|||
|
i appreciate you, more than you appreciate me
and pull through only as much as you let me
and you will do all that you know how to do
when i see through all the curtains that you
have put in front of me, and i will never see
that you have a right to be, as free as you want to be
i will never be untrue
i will never be untrue,
to you
i've always been the guy that was free
never felt like i was forced to be
anything that i didn't want to be
never be the sap stuck inside of a tree
never hesitate to make you into we
if i see that you are like me
and you'll never be forced
or coerced
cause i wanna see
how you relate to me
and even if you don't
i'll learn from what you won't
cause all perspectives are,
are like windows in a car,
you'll see the same thing
like different frames in the same scene
even if you are untrue,
i will never be untrue,
to you
|
||||
7. |
Samurai
03:18
|
|||
|
play it for yourself:
F
It's not about me
Am
I'm only here for a minute
Dm
And I know that i can't fix it
Bb
if i can help even just a little bit
won't you let me try
And I promise that i will try
Not to make it any worse
To steal a little bit of the hurt
If i could be your human shield
If i could be your samurai
I cut down your enemies
and pull you through alright
It's not about me
I'm only here for a minute
And i know that i can't fix it
if i can help just a little bit
But the memory won't forget us,
No matter all the time of the work,
the work, the work,
No matter how we try.
If i could be your human shield,
If i could be your Masai,
I cut down your enemies,
and pull you through alright.
If i could be your human shield,
If i could be your samurai,
I cut down your enemies,
and pull you through alright,
but it's not about me,
I'm only here for a minute,
I know that i can't fix it,
if i can help even just a little bit,
won't you let me try.
|
||||
8. |
The Magician
03:21
|
|||
|
my fingers, get heavier later in the night
and slide up and lose me
i swear if you could see me do these tricks in the light
i would make you disappear
i'm losing my edge
and it kills me you don't mind
but i'll tell you one thing
i should go, i should go, i should go
but you make it so hard to leave
if i was a better man
i'd put up a fight
i would shake these reservations
my secrets they were always kept well just out of sight
and the saws were never real
there's things i'm not telling you
and it kills me you dont mind
but i'll tell you one thing
i should go, i should go, i should go
but you make it so hard to leave
|
||||
9. |
||||
|
bad to look good, believe how a man should
with the freedom in your heart
don't try to be a part
be a whole
and fill a hole
in someone else's life
don't deal with strife
just explore
just explore
tumbleweeds waltz across the road
in a desert, truck drives by,
with the moon in the rearview
the driver has no clue what he's gonna do
when he gets there,
cause he's a gypsy
he'll stumble through life
just explore
just keep on wanting more
wanting more
wanting more
wanting more
wanting more (etc)
|
||||
10. |
Sitting On My Feet
02:38
|
|||
|
i'm sitting here on my feet, again
don't know who i'll meet, my friend
maybe it's yet another test
maybe you're just like all the rest
baby, i just came in time
baby, you can't commit the crime
i know that you like to stay in line
you know i can't make you free your mind
maybe i'll go to another town
maybe you'll act just like a clown
maybe i'll end up down the street
i'm sitting here on my feet
i'm sitting here on my feet, again
i'm sitting here on my feet, again
i'm sitting here.
|
||||
James Margolis New York, New York
Philadelphia-area native, James has been NYC based for the last decade. A music nerd, multi-instrumentalist, and engineer/producer. Well-steeped in blues, folk, jazz, soul, hip-hop, and neo-soul. A student of music.
James Margolis recommends:
this album introduced me to Sufjan and is incredible no matter what type of music you listen to
go to album
Soulive @ The Paradise 12.31.10
by Soulive
Soulive is an underrated group, check em out immediately
go to albumIf you like James Margolis, you may also like:
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 19, 2024
go to album
when the poems do what they do
by aja monet
Poet aja monet explores Black resistance, love, and joy with musical backing by Chief Adjuah, Weedie Braimah, Samora Pinderhughes, and more.
go to album
The latest album by Phill Reynolds, a project of Italian singer Silva Martino Cantele, takes listeners on an Americana-fueled musical ride.
go to album
I Don't Have Time To Lie To You
by Abner Jay
featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 18, 2021
go to album
