1. |
title track
02:11
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ever since i wrote it out a couple years back
on the churchill in the windlass,
well, i’ve felt inclined to sing about the things i believe in
to feel as though i sang it in a way that made sense
it had to be timeless…
you could’ve been anywhere else right now
so thanks for being for attempts at me scribbling the pages trying to reach it
i wanna sing about all that’s beckoning
and leading me away from what felt so encircling
all in good timing, i’ll find it
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2. |
mid-december
04:55
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how’s it driving in the midwest again?
hope you’re doing well
virginia will miss ya as you leave it for the future
but what’s y’all’s saying up there?
keep ‘er movin’…
i’ve been
thinking back the hours here with ya
how it
holds me over til tomorrow’s here and i’m better
i remember the feeling, feeling jovial over it
mid december in thrift stores tryna purchase everything
holding out the smile longer than i’ve managed all this year
how’s it
feel to be in appleton again?
hope you’re doing well
virginia ain’t holding over winter as projected
what’s y’all’s saying up there?
i remember the feeling, feeling jovial over it
mid december in thrift stores tryna purchase everything
holding out the smile longer than i’ve managed all this year
those days
are more impactful than you let yourself believe
some days it slows me down and reassures me i’m okay
so don’t say you ain’t sufficient when you’ve brightened my domain
and nothing’s gonna change that,
nothings changing.
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3. |
old mill
02:31
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old mill
chasing a ghost through snapshots
unearthing the footprints
stenciling
paces of past lives ya lived in
you and the bench there
legs crossed
ya head rest in lap for a time there
invoking the rest of your bravery
feeling as though you were distant
we would’ve listened
gloaming
holding you there for a moment
familiar feelings enclosing
ya haven’t been back since you lost it
it’s all so adjacent, i feel ya
and i notice the way that it holds ya
last year was too fucking crazy
thought you were done for a time there
glad that you made it
i guess
it’s pretty great that we’re like this
and nothing defining is fleeting
it all came and went for a reason
there’s nothing to take back
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4. |
for heurings
03:13
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i dedicate this number out to joel
and liz wherever they are
congeniality and open arms
have nudged themselves to center
back where they belong
palpable and present
you never strayed far off
i recall crisscrossed on the couch trying to sound it out, tell you what the songs about asked if i could sing aloud, late december feeling down, need someone to help me out or simply just allow me
to hold up what i’m holding off
unfetter the albatross
bind up all the pages of my spirit that the southing’s taken from me
helping hands to champion
parallel, directionally
guiding me away from all the sleeper lines
and you were always right there
palpable as ever
I never strayed far off
for that, i’m so indebted
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5. |
lake
04:48
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i’ve unfolded on this lake
2018’s still engrained in all the sediment,
and sentimentally it takes
every part of me to keep my fuckin’ cool and focus
but sometimes i can’t even manage
admittedly there’s days i feel as though i’m never growing
fredericksburg is more or less the same exact place that it’s been since i was 8, so i’m having trouble differentiating the year i’m seeing
forward/back again
tryna gesture out the open hand, tryna let you in
how’s it troubling for me
to try to hone in on the things i can, not the things i can’t? fade in..
you remind me a lot like what i needed back then
you’re a lot like the thoughts i have that i wanna believe in but haven’t been feeling
and it’s not for lack of trying either
it’s just sometimes i don’t think i progress as well as the way you see it
now i’d like to think i’ve made adjustments
but every time i’m at this lake it’s always something different
besetting me in every setting, making me feel like i’m just like this, that i’m just stuck like this and i can’t differentiate it
forward/back again
tryna gesture out the open hand, tryna let you in
how’s it troubling for me
to try to hone in on the things i can, not the things i can’t? fade in…
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Rodger the Rover! Eau Claire, Wisconsin
RtR! was started by Brendan Dean in Buffalo, NY in summer of 2018.
He's not sure how he feels about that one new movie.
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