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Make Believe
03:34
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Something unexpected comes rushing in
It's giving new perspective on everything
The future’s something we can't see 'cause
Time will twist it endlessly
It's moving on so you can't hold it
Let the world slip off your shoulders ‘cause
What we see
Might be our imagining
This all could be
Just another crazy dream and
I can feel it's time to start awakening ‘cause
Make believe
Make believe
Make believe
Just might be the real thing
People may think everything is ending
But beginnings in the background are just blending in
The answers seldom we can see 'cause
Excitement’s in the mystery so
Feel the flow of pure elation
Let go of your expectation
What we see
Might be our imagining
This all could be
Just another crazy dream and
I can feel it's time to start awakening ‘cause
Make believe
Make believe
Make believe
Just might be the real thing
...just might be real
So do it all 'cause
limitation’s only in your mind
You will find
You might stumble and fall
But inspiration's always at your side
It'll be your guide...
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Postcard
03:26
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I don't want to tweet what I'm feeling
I think it loses it's meaning
Because the html
It has no taste and no smell
And I won't be changing my status
To try and feel like I'm famous
And I won't write on your wall
If I don't know you at all
And you're not going to find me on myspace
I don't have time for that rat race ‘cause
I have no apps on my iphone
So perhaps we can postpone
And we'll talk when I see you
Because I'm all through with You Tube
And I can't handle a Skype call
Because my bandwidth is frightful
Oh I'll send you a postcard
I know waiting can be hard
But I'll put pencil to paper
And maybe a few days later
In your hands you will hold
A tiny piece of my soul
You don't have to send me a photo
Of your vacation in Soho
I won't trade your smile for the Digg-its
On your photograph widgets
You don't have to like me on facebook
Or subscribe to my output
You don't need to follow my blog posts
Because you know what I want most
I want to love you and hide it
Just keep some of it private
I don't want my world on a web page
That's not how real friends are made
Oh I'll send you a postcard
I know waiting can be hard
But I'll put pencil to paper
And maybe a few days later
In your hands you will hold a tiny piece of my
Soul held in suspension
It's my love in third dimension
I could write it on your wall but
It wouldn't be the same thing
The same thing at all
If I have to write one more profile
I think I might just get hostile and
Turn my screen off forever
Until we are together
I’ll send you a postcard
I know waiting can be hard
But I'll put pencil to paper
And maybe a few days later
In your hands you will hold
A tiny piece of my soul
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3. |
The perfect day
04:14
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Yesterday the city seemed dressed in shades of gray
And everyone I passed was either stressed mad or afraid
I was about to run away and join a world behind closed eyes
When a strangeness came over me the streets began to shine
It was the perfect day
I made my world a different place
I learned a way to be amazed at all of creation and
Burned the page that told me how and what to say
On that perfect day I started life again
My way
Now I see colours in these city streets I've never seen before
I see neon jumping from the walls and rainbows on the floor
It's like magic started falling down like water out the sky
Now flowers bloom in desert sand that used to be so dry
And it's the perfect day
To make your world a different place and
Learn a way to be amazed at all of creation and
Burn the page that tells you how and what to say
On this perfect day you can start your life again
Your way
We won't find hopes and dreams in magazines we have to go outside
We'll be more complete with naked feet and the sunshine in our eyes
‘Cause it's the perfect day
To make our world a different place and
Learn a way to be amazed at all of creation and
Burn the page that tells us how and what to say
On this perfect day we can start our lives again
Our way
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4. |
Morning afternoon
04:00
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I stumble down the road not looking for the fight that found me
I still don't know what happened to my phone and house keys
I'm asking God: "is it one of those lives or one of those days?"
I can't find my car but I shouldn't be driving anyway
I see two or three but I know there's really only one
Just a little less weed and I think this could have still been fun
But Friday night's about excess and sensual pleasure
We might just die but at least we'll kill ourselves together
I don't know the girl's name that slept beside me
Thinking slow as nails scratch chalk boards inside me
Friday night seems to happened to me without warning
I must try remember how I got here this fine morning
Morning after this fine morning
Morning after this fine morning
Morning afternoon
It's dark in here but I know outside the sun is shining
Just one more beer and a tip to keep the barman smiling
I've had a few but I've never been that good at counting
I'm right next to you but for some reason can't stop shouting
Coffee toast and jam awkward silence on the side
She tells me where I am and fills in gaps about last night
I tell her how I feel she tells me that she feels the same
we both say it's been real but I still didn't get her...
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5. |
Temporary love
04:11
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Her heart is open she's letting in the chill
Her love is stolen I head in for the kill
Disregarding her feelings and her fears
The lesson's hard and it always ends in tears
But this is only a temporary love
I never mean to do the things I do
It always seems I never follow through
The door is open I'll be leaving someday soon
She's always hoping it'll someday be resumed
But this is only a temporary love
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Skin of the drum
04:56
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Every smile every frown every mark every line
Paints the story of life and its passage through time
There's no shame in the scars being human creates
No blame as I page through the tale on my face
When the pen or the brush exposes all my regrets
All my misgivings that I've tried to forget
I hope it will show also truth that I've told
Pride that I've swallowed emotions controlled
Sometimes we paint life in the colours we choose
Sometimes we have only the greys and the blues
But my hands will stay fat on the skins of the drum
And the land will shake from strings that I strum
My heart will be pushed 'til just before bursting
I'll drink the well dry and then still I'll be thirsting
For silence to carve into the sounds of my soul
And wisdom to know all the secrets it holds
Sometimes words write themselves into songs
Sometimes the page is white for too long far too long
But my hands will stay fat on the skins of the drum
And the land will shake from strings that I strum
'Cause the work never stops when it comes to creation
From the pen of the poet or the stone of the mason
There are worlds to unveil in music and verse
We must lay open our hearts no matter how much it hurts
Sometimes pain gives the strength to create
Sometimes to touch someone’s heart ours must break
So my hands will stay fat on the skins of the drum
And the land will shake from the strings that I strum
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Shift the blame
04:29
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I was taking time out on the road when a girl I thought I didn't know came and sat down on the floor right next to me
She said did you ever believe that real love was something that you were capable of
If you opened your heart and mind you would see
It’s not as hard as you think it is if you let yourself feel tenderness
It will walk right in if you give it room to breathe
It's never too late to turn around if you trip and fall and hit the ground 'cause life will give you everything you need
And there will come a time when you will see that all your pain and misery will vanish in the blink of one blue eye
Just a powerful clear intention will lead right to your destination you could have anything you want if you try
She said:
How long will you play this game with yourself and everyone
The broken hearts left in your wake were they only just for fun?
I'm sick of watching you self destruct but there's nothing I can do
'Cause at the end of the day when you shift the blame it will all end up on
You
Her words took me quite by surprise
How could she see through my disguise
And where did she find out those things she knew about me?
'Cause I never believed that real love was something that I was capable of
I never opened my heart and mind to see
She said that I could make a change
But the choice was mine to stay the same
Forever thinking there must be more to life
I was too afraid to look at first
At the things I knew would surely hurt
So I kept pretending everything was fine
But how long will I play this game with myself and everyone?
The broken hearts left in my wake weren't even all that fun
I'm sick of watching myself destruct it's a hard thing to see
‘Cause at the end of the day when I shift the blame it will all end up on
I never saw her again
But my soul won't forget her
I never caught her name
But I know that doesn't matter
I know now who's to blame when things could be better
And everything has changed since the day that I met her
And now I believe that real love is something that I am capable of
I opened my heart and mind now I see that
I don't need to play this game with myself and everyone
With an open heart I'll make a change and when all is said and done
I'll flip the switch I'll break the chains so the whole world can see that
At the end of the day when there's no one to blame we'll all start living
I don't need to play this game with myself and everyone
With an open heart I'll make a change and when all is said and done
I'll flip the switch and break the chains so the whole world can see that
At the end of the day when we give up the blame we'll all start living
Free
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8. |
Chase the sun
05:22
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It seems like only yesterday
I thought the road would never end
Familiar was so far away
The unknown was my only friend
I was stuck without a plan
But I knew I never needed one
I’d leave it all up to chance
And a cold and hopeful outstretched thumb
A bag of smiles is all I'd bring
I’d pass them round each chance I'd get
Another town another fling
Another girl I can't forget
I remember when I chased the sun
I remember when I chased the sun
The leaves would fall that's when I'd run
I'd find a way to chase the sun
That bag of smiles is lighter now
There's not so much to go around
A part of me got lost somehow
And I hope to God it's never found
‘Cause I know it's still out there somewhere
Freer than I'll ever be
And I won't forget that time we shared
And that bag of smiles and memories
It seems like only yesterday
I thought the road would never end
Familiar was so far away
And the unknown was my only friend
Now I'm stuck here with a plan
Even though I never wanted one
I long to leave it all to chance...I'll find a way…
I'll find a way to chase the sun
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This sensation
04:09
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We'll leave the shore of knowing
And fight the waves together
The unknown winds are blowing and
The space goes on forever
Night after night we'll go
Beyond what we used to know
We'll love our way to God
And find ourselves
Tonight
This sensation
It will provide
Your salvation
The storm lights are flashing
We'll lose sight of the land
And the ocean's crashing
Turns resistance into sand
Night after night we'll go
Beyond what we used to know
We'll love our way to God
And find ourselves
The wind and the rain
Try put doubt into our soul
Wild hurricanes
Try and question our resolve
We can't sit and wait
For a break in the storm
We must go catch the waves
‘Til our dreams are born
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10. |
Believing
03:46
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Spring time we go rushing by
Our steps are large our heads are high
Faith is sparkling in our eyes
We live as though we'll never die
Oh believing everything's as it should be
Oh believing believing
Summer time goes flying by
A tale in every tear gone dry
Our memories immortalized
In photographs and songs we write
About believing everything's as it should be
Oh believing believing
Oh believing we'll know ourselves eventually
Oh believing believing
Autumn makes our shadows long
We can't believe the summer’s gone
We fake a smile pretend we're strong
Count the scars and carry on
Believing everything's as it should be
Oh believing believing
Winter and we lose our leaves
The branches bare but still we see
The spring time flowers vividly
As they paint the lanes of memory
Oh believe me everything's as it should be
Oh believe me believe me
Oh believe me we'll find our place eventually
Oh believe me believe me
We watch our children rushing by
Their steps are large their heads are high
Faith is sparkling in their eyes
They live as though they'll never die.
Oh believing everything's as it should be
Oh believing believing
Oh believing it will all make sense eventually
Oh believing believing
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11. |
I never learn
04:51
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I can't find the poetry inside of me for sorry
I don't know what I said I was seeing red and my memory gets so blurry
I didn't think I'd ever see the day that I was hateful
Now I understand that energy for angers only wasteful
And I’m hoping I can put things right before the night is over
I can't expect your full respect I'm just trying to find some closure
The spoken word so quickly turns
Into broken worlds spinning in reverse
A sentence hurts and paragraphs can burn
I fall face first 'cause I never learn
My hasty words had intent to hurt it's a web of lies I've woven
And now I don't feel right inside after all the shit I've spoken
I wish I could rewind this track erasing yesterday
But the words I said behind your back are pacing through my brain
And it's gonna take a miracle to clear it all away
If you let me in forgive my sin I swear I’ll do the same
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I've been looking around
For a little meaning
Trying to write it down
To share this feeling
I'm losing myself
Finding something deeper
Emotions I've held
Just disappear
It's kinda like falling
It's a little like falling
It's just like falling
It's like falling
In love love with everything
Just stop breathe it in
I’m in love love love...
love love love
With everything
I cannot describe
I don't have the words
This feeling inside
Is from another world
I'm losing myself
And living a day dream
And theres nothing else
But endless amazing
It's kinda like falling...
In love love with everything
Just stop breathe it in
I’m in love love with everything
The autumn wind and birds of spring
I’m in love love love
Love love love
Leaving it all behind
Breathing for the first time
A feeling I can't deny
Like dreaming is real life
I'm in love love with everything
Gonna take this life and breathe it in
I'm in love love with everything
The autumn wind and birds of spring
I'm in love love with everything just stop
Breathe it in
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Devin Howell Cape Town, South Africa
Devin writes songs that convey the message of life in all it's colours. Aural pictures of the serious, the comical, the
sexual and the spiritual aspects of our world.
With Pertinent musings and infectious groovings, Devin's introspective philosophy combines with catchy melodies and feel-good rhythms to create an uplifting journey through our spectrum of emotions and heart vibrations.
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