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Some Curious Birds

by Danielle Knibbe

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1.
Fall doesn’t linger cause you want it to The proof’s in the snowflakes in my hair And I used to know I had a hand to hold to keep me warm But now there’s nobody there, there’s nobody there And love doesn’t linger cause you ask it to The proofs in the way you’ve let me go We stand at the bus stop you’ve got ten minutes to make me stay But I know that you won’t, I know you won’t And I can’t slow down, words run round me til I’m on my knees You don’t need me no more Can’t slow down, days run round me til I cannot breathe And I cannot linger though I’m aching to Every bone in my body wants to stay I can’t help but memorize the way you look as you say goodbye It hits me like water on the sand It breaks o’er me again and again and again And I can’t slow down, words run round me til I’m on my knees You don’t need me no more Can’t slow down, days run round me til I cannot breathe I can't stand here waiting to leave you for the last time Wipe my eyes on my sleeve you're so stone cold My heart broke into pieces but it's almost time, it's almost time And I can't slow down
2.
You don’t get to be the one to pull the trigger, fire the gun, And shatter this stale silence we’ve been in Cause I’ve been doing quite all right with bitter days and loveless nights And now you find your patience wearing thin A smug look on your face and a half hearted embrace Say ‘baby it’s time for a fresh start’ It’s so plain to see that somebody has to be The one to finally break your pretty heart Oh You don’t get to up and go and take the high road when I know You planned to play me like you always do Don’t bother with apologies for I’d have been blind not to see The broken hearts that tend to follow you Darling give it up I knew you’d never love me proper from the very start It’s so plan to see that somebody has to be the one to finally break your pretty heart Oh Not a moment was real, you don’t really feel You don’t get to be the one to pull the trigger fire the gun When I’m the one with aces left to play See I’ve been doing quite alright just sitting pretty, biding time While you cheated lied and dug your own sweet grave Darling baby please while I’ve got you on your knees Tell the truth you never loved me from the start It so plain to see in the end I’ll have to be the one to finally break your pretty heart.
3.
Solid Ground 03:48
I ward off love by swearing I’m just lonely But my name rolls off your tongue like something holy We’re a flame in the darkness Hard pressed to find a space we can’t light up And it’s a shame I can’t erase the memory Of the way your lips first felt when you kissed me It’s a train wreck disaster No happy ever after meant for us Just like gravity you have got a hold on me Stronger than I can believe pulls me close Just like gravity, solid ground under my feet Moves when you are next to me and I know Down, down, down we go In the daylight I can see this ending And I know it’s not right we should stop pretending But the night comes too soon And I know it’s you my heart will rush to meet Just like gravity you have got a hold on me Stronger than I can believe pulls me close Just like gravity, solid ground under my feet Moves when you are next to me and I know Down, down, down we go
4.
Here in this moment my voice is failing me We’re at the corner; it’s almost time to leave The streets are crowded, we stand here now and I Cannot look you in the eye I tell my secrets I answer anything you ask Can we just drop it, can I just take this whole thing back Honestly, honesty and me Don’t get along from time to time Oh I talk a lot about a lot but I don’t say a thing that means a thing This time I’m keeping something in I’ve given all that I’m willing to give and I’ll keep living with the knowledge There are things you’ll never know I cannot bear to be this wide open out here in the freshly fallen snow Your breath is floating, hanging between us as a mist My cheeks are burning part from the wind the shame your kiss It seems to me it never means what I hope When you pull me in so close For you’ve had me frozen, you’ve had me held right in your hands You’ll never notice, you’ll never truly understand I cannot wait and I cannot stay but I Cannot find the strength to go Oh I talk a lot about a lot but I don’t say a thing that means a thing This time I’m keeping something in I’ve given all that I’m willing to give and I’ll keep living with the knowledge There are things you’ll never know I cannot bear to be this wide open out here in the freshly fallen snow
5.
Find The Sun 02:55
Sea meets sky seamlessly, how do I seem to be tangled up in blue Endless horizons no clouds are in sight but I always find a few Doesn’t it get tiring, instead of silver linings, I always look for rain Say you wanna hold me, you don’t really know me if you did you’d think again Considering I’m fragile, considering I’ll probably fall to pieces in your arms Considering that when I get low I get so low I cannot find the sun Do you still wanna be my only one? Like soft kisses, warm breezes, softly she taunts, teases her way into my bones Sweet as a siren’s call I watch your face fall as I hear the thunder roll Isn’t it exhausting constantly rewatching all the ways that I can break Say you wanna hold me you don’t really know me if you did you’d think again Considering I’m fragile, considering I’ll probably fall to pieces in your arms Considering that when I get low I get so low I cannot find the sun Do you still wanna be my only one? I won’t ask you to stay, I won’t beg on my knees For I’ve got these clouds to keep me company Considering I’m fragile, considering I’ll probably fall to pieces in your arms Considering that when I get low I get so low I cannot find the sun Do you still wanna be my only one?
6.
I’ve been in love with you all of my life I just didn’t know You’re in the margins of days all gone by waiting to be exposed Stick with me baby we could be fine No guarantee but why don’t we try? I’ve been in love with you all of my life, now I see it’s true Every heartbreak and heartache was leading me back to you Stick with me baby we could be fine No guarantee but why don’t we try? It’s not a fairy tale or a perfect fit, it’s just the way you hold my hand And I have been waiting for you for my whole life And suddenly I understand I’ve been in love with you all of my life I just didn’t know Safe in the margins of days all gone by waiting to be exposed Stick with me baby we could be fine No guarantee but why don’t we try? It’s not a fairy tale or a perfect fit, it’s just the way you hold my hand And I have been searching for you for my whole life And suddenly I understand Cause I’ve been in love with you all of my life I’ve been in love with you all of my life I’ve been in love with you all of my life
7.
Time To Go 04:19
It’s time to go I said in the throes of a party you threw for your friends With eyes half closed I put on my coat and I wandered out in the wind Oh what a heavy heart I’m holding The empty streets make my sneakered feet echo and repeat like a bell ‘neath streetlamps shadows I let my mind rove through darkness I know too well Oh what a heavy heart I’m holding It’s like a stone in my pocket it drags me under the raging waves I finally know though I don’t like it I’m the only thing standing in my way You say I’m alright you blame the late nights you think you might understand But dear you don’t see the thin line between swimming and sinking you can’t Know what a heavy heart I’m holding It’s like a stone in my pocket it drags me under the raging waves I finally know though I don’t like it I’m the only thing standing in my way And I can’t move, I can’t breathe, I can’t seem to do anything but flounder Too much time and space to think has me struggling to keep from going under It’s like a stone in my pocket it drags me under the raging waves I finally know though I don’t like it I’m the only thing standing in my way
8.
Old letters I never sent burning holes under my bed Calling out my name Late at night I think on you and all the things I put you through I feel so ashamed And a clear conscience is hard to find You’re on my mind, you’re on my mind Tell myself that I’m all right, a pretty little neat white lie I tie like a bow And I wonder if you think on me who treated you so callously And left you on your own And a clear conscience is hard to find You’re on my mind, you’re on my mind You’re on my mind, you’re on my mind Begged and borrowed on my knees, I wish you would oh pretty please Just let the whole thing go And a clear conscience is hard to find You’re on my mind, you’re on my mind You’re on my mind, you’re on my mind You’re on my mind, you’re on my mind You’re on my mind, you’re on my mind
9.
Coffee 04:34
I always liked this place Smells like leather and musty books I awkwardly say as I rearrange my pie You’ve been so quiet these days It’s been a while since I really looked I see the dark circles nesting ‘neath your eyes Oh and I don’t wanna talk around this No I don’t wanna let it lie Oh and I don’t wanna let you go without knowing that I know and you know you’re not all right All my well worn words Up and flew away Into the atmosphere when I opened up my mouth Like some curious birds I see them fluttering into space Despite my efforts I cannot pull them down Oh and I don’t wanna talk around this No I don’t wanna let it lie Oh and I don’t wanna let you go without knowing that I know and you know you’re not all right So you drink your coffee And I’ll sit here wondering How we could be so far apart Across a table, I’m not able To find a way to start I always liked this place It used to make you smile And I used to know how to do that for you Once in a while Oh and I don’t wanna talk around this No I don’t wanna let it lie Oh and I don’t wanna let you go without knowing that I know and you know you’re not all right
10.
Oh won’t you come back home And swear to never leave Oh won’t you come back home Come back home to me Oh won’t you come back to the mountains where I held you once Place your feet in icy rivers, turn your face up to the sun We’ll ramble in the wilderness until the day is done Won’t you come back to the mountains where I held you once Oh won’t you come back home And swear to never leave Oh won’t you come back home Come back home to me Oh won’t you come back to the prairies where the strong winds blow See the sky go on for miles see the fields all flushed with gold We’ll lay down in the grass and let you rest your weary soul Won’t you come back to the prairies where the strong winds blow Oh won’t you come back home And swear to never leave Oh won’t you come back home Come back home to me Oh won’t you come back to the coastline where the water’s wild See the endlessness of blue, taste the salt upon your smile We’ll dip our feet into the sea that reaches out for miles Won’t you come back to the coastline where the water’s wild Oh won’t you come back home And swear to never leave Oh won’t you come back home Come back home to me

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released June 22, 2016

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