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Magic In Me
03:14
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Long game is long
And my fingers hurt tonight
But I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping
Till I get it right
Long game is long
And my fingers are on fire
But I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping
Till I can admire
My handiwork
That came from my own hands
So I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping
Till I understand
What this power is
That I can feel but I can’t see
And I know it’s real I know you know it’s real
So why did you never come for me
Why did you lie to me
After everything we’ve been through why did you deny me
I’ll learn it myself
I’ll do it myself
I’ll practice myself
I’ll work hard myself
I’ll everything myself
And when I’m done you’ll see
There was always magic in me
Long game is long
But I’ve got my flash of light
So I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping
While there’s still this fight
Between where I am
And what I know that I can do
So I’m still not stopping not stopping not stopping
Till I catch up to you
So far ahead
You got yours, so where is mine
And they closed the doors I saw them close the doors
But they could not close my mind
They could not find me
Like everyone else they were so far behind me
I’m working myself
I’m pushing myself
I’m training myself
I’m learning myself
I’m everything myself
And when I’m done you’ll see
There was always magic in me
I’ll become
Who I am becoming
And when I’m done then everyone will see
There was always magic in me
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On silver discs
For sixty seconds
I cannot move
I know they’re watching me
I can’t let them see my thinking
And right ahead
is what I need
If I can run but
I don’t know what to do
So I look at you
What you said
I still remember
You look at me and I
Still remember
You said:
I want to live as me
And I want to die as me
But I want to fight until I’m free
No Hunger Games can get me
The gong has rung
I’m on my way
But now you’re gone
And I’m alone again
Like I’ve always been
I’m on the hunt
It’s what I do
I’m good alone
I want to stay alive
And only one can survive
But what you said
I still remember
You looked at me and I
Still remember
You said:
I want to live as me
And I want to die as me
But I want to fight until I’m free
No Hunger Games can get me
And then little Rue like little Prim
You’re in my mind, I cannot
Let you go
I don’t know why
I won’t leave her side, I understand now
What you meant, oh Peeta help me
I cannot play this game alone
Together both of us will show the world what you said
I want to live as me
And I want to die as me
And I’m going to fight until we’re free
Until we’re free
Come with me
Come with me
Come and fight with me
Until we’re free
And now we’re here
Just you and me
They’ve changed the rules
But I can’t let you go
No, we’ve come this far and I know
You’d die for me
I’ll die for you
We’ll stop the games
And maybe this is the end
Take my hand, my friend
What you said
I still remember
So look at me and we’ll
Still remember
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Four Hundred Years Ago
03:15
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Milk?
They don’t have milk here anymore?
They used to have it.
We used to put it in our coffee
And drink it.
It came from cows
But I guess there aren’t any more cows
Anymore
But this substitute is great
You can hardly taste it.
I mean you can hardly tell the difference.
But you wouldn’t understand what life was like
I mean, yes, it’s like this, but not quite
What can I say? I really don’t know
It was four hundred years ago.
Cake?
You’ve never heard of cake?
I can’t explain it.
It’s made of milk and eggs and frosting and chocolate
And none of these words mean anything to you.
But thank you for this coffee and this
I’m not sure what to call it.
I guess I’ve got a lot to learn
But if there’s one thing I’ve learned
It’s how to get along in new situations.
I know you don’t understand and you probably
Think I’m lying. I mean, if I listened to me I’d think I was lying
But I’m not. But you wouldn’t know.
It was four hundred years ago.
No, this isn't time travel
Because I can't go back.
And everyone I ever knew is dead
And I have to face it.
And no, this isn’t immortality
Not like you’d want it.
It’s like—stepping through a hole
Into a new place
Into a new place
And I have to face it.
This is my world now.
Science.
Yes, I suppose I’m here for science.
They said the future starts with me
And here we are in the future
Which is not exactly where I want to be.
But see, I don’t get to decide.
I guess I should be glad that I am still alive.
But I don’t understand what to do next
I don’t know how to navigate when the room isn’t a test
Every place I’ve been, everything I know
Came from four hundred years ago.
And I have to face it.
This is my world now.
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I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
All I know is what’s running through my mind
I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
I know I must remember the past and
I must remember what I have learned and
I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
I don’t know who I’ll have to pretend to be
All I know is I have to prepare for whatever I find
And when I find you
I’ll say—but I can’t think about that now
I have to think about something else now
I know I must remember the past and
I must remember what I have learned and
I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
What do we say to death?
Not today.
What do we say?
We stab them with the pointy end.
And what do we do with ourselves?
Hide away.
And nobody but nobody can ever be my friend.
I’ll count the names again.
Joffrey. Cersei. The Hound. Littlefinger.
And when I find you
I’ll say—but I can’t think about that now
I have to think about something else now
I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
All I know is I wonder what it will feel like when they die
I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
I know I must remember the past and
I must remember what I have learned and
I don’t know what’s going to happen to me
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No One Left To Love
05:43
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I had a home and family once
And then the home and family left
They gave me promises a mile long but one by one they
Took them all away
To pack a suitcase
And leave the one place that I knew
I left the waterfall and the woods and the air and the mountains all behind
I left my family and I left you and I left all of us as pictures in my mind
I kept your token that I thought would carry me back
Anytime I liked
I’d twist and turn the wooden bead and I would tell myself
That someday I would return
I’d be Johanna again
And I would see you one more time if I could win
But that was years ago and a wooden bead is a foolish thing to carry in your hand
I had to let it go and I know you’re gone I know you’re gone I hope you understand
Even though the screams still
Echo in my ears
I know someday I’ll sleep
Even though the trees
Are burned now to the ground
The memories will keep
Maybe in a year
I’ll think of you again
Make stories in my head
But just for today
I’ll put the picture down
There’s work to do instead
And no one left to love
That day they drew my name
They dressed me up
They put me on a train
My family disappeared
But I knew if I won
Then they would have to send me home again
I wouldn’t let them take my mind
I’d disappear somewhere they couldn’t find
And when they rang that gong I had covered up my face
And I had hidden back my eyes
I was a brainless child until I saw my chance
I made my kill and then I got my prize
Even though the screams still
Echo in my ears
I know someday I’ll sleep
Even though the trees
Are burned now to the ground
The memories will keep
Maybe in a year
I’ll think of you again
Make stories in my head
But just for today
I’ll put the picture down
There’s work to do instead
And no one left to love
They told me what I would have to do
They told me the only promises they made
Were the ones they made to other people
They told me—but I said no, I wouldn’t ever let them
Sell me like a toy and I was gone
And I went home
They let me go
I should have stayed
Because you’re gone
And everything destroyed
And when I saw your face and saw your eyes and saw what I had done
I saw the trees I saw the graves I saw my family I saw what I had won
That though I’d given everything to come back home
That from that moment on I’d always be alone
Then I was glad of all I had learned of how to stay alive and how to disappear
I would rebuild, and I would fight, but I’d be gone inside they’d look but wouldn’t find me here
Even though the screams still
Echo in my ears
I know someday I’ll sleep
Even though the trees
Are burned now to the ground
The memories will keep
Maybe in a year
I’ll think of you again
Make stories in my head
But just for today
I’ll put the picture down
There’s work to do instead
And no one left to love
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No Power In The Verse
03:55
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You don’t have to tell me
But I like to hear you say it
You wish I weren’t here
You’d be there right now, without me
But she’s not applicable; she’s full of errors, can’t be quantified
A book of illogical contradictions and
No power in the verse can stop me
And that’s what’s problematic
No power in the verse can stop me now
You don’t have to tell me
I know you found me broken
You see what isn’t there
You see us as we were, without me
But all the memories we share are maybe made up maybe
They aren’t real and maybe everything you see is faulty
No power in the verse can stop me
And that’s what’s problematic
No power in the verse can stop me now
Take my mind and let me fly
Throw me out into the sky
Take it all; just let me be
I'll live with just the sky and me
No power in the verse can stop me
And that’s what’s problematic
No power in the verse can stop me now
You don’t have to tell me
Your face grows dark and chaos has come again
You wish I weren’t here
You’d be with her right now, without me
But she understands, she doesn’t comprehend, she can’t be quantified
She wants a bullet in her brainpan squish and
No power in the verse can stop me
And that’s what’s problematic
No power in the verse can stop me now
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My name is Nicole.
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