ARTIST: Ryan Davis
TITLE: What I Cause
LABEL: Red Parrot
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 166kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 44min total
RELEASE DATE: 2009-00-00
RIP DATE: 2009-06-23
Track List:
1. Drown Again 4:04
2. Begin 3:27
3. Undone 4:28
4. California 2:08
5. December 5:31
6. Building A Fire 6:06
7. Interlude 1:38
8. Defenseless 4:58
9. Spin 3:27
10.With A Blade 3:06
11.Stay 5:30
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What I Cause (2009)
Drown Again
I don't want to be a man enslaved
when I can't be your savior
but in her flood; in her breaking waves
I could drown again
the sun will burn until the evening shade
gives rise to desire
a storm will come; when she brings her rain
I could drown again
I can't wash away
sin in exchange for grace
but I'm begging for you
and your water
to come carry me away
won't you bring your flood; bring your rain
and with your waves, just carry me down
bring your flood; bring your rain
and with your waves, carry me away
until I drown again
I don't want to be a man enslaved
when I can't be your savior
but in her flood, there are breaking waves
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
christopher rains - acoustic and electric cello
xavier gil - drums
Begin
In a phonecall in the morning, what I should have said
is just making a haze
cause I'm crazy babe, and living scarred
with page after page I didn't send
about your voice and skin, and reasons alive
to be blind, and believing
we could begin
Is it wrong, to miss your light; to let your eyes
burn my resistance?
I want to melt away; I want to never move
it's an everyday ache
for your voice and skin, and reasons alive
to be blind; to be believing
we could begin
let's collide with memory lips
let's wake with a gaze
let's live those words unsent
we could find our faith
let's collide with memory lips
redemption's so distant; I can't help but pray
I might live those words unsent
and dream awake
for your voice and skin, and reasons alive
to be blind, and believing
we could begin
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
christopher rains - mandolin, backing vocals
xavier gil - drums
Undone
Her city streets, and the way she breathes will pull me down
pull me down
there's a coming storm; it won't be long
prepare your shelter from the weather
it's an ending, and a beginning
she tears at me; I need to run
but her city streets, and the way she breathes tears at me
until I come undone
I watch her scream and let her bleed and suffer and live
suffer in this
she builds her cage as lately I'm a rake to crawl in her skin
let it begin
the race for us; the mistake of us we cannot bear,
but you are bare and I'm running wild, and cheating time
it's a rage not to be tamed
so tear at me, tear at me
with your coming storm, I'm not strong enough
tear at me, when I need to run
tear at me, until I come undone
tear, and tear
I am easily worn, I need to be born again and again
and again I come undone
in all of this, if you want to be a bitch
you'll be what you want to be
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
christopher rains - acoustic and electric cello
xavier gil - drums
California
I was wrong, I was wrong
so tell me to come
to california.
california.
I can't even remember their names.
or remember.
cause this is all a goddam haze.
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar
December
White-washed walls in every house
well I can walk through the winter and walk back out
cause you are funny in that way
you say it messes with your hair
you are
everything
that I think I need
when I lay my head down at night to sleep
you are
there is still a place
more yours than mine, hidden in my face
I wonder does she, can she even see
does it hurt her half as bad as it hurts me
it was perfect, I lived it every day
the way that you smiled and you'd say
I love you, this will never fade
I need you, please don't go away
you are
everything
that I think I need
when I lay my head down at night to sleep
don't fade
white-washed walls in every house
well I can walk through the winter,
and walk back out
words and music by Greg Palmer.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
xavier gil - drums
Building A Fire
I'm building a fire, careful with the coals
some are warm and some are cold
I'm laying them down; carefully placed
all they want is just the waist
it grows where she lies
she rages with life and comes to me
come to me and burn
come to me, come to me
explode and make me blind from my desire
I desire
come to me, come to me, come to me
I'm spreading them out
careful with the gasoline
I see flames, and I'm swimming
asking for more, they lie on the ground
the embers sting, as the taste in my mouth
grows where she lies
she rages with life and comes to me
come to me and burn
come to me, come to me
explode and make me blind from my desire
I desire
come to me, come to me, come to me
explode, like you do, when I come to you
explode, like you do, when I come, when I come
come to me, come to me, come to me, come to me
come to me and burn
come to me, come to me
come to me and burn
come to me, come to me
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
christopher rains - acoustic and electric cello
xavier gil - drums
Defenseless
I don't mean to drag you down
like a runaway
I don't mean to let you lose belief in us
it's a shame babe; it's a sin
this flame I've been living in escaped
it's a crazy fantasy
to continue to believe
in what once was a waking dream
does it mean anything?
when there's only the wish for the us that was
and all our innocence
I wonder, somewhere in your grace
is there forgiveness?
the atonement
you guard so close, with your claws and glow
would you consider my world
your dream
I'm swimming and sinking
maybe I need to be healed
maybe I need to be cold
maybe I need to learn
maybe I need this burn
for right or wrong
won't you just come home?
to what once was a waking dream
does it mean anything?
there's only the wish for the us that was
and all our innocence
I wonder, somewhere in your grace
is there forgiveness?
I want to be tangled in you.
defenseless
until there's no comfort left.
defenseless
can I be tangled in you?
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar
christopher rains - cello
Spin
Lately I drive and often dream
of the time before our fall
they swear there's no room to believe
in what could be, or what is west
and you send me a message over miles
a plane-ride and I'll be there
if it is your wish
well is it your wish?
or something you spin?
lately I drive and know my wrongs
but every man should be granted one fall
I've been tearing at my soul
with highway like braided rope
and you send me a message over miles
a plane-ride and I'll be there
if it is your wish
well is it your wish?
or something you spin?
there's another one in another town
I don't need what you're offering
my sins are paid
in this game I won't be someone you spin
lately I drive
maybe it's time to forget
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar, bass guitar
christopher rains - acoustic and electric cello
xavier gil - drums
With A Blade
say you forgive, or go on and make your stand
lean in, lately, and gaze on
where wrong and right is all just sacrificed
with a blade
the line, once crossed, blurs both black and white
the tracks of my lips serve you
where wrong and right is all just sacrificed
with a blade
call me a runaway man
still father forgives
what is earned, and what is given
where wrong and right is all just sacrificed
it's all just sacrifice
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, guitar, stomp board
Stay
It's another morning, another day
where every day's the same
it's a new place; a different town
maybe I'm addicted to change
but this day I'd rather not move
though hotel rooms are no substitute for homes,
I don't feel alone with you
I don't feel alone
it's been a while
since I've seen the eyes and felt what might could pull me down
it's been long
since I've considered all I should care about
so tell me, before we have to leave,
to settle down; slow things down
and take hold
before we go our own ways hold on to me
I'm not so blind to keep any faith
you have a world different from mine
it won't be the same, even if we meet again
things change. they change.
still I'd like to see what this day my bring
I'd like to believe the words we speak
and honestly, I'd like to stay
honestly, I need to say
that it's been a while
since I've seen the eyes and felt what might could pull me down
it's been too long
since I've considered all I should care about
so tell, before we have to leave,
to settle down; slow things down
and take hold
before we go our own ways hold on to me
I hear the road calling out
I hear the road calling us
I hear the road calling out
I hear the road calling us
can't it all wait? can't it all wait?
can't we stay?
can't it all wait? can't it all wait?
can't we stay?
stay. stay. stay.
stay. with me. stay.
words and music by Ryan Davis.
ryan davis - vocals, piano