1. |
How Can I Tell You
04:14
|
|||
2. |
|
|||
|
How Can I Tell You
I fear that if I stop
I won’t catch it when it comes
catch it when it comes
how can I tell you I was once
good?
I was thinkin’ bout my hands
when I was a kid
dirt gritty in fingernails
and I was all smiles and calluses
a monkey-barring’ super girl
I told ya ‘bout my hair like a rat’s nest
runnin’ wild a feral child
nothin’ no one could stop me
nobody had taught me about sweaty palms
but how can I tell you
I was once good at this?
how can I tell you I was once?
how can I tell you I was once an optimist?
how can I how can I how can I?
I think I left it back in the Bushwick
sweaty metal subway cars
and the sound of the train
was my sleep machine
back in the city
pen on the page wasn’t an effort
effortless
suffering in my stuffy second story apartment was
happiness
but how can I tell you
I was once good at this?
how can I tell you I was once?
how can I tell you I was once an optimist?
how can I how can I how can I?
but then I got self conscious
and I ran away from it
nothing I wouldn’t second guess
maybe I’m just not cut out for this
and I couldn’t handle all the critics
and everyone was just so selfish
the hardest part was happiness
maybe I should
maybe I should just quit
but how can I tell you
I was once good at this?
how can I tell you I was once?
how can I tell you I was once an artist?
how can I how can I how can I?
how can I how can I how can I?
But I fear that if I stop
I won’t be fulfilled
I’ll just be distilled
How can I tell you
I was once
good?
|
||||
Dyllan Los Angeles, California
Soulful Los-Angeles based songstress DYLLAN interplays edgy melodies, rich textures and intimate storytelling to create music that invites the listener into a world of unapologetic emotion. Her music has been spun on NPR and featured in Billboard, Ladygunn, and EARMILK. She recently won 1st prize in the Coffee Music Festival Songwriting Competition. Her EP, not your goddess, dropped December 6th. ... more
If you like Dyllan, you may also like:
I Could Have Been A Castle
by Lisa Salvo
featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 11, 2014
go to album
Hailing from Austin, Texas, Choffel lays her jazz-tinged, blue-eyed, smokey n'soulful vocals over pop leaning gems.
go to album
Escape Artist
by Danielle Durack
The latest from Danielle Durack is a gentle wonder, its soft-focus songs full of yearning and effortlessly melodic.
go to album
you can reach me if you try
by Kindelan
Yorkshire songwriter and guitarist Kindelan explores life's in-between moments on a debut EP of soulful and sweet jazz.
go to album
Hideaway EP
by John Mark Nelson
Beautiful folk-derived songs on the new EP from John Mark Nelson center yearning melodies and gentle arrangements.
go to album
'They Sell Doomsday'
by Ryan Power
Consummate pop songwriting both smart and smooth, with the ability to resonate universally without compromising uniqueness.
go to album
Spunky songwriting wrapped up in luscious vocals and beautifully baroque-pop arrangements.
go to album
