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Who Knows Where It Ends

by Ryan Lee Williams

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1.
Lorelei 05:03
Lorelei, where are you hiding? 
I know you snuck in through a dream
 Just because I can't remember when I wake up 
Don't assume that you haven't been seen 
 Your whispers dance light 'round my pillow The music it stops when I stir
 with the feeling that someone's been here all along 
but things no longer are as they were
 When I left you alone in the moonlight
 with the ecstasy drained from my soul
 All the longing lay buried in grief-stained release
 left to rot for what can be controlled
 Now will you wait for me in desolate water 
where reflections, they only confuse 
If I avert my course, could I avoid the chance
 of crashing my boat into you?
 I'm waiting, eyes open, for you, Lorelei 
Don't you think that you'll trick me once more 
I've given up sailing, I'm given up sleep 
my eyes are now transfixed on the door
 Lorelei, I don't know how you got in here 
I thought I had barred shut my dreams 
I can't tell the difference now when I wake up 
and now you are all that I see.
2.
All the times that I've awoken not yet knowing what was real Possibilities for seconds try to grasp as they are sealed Now I stare at them through minutes their wrapping gorgeous, but opaque I know that beauty lies beneath it Beauty now lies in its way So many worlds have faded from me they'd been right in front of my eyes I spend so much time discerning patterns but come to find that I am blind When the shapes have turned to scribbles where the words spelled out the path All the memories step forward drawing future from the past Now I find refuge in the seconds I can't hold before they're sealed They hold space between the darkness and the light where wounds won't heal In eternities immobile feeling paralyzed again I awaken to a moment in motion, as I've always been
3.
Where I'm going I cannot see I got my eyes wide open but time just blindsides me I don't get no warning My path is clear All a sudden it's storming and shelter ain't nowhere near Well, now you come to tell me just what I need You say you look into my future and you don't like what you see Well, friend I don't blame you but go on your way I never trust no one with the answer and I ain't gonna start today I been reckless, I been wrong I been everywhere I don't belong I been a recluse, a hideaway just counting time, trying to kill the day But now all that matters is that the path I've gone has led me where I am I've seen it happening all along So when it starts to pouring and I'm soaking wet I'll just keep walking on my way A little rain hasn't killed me yet And when the time surrounds me and I think I'm trapped I'm gonna push my way through it and I ain't gonna look back
4.
Oh, it ain't no shame, my darling, if there's worries on your mind We'd be no good without them, drifting carelessly through time But if I can help you ease them, won't you just give me a try We can pull this load together, won't you set 'em right down next to mine Don't you think that you can't make it with that heavy load you pull Take a little out your pack, put it in mine, oh it ain't full We could float it down the river, let the current take control And if we find ourselves too far away from shore, we'll break the paddles out and row It just ain't wrong to be unsure, doubts filling up your lungs feeling like you can't breathe, choking on songs you left unsung When the notes just weren't perfect and the words were a little rough did you throw it all out and never hear the beauty that shows if you give it time enough? Well, I know I act a bit hasty, love, when I'm planning out my path I leave so much to the roll of the dice, take its grace along with its wrath But I must have done something right 'cause now I'm walking along with you Oh, and you can be sure I'll do all I can do to see this whole thing through
5.
Well, you say you miss me baby You can't wait 'til I get home You're counting down the days 'til you're no longer alone Well, darling, time it travels strangely What seems so long will soon be gone Before you know it, I'll be with you lying tightly in your arms Well, I have waited such a long time Never thought I'd see the day when you told me that you loved me told me that you're here to stay But the years, they work upon you and though you may try to deny what once seemed so scary is now the thing you can't hide So just be patient dear, I'll be home soon Just give it a little time You know I miss you, darling I can't get you off of my mind But we've already waited this long won't you give it a little more Before you know, you'll be seeing my smiling face just walking through your door So just remember that I love you Right with you I'm gonna stay The years have been hard on me They're giving me a break today Don't you think that I'll forget soon how I longed to feel your touch I ain't taking you for granted, darling That you can trust
6.
In impossible stitches that just happen to be a twist stretches just long enough to be seen Now it holds what old patterns can't find When the light blinds the darkness and its own eyes go black and it tumbles in cycles and it can't be turned back it ain't easy to tell when it's time On a point on a plane where you stand everyday On a point on a plane you've tried hard to escape At this point in the same place you felt so much pain you stand dumbstruck in an instant of change In suspenseful transmissions you register symbols How they've evolved through the years now to signal this isn't the same place you stood, it's not that simple It stays hidden 'til things rearrange Now new lines have squeezed through and made space as they passed and you filled 'em best you could and you never looked back and you hoped that it wasn't too much Could you go on believing that it'd turn out alright Trust that each step needs taken and only hindsight can reveal the finishing touch Now time stands at your doorstep and it can not be seen It just beckons you outside to see what it needs When you find it needs nothing, you know that it means it holds nothing, it's just passing by It just blows like the breeze, slightly moving shit around It's not easy to see, sometimes there's not a sound 'til one morning you find that it's you that's been found by someone who hopes that it's time
7.
Trilliums 03:07
When the sun is hidden behind storm clouds, dear unexpected dreary mornings we may find We may never know just when or where the lightning will strike but what good is it to worry, wasting time Oh, I know you'll touch my neck when you wake up, dear I've been longing for it since I went to sleep All the nightmares that pass through my cloudy head in the darkness of the night are but forgotten when you lay your hand on me Trilliums take such a long time to grow You don't see anything for a year But when the time is right, they'll spread like wild open their eyes like a newborn child and the hillsides will be petals of white When the storms inside your head soak you to the bone and you can't find the time to dry yourself out I can't reach inside your head but I can hold you close to me 'til the rain stops pouring from the clouds Now listen, I'm not afraid of getting poured on I find myself stuck in my own storms quite a bit But when the sun comes out, I'll still be here right by your side and I'll love you like I've loved you this whole time
8.
Three years they turned into six months and how do they end in a day while the seasons just change Spring to Fall Now all I can do is to fall The words found the meaning they'd meant all along When they flowed they were written, nothing that is makes them wrong But oh, how I wish it was right Of all the things that I have done and everything I've never figured out this leaves me to stand with my eyes to the ground wishing I'd seen another route Where did I go wrong? So a thousand miles I'll travel, it won't be the first With my heart filled with sorrow and likely to burst My new shoes won't make me sing today But in the miles that I pass through, the time that we take I won't ever regret you, you aren't a mistake You're my love You're with me wherever I go
9.
Off To Sea 02:28
One more week 'til I crawl home again, right back from where I came I'd hoped to put some thousand miles between us in my pain But circumstance has bound me, I've been called back to my home I tried to run but it's no use this time, I know I can not go So I'm bracing myself for the winter I must trudge through once again You just can't say where you'll end up or where anything will end It just appears and then you make a choice Everything will change It's not something you can avoid Oh, how I'd love to change my address and to start another life I know it's childish and so foolish but I'm just so prone to flight Now I've admitted it and I must stay, continue what is here All the things I love are covered in the memories I fear But I must write another chapter, show my story isn't done As pitiful as it may be now, there's still more to come So here I am on my way home again Some say it's best but still I feel I'm giving in I'll just give it time I'll carry on my way Hope tomorrow is brighter than today And when I make my way back home again in just another week just know that I'm still afloat in this river, I will make my way to sea
10.

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This is Ryan's seventh album. It was written throughout 2013 and recorded in New Orleans in late October, 2013.

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released November 2, 2013

All songs written and performed by Ryan Williams except track 10, written by Cary Ann Hearst. Mastered by Justin LeCuyer. Cover photo by Ashley Hooper. Cover art by Stephen Goodman.

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