Mood Red / GoldcapX · 2026 · Trip-Hop · 11 tracks
Parents try to teach their children lessons. Some hard, some sweet. Dedicated to my own two children and the future they'll make.
The weather comes smiling like a yellow dress sun on its arm like it means to stay swears it on the flowers swear on the flowers (ooh) You have to watch its eyes You have to read the skies hanging there like a beautiful bruise you give your heart away... Never trust the weather, child (can't trust it) never trust a rainy day (rainy day) don't love a windy morning (windy morning) forgive a summer sky (forgive it) It turns without a word the way the weather does leaves you cold and forgets your name (ooh, ooh) so don't you trust a warm day (don't you trust it) it won't show you why (tells you first) it wears its heart in colors (colors) And speaks in riddles... (ooh) Never trust the weather, child (can't trust it) never trust a stormy night (stormy night) don't love a cloudy sky (cloudy sky) forgive the dying light (forgive it) You don't have to close the window but you have to know the sky a sunset is a bruise let it pass you by a rainy sky needs loving (needs loving) a windy morning, a friend (needs a friend) and the sunrise, child— let the sunrise in (let it in) love it when it's beautiful (beautiful) and let it let it pass you by (pass you by)
What you don't see In the room with you A mother, A father A brother... all quiet Read the room... Learn to look... Don't stare at the mirror... (ooh, ooh) It won't stare back (ooh, ooh) Your eye is the only thing the only thing you own... look away (don't look away) look away my love (don't look away) What you'll see happens just the same (just the same) look away (don't look away) The room is bigger The room is the street The man on the corner The man with your number Read the room... Learn to look... Don't stare at the mirror... (ooh, ooh) It won't stare back (ooh, ooh) And the eye is the only thing the eye is the only thing we have... look away (don't look away) look away for now (don't look away) What you'll see happens just the same (just the same) look away (don't look away) The room is the world Real life on a screen The war becomes the weather The dead are just a number Read the room... Learn to look... Don't stare at the mirror... (ooh, ooh) It won't stare back (ooh, ooh) the eye is the thing the thing you surrendered... Look away (don't look away) Don't keep looking, love (keep looking) What you'll see is what you'll keep (what you keep) Look away (don't look away) I taught you how to look (how to look) the world is what you got (what you got) keep your eye on it (keep your eye) keep your eyes open (eyes open) keep looking (keep looking) keep your eye on it (keep your eye)
we wore the pin we shared the news we posted donated (ooh) And we slept fine, mostly we slept fine What should we do what should we all do we know what we know what In the street (we should) In the door (we should) Be the body (Be a body) That the world... Can't get around (we should) We should (we should) Not today, the rain Got the kids I've gotta work the school, the bills (ooh) That was a lie, mostly that was a lie What should we do what should we all do we know what we know what In the street (we should) In the door (we should) Be the body (Be a body) That the world... Can't get around (we should) We should (we should) What would change what would move who would notice who would care (ooh) that's the prettiest lie the prettiest lie What should we do what should we all do we know what we know what In the street (we should) In the door (we should) Be the body (Be a body) That the world... Can't get around (we should) We should (we should) maybe... (maybe) maybe we should now (maybe) maybe we know someday (maybe) maybe you (maybe) maybe... (maybe)
There's a weight in this world older than you older than me older than the name we gave it I carried it I'm carrying it and now I'm telling you you carry it too You don't get to set it down that's not how this works your hands were made for it the same as mine were made the same as hers were made the same as his This is the work this is the work Carry (carry it) Carry it (carry it) You carry (you carry) You There's a road in this world longer than you longer than me longer than the years that hold us I walked it I'm walking it and now I'm telling you you walk it too You don't get to stop that's not how this works your feet were made for it the same as mine were made the same as hers were made the same as his This is the work this is the work Carry (carry it) Carry it (carry it) You carry (you carry) You There are hands in this world my hands your hands the hands of everyone who came before I lifted with them I'm lifting with them and now I'm telling you you lift with yours You don't get to keep them empty that's not how this works your back was made for it the same as mine was made the same as hers was made the same as his This is the work this is the work this is the work Carry (carry it) Carry it (carry it) You carry (you carry) You Carry (carry it) Carry it (carry it) You carry (you carry) You And. And because I love you, I'm telling you the truth.
Out of dark The road rises Travelling alone I never knew Light comes low Across the field Dust holds The color of morning We walk the road We walk Same road (same road) same road, love (same road) the long road the long road (same road) We're on Alongside You appear Light fills the window When the sun rises Make a sound Don't have to turn breath, your breath the breath of shadow We walk the road We walk Same road (same road) same road, love (same road) the long road the long road (same road) We're on Light changing Light Fading Ahead Behind Same pace Hills came up Dust holds The color of evening We walk the road We walk Same road (same road) same road, love (same road) the long road the long road we're on (same road) the long road (the long road) we're on (we're on)
Come here, love the light is doing the thing it does at this hour... on the water look how the boat sits look how the lines go the ocean is breathing slowly... deeply... This is a practice this is a practice Hands (here, love) hands (look, love) my hand on your shoulder turning you toward the light (turning toward) Hands (look, love) There she is at the end of the slip she comes most mornings I don't know why watch the stillness watch the way she chooses when her wings go out take the whole sky (watch her take the sky!) This is a practice this is a practice Hands (here, love) hands (look, love) my hand on your shoulder turning you toward the sky (turning toward) Hands (look, love) The sky's working all morning on a color I can't name something between gold and an apricot I want you to have this not the words for it the looking the moment is a gift This is a practice this is a practice this is a practice Hands (here, love) hands (look, love) my hand on your shoulder turning you toward my (turning toward) What I hand you (hand you) is the noticing (the noticing) keep your eye open (keep your eye) not just for the dark not for the light but for my heart keep your eye open (eye open) the sky, love (the sky) the light, love (the light)
Come on the water's warm warmer than you'd think from where you're standing I'm already in it the sun is doing that thing it does at this hour Don't wait don't wait Don't wait now (don't wait) come when you can (come on) the water knows you the water's been waiting (been waiting) don't wait The wind comes in across the sand it knows the way it knows your name There's nobody hurrying nobody calling time the day is what the day is and the day is yours Don't wait don't wait Don't wait now (don't wait) come when you can (come on) the water knows you the water's been waiting (been waiting) don't wait This is the part where I stop calling and you walk on your own toward the sound of the water the part where the water calls instead of me the water knows the way Don't wait don't wait don't wait Don't wait now (don't wait) come when you can (come on) the water knows you the water's been waiting (been waiting) come on (come on) come on (come on) come on (come on) the water (the water) the water's warm (warm)
hey— hey— nah nah nah, put that down (put it down) saw you reach for the bag saw your little hand go flat saw you try to lift the thing been breakin' my back nah— uh uh— not like that that's a grown man's weight that's a long night late that's a bill I made 'fore your name had a date so you can let it go let it go, let it go 'cause I already know who's holdin' this, oh— not yours this ain't yours put it down, I got this go on, you go on not yours that's a no I'ma hold what I broke go on, you go on the debt— mine the old fight— mine the name they spit— mine, mine, fine the door I slammed the year I lost the thing I said I'd pay no matter the cost you don't owe it didn't sign it won't inherit one red dime of it— your hands are clean keep 'em that way take the music, take the morning, leave the rest where it lay not yours this ain't yours put it down, I got this go on, you go on not yours that's a no I'ma hold what I broke go on, you go on and look— truth is nobody carried it for me had to hoist it myself, set it on my own knee and I ain't mad that's just how it came but the buck— the buck stops on my name that's the whole job that's the only one to stand here and say it ends with me, son so you— GO— (go on) GO— (go on) ha!— go on now (put it down, put it down) not yours never was put it down, I GOT this go on, you go on not yours that's all love I'ma carry the weight so you carry the song go on— you go on go on (I got it) go on (I said I got it) go on now... hey—
when she was small she wanted the stairs to climb forever the door to open on a country the light in the window was a star she wanted the rain to stay she wanted the day to be longer than the day, she wanted, she wanted we remember how she wanted now she is the one in the doorway now she is the one with no time left over we remember how she wanted go on we will carry what you cannot go on we have the time we have all the time when the child reached and her hands were full we took what she gave and held it close and hold it close and kept it for her now she would take back everything she would take it all back but we are still holding nothing is ever lost only to be given again do not be afraid we are only the part of you that remembers everything forgives none of it we remember how she wanted go on we will carry what you cannot go on we have the time we have all the time we were always with you we were always with you we are always with you we are
you came in the morning eyes open, ready for the day asking why, asking why take up all the room... the room says thank you don't wait to be invited who needs to be invited just arriving, arrive two of you one of us from the same breath... the two of you one good reason my whole reason... you came in evening eyes open, watching the room asking how, asking how taking up all my time... but time isn't after us slow to open you don't close always opening, open two of you one of us from the same breath... the two of you one good reason my whole reason... how do I have two sides From the flip of A quiet prayer one of you is fire one of you is water no favorite sunrise no favorite rain completely different and exactly the same two of you one of us from the same breath... the two of you one good reason my whole reason... the two of you go on now the two of you
the bag is packed I packed it light took out everything that wasn't yours to fight I kept the heavy stuff you keep the song I'll be right here right where I belong so when the weather breaks and it's gonna break you don't run from it you walk go go on now go I already taught you how everything I had I already gave go on, baby go I taught you to look when it's easier not to see I taught you to stay awake to carry what's worth carrying I taught you the world is yours to answer and to mend and I taught you wonder 'cause that's the part that never ends so when the weather breaks and it's gonna break you don't look back for me you walk go go on now go I already taught you how everything I had I already gave go on, baby go I'm not coming with you that's the whole gift you out walking in a light I can't keep I won't lift I'm not behind you I'm not gone I'm the ground you came from now go on go go with everything go I already gave you wings nothing left to carry that you can't replace go on, baby go (vaya) go (vaya con Dios) go go on... go on... I'm right here go