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In Case of Somethingness

by Spyche

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1.
Start! 03:16
Start! I want something to tell me what to do I want something to show me the way You won’t get anywhere bad If you don’t go anywhere at all So start here. Write a bad song, paint a bad painting Write a crap story, and a terrible poem, A horrible novel, take a hideous photo Make a distasteful sculpture, a boring film. It doesn’t have to be original It doesn’t have to use chords you’ve never used before That you looked up in a book Or made up. You won’t win a Grammy cos you’re not entering the Grammys And this is just a little tune For starting, for permission, for fun So start, here’s permission, have fun. I want something to tell me what to do I want something to show me the way You won’t get anywhere good If you don’t go anywhere at all So start.
2.
Dallas 03:09
Dallas Why’d you ever leave Dallas? You were the furthest thing from a sure thing we’d ever met We always knew you’d leave as fast as an arrow But when that arrow’d fly we never knew We waited our whole lives for you to leave And then you did We never believed you’d stay, even so Why’d you ever leave the people that loved you? Why’d you have to continue your career as a long distance runner When you’d found your home? There weren’t enough of us to tell you, honey, You don’t know this, but we’re your family now, and this is home, This is home to you. Now you’re gone we sit around drinking coffee Remembering your smile Sometimes we try to call you on the telephone But it can’t quite cross the miles Those nights we throw around how we always knew we’d lose you And how we dreaded the day, then it came; now you’re gone, And on these nights though we know you very well we gotta say Why’d you ever leave Dallas? Girl, this was your home. Why’d you ever leave Dallas? And when are you coming home?
3.
I know you’ve known each other/ much longer than I’ve known him But we’ve been together for years now/and there’s been no talk of marrying me/ Every time you call I get a little smaller/ girl, I don’t know what you think you’re doing/ I’m just trying to keep my man/ I’m just trying to save our life together and I just don’t know what you’re doing. It seems the longer you stay apart/ the closer you’re growing together/ It seems the longer we stay together/ the further we grow apart. Yeah it’s true/ we go back a long way/ and everything you’re saying is true/ I got a candle burning that just won’t be put out, but girl, I’m not trying to take your man. It seems the longer we stay apart/ the closer we’re growing together/ He says the longer you stay together/ the further you grow apart. I’m not trying to keep something that never was really mine/ I’m not trying to hold on too tight and make everything unwind/ But every night I pray/ every night I pray, god, let the only heart broke be mine.
4.
Take a Walk 02:51
Take a Walk Take a walk inside my heart, tell me what you see Open the front door step inside, to what was once a part of me. Four echoing rooms, the silence bouncing off the bare walls I never guessed the price I’d pay for the way you made me fall. This once was a haven, a safe spot to dream I swear there’s nothing left there since the day you walked out on me. These long days are killing me Unfolding memories like sheets No longer powered by a soul, I drift aimlessly Trouble is my troubled mind Just can’t seem to let you go There’s no freedom from this rider whose only name is sorrow. Trouble is my troubled mind holds on holds on holds on Torqued down like a C-clamp biting into wood Everything I once loved is gone.
5.
Celebrate 03:09
Celebrate When I say I wish you weren’t so far away You say I’m in the same world Talking to the same girl I’m in the room with you With a little help from technology and imagination Yeah you, always the way with words And me – guess I’m the silent one again. I guess it was weird the way we met My hand in yours before my shy self could turn away Later on that night, standing behind me You pressed your palm between my shoulder blades And I knew I wanted to know you forever And right then I thought that it might be possible And I’m celebrating. The day my answering machine got struck by lightning You were singing my songs across the wires I saved it for months on that broken thing I knew I wanted to know you forever, And right then I thought it might be possible And I’m celebrating.
6.
Heading Out 03:36
Heading Out I’m all out of paper and I need to write you a letter You say you intend to marry that girl, and I’ve never even met her; does she intend to marry you too, or do I still have a chance? Cos I’m heading out. I’ll send you a Fed-Ex of a photo of my hands on the wheel Closing distance between me and you and her It kind of makes me laugh that I’m crying over you A cup of coffee, a bunch of stars, and your stories in the back of a pickup truck Heading out. Remember the time when you were gonna chart our horoscopes and I said uh-uh What if it says that we’re gonna get married, what if it tells us we’re gonna get married - I don’t wanna know. I don’t wanna know our future but I don’t want to know your future lies with her. So I’m heading out. 2am across the desert, I won’t sleep til I’m there, 4am across the desert, alone with the Rolling Stones, Moonlight Mile Lights my way And I won’t sleep til I’m there and then if you say she’s what you really want I guess I’ll go back to my lonely room and then be a friend but until then – hold on, hold on, hold on – until then, hold on, don’t set a date, just hold on cos I’m Heading out
7.
King of Lonely Some days nothing seems to fit right Screw down the lug nuts Tighten down that ankle bone Gotta run now Sometimes it helps to call Sometimes the telephone carries me across The depths of a life I can not fathom Some days I get the machine’s whirring Some days, all I want is the machine’s whirring Don’t pick up the phone I’ve just got a song to sing, I’ll record it for you later Cos I’m the king of empty I’m the queen of sorrow I’m the prince of New Orleans and the Princess of tomorrows I’m hoping you wouldn’t be there What would I really have to say? I just want to sing along Just want to sing out this sorrow But I’ll never be honest with you So if you’re there Don’t pick up the phone Let me sing out this song It’s a connection without connecting Commitment without committing It’s me saying I don’t want to be alone but I’m alone And I always choose it So find me a gilded crown Buy me an ermine robe Fur cuffs decorated with ashes cause I’m the loneliest woman in the world I’m the queen of empty I’m the king of sorrow I’m the prince of New Orleans And the princess of tomorrows King of Lonely
8.
Take a Walk Take a walk inside my heart, tell me what you see Open the front door step inside, to what was once a part of me. Four echoing rooms, the silence bouncing off the bare walls I never guessed the price I’d pay for the way you made me fall. This once was a haven, a safe spot to dream I swear there’s nothing left there since the day you walked out on me. These long days are killing me Unfolding memories like sheets No longer powered by a soul, I drift aimlessly Trouble is my troubled mind Just can’t seem to let you go There’s no freedom from this rider whose only name is sorrow. Trouble is my troubled mind holds on holds on holds on Torqued down like a C-clamp biting into wood Everything I once loved is gone.
9.
Hello Guitar 01:54
Hello Guitar Hello my sweet guitar You know you are It’s time to put you in my bed again You’ve been replaced my too many men Who done it wrong I won’t go back there again Back to the arrogance of doing it alone The well is full, it’s radiant On a subtle gradient I’m cutting it off.
10.
Gone 04:33
Gone The night I drew hearts around every picture of you On every telephone pole on Main Street All the kids – all our fans- of both our bands They saw me do it but they never said a word. We used to be a team, always together The kids’d say “Hey, when’s his band playing?” And they’d say to you, “Hey dude, what time’s Darlington going on? We know you know, and are you headed there now?” It’s been a long time I moved away for a year The day I got home I went to the phone on the corner and called you. You said you’d had a dream that I got married And stayed overseas for five years, I said, “I’m home. Honey, I’m home. I never did get married, Won’t you come out, and hang out with me?” And you said, “You’re gone - gone for a year and you’re still gone to me.” So last April I was in town for a wedding It was a Thursday at 11:30 at night and I decided that was a good time to get that White thread I’d promised the bride I walked in to the Super Jumbo Kroger Or something or other that that took the place of the Dr. Pepper factory And stunned in the fluorescent lights I froze in the doorway, A plastic red basket in my hand. And standing like a deer in headlights, I spun And who walked in the door right then but you It was 11:30 at night – you’d come for ketchup I knew the gods had worked it out We fell into each other’s arms and held each other there Until the managers surrounded us an gave us such a stare You said “We’re causing a commotion and I don’t care.” We took a stroll around the Kroger – It was so big it took us two and a half hours to get down every aisle I know the gods hid the thread We never found it but we had a nice time looking Cos something was the same once more The way it hadn’t been the same for so many years And that night we finally kissed for the first fucking time in five years We stood in the corner holding each other in our arms And you said, “You know, the thing is, I’ll never forgive you for leaving, cause you know, I knew you’d always be there, and then you weren’t there and you weren’t there. I knew you’d always be there, and then you’re gone. And you’re still gone to me.” You know I don’t regret much in this life, and I wouldn’t want to change anything, But sometimes I wish I could just change everything And put it all back together like a puzzle that I had complete control over You know the picture on our puzzle would be so beautiful Once I arranged it like it was always supposed to be. But you’d say, “You’re gone, and you’re still gone to me.”

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released January 24, 2015

Featuring Spyche, John Dufilho, Johnny McNabb, Cricket Taylor, Aaron Lyons, Reginald Rueffer

All songs by Spyche

Produced by John Dufilho and Spyche

Engineered and mixed by John Dufilho at kdB entertainment
Additional engineering by Kevin Brown
Mastered by John Dufilho and Kevin Brown at kdB entertainment


Cover photo by Spyche
Design by Tommy Moore

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Spyche

Spyche (pronounced “spike”) is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist currently residing in Dallas, Texas (formerly of Washington, D.C.). While she can be found playing bass in a plethora of bands, her solo project especially highlights her voice and her writing. Bare, spare, reflective lo-fi driving music for late night hauls and rainy day window-gazing. ... more

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