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Gravity

by Dave Curran

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I see my sky is darkness My shadow moving slow There’s a street sign pointing Down a road I don’t want to go. Phantoms dance on sidewalks Memories from my past All the things I once forgot Are broken scenes on broken glass Chorus Ghosts on the corner Got me on the run Won’t go back again Don’t know how I’ve gone this long Ghosts on the corner One has got a gun She scares the hell out of me Calling me back with her siren song. The fragmented pieces Of all the bad I’ve done Come rushing back to me now Like the sound of a shot of a loaded gun It might be a dream Or a final bid farewell Yesterday catches up with me And tomorrow now my living hell. (Chorus) Bridge There was a time when I’d forgotten these things When I could live without my past But fate or justice has brought me here To pay silent my dues at last. (Chorus)
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Often times when night unfolds, The stars will shine and truths be told, When you are tucked asleep and quiet, The children dream of trains and chocolate. I'm awake way past my time. I think of you and wonder why… Many times I thought that love Would slip me by or move above. I would toss and turn at night, And dream of you 'til morning light. Even though I never knew, The love you had would see me through. And when I saw you dance, I knew that I would have a chance, To have a love for evermore To find the love I’ve been looking for. And here it is 8 years or more Did we think we would endure? We live our lives and lose the dream, But somewhere deep it still remains. The bond of love is what we share It will not break nor will it tear. And when I saw you dance, I knew that I would have a chance, To have a love for evermore To find the love I’ve been looking for. © 2008 David Curran, BMI
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Know 05:03
Everything is grey and hazy I’m looking for something that’s already found me. Everyday is a passing year I’m looking for someone to make it all clear I’ve got my life in a corner The only thing easy makes everything harder Squinty eyes and nothing’s better My baby coming and it don’t even matter And if I knew it well, I wouldn’t know where to go. If it hit me in the face, I wouldn’t even know, wouldn’t even know. Tell me a story, I’ll tell you some lies. You say I love you and I close my eyes. And I only wanna take another hit. To sum it all up, The pieces don’t fit. I’ve got my life in a corner The only thing easy makes everything harder Squinty eyes and nothing’s better My baby coming and it don’t even matter And if I knew it well, I wouldn’t know where to go. If it hit me in the face, I wouldn’t even know, wouldn’t even know.
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I can only lie awake in bed Whispering the only words that she said I know it sounds cliché It’s how I deal with pain Of losing the only thing I loved I see a spider struggling for another day He doesn’t know what put him down in his grave The invisible poison I feel it all too often So I smash him and his misery The spots on the sun are cracks in the light The greatest thing we know has a mortal life. Was it by design? Is it what they had in mind? That we finally live our lives in the dark
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Mona Passage 04:28
I pray to God I don’t die out here tonight. My mistress ocean, angry with delight. O’ dios mio, salva mi alma. Mona calls but never by my name. “Foolish child dare to come to me again. You’ve crossed my path one too many times.” Chorus She shows me which way to choose. She plays a game she’ll never lose. I’m sinking down and further down a hole. She tore my heart and ripped my sail(s). And thundered out she will prevail (she never fails). And if I died, she’ll steal away my soul. I find this mistress hard to love. All her beauty I’m thinking of. It takes my breath. It takes my everything. I stare into the deepness of her eyes In a single thought I finally realize She will take me to and over the brink. (Chorus) Tu me tienes encantado © 2009 David Curran, BMI
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The Mirror 06:48
Where were you when I was wasted on the floor? You said you’d never let this happen anymore Where were you when I was one foot in the grave? My life should be the only one you save. From the pain Where did you go when I was feeling high, my friend. You said you’d never let me get this way again Where did you go when I fell back to the ground You left me there to rot like a child never found. (chorus) You were hiding in the mirror With your bloodshot eyes and fear of Facing the truth you’ve got to see Every time I come to find you You just turn and look behind you To avoid the risk of ever being me. From behind the pain. Why couldn’t you come and pull me from the dead You made a promise, at least that’s what you said. Why couldn’t you take this evil from my arm? You know the damage done from its captivating charm When will you finally realize We need each other if we ever will survive When will you look me in the eye Never run away to that place you like to hide.
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Gravity 06:34
Far beyond the distant stars At the edge of the universe There’s a hole, black and cold I feel it here on earth No escape, light or fate This singularity Time stands still in the field Of this one true gravity There’s a thread it’s been said Connecting everything We give it names ‘cause we can’t explain The nature of its being It’s pulling us through the folds of Both time and space An energy or philosophy We all add to its grace Bonus material - If you got this far.... Here are some additional verses I never incorporated into the song. I might go back someday and add them in.... I don’t believe we have the answers I don’t believe we know it all I don’t believe the things you tell me I don’t believe the book you scrawl I don’t believe I’ll live forever I’m not sure I’m good with that I don’t believe what my eyes tell me When I see the world is flat. I have to question my existence I have to hold on to the past I have guess about the future hopin’ that its comin’ fast I have to wonder how we got here I have to wonder where we’ve been I have to wonder. where we’re going Where nothing is infinite
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Woke up this morning with the world feeling sore. Had trouble putting my feet on the floor I knew something was wrong when I looked in the mirror. There was a number in her red lipstick I felt that knot in my stomach get thick. Everything's gone south, now that everything's clearer. Chorus I never thought that she’d be the one. She changed my plans even when I had none. This girl’s an addiction I can never get enough A bonafide infliction She's just a pain in my love. So I did something I should never have done Picked up the phone and said "Last night was fun. Wanna come over and do it over again?" She gave a tug and firmly set the hook “I’ll see you tonight", was all that it took. A technical knockout before the count of ten (Chorus) Bridge Oh I know I will never love another again And this pain is all I ever wanted since then And I’m not sure I ever understood Just why it feels so good. (Chorus)
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You And Me 03:11
From the first time we met, we felt it right away We both knew we wanted no more games to play One look into our eyes, we didn’t have to say It’s you and me… Well we got married ‘cause we saw how fast our love grew And then soon enough, a little baby too The first year was rocky, but we made it through You and me… (Chorus) You and me. Everything is getting better You and me. We can find nothing greater We’ll always have each other One day until another You and me… Well life comes fast and throws a few curve balls But we pulled together and swung through them all They only made us stronger, our love will never fall You and me… With the kids growing up we wonder where the time goes And how we got to here, well only heaven knows. And what the future brings, “Well I suppose It’s you and me….” Chorus Bridge I still look into your eyes And see the day we first met I’ve come to realize I’m not over you yet. Chorus
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Music River 03:49
Headed south out of Boston The coldest day of the year and it felt that way I left because I knew our love was broken I threw the rear view mirror out the car that day. Chorus Music river I hear you calling I’m headin down to find my new home Music river Got to keep rolling Don’t leave me standing on your banks alone Running blind on empty feelings 3 days of wondering why I’d gone this far. But the sun was shining down on Austin I sat on the shore and played my guitar Chorus Bridge Running quietly through the city of love and peace Strummin out a song on my old guitar Sometimes all I think there’s only you and me And sometimes I hear music in every bar.
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Walk With Me 03:56
Walking down the same old road On my back the same old load We’ve been so good together Make it last forever Til the day we both grow old Walk with me… I’ve been hacking these same chords I know you’ve heard it all before But the tune is always different Well at least to some extent Find a place we’re going towards Walk with me… Side by side we stand as one Watch the slowly setting sun. You’re the focus of all my memories You gave me all of my best stories Take a look back when the day is done And walk with me… © 2008 David Curran, BMI

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A throwback to the days when you would dim the lights, plug in the headphones and take a sonic journey. Enjoy the Ride!

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released April 28, 2012

Thanks to Ciro Moreau, Tony Fontana, Bob Brown and Joe Mizzi for their contributions. An eclectic and international group of awesome musicians.

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Dave Curran Austin, Texas

A singer/songwriter from Austin, TX. I try to recreate myself with every song.

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