Rules

Are you like me do you like it
Sailing to the Island
Adventure with a nautical theme
Rush to get the ferry 
Waves are high and hairy
I'm sea-sick I can hardly breathe

You taste is so eclectic
Never hit the shuffle
It's hard to put your finger on
Lover the Oxford Comma 
Nirvana and Madonna
And you never skip to the next song

It's cold out there and the springtime's playin' opossum
Everywhere the cherries and their blossoms
Get a coupla baseballs head to the park and toss 'em
If lookin' good is feelin' good then man you must be feelin' awesome

The sun is shinin' bright now
Quick before it sets now
Hit the road before it goes down
So we're headin' West now
The coast toward the left now
Port, starboard, stern, and bow

Gotta change the station
Don't like what they're playin'
Anything is better than this
Back onto the freeway
Lookin' for a new day
Darlin' come on give us a kiss

Awesome

Get a glass of wine
And to fill the time
You talk about all the things you like

Share a thing or two
What is it that you do
Such an inefficient use of time if you want the truth

There's a lot of things that I love
But the best thing to exchange
Is a comprehensive list of all the things you hate

So next time you head out
Just go a different route
Not the things that make you smile but those that make you shout

The usual's not it
Just do the opposite
And dive into the deep cuts and avoid the hits

The Things You Hate

Strait Of Georgia

Up On Deck

If It Were Up To Me

There it goes, the dream of a place of your own
Never comin' back, just accept your lot and that is that
Sit back down, you got some toys so why the frown
Satisfied, you never seem to be so why should I?

I don't wanna die on this hill
Workin' hard just to pay the bills
Up is left and right is wrong
A different key but it's the same song
And there's nothin' left here for me
So I think that it's time for you to change

Take it back, I don't wanna live in a van
Discontent, god I hope that this is the end

Change

If you'd taken my call, and picked up the line
Things would have come to a close
We're not that far but we're really not close
Such is life that's just the way she goes

The Sunlight fades and I'll see you at Dawn
And there's nothing left to Gain
The Tide is turning and the Cascade will come
And nothing's gonna stay the same

Get loud, rupture my eardrums
When you play the chord
Turn it to eleven with that double stack
Only boring people get bored

If you'd taken my call, and picked up the line
Things would have come to a close
We're not that far but we're really not close
Such is life that's just the way she goes

That's Just The Way She Goes

A little more than a trickle, but not quite a flood
A little pitter patter, never moved much blood
And so I'm back on it, to the mire and mud
And all the same I'd have to say it was fun

But fun is not enough you need somethin' more
An intangible to keep your feet in the door
The idea that there is nothin' more out there

No I don't regret that we didn't make it
The good and the bad no I wouldn't change it
But lookin' back now I bet that you are stoked...
You never got me that coat

And even if we bicker, you fit like a glove
And even though it's tailored, it's not quite enough
And so you called it, and I'll shake off the rust
But I'll always smile if into you I run

But a little smile doesn't round it out
The ebbs and flows and the lost and found
A je ne sais quoi to make that perfect sound

No I don't regret that we didn't make it
The good and the bad no I wouldn't change it
But lookin' back now I bet that you are stoked...
You never got me that coat
No I don't regret that we didn't make it
The good and the bad no I wouldn't change it
But lookin' back now I bet that you are stoked...
You never got me that coat

Flood

There’s no sin and there’s no virtue
There’s just stuff that people do
Standing on the the shoulders of giants
It’s cold up here with my back against the roof

What if there’s no god and it’s just you and me
It’s not the words in the song it’s the absence of the incomplete 
Maybe it’s the men and all the women that we love 
Maybe that’s the Holy Spirit, that’s the Holy Spirit 

People love the monster so the font gotta think 
You’re workin’ all your life but he’s gotta eat before you eat
Earth under iron and the earth will surely die
Just worry ‘bout yours and you better never think of mine

Wanderin’ around like an ol’ graveyard ghost
Get used to a place and it gets hard to go 
Or used to a way of thinkin’ it’s hard to leave 
And everything you know is just what you wanna believe 

What’d they take when they kicked yer folks offa the land 
They got Pa in the ground, and little Joe’s first breath
Was scorched earth ever part of your master plan?
And at the end of it all there’s a gallows but there’s no land

There is sin and there is virtue 
And it’s stuff that people do
Standin’ on the shoulders of giants 
The air is thin up here but I kinda like the view

The Absence Of The Incomplete

Sloan and Joel Plaskett and Sam Roberts and Weezer and Underwater Sunshine were all super influential for me. 

Here on SoundCloud, right now, you'll find my introductory EP - aptly titled - Extended Play, and my new LP (new LP!) called, Finally. In addition, there's a continually growing collection of home recordings (Désaccord) based around a single word challenge I've undertaken with some friends. 

Enjoy.

Rules

tyler.graham

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