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Songs To Sail By

by Meghan Creates

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1.
Nightingale 04:35
Maybe the wind blew harder than most other days Perhaps the nightingale was humming her song under her wing She did not hear me calling you You left before I was ready to let go of you Maybe the rooster crowed too late in the afternoon Perhaps the old church bells were biding their time under their eaves They did not see me search for you You left before I was ready to let go of you I'm not going to give up.
2.
Dear East 04:23
Dear East, I wanted to run away On a dappled grey With a nimbus as my guide. Dear East, I wanted to find a house I would be born in Live in, love in, and die. I wanted so much. Dear East, I wanted to have the sea Beyond my front door The wood through windowpanes. Dear East, I wanted to have my heart Growing in a garden One beauteous and arcane. I wanted so much.
3.
Sail on Dream on The worst is done. Hold tight It's all right The night is young. Everywhere you go I know the questions in your mind are spinning. Everywhere you go I know the questions of your heart are growing. Slow down Or catch up No it doesn't make sense Reach out Or reach up Hoping for more than air. Everywhere you go I hope the hurting is a little better. Everywhere you go I hope you found a place to find some rest in. Rest in me. It's alright, love.
4.
I've never seen Lake Ponchartrain I admit I love the rain I love to watch the passerby When things around me go awry I like to sleep yet never do I adore my necklace blue I trail my fingers 'long the fence I try my best but never fit in. Basically, I am the one who wants to wait for you. Basically, I am the one who loves to be with you. I am strong too much at times I was born with a sunrise I carry more than I should bear And wash my heart to clean my fear I talk to books like they are friends. Wonder about then now and thens Frequently my daydreams come Filled with thoughts I'm never dine with Oh, I can't forget about this Recall the first time? Oh, I might be wrong about this It's not the first time. Oh, I might be right about this You'd be the first to know.
5.
Jericho 04:07
Keep a hold of your heart It's not something you want to lose again Would he stop watching the clock It only serves to make you feel so small and then The sound of the stream of the traffic outside There he is with a light in his eyes Painting pictures with words and sighs Your Jericho comes down when he's around Keep an open hand hold No one will ever be yours and yours alone You've got some diving to do Find all the places where you've been run through and then The sight of his face when he comes into view There he is just in front of you Murmuring lips in your hair feels like home Your Jericho comes down when he's around Oh to see you.
6.
We were left for dead Kicking in our blood All had passed us by Too proud to really pray We had given up On meaning much to anyone Riddled with the words That were shot out of the pious mouths. But Loving One. You saw us there. Faithful One You brought us near. And you love us Till we believe it You love us Can we receive it? Shame is gone for good You've chased out out all of the night Hope has been restored In the rising of your light Our hearts have been redeemed With the life you gladly gave that day We were left for dead And you came for us anyway
7.
Doorknobs turning I know it's not you at the door, At the door. I've stopped keeping tallies of wishes They seem to run past me. I see their dresses patterned so pretty from far off. I don't go to bed at night the way I should the way that's right I don't love the way I should They say I'm bad I've nothing good to give you. oh but I do. People are watching I know it's not you there in the crowd In the crowd. They've been keeping tallies of moments I thought were only for me Just for me. I see their syllables patterned so perfect from far off. Far off. I regret the moment But you I don't regret I regret the falling But you I don't regret I don't regret you.
8.
Psalm Two 03:45
I'm running scared from a ghost The ghost of myself I've no hope left in what I want Just the memory of your direction I need real I need truth I need promises that stay my long long night I need real I need truth I need promises that stay my long long night And where is the meaning? And all of the healing? That all of us prayed for? When I tried to pray what was right? I'm reaching up and I'm hoping That you are still there I need to know you still hear me That I'm not lost in what I bear That I am not lost in what I bear. And where is the meaning? And all of the healing? That all of us prayed for? When we tried to pray what was right? Oh I tried to pray what was right. Oh I tried to pray.
9.
Paint yourself a picture Upon the wall With a gilded frame To capture it all Moment by moment The colours will change In an effort to rearrange The discomfort growing At the way of things How we all suffer From a lack of wings I was made for glory. Tell yourself a story Write it on the page With a lovely binding Worn and showing age Moment by moment The words will change In an effort to rearrange The discomfort growing At the way of things How we all suffer from a lack of wings. I was made for glory. We were made for glory. We must now remember.
10.
Just give me a clear view Of the night sky And if you should cast your shadow over me Just give me this green grass To lie in and die And if you should cast your shadow over me. Alleluia. I was listening for your voice With my ear pressed hard upon the ground I was waiting for your thunder and quake But love you never came. Just give me your bread and wine Your blood for mine And if you should cast your shadow over me. Just give me naught I ask for But all that I need And if you should cast your shadow over me. Alleluia. I was listening for your voice With my ear pressed hard upon the ground I was waiting for your thunder and quake And love you finally came. Alleluia. Carry me upwards Jesus I need you to fly me over, fly me over Into your mercy Carry me upwards Jesus I need you to fly me over, fly me over Into your healing.

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Winsome, haunting, aching songs about a sailor I dreamed of once. This was my 2nd album released under my former name, Meghan Coffee.

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released June 12, 2008

Full-length record released June 2008 (Released under my former name, Meghan Coffee)

Produced by Deke Spears

Guitars — Michael Westbrook

Guitars and BGVs — Deke Spears

Drums — Noah Alexander

Album artwork by Kara Pecknold

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Meghan Creates Atlanta, Georgia

knowledge over religion.
short over tall.
intelligence over beauty.
rough over smooth.
lamp over overhead.
paper over screen.
grace over judgement.
actions over words.
melody over beat.
cold over heat.
hear over see.
mountains over beach.
moon over sun.
love over everything.
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