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Hypatia

by Syd Lane

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1.
Maya 04:04
He who resides in those dreams long forgotten Perched on A loving ascension Who believes In the swords vanquished glory Wrapped in The whisper of a direct story The cosmic illusion That which is not Deferring joy Of that which is all The birth, creation Contained evil's fall From a grace that's confused Its arrogant need To feel this death It could never succeed The cosmic illusion That which i not
2.
Eliza Jane 06:31
Eliza Jane is slowly going insane She never asks for nothing she needs If life were a task She'd fail, not succeed Eliza, Eliza, Eliza Jane Afraid to feel There was no other choice but to kneel Her knees They did bleed as she fell to the floor I said don't be ashamed Why not ask for more Eliza, Eliza, Eliza Jane No one can see her She's fading to grey What can she do Now her love's gone away Her future seems empty Her present is pain Eliza Jane is slowly going insane She'll never ask for nothing she needs If life were a task She'd fail not succeed Eliza, Eliza, Eliza Jane Eliza Jane Her kindness is all that remains
3.
Grace 05:16
Follow me down To the place where your apathy's found Forget where you've been To think, or to feel is a sin For I know nothing Nothing is real but the pain And all I wanted Was for you to know my name Drink up you're done Till your pour another one No longer alive You're laughing You're crying inside So why'd you tear me from the ether The heavens above If you didn't want me You should have left me where I was You think yourself a father and a friend Only to one now You're beyond repremand And I was the fool Who tried to love you I had to learn the hard way That nothing is true And nothing is real It's a big cosmic joke But at least I know now Maybe there's the hope Follow me down To the place where your apathy's found Forget where you've been To think or to feel is a sin For I know nothing Nothing is real but the pain And all I wanted Was for you to know my name "you have bettered me. You've pulled me up by the roots"
4.
Miriam 04:55
Only a dream Yet not what it seems It's yesterday since I saw you They gently implode When truth they behold Yet still they expect something new And on and on and on.... Maybe we lost And now count the cost And tomorrow we'll find a way So wither and die Though never know why Your night bleeds and shadows the day And on and on and on.... And life is a simple game Made complicated by fools And I don't know what to do I don't know what to say So I just listen To the things I believe Yeah the songs in my mind Only a dream Yet not what it seems It's yesterday since I saw you And on and on and on...
5.
Deladis 04:19
Oh could it be I dreamed I saw you And you looked so divine I sailed my heart ship well beyond the border line I've never known the way To protect myself And hide From the cold and misty morning On the broken hillside Oh could it be I never knew all the rules to this game I only hope That you maybe feel the same I know you think its dangerous I know we could get lost But the only way to find ourselves Is at any earthly cost Perhaps its time to stop the thinking Perhaps its time to keep on dreaming I see you And I know you see me I promise to meet you Underneath the old oak tree
6.
Gorgo 01:59
Gather 'round. This is for poets. Man will never be free Until the last king Is strangled By the entrails Of the last priest And I'll never be free Until I can strangle Those bitter memories
7.
Kate 01:07
Picking daisies Daffodils divine I can't think of a better way to spend my time They all tell me that it isn't right I don't argue Nobody is worth the fight For I have seen the light It shines in my mind Telling me my dreams are true For me and not you So there's nothing to say Now just let me play
8.
Sylvia 04:19
I don't believe in family Government Or society Moss has covered up their names Soulless bodies now remain I am skinny I am fat I am ugly I'm a catch I'm disordered, I'm OK I have nothing left to say This girl needs therapy Somebody help her please The things you tell yourself aren't true Everyone is fucked by you Cowering in fear they hide And bathe themselves within your lies So go to town, cut off your lips So you can't speak Cannot commit To easy ways to help yourself Never free from your own hell Kill those who speak the truth There's something wrong with them, not you Kill those who speak the truth There's something wrong with them, not you
9.
Siren 04:45
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Molly 02:18
I went to the ocean I went to the sea I went to find the answer What's so wrong So wrong about me Why does the snail come back Why does it get so soft Why does the snail come back Why does it get so soft underfoot I ask all the questions I'm not supposed to say those words So I'm with my silent pain all alone in hurt Why does the snail come back Why does it get so soft Why does the snail come back Why does it get so soft underfoot No matter what I say or do There's nothing I can do To reach you
11.
Saro 06:02
When I first come to this country in 18 and 49 I saw many fair loviers, but never saw mine I viewed it all around me I found I was quite alone And me a poor stranger And a long way from home Well my true love, she won't have me And it's this I understand For she wants some freeholder And I've got no land But I couldn't maintain her On silver and gold And all of the fine things As my loves house could hold Fair you well to old father. Fair you well to the mother too I am going for to ramble This wild world all through And when I get weary I'll sit down and cry And think of my Saro Pretty Saro, my bride Well I wished I was a poet Could write some fine hand I would write my love a letter She might understand I'd send it by water Where the islands overflow And I'd think of my darling Wherever she'd go Well I wished I was a turtledove Had wings and could fly Far away to my lovers lodging Tonight I draw nigh And in her lily white arms I'd lay there all night And I'd watch through them little winders For a dawning of day Well I strolled through the mountains I strolled through the vale I strolled to forget her But it was in vain On the banks of Ocoee On the mount of said brow Where I once loved her dearly And I don't hate her now
12.
Emily 04:33
I know what you see When you look at me And you're wrong What lies beyond the stars Is there peace or solitude On Jupiter, or on Mars Will they ever know The way we really are I know what you see When you look at me And you're wrong New because I've seen How sweet you are inside I know because I do the same In dreams I try and hide In dreams I try and hide

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I wrote and recorded Hypatia by myself in my home studio.

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released March 6, 2016

Words and Music by Syd Lane

Except "Siren" which is Song To the Siren by Tim Buckley

And "Saro" which is an English folk ballad originating in the early 1700s, The song died out in England by the mid eighteenth century but was rediscovered in North America in the early twentieth century where it had been preserved in the Appalachian Mountains through oral traditions.

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Syd Lane Woodstock, New York

Nature's patient, sleepless Eremite.

I live in a cabin in the Catskills where I record music in my home studio.

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