“Yive in Concert” Lyrics and Info

BY THE LIGHT OF FIRE

you there all dressed to kill

if you do what you say you will

can we stand for more than sin

or is this how honesty ends?

by the light of fire will your desire win?

there once was a place

where we could live by the fuel of integrity

lost now out in the wild

destroyed by digital cities

by the light of fire will your desire

by the light of fire will your desire win?

OH UNIVERSE

oh universe listen to me

I’m crumbling right over my feet

all I want is just a little bit of guidance

my eyes are wide but my ears are weak

all I hear is the same old sound

the sound of nothing at all

you left me here all alone

I followed you but I followed you a little too long

and right now my hopes are all tangled up

my love it kills as it fades out

this takes too long

just want to move on

down a road I think was pre-programed

In fact I’m staring right at the map

I think I might just stick around to view it

said I might just stick around

oh universe it seems to me

that all good things contain disappearing ink

when all I want is just a little bit of patience

my heart it tells my mouth when it’s time to speak

and all i know is what I’m told

I guess you could say that i’m never ever really sure

but when I find you oh my sweet darling

I think i’ll finally know where to rest my wary soul

but right now my hopes are all tangled up

my love it kills as it fades out

this takes too long

just want to move on

down a road I think was pre-programed

In fact I’m staring right at the map

I think I might just stick around to view it

said I might just stick around

THE DAY YOU LEARNED TO FLY

I was raised to appreciate a song

by the merits of its soul

I was always taught to search out the truth

of what lies behind the cool

but his songs are always so cool

and in a moment it all came falling free

like a bird with a broken wing

and sometimes we can take this all for granted

but sometimes we just sing

yeah we just sing

just like we did the day you learned to fly

the day you learned to fly

you sang all your songs up and then you took flight

the day you learned to fly

with all the crazy hate in the air lately

why can’t we just live in romance

carried through time and space

with just love and peace

maybe we’ll find the rhythm to dance

and we’ll just dance

just like we did the day you learned to fly

the day you learned to fly

you sang all your songs up and then you took flight

the day you learned to fly

just like we did the day you learned to fly

the day you learned to fly

you sang all your songs up and then you took flight

the day you learned to fly

na na na na na ooh ooh ooo

BREAK WITHER SETTLE

I’m balancing here on the flake of a pedal

and I’m wondering wondering if it’ll break wither or settle

now I’m on solid ground and I’ve been looking around

with no direction but with an ear to the ground

I’m listening for the sound waves

I’m balancing here on the edge of all this silence

and I’m wondering how a quiet heart could build the fire to ignite it

or fight it or mind it but you… yeah you got it… tell me you… do you got it?

ha ha hey hey ha hey hey….

San Isabel from a tower you fell

to your death and all your shades of green

organically becoming me and it’s true yeah it’s true that we are all one

oh it’s true hey it’s true we are all one with everything with everything

stay fly supporting me stay still while i draw your wings

I feel like a fallen leaf… just need to turn back to a seed

stay fly supporting me stay still while i draw your wings

I feel like a fallen leaf… just need to turn back to a seed

I’m balancing balancing here on the flake of a pedal

and I’m wondering wondering if it’ll break wither or settle

now I’m on solid ground and I’ve been looking around

with no direction but with an ear to the ground

I’m listening for the sound waves

like clouds our thoughts reshape and then they disappear

but the molecules the molecules that built them are still here

like clouds our thoughts reshape and then they disappear

but the molecules the molecules that built them are still here

like clouds our thoughts reshape and then they disappear

but the molecules the molecules that built them are still here

yeah they’re still here yeah they’re right here

I CAN’T HELP MYSELF

oooooh ooooh ooooooh

open your ears let me explain

I had no intention to go down with this plane

we may have started this fight with no one to blame

so we went and poured more fuel to the flame

as desperate as we were last night

I was even more desperate to make it alright

but you know how I think when I think too much

babe I know you always tell me not to rush

but I can’t help myself

no I can’t help myself

when I look into your green eyes

rest assured this won’t be the last

time our stubbornness shines back

somewhere between the lines of peace and war

that’s where we’ll find what our love stands for

just like an eight that’s been knocked over

you and I are bound to do this forever

If only i could just shut my mouth

babe if i could just shut my mouth

but I can’t help myself

no I can’t help myself

when i look into your green eyes

I know we’ll be fine

oooooh ooooh oooooh

SHADOWS ON THE WALL

don’t let her in and you’ll never be let down

what a life to live when you’re living underground

If you’re content then never mind it all

when your days are spent watching shadows on the wall

ohh oh ah ohh It’s more than what you see

ohh oh ah ohh I wish you’d just believe me

ohh oh ah ohhh I just wish you’d call sometime

It’s not just shadows on the wall

have you ever seen the light that the sun brings

reflected in the morning snow it’s melting everything

all the colors flood my eyes forming overwhelming signs

there’s something else something bigger than both of us resides

oh oh ah ohh, ohh ohhh It’s more than what you see

ohh oh ah ohh I wish you’d just believe me

ohh oh ah ohhh I just wish you’d call sometime

It’s not just shadows on the wall

(overlapping both verses at the sametime)

oh oh ah ohh, ohh ohhh It’s more than what you see

ohh oh ah ohh I wish you’d just believe me

ohh oh ah ohhh I just wish you’d call sometime

It’s not just shadows on the wall

have you ever seen the light the sun brings

I wish you’d just believe me

have you ever seen the light the sun brings

I just wish you’d call sometimes

It’s not just shadows on the wall

…sometime

It’s not just shadows on the wall

ELIZABETH

Oh there’s a burden deep down in my soul

thought I could forget it until I got old

but just like the rain up on the hill

I remember it all

Oh in the back room of a house of wood

the house we built the best we could

there lies all the pain we feel

and I remember it all

Oh sweet Elizabeth

I’m sorry now

but i let you down

Oh tear down the walls of our house of memory

the wood is warped and rotten here anyway

just like the fall that consumed the kill

I remember it all

Oh sweet Elizabeth

I’m sorry now

but i let you down

I can’t forget it

this running and spinning

and I can’t feel the ground

It’s always the same

we feed our pain

and all that is left is shame

shame…shame…and pain

Oh sweet Elizabeth

I’m sorry now but i let you…

Oh sweet Elizabeth

I’m sorry now but i let you down

I’m sorry now… but I let you down

WHISPER –

I hear your whisper calling back to me

some kind of secret a simple melody

I feel your body touched by the warmth of the sun

even with eyes closed I know that you’re the only one

I’ll wait and be patient wish we could last forever

I know that you will be back around again

around again

I taste the salt tangled in your breath

just like a Pringles brand potato chip

I see your soul in the color of the leaves

I watch you move in the breaking of the sea

I’ll wait and be patient wish we could last forever

I know that you will be back

floating in and out of an ever changing aura

I feel this won’t be our last

I know that you will be back around again

around again

I hear you whisper calling back to me

DOWN & OUT

when did everybody lose their luck

everybody grew a gut and let themselves go

hell I don’t know

maybe being perfect is overrated

partially understated all the same

hell I don’t know

if you want to know the truth

maybe we’re better, better, better off without

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without)

now that we’ve found out

life better when you’re down and out

we can sing melody but only when it’s blowing free

and lets itself go

well I don’t know

we can make it better

by writing words by the letter

just sound it out, oh, down and out

if you want to know the truth

maybe we’re better, better, better off without

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without)

now that we’ve found out

life better when you’re down and out

so let’s write it out

you know quicker ain’t better

cctx not atx

we can prove ‘em wrong

no genres to this song

no money in our pocket

the only way to live it

if you want to know the truth

maybe we’re better, better, better off without

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without)

now that we’ve found out

maybe we’re better, better, better off without

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without)

now that we’ve found out

life better when you’re down and out

THE WORLD IS SOUND ASLEEP

It’s 11:29 and I am all alone

I’ve got a damaged view from a perfect window

all my frames intact, but these eyes they are cracked

I’m seeing double and I don’t know where you’re at

these clouds hold so much rain like reservoirs built in brains

mine is filled to the brim

and I pour this poison down and still my love is sound

but this world is sound asleep

just dreaming

of something

or maybe nothing

It’s gotta be something

these clouds hold so much rain like reservoirs built in brains

mine is filled to the brim

as I pour this poison down and still my love is sound

but this world is sound asleep

just dreaming of something of nothing they wished on

but don’t have the faith or the confidence in them

they’re waiting for someone to take them away

from the hell which they’re living in

but you have control don’t let anyone tell you

that forces are out there pushing and puling

controlling your heart like a fine graphic art

keep that needle out of my eye

but I poured down the poison

and It’s slowly destroying

all this pain that’s disintegrating

ahh, ahhh, ahh Ahh, ahh, ohhh ahh, ahh, ahhh ahhh, ahh, ohhh ……!!!

It’s 11:29 and I am all alone

I’ve got a damaged view from a perfect window

all my frames intact but these eyes they are cracked

I’m seeing double and I don’t know where you’re at

YOSH & YIMMY “Yive in Concert” was recorded in front of a live, intimate audience at Vega Studio in Athens, GA during Yosh & Yimmy’s ‘Americana Summer’ Tour in June, 2019. The album features band favorites, as well as new and unreleased songs, showcasing Yosh & Yimmy’s eclectic style, rich harmonies, thought-provoking lyrics, and epic beards. Produced by Yosh & Yimmy, mixed by Gavin Solis, mastered by Sleight Productions. Cover design by Jimmy Willden & Josh Glenn.

BY THE LIGHT OF FIRE (Written by Jimmy Willden) – Honestly, the song was written after watching one of the Presidential debates between Trump and Clinton in 2016. It’s my political song, without really being political, or specific. I was just getting emotions out.

OH UNIVERSE (Written by Josh Glenn) – Sometimes it seems like all good things become disappearing ink and the universe is just conspiring against you. Then you reflect and realize that it’s all leading you to something greater and patience is the best virtue.

THE DAY YOU LEARNED TO FLY (Written by Jimmy Willden) – Written the day Tom Petty passed away, and a couple days after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. There was all this heaviness in the air, and this song was an attempt at cathartic release, and to capture the moment.

BREAK WITHER SETTLE (Written by Josh Glenn) – Life is like a falling leaf, twisting and floating till it lands on solid ground and becomes one with the earth again, slowly turning back into a seed and giving new life.

I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (Written by Jimmy Willden) – This one took over three years to write, which really means the writing process began one afternoon, and then the song was forgotten about, until three years later when an unfinished voice memo demo was found on my phone. After putting the finishing touches on the song, I showed it to Josh. This the story of a bad memory…of procrastination… paying off.

SHADOWS ON THE WALL (Written by Josh Glenn and Jimmy Willden) – One evening, before a gig, we set down and started jamming. Jimmy grabbed a banjo off the wall, and Josh Picked up his guitar, and the opening riff came out, and our minds drifted, settling on the old allegory of Plato’s Cave. Using it as inspiration, this song tells the story of one brother trying to get the other brother out of a deep depression, and to experience the world anew.

ELIZABETH (Written by Jimmy Willden) – Explores a couple’s life after a pregnancy ends in a medical-emergency.

WHISPER (Written by Josh Glenn and Jimmy Willden) – Inspired by the coastal breeze in Corpus Christi.

DOWN & OUT (Written by Jimmy Willden and Ty Dietz) – An upbeat song about being “under the weather”; how we as artists tend to deliver our best creations when our heart is broken.

THE WORLD IS SOUND ASLEEP (Written by Josh Glenn) – The moment a heart breaks, you can’t see clearly and it feels like you’re all alone while the rest of the world spins madly on.

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