Squid Detective

Music from the depths of the deep, dark blue

SONGS

Squid Detective · Swimming Toward Twilight

LYRICS

The Veil

Observation data shows
You compete for space with the clouds
We compared the pictures from
when you were young until now

There’s something you’re chasing
A memory fading
It’s slipping though time
This moment can’t be stolen
It may be the only
chance to see what’s behind
the veil

Transformation never goes
quite as smoothly as we would like
You thought your walls could use some windows
so you could see outside

You’re listening and growing
Far beyond what you’re showing
Going deeper in the weeds
You’re boundary is expanding
far beyond comprehending
Will you find what you need

There’s something you’re chasing
A memory fading
It’s slipping though time
This moment can’t be stolen
It may be the only
chance to see what’s behind
the veil

Again

From a growl to a grumble
but still baring your teeth
my approach will be humble
it’s just peace that I seek

You’ve seen some hard times
I can surely see that
but don’t reward the pain
by causing pain back

I bet you still remember
a time when your life was good
let it in
Remember riding our bikes home
the wind whistled in our ears
hear the wind?
I wish that we could go back
go back again
go back again

Pacing back and forth
to see me from both sides
I won’t steal your food
or look you in the eye
I’ll just sit and be patient
It’s worth the wait
Because I know that one day
You’ll walk away from the hate

I bet you still remember
a time when your life was good
let it in
Remember riding our bikes home
the wind whistled in our ears
hear the wind?
I wish that we could go back
go back again
go back again

Anymore

I’m trying to peel back all the layers to your question
Are you really asking me this thing or, you know, “just asking”
Now this silence that we sit in is really where the answer lies
I knew this was coming. It was always just a matter of time.

The tide has pulled us underwater
So kick your legs just a little harder
We’ll break the surface
We’ll swim to shore
Won’t let this world drag us down anymore
Anymore

For the sake of conversation let’s just meet in the middle
I know the things I say maybe sound like a twisted riddle
There’s no method to my madness I just find it really hard to say
That what’s in my heart now is never gonna go away

The tide has pulled us underwater
So kick your legs just a little harder
We’ll break the surface
We’ll swim to shore
Won’t let this world drag us down anymore
Anymore

You take you take you take what I won’t give away
I won’t I won’t I won’t let this just fade away
Bring back bring back bring back bring back your heart to me
I’ll wait I’ll wait I’ll wait however long you need

The tide has pulled us underwater
So kick your legs just a little harder
We’ll break the surface
We’ll swim to shore
Won’t let this world drag us down anymore
Anymore

Ain't Life Funny

I confess that there’s a woman
putting thoughts in my head
as I watch her mouth moving
here’s the words that she said…

Ain’t life funny
Ain’t life funny today

Now there’s thunder clouds looming
perhaps we’ll dance in the rain
and then I’ll know truly
why she just had to say…

Ain’t life funny
Ain’t life funny today

There was a moment when
I felt like I should run
My body wouldn’t move
trapped by some dreamy drug
Oh, how the things you say
Pick up my heavy heart
and drains out the blood that remains
for a chance at a brand new start

I confess that there’s a woman
putting thoughts in my head
as I watch her mouth moving
here’s the words that she said…

Ain’t life funny
Ain’t life funny today

Almost OK

I wish that I could find
there’s not a better way
the words you need to hear
the words i need to say to you
and only you
But now i want to hide
you’re staring right at me
with that look in your eye
that says that i should be sorry
but you know its true

I had a feeling, overwhelming
dreadful dreams have plagued my head
A bottle spinning
Sunlight splitting
through the wispy strands of hair
I’m almost ok
I’m almost ok now
A river running
The sweetest song that I have ever heard

I feel like walking slow
beneath some shady trees
and hear a squawking crow
the crunching of the leaves
that had fallen a long time ago

I think the story grows
every time it gets told
so tell me once again
something about forever
tell it again…

Tidal Wave

questions. they hang from above.
life-sized, bereft of trust
sorry for that trouble i made
it wasn’t your road to take
these cameras are catching my eye
in flashes that slowly die
will they remember my name
or do we all matter the same

its time to go
–(hey don’t you want to sail on the water?)
cause i can’t breathe
gonna head to the shore and take to the sea
and ride the roll
feel the breeze
until your tidal wave takes over me

my dreams just pause and repeat
im in them.. but it’s not me
and there’s someone who looks just like you
who needs help but i don’t know what to do

these letters may arrive too late
but
i just wanted to say
there’s love that surrounds you
so much
you may never ever know

Queen for a Day

She was queen for a day
Then she threw her life away
Broke all the rules she made to keep her safe and secure

She don’t mean to be mean
Didn’t want to make a scene
Just thought she could bring back the love she had before

Poor me, poor me she said
A broken crown lays beside her bed
She can’t control the things inside her head
Poor, poor me

She came clean about the lies
When she opened up her eyes
Saw the clouds part in the sky and the light came pouring through

Now she dreams about a way
A way that she could save
Until all her debts repaid to the one she left behind

Poor me, poor me she said
A broken crown lays beside her bed
She can’t control the things inside her head
Poor, poor me

She don’t believe anymore
In waging heartbreak wars
Just to settle an old score she had made up in her head

She was queen for a day
Then she threw it all away
Broke all the rules she made to keep her safe and secure

Takeaways

Takeaways
Aren’t always what they seem
Some things lay hiding
Deep in a dream
And yesterday
I felt like I was flying
But had no control
Just fighting the slipstream
Of my own tailspin

I count the days
From when it all went wrong
When I ran out of sorrys
And found myself lost

Now I break away
To find some peace during the day
And let things be easy
Then set my worries ablaze
Ablaze

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Squid Detective is an alt-indie rock music project from the hearts and brains of Matt Parke Sadler, Johnny G Goodman, and Holly Noelle Schneider.