Falling into the role
You accepted long ago:
Getting old, getting fat
And collecting cats
Sit and stare at the walls
Where your shadow barely falls
And know you won't again be seen
In someone else's dream
Call it wrong
Call it sad
Call it life
Call it crap
Call it truth
Call it your last chance
Call it off
That was your last chance.
Turn around
Invisible girl
As you become aware
You need more from this world
You want someone to share
All your pain and your joy
If you only could see
That invisible boy
And what did you do
When somebody looked at you
When they tried to pull you free
From the scenery
Did you open like a rose?
Did you wilt, all exposed?
Did you freak out and hide?
Did you thrive outside?
Call it fear
Call it grief
Call it stunned disbelief
Call it truth
Call it your last chance
Turn around
Invisible girl
As you become aware
You need more from this world
You want someone to share
All your pain and your joy
If you only could see
That invisible boy, yeah
Turn around.
And what will you do
When somebody looks at you
When they try to pull you free
From the scenery
Take a long second glance
See the puppet that danced
What you thought was a toy
Is a real live boy
Call it shock
Call it shame
Call to him
Call his name
Call it truth
Call it your last chance
Turn around
Invisible girl
As you become aware
You need more from this world
You want someone to share
All your pain and your joy
If you only could see
Your invisible boy
Turn around.
credits
from Failing Upwards,
released July 7, 2022
Produced by Jed Davis
Music and lyrics by Jed Davis, published by Eschatonality/ASCAP
Jed Davis: vocals, piano, synth, organ
Dweezil Zappa: guitars
Tony Levin: bass
Anton Fig: drums
Engineered by Pete deBoer at World Famous Studios, Brooklyn, NY and Matthew Cullen at Old Soul Studios, Catskill, NY
Additional recording by Jed Davis at Pile of Sound, and by Dweezil Zappa, Tony Levin and Anton Fig
Mixed by Martin Merenyi
Mastered by Chris Hanzsek