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This Land
06:05
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Don’t know if this land was made for you and me
In the night sky of New York shines the torchlight of Lady Liberty
Of course I can’t see through the orange of the high rises lining every street
But I believe she’s watching over all of us tossing in our sleep
Don’t know if this land was made for you and me
So I set out on this great blue highway trying to see
Sunrise pours out on the horizon like a Georgia peach
When the juice of the fruit and your dry tongue finally meet
And in the rearview mirror, the skyline’s swallowed by the trees
Don’t know if this land was made for you and me
As I glide through the high ground and the grassland of Tennessee
The low fog left from nightfall starts to lift as I leave her soggy peaks
With the sunlight behind me I follow shadows cast from back east
What’s left of buffalo roam the pastures like a passing dream
Don’t know if this land was made for you and me
In the flatlands of Nebraska I can feel my whole body breathe
The wind moves like water through the prairies painting pictures in the wheat
Like sand along the shorelines, the switch grass is dragged out to sea
The sweet warble of a meadowlark fades in the breeze
Don’t know if this land was made for you and me
Across the Rockies, further west, and in the desert I hear the silence speak
High noon in Nevada and the sand dunes listen as they gleam
Not a movement as they heed the hush and I wonder why can’t we
Dust spirals on the highway then scatters like a laugh that’s free
Don’t know if this land was made for you and me
As I reach California the sun leads me straight to the beach
And the Pacific’s like a skillet as the light sizzles out of my reach
The stars rise like steam in the twilight between redwood leaves
I’ve searched for answers in this land from sea to shining sea
I watch the water take the sand and bury my two feet
© 2009
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Everything Must Change
04:17
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Everything must change, everybody knows
Still we’re all so afraid of having to let go
Of what we thought we held, of what was holding us
We can only ever be as free as deeply as we trust
I am trying to be different, I’m not trying at all
Just watching the summer days fade into the fall
Everything must change, everybody knows
But when something starts to slip away we want to hold it close
I love holding you most of all
But these long summer days must give way to the fall
I know we are different as the seasons we move through
But one thing stays the same and that’s the love that I feel for you
One thing will never change, I will always love you
© 2014
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Motel Room Blues #3
05:26
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The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
An empty motel room and me
The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
I’m beginning to feel obsolete
I think god has forgotten me, or maybe he just ain’t found me yet
I keep calling and calling, but tonight he ain’t taking requests…
So I open to random pages, looking for some kind of sign
I keep calling on strangers just to pass the time
The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
An empty motel room and me
The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
And there ain’t nobody here to see
And if my book had just one letter, it would be Y
I know I’m no saint, but tell me who is?
When even you won’t pick up or assist
A soul that’s in need, a soldier on her knees
Calling on Krishna or any deity
Whoever’s at home, god, we both know
You’re never too far from your throne…
And I’ve been living on air, singing my prayers
To busy signals and scriptures that don’t give a damn
Poor as Job, with nowhere to go
And Lord, I know I’m not, but I feel as old
As these listings – outdated – with no sign of a savior
Cause life is your party and you’re not handing out any favors today…
The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
An empty motel room and me
The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
But tell me, does anybody read…
The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
It’s getting so hard to believe
The phonebook, the Bible, and the Bhagavad Gita
There’s nothing left to do now but sleep
© 2010
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Ghost
03:42
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Straight for the answers
Straight for the answers
You reached right into my very soul
How’d you get in there?
How’d you get in there?
Tell me, how did such a young man get so old?
And I don’t believe in time but I believe in ghosts
I take my chances
I take my chances
I took my chance in letting you go
And I don’t believe that I will ever give up my hope
And I don’t believe in lies… not even my own
When I look into your eyes I see a ghost
© 2010
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cygne Chicago, Illinois
I’m a writer and musician working in experimental memoir and sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I tutor and assistant teach. Previously I toured internationally for over ten years, collecting and curating experiences, melodies, language, characters, and sounds from the natural world. ... more
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