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Parachute

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April 1994
AWARE/Ocho Mule Records


Tracks:
Fall in Two, Mona Lisa, Love For Me, Window, Eden, Scars & Stitches, The Prize, Dissolve, Cocoon, Happy Frappy, Parachute

Parachute is Guster's debut album. The cover is a picture of a stuffed animal of Brian's dubbed "The Big Friend". According to legend (or the Guster website), after the "photo shoot" with The Big Friend, photographer Bob Hamilton jumped up and down on the doll and smashed its plastic nose. That upset me, but anyway...scroll down for complete lyrics to songs from Parachute. No more mumbling! If you venture below the lyrics, there are some Parachute downloads too. Rock on...

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Parachute Lyrics

fall in two:
he smiled to the world, but his heart fell below his pain, he wanted only arms, but he lied to himself again, closing doors and locking locks, he looked inside himself, only to find, deep down fear, let me fall in two, let me fall in two, let me fall in two, wide as a river and spread as thin, what he could start no one would finish, bottled up frowning treaties saw what they would, knowing not nothing he was the only son, closing doors and locking locks, he looked inside himself, only to find, seeping from his soul, let me fall in two, let me fall in two, let me fall in two... let me fall in two, what are you running from, let me fall in two, what are you running from, let me fall in two, what are you running from... he finds himself away, he finds himself away, only have to make the world come find you, try to leave but there is nothing he can do... downcast eyes scrutinize, as to what the lead ball hummingbird could not succumb, to find what is gone you must burn what is dried, and smell the essence of what remains inside, but blackened thoughts erase all that is past, before him not knowing where it?oming, so you shake him around and scream into his eyes, that to drown in the water is to lie by his side, closing doors and locking locks, he looked inside himself, only to find, seeping from his soul, let me fall in two, let me fall in two, let me fall in two... let me fall in two, what are you running from, let me fall in two, what are you running from, let me fall in two, what are you running from...

mona lisa:
If in the morning you look up, fake a smile and you sigh, don?ear the future, in years to come you?learn, i used to sit and watch the pouring rain, i used to wish to be back home again, hadn?he strength then, hadn?he chance to reveal, but it?ll, it's all, in your hands, when do we begin, although you?so sad, discover things never had, it makes you wonder, a life alone, you?learn, you?learn, you'll learn... i used to sit and watch the pouring rain, i used to wish to be back home again, hadn?he strength then, hadn?he chance to reveal, but it?ll, it's all, in your hands, when do we begin, when do we begin, you'll learn, you'll learn, you'll learn, don't fear the future... i used to sit and watch the pouring rain, i used to wish to be back home again, i hadn?he strength then, hadn?he chance to reveal, but it?ll, it's all, in your hands, it?ll, it's all, in your hands, it?ll, it's all, in your hands, when do we begin.

love for me:
i know there is a place, a place where i belong, not mistreated or undone, and if I find that place, i?keep my mouth shut, cause I won?e there alone, and if you?standing there with me, i?swear it? lie and i?still believe it, cause i came, and i spoke, and you ran, didn?ven wait to hear the words, or see the look in my eyes, cause i bled, and you watched, and i cried myself to sleep, came to wipe my tears away but you, couldn?ook in my eyes again, because of the love for me... i understand the time, it passes so slowly, and i can hear its laughter, but there will come a time, when you will ask me, and i will join you then, and if you?standing there with me, i?swear it? lie and i?still believe it, cause i came, and i spoke, and you ran, didn?ven wait to hear the words, or see the look in my eyes, cause i bled, and you watched, and i cried myself to sleep, came to wipe my tears away but you, couldn?ook in my eyes again, because of the love for me, because of the love for me, because of the love for me, because of the love for me, because of the love for me, because of the love for me....

window:
a gaping wound tells the story of it all, a man lost only to find, what was left of his mind, with no hope of a scar at all, you say go slow, but something?ight behind me, run away for only so long, it will not stop, i will come down, oh no, let me find my way, i?take you to the edge, go across that window, and i?carry you there, oh when nothing goes right, oh when days don?ome tonight, oh when all i see is the error of my own enemy... a man alone and cut and torn for it, his whole life friend after friend they?all a flash in the pan, with no hope of rejoice at all, you say go slow, but something?ight behind me, run away for only so long, it will not stop, i will come down, oh no, let me find my way (don?e scared of what you might be thinking), i?take you to the edge, go across that window and I?carry you there... oh when nothing goes right, oh when days don?ome tonight, go across that window, and I?carry you....

eden:
all i want is the world, and everything for me, you can rattle off your talk, all that matters is what i see, if you break me down (break me down), selfish desire (break me down) is all you blame, cause desperate times, call for desperate measures, and I am not ashamed, oh it took me a long time to come to this, and i have chosen my path, i am, i am only for me... all my dreams are so closed, if i open them to you, you can count them all as lies, you can believe me or you can believe the truth, if you break me down (break me down) selfish desire (break me down) is all you blame, cause desperate times, call for desperate measures, and i am not ashamed, oh it took me a long time to come to this, and i have chosen my path, i am, i am only for me... but i could let you in, put your feelings on the shelf, there?nly room cause it helps myself, oh i could let you in, but it?o no avail, i only listen cause it helps myself, oh it took me a long time to come to this, and i have chosen my path, i am, i am, only for me... i took a cane from a blind man, and i?tasted the fruit in the garden of eden, when i walk out of here i know i?stand clear, but the taste in my mouth still remains, still remains, oh it took me along time to come to this, oh it took me a long time, i am, i am only for me, oh it took me along time to come to this, oh it took me a long time, i am, i am only for me...

scars & stiches:
can you remember, what the future held, a little candy ring, and a mystic ocean's shell, they were anesthetized, slowly washed away, left all the poision in the sands in which i played, i don't mind falling down and scraping up my knees, scars and stiches always fade, and only strengthen me, but with my eyes as wide as pearls, my only centerpeice, is taken like the dead man's urn, and tossed, into the sea... write me a letter, dot your I's and cross your T's, nothing was everything to me... under the monster's claws, and in between his teeth, was a shadow and the silhouette, of what i thought i'd be... i don't mind falling down and scraping up my knees, scars and stiches always fade, and only strengthen me, with my eyes as wide as pearls, my only centerpeice, is cloaked in all the oceans, and does toss there endlessly, it is taken like the dead man's urn, and tossed, into the sea...

the prize:
my my how things have changed, since i've been away, it's the first time, yet different i'm afraid, where's the boy, so happy to be near it all, he's lost in the shadow, in a little part of me so small, cry for me, cry for him, cry for the answer, cry because it's done, cry for the feeling, cry for the youth, or for the prize... through different eyes, the promise that you have made forgets, see it as you may, deny it while you can, search for the reason, as you beg to understand, cry for me, cry for him, cry for the answer, cry because it's done, cry for the feeling, cry for the youth, or for the prize... come and go ,dont get pulled into the light, come and go, wouldnt believe it if you tried, come and go, its as useless as if you can go the end we know, you can go the end we know, (you can go the end we know) i wont tell you anything, so far away you are to me, (you can go the end we know) i wont tell you anything, so far away you are to me, (you can go the end we know) i wont tell you anything, so far away you are to me,my my i swear its been a lifetime since i have been away its the last time but somehow its all the same where's the boy...

dissolve:
and it?rue he was so young, but you are here, and the moment clouds your brain, you could?even saved him, that means nothing, you could?even been there, that? lie, how can you blame him for your life, it? mental suicide, and it carries you away, dissolve your fear into one, (dissolve will find a way), then it?rue we aren?mmune, but there? way, and denial clouds your brain, to try and understand him, that means nothing, to try and find the meaning, it? lie, how can you blame him for your life, it? mental suicide, and it carries you away, dissolve your fear into one, (dissolve will find a way), to right a wrong, to understand, to figure out, it?n his plans, to leave alone, to find a way, to figure out, it?ot your fault... and it?he both of you he?uined, he?orn away, all the desire born inside, you could?even saved him, that means nothing, you could?even been there, that? lie, to try and understand him, that means nothing, to try and find the meaning, it? lie, dissolve your fear into one, (dissolve will find a way), to leave alone, to find a way, to figure out It?ot your fault, to see yourself, your brother wouldn?e proud of you, to leave alone, to find a way, to figure out, it?ot your fault, to see yourself, your brother wouldn?e proud of, proud of, proud of you anymore...

cocoon:
just one more time he said, as he crawls into his own, i?oing fine he said, as the tears fall down alone, why must you question me, do you want your future blown, look at the sight of him, what can he do to show you, living life for others, shuffle through the day, everyone is out to get him, what do they have to say, pull yourself up out of this rut, make it all come clean, cause the day the sun gets in your eyes, is the day that you?be free, open the door, (the world is too young) to see what you?felt before, when all the sleeps end restlessly, without, without time, dream yourself to sleep at night, only (only lying) lying beneath the clouds, spend (spend your lifetime) your lifetime in the shade, when the early morning sun wakes up, to reveal the pain you?laid, open the door, (the world is too young) to see what you?felt before, when all the sleeps end restlessly, without, without time??t;br>
happy frappy:
not much of this makes sense to me, the river leaves run cold and dry, but it keeps me from swinging tree to tree, and sometimes i?oo scared to even try, hashing through the possibilities, they seem as endless as the sky, you seek the truth and the quiet breeze, but the air is too thin to reply, well i know that?here i?never be, because i can see the summer?one, i try to let the river flow in and out of me, and pray i float the way i think i want, and pray i float at all... distant notions of subtle residue, cling to minds from our past, tell us what is what and who made who, but time?vents move us too fast, simple sentiments whisked away by anxious steel wool, struggling to content ourselves with what we think best, that what makes happy of which we seem never full, is actually more than plenty though it is already possessed, well i know that?here i?never be because i can see the summer?one, i try to let the river flow in and out of me, and pray i float the way i think i want, and pray i float at all... not much of this makes sense to me, the river leaves run cold and dry, but it keeps me from swinging tree to tree, and sometimes i?oo scared to even try... utter confusion feigns clarity, scattered delusions excuses destiny, it?ever exactly how it appears to be, it?oo much for any of us who even try, try to see, well i know that?here i?never be, because i can see the summer?one, i try to let the river flow in and out of me, and pray i float the way i think i want, and pray i float at all...

parachute:
there we stand about to fly, peeking down over land, parachute behind, what was that moment for which we live, without a parachute about to dive, find myself convincing, blindly falling faster, how easy, know the place i?eaving, and the rest is just gone... oh the adoration, but how much strength does it take, for exploration, for split decision, or are you stronger to remain, i find myself convincing, blindly falling faster, how easy, know the place i?eaving, and the rest is just gone... it crept up on me, ignored all my pleas, begging to leave, no justice to name me, fell out of the sky, cease it to be, without a reply, gravity fails me, and when i awoke, i knew what was real, hope to convince you, lies they all torture me, opened the door, knew what was me, i finally realized, parachute over me, parachute over me, paracjute over me... (it crept up on me, ignored all my pleas, begging to leave, no justice to name me, fell out of the sky, cease it to be, without a reply, gravity fails me, and when i awoke, i knew what was real, hope to convince you, lies they all torture me, opened the door, knew what was me, i finally realized, gravity fails me, and when i awoke, i knew what was real, hope to convince you, lies they all torture me, opened the door, knew what was me, i finally realized, parachute over me)...


NOTE: I have no clue what those little random characters are that aren't supposed to be there. Until I find a way to get rid of them, please ignore them.




MP3: Fall in Two