Wilbur By The Sea
by Wilbur By The Sea
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Waterbaby
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Comfortable.
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Covenant of Chemicals
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Long Division
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A Cemetery Greeting
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Cinnamon
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Zephaniah 3:17
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about
Wilbur By The Sea, the moniker of indie-folk songwriter Sean Knisely, is from a chance encounter along a road far from home. Placed curiously on a Florida road sign with no further explanation, it came to embody the wanderlust that later led Knisely to leave his hometown in West Virginia and follow his passion for music. After recording a collection of earnest and vulnerable acoustic songs in his apartment, he left his TV director job and hit the road to start following his dreams.
"Somehow, Knisely sings about love without sounding desperate, about faith without sounding preachy, and about bitterness without sounding unoriginal. To hit all the major inspirations for music in an interesting way is a task that shouldn’t be underestimated" (Cory Jackson, WildBlog).
"Life, love and music. That pretty much sums up the story for Sean Knisely" (Nick Harrah, The Herald-Dispatch).
"Somehow, Knisely sings about love without sounding desperate, about faith without sounding preachy, and about bitterness without sounding unoriginal. To hit all the major inspirations for music in an interesting way is a task that shouldn’t be underestimated" (Cory Jackson, WildBlog).
"Life, love and music. That pretty much sums up the story for Sean Knisely" (Nick Harrah, The Herald-Dispatch).
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released 01 November 2011
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An escape from the comfortable; an introspective catharsis; an exploration of hope.
For fans of Mason Jennings, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, The Shins, Elliott Smith, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Beatles.
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- Track Name: Waterbaby
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I think that you reflect what deep down I know
the hope and the beauty
Could you stand in the sun
I'm seeing a glimpse of what was and is to come
I've been holding my breath
just balancing the buoyancy and density
I've been drowning down here babe
I can see you up there shining
but the waters are refracting your gentle glow
and I'm wishing that I was not down below
I'll swim up to the surface for you
I can see you coming babe
I can see that you are falling
but I didn't want to pull you down here too
Living under all this weight would not become you
I'll swim up to the surface for you
There's new air to breathe
a fresh moment of gravity
Would you stand there with me
cause the ground wasn't made to be a lonely place
no there's room to be together
but before any plans I may just need a hand
as I break the surface tension - Track Name: Comfortable.
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I know
even though it's true
every girl who's cute is a girl who knows you
I can't blame it on this town
But I'm leaving anyhow
I gotta get out
Would I feel this way anywhere I chose to go
Til we find ourselves nowhere else will make us whole
You're not happy when somebody loves you
but only when you're trying to prove yourself
It wouldn't help for me to give you the world
you're only comfortable to want what you can't have
And I can't escape the reasons to
escape this same old town
just drive away
If I changed the scene would I have more space to breathe
In the quiet let God have his way with me
And it seems it behooves me now to just wipe these feelings clean
And it seems Huntington should be too small to swallow dreams
Yeah it seems I should get out now before this slides back over me and the comfort chokes out everything - Track Name: Covenant of Chemicals
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You remember all you say
even when my thoughts are vague
Forgiveness doesn't make a sound
The demons come my way
right up in my face
I push them away for now
Can you make this go away
Bury my mistakes
Remind me you don't write them down anymore
You remember what's been paid
even when my feelings change
It's not a covenant of chemicals
To dwell is all a waste
Does nothing for my state
The place I change is deeper down
Can you make this go away
Bury my mistakes
Remind me you don't write them down anymore - Track Name: We Hid Ourselves Among The Trees
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I betrothed my hope to the darkness just to hold you
Truth be told I've shown no one else the things I've shown you
All the things I've known are betrayed by looking at you
I can hold you close under heat to faster hatch you
And I've faked my way through the loneliest day
and I can blame my wayward gaze for this lonely escape
where my brain becomes a means just to describe what I taste
and it takes my veins back to where they originate
I run, I run on the road that came before you
I was told where this goes, now those words adorn a statue
I can hold my own under water longer than you
Though you hold my soul over coals, still looking at you
On my own it's a game to fall before you
til you show my soul what you gave
Then for maybe an hour or a day I'll come back and just adore you
but my eyes they always change
And I've faked my way through the loneliest day
and I can blame my wayward gaze for this empty escape
Is my brain only a means just to describe what I taste
and is to taste just a way for me to mask where I ache
and I can trace this shame to my father Adam's face
and it takes my veins back to where they originate - Track Name: Long Division
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You're taking what you're afraid of
and you're causing it to be
Looking for any reason to separate from me
And you want to look back now
and tell yourself that this was all on me
It's just your own self fulfilling prophecy
If it's your mission to burn bridges
you won't bring me down with you
If it's your wish to cause division
do you really want to cut me out
Can we talk about this
I guess you care too much to give specifics
Tear us down but you keep it vague
You hold that ground you won't let nothing change
Decide to hate what I love but don't tell me
Just keep away then blame the break on me
Say it plain to everyone except for me
Defend this away
Shift the blame - Track Name: A Cemetery Greeting
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You gotta fix your own problems cause you don't know God
and the devil just laughs as you try so hard
You got fifty-one albums on your bedroom floor
and not a single one's singing what you're longing for
No one made you ready enough to make this climb
but you wouldn't have believed it if it's written in the sky
You've been kissing your demons in the middle of the night
There's not a megaphone big enough to ask you why
Give a cemetery greeting to the bones next door
Just a big smile faking what you felt before
No one made you ready enough to make this climb
but you wouldn't have believed it if it's written in the sky
You're not getting any better but you're keeping in stride
As long as no one else tries you'll be doing just fine - Track Name: Cinnamon
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I want to ask you why you couldn't make a fist
And you didn't take your copy of our photo strip
And the letter that I sent before, what did you think of it
I just want to talk to you
Is this just as hard for you
Can you change your mind
No it's not the right time
I still have your bike, it's in my basement
And I didn't get your scrapbook back, my birthday gift
And I see that you found someone to make cupcakes with
Is this just as hard for you
I just want to be with you
I wish that I could guard you from the cinnamon
And I wonder if you notice when the Jackets win
and what your calendar will say next time it gets to 10 - Track Name: Zephaniah 3:17
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Hear my plea, oh Lord I am so weak
Would you take my burdens, bear them for me
Soon you'll cast out the enemy
Would you wipe my tears, hold me close and sing
You quiet me with your love
your heavenly melodies singing over me
You calm my soul from above
Unspeakable peace, singing over me
All my shame, Lord all my guilt you see
Still you say you'll delight in me
You're mighty to save, Lord let my soul believe
I should feel your wrath, but I hear you sing
I feel all alone, but you're here with me
My shame fills the air, but you died for me
My life you define, I'm yours - Track Name: Even When You're Locked Behind Your Door
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Even when you're locked behind your door
I'll keep on singing just in case you hear
and maybe even leave familiar fears
and open up to love and dream again
And what'll happen if you let me hear your song
The ballad of a broken soul, so beautiful
I know that we can both become so cold
but baby we can both relearn to feel
And I won't leave
I know I'm standing clearly
I know that you can see me
and you don't have to scream
Cause I'm right here
to see beyond your surface
to know your hopes and curses
to see and to be seen
I may never be your perfect love
but we're already not the same, no, we will grow
And I know I really want to know your soul
Our walls around the truth are built so tall
but I won't leave
