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Forever Pretender
03:06
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So tired out, take from it what you will
So tired and falling out, we’re burning bridges and still
Your voice it carries, you’re killing me so slowly
Forever the lonely, isn’t that what you meant?
When the stars fade to light, and the silence just the same
Here we choke back the words, forever and ever the end
When the stars fade tonight, with a sigh after your name
I’m staring back through your gaze, forever and ever pretend
Under this sky we count down, despair, discourage
Under this street light, where I burn your pictures
Still your voice, it carries, you’re killing me so slowly
Forever the lonely, isn’t that what you said?
Hold on, think it over, hold on, no wait
Hold on, think it over, hold on, no wait
Hold on, think it over, are these my mistakes?
Hold on, think it over, hold on, no wait
Hold on, think it over, hold on, no wait
Hold on, think it over, hold on, no wait
Hold on, think it over, are these my mistakes?
Hold on
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2. |
Liar
02:53
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colors bleed to gray, from your lips they leave a stain
claims that you will stay the same, no, not anymore
so if i may, lay waste to all your claims
play the hero of the day, this dish is served cold
in your happenstance, while you’re paying for the chance
you won’t make it to the dance, this song is for two
play it where it lies, outside of your compromise
where you severed all your ties, this one is for you
but i am afraid of what sticks to your tongue
(so stick to your guns) it’s so easy for a liar like you
i am afraid of what sticks to your tongue
oh it’s so easy, they say it’s easy
the flavor of your lips, and their semaphore intent
where the ice is pretty thick, run it up the pole
what if I would say, when the winds begin to change
in the dark where you remain, it takes its toll
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3. |
Ending the Charade
03:01
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she will never be the one to tell you how she feels
a burned out light on a downtown street
there’s static on the tv screen
must have seen a hundred times
the tears that gather in her eyes
a smoke filled room and an open door
broken bottle on the floor
i will never be the one to save her from the pain
of walking in a freezing rain
this relationship’s become a strain
must have screamed a thousand times
hands held up to the sky
whiskey bottle and cheap perfume
a lonely face in an empty room
some nights just seems so alone
her touch just seems so cold
and now i’m walking out on these streets
and there’s static on the tv screen
i wonder if she feels the same way
and how our lives can change in just one day
i look at her face in disbelief
and i wonder if i should just leave
we will never be the ones who always stay together
some ties you have to sever, some things won’t last forever
must have wanted a million times
to greet her with, with goodbye
4 a.m. on a downtown street,
and there’s static all around me
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4. |
Shane
03:18
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summer heard you curse the winter sky,
so it granted you a wish
nowi’m melting in the scenery, i didn’t ask for this
wish i could see the subtle signs of our decline,
but i missed it by a mile
it’s too late to wish this all away, you said wanted better days
now this is what we’re left with, is it better, who’s to say?
as situations rise and fall,we miss the beauty in it all
i wonder, come tomorrow ,do we dare answer the call?
they told shane to go back where came from
but he don’t know where to go when home’s been stole
shane had enough of this,
so he balled his sweaty hands into a fist
the cops put cuffs on the wrong wrists
how can we trust in your ideals
when news is fake but words are real
there’s no culture in the culture war,
just talking points to steal
so go chase your rebellion trend
it won’t make punk rock great again
it’s only entertainment
who needs means when there’s no end...
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you’re looking back, i’m looking down
at all the shards, lay on the ground
reflections there where we first met
and all we missed in that first kiss
there’s a lamp that stands in the corner
don’t know what switch will turn it on
if i knew you and all you do
when no one’s around to see your face
but you’re not there between your walls
it’s too dark even through the day
and all those pictures hanging above your bed
a million words but you’ve forgotten what they said
when you sit alone by your t.v. light
i wonder what’s swimming through your mind
cuddled on the mattress on your floor
were you ever really mine? i guess we’ll never know
take what you need, take your time
but take too long and you won’t find
the switch to flip to fix this mess
and all we lost in that last kiss
still that lamp stands in the corner
i know you’ll never turn it on
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6. |
Those Looks Cover Words
03:02
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all those sideways looks,
how they cover the words you don’t say
if i turned my back again,
this time you really don’t mind
if we feined the flames,
would we sustain or fall apart?
what could they say? all that remains is far behind
when i see the signs right in front of me
then i hear the sighs, look into the skies
baby, i know you don’t care
when i see the signs right in front of me
waving their goodbyes, somebody hit the lights
baby, it’s over
inside the second glance, and still i see it won’t change
the third, the fourth, the fifth, i’ve lost my damn mind
if we close the case, and walk away
would there be no harm?
but today, you say, don’t wait, but baby
i thought i told you
oh i don’t know why, i even try, i even try
oh i think it’s time to say goodbye, to say goodbye
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7. |
Toothbrush
03:21
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i’ve still got your toothbrush
and i know i should’ve thrown it away
the reason i kept it
was to remind me i’d never feel the same
about you, about you, about you, about you
i bet you think i’m stupid
or you thought you’d gotten away
with what you hid from that night
the way you covered the next day
but i knew, but i knew, i found out, about you
so you say that hearts can change
still I wonder if i ever loved you anyway
i’ve still got your toothbrush
and now i’m going to set it ablaze
with all your pictures
and every memory that remains
of you, of you, i found out, about you
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8. |
What It Feels Like
03:33
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every time we meet, you make me feel like
i’m the only one in the room
minutes stopping on a dime, you’re twisting in my side
where you’re saying all the words to get you everything you want and then more
and when it’s time to go, i wonder how i could ever follow you now
what it feels like, and what it seems to me
and what i’d like to say to you, tell me how’s it going to be
i can’t escape, ‘cos everywhere i see your face
and i’m stopping on a rhyme, whatever’s in your mind
i just want to find out
because in your toxic spell if this isn’t painless who can tell?
but i swear that if this hurts
it couldn’t make it any worse now
what it feels like, and what it seems to be
and what I’d like to say to you,
tell me what you want from me
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9. |
And Then There's You
04:22
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the knees weaken, will I ever hear your voice, again?
broken and beaten, do i even have a choice?
oh, the mess I’m in...
just as fast, as i could settle in to the trap
you break my heart
again and again and again and again and again and again
and i’m suffering to think as i sink another drink
that i’d ever fall asleep and never see your face
oh, the mess I’m in...
just as fast, as i could settle in to the trap
you break my heart
then at last, i hit the bottom of the glass,
that’s where i fall apart
so break my heart
again and again and again and again
and again and again and...
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10. |
Sink
02:52
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Now that I'm here, I tried not to be late
To keep you awaiting this guilty feeling
Is something you should be used to by now
You've tried to explain
But I can only guess an escape route
Where my feet don't touch the ground
In a place that's not too far away
Too far you always say, and you say that
Just to disappoint and bring me down
With a crashing sound, a crescendo
Until I get the point
And get my head out of the clouds
So I'll wait
Till it sinks in
I don't mind, I don't mind at all
I don't mind, I don't mind at all
I don't care, I don't care at all
I don't care, I just don't care anymore about you
So I'll wait
Till it sinks in
So I'll wait
-I don't mind, I don't mind at all
Till it sinks in
-I don't care, I just don't care anymore about you
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11. |
I Left the Shore
02:42
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crancherry juice in her vodka
top tobacco in her weed
i always knew the day would come
when i’d regret this whole sordid scene
allison came around and said she needs her fix again
but my aim ain’t what it used to be
these snowy roads have been hard on you
you need something you can hold onto
all i know is baby, it ain’t me
tell the admiral i retired
tell my friends i left the shore
spend my last 20 at the starlight inn and
bleed out on the tile floor
jenny demands i close the window
if i’m not careful, i am gonna catch my death
she said she changed her stance on transubstantiation
but i still got you this pound of flesh
it’s planned obsolescence; time to rest
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12. |
Roscoe Avenue
03:28
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what do you call the median of the glass?
go on, i’m intrigue
it could be your words or it could be your artistry
now mania gives way to depressions lament
and i’m 10 in the wind, just your voice and the pavement
we can’t start over but we can try to forget
i’m on the side of the road
filling my lungs up with smoke
hoping to find a way home
maybe you and the bartender were right
we’re stuck where we’re standing
there’s no simple landing
i’m not coming home tonight
so keep me running for the next stop
i want to go and find some shelter,
where my regret is my own
i’m on the side of the road
and i’m out conjuring ghosts
hoping to find a way home
we lie and say that we’ve got it together
but we both know it will not get any better
and the vampires that take my soul are glowing fluorescent
cause we learn to live with loss while we’re out losing the lesson
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13. |
Murphy
06:05
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her perception, i can feel it on the storm
fascinations, with barometers to fall
and we’re never going to feel it rise
what she sold me, a fool for the gold
imitations, with invitations to the fold
are we ever going to escape alive?
her pollution, i can’t see it through the smog
oh murphy can’t you stop, everything’s all wrong
and it’s far too gone to get it right
the procession, moving on the storm
what she told me, still a fool for the gold
fascination of the wind, barometers to fall
what you wanted to go right, where everything’s all...
strolling through, the painted skies
it all comes down, to belief
i can see it all, in your tired eyes
you need not come, closer to me
the weather overhead tonight
it comes to me with no surprise
but the way you sing it,
when you want to scream it
just trying to get it right
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The Out Columbus, Ohio
4 dudes. A lot of noise. Punkish. Popish. Indie-ish. Rockish. Come listen to happy music and be sad with us.
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