1. |
Elephant
03:43
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I wish I could find life inside the fire
I wish I could sing, though my voice has died
There's fallen angels in this tiny room
They hold a dying light to you
And say, "It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Everyone will leave unknown
Yea, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
To just be here and laugh 'til we're gone
Just to laugh until it's all gone, the rest is easy"
Now every time you walk alone, I won't know you're alright
(There's terrible things in my...)
Lover, please release and do the things that you want to me
(There's terrible things in my mind
Somewhere in my mind)
I fell asleep still waiting out the storm
Whatever makes us feel not so alone
I don't want to fear the future's gone
In another day that I've been lost
I guess it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
To just be here
Now every time you walk alone, I won't know you're alright
(There's terrible things in my...)
Lover, please release and do the things that you want to me
(There's terrible things in my mind
Somewhere in my mind)
Now every time you walk alone, I won't know you're alright
(We're passing out in the fire)
Lover, please release and let the current take you from me
(We're passing out in the fire now
We're here and it's now)
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2. |
Lost In You Now
04:18
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After dark in a crowded apartment
My head's caving in with silence
I am here, are you with me?
We slowly wilt with the crackle and stream
Of a muddy aging feeling
Are you still breathing with me?
I'm still tearing apart but I can't find you
Screaming inside 'til I come to
I'm not lost in you now
I'm not lost in you now
Now we're on the corner, our lungs on fire
My mind's buzzing with the streetlights
I am here, are you with me?
Somewhere in all of this noise, I'll find something that's real
And somewhere in all of this noise, I'll take anything real
I'm still tearing apart but I can't find you
Screaming inside 'til I come to
I'm not lost in you now
I'm not lost in you now
With my heart on the wire, I've lost my head
Inside of your arms, I'm still searching
For the back of the crowd
For the back of the crowd
Somewhere in all of this noise, I'll find something that's real
And somewhere in all of this noise, I'll take anything real
I'm still tearing apart but I can't find you
Screaming inside 'til I come to
I'm not lost in you now
I'm not lost in you now
With my heart on the wire, I've lost my head
Inside of your arms, I'm beelining
For the back of the crowd
And I'm not lost in you now
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3. |
Superficial Feeling
03:47
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Turn the lights down now, I am all worked up
Try to shake it out, play the part
And there’s a kind, kind of quiet now
There’s a kind, kind of quiet now
‘Til we are cut in thirds on a restaurant stage
Where the ribbon girls spin and I
Am caving down, a kind of quiet now
There’s a kind, kind of
I am here, wide awake, help me into the car
I don’t want you to dance all alone in the dark
Even if it is all just a sick superficial feeling
(Superficial feeling, feeling)
I am lit, half asleep, throwing darts at the mirror
I am shaking right now like I shouldn’t be here
Even if it appears as a sick superficial feeling
(Superficial feeling, feeling)
I’ll wait a breath then take something to calm down
Bury my mistakes, spill it all
And there’s a kind, kind of quiet now
There’s a kind, kind of quiet now
So kiss me darling, I’ve been asleep too long
I can stand up right, clear my head
And it’s all a kind of quiet now
There’s a kind, kind of
I am here, wide awake, help me into the car
I don’t want you to dance all alone in the dark
Even if it is all just a sick superficial feeling
(Superficial feeling, feeling)
I am lit, half asleep, throwing darts at the mirror
I am shaking right now like I shouldn’t be here
Even if it appears as a sick superficial feeling
(Superficial feeling, feeling)
I know it’s in our blood, this city will break our hearts, love
I know it’s in our blood, hit the lights and get it all out
I know it’s in our blood, this city will break our hearts, love
I know it’s in our blood
I am here, wide awake, help me into the car
I don’t want you to dance as you’re falling apart
Even if it is all just a sick superficial feeling
(Superficial feeling, feeling)
Shake it out, just shake it out, just shake it out now
Shake it out, just shake it out, just shake it out now
Shake it out, just shake it out, just shake it out now
Shake it out, just shake it out, just shake it out now
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4. |
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Well I'm drowning in a car, talking at a morning sky
And I've done 27 wrongs just to make a single right
All signals are at sea, I've thrown my angels in the breeze
Found a place somewhere inside of me
Where we laughed about our friends from a dead power line
And just watched them slip away, slowly decorate their lives
In little coloured bows that light up the lonely days
So they don't realize they're all the same
Tune those into snow and pretend it's the sea
While the TV talks to me until I can fall asleep
And something in my dreams starts to turn black and white
Has me looking for another time
I don't wanna be a silver man down in the road
I don't wanna be a silver man down in the road anymore
I'll fold an origami rose, send it to a former love
And we'll try to waste the day and just hope that that's enough
We'll live in dovey eyes, wait to fly into glass
Waste another day and let it all pass
Bring me home from the red cabaret
Reduce our joys and pains to foret
At dawn, we'll throw a parade
For the cast of 'cheers' and never wander back
I don't wanna be a silver man down in the road
I don't wanna be a silver man down in the road
I don't wanna be a silver man down in the road
I don't wanna be a silver man down in the road
Bring me home from the red cabaret
Colour everything back in grey
I'm here, I've been some place far away
Some place far away
Bring me home from the red cabaret
Colour everything back in grey
I'm here, I've been some place far away
Some place far away
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5. |
Awful Love
03:37
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Our bodies draw
40 Shapes that say I am lost
Walking backwards toward the dark
We collide
And our missing dreams
Fall around us in ecstasy
Like a dead star that fades in peace
I keep it all in my head 'til it comes awake in bed
We'll dress in white
Try to act like we're still alright
Try to stand on this thinning wire
And let this take us far enough
We'll run from the things you don't want anymore
Forget them when we collapse through my door
With your lips on fire, pulling me down
And our heart beat too loud
So we'll lose ourselves in awful love
'Til no one else can be enough
Just let this take us 'til we know it's not enough
We know it's not enough
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6. |
Actress
03:57
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I'll be your secret
Sleeping on the edge of your bed
Collapsing through your roof in dead silence
There's something in the dark of our movements
It's all dark now for us, my light
We'll run through their weddings
Tearing the drapes off the tables
Then shatter all the glass in tiny parts
Like creatures hiding in our details
It's all dark now, my light
There's a movement in your eyes
Don't you tell me otherwise
I feel like you do
Now my head is in the sand
I know we only fantasize
I know we can be cruel
Is this really who we are?
Is this really who we are?
(I don't know) but I'll still play along
'Til there's just a memory
Of a figurine spinning in violence
An actress dancing within a TV set
Re-enacting the life that she misses
I guess it can be worthwhile
There's a movement in your eyes
Don't you tell me otherwise
I feel like you do
Now my head is in the sand
I know we only fantasize
I know we can be cruel
Is this really who we are?
Is this really who we are?
(I don't know) but I'll still play along
When you walk alone, I won't know you're alright
When you walk alone, I won't know you're alright
When you walk alone, I won't know you're alright
When you walk alone
Love, I don't know who we are
Love, I don't know who we are
(I'll still dance) but I can't play along
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7. |
Not Alone
03:41
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The room is blue and I'm staring at the screen
You're passing out on your phone but I know I'll never sleep
I've got a feeling we're not alone
I've got a feeling we're not alone
Wish I could dance but I'm far too drunk to stand
You're clinging to his hand and I am clinging to my glass
I've got a feeling we're not alone
I've got a feeling we're not alone
In the noise of the city
All I hear is your breathing
Don't you talk, don't you talk, don't you talk don't you talk
I've got a feeling we're not alone
Caught your eye when you glittered in the dark
The way you light your nicotine just makes me fall apart
I've got a feeling we're not alone
I've got a feeling we're not alone
So let me down, never wanted you this bad
My stomach tightens up as I watch you make him laugh
I've got a feeling we're not alone
I've got a feeling we're not alone
In the noise of the city
All I hear is your breathing
Don't you talk, don't you talk, don't you talk don't you talk
I've got a feeling we're not alone
(The room is blue, I'm staring at the...)
In the noise of the city
All I hear is your breathing
Don't you talk, don't you talk, don't you talk don't you talk
I've got a feeling we're not alone
In the noise of the city
All I hear is your breathing
Don't you talk, don't you talk, don't you talk don't you talk
I've got a feeling we're not alone
(Don't you talk, don't you talk, don't you talk don't you talk)
I've got a feeling we're not alone
We're not alone
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8. |
Intermission
01:49
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9. |
Sur Eive (Awful Love)
05:12
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Tiny bells won't ring for me
They only ring for you in sleep
Try to let me unfold now
Been hearing only folded sounds
Like underwater currents drawn
Pulling under mangled stars
Their movements make mine seem so slow
Like I'm watching from city slopes
Where cars turn back then blur again
Just like all of our closest friends
Once day I'll leave like mine had left
A cinematic goodbye at best
So I float for weeks with you stuck in mind
Then each beacon sinks through and we collide
And debris falls in the ocean below us
So if I go, will you follow?
I make say sure not to say it loud
Especially when he's around
I still fall asleep in love sometimes
Then wake up like my head's on fire
Then I open doors and close them loud
Just to hear that hollow sound
Spilling through the floors again
Like static from our TV sets
Then sit inside that sickening noise
Until I hear our daughter's voice
Where tiny bells will end with us
Then drown out in our awful love
(Awful love)
So I float for weeks with you stuck in mind
Then each beacon sinks through and we collide
And debris falls in the ocean below us
So if I go, will you follow
Or stay stuck here in this place?
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10. |
Here
05:25
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I don't wanna feel like I've lost the plot
My head's in a mask and my hands in knots
Trying to sell my shit as art
There's voices next store bathing in self esteem
Like chameleon girls dancing in my dreams
And me, I've given nothing to be free
Now I'm trying to find some place I can go
I headed back East, acid in my throat
Give it one day, I'll be unknown
But I still fall asleep with the lights on
And I'm still living down the things I've done wrong
But you know that the worst has been kept in spades
Well, we are here, windows locked, we're not leaving this place
So show us something and give us a way that we can be afraid
I wish I could recall waking up today
The faces are here but they're not the same
She's still coming down like acid rain
So I wash out my eyes with fluorescent light
Then fall back asleep with a stranger's wife
Light a firework and let it go
While I'm driving back home coughing out the window
And there's nothing I've done that seems real
But at least I still feel
So if I feel ashamed
Can you come here and waste my day?
We'll forget what we fear and who we thought we would be
I can be now okay with just being here
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