1. |
Dear Boys
03:07
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on this long drive home on 95
it couldn't have made feel any more alive
when I knew I couldn't take it any longer
it was you that had made me stronger
they say that only babies cry
but at that point I felt like I could die
while you were there by my side
I knew I couldn't take it any longer
while you were there by my side
I knew that it had made me stronger
I cried there in the passenger seat
my old life felt obsolete
I watched that crooked line ahead of us
as the cold settled into my feet
while you were there by my side
I knew I couldn't take it any longer
while you were there by my side
I knew that it had made me stronger
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2. |
Enigmas of the Mystical
02:16
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we love the things we can't understand
why we fall in lust at first sight
and why best friends can't lend a hand
we love the things that we can't explain
fractal beauty sun and rain
a tiny tear in space and time
an intervention not so divine
and sometimes
we can't believe in anything
but ourselves
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3. |
Sweet Nassau
04:26
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we are the kings and queens of Nassau County
we feel the weight of air from both sides
and the water won't stop rising
its just the changing of the tides
bridge and tunnel see us through
the gas we spend sitting in traffic
a bookend to the sleepless city
we can plan the neighborhoods
but not what happens in them
I’ve got feelings for
a place that I'm not from
you can feel it in the air
and see that same ocean hum
I’ve got feelings for
a place that I'm not from
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4. |
You Were Right
01:45
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you were right we cannot be together
I said, I wont be filed under left for dead
I carry out these situations in my head
I lead them all to the point that I dread
it's all in my head
it's all in my head
it's all in my head
I pound the floorboards while they try to drink
I try to study, while they're obliged to drink
I can't escape the distraction, I can't avoid disdain
this song comes back just like the refrain
it's all in my head
it's all in my head
it's all in my head
I see stars over Brighton tonight
I am starting to think I might
turn away, forget today
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5. |
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where will you be in ten years?
when you've lost your taste for drinking cheap beer
and your wardrobe's not all black
you want your old friends back
what will you do? woa-oh
where will you be in five years?
you'll boast the hip bands you know
but no one really cares..
you'll question your maturity
which no one else can see
what will you do? woa-oh
I know I wont be around
to watch this place that was my town
drown in this ambiguous sea
of so-called art that you perpetuate
while the youth move in, a bitter few hold on..
what will you talk about in five beers?
scream your insecurities so everyone can hear
what will you do? what will you do?
forget it because I don't really care, well I don't care
what will you do? forget it because I don't really care
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6. |
The Company We Keep
04:35
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x's fade from my hands
in an act as if it were planned
like a movie
with beginning,
conflict and end
it hurts to admit that I lied
to connect I had to hide
from my friends whose voice was sound
I knew then I couldn't stick around
exes fade into the past
the memories stay and the places they last
and they stand there to remind
where you were and where you stood in the first place
it hurts to admit that I lied
to conceal I had to hide
from my parents whose voice was sound
I knew then I couldn't stick around
you think that I'd learn from the past
but I'm sure it only scares me
the places stay and the thoughts they last
my mind will never be free
it hurts to admit that I lied
to convince I had to hide
from myself, my voice was sound
and I knew then I couldn't stick around
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7. |
So I'm Told
05:36
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It’s not so much the words
as where we were then
I'm swaying to the music
in my parents' den
on the corners of the jackets
masking tape with a name
the ridges that we both felt
the songs we share the same
my mind will fade
or so i’m told
we we remember these songs
when we're old
and I could cry from the nostalgia
some people just put it best
some times words fall short
this ones not like the rest
I'm feeling empathy with the same words
as when we were teens
feeding the rhythm of your breath
wont turn it off just so we can breathe
my mind will fade
or so i’m told
will we remember these songs
when we're old
the song’s remain the same
as our voices they grow old
and they heal slower as we age now
we’re still pushing through the folds
we search for meaning from the songs
we first sang when we were kids
the greats still fold from the pressure
a better choice to remain hid
my mind will fade
or so I'm told
will we remember the songs
when we're old
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8. |
Digital Seance
02:59
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reread reread
till the words mean nothing to me
we scroll we scroll
sink ourselves into a dark hole
try to find a thread not so dubious
we’re drawn to the things
that scare the shit out of us
yeah, you’re gonna learn something
yeah, you’re gonna learn something
and we break
we can be as passive as we want
and does it mean nothing
if it's not face to face?
are we victims of convenience?
more-so than circumstance..
we say we laugh out loud
but it's just another false gesture
Refresh, refresh.
It's not in my memory
Refresh, refresh
It’s not in my memory
we all flip through photos
do we stop and stare- yet
we’ll keep digging
and try to bring them back
like a digital seance
light a candle
but we don’t get what we want
curse the glare
it’s not alright- will we get by?
the dopamine of the instantly gratified
as our skin grows pale
and we slowly burn our eyes
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9. |
Ringer
02:43
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saw him passing through the rungs of the porch
I didn't know if I should laugh or smirk
saw them passing through the rungs of the porch
we had to stop and laugh at her shirt
and so he said that we could take him
I guess thats just what happens
amidst the boys club
I can’t forget we are bred this way
back when we were boys
or are we still?
back when we were boys
or are we still?
and so if i’ve become a recluse
well you know that you have too
and if I really needed someone
you wouldn’t try to break a sweat
love one or love all
still hurts to watch you fall
and “i’m sorry for you
if you had to go through half of this”
back when we were boys
or are we still?
back when we were boys
or are we still?
and on that block
we could have been vandals
and if those walls could talk
we just may not handle
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10. |
My Aim Is True
02:45
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I got a picture of you in my head
I gotta sketch it out so it'll go away
and I keep reading your name everywhere
and I swear that it's not just me
I got a picture of your eyes in my eyes
I gotta sketch em out so they will go away
and I keep seeing your face everywhere
and I swear that it's not just me
and I keep reading your name everywhere
and I swear that it's not just me
my aim is true
I can't expect the same from you
my aim is true
I won't expect the same from you
my aim is true
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