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Livin The Dream
04:37
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Living the Dream
We’ve got no thoughts, but beating the rain
to make it back home
not to out again
we say small words
to ourselves softly
our eyes drift apart
and back again slowly.
we both know
we got a long way to go.
we both know
we both know
so ill tell you if you wanna know
what do I do to get through these days
cause the rainy ones are still the best ones
for me and my memories
and ill tell you if you wanna know what do I think of night and day
I think of getting out of this shitty down one day one day
we both know we’ve got a long way to go.
we both know
we both know
until the day the day that we
zip up our jackets and walk away, walk away
I hope our feet can carry us somewhere we want to be.
our hands clasped tight and warm
we make our way to the door
I hope our feet can carry us somewhere we want to be.
cant get far enough from here
its like this sound from my hometown
keeps ringing in my ears
maybe tomorrow is that day
you leave the town with me.
we both know
cant get far enough from here
we both know
we got a long way to go
we both know
cant get far enough from here
we both know
we got a long way to go.
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Oh no, oh no
its just too much to take.
all the books I read for help
don’t bring you back to me.
no they don’t fix anything.
In a dark, dark room
I read a letter that I wrote you.
there were songs I had to sing to you
and things I should have told you
while I had the chance to.
When Iowa police tried to take my life me
I called you on the phone to tell you that they couldn’t keep me from you.
I don’t know where we all go
why we all end up as ghosts
I will take you with me everywhere I go.
And now we toss, turn, repeat
keep looking for an end
but they never justify the means it takes to get to them
or why your heart stopped beating.
when the Iowa police tried to take my life from me
I called you on the phone to tell you that they couldn’t keep me from you.
I don’t know where we all go
why we all end up as ghosts
I will take you with me everywhere I go.
We were just kids living for the weekend
with our heads in the impossible tension
we were bulletproof and innocent, we were kids living for the weekend.
When the Iowa police tried to take my life from me
I called you on the phone to tell you that they couldn’t keep me from you
I don’t know where we all go
why we all end up as ghosts
I will take you with me everywhere I go.
We were just kids living for the weekend
with our heads in the impossible tension
we were bulletproof and innocent, we were kids living for the weekend.
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3. |
Stay Gold
05:13
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It takes a long, long time
Getting over, getting left behind
are you laughing to your friends
about the state Im in?
You’ve got your reasons
for coming back and leaving again
we fell asleep real slow with the lights on
and woke up not missing anything at all
well im tired of waiting
and finding out the hard way
these things can only stay gold for so long
before one or both of us call it off
by now I should know enough to say
the more I try, the less likely you stay
time goes running on and on and on
gives us something to hold onto.
These things can only stay gold for so long.
before one or both of us call it off
by now I should know enough to say
the more I try, the less likely you stay
our time goes running on and on
it gives us something that we can hold onto
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4. |
Like...Be In Love?
04:11
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Could you be any more sweet in the way that you are leaving?
I submit that you could not
it’s a most curious feeling.
slam the door behind your back
let the neighbors hear the screaming
in an hour you’ll be back
trying to pick up the pieces.
With all the time we spent fighting
you know we could do something else
like be in love.
In the beginning its so easy
and no one’s thinking of the endings
and all the windows that get broken
when all my things go flying through them.
get my shirt
get my shoes
pick them up off of the street.
You know there’s just no living with you
when you do these things to me
With all the time we spend on fighting
you know we could do something else
like walking side by side down the street
making everybody jealous.
You know that you can be oh so sweet
take a break from breaking my things
lets try talking and not yelling
we should spend less time fighting and more time being in love.
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Five years ago I was acquainted with a girl
and she would possess my heart.
spending summer nights driving around under the stars
we were from just one town apart.
We played road-games and laughed and kissed
made future plans and summer to-do lists.
There is not a thing I wouldn’t give
to be back in those arms of bliss.
Then after a few weeks you moved down a few streets
but carved on your porch to share, “summer 2004 we were there.”
Then spent a few more years together
through sun and stormy weather
and I truly adored it all
stood side by side through some funerals and weddings
you kept me strong through it all.
Yeah, I think that we have just about seen it all.
Come on baby its time to go
I’ve got those two tickets for us and Mexico
and if you don’t come with me im still gonna go alone.
But I’m imploring you to reconsider me
a possibility, not just a memory
of the one who loved you quite limitlessly.
I guess we’ll see.
Now its been some time
and I know we’ve hurt each other
forgiven honestly and tried with others
but always seem to end up back together
I just won’t write for another.
It’s a game of chess with our hearts at stake
till one of us wins and says checkmate
and that will be the day
yes that will be the day
shame on you if you let me get away.
Come on baby its time to go
I’ve got those two tickets for us and Mexico
and if you don’t come with me im still gonna go alone.
But I’m imploring you to reconsider me
a possibility, not just a memory
of the one who loved you quite limitlessly.
This is what I miss.
I miss the days disappearing with you
I miss how cute you look in your brown Puma shoes
and making fun of all the hip-hop music with you.
I miss the deafening, blinding lights when you walk in the room
I miss the unspoken love in the air
and smiling all the way home with no reasons or cares.
I’m missing all the lazy afternoons
but most of all I miss you.
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Rise and fall
your chest with mine
its happening again.
The beat of your heart
the palm of my hand
slow and calm and true.
We made it through worse again.
We sat in your car
the backseat
face to face
just like we were
less than weeks ago.
Your eyes were turned to mine
and I fall all over you.
And now I’ve had some time
to sort things out
but this fever stays
and it makes me sweat
I swear I feel you breathing down my neck.
But it makes no sense
we haven’t spoke in weeks.
Oh, I’m dying for relief.
I remember when the rainy days were the best ones.
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7. |
End Of An Era
05:09
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You were my last leap of faith
I started believing
that through I’ve been lost along the way,
I was found again.
I still raise my glass high
like you’re still here next to me
and with a heavy head
I try to get some sleep.
Well, all our hearts broke as one
and we all know its going to be a long winter.
My friends they help me
as I wept in their arms
we all know its going to be a long winter.
Well, I hope someone is there when I get home
because I just don’t know what I’ll do if I’m left alone
with all my thoughts
of all I lost
and your angel’s touch
its going to be a long winter.
The first time I saw you
we talked the night through
I gave you my name
and then my heart followed suit.
I still live in those nights
when you were lying next to me
and I won’t soon forget
that you were my last leap of faith.
Its going to be a long winter.
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8. |
Long Road Home
05:02
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When you see me will you listen
I’ve got stories left to tell
that I’ve been saving just for you
and I’ve been living by the minute
losing count after three hours from the last time that I saw you
in the pouring rain.
When you talk
you know I listen
to the pretty words you say over cold coffee
Where you’ve been and where you’re going
is a mystery to me that you’re solving
and I’ll just wait and see.
On the long road back home
And the cold came much too quickly
kept my locked inside my room
with just a paper and a pen.
So I wrote this song to warn you
I hope that it comes close to making up
for the absence of my hands being wrapped in yours.
On the long road back home.
You know that day in South Carolina
you made a promise to me that I hope you’ll keep
will you take me where you’re going
will you give up on me if I can’t keep up to your speed?
Or will you wait for me?
We know these growing years upon us
weigh so heavily on me
you just would not believe.
Eight more hours on this freeway
till were back in our home state
to all our friends and families
will they remember me?
On the long road back home.
I believe that these times can save us
and we are never alone
pull the ones you love back on their feet
when they fall to the ground.
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When I left for Texas I was looking for answers
came back empty-handed
with a head full of questions
like “what am I doing?
Am I moving too slowly?
Will you still be waiting
when I come around again?”
Tell me
when was the last time
something pull like distance
on the soles beneath your shoes?
I can feel mine pulling me to you.
And I can’t help
but to lose myself
in the pensive daydreams that are wrapping around me
to get through one more week without you.
These road-nights are cold
its getting harder just to fall asleep alone
and I’m missing you.
So goes the story of a boy
who crossed the country looking for something he thought he lost
woke up and realized what he had back home.
Well lets go out
we can celebrate nothing
it beats the hell out of what we’ve been doing.
Spend the night
holding my hand and singing
a kiss goodnight
girl you’re gonna be the death of me.
I guess its time for me to start considering
giving up on the ghost that’s been holding onto me
and realize next to you is where I want to be.
These road-nights are cold
its getting harder just to fall asleep alone
and I’m missing you.
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I was out on the road today
watching country scenes fly by
and I was thinking about some things I know its time I left behind.
But I’m no good at forgetting
It doesn’t matter how I try
and when it comes down to it
we’re getting older all the time.
But we all fall down
yeah, we all fall down
and we keep our eyes to the ground
its just the easiest way out.
Because everyone has agendas
and yours are second to none
so don’t ask when I’m coming home
I won’t ask if you’re doing me wrong.
Roll down the windows now
its sunset 83, and the music is loud.
We always take the long way home
and all our favorite songs
sounds better when we’re singing along.
Tie up your loose ends
we could make some new plans
and forget the old ones.
We could start again.
And I’m waiting till I find
a pair of unassuming eyes
like the first time I heard Happy Hearts
try not to cry
and throw my fears to the wayside
with a wave goodbye
I just want to start again.
Someone to watch the sunset with.
Tie up your loose ends
we could make some new plans
and forget the old ones.
We could start again.
Put down your guard, love
and remember what was
do you ever wonder
cause I know my heart does.
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Though never one for sad goodbyes
I still say mine to you every night
the hope that rings off of my tongue
that you can hear me
and get my love
wherever you are tonight.
I’m still humming for you
Moonlight, moonlight
its all I got to get me by.
One more song
for the one we’ve lost
and your pretty, pretty days
I’m holding on
but longing for your pretty, pretty face.
So I open windows like Jerry told me
hope bad luck leaves
and the good luck finds me
through all this smiling
I’m not so happy
with haunted dreams
and the bad, bad mornings.
Someday things will change
the loss for words I can’t explain
will be replaced
with what I’m missing.
One more song
for the one we’ve lost
and your pretty, pretty days
I’m holding on
but longing for your pretty, pretty face.
I’ve counted the days
since you were taken away
and I know its not easy.
One more song for the one we’ve lost
as we move along
your memory lives on and on.
One more song
for the one we’ve lost
and your pretty, pretty days
I’m holding on
but longing for your pretty, pretty...
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12. |
November 16th
05:04
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8:23 this Wednesday morning
I have my first real smile since November 16th.
I was out at my car
trying to fall back asleep
with a hot cup of tea
and the snow falling.
All these people
to where they were going
swept right by
and the snow kept falling.
It was like a dream I had
where you told me not to worry
but I did, and I do.
I think we forget sometimes
when it gets so bad we hate our lives
as I watch my city drift asleep
I felt alright for the first time
since November 16th.
I watched as the snow covered the city
like a blanket of new beginnings
I’ve never felt close to winning
or far from lost and wandering.
I wake up bright and early
wonder what the worlds got in store for me.
Try not to let this winter kill me
from a balcony on the third story
I get by.
I think we forget sometimes
when it gets so bad we hate our lives
as I watch my city drift asleep
I felt alright for the first time
since November 16th.
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