1. |
Howling at the Moon
02:49
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Saturday night alone
That gives enough of a theme on its own
Without me stating the obvious
But I guess why am I singing this
If I died tonight
No one would be wise
No body to find
Just bottles of wine
No note left behind
Just shit on my mind
That I'd rather die
Than talk about
Like how I can't be by myself
I feel like someone else
In such a volatile state
I dissociate, oh
Watching TV in bed
And I can barely support my head
But like do I even want to sleep
Or is the suffering fun for me?
I know that you'd say I'm doing fine
Just taking my time
No pace is prescribed
It's all in your mind
But I'm nihilistically inclined
Yeah happy's alright but
I need it defined
By someone else
Because I can't be by myself
I feel like someone else
In such a volatile state
I dissociate
I'm spiralling out of control
I have no realistic goals
I feel like howling at the moon
I hope it's fucking over soon
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la
No I can't be by myself
I feel like someone else
In such a volatile state
I dissociate
I'm spiralling out of control
I have no realistic goals
I feel like howling at the moon
I hope it's fucking over soon
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2. |
Fridge Magnet Symphony
04:38
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I was seeing stars with Angelina
Carey drifts me further out to sea
Haven't left My Apartment in a month or two
But it's the Same Old News every time I leave
My own self-sabotage has come Full Circle
You warned me just about 1000x
But the Best Part about Our Love is that it's Easy and it rhymes
Where did I go wrong
I stole from all my favourite songs
And I'm no closer to an answer than I was
Stuck inside my head
This pent up word vomit that spreads
Across the page and I can't stop it because
It's like speaking in tongues to me
I thought my world would be
Easier to describe
Wrote a fridge magnet symphony
Clarity's not my vibe
My Love Keeps me awake when when she's still Sleeping
A Song on the Radio plays in me somehow
Intruders in my head half dead half Solid
They're Regulars inside my brain by now
The Road to Hell is paved with Pretty faces
It's Simple Math that this is a New Low
I can't Hold it Together, I don't know where to go
Where did I go wrong
I stole from all my favourite songs
And I'm no closer to an answer than I was
Stuck inside my head
This pent up word vomit that spreads
Across the page and I can't stop it because
It's like speaking in tongues to me
I thought my world would be
Easier to describe
Wrote a fridge magnet symphony
Clarity's not my vibe
Alright
Oh, where did I go wrong
I stole from all my favourite songs
And I'm no closer to an answer than I was
Stuck inside my head
This pent up word vomit that spreads
Across the page and I can't stop it because
It's like speaking in tongues to me
I thought my world would be
Easier to describe
Wrote a fridge magnet symphony
Clarity's not my vibe
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3. |
For Erasing
03:16
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I know it's yesterday's news
That we never quite see eye to eye
We don't share the same views
About who's the responsible one
For the grief I keep putting us through
So, today I'm anxious to see
The disaster that's brewing in me
Planned obsolescence essentially beckons
No matter how happy we seem
Oh, what do you know?
We're here again, weary and waiting
Oh, do you suppose
Some catastrophes aren't worth saving
Our love was just there for erasing?
But still it draws you back in
Sifting through wreckage
Just doesn't get under your skin
Restoration's a passion unshakeably rooted in you, it's a sin
Oh, what do you know?
We're here again, weary and waiting
Oh, do you suppose
Some catastrophes aren't worth saving
Our love was just there for erasing?
Oh, you be the calm and I'll be your storm
I'll walk out into winter if you'll keep me warm
I know that mine is not an easy love
To be rid of
Oh, what do you know?
We're here again, weary and waiting
Oh, do you suppose
Some catastrophes aren't worth saving
Our love was just there for erasing?
No, here's what I know
That time after time you've been waiting
Oh, do you suppose
Our love, this lost cause, is worth saving
The past is just there for erasing
The past is just there for erasing
Oh, what do you know?
It all was just there for erasing
It all was just there for erasing
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4. |
Hard-Won
03:24
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You let me down
You missed my call
But when you pick me back up
I forget the fall
You watched me fail
You knew I tried
But when you tell me that you love me
I know you'd never lie
Your love is hard-won but I wouldn't have it any other way
Your love is 6am sunshine before a 12 hour day
Your love is keeping my head up through any mistake
Your love is hard won but I wouldn't have it any other way
My memory's off
It always is
But you're there catching all the moments I miss
Though much has slipped
Into the past
I remember every single time I had to ask
Your love is hard won but I wouldn't have it any other way
You're so discerning I know I earned it when you choose to stay
You'd never waste a second on me if I wasn't worth the wait
Your love is hard won but I wouldn't have it any other way
What's it really worth to me
When it shows through so easily?
If it slips through the cracks that just means it's too small
If I don't have to work for it why would I want it at all
Your love is hard won but I wouldn't have it any other way
Sometimes I piss you off and you're not afraid to put me in my place
Oh on the subject of us there can be no debate
Oh, your love is hard won but I wouldn't have it any other way
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5. |
Right On Josephine
03:04
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I feel like an impostor crossing blurry lines
Dotted yellow and white
But the path will be clear
By the time I'm back here on the road home tonight
So I go left on 86
Right down 87 now
Bee line through town
And I'm closer than ever now
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Too many expectations in my head this trip
Maybe turn up the sound
But the rain beats so hard against my window
And covers the ground
Can't turn back now
So I go left on 86
Right down 87 now
Bee line through town
And I'm closer than ever now
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
It's could say it's been grand to hold my heart in my hands
And to whisper sweet words through the screen
But this derelict dampness
This chaotic encampment
Is as pretty a thing as I've seen since Josephine, Oh
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
Right on Josephine, right on
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6. |
Scream
03:10
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Maybe I've got ghosts in my room
Or maybe they're confused and they've got the wrong tomb
Listen closely here's what to do
Just lay there deathly still and they'll dissipate soon
Ooh-ooh someone'll come through
Ooh-ooh it'll be a grand rescue
No I don't know what you want me to do
Take my keys and my wallet and my phone if you have to
But leave me with my favourite dream
And I promise I won't scream
No I promise I won't scream
Bending floorboards impending doom
Tonight we'll hold our breath and tomorrow we'll move
Turn up the silence drown in the gloom
Let the paralyzing fear put us out until noon
Ooh-ooh someone'll come through
Ooh-ooh it'll be a grand rescue
No I don't know what you want me to do
Take my keys and my wallet and my phone if you have to
But leave me with my favourite dream
And I promise I won't scream
No I promise I won't scream
Because when everything comes crashing down on us
When they clean us out for all we own
When the click comes from the dark above my bed
And a stranger blows the thoughts right through my head
The only thing I'll wonder is how we let this go
Oh but I don't know what you want me to do
Take my keys and my wallet and my phone if you have to
But leave me with my favourite dream
And I promise I won't
Tell me what it's all supposed to mean,
and I promise
Oh no I wouldn't dream of making a scene
No I promise I won't
Scream
Scream
Scream
Scream
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7. |
Follow Me Home
03:51
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I don't wanna fight
I don't wanna waste another hour away
Hey
I don't want to leave us broken
That's all I'm hoping to do
Is make up with you
I don't wanna yell
I don't wanna see just how long we can spar
Ah
But I don't wanna let you win
Because I know how stubborn you are
Ah
If I ran away
Would you watch me leave?
If I just want peace
Does that make me weak?
If I'm overtired
And I qualify my tone
Can you just follow me home?
Whoa, home
Whoa, home
I just wanna laugh
After all the stupid things that we say
Ay
Acting like we hate each other
When there's no other no way
Ay
If I ran away
Would you clean my mess?
If I just want peace
Would you acquiesce?
If Im so far gone
That I don't pick up my phone
I know you'd follow me home
Whoa, home
Whoa, home
Whoa, home
Whoa, home
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8. |
So Many Days
03:24
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The trees are bare because all their leaves fell in my hair and I can't see
The night is dry because all its moisture's in my eyes
I mourn the loss of all I used to be
Ahhh
The crisp dark cold is putting wrinkles in my clothes and on my face
My socks aren't thick enough and neither is my skin
I've never felt so out of place
I've lost so many days
I've lost so many days
I stumble over sentences like stones down in my shoes are in my brain
But you don't seem to care
You leave your sweater on my chair
And somehow that's what keeps me sane
Ayyy
I haven't made the bed in seven days because in my head it's like you're there
And when I cook I make way too much food
I've only ever cooked for two
And I'd always rather share
I'll never change my ways
Because I've lost so many days
I've lost so many days
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9. |
You Do You
03:39
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I still miss you
If that's not clear
I've just been drowning all my sorrows in expensive local beer
Everybody's finding their own way to make it through
So I'll do my own thing and you do you
I'll call you drunk at 3pm and say you do you
But my phone's been dead now
About a day or two or three
I don't know what time it is and that doesn't bother me
Connecting with the outside world can be a tiring thing to do
So I'll be the guilty one and you do you
I'll text you back next month and say you do you
But if we can both admit that we're a little lonely
That conference calls don't substitute for touch
At least I'll know I'm not the only one
That misses it that much
You just looked so happy
In that post I saw last week
Can't help but to compare that you seem happier than me
It's the ugliest of feelings but I think it still rings true
That I can't just ignore when you do you
I sit here sad and bored while you do you
But that's not just right and I know it
You're doing you for you just like you should be
I just wish it didn't have to bother me
I just wish I knew if you were thinking the exact same thing
I almost feel the "driving home thing with you" thing should be towards the end of the song
Like we should build it up to be all about adventuring
And have that be like a slow end
Ok
That, that to me sounded like, chorus-y
Like light chorus-y
I'll be the guilty one and you do you
I'll text you back next month
You get all the credit my dear
This wouldn't have happened without you
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10. |
When We Go
04:23
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You give me all these ideas
Kings and queens lay silent under violent rain
Birds may fly and empires die all over again
And the words we plan so carefully are gently laid
As a quiet simple ending to the games we've played
I could watch you as you read forever
Across the way we're still together
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Cooking meals over a fire, drying finally
Roll the dice and see what vice the evening brings
Ohh ohh we'll never leave
Ohh we pause reality
And eventually we come back to responsibility
But I know that when we go
You'll still be driving home with me
When I wake up at 4am all wet and cold
It's you I find I wanna see right next to me
I sure hope our bones support us when we're old
Climbing down the shoreline over rocks and trees
Jumping off of cliffs together
Braving it any weather
Ohh ohh we'll never leave
Ohh we pause reality
And eventually we come back to responsibility
But I know that when we go
You'll still be driving home with me
Jumping off of cliffs together
Braving it any weather
Ohh ohh
So we try something new
We climb and sweat and bleed to find another pretty view
Ohh ohh
What have I got myself into?
Getting homesick for a seat that rolls in time with you
Ohh ohh we'll never leave
Ohh we pause reality
And eventually we come back to responsibility
But I know that when we go
You'll still be driving home with me
Should we get headlamps before it gets really dark?
Yes, probably
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11. |
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When I get back to London I sure hope that I can bring
The sunset off lake Simcoe down the westbound 403
Never saw that bear in Timmins
Though you said it was a given
But I guess I saw some moose in the headlights
Canoed my way across Algonquin
Got a buzz on in Kincardine
Anywhere across the province'd be alright
But I've been hoping you'd be open
To some open road before the dark
My aching feet have finally taken me too far
So let's jump back in the car
When I get back to London I sincerely hope I'll see
All that I've been missing in my everyday routine
I want to dwell less on the future
Try to appreciate the sooner
Maybe rise from my computer sometimes
I want the crisp Sudbury wind
To freeze the hair right off my chin
I'd like the cycle to begin anew again
Because I've been hoping you'd be open
To some open road before the dark
My aching feet have finally taken me too far
So let's jump back in the car
And drive
Right through
The night
If we keep uprooting we'll never really have to say goodbye
Ah, I've been hoping you'd be open
To some open road before the dark
My aching feet have finally taken me too far
So let's jump back in the car
I've been hoping you'd be open
To some open road before the dark
My aching feet have finally taken me too far
So let's jump back in the car
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Stephen Ingram London, Ontario
A singer/songwriter based out of London, ON, Canada. I've been playing classical music and writing musicals all my life, and I just released an album that is neither of those things! Go check it out!
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