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Straight To Hell
03:16
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You’re sweet when you’re telling me that we can live our dreams
Fulfill them endlessly
Big trees are surrounding me it’s my therapy
From all this hypocrisy
Take a look around, does it make you proud that one man’s rich while another ten starve?
Knee deep and buried in the weeds while the snakes and the thieves rip out our dreams
All words sounding more absurd, blaming those who rot while choosing who deserves
A good life a pretty young wife a hot new ride with something on the side
I guess I’ll stay anyway
This world’s gone straight to hell
And I don’t care at all if we just keep things real
This world’s gone straight to hell
And I don’t care at all if we just keep things real
We’ve come so far, but fallen so short
We’d rather drop bombs than love and support
It’s neat - amateur philosophy - chill at the bar and speak abstractly
Bar flies with phD’s, suddenly everyone’s an authority
But I’ll still stay anyway
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2. |
Start
03:31
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Things are different after all this time
I often wonder about your life and mine
Perfect strangers crossing paths, crossing hearts
I loved the way we grew from the start
Well you fill me up and I overflow
Pour out all these things I've never known
It feels just like the first time
Everything was alright
We fall back into place
Right at the starting line
And what sets you apart
I know it all by heart
How could I forget
Just how we got our start?
It's so crazy how we change with time
Will your life ever be in sync with mine?
Now that we're strangers, will you know me past my name?
In a crowd am I your friend or just a face?
Well you filled me up and I overflowed
Poured out all these things I'd never known
Please tell me I'm not the only one
Who feels what we've become
Burnt out like the sun
A friend to me or dead to me
A wasted possibility
But I'm still hanging on
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3. |
Quicksand
03:08
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I heard they said I’m in over my head
Like Lincoln staring into space when they shot him
I’m pretty sure that we’ve been here before
My memory’s saved me from the thrill of remembering
It’s true that the ocean isn’t blue
It’s our brains playing tricks on our bodies
Big waves form a crescent of a sage
The current pulls on the land beneath me
You’re quicksand; I try to get out
The more I move you keep pulling me down
Choose escape from the darkness of love
Let the past go so I won’t drown
Shots rang in the gallows of my brain
I hear the voices of the few that stood by me
They say “nothing gold can stay”
It’s time to grow, ‘cause the world keeps turning
Old friends cling to dreams that are dead
Raise a glass, pour one out for trying
Tongues tied we all wear a disguise
Celebrating the pursuit of what’s boring
Don’t try to run
It only makes it worse
You can’t resist
The fact is
You’ve been staring deep inside of me
And all I need is everything
But we both know the scary thing is
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4. |
All In
03:05
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You better wise up and get in line
Put your blue jeans on one leg at a time
Don’t say another word
I can’t stand to hear another from you
Tell me baby what you got on your mind?
You make me nervous with that look in your eyes
Show me a pretty face or a clever disguise
Your lips are smiling, all they’re spitting are lies
I feel so out of control
Have I made a mistake?
Don’t wanna play any games
I’m all in - so come on
I love the way you think you know what’s best for me
Like there’s a smarter better person I know how to be
Keep on shit talking best get walking
Get walking away
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5. |
What's Real!
03:37
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Cashed my chips took a trip to the other side
I took a tour of a whole new life
And what I saw when I got there shook me up
A quake in my mind; I knew that I was fine
There’s magic in getting some perspective
Jack scored some beans and went through the sky
Looking down I can see the horizon
A step toward the moon is a step away from you
What’s real!
You’re not a part of me
You’re just the enemy now
What’s real!
The shadows follow me
And they’re tying me down
I’ve been seeing visions of what this could really mean
Will it just be garbage pinned up a magazine?
Leaving traces of what never was and still could be
We live the dreams of fossil beauty queens
Silence, your words are haunting
Your touch is keeping me down
The earth moves and I can see to
A clearer picture of me and you
Your shadow follows me
And it’s tying me down
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6. |
Flutter
03:43
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Common sense and elegance topped off with irrelevance
We masquarade our every thought with the subtlety of elephants
Tip toe dressed in iron boots through the quiet halls in servitude
Everyone else will follow suit
We’ll fall right back again
We’ll fall right back again into
The same four letters, we don’t know any better
We’ll fall right back again
We’ll fall right back again into
We make a habit of denying what we know we really want
And it’s a shame that we can all ignore this. With you my dear subtlety don’t exist.
Listen close to the sound of impersonality we’ve worked so hard to build
The sweet sweet beat of your
Heart starts pumping faster
Presenting the illusion that this might be something bigger and we’ll
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7. |
Wished I Was Dead
02:56
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Last night I wished I was dead
This morning I chose life instead
We were laying in our bed
I was saying all the crazy shit in my head
And yeah it’s true
Before I knew I would have married you
But such is life
If you were my wife, I wouldn’t know what to do
I know people make mistakes
This ain’t the kind you make at 28
I’m moving on
Getting used to you being gone
I’m moving on
Getting used to you being gone
Today I felt something bright
Last year hasn’t felt so right
I took you to the coast
But there was a ghost flying with us like a kite
I can’t wait to kick his ass
I’ll shove his face in the grass
I thought he was a friend
Right until the end I would have had his back
I shouldn’t be so surprised
But I know I’ll be fine
Last night I wished I was dead
This morning I chose life instead
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8. |
Better Things
03:49
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I’ve been sleeping on the wrong side of the bed
Swapping stories with the voices I hear in my head
Cus I’m sick and I’m tired always uninspired, maybe it’s the way I’m wired
Losing sleep over everything I did not say
Nothing’s as intimidating as empty pages when all the phrases won’t come out
And everybody’s telling me that I’m in over my head
The devil’s on my shoulder saying “you can sleep when you’re dead”
Cus I’ve got better things to do
Than waste my nights dreaming of you
I played back every scene in my head
Like a Woody Allen film starring us instead
Where everything was so much better
When your mood won’t change with the weather but
Nothing’s quite as disappointing as conversation when expectations don’t pan out
I’ve had my chance, but time’s run out
I’d beg and plead scream and shout
But I’m too damn proud
I’m too damn proud
I tried my best but things don’t work out
It’s something I’m still down about
But I’m too damn proud
I’m too damn proud
Nothing’s quite as devastating as “I love you’s” that quickly turn to “I don’t cares”
And after it’s over
I won’t be falling backwards
(But all you ever do is leave)
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9. |
The Mountain
03:27
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Oh my friend we’ve been through quite a bit now
We’re over 15 years in deep, I couldn’t be more proud
You’ve grown bigger than I could ever dream
Though you met your beauty queen you never outgrew me
And thank you for all you’ve done
If not for you I’m sure who I would become
I wouldn’t have it any other way
If you go down I’ll be right there to save the day
The years go by and the time flies
The girls they come and go, but we’ll drink Natty Boh’s anytime
I’m not scared of that mountain
I’m not scared of that climb
As the air gets thin and we fight that wind
I’m thankful to have you by my side
Oh my friends we’ve been down and out of luck
We spent a few years of struggling
But now we’re on the cusp of love and turning into men
Though we fought it growing up, we’re like our dads in the end
Thank you for all you’ve done
If not for you I’m sure who I would become
I wouldn’t have it any other way
As we grow into jaded souls we’ll know we reached our crazy goals
The years go by and the time flies
The bands they come and go, but we’ll drink cheap whiskey anytime
Oh my friend I’ll always have your back
Call on me for all you need
We’ll always be those boys of the past
I just hope that I can give half of what you’ve given me, a bond that always lives
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10. |
Free
02:31
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It’s you and me, we had Dolores on her knees
We’ve been laying here while we watch the clouds go by the trees
We are free
And yeah it’s kinda strange
We humans treat the earth this way
Sell our souls to profiteers while they’re poisoning the atmosphere
Like it was free
But have you heard the news?
The ocean’s eating San Francisco too
The sun is burning out
Creatures crawling green men farming Mars
It’s you and me
We’re fighting through the galaxy
We’re always struggling working to the bone to live and eat
We’re never free
I don’t know if I can see this through
Work to live for dreams that can never come true
Our parents meant for the best
They left this world in a mess
We work hard for the money, but we already know that it’s spent
Have you heard that LA is being blown away?
We’re all burnt out
At least we are free to stay
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11. |
A Little Time
04:08
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How’ve you been old friend?
We lost you for a while there
It’s nice to see that you’re still hanging on
Your face is familiar but it’s changed,
Your smile’s looking something strange
And I can’t place the name
And I can’t remember the last time
The sun shined and everything was fine
I spend all my days in my head
So maybe I
I just need a little time
I just need a little time
I’m overwhelmed, and underused
I look for a new point of view
I’ll see things how I want to
You’re only happy in your misery
But doesn’t everybody here deserve to be happy too?
I just need a little time
I got too much on my mind
I need no sympathy
But maybe I just need a little time
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