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by Ian Carleton

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1.
Take Offense 05:35
Take Offense Take Offense Ya been sittin on that fence It's time now to get down Take a look around At all their anxious smiles And their jealous frowns I think ya got it bad It's not what the doctors would say But I would know better Yea, I always have And it makes it hard to forget And worse to remember But I still remember And I love to be reminded With every silence The pattern repeats Yea, you're still draggin your feet You're just goin through the motions And you're laugin loud Laughin along with the crowd But ya can't tell what the joke was Well I think the jokes on you Your conscience all stapled and glued Your dreams all compromises Ya say ya want some truth Yea well its been starin at you But ya went and closed your eyelids And then ya turned the corner And that silence that you always avoid Becomes the street noise So wake up from that dream, it was just a bad one. The laughter's not what it seems. The joke's a really sad one. And now you're back around As sure as the leaves hit the ground With the change of season Ya say ya been alone And ya made the silence a home Ya got somethin to believe in And it's not a prayer And it's not a name or a code It's more just a feeling And it was always there But then ya became so aware Ya went right through the ceiling Now you're left to wonder How it ever took ya so long To not want to belong So please wake up from that dream, yea it was just a bad one. The laughter's not what it seems. The joke's a really sad one. It a sad one.
2.
Pretty Sure 04:25
Pretty Sure Don't hold your breath I'm gonna take my time Take what's mine And crawl back beneath it Stitch up the seamless I can't believe this Happened again I tried to beat it I tried to cheat it I tried anything but just to be it But now I am And I still can't But I think I might know why No I don't want it to be true But I'm pretty sure it's you Yea I'm pretty sure it's you I'm pretty sure it's you But I've been wrong before And I went knocking at that door Yea I still went back for more And I'm right here back for more Pull the shades down Lock the doors up Cause I've had enough Of all the bullshit And it's all bullshit And I don't want it to be true But I'm pretty pretty sure it's you Yea I'm pretty sure it's you I'm pretty sure I'm still unsure
3.
Ways & Means 04:52
Ways & Means Caught in these lies I'm only sifting through a wasteland I better make plans Before they make plans for me Pictures on postcards Newsreels play in my daydreams It's too strange, too foreign To forfeit all my My ways and means Hey, hey, hey Your Safe Safe, safe, safe We're Safe As safe as you wanna be If you'd only trust in me So peel back the curtains Paint the dark clouds in shades of purple It's too hard to focus My mind spins like a ferris wheel Just bite down, move slow Do the thing you knew you should Inside this forest I know a tree of a stronger wood Grows Hey, hey, hey You're Safe Safe, safe, safe We're Safe As safe as you wanna be If it's what you wanna be Hey, hey, hey Safe, safe, safe We're Safe
4.
Sugarfree 03:13
Sugarfree A face like yours should have a song. A smile like yours should have someone to tell it jokes. And hands like yours should have someone to hold on to, if you want to. Cause I'd like to, To be the one that you hold on to. To be the one you reach for When you want it all to mean more, And you need more. Let me be more. Let me be more. I'm already yours. I haven't seen your face since March of last year. Haven't spoke to you since June. I remember the brand of gum that you chewed. And I remember the shadow beneath your collarbone. I remember how you'd say you didn't like to talk on the phone, And how we'd talk on the phone. And I remember that time I called and how you'd said you'd call me back. But the phone never rang, and I never asked. And we ran out of secrets, and let the months pass. They say that love kills time, well time kills love too fast.
5.
So Sing the Mute Pack it in boxes and write names on the sides To categorize in your closet Stacks in dark corners of the things that ya hide Things you don't wanna find in your closet I don't wanna see these things I don't wanna feel these things Just a reference in a footnote, well so sing the mute The persons that fell by the wayside The breadth of the typeface paints colors of truth The story's the same, it's a little shorter I don't wanna know these things I swear I'll never show these things Now it's tied to my ankles and I scratch at the knot And it only tightens but it helps me feel less complacent
6.
Wizardry 02:32
Wizardry I've been.. Searching for some pretty words to pair with pretty music And I hope the radio DJs hear it and that they'd like to use it For the hour when they play all the newest bands with all the latest hits Cause honestly I've always thought that my songs have been some of the greatest shit But it doesn't really matter if I was right or wrong All along, I sure had fun anyway And I wrote a couple songs Cause when every word means everything I can't help but feel happier when I sing Louder... But sometimes I get quiet Cause it always sounds better in my head It's in my head I kept it in my head But I couldn't fake the will to fight it And it never seemed enough to write it I started singin it instead And Loud and Loud and Louder..

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released February 22, 2012

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Ian Carleton New York, New York

Born 1987 in NY, NY.

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