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2-3 Hours A Day
02:41
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I circumambulate this city for 2-3 hours a day
I’m currently in Gleadless and needless to say
I wouldn’t usually find myself out this way
This is easy for me
Though I miss my loved ones
Otherwise it’s a dream
I take a call from a friend
We talk about the situation and if it’ll ever end
We move on to men and their inability to share their feelings
But this is easy for me
It keeps me clear of overthinking
Which is easy for me
When I miss my loved ones
Otherwise it’s a dream
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You can’t leave me here
I don’t want your things
I want you
To be as miserable as me
Though you found a love that stuck around
That’s something that I’ve yet to seek out
But for now I’ll go without
You thought about the cats
You thought about the kids
You thought about the photographs you didn’t want shown on the internet
I want you
To be as miserable as me
Though you found a love that stuck around
That’s something that I’ve yet to seek out
But for now I’ll go without
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3. |
Still Here
02:00
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Senseless feelings
Like love, even though we're done
I know you wish I'd get the hint
Trust me, I do too
It's draining
It's tiring
But what have I got to lose
2am
3am
I'm still here
2 years on
3 years on
I'm still here
Better luck next year?
Do you crave the attention
Even at my expense
I never meant for this to be getting dragged out still
Yet here I am
Thinking on all the time we've killed
2am
3am
I'm still here
2 years on
3 years on
I'm still here
Better luck next year?
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4. |
Panic Attacks
02:44
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I think of friends back home
Some are hopeless
Others happy alone
It takes a lot to leave
I know you were mourning
You’re probably mourning still
There’ll be a panic attack
But you should try it
You won’t get this time back
I wasn’t always alone
I used to be hopeless
Now I’m fine on my own
It took a lot to leave
When you were there in the morning
On the side by the window sill
There were panic attacks
But you would fight it
You won’t get this time back
Tell me how you are now
Tell me how you’re feeling
Do you miss the same grey walls
And staring up at the ceilings
Despite all that
Did you ever think we'd never get this time back
There’ll be a panic attack
But you're hardly dying
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I'd wait for you to arrive
Never sun-kissed
Always nervous
Tired eyed but alive
Pale and freckled
Scarred and reckless
Eyes mismatched in colour
Like no other I've tried to find
"5 became 3
3 became 2
2 became 1"
Songs of love from when we knew that the other was enough
When evenings were sung away down the wet room drain in the echo chamber
We'd run through a few of our songs
And then another one
Until it was no longer fun
Then we'd be done
I'd see you off with a sigh
Arms outstretched
Chest to chest
Like knives pulling out as we'd pull away in goodbye
It's not easy when you're as pathetic as us, we'd realise
"Missing something
Missing somewhere
Missing someone"
Songs of love from when we cared
Because the other was enough
And evenings were sung away down the wet room drain in the echo chamber
We'd run through a few of our songs
And then another one
Until it was no longer fun
Then we'd be done
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I.S. / I.S.
01:54
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I’m sorry that it couldn’t be enough
I’m sorry that it couldn’t surpass another love
I’m sorry for the self pity
I’m sorry for the songs
I’m sorry for my impatience
I’m sorry for how I’ve been, for the judgement and lack of understanding
I wanted you to be happy
Just not alone
I wanted you to be happy
But just with me
I’m sorry for everything
I’m sorry for repeating myself
I’m sorry for repeating myself
I’m sorry for repeating myself
I wanted to be happy
All alone
I wanted to be happy
Just me
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7. |
Your Hands
02:05
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At nights I'd find myself compromised by the things you'd do with your hands
I was up late anyway
Nothing on the next day
Down past the skatepark and the green
The things you said were boring
The jokes just wouldn't land
The songs you played were easy, predictable even
I'd know a thing or two about that
There's something that exists between me and these streets
It supersedes my hometown and the people that I miss
I extended an olive branch
You managed to let me down
The lies you told were easy, predictable even
I'd know a thing or two about that
The things you said were boring
The jokes just wouldn't land
The songs you played were easy, predictable even
I'd know a thing or two about that
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8. |
Peace Plague
02:32
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Is your peace a plague
Can you make yourself busy all day every day
You were always killing time
Is your home a place where you feel safe
Or just cut off from everyone
Because I feel like that sometimes
Is love in vain
After all we gave
When we wound up with nothing left
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9. |
We Should Rest
02:04
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You hold my hand
You put your head down
Sneak out the door and drive back to our town
You played me new songs
"Why are we so depressed?"
You couldn't think
You couldn't rest
Your head was a mess
I know that she may not be here today
But she's only ever a heartbeat away
Though that's easy for me to say
I wouldn't think
I wouldn't rest
I wouldn't forget
I wouldn't long for what's next
I'd be a mess
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Secret meetings, trust in trysts
One day I'm sure I’ll miss this
But now I can meet you out by Rivelin and maybe baby you can rave about the soda stream
Will there be a long weekend that I never come back on
Or will we go on as if this never happened
Then you can take to the city streets careening and meet me on the road by the NCP
I never fulfilled my childhood desire
Of putting i’s in the middle of ‘to let’ signs
I was endlessly amused
I was stupid then
But friend, I’m not much better yet
I bleed myself dry on the 1-4-6-5
Anything to keep me half-alive
But save me, Jesus!
This heat is displeasing!!
It’s 25 degrees!!!
Please turn the dial down for me!!!!
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Kid Chameleon Sheffield, UK
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