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Exhale What You Loved
03:33
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i got your letter just a couple days ago
there's no reply 'cause honestly i just don't know
the complications hang like smoke that's in the air
can't exhale what you loved and expect it to wait there
it was dark
i was alone
you can't have a part
of my home
i burned up myself 'til you would not recognize
the shell you left when you just ran away that night
rebuilt the shields and now i want to be ok
there's no room for you in this house i've built today
it was dark
i was alone
you can't have a part
of my home
it was dark
i was alone
you can't have a part
of my home
and so just go
with what you know
and just stay out
of my home
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64/65
02:46
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no i don't believe in angels but i do believe in ghosts
and i do not have a past life but this one that i don't know
'cause it really all seems so new 'cause every day you're just not there
i believe in what is left here which is all too much to bear
there's a ringing loud in my ears that surrounds all that i do
try to hear you late at night time, piercing tone is what comes through
and don't forget the broken heart i will carry forever more
here's the sound of complete failure, of love that's thrown on the floor
my guitar only gets me so far
it don't lead me any closer to my home
so i'll start on my way to a new heart
though the damage has been done i hope i don't stay on the run
no i don't believe in angels but i do believe in ghosts
and i do not have a past life but this one that i don't know
'cause it really all seems so new 'cause every day you're just not there
i believe in what is left here which is all too much to bear
and don't forget the broken heart i will carry forever more
here's the sound of complete failure, of love that's thrown on the floor
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3. |
Please Don't Go
03:43
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it's always snow
reminds me of this time i've had
on my own
with brief distractions in the night
but they're all gone
vanished right into the storm
that surrounds me
buries the pieces of what will never be
you would know
'cause you stayed so near for oh so long
how this goes
when i'm left by myself out in the cold
frozen here
it's been winter in my mind for all these years
a mental jail
i have escape plans but they always seem to fail
would you come in for a drink or two tonight
stay close and warm, and make our wrongs all right
we'll watch the smoke just hanging in the air
and it's so late, would you like to sleep here?
please don't go
this was our house, this was our home
it's what we know
we could die here together when we grow old
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4. |
Listening
04:10
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i was listening for you
were you listening for me
trying to perfect my words and i chose them carefully
you were so perfect in my eyes
i bet i left more to desire
later i got right into you and lived there for many years
now i'm at a loss for words
and that's not the only thing that's lost in our war
so many dead on both sides
who takes the blame?
and over time we became one
and in more time we fell apart
i'm still learning how to walk around with a broken heart
maybe it's the same for you
maybe you know what i'm going through
it's not something i would wish even on my enemies
you know we all deserve the best
but that's just not what we all get
my ear to the ground all the time
i'm not sure of anything i hear
now i'm at a loss for words
and that's not the only thing that's lost in our war
so many dead on both sides
i'll take the blame
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5. |
Big Day
04:18
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i threw my keys in the river
like you did with my heart
i hope you're not so offended
but now that we've been torn apart
i couldn't bear to see you
on the stage with those lights
where all those fans just adore you
like i used to do every night
i threw my keys in the river
like you did with my heart
i know it's all so dramatic
but it's been so from the start
i hope that you had a good night
i hope your show went well
i had a good time playing
but seeing you would've felt like hell
woah oh 4x
and all that time that we spent
i don't think was a waste
i'm sorry i'm leaving
i gotta find my brand new place
'cause every time i see
after i feel so down
and although i miss you
self-preservation means you won't see me around
i threw my keys in the river
like you did with my heart
i hope you're not so offended
but now that we've been torn apart
i couldn't bear to see you
on the stage with those lights
where all those fans just adore you
like i used to do every night
woah oh 4x
cold water
frozen gorge
breathy air
sing despair
2x
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6. |
Lost Time
02:47
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hand over all my days
that i gave to you back when i thought you'd keep them safe
in a secret hiding place
you can't return time as of now
so you owe me a machine that'll harvest up all the hours
you genius in black, you genius on the attack
sometimes i feel it move
but still no one thinks that i speak the truth
but time is in front of my eyes
it brushes right past me and steals what's left inside
we're all almost gone
we're all about to die
hand over all my days
that i gave to you back when i thought you'd keep them safe
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7. |
The Wolves
02:56
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i'll keep the wolves out of your home
raise us a wall of heavy stones
i know this many not be the best
way to move forward with what's left
of my heart that's bruised and broken up
but i try to not give a fuck
so i will seem ok
and yours is worn and ripped apart
i see the pattern of your scars
they twist and turn away
we medicate late in the night
burning away all of our lives
destroying all that is within
and i consider it a win
if i do not feel fucking sad
if i'm unable to get mad
'cause i will seem ok
but you make me question all i know
and maybe lies do equal hope
we're scared but don't turn away
the wolves still run right past your home
you hear them all night all alone
but i'll keep a watch right by your side
so you can sleep all through the night
and dream of folks you used to hold
the midwest will not seem as cold
and i hope you'll be ok
'cause you found something in my heart
i thought i lost deep in the dark
now i won't turn away
and i hope you'll do the same
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8. |
Madrid
03:19
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Don't look away
I've got some things to say
This baggage is not light
And it's heavier at night
Takes all my strength inside to let go
Why do I carry all this pain?
Left behind what I thought I needed
Still iit all just weighs the same
You were up all night
And left me wondering why
I was deep in a dream
That starred no one but me
I hoped you would be in there
Maybe I should go be alone
But I don't really want to leave
You are everything I don't know
Maybe that's just what I need
I hoped you would be in there
But I can sense the end in the air
It always ends
My broken heart is still full of love
And I have oh so much to give
I still don't know what is wrong with me
I'm still spinning circles in this ring
I'm still spinning circles in this ring
I'm still spinning circles in this ring
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9. |
Scatter
03:09
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i saw the light go out
and all her people scattered 'round
they became hostages
and they've stayed ever since
my first thought was to run
then decided it could not be done
so i stayed to save
all that i could not quite erase that day
she felt the push and pull
and you know that i felt it too
we weren't quite right
but this was disguised almost every night
i kept the light turned on
in my heart i felt i was not wrong
but she made other plans
and the light went out and she slipped through my hands
and the permanence of everything just ceased
and time is once again just another disease
it weighs on me so great
holds me captive locked inside a cage
that tick-tocks every night
like a bomb about to take away my life
and the permanence of everything will cease
and time is once again just another disease
yeah the permanence of everything will cease
and time is once again just another disease
i saw the light go out
and all her people scattered 'round
we became hostages
and we have stayed here ever since
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10. |
Me & You
04:05
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the sun had its day off
it rested on her clouds
she's heavier than air
i couldn't even the weight out
got pushed away
but cannot tell how strong
intent, they say, is everything / not everything, right?
discovered all the signs
and read in-between the lines
and when i chose to ask
she delayed me with a lie
so torn inside
it's concern versus safety
not black or white, i'm in the grey and it's so dark out
the sun may rise again
it takes it day by day
the lessons to be learned
may just save us, maybe they won't save us
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11. |
What We Left Out
05:15
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there's so much riding on what was said
i've made a list that you all have read
there's no debating what i now need
you've cut me open and now i
bleed my heart right out, it might be too
much for you right now, i am sure that
i'm the anomaly, shields are down
unlike everyone i meet
and still she's writing, for all to see
her blood is staining this tragedy
i wore so proudly across my face
but now i'm trying so hard to
erase it from the page, i let it consume
me back in the day, 'cause pain is something
that defines us all, and it just matters if
we scale that wall
i felt a feeling come over me
i sensed a dread deep in my heart that was real
but i figured that this just couldn't wait
and so i called her up to see what she'd say
that was our mistake, that was our mistake
everything we touch will break
that was our mistake, that was our mistake
everything we touch will break
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Albis Brooklyn, New York
Songs, mine and others'. Studio rat: producer, engineer, session musician at Studio G, Russell Street Recording, and Track Tribe Music. Tour dude, pro and DIY. Vegan. Guardian of cats and a couple kids. Proud partner of Rikki Will. DIY Punk at heart. Rocknroll Lifer. ... more
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