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Test Run
03:45
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Let's start with me
Write a list, pick out everything
Underline all my fine points
While still treating this like a disease
Can't you see this is part of me
It's everything that you want to be
So stay with me, stick through everything
And then you'll see it's all that you thought it would be
This is only a test run
Just look around: you'll see nothing has changed
This has not even begun
The way you're acting is simply insane
Let's start with you
Here's my list – wouldn't change a thing
Tried defining my fine points
To become what you want me to be
I can't believe you could look at me
And find a way to destroy my dream
It's hard to see when you're in front of me
So take a leave and watch this be all this can be
So please stay
'Cause I know that you need me
And you'll follow me into the fame
So I hope you can trust me
And do your best not to put out the flame
'Cause this isn't about me
It's about what I want us to gain
'Cause you know you're the only
And I promise that will never change
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I Could Fall
03:33
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Tired of myself
Sheets over my eyes
Tired of this mess
Ideas come but
Nothing seems to stick with me
It's hard, you see
Building, pulling
All these strings are tied by me
Tied right to me
Can't believe that this is me
Everything is falling through
The way they do
If I failed to be like you
What would I become, what would I become?
If there's one thing I can do
Consider it done, consider it done
Ambition is thin
Tired of this fight
I'm losing my mind
Struggling to break through
And ideas come but
I could fall – pick myself up
Let it go – burning through my life
Fuck it up – turn the lights out
Let me be – let me feel so weak
But strong enough to rely on
You're there for me, I'll be there for you
To get you through while you fight on
To anchor me – do it all for me
Ambition is thin
Wish I had your blood under my skin
Ambition is thin
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Release
03:36
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Don't leave me here, locked in this cold cell
It feeds my fear and it doesn't feel too well
It pulls me apart while it makes my pain swell
It beats down on me and throws me to the edge
Where I fell down and landed on the ground beside you
You've gotta roll over
Head off my shoulder
Gotta start over
Release
Don't shed a tear; turn my life to hell
Don't let your anger stir or let your bitterness repel
It rips through my heart where my emotions still dwell
It beats down on me and throws me to the ledge
Where I stopped, 'cause I knew that I would never jump off with you
You didn't want to make it last
You thought it would never surpass
The only dream I wish I had
So you chose just to let me collapse
I'll pick it up and try again
While removing this blade from my back
I won't forget – I wish I could let it go
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Sink
03:50
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Walking away makes me feel much better
About my mistakes, it makes me feel so clever
Watching this break, what would it take
For you to look into my eyes
I'll wake you up when it's all over
Keep a straight face, pretend I'm sober
Pretend I'm fine – I'm out of my mind
I'll pick you up when you fall over
Being your crutch I'll be your motor
I'll push you forward
I'll stay here
Lost in this ocean
Without you I can't swim
And the water makes my head spin
And sink
Talking this way makes you look much better
Efforts so fake, you make me wait for ever
Saying what you say, the words you play
Contribute to your stream of lies
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Shaded
03:59
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Taking time to figure out
To figure out what's running through your head
Everything you said, everything you did
What really got to me I'll never forget
What it is that broke me
And pulled me down and watched me bleed
Wasting time neglecting doubt
My stomach stops to hear my heart shout
To hear my thoughts out, to ease my pain
I'm sick of telling this old tale
To any ear that's open
I'd tell it all to you again
But I've already spoken
And I don't know how
You can say it's overrated
I'm so frustrated
And I can't stand how
You make me feel my life's been wasted
My faith is shaded
Waking up and handing out
Handing out a welcoming
To everything you were, to everything you prefer
What really hurt the most were the
Secrets that you kept beneath your skin
What they were, I never knew
Till the day they made me plead
Breaking all respect without
Explaining what you're really about
To let your thoughts out, to ease my pain
I'm sick of feeling that I've failed
The course that never opened
You're choosing to be crawling through
When you know you should be walking
Bleed
When it hurts
When it rips my heart in two
When it hurts because
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At the Seams
03:11
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Your anger is subsiding
You're itching and you're bitching
While complaining about nothing
But everything and anything
You're calling me heartless
Regardless of the things I've said
You're making my stomach ache
To see you makes my body shake
You're wasting all this time to see me fade
Don't hold back now – keep criticizing every word I say
Breaking me apart, piece by piece
Don't hold back – now you're making me feel better
Rip through my heart, rip me at the seams
Don't hold back now
You're learning, still searching
You're working on putting off
The hurting concerning
Yourself and me and all I see
You're calling me selfish
Subdued by your own self defense
You're caving now you're faint and thin
Believing me is not a sin
Ripping me at the seams
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Part of You
03:55
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One more time it's slipping through your fingers
And no longer within your reach
You waste your time on anyone who listens to you
You cry on every shoulder
First in line to every disappointment
It's so sad it affects your speech
But don't decline it's simply part of growing
One day you'll learn to
Find a way to try and stick with this
Don't lose it – clench it with your fist
Bring it with you
You don't have to use it but please don't lose it
One more time you're sorting through your options
But your limits are all you see
So take your time – this isn't going anywhere
You'll see it grows with patience in you
Will let you get to sleep the night through
Don't let it make you toss and turn if
You have to let it go
One day you'll learn to
It's pushing you back
Don't ever give up your hope
Try not to react
Opinions are on their own
You cry on every shoulder
One day you will learn to
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The Tide
04:00
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Move on
Free me from this life that I've thrown away
I'm torn
In between what I want and what's best for me
I'm lost
In this dream that no longer exists for me
And I can leave
But this place
Will remain in my mind for ever till I
Break from these chains
Take away this feeling
Lost without a clue when I'm well aware
In circles
Running round in search of a better me
And I can leave
Nothing can keep this from burning out and fading away
And I can leave
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Reckless
04:09
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Take a moment to look back where it started
When everything you take for granted
Is everything that keeps you stranded here
Take a moment to look back where it fell through
When it was not so scary
Just temporary
Now that's over
Now everything you ever wanted has been pushed aside
You're face down – broken glass
Waiting for this time to pass
Reckless and underclassed
Hoping this will never last
Feeling dormant, struggling inch by inch
Breaking open; watch me give in again
See the cut up hands of this broken man
Weighing me down, but
Weakened knees; I'm trembling
Pushed aside; I'm failing
Wipe this sweat from my brow
I'm still waiting here
Searching for this place
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In Circles
04:16
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Hanging by the same mistakes
Waiting for the cord to break
Trying to find a better way
Than living life from day to day
We get so tired
And emotionally out of shape
We get so drained
From sunny days spent in the rain
I watch you make like it's all worth it
When inside I know that you're still searching
You have to wait – wait for someone special
To relate 'cause that's the part you're still without
Open eyed and wide awake
How much difference does it make
Side by side or hand in hand
If you're never meant to take a stand
I hate to watch you stray
And slip away from better days
It hurts me deeply so
To watch your heart pretend to grow
I'm tired of helping you get through this
You're giving up – collapsing at the surface
You're caving inside out
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