1. |
The Green Light
03:31
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Verse 1
I'm out here
I'm out in the sea
And the water's up to my neck
it drags my feet
Im out here
I'm looking for love
Because all the love I've found
Has never been enough
It's never been enough
Verse 2
I'm out here
I'm out in the sea
And the water's up to my neck
it drags my feet
Im out here
I'm looking for You
Because all the love I've found
Began with you
(with you)
Pre Chorus
I'm Still Wading
I've been shaking
I'm lost
I'm lost for words
Forwards
Chorus
I believe in a Green Light
But belief is fading fast
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2. |
alittlecloser
03:09
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Verse 1
A devil waits out my window
He's looking for a way to get inside
I'm looking for a saint online, status update, or a sign of the times
But I don't know if I believe them
Pre Chorus
What about you, kid?
What do you stand for?
What are your beliefs in this vision of grandeur?
Are you in a world where all the city lights went off?
Then look a little closer
Chorus
Just Look a littler closer
Verse 2
I am but a boy; a symbol
And sometimes I don't trust my thoughts
I can destroy more than I will ever make
But I don't want to feed that demon
Pre Chorus
What about you, kid?
What do you stand for?
What are your beliefs in this vision of grandeur?
Are you in a world where all the city lights went off?
This is not your room, kid
This is a platform
This is where you face everything that you asked for
This is not a world where all the city lights went off
Just look a little closer
Bridge
I found a forest down the streets outside
And like an anchor to my feet, untiable,
it kept me back from the dreams I'd die in
I wrote it down so that I could find my way back
To the pen, to the paper, to the music
I could let it all out, I could lose it in the air
Then a song became an album
This is mu psyche, out and about
And more
Keep your eyes up
Keep your eyes up, boy
Keep your eyes up
Keep your eyes up
Keep your eyes up
Keep your eyes up, boy
Welcome to the album
Stepping outside the door
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3. |
Small Talk
04:41
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Verse 1
I'll sleep off the madness with the hope of second chances
Second glances, young romantics,
When it seems that I'm abandoned
And I'm dying for some answers but I'll try to mind my manners
Between every soft inhale
I'm just trying not to fail you
Pre Chorus
Or get lost tonight
Wanna chase the stars?
Take your own advice
We could go so far
Live a little life
And live it where you are
It's too cold inside and we got things to do
Chorus
I'm spending all my youth unused
And spending all my days unphased
What a display of my youth
Unused
I'll give what I don't take
And use what I don't break
I'm spending all my youth
Verse 2
Well I know that you're quiet
Even when I sit here silently
In fear of what you'll ask of me
But I have nowhere else to be myself
I'm changing constantly
Adapt to what they want of me
I'm begging for an in-between
A chance to breathe or intervene
Pre Chorus
Or get lost tonight
Wanna chase the stars?
Take your own advice
We could go so far
Live a little life
And live it where you are
It's too cold inside and we got things to do
Chorus
I'm spending all my youth unused
And spending all my days unphased
What a display of my youth
Unused
I'll give what I don't take
And use what I don't break
I'm spending all my youth
Bridge
I will wait and I will wait
At my lowest
My lowest
Outro
I just want to breathe again
I just want to breathe
I just want to feel again
I just want to breathe
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4. |
The Hills
04:11
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I forgot who I am today
The moment that my right ear left the place
The place that I temporarily escape
When I'm up in smoke
When I'm off my face, yeah
So I'll hide away
But repetition never kept the lie at bay
I lie awake, considering how I, today
Would change face without any hesitation
I don't think I understand how I came to
This old place so low that I can't move
I always said to myself
I was over you
But at the end of the day you disprove
My theories and my pride,
Buried in music and caught up in twine
So Im reaching out to an outlet of mine
I haven't engaged for ages
Chorus
My eyes to The Hills
Calling on a name unspoken
I stand frozen
I'm dressed for the kill
But they're coming for my people
Out from steeples
oh
Treading on my own
Cultural belief runs deep but
My eyes to The Hills
Calling on a name unspoken
But I stand frozen
Verse 2
Forgive me if I tend to sound
Like my influences or people I've found online
I get too caught up in my mind
And stylistically, I'm not trying to be precise
But this is how you get to know me
Then know that I'm constantly on the cusp
Of being so nonchalant that its scary
Then caring about what you think til it owns me
This is not a plea for pity
This is not a getaway
This is a coping mechanism that I've appropriated
To discover my soul again
So today I'm alone
Hoping that words I wrote in the Notes in my phone
Will give me an image of who I'm supposed to be
Under the surface supposedly
Bridge
I want to break away
I want to break away
I want to rise above the shell and be myself again
I want to break away
I want to break away
Inside a world that's burning down
I want to break away
I want to break away
I want to break away
I want to rise above the shell and be myself again
I want to break away
I want to rise above the shell and be myself again
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5. |
YCNLM
04:57
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Verse 1
My body parts sprawled on the ground
I welcome in the hatred
If it gives me strength
Your name is on my tongue and face is on the walls
Bombarding til I stay sedated
Pre Chorus
You make mistakes when you learn how to breathe
In this climate
Back to the breeze
I'm sure that I made plans far too out-loud
Exposure
Back in the trees
Unpacking messes of me
Validate my claims
I loved you so
Although
Chorus
You could never love me
You could just eliminate
These voices
And subtract noises
I can find your poison
Bottoming the things I take
To hope my emptiness will
(change)
Verse 2
I find you hiding under doorways
That never closed
Do you remember those?
I thought I lost my soul
Still, you wait by the door
And I can't go back
So I wage a war
It's all I have
Pre Chorus
You make mistakes when you learn how to breathe
In this climate
Back to the breeze
I'm sure that I made plans far too out-loud
Exposure
Back in the trees
Unpacking messes of me
Validate my claims
I loved you so
Although
Bridge
Come awake and never grow old
Leave yourself in that basement
Look at my face
We'll bury that case so low
And fix what they broke
It's time to let go
Final Chorus
You could never love me
You could just eliminate
These voices
And subtract noises
I decide
My choice is
Following the feet unchained
My restless emptiness will change
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6. |
Big Small Town
03:52
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7. |
Hello, Goodbye i
05:08
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8. |
House Down
03:27
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9. |
Keep Me Awake
04:06
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10. |
Step Towards
05:26
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11. |
The Woods
04:47
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12. |
Sunrise
04:52
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14. |
Hello, Goodbye ii
05:12
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John Samuel Los Angeles, California
I'm out here
I'm out in the sea
And the water's up to my neck
But Keep Moving Forward
You are more than just a digit so I beg you, try.
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