1. |
Summer Squall
03:19
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I waited on Bleecker with a letter in my hand
I've grown old trying to figure out the things I didn't understand
Until a sea-coast town began to call my name
I've been feeling isolation but I've only got myself to blame
From the top of Salt Hill I was staring out to sea
I've been hooked on pretty women who have never done a thing for me
And then the city was hit by a quick moving summer squall
It sent me running for cover but there wasn't any time at all
I fear forgiveness is the reason
On my heart it's open season
It's all or nothing
I found myself losing in the race against the clock
I've been hearing lots of rumors 'bout the last house on the block
I was searching for the answer in the bottom of a glass
When you're living in a fantasy it's easy to rewrite the past.
I hope you know that you're forgiven
In this moment's where I'm living
It's time to leave the past behind you
I've waited for so long to find you
It's all or nothing
It's all or nothing
It's all or nothing
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2. |
Your Vision
03:23
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Your life was speeding like a downhill sled
A list of unfulfilled plans
Missed opportunities and things unsaid
It's slipping right through your hands
Skies are getting dark so soon
Days much shorter than they seem
Conflicts and impending doom
Every day recurring themes
Gazing back on darkened days
The time for changes came long overdue
You said you'd give it a try
Set up a system that would work for you
The best that money could buy
Walls are closing in each day
Problems only to increase
Time to seek a better way
Find yourself some inner peace
Sun is fighting through the haze
Lost in the clouds with your head stuck in the sand
When the calls came in you chose to dig in your heels
Noise was so loud so you headed for dry land
You recall how free the truth could make you feel
Your vision keeps improving every day
You made yourself a new start
Good fortune will be coming back your way
The love returned to your heart
Clouds are breaking up so soon
Days much better than they seem
Rainbow's end and crescent moon
Has this all been just a dream?
Just a dream...
Gazing back on darkened days
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3. |
Indecisive Moon
04:07
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I woke that morn when you nudged me after dawn
and you kissed my on my fore-head
You loved my place but you left without a trace
just when love was getting started
You turned on a dime with excuses so well-timed
made an ugly situation
You took your new route, found the perfect substitute
now you’re plotting domination
Aaah…
We like to dance downtown let the music spin us round
look you in the eye and tell you I love you
Tell you I love you
And if you let me take you home, we can play our favorite song
and we’ll sing along as I lay above you
I lay above you
May the lights of New York City shine on me wherever I go
May the lights of New York City shine on me wherever I go
Night-time comes slow in spring and the pigeons spread their wings
waiting for their mating season
Plans can change so soon ‘neath the indecisive moon
and her impulse is the reason
Day-break comes, sleep so rare and the traces everywhere
through my dreams I kick and stumble
“Neath the late summer sun in the city we were one
and the heavens made us humble
Aaah….
We like to dance downtown let the music spin us round
look me in the eye and tell me you love me
Tell me you love me
And if I let you take me home, we can play our favorite song
and we’ll sing along as you lay above me
You lay above me
May the lights of New York City shine on me wherever I go
May the lights of New York City shine on me wherever I go
May the light of Lady Liberty guide me to the place I call home
May the lights of New York City shine on me wherever I go
Oooo, ooo, oooo…
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4. |
Wolf Den
02:59
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Springtime melts the snow but the streets are still gritty
The north wind warms the faces on the streets of the city
Like a hummingbird
You like moving quickly, baby that's what you told me
I let my heart get caught and I bought what you sold me
Like a fool I bought it
Like a lamb in a wolf den
Well if I knew all the hell that you'd put me through
I would have never messed around with a girl like you
You got a sweet-talk nature but your game is deceiving
Now you're crying out "Wolf" but there's no one believing
And the wolf ain't getting weaker as the winter gets older
Don't you know that late at night I walk the streets I'm looking over my shoulder
Who's that behind me now?
He's gonna find me now
Like a lamb in a wolf den
I gotta walk a little faster and keep my pace
I can't wait around hoping that I'll see your face
I see your heart went first and your bags were packed
Because you had something going right behind my back
I remember how you left me waiting New Years Eve
Wondering what the fuck was lurking underneath your sleeve
And I can't stop drinking but I'm in great shape
Because I'm running from something that I can't escape
In a wolf den
In a wolf den
In a wolf den
In a wolf den
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5. |
You Burned Your Name
03:56
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There's a crossroads where we reach the end our our dreams
Parting's been proposed now it's not as far as it seems
I appear care-free, but my heart is burning inside
With what you mean to me, the pain to lose your love I can't hide
You gave me the courage I lacked
The first time through and I never turned back
I can't wrap my head around a life without you
We kicked this can down the road
On a young and ungrateful man you bestowed
Foolish hopes and dreams he could never see through
You burned your name inside my heart but I can feel you slip away
How can we bear to be apart when I still miss you every day?
When I wake from sleep I can't believe that you are gone
My heart was yours to keep, far from me you chose to move on
I played your heart like a game
Now all I can do is hang my head in shame
Can't face myself because I know that it's true
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders without you
Drifting and maintaining is now the best that I could ever hope to do
Now I get that guilt feeling when I look into your eyes
Your intentions are revealing but your love is all I'm living for
You burned your name inside my heart but I can feel you slip away
How can we bear to be apart when I still miss you every day?
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6. |
Television's Golden Age
04:16
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As we look over the precipice, can't you feel the change in the air?
Man pushes the breaking point so consumed with daily affairs
Magma flows beneath the surface I can't quite feel it burning my toes
We're so conditioned to fear ourselves, cynicism's cup overflows
Cynicism's cup overflows, cynicism's cup overflows
Faith and fortune coming to blows, cynicism's cup overflows
In television's golden age compassion has become so passe
Disdain is Mount Vesuvius and New York City's the new Pompeii
Generation's evolution has started taking steps in reverse
We threw our souls in a microwave now we have to live with the curse
Cynicism's cup overflows, cynicism's cup overflows
Rage and wisdom unlikely foes, cynicism's cup overflows
What you fear about everything
Is what you hear and you believe it to be true
What you fear about everything
Is what you hear and you believe it to be true
Fall in line on the conflict to keep all the powers that be
I wake up in the morning to a future that terrifies me
Man paves a new history rescued from the brink of despair
Our loving hearts can mend fatigued relationships in need of repair
Time is nature's only healer the riddle of the ages echoes
While we drown in superbia, cynicism's cup overflows
Cynicism's cup overflows, cynicism's cup overflows
Faith and fortune coming to blows, cynicism's cup overflows
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7. |
Rogue Waves
04:37
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Oh steady rain, come to my door
I can't bear to feel the sun anymore
Off in the distance, and borne of the sea
I have no resistance to your misery
When I was young, I never knew
All of the pain that we put people through
The clouds bring me comfort, the rain brings relief
The sun is a sinner the moon is a thief
Rage, rage, Mother Ocean
Sing, God of the Sea, your menacing roar
Rogue waves of emotion
Cascade over me, alone ever more
Oh steady rain, patient and strong
The gales are so heavy, the dark days so long
Clap of the thunder, the lightning so near
The spell that I'm under won't soon disappear
Rage, rage, Mother Ocean
Sing, God of the Sea, your menacing roar
Rogue waves of emotion
Cascade over me, alone ever more
Oh steady rain, you answered my prayer
I craved isolation and no one was there
My instincts have hardened, I'm prone to deceive
Offer no pardon and grant no reprieve
Rage, rage, Mother Ocean
Sing, God of the Sea, your menacing roar
Rogue waves of emotion
Cascade over me, alone ever more
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8. |
Wreckage
04:24
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Smoke and incense burning on the 4th day of July
Fire flowers, Roman candles bursting in the sky
You kissed me on the way back home
The whiskey warmed my blood
Help each other hop the fence and sneaking in the pool
Would I get the chance before you headed back to school?
You didn't have to say a word
My heart was thumping through my chest
The wreckage in my wake is severe
The need for affirmation gets in the way
I only wish that you were still here
To tell you all the things that I couldn't say
Lean against my shoulder just to keep from falling down
Running through the streets to catch the last train out of town
They're rubber-necking in the station
It's hard to look the other way
A certain kind of pain the can linger
When everything I wanted was in my hand
I let it slip away through my fingers
A difficult decision to understand
I loved you since the day I met you
I missed you since the day you left
The wreckage in my wake is severe
The need for affirmation gets in the way
I only wish that you were still here
To tell you all the things that I couldn't say
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9. |
The Radiator's Wheezing
03:14
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Waiting for weeks for the air to change season
Old Man Winter still got work to do
The window's closed and the radiator's wheezing
Went looking cross the river for a girl like you
I tried to make amends but I don't know where to begin
Days are short and the list is so long
I'm hitting new lows but I gotta keep digging
Never would have figured things could go so wrong
Now I've been looking to turn my fortunes around real soon
I'm saving up for dry cleaning on my 3-piece suit
I'm sleeping under the bridge downtown under harvest moon
Just wait till one of my scheming trees bares fruit
Always had a hard time staying out of trouble
Made my reputation breaking into locked cars
Drank my pay until my eyes were seeing double
Dreamed about you underneath a blanket of stars
The New York winters are colder when you can't make the rent
It's like I'm pushing a boulder up a steep hill
Thoughts of you are the only way I get through the day
The loaded gun to my head is just my own self will
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10. |
Stop To Smell The Rose
03:52
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The latest assessments aint looking so good
Walking in circles and misunderstood
Buried an old friend too young to be dead
Now I'm pulling my bed sheets up over my head
Gotta keep myself from falling
Things are changing every day
I can't shake that voice that's calling
And it never goes away
Stop to smell the rose
Can't rewrite the past
Learn to let it go
Life keeps moving fast
Became so vindictive and took it too far
My new expectations had lowered the bar
Pampered my ego for God knows how long
Blurring the difference between right and wrong
Now I've dug myself a hole here
I began to decorate
Hanging all my dreams and old fears
All alone I celebrate
I'm just thinking of myself
Speaking victim-ese
Crying out for help
Always aim to please
Stop to smell the rose
Can't rewrite the past
Learn to let it go
Life keeps moving fast
The greatest gift I'll ever get
To live a life without regret
To touch a heart along the way
By reaching out to strangers every day
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P.J. O'Connor New York, New York
“vivid lyrics, intense vocals, an impressive debut” - @relixmag. NYC’s native troubadour + drummer for The Bogmen, Radio 4. Solo album 'Television’s Golden Age' out now! snd.click/hhyn45v
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