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Traffic Sounds
04:09
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Taking a walk to the traffic sound
Have it so easy but I feel so down
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like there's no way out
Waking up to the same four walls
Have it so easy but I feel so small
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like I lose it all
Taking a walk to the traffic sound
Have it so easy but I feel so down
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like there's no way out
Waking up to the same four walls
Have it so easy but I feel so small
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like I lose it all
Lose it all
And this is how I feel
I've been feeling this way lately
And I believe you when you say (when you say)
That like this you can't relate to me (thats right)
I remember when you said
Like this there's no place for me
And if about that you're right (if you're right)
Won't you help me to see differently
Its just there's no light today
Can't find my way
Wish I could say
That I feel differently
Taking a walk to the traffic sound
Have it so easy but I feel so down
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like there's no way out
Waking up to the same four walls
Have it so easy but I feel so small
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like I lose it all
Taking a walk to the traffic sound
Have it so easy but I feel so down
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like there's no way out
Waking up to the same four walls
Have it so easy but I feel so small
Oh what a waste, Oh what a waste
Always feeling like I lose it all
Lose it all
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2. |
Don't Be Scared
04:36
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I'll be right here
I'll be right here
Don't be scared
I still remember you leaving
It feels like yesterday still
Leaving my world with no beauty
Just me and my bitter pill
Maybe if I’d of had foresight
I could have avoided this chill
But that is of no consolation
The emptiness it doesn't fill
But I know that you'd hate to see me
Letting this all break me down
So I'm keeping my focus unblinking
Even if its all on my own
I won't be scared
I'll be right here
I'll be right here
Don't be scared
From the distance you say
You'll be right here
I hear your words and I am thankful
But I know that its my pain to swallow
Its my desperation to kill
But so is life so is moving past things
That stand between you and your way
And if theres one thing you've left me
Its I've got to be bold in my ways
You had a place when you had it
And now that’s far away
But nothing can take the memories
Like how you always would say
Don't be scared
I'll be right here
I'll be right here
Don't be scared
I know time has a way
Of slowly releasing
The grip of troubled times
And what once was my sole obsession
Has found a back place now in my mind
But its never far away some reminder
The forgotten things we left behind
Like our names etched in the wood there
Our headstone cut into pine
But its never far away some reminder
The forgotten things we left behind
Like our names etched in the wood there
Our headstone cut into pine
But may now our next form be brighter
And not for the past that we pine
And may now our next turn be wiser
And may the lightness return to our minds
And just like you said when you left here
We'll be happy again in some time
Don't be scared
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3. |
Stone
05:10
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All I had
Was all I gave
Its what you took
That made us break
Burned from what
We never knew
We never knew
Whose blood we drew
And with lies
Came mistakes
You were stone
But I’ll never break
I saw you down
Down with the tide
Letting it all roll off your mind
This time
All I had
was all I gave
But even then
felt us fade
Into what
We never knew
We never knew
What could have grew
And with ties
Came restraint
No, you wouldn’t give
What I wouldn’t take
I saw you down
Down with the tide
Letting it all roll off your mind
This time
Oh and your mind of me
Like the tide in me
Bringing me back to see
What you left with me
Oh and your mind of me
Like the tide in me
Bringing me back to see
What you left with me
And I know you wanted to leave it all on a good note
But we had take it where we didn’t want it to go
But we had to take it all the way so there was nothing
Left but going off about how its always something
I always wanted to be bigger than my feelings
Didn’t want to say all those things when you leaving
I know you wanted to leave it all on a good note
But we had take it where we didn’t want it to go
But we had to take it all the way so there was nothing
Left but going off about how its always something
I always wanted to leave it all on a good note
But we had to take it where we didn’t want it to go
But we had to take it all the way so there was nothing
Left but going off about how its always something
I know we wanted to leave it all on a good note
But we had to take it where we didn’t want it to go
But we had to take it all the way so there was nothing
Left but going off about how its always something
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4. |
How to Make This Feel
04:01
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I say I'm coming over
You know I've come here for sympathy
But the plot it grows older
The more I recap the way I feel
Head on your shoulder
Easy words you say to me
Its alright
But I only grow colder
The more I see my own insensitivities
I thought now that I'm older
My path would be clear
Of old hangups and be fuller
But my head on your shoulder
I know that time alone is not the soldier
I don't expect you to free me
From this space
I've been reeling through blindly
But oh you know I would owe you
If you could just help to remind me
How to make this feel
How to make this feel
How to make this feel
How to make this feel alright
How did it end up like this
I’m so low and I can't seem to shake it
Life its a drag to contend with
As your face slips in and out of it
They say I’ll feel better
And soon I’ll find brighter weather
But its just so hard to picture
When I can’t even remember
How to make this feel
How to make this feel
How to make this feel
How to make this feel alright
How to make this feel
How to make this feel
How to make this feel
How to make this feel alright
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5. |
Why Does It Hurt So Much
04:06
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Baby
Nothing
Baby
Nothing
Baby
Nothing
Nothing
Will ever change how I feel
You know I'm stubborn as hell
You know that
Will ever take what we've had
And make it something else
Ya feel me
And though I look to future days
My yesterdays they will remain
With all their pains
Forever unrearranged
Because I won't rip out that page
I’d rather hurt then to erase forever
The moments that we’ve had
Oh but my hearts been in my gut
And I'm scared it won't come up
I know you’re always there to help
But words just aren’t enough
What I need’s the antidote
To the lump that’s in my throat
When I'm asking baby why
Does it hurt so much
Am I so out of touch
Now that everything we were dear
Is everything that was
Maybe you could just give me one reason
Say not to like you
Cuz it’d sure relieve this gnawing feeling
Ya feel me, oh ya feel me
Ya feel me, ya feel me, ya feel me
Oh I know
Oh but my hearts been in my gut
And I'm scared it won't come up
I know you’re always there to help
But words just aren’t enough
What I need’s the antidote
To the lump that’s in my throat
When I'm asking baby why
Does it hurt so much
Am I so out of touch
Now that everything we were dear
Is everything that was
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6. |
Shades of Red
05:16
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Waiting just around the corner
Familiar shades of red
Just the way I left you
Just like you promised
Never disappoint
Your such an old friend
Familiar shades of red
Deep down inside
I feel it burning
Never without it
Its rising up again
That pull
To fall into the comfort of your hold
But I know
That if I do you might not let me go
To each design
A different void
No cosmic scribes so aligned
To each design
A weakness lies
That the darkness lives to find
And in a moment
Of hopelessness its easy to align
With what promises
Easy escape
From the burdens of the mind
Life's shady companion
Always offering a quick hand
It could be easy
Just reach out and grab it
Disguised as sanctuary
A bed of roses
Floating above it
This perfect moment
But behind the incentive
Just an impostor
Dealing false answers
No comfort to find here
Just a burning in your soul
That pull
To fall into the comfort of your hold
But I know
That if I do you might not let me go
To each design
A different void
No cosmic scribes so aligned
To each design
A weakness lies
That the darkness lives to find
And in a moment
Of hopelessness its easy to align
With what promises
Easy escape
From the burdens of the mind
To each design
A different void
No cosmic scribes so aligned
To each design
A weakness lies
That the darkness lives to find
And in a moment
Of hopelessness its easy to align
With what promises
Easy escape
From the burdens of the mind
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7. |
Perfect Dream
03:49
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We try, we try, we try
To find a reason why everything changes
Suddenly it’s gone
We want, we want, we want
To see a face in the stars
With a sign to show us who we are
No star can show your way
Its just a pretty light to end the day
We try, we try, we try
To find a reason why everything changes
Suddenly it’s gone
We want, we want, we want
We want to see it in the lines of our hands
What all this is for
No lines can show your way
You choose to walk the path you make
No star can show your way
You choose to walk the path you make
You choose the path that gives life weight
So you can pass on what you take
We try, we try, we try
To find a reason why everything changes
Suddenly it’s gone
We want, we want, we want
To see a face in the stars
With a sign to show us who we are
We try, we try, we try
To find a reason why everything changes
Suddenly it’s gone
We want, we want, we want
We want to see it in the lines of our hands
What all this is for
No lines can show your way
You choose to walk the path you make
You choose the path that gives life weight
So you can pass on what you take
Waiting in the dark
And we were waiting on the day
When it’d all fall into place
Like it’d always been that way
And we’d let down our walls
Unafraid that we would fall
It'd be such a lovely thing
It’d be such a prefect dream
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