1. |
Old Eyes
03:12
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The shades are open
As we wait for morning
A standing invitation
To see a Technicolor dream
Those days behind us
Always will remind us
We’re never moving forward
If we continue to rewind
In stride with the sun on its rise
We’re watching it with old eyes
Memories don’t fade away
They glow ‘til our dying day
Oh, bittersweet reverie
Memories don’t fade away
Waist deep, the river
Pushes us, but we fight upstream
Let’s reach out, rediscover the source
Back where we could let our smiles soar
Neck deep, the current
Caught in the ebb and flow of the notion
That the sun burned brighter back when we were younger
We gotta find a silver lining
Memories don’t fade away
They glow ‘til our dying day
Oh, bittersweet reverie
Memories don’t fade away
In stride with the sun on its rise
We’re watching it with old eyes
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2. |
Soul
04:03
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Take me back
(I’ll travel with you now)
Take my hand
(I’m walking with you now)
Hold me back
(There’s nothing stopping you)
Hold me down
(I won’t let go of you)
And we can fall in love
Fall in love
One night,
Or the rest of our lives. Baby, come on
And I’ll hold you close
Don’t let me go
For the rest of our lives. Baby, come on
All my life
I’ve been searching and searching
All my life
And now we’re standing here
Don’t move too fast
Breathe it in and then I take my chance
Coming to a close like a paragraph
Countless moments coalesce at last
Touch your cheekbone. You feel that tingle?
Yeah. I’m nervous too, girl
Write the check and pay the debt to loneliness
You don’t owe me. Just hold me
And we can fall in love
Fall in love
One night,
Or the rest of our lives. Baby, come on
I felt it in my soul
When I met you
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3. |
Stay
03:49
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On a Saturday,
2 a.m. we’re heading separate ways home
Like a drunken daze,
High on sleepless nights, we hesitate, hold
I don’t know if it ever occurred to you
Where we'll be in 5 years’ time
Yeah, I don’t know if it ever occurred to you
Ever occurred to you. Yeah, yeah
Down Main on the way back
I didn’t even care I had to backtrack
Porch light shining on your door mat
I’m thinking that we’re waiting for the other one to say it so we
Stay
(If you want me I can)
Stay
Is it real?
Purple lights and got Electric Feel on repeat
Let’s be still
Records spinning like our heads we move with the beat
Feeling like there’s a lot on my mind,
More than I can fit into an 8-bar rhyme
A melody is playing so I step in time
To the poetry that’s rising with the sweet sunshine
And I’m thinking ‘bout the stars on your ceiling aglow
‘Bout the moon in the window when the curtains would blow
And there's something you should know:
Don’t leave me, just...
Stay
(If you want me I can)
Stay
(If you want me I can stay)
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4. |
We Were Younger
03:09
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Used to be inseparable
I cleared your mind, you soothed my soul
Now we’re in a coffee shop
How’s it going? Did you reach your dreams yet?
There were late nights, some pillow fights
Secrets shared in autumn air
Leaves falling, branches shaking
Our colors slowly fading
We grew up, we grew apart
It makes me sad, but glad to see you doing so well
I’ve taken notes on where we’ve been,
So let’s stick to show and tell
Like a favorite childhood toy, I
Didn’t want to let you go
Polaroids and ticket stubs,
They’re in a box I can’t throw out yet
We grew up, we grew apart
It makes me sad, but glad to see you doing so well
I've taken notes on where we've been,
So let's stick to show and tell
Sorry I’m always thinking
Of when we were younger
Can’t stay any longer
See you later
I’m just getting older
This won’t keep me younger
Can’t stay any longer
Cuz I can't hold us together
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5. |
4th Dimension
05:17
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Take my hand for a moment
Lose yourself tonight
There’s no one in the world but you and I
I don’t wanna end up alone
I'm not gonna go on my own
Come with me and maybe we can be
Something other than ordinary
Pirouette to catch your eye
Try to hide my best smile. You’re reading all my signs
I don’t wanna slow it down,
‘Cause this is not the way we should be moving, but it’s alright
Take my hand for a moment
Lose yourself tonight
There’s no one in the world but you and I
I can hear the nightlife calling
Dance with me. We’re on repeat
Beat for beat, routine, we’re synchronized
(I’ll double down on you tonight)
I can hear the nightlife calling
Stuttered rhythm, fracture space and time
The stars align, cast fears aside
(Our universes collide)
You look immaculate
My god, I think you’re perfect.
I look so desperate,
How are you convinced I’m worth it?
Let me try, oh, let me try
To be a little more than all these other guys.
When you take my hand,
I’ll let you spin me around ‘til the sunrise.
The bass line ebbs and flows with the drums inside my chest
As I strike up conversation
In the blink of an eye, we left the club behind
To indulge in love so blind
Now we’re dancing through the atmosphere,
And I can barely breathe, but I’m okay with that
If this is wrong, then I have no idea what’s right
(I think you might’ve changed my mind.)
One night, or the rest of our lives?
I kissed you goodbye
In the blink of an eye
You were gone,
An apparition disappeared
Into the cosmic fog
I’m an astronaut,
Searching for my dancer in the stars
I’d cross the constellations,
Break the fourth dimension wide open
If I could hold you one more time
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6. |
In Between
04:31
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I really thought that you and I
Were gonna work it out
Blind to the signs, heading straight for the cliff side,
We fell
Over the edge
Steep decline
Whole time, I thought you were mine
I’m convinced you lied
About how you felt that night
We fell
Into your bed,
But the piece of my heart that I left behind I know I’m never gonna get back
Now I’m in between
A sunrise dream and a sunset fade-to-black scene
Full of memories
Bittersweet reveries when I’m in a deep sleep
Now I’m in between
Being stuck in history and trying to find a way
To break away from past mistakes
And search for silver linings
And brighter days
Above the clouds
And seeing clearly now,
I’m not coming down
You faked me out
And made me lose my ground,
Sent me tumbling
I’ve regained my feet
Your novelty is quickly wearing off of me
Preserve what I have left
And discern a new path
What can I say? I’m a nice guy
Gave you a second try
Paid for the date,
Then you say that you can’t stay late,
And now we’re heading to your place,
And all the dead space got me ramblin’
Subconscious mind knows I’m gamblin’
Take a breath, shake it off, I can handle it,
Ain’t the type to turn my back and just abandon it
Now, granted,
It’s not everything I wanted
Kinda sounds callous, but I gotta keep it honest
Came to me with open arms, your fire was a false alarm
It didn’t do you any harm. I’m guessing other guys are on it
Yeah
But anyway, you break away and say you’ll hit me up another day
Now I’m in between, giving up the dream
And falling right back in to my cell phone screen
I’ve gotta let you go
Or I might lose control
It’s nothing personal,
But I’m gonna take the high road
And make sure to let you know
While I try to keep composed
It’s nothing personal
I’ve gotta save my soul
And I don’t know where you are anymore
It’s like you threw the match before we settled the score
Ever since you went away, I have been trying to find a way
To reignite my light, but it looks so gray to me
I’m pinned down by the weight of your memory
It’s like I’m lost in a long-dead reverie,
And I doubt that’s the answer you wanted,
But I gotta be honest if I’m gonna spill my guts tonight
It’s for the best, right?
I’ll try to keep composed
I’ve gotta let you go.
I’ve got to let you go.
I’ve got to let you go.
I’ve got to let you go.
I’ve got to let you—
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7. |
OWL
04:04
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I won’t fall in line
And let you play your games with me tonight
Girl, you’re overrating yourself
Who do you take me for?
You think I’m knocking at your door?
You think I’m coming back for more?
Nah, I’ve got my
Owl eyes
Owl eyes
I can see through all your lies
Realize I’m the guy
Whose heart you broke one too many times,
And now I’m over it
You seem to think that you’re perfect
Well keep dreaming, baby
Whatever helps you sleep at night
I don’t feel a thing
I’ll never let you get the best of me
(Girl, you’re overrating yourself)
Who do you take me for?
You think I’m knocking at your door?
You think I’m coming back for more?
Nah, I’ve got my
Owl eyes
Owl eyes
I can see through all your lies
Realize I’m the guy
Whose heart you broke one too many times,
And now I’m over it
You seem to think that you’re perfect
Well keep dreaming, baby
‘Cause you know that I will…
Owl eyes, owl eyes
Look my way, I’ll crystallize
Owl eyes, owl eyes
Call my name, I’ll crumble
You’ve been on my mind one too many times
I’m trying to break away
I used to think we were perfect
Whatever helps you sleep at night
Keep dreaming, baby, ‘cause you know that I will.
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8. |
Stuck
03:48
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Flashback:
Late night, cruising in the hatchback
Had to get you home before your dad called
Asking where you been at
“Brothers on a Hotel Bed”
Getting memories attached
As we vibed out to Death Cab
You were falling asleep
In the passenger seat
Sweet dreams at seventeen
Yeah, I was young and naive
Believing your love for me
Was gonna last through the evening
Listening back in my head to the words you said,
They sound much softer now like you whispered them
Take me back, run it all back, let me hear that again
It’s like we’re fading out
Hit rewind,
Gonna play it back for the hundredth time
Lose my mind,
Technicolor scene has lost its shine
Sunset skies. Blue is fading back to a silver line
Back when my old eyes were wide
I’m waist deep in the river, I’m tryna get myself clean
Gotta wash away the doubt. Gotta let me go free
If I’m tryna move it forward, then I guess I gotta leave
Got me feeling st--
Leave it all behind;
You’ve been living in the past
Leave it all behind;
You gotta let the feeling pass
(I’d rather) Leave it all behind;
You’ve been living in the past
(I’d rather) Leave it all behind;
You gotta let the feeling...
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9. |
Time Stood Still
04:13
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It’s like we’re in stasis
No real motion. Going to the same damn places
That we used to
I fall right back in
Like I always do
I think I have an addiction
To the feeling in my soul
When I ponder it, reminiscing
I’m stuck waiting on the sun to rise
‘Cause my sunsets speak in volumes
I remember when we were
Back when we were
Souls
Frozen in a moment
My heart found yours
And I thought I had a real friend
You made me feel
Like I was safe at home,
But now I’m all alone
When you disappeared
You stole a piece of me
And now I'm incomplete
In a moment too soon,
There was nothing I could do
I was dying at the thought of growing up and never seeing you
The rivers and the roads and all the highways are a mess
We can swap a note or photo maybe once a month at best
Now I’m trying and trying not to cry—no lie
Late at night when I look up and I see you in the sky
All the stars abound; you’re not around,
And I lack the words to describe what it feels like
That’s a contradiction,
But this is my intention:
I don’t know if I’ll see you again
I hate to lose a friend
But the past gotta last ‘til then
So call me when you can
We’re movin’ too fast
When time stands still
That’s my only bastion
Tell the second hand on the clock to slow it down
And stop ticking away all the moments I’ve lost
I don’t know what to feel anymore
Guess I’ll bury all the memories of you beneath my floorboards
There’s no starlight, only dust
Absence, eternity turn to rust
I’ve got to let you go
But your ghost keeps pulling me close
It’s like we’re in stasis
No real motion. Going to the same damn places
That we used to
I can feel myself slipping right back like I always do
I think I have an addiction
To comparing what I should’ve done
With what I am about to do
All the moments where I went to the left
20/20, seeing clear that I should’ve gone right
Nowadays, I am petrified
Looking out the back door, trying to hypothesize
Which choice I regret the most so I can start to cope
It’s all a maze in my mind
Old wounds have scabbed and scarred
My soul is marred with marks where I cauterized
It’s hard to say I wouldn’t rather press rewind
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10. |
So Far Gone
02:10
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I hear your bittersweet melody
It sounds flat, like we’ve fallen out of key
You used to fill my ears,
But now I’m switching off the speakers as you echo out behind me
Yeah, I’ve got different goals to achieve,
Higher notes to hit, new songs to sing
I’m gonna stand on my own two feet
And one step at a time, get moving
Your memory no longer hinders me
Inside’s where I’ll find the closure I seek
Tune to a new frequency
The things that haunted my past won’t control how I think
From this moment on, I’ma do it for me,
Convincing myself I deserve to be happy,
‘Cause hanging on has-beens has brought misery to me
I’m done tearing out my heartstrings,
With shit I regret and I wish I’d forget
I’ve loved and I’ve lost and I’ve messed up,
And I’ll ‘fess up that I couldn’t forgive it and live with all that
My pain had became the one way I could stay sane.
I was someone I hated. I was so far gone,
Grown tired of the roads that I traveled on
Lost hope for the return of who I used to be
I was blind to any light in my dark surroundings
I fell into your pit. Mentally, so sick
Stuck in my own head ‘bout what I should have said,
But at last, the time has come to lay my demons to rest
With the horizon, sunrise: I’m born again
I hear your bittersweet melody
It sounds flat, like we’ve fallen out of key
You used to fill my ears,
But now I’m switching off the speakers as you echo out behind me
Yeah, I’ve got different goals to achieve,
Higher notes to hit, new songs to sing
I’m gonna stand on my own two feet
And one step at a time, get moving
Your memory no longer hinders me
Inside’s where I’ll find the closure I seek
Tune to a new frequency
The things that haunted my past won’t control how I think
From this moment on, I’ma do it for me,
Convincing myself I deserve to be happy,
‘Cause hanging on has-beens has brought misery,
I swear to God, I’m done tearing out my heartstrings
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11. |
Coastlines
04:50
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The California tide kept coming
All along the shore we were running
There’s a song in your head you kept humming
We were standing at the edge of the world but said nothing
Then you told me you could dance all night
On the dock beneath the pretty string of lights
And when you kissed me in the blue moonlight
Every star shone bright, everything felt right
Oh, when we grew older,
We would ever hunger
For another chance
(But will we ever not look back?)
Oh, the coastline’s calling,
Back in time we’re falling
At the water’s edge
(But will we ever not miss that?)
I never thought that I would
Re-tracing my footprints, hopelessly
You were washed into the sea
The song running through my mind got me losing reality
It’s now or never if I’m gonna go
The June breeze lost its fresh green glow
And neither you or I could have known...
The waves enfold our feet
Let’s take another step
The siren sings her song,
But we’re not turning back
We swam with all our might
To find where sea meets sky
Explore the sands of time,
But let the river guide you home
Oh the coastline’s calling
Back in time we're falling
Oh, the coastlines calling,
Back in time we’re falling
At the water’s edge
But will we ever not miss that?
Oh, when we grew older,
We would ever hunger
For another chance
(But will we ever not look back?)
Oh, the coastlines calling,
Back in time we’re falling
At the water’s edge
(The California tide pulls me in.)
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12. |
Back When
03:50
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These places we have come to know,
Morphing space and time as we go
We’re watching it with old eyes
We are spinning out of control
Memories don’t fade
Never fade
Memories don’t fade
Never fade
These places we have come to know,
Morphing space and time as we go
We’re watching it with old eyes
We are spinning out of control
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Roundabouts Milwaukee, Wisconsin
We are Roundabouts, an electronic music project from Wisconsin. We love to share stories and convey relatable emotions through clever lyrics, beautiful instrumentals, and making our own rules.
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