1. |
A Note From the Author
02:14
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I’m done playing the part
I’ve made a new start
With someone that’s true
But ever since they left
I have been trying to forget
All the things that we have all been through
It seems like history
Has been sticking on me
With decades old glue
I’m starting now to realize
That keeping all my thoughts inside
Is only hurting one and that is you
The subjects might be vague
But they all have tracks they laid
There is a price to pay
For me to let it go
So I begin to grow
The past deserves repose
I just need you to know
That love has picked me apart
Right there from the start
It clouded my view
But now that I have found the one
I see the task that must be done
The only thing that matters now is you
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2. |
First In Line
04:27
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You sat across from me
A high school symphony
Adolescent days of curiosity
Oh no
I was sitting in the stands
Of a race you ran
Now you’re holding hands
With another man
A minimal betrayal
That sent me off the rails
Beginning of a tale
Destined to fail
Maybe I craved some affection
That quickly turned into low grade depression
Teenage broken heart is still bleeding
And I could never forget the feeling
Oh no
You were first in line
First to leave me behind
A beginner’s guide to lies
A bittersweet goodbye
You were first in line
First to leave me behind
A beginner’s guide to lies
A bittersweet goodbye
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3. |
Took It Back
05:52
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Hiding cigarettes with some cheap cologne
Holding on to air to not be alone
I’d bring you home too late from a show
Back seat of a car on the side of the road
I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that
Your mother made it clear
That I should stay away
If we should go on
She threatened restraint
We were like spies, hiding from sight
I couldn’t take the lies
I knew it wasn’t right
I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that
How could I tell how it made me feel today
They’ll never know that they took so much away
I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that
I gave you love
Then I took it back
It was too hard
To live on like that
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4. |
Carousel
05:18
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I spun around on your carousel
Put you on a pedestal
You had me on a string
Made me dance and sing
Gave you everything
But you never knew what it did to me
Years of catastrophe
I kept holding on to a hopeless dream
Seems like eternity
I watched you pick me apart
Friend to friend, heart to heart
When my number was called
You brought me back, back to the start
And I can't change the past
Cause the heartache still lasts
It's time to go home, it's time to let you go
You closed my lid tight like a firefly
Only to hide my light
For you I hurt a girl
Cause you were my world
Oh how the tides had turned
You saw a wound and made it deeper still
It must have been a thrill
While you had me calm
Twice you would move along
But you could do no wrong
I watched you pick me apart
Friend to friend, heart to heart
When my number was called
You brought me back, back to the start
And I can't change the past
Cause the heartache still lasts
It's time to go home, it's time to let you go
Horses side by side
You kept me close behind
Stuck on this merry go round
That only took me down
I watched you pick me apart
Friend to friend, heart to heart
When my number was called
You brought me back, back to the start
And I can't change the past
Cause the heartache still lasts
It's time to go home, it's time to let you go
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5. |
Caterpillar
04:32
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Friend of a friend
Up on the north end In nursing school
I had been let down
You had come around, forgot the rules
But then I slowly became something
That wasn't good enough to bring home to Dad
You seemed so disappointed
That I didn't go to school and the job I had
I tried to join the Navy
They told me I was way too slow for that
I went for a Park Ranger
I was just a little bit too fat
I was fitting myself in a box
That was too small for me right from the start
But I was trying to impress you
And hoping that you wouldn't break my heart
Was I not good enough for you?
Was I in the wrong cocoon?
I guess, what else could a caterpillar do
For a girl that won't accept you
It's the same situation as before
It's the same way I walked out the door
I may not be a scholar, ranger, or a naval admiral
Maybe I was never anything that
You viewed as acceptable
But I was already losing up to that day
When your daddy died
I knew I'd never hold a candle
So I wasn't even going to try
Was I not good enough for you?
Was I in the wrong cocoon?
I guess, what else could a caterpillar do
For a girl that won't accept you
It's the same situation
Was I not good enough for you?
Was I in the wrong cocoon?
I guess, what else could a caterpillar do
For a girl that won't accept you
Nope Nothing
Uh Uh Goodbye
So Long
So Long Now
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
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6. |
Paradise
05:31
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Where was I going
Lost in direction
How has this road taken me here
I thought it was time to give in to something
But the more that I gave you
The more you took away
Years had gone through the cracks
Pretending I was happy and never react
This ship was chartered to crash
But sinking slow
I heard the sound of the waves
Alone in this paradise
Then the winds had changed
Making me have to think twice
I could not stay anymore
By myself on the shore
Take one last look before
I have to go
I know that I didn't give you much warning
The weight of our world was too much to bear
I may not have made all the right decisions
The mistakes that I made are what made me today
Years have gone through the cracks
Did I really do something like that
I hope that you could move past
And let me go
I heard the sound of the waves
Alone in this paradise
Then the winds had changed
Making me have to think twice
I could not stay anymore
By myself on the shore
Take one last look before
I have to go
I heard the sound of the waves
Alone in this paradise
Then the winds had changed
Making me have to think twice
I could not stay anymore
By myself on the shore
Take one last look before
I have to go
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7. |
Philanderer's Lament
04:29
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A meeting of an eye
A kind of sorcery
Stolen in the night
Mutual larceny
When I needed help
You put me out of misery
This story's hard to tell
You brought the worst part out of me
A sin too hard to hide
Guilty necessity
Life was such a lie
Abandoned morality
I needed answers
And it was so clear
A light in the dark
I had nothing to fear
But I wanted something
That you couldn't give
I needed a reason to live
When I needed help
You put me out of misery
This story's hard to tell
You brought the worst part out of me
No time left to grieve
Suffer internally
Desperate to believe
Traumatic lunacy
I needed answers
And it was so clear
A light in the dark
I had nothing to fear
But I wanted something
That you couldn't give
I needed a reason to live
When I needed help
You put me out of misery
This story's hard to tell
You brought the worst part out of me
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8. |
Tattoo
02:42
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Eight years alone, I found you on the phone
Now my long hibernation was through
Brought me out of my slumber and I got
Another tattoo
We had some good times
But we struggled to find
A connection between me and you
Fire was burning low
But I got another tattoo
It's easy to mistake lovers for friends
But we don't know which one until it ends
You wanted a break
Cause you just couldn't shake
What you thought was my point of view
Foundation had crumbled
All's left is another tattoo
It's easy to mistake lovers for friends
But we don't know which one until it ends
When my mother died
You were so very kind
After all of these years spent apart
I hold no hard feelings
I'm happy you were my tattoo
Hope that you're doing well
Maybe got you another tattoo
Thanks for getting me out of this
Mess that I got into
Until we meet again
Good luck to you my tattoo
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9. |
Here With You
05:16
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We shook our knees
Beneath the table when we met
I hid a note before we left
We had puzzle piece hands
That locked together in the cold
To keep from having to go home
Traffic stopped on our first kiss
But then you stopped my world
Even though we had to wait
A while til our next date
I knew you were the one
Though life will change, My love remains
I'm forever here with you
You're in my heart, we'll never part
I'm forever here with you
I gave you a ring
Bended down upon my knee
Sparrow standing next to me
We married in May
A day I waited to arrive
To leave these artifacts behind
Our souls connected long before
We had stood in front of the lord
It seemed like a formality
Because you were my destiny
You always were the plan
Though life will change, My love remains
I'm forever here with you
You're in my heart, we'll never part
I'm forever here with you
There's so much I want to say to you before I go
I thank you, I love you
I hope I've made your life as beautiful as you've made mine
I thank you, I love you
There's so much I want to say to you before I go
I thank you, I love you
I hope I've made your life as beautiful as you've made mine
I thank you, I love you
Forever here with you
Though life will change, My love remains
I'm forever here with you
You're in my heart, we'll never part I'm forever here with you
Though life will change, My love remains
I'm forever here with you
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10. |
Epilogue
03:45
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I'm done playing the part
I gave you my heart and life is anew
But I was trying to hide all of the feelings left behind
And it was keeping me away from you
It seems like history
Had caused me to be unconsciously blue
I finally realized the past had to be brought to light
To be the man I want to be for you
The subjects were hard to face
But they all had a time and place
There is a warm embrace in letting heartaches go
Cause seeds need room to grow
The past had took control
But now you've made me whole
The roads have been repaved
My scars are a lighter shade
The last words on the page
Are that I love you more
Than everything before
You deserve something pure
Now I'm forever yours
Your love has opened my eyes
And with you by my side, I have a clear view
Our life has only just begun
As certain as a rising sun
I'm thankful that the rest of mine's with you
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This August Age Chicago, Illinois
This August Age is the recording name of singer/songwriter Ryan Klockner, who resides in Chicago, Illinois. Ryan is a Do-It- Yourself musician and crafts his songs in the friendly confines of his bedroom studio. He has a deep-rooted love of string and orchestral based music being raised on The Beatles and traditional Classical from an early age. ... more
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