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Over a Wire
01:31
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A shotgun sounds in the dark
Follow my footsteps until you see a spark
Below the bridge, lie our weary hearts
We'll prey on your hunger, and make you a shark
I said I said, I said I said, I said I said
it'll be ok
I said I said, I said I said, I said I said
Just not today
Where we go, I just don't know
Wrap my life around a telephone pole
To carry, a signal over a wire
Into the ether, and thanks for the fire
Blissed out on strawberry tears
I've been waiting all of these years
I'm a little more sane, a little less crazy, but not the same
Thanks for the fire
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2. |
Lava in the Tide
03:13
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I am so relieved
We can say goodbye to the sea
Of trauma we lived together
Now you're playing in better weather
But I'm still left behind
Looking for my life all the time
To pack our things and go now
Purge it out and bring the snow down
Someone tear me open
Bring the hurt to light
Me up, do we deserve this?
Will we waste our kindred purpose?
I am so afraid
Of every little thing that I make
It up as we move along now
In our play that we act and bleach out
And you're so far away
Yet close enough that I can still say
My heart, you're all inside it
Still young enough that I can barely hide it
Someone make me molten
Lava in the tide
Waves crash all around us
Will we let this passion drown us?
You are so real, you are right there
You are so real, but I can't feel you anymore
You are so real, you are right there
You are so real; I can't hear you anymore
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3. |
Make Me Human
02:41
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We come out to play
Every time it rains
You keep building walls inside my head
We can both feel safe
Knowing that we're brave
But I'm calling on all cars to patrol your brain
Shadows spook me and the night turns on my hyper drive
Walking in moon boots can't make this disturbance feel alright
Instruction, compartment, the windows, smashed open
Let all the lights in and make me human
I look down and see the cards fall all right into place
This is the moment you've been waiting for to plead your case
Waking, a giant, the loss of, your violence
Let all the lights fade and make me human
We come out here to play
Every time that it rains
You keep building all those walls inside my head
If we both run away?
Will we both get away?
You think I'll go outside and run, run, run?
It's time to find a way, for us to heal and stay
And be the human inside my head
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4. |
Electric Highway
03:31
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On electric highways
I can watch the sun go down
With all the news in my face
No one ever makes a sound
Tell me to listen to, who's world view?
A chamber of echoes in my room, oh well
Somebody stop me now
I've been racing' around this town with aches and quarters
Huggin' those familiar borders
I've been having too much fun now
So much that I forgot to keep a good list
Guess I've been a little bit selfish
Those magnetic bandits
Cleaning up their colors on a Sunday
What do they really say anyway?
Seems like they're living in a stone age
I locked myself up today
Oh well, oh well
I know it's only been 8 days
Am I wasting my life away?
Friendlies, randomly, say la vie, we believe
Suddenly, all I need, is to breathe, honestly
I'll try to be a little less selfish
I've been having too much fun
Huggin' those familiar borders
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Hour of the Owl
03:08
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We don't notice the mountaintops that cap our dreams off
Oh, your foolish stations left on, those day dew drops
There's snow inside my room, just like the one you hide from
Your combat boots are marching home now
Combat boots are marching home now
Combat boots are marching home now
Silent, silent, silence, silent
The wars within my daylight hours are crying out
For some sort of feeling to trust me now
(Drowning out now, drowning out the feelings of the electrical buzz
Of everything, we can go
The last light before the night comes
Brings hours of owls, what a hoot this is
Reaching inside all your furnaces
Get your furnishings ready
Wide open sounds, sounds like lightning drums are allowed
Feels like the walls are drowning out
Tastes like something new
What a hoot this is
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Sandals in the Sofa
04:04
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Here's to you, the soul who helped me lose
Everything I ever knew, but some days everything's fine
Your mixture was the right amount of selfless love
Sandals in the sofa sunk, every terror away
I am a lion; do you see me hiding?
Armchairs colliding, ashes into the sky
Can you see me all grown up now?
Do you hear my sounds?
An ode to you, and every single heart you grew
Beer steins by fire knew, everything in my mind
Music played, gently with the past's parade
Calling on the kindness made, carry us into the night
We've been colliding, on spectrums defying
I know we'll find it, our home
Can you see me all grown up now?
Do you hear my sounds?
Do you watch me try my best now?
With the empty that I've found.
I've been holding
I've been holding on
I've been holding
I've been holding on
I've been holding
I've been holding on
For them, for me, to you, for so long
Can you see me all grown up now?
Do you hear my sounds?
Can you watch me try my best now?
With the empty that I've found.
Some days, some days, some days everything is fine
I'll let go, let go, let go and live my life
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7. |
Digital Boy, Analog Girl
02:00
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I want to be next to you
When you code me into view
I want to squeeze the living bytes out of you, girl
I want to know what it's like
To be alone with your mind
Watching your analog make digital sines
And your blinding light shines
I have a certain red shade
That comes when we burn the sage
On nights where we embrace our dial up lost age
Our colors come into view
When we step into the room
I take just one look at you, and then we both fuse
I know it's crazy, I want to have you
You are intelligence, and I'm artificial glue
We both stay up so late
Screaming each other's names
We want to cauterize a binary crème brûlée
I'm a zero
And you're the one
We can hear though
Square waves have just begun
I am a digital boy
You are an analog girl
We are each other's love, and we swirl and swirl
I am a digital boy
You are an analog girl
We are each other's love, and we adapt in our world
We adapt in our world
We adapt in our world
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Here we go again
It's our left brain
We can't make amends
Present the evidence
Writing on the walls
Written with bullet holes
Call this our modern hell
Now ring them church bells
Are we safe tonight?
Here we are
Carving up our star
Our pain is finding stories
Hiding in the night
Here we are
On a mutant safari
Not trusting or sorry
Denial hearts unite
Bring that evidence
From the newsstand
Paint our picket fence
The shade of pure revenge
Making every dime
For a worthy cause?
Where do we draw the line?
Only crossed eyes are blind
Are we all alive?
Are we safe tonight?
I'm not here to make some grand statement
I'm just some dude who likes to write songs in his room like a cave man
Some days lurking through my feed is like a defect
Then a memory leak happens when I just want to feel safe again
So, I put it all down and kiss the pavement
To a suburban life with no extremes or extremists
Boring is my favorite feeling
Are we all alive?
Are we safe tonight?
Everybody needs a war to survive from
And everybody needs a calling to unite them
Everybody needs a love to divide friends
And everybody knows there's an animal inside them
Maybe for the first time
We can make a good thing last
Pick up our guitars and strum
And sing away the nighttime facts
Here we are
Embracing our lonely star
Our pain is writing stories
Hiding in plain sight
Here we are
On a brave new safari
Trusting our sorries
Hello old hearts, unite
What have we learned?
What have we learned?
What have we learned?
I don't know, but I'll keep trying
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9. |
Waiting on a Wake
04:02
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So, what? I found you again
My longtime friend, oh my sneaky friend
I thought I had buried my dread
Here we go again, washing ourselves clean
Here we go again, dreaming we can do it
Together with our friends, together with our guns
All eyes on me
Punch my gut, I want you again
My longtime friend, oh my passive friend
I thought we had buried our dead
Bring me to the mausoleum
This spring, or summer, or fall
Or winter, or any season at all
Any old one
Any old one will do
Whatever it means to you
Bring it on through, drive it on down, and buy a plot
Let's do this thing and get it done
Then we can play in the sun
Bring it back
Bring me to the mausoleum
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10. |
Bulls in a Storm
02:44
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Care if you want with careful views
Signal to others in the dunes
Tye them all up with concave rules
Rally your kind to join the mood
Be the first one to cast a stone
Watch the ripple bring the showdown
Blow the lights out with a dare
Join the night watch to settle the bear
Make your mind into a vital fuel
Everyone wants to resource you
Griddle yourself into a pancake tomb
Be the big spark to torch their fuse
Cause the tidal waves to care
We are the night ship; we'll get you there
We clash horns like bulls in a storm
How much longer will our bodies be warm?
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11. |
Weary Hearts
03:44
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You'll be a ghost before long, we said goodbye, and had a sing-a-long
Went on a trip just like before, except not, we ignored it
Yester-year we knew how to act and be cool
Now, we form opinions and become these mortal fools
Books all got it wrong, look
It's more like a song hook
Hiding a kind crook
Who robs from your weary heart
You are my sunshine after dawn, here in my fortress I belong
Is this a dream like before? Maybe i'll wake up, and we'll carry on more
Wake me up from these roots as their color fades
Harps play in the key of our memories
Facing that void inside us all
Maybe if you let go, I will let go, did I do enough?
Did I do enough?
If you let go, I will let go
As you fade away, did I do enough?
It's time to let go
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Peter Arvidson Portland, Oregon
"Peter takes the infectiousness and melodic sensibilities of pop music, blends it with the chiming coolness of indie and then delivers it with just enough rock swagger to create a sound that feels uniquely his own." - entropymag.org/peter-arvidson-a-new-wilderness/ ... more
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