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Weary Hearts

by Peter Arvidson

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Jon Bell solid, earnest, pop punk jams that take me back to a simpler time Favorite track: Over a Wire.
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1.
Over a Wire 01:31
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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?
11.
Weary Hearts 03:44
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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An album about grief and change. Dedicated to Ursula Arvidson.

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released March 23, 2023

Produced by James M. Gray
Instrumentation, vocals, and lyrics by Peter Arvidson
Front Artwork (and bass on Electric Highway) by Sara Arvidson
Back Artwork by Aish Rios

2023 Gold Hill Records

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"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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