California Sounds

Track List

1. Days of Living-:--

   Hanging by a crossroad, here all by ourselves.
   The world just seems so different from what we used to tell.
   It could be surprising the more I can recall.
   When you’re not expecting the fall.

   It’s the days that we’ll remember from the lives we left behind.
   In a road that will be ruined (after) time after time.
   So, we fall into the memories as we strive for something more
   Our days of living never sure.

   Standing by a streetlight, people passing by.
   Am I tripping backwards?
   My pressure is running high
   I think I found a new phase cause I‘ve finally figured out
   What I’ve been more complacent about.

   Like a flame I’m burning out
   I don’t want to break anymore.
   I’m not good enough for this.
   Years have brought me undermined,
   I know that I’m ready for more.
   Am I good enough for this?
2. Where is the time?-:--

   Where is the time? Did it leak right through my fingers?
   I’m always so tired from the thought of it
   It’s been a while since I felt like I was living
   Then my memory died from knowing

   Hang around all day
   I know I’m foolish cause I never try
   Nothing left to say
   I know the fury is still in me now

   Where is the time when we used to get excited from a records sound?
   I’ll borrow it, and if we try, we could probably build a time machine
   Go back in time and change some of it

   Felt like I was down
   But I got up to go back down again
   1985
   So, take me back to my old home again

   This place scares me
   This place scares me
   And I threw all the photographs and treasures that we found
   But I stayed around
3. California Sounds-:--

   I got this face, it once belonged to you
   I got your knife the one that cut me in two
   I never had to leave it all behind
   But now it feels like I’ve been wasting my time

   Tell me why we won’t
   Stare up at the skies
   like we used to be
   when we were young
   Buckle up your feet
   Sit back enjoy the ride
   Hold on to your seat

   Paving me the way
   California sounds
   I’ll come back again
   ready to be found
   Once a simple world
   Seemed so far from me
   I can’t turn back the clock
   but time will set me free

   I’m leaving this for a home on the road
   It’s such a shame how we hurry up to grow old
   So slow it down and fill this empty room
   with lesser doubt and not a life consumed

   All we have is now,
   Never be erased
   Til we’re immortalized in wooden frames
   Cherish who you love
   Don’t forget your place
   as long as you believe
   You’ll make it
4. Heavent Sent-:--

   Come with me, echoes in the hallway call
   we’re going nowhere, make up your mind
   I’ll forgive you every time you say you’re sorry
   Heaven sent ‫you a fine‬‬‬

   Wait, I’ll wait until we resolve
   Wait, I’ll wait until we dissolve

   Fool my fate, every time you spin the wheel
   We’re off the grid, where we belong
   Sinking ships, sailing over troubled waters
   simple as a Beatles song
5. Silver and Gold-:--

   Once upon a memory we were lost,
   looking for the answer,
   knowing that we’re killing time.
   underwater romance we desire
   the more we keep on drowning,
   the less we need to feed the fire.

   So, I’ll just wait around till you decide
   it’s time to move on.
   I know that you’ll be okay,
   I’ll give you time, you give me space.

   All my friends are desperate enough
   to stay where this comfort,
   Comfort is my biggest fear.
   I was fortunate enough to find
   where this life was leading and why
   I couldn’t take you there with me.

   So, I’ll just drive all night
   Somebody take the wheel, I’m losing it.
   I won’t fall asleep tonight,
   just take what’s left of me and bury it.
6. Platonic-:--

   Tension that is building between us
   I don’t know, is it all in my head?
   You cry to me that nobody loves you
   and expect me to understand
   I keep myself chained up when I’m near you
   So, you could be safe inside
   I’m sick of trying so hard to please you
   Cause I’m really into your type

   Now, you threw me off
   Like you never had a clue
   I could try to lie
   But I feel the way I do
   You saved me from myself
   Since the day you let me in
   I don’t even know where to begin

   Maybe it’s just me,
   I’m attracted because you keep on casting a spell
   You listen to the first Arctic Monkeys
   But can’t crawl out of your shell
   I tried to keep it pure and platonic
   but it’s gets to me every time
   The chemistry that happens between us
   Sends me sky rocket into the night

   I can’t let go
   I’ve waited long enough
7. Catastrophe-:--

   How did I get myself caught up in this giant mess?
   I gave you two years of my life and all I got was this
   I was the one on the side to listen to your blues
   Of how you managed to maintain and carry the abuse

   Catastrophe, catastrophe is all I think of you
   Leave me out to dry again while I wait for you
   Catastrophe, catastrophe Just like you did before
   I’ll open up my heart for you, take the key and lock the other door.

   Disappear and come back but still everything’s the same
   Stuck with someone who’s been lacking; ruining your days.
   I wish I could tell you better, now I’m loss for words
   Every time we talked about it; I’d end up being hurt

   Got no control, living like there’s no tomorrow
8. Tony Sly-:--

   Last days of summer air.
   As I’m remembering.
   Like it was yesterday
   Just a night in ruins.
   Where does time disappear?
   It’s almost been three years.
   If life was like a tape
   I’d stop and hit rewind.

   How many times did we get so jaded?
   When did we ever lose control?
   I never thought it would be complicated.
   Now, it’s so confusing.
   And when I try to erase the feeling,
   I realize I can’t let go.
   Wish I could have one second in July.
   (So I could say goodbye to my friend Tony Sly.)

   You shaped the way I think about
   the sadness of the world.
   and left me with more betterness
   In every song I’ve heard.
   Reflections in a life sized mirror
   Hanging on the wall, slowly fading fast
   Is it too late to call?
   I thought you were invincible
   But then I heard the news.
   It’s hard to win the battle
   when there’s substance to abuse
   Checking for a pulse
   when there’s nobody home
   I’m gonna self destruct.
   and leave it all alone
9. Grandfather-:--

   It was weird seeing you today
   when I didn’t know what to expect
   You’re my grandfather
   Now, don’t you forget
   Infusion through the wires
   and a beeping sound
   You’re my grandfather
   I won’t let you down.

   A hospital bed in a crowded room
   Everyone waits to talk to you
   You used to be the one controlling them
   now they’re all controlling you

   I know that you think of me
   A shitty grandson I’ve been to you
   You’re my grandfather, It’s probably true
   You said that you loved us all.
   I’ve had my share of crying
   You’re my grandfather
   I can’t see you dying.

   Painkillers and other sleeping pills
   will get you through and keep you still
   As you get ready for chemotherapy
   They’ll do their best to keep you away from me.

   It’s too late for me
   I can’t talk to you
10. Young Man Bones-:--

    I’ve got young man bones
    The kind you want to stay
    and never go away
    I’ve got young man bones
    I won’t let go of them
    Until we’re near the end

    Rings under eyes showing me our age
    I’ve been lacking sleep for the longest time
    It’s hard to hide the white blooming in my hair
    Heart of a punk with a So Cal sound
    Sometimes I need more space
    Someday when I’ll be gone I don’t think the”ll find
    Someone to take my place

    See the early days vanishing away
    Depicting our lives in a photograph
    Travelling the seas, conquering the states
    Boat is going to drown in the deep end
    Sailing in a whirlpool maze
    Cracks will appear as we all burn slow
    Temperamental shift of pace
11. Crawling-:--

    This song was actually written as a band song for Useless ID but the guys weren’t so stoked on it. So I recorded it as a bonus track acoustically.