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delirium
03:23
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i think too much
i don’t give up
my morbid thoughts
all wrapped up like a ribbon
you care too much
i don’t care enough
i hate this town
you hate my guts
i don’t know if my dreams will come true, i don’t see a future if it’s not with you
i don’t sleep cause you keep me up, i can’t imagine life without your touch
how I feel, how you are
how you care, can’t go far
now you’re there, now it’s me
now you’re here, now you see
delirium rolls off the tongue
old hopes, new fears
drown myself in your tears
i don’t know if my dreams will come true, i don’t care as long as i end up with you
i don’t sleep cause you keep me up, i can’t imagine life without your touch
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2. |
winter
01:01
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do you feel it too?
do you feel the same?
do you feel like nothing’s happening?
do you feel alone when nothing’s wrong?
do you feel you’ve been here for way too long?
sometimes it gets really hard to breathe
as the weather gets colder and kills all the leaves
sometimes it feels like i’m playing pretend
with the things i collect and the money i spend
there’s some things that make it all feel real
it’s you and the way you touch my hair
it’s the wind ripping through my skin
as i stare at the sun and watch everything spin
out of focus and rhythm, a colorless spiral
of thoughts and illusions of meaningless shape
it makes everything else feel like it’s nothing
it makes everything else feel so small
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we woke up early to go see the sunrise
there was nobody there except for us and the shadows of people of the past
as the sun crept up from behind a mountain far away
i felt insignificant
my heart wasn’t spared
you told me that you weren’t scared
of the great bright lights dancing on your eyes
you smiled without a care
it’s been seven months now since that day
i still wonder how you were able to disguise yourself from the permanent glare of the sun without glasses
sometimes i envy you so much
i’m jealous of how you deal with repressed emotions
the shadowed truth
and the mirrored lies
my foot caught in the rabbit’s hole
each breathe begins to take its toll
i want to be the sun
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4. |
breathe (pts. 1-4)
08:30
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pt. 1 - moon
when your bones creak as you walk through the swamp
my boots sink in the mud
i’ve lost sight of the sun
we gaze into a puddle and see a human corpse
it is us wading through blood, waiting for months
gone are the days where we smiled meaninglessly
we no longer talk
we no longer eat
we watch the moon rise in the east
pt. 2 - god
in this world
the androids replaced us all
at the hands of our autonomy
don’t be afraid
we’ve done this all before
reform is impossible
burn it all
you are god
you are god
you are god
pt. 3 - grass
laying in the grass on a field not far from nowhere
my thoughts pass by like the calls of birds as the day turns to night
watching the moon blow out, a waxing candle
and with it the light begins to fade, so i close my eyes
and i close my eyes
and i close my eyes
and i watch the sunrise
pt. 4 - breathe
drowning in discontent
a headache of incredible magnitude
there’s so much to do
there’s so much to worry about
breathe
breathe
breathe
i breathe
and as the oxygen blazes a path down my lungs and into my blood cells
i see a rushing waterfall cascading over an untouched mountain
i see a newly hatched sea turtle prodding and poking its way through the sand in a glorious attempt to reach the ocean
i breathe
and as the oxygen blazes a path down my lungs and into my blood cells
i see a family of zebras carefully lowering their heads to graze on the unperturbed Earth
i see a hummingbird’s tiny wings thumping a million miles an hour
i see endless rivers stretch into endless oceans
i see life and light and love
breathe
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5. |
interlude!!
01:22
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6. |
strings of sunlight
02:51
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you shouldn’t trust anything i say
there’s been a discrepancy in my memories
of the strings of sunlight
stretching in the morning
peeking between the leaves
so softly
but the trees ignore the soundwaves
and the blank shapes
and the empty space in my heart
left by a conflict of recollection and echoes
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7. |
dust, everywhere
01:28
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i always knew i’d write this song
we were young but i wasn’t wrong
life felt like it was always june
they said wait till you grow old
and then you’ll see the dust and mold
i didn’t know that it would come so soon
i wanted more than i could hold
i wanted guitars made out of gold
i wanted you to never leave my side
i thought i could escape the social drawl
i thought the leaves would never fall
i thought that we would have so much time
now go ahead say it’s my fault
i tried to murder the default
i deserve a boot stamped in my face
and as my house burns to the ground
i see a wall that blocks all sound
i can’t talk back to the flames and the hate
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8. |
(blood)
02:54
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all you need is blood
all you need is all of us
i am the tears in your eyes
i am the airplane leaving trails in the sky
i am the piece of broken glass on the floor
i am the one who can't stop knocking on the door
the collection of dust on your closet drawer
brush it away
brush it away
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9. |
night surf
04:23
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i’m taking my time
as the clock ticks by
and the world is beginning to end
the birds in the sky
apathetically fly
as i slowly count up the dead
oh, i have so many friends
waiting for me
under tombstones and layers of sand
oh, i don’t know
how to clear my head
how to exist when i’m alone
i’m taking my time
I’m learning to rhyme
as the world is beginning to end
i'm watching the flies
committing their crimes
as they circle around my head
oh, i don’t know
how to be myself
when no one else is around
oh, no one knows
how to see without their sight
how to navigate through the night
oh, may as well be dead
cause sometimes
everything feels like it’s ending
and sometimes
everything feels like it’s ending
and sometimes
everything feels like it’s ending
and sometimes
everything feels like it’s ending
and sometimes
everything feels like it’s ending
sometimes
everything feels like it’s ending
sometimes
everything feels like it’s ending
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10. |
winter (reprise)
02:30
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do you feel it too?
do you feel the same?
do you feel like nothing’s happening?
do you feel alone when nothing’s wrong?
do you feel you’ve been here for way too long?
sometimes it gets really hard to breathe
as the weather gets colder and kills all the leaves
sometimes it feels like i’m playing pretend
with the things i collect and the money i spend
there’s some things that make it all feel real
it’s you and the way you touch my hair
it’s the wind ripping through my skin
as i stare at the sun and watch everything spin
out of focus and rhythm, a colorless spiral
of thoughts and illusions of meaningless shape
it makes everything else feel like it’s nothing
it makes everything else feel so small
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11. |
tears
03:00
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and the tears fall
and the years start to go by
what was once ours
now belongs to the stars and the sky
universe
universe
and the hope’s gone
and the writing’s on the wall
as we hold on to the edge
as we fall into the chasm
as we caress each other’s chins
and our fingers start to spasm
(universe) and the tears fall
(universe) and the years start to go by
what was once ours
now belongs to the stars and the sky
what was once ours
now belongs to the stars and the sky
(universe) and the tears fall
(universe) and the years start to go by
(universe) and the tears fall
(universe) and the years start to go by
and the tears fall
and the years start to go by
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don’t go to sleep without saying goodnight
don’t rest your eyes before saying goodbye
i’ll miss the way you kept my eyes dry
and i’ll miss the waves crashing in the night
don’t go to sleep before the last light leaves the sky
and don’t close your eyes
hold on to your sight
and i don’t know if i’ll ever see you again
and i still remember the last thing that i said to you
to you
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13. |
picture of nothing
03:28
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i let my hand go free
and paint
a picture of nothing
i slide my fingers across my guitar
and i feel something
i take a step back from everything
and watch the world from an outside perspective
i let my mind go blank
and think of nothing
i close my eyes and just start strumming
hoping for something
to come out that sounds nice
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14. |
i feel so small
02:15
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my body rests beside
a cliff on the edge of the moon
my legs swing gently
as i read from a magazine
the sky glows red
my body shakes again
for i feel so small
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