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Fall
04:39
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Fall is coming down like an anvil on my head
My hopes are put to pasture and the gate is locked and set I’ve counted all my blessings but they won’t get me out of bed
Sayin so long to summer again...
You were my antidote but you weren’t ready yet
I could see you in your short jeans countin dreams with me instead
The quiet in these parts don’t stop the voices in my head from saying:
Every trail I find I’ll just regret
Now I don’t believe anymore in anything
Belief is just a game I play to help me fall asleep
I’ve heard the quiet cooing of the lonely mornin’ dove
Seasons of sorrow, seasons of sorrow
Why’d I ever fall in love?
At every Thursday market, I can see you speedin’ along
Looking straight ahead with a laugh so dead, you’re a missile firmly locked There’s some prize on the horizon line - close, but never touched Knowing you don’t even want it all that much
You told me you were creaking in one night, while he was on the phone You dropped your bag of groceries as the anvil took your home
In a golden man to find his rust rattles to the bone
Whisperin’ memories to a floozy up in Tupelo
Now I don’t believe anymore in anything
Belief is just a game we play to help us fall asleep We’ve heard the quiet cooing of the lonely mornin’ dove
Seasons of sorrow, seasons of sorrow
Why’d I ever fall in love?
Da da da da da...
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I Won't Put Up With It
04:11
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I've got a brain that's got a switch that makes a thought like:
“I should just stay in bed.”
But I got a dream that paves the way to melt the pain,
For me to forget my old head.
Why they gotta sell me like I don’t know what I’m doin?
Every day they treat me like the first day of school
Movin where - I don’t know - Findin’ while they stomp on my light... That even if I cry...
I won't put up with it, I won't put up
I've seen the other side, and if its right, I don't wanna be.
I won't put up with it, I won’t put up I know
I’ll make a new world, oooh
I won’t put up with it no!
Take a breath, take a breath...
We see the game, we’re overworked to feed some jerk
And keep em’ fat and entertained
Love thy neighbor, shoot thy father, love’s the answer,
Now please go on and hate
Ohhh, Still they wanna sell me like I don’t know what I’m doin’
Cos every day I’m movin on a permanent high,
Like that’s some kinda crime?
I won't put up with it, I won't put up
I've seen the other side, and if it’s right, I don't wanna be.
I won't put up with it, I won’t put up I know
I’ll make a new world (Just give me the new world!)
Yeah yeah, I won’t put up with it no!
I want a new world now...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Just imagine what this world could be
Why don’t u let yourself be free
Why you bust a cap on it!?
An ordinary world with ordinary thoughts
So dangeous, cos you can never see the cost,
Less ya won’t put up with it, won't put up with it...
I want the new world... now!
Oooh won’t you give it to me
No, No, I won’t put up with it no!
I won't put up with it, I won't put up
I've seen the other side, and if it’s right, I don't wanna be.
I won't put up with it, I won’t put up with it...
I want the new world now
I want it now!
(Just imagine what this world could be
Why don’t you let yourself be free?
Why ya bust a cap on it?)
Its really what its all about
What its really all about.
Quit livin’ asleep, you gotta wake up
Don’t wait for the feelin’,
Gotta find the feelin’
Gotta get up, get up, get up...
I’m talking wake up, wake up, lets see...
Give it now!
Ohh Give it now!
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If I Was A Woman
02:47
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If I was a woman
Soft hair in the sun
Feel my figure, feel my smile Watch the boys turn and run
If I was a woman
Maybe my voice would make sense
Maybe I'd be glorified by inner city guys
Before they grind me into bits
Tell me why I so want to be objectified
Better than thoughts that would eat me alive
Tell me what can you say to...
A twelve year old boy
Who'd learned to hate himself Cos he wanted to wear a dress
But it wasn't allowed
And the more he saw his kind The more he thought they sucked
The wars they'd caused
The women they'd struck
Ahhh, Oooh...
And he never ever said it
So ashamed he’d regret it
And every time he'd finish fappin’
He'd discover, he's not another, he's still a brother...
If I was a woman,
Push up bra in the summer heat
Beads of sweat down my back
Selling burgers on TV
Torso like a twig, lighting up a cig
Terrified walkin’ alone at night.
Forever secretary,
Or dishes done in solitary
Just as equally fucked up... Woman
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Watch em’ move like snakes takin’ every way out ...
(Oh I’m sorry I just couldn’t go! Bye!)
I hope this cold bar floor will be clean when I curl up in doubt
They promise you this, they promise you that
But the truth comes out, when your call bounces back...
(Leave a message at the beep and I’ll get right back to you!)
I can’t take this lonely life
No I can’t take this heart o’ mine
Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for love.
(You’ll never get it, you’re never gonna get it honey)
I can’t take this lonely brain
No I can’t take what I can’t take
Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for love...
Every sway, every glance, every kiss, every smile I miss
Makes me say ‘Hey, may as well hide in some workplace abyss’ (Overcompensating! Overcompensating!)
It’s the same ol’ small talk, the same sultry walk
Playin’ dumb, tryin’ to outrun your biological clock... Yeah.
I can’t take this lonely life
No I can’t take this heart o’ mine
Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for love... No no no!
(You’ll never get it, you’re never gonna get it honey)
I can’t take this lonely brain
No I can’t take what I can’t take
Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for love...
Lord how it feels, when I feel at home
With a love to call my own, a love to call my own.
But ain’t the way it goes:
She’d say I don’t listen, cos I’m too busy kissin’
Then she turns me to stone (Ain’t No Cure!)
She turns me to stone, stone, stone, stone, stone.
(You’ll never get it, you’re never gonna get it honey)
(You have a boyfriend do ya? Of course you do.)
I can’t take this lonely life
No I can’t take this heart o’ mine Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for love.
(You’ll never get it, you’re never gonna get it honey)
I can’t take this lonely brain
No I can’t take what I can’t take Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for love...
The sounds shake the city, I’m going deaf from applause
(Oh my goodness, thank you!)
She rips me outta my clothes and she pushes me up against the wall (Oh my god!)
I’ve tumbled through my tears, I’ve shimmied through my fears
So why am I still so numb to the comfort in my ear?
(I’m never gonna get it honey)
I can’t take this lonely life
No I can’t take this heart o’ mine
Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for love.
(You’ll never get it, you’re never gonna get it honey)
I can’t take this lonely brain
No I can’t take what I can’t take
Yeah I, ain’t got no cure for...
Looo-1,2,3,4!
I-I-I- was wondering if you might want to...
(You’ll never get it, never get it, never get it)
Hello?
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Endless Heaven
03:27
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Can you hear me in your endless heaven?
I’m the one who loves you still
After all the pain and hurt we were given
I’m the one who loves you still
I have counted every way to heaven
I’ve forgotten all that’s real
Will I join you with the years I’ve wasted and broken
And will I find you love me still
You were all I had
You were it
And now I don’t know what else there is.
All we shared,
How you cared when times were cruel...
Come down my dear,
For I’m barely here
Do do do do do
We are born and then the years roll past us
Photo books are all that’s real.
I would climb the stars while turning to ashes
To let you know I love you still
You were all I had
You were it
And now I don’t know what else there is
Time is cruel
Come down my dear,
Come down from there,
Come down my dear
I’m barely here, barely here...
Do do do do...
I’m the one who loves you still.
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Out Like A Light
03:37
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I really like you baby, and I want you to know
When I see your face, ooh it moves me so,
And I go
Out like a light
Out like a light, in the middle of the night
Shut off my mind, when I see you
When I get a little crazy, a little confused
It all waves bye bye, bye bye, when I see you
Out like a light, in the middle of the night
Shut off my mind, when I see you
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Oooh, Out like a light.
If you talk to my girl, try and take her away
You won’t take her far, with my fist on your face
Yeah you’ll be out like a light, yeah, in the middle of the night
Shut off your mind, when I see you
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Oooh, Out like a light.
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Out like a light... is how you got me feelin tonight
Oooh let me see you baby,
Oooh let me see you shine
Everything you do, every song you write
Knocks me out out... like a light.
Oooooh...
I’ll treat you right, I’ll treat you right
Out like a light
Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling... Little darlin’ what a feelin
I’m feeling... Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feeling...
Oooh, Out like a light.
Babe you got me movin, babe you got me thinkin
Bout you for the rest of my life.
Ooooh
(Little darlin’ what a feelin I’m feelin...) Out like a light!
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Feelin' Small
04:42
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Have you ever felt like there's something else far beyond? Just counting the stars... and feelin’ small?
Well I... I wouldn't have it any other way
When the rain falls down, and it hails so hard,
Convinced you’ll never be free
Just sit right down with me, oooh
I don't mind feeling small with you
In fact it's all I wanna do
The beauty and weight of it all
Feelin’ small with you
From a flash of light, a sacred night
Came all we are
I can almost see eternity... feelin’ small
And when I see you...
There's a joy I can't explain
While they trudge along to the same old song
Whether vanity or greed,
The night sky shines the key, oooh
Tell me how we know when we're right
(We just exploded into life)
Tell me how we know when we're right
(Well, It just came to us one night)
I don't mind feeling small with you
In fact it's all I want to do
The beauty and weight of it all
Feeling small with you
What does it mean to be alive... To be alive...?
We're just a flicker of cosmic time, why worry your beautiful mind?
Da da de da de de da...
And if you cry in space, the tears stick to your face
And there's a planet where the rain falls down sideways
(I don’t mind... feelin small with you)
In a galaxy, of a hundred billion galaxies,
In a universe...
I’m so glad it could be - you and me
Tonight, burning bright...
Feelin’ small.
To be alive.
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Heaven In Your Eyes
02:55
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I wish I had something clever to say
So I could look real cool with a scintillating brain
But I’m just a simple guy havin’ a simple day
Just writin’ a song for you
Don’t have a cadilac or a ton of greenbacks
But I got a little place with a view
Where we could laze around, or have a night on the town
Whatever you wanna do
Cos I see
Heaven in your eyes, heaven in my heart
Lift me to the skies above, oooh
Heaven in your eyes girl, it must be true
I could love you (I could love you)
In a couple days we could be so far away
In a Kosy Korner booth
Then we could water ski out in cottage country
And laugh to a firelight tune
I wanna love you, oooh
There’s heaven in your eyes girl (Heaven, Heaven in your eyes girl) Oooh, that’s all I gotta say,
I hope that’s okay, whoa
Heaven in your eyes, heaven in my heart
Lift me to the skies above
(I could love you)
Imagine all the things, a love like ours could save
I can hardly wait for your answer dear
I can hardly wait, come near
Do do do do...
Lift me to the skies above
(Heaven in your eyes girl!)
(Heaven in your eyes girl!)
(Lift me to the skies, lift me to the skies!)
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Did Ya Know??
03:29
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Did you know that Pelicans fly... to a car they take to work?
Did you know if you touch your baby toes your whole life moves in reverse?
Did you know I'd say anything to hide the hurt?
Did you know an author explodes when a library book is past due?
Did you know we're all cartoons? If you squint we can blurr all the lines we drew
Did you know that anything's true
when you lose your mind
like when I lost you?
Yeah all I've got left is a little more delusion to hide everything inside
Ooh I blew it I know and I always seem to blow it
Ooh when you said that you loved me I felt it but never showed it
Did you know,
theres an invisible wheelbarrow carrying me through the week?
Did you know, everytime it snows it’s just some clouds that fell asleep?
Did you know that anything's true when you lose your mind like when I lost you?
Yeah all I've got left is a little more delusion to hide everything inside
Am I the lie or are we the truth?
Does it even matter to you? Ohhh Why'd I try to love again?
Am I the lie or are we the truth?
Does it even matter to you? Ohhh
Why did I try to love again?
Sometimes I feel so sure
Then I think about what we were
Did you know
that you were the best thing that ever happened to me?
Did you know
that carpal tunnel is the only fish that swims through your wrist?
Did you know but you were the best thing to ever happen to me?
And did you know that anything's true
when you lose your mind like when I lost you?
Yeah all I've got left is a laugh and cry
But maybe that's all I need tonight
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10. |
The Same Damn Story
04:52
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Well, here we are again
So... tell me how it feels
A phone that never stops
A friend who never calls
A picture of your family you wish didn’t say it all
You’ve found all the answers, you sleep away the days
Livin in the moment with a voice in the way
But if you wanna fly, there’s always one way up
Though you don’t wanna die, it’s the same as givin’ up
Just want to feel again, but all my feelings never stay
Living in the moment with a, livin in the, livin in the...
Don’t let the same damn story come back my friend
Don’t let the same damn story keep coming back again
Your life’s a book, just rewrite it, put your heart inside it
Or let the same damn story come back... again...
Remember... when you were six years old
Running around, with a future bright as all outdoors...
Now I cry for a while just to live for a second
Now I beat myself up and tear out all my affection
The truths so close, but no one close ever stayed
Living in the moment with a voice in the way
Stand by yourself if nobody’s there
Lord you’re a maple leaf risin’ through the air, and
If you wanna fly, there’s always one way up
Though you don’t wanna die, it’s the same as giving up
Such a lonely climb, but in an instant it changed
If I make my own grace then maybe I make my own pain...
Do I truly climb to relive these days
I can see life so far away
Do I share this weight and start to fly my way, or would I (Oooh)
Don’t let the same damn story come back my friend
Don't let the same damn story keep coming back again
Your life’s a book, just rewrite it, put your heart inside it
Or let the same damn story come back...
Its a million different highschools
Its a million different carpools
Cos someone said its wrong to be real
But if you wanna fly, there’s always one way up
Though you don’t wanna die, its the same as givin’ up...
If you wanna fly, though you don't wanna die
(Do I truly climb to relive these days,
I can see life so far away...
Do I share this weight and start to fly my way or would I)
Ooooh...
Don’t let the same damn story come back my friend
Don’t let the same damn story keep coming back again
Your life’s a book, just rewrite it, put your heart inside it
Or let the same damn story come back... Ohhhh...
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I Don't Care Anymore
04:24
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Bluebird, flying overhead
Calls me out of bed
Begs me to pretend
Warm sun, shining through the leaves
Begs me to breathe,
Breathe and start again.
At the heart of all the matter
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore I don't
Though I could slide along my old familiar shore
I don't care anymore I don't.
Bluebird looks along the edge
Finds his daily bread, and soon a family
Lonely, lost among the trees
She moves across the sea, searching for a friend...
At the heart of all the matter
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore, I don't
Though I could slide along my old familiar shore
I don't care anymore I don't.
I just want to walk through the snow with you...
I just want to walk through the snow with you...
I just want to walk through the world with you again.
Its ok to be alone... Ok to be alone...
At the heart of all the matter
I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore I don't
Though I could slide along my old familiar shore
I don't care anymore I don't.
I just want to walk through the snow with you...
I just want to walk through the world with you
Its ok to be alone... Ok...
Ok to be alone.
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Fall (String Sample)
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The Pity Boy
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Taylor Abrahamse Peterborough, Ontario
Like a maple leaf caught in a gust above the Ontario prairies, Taylor blissfully floats between the borders of songwriting with his hook-laden hammerclaw pop.
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