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Guilt By Association
03:36
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Rose from my bed more than anxious today in the morning
Tried to find something constructive to say, but before long
Gathered my thoughts in a pittance of underexposure
Try and say something of comfort to me - I’ll ignore you
And you would feel guilt by association with these thoughts of mine
I’d give them away if I could find the time
It’s running out fast, it’s sad, you know
Your friend just looks appalled, she never even talked to me at all
Now I’m just curled up in a useless ball
I’m no use to you, it’s sad, you know
Pondered the scene of just how I am going to get over
Wandered the streets for an hour or so, but you weren’t there
Oh and I tell myself, I could excel myself
But nobody gives if you’re sorry or sick, so best beware
That you would feel guilt by association with these thoughts of mine
I’d give them away if I could find the time
It’s running out fast, it’s sad, you know
Your friend just looks appalled, she never even talked to me at all
Now I’m just curled up in a useless ball
I’m no use to you, it’s sad, you know
Best make your excuses and go
What hope remains now for the dreams that I once held inside
Words are all guttural and these much I utter
Will serve to keep those stars inside
And I ask myself, could I ever go far
All of those concepts to shout in the context of useless inhibition
But no one would hear me, no one would hear not a word I say
No one adheres to the rules I obey, I’ll just miss out on it all
Nobody hears me, nobody hears not a word I say
All of my fears dictate my every day, it’s been going on so long
And you would feel guilt by association with these thoughts of mine
I’d give them away if I could find the time
It’s running out fast, it’s sad, you know
Your friend just looks appalled, she never even spoke to me at all
Now I’m just curled up in a useless ball
I’m no use to you, it’s sad, you know
Best make your excuses go
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Bethany
04:20
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I tried to be careful with the way things go
You’ve been running around in a maze I suppose
I thought it easier to take it slow
But I painted myself in a corner, and no
Well I don’t know why
You keep me hanging on a string by your side
When I’ve been talking to you every night
Has my world passed by before your eyes?
Generally this comes as no surprise
Separately just living out our lives
Bethany, your coldness leaves me blind
Hang up or hold the line
Heavily you’re weighing on my mind
Say to me you won’t let me down this time
Bethany, your coldness keeps me trying
Hang up or hold the line
My heart might break and maybe you won’t bend
I’m still hanging around with the need to pretend
Your dog may bark and maybe you won’t bite
I’ve been sticking with you in the hope that you might
Though I don’t know why
I’m subservient to your every reply
And I’ve been talking to you every night
But my dream remains unrealised
Generally this comes as no surprise
Endlessly just living out our lives
Bethany your coldness leaves me blind
Hang up or hold the line
Heavily you’re weighing on my mind
Say to me you won’t mess me up this time
Bethany your coldness keeps me trying
Hang up or hold the line, with ages to decide
Or let me go, go - or tell me, I don’t know, know
Or let me go, woah - or tell me, I don’t know, know
Because of course, I’m falling apart
Temptation’s going to decide this time
Overpower my heart
Make out you’re going to be mine?
Generally this comes as no surprise
Desperately just living out our lives
Bethany your coldness leaves me blind
Hang up or hold the line
Heavily you’re weighing on my mind
Say to me you won’t mess me up this time
Bethany your coldness keeps me trying
Hang up or hold the line, with ages to decide
OR LET ME GO.
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Getting Stranger
04:05
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Found my time to fall out of favour, or so it goes
You assumed we would resume it later, but what do you know
They say that time, it will show the wiser - well, here I am
I was primed for the sacrificing
Inhuman signs when things go wrong will cast you back where you began
Getting stranger by the night
But remaining ordinary
I’ve tunnel vision when I open my eyes
Is it oh so necessary?
I’m worn out from so many years of silence
Harder to conceive a time
When no one is listening to the power to deceive
Caught in a chain of archaic worries
Caused too much agony
I long for things to be dead and buried
Sweet relief that liberates and won’t infect your mind or body
Getting stranger by the night
Yet remaining ordinary
I’ve tunnel vision when I open my eyes
Is oh so necessary?
And is it all because of me?
Everybody temporary
I’ve run out of reasons to be out of my tree
Is it oh so necessary?
One by one
Watch them fall away
Getting stranger by the night
Everlasting ordinary
I’ve tunnel vision when I open my eyes
Is oh so necessary?
And is it all because of me?
All my friends are temporary
I’ve run out of reasons and I’m out of my tree
Is it oh so necessary?
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Nicechap
03:57
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Well he used up his share of prosperity
His quota of good fortune
And he set out to repair the wreck he made
For it was broken again too soon
But this treasure he’s far too volatile
He’s never known to smile
I think he’s messing up your whole plan
You see his stumbling block is this backwardness
And how your presence here could mean that much
He’s got aversions to all your adult ways
I see him flinching at your every touch
And as stars are shining up overhead
As you lay in bed, will he just tremble all around you?
Find me, find me your endeavour
If it’s not looking out for someone new
And we could try to, try to stay together
Because there’s nothing more that I can do
Oh I can try to, try to hold my head up higher
But I’ll never get inspired
I’ll just undertake the sheepish things I do
And I can be that way if I want to
But I never wanted to
Find me, find me your endeavour
If it’s not looking out for someone new
And we could try to, try to stay together
‘Cos there’s nothing more that I can do
Oh I can try to, try to hold my head up higher
But I’ll never get inspired
I’ll just undertake the sheepish things I do
I’m just trying to find the way out
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The Wild Humdrum
03:53
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Rewrite the plan of conventional helplessness
Am I not the man with perpetual nervousness?
I know that you know what I want
I always seek your advice
Must it all bear down on me?
I dig deep inside for a way to get motorised
Felt so misguided, futility overrides
I don’t understand what you need
I understood the old times
Must they all bear down on me?
With all this noise in my head
Forever when lying in bed with a bout of tinnitus that can never be tamed
Catastrophising away and all for reasons I can’t explain
On my back and going crazy, singing:
“Time on my hands has sucked my ability”
Makes it twice as heard to push it aside
Try to understand the mental agility
It’s a drag to keep the spirit alive
Cruel to be cool and feeling the biggest fool
Who went back to school just to major in ridicule
I can’t comprehend why I did
Was nothing like the old times
Must they all bear down on me?
The invite of eyes brought a stomach of butterflies
But to my surprise, her intentions were otherwise
I don’t understand what she meant
Kept playing tricks with my mind
Must it all bear down on me?
As you’re removing the rug, cocaine’s a hell of a drug
And how I’m feeling inside
“What kind of girls do you like?”
And now I’m running away
‘Cos what I’m feeling I can’t display
In a taxi going crazy, singing:
“Time on my hands has sucked my ability”
Makes it twice as heard to lock it inside
Try to understand the mental agility
Can I crawl right back to routined life?
Oooh - I gave all my best away, my best away
Oooh - while keeping myself alive, myself alive, oh oh
Oooh – you’ve got to help me now, ah ‘cos
Oooh – I fear everything and anyone
Time on my hands has brought me humility
As I run away from you each time
Time makes demands and each a catastrophe
The futility…
I’ll let you go and walk away merrily
Just as fast, I see, as you’ve begun
I’ll let you know, every day is a test for me
My mind is my enemy
In the wild humdrum
Stripping the heart and soul from me
I will come undone
Must it all bear down on me?
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