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The Worst of Me
03:35
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I can’t ask for your forgiveness;
you’re never gonna see the good in me
there’s a filter when you look my way,
between who I really am and you what see
I’d send bottles to your shore
if I thought it would make you laugh and wave the flag
but there is something when you look at me,
it eclipses all the laughing times we've had
you see, my eyes are always open,
it’s been brought to my most violent of attentions
that our lives can get away from us,
and slip out of our very best intentions
and so many lives from now,
will we remember all the fault and all the blame?
or will we fall apart without a cause,
when someone speaks somebody else’s name?
well, I can’t keep up, and I don’t know if I want to
do the pages of your diary reflect the deepest, truest part of you?
or do you shy away from all of that,
and leave 'em blank as I so often do?
hey, I have never found the right approach
to document the twisted way I think
no, but someday when I’m gone,
you’ll find an arsenal of me and my rose ink
but, I can’t keep up, and I don’t think that I want to
so, in case I never said it right:
you mean the world, the stars, and in-between
I make an effort to write melodies
around all the sides of me that there have been
so, please forgive me, if you can,
cuz really all we are in life is who we love
and know, my words are all I have,
and they are all for you, I hope they are enough
so, take the worst of me, cuz it’s the best that I can do
please take the worst of me, cuz it's the best that I can do
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2. |
Some Other Girl
03:56
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I’m not sure what you see
behold: evidence of me
hey, Mr. Geology,
there’s nothing beneath
I don’t know what you hear
my own defense, I fear
oh, Mr. Astronomy,
I’m right here, beneath
believe me, I thought that I was above it, but I’m not
you know that I can’t take to come face to face with my mistakes
I understand that I still exist and live by my own will
and if I don't get my own turn, I’ll stay here outside of your world, while:
some other girl will be there
to take you in, to steal your heart, to make you care
some other girl will be the one
to beat the moon and cancel out the rising sun
some other girl will sing the song
you can't forget, not even after she's long gone
some other girl will break your heart
I sit and strain my eyes
to watch minutes pass me by
since science is failing me now
I’ll put my faith in time
sure as the sky will fall
will I still surprise them all
when it plays out in the end
they’ll have wasted their time
but believe me, I thought that I was above it, but I’m not
you know that I can’t take to come face to face with my mistakes
I understand that I still exist and live by my own will
and if I don't get my own turn, I’ll be here outside of your world, while:
some other girl will be there
to take you in, to steal your heart, to make you care
some other girl will be the one
to beat the moon and cancel out the rising sun
some other girl will sing the song
you can't forget, not even after she's long gone
some other girl will break your heart
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Third Position
02:26
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walk alone downtown
read some minds, never sit down
and the world is hardly round
just a flat circle, and I’ll see you around
when you travel your distance
all the bus rides
and the thousand coffee shops
and, it’s all better the instant
you take up third position
“check out his guitar”
“you know I saw her back when she was poor”
and, "hey, I know him too, he’s the guy from
‘see ya later, see ya later, see ya later'”
in-between you can listen
to the comments and all the made-up facts
like, “hey, did you know,” (for instance)
“he plays in third position?”
in my nights I sleep
I dream of Clementine and ladies all in white
in my days, so sweet,
I sing along in time with my favorites:
"needle in the hay"
"I wanna give him pain"
you took up third position
you played in third position
you stood in third position
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The Afternoon Truth
02:58
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I don’t hear well, did you say “morning”?
such belief in your tone, you don’t sound like you
run straight through the door, sick with the warning
of the afternoon truth, just before noon
and the wind that you hear in the night
calls to you: make him your own, make him your own
the bones in your frame all react
and so you love him
we might fall through the fall
how quickly we know life is just moving
some never see, while others can’t move
I’d raze the walls, and then I’d be proving
I don’t hear well at all when you say “lose”
and the water you walk with at dawn
calls to you: this can be done, this can be done
the bones in your frame all react
and you believe
we might fall through the fall
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To Be an Airplane
03:09
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it’s not old enough to be a photograph
it’s not new enough to be an airplane
and as the water never stays warm,
you will forget me in this form
am I bold enough?
does every color have a first time?
or do we know them when they meet our eyes?
if I have memories in all white,
do they mean more or less to my life?
am I without on the inside?
but, through my fever, cantilevers stand
thanks to some mad genius mind
it wasn’t mine, it wasn’t mine, it wasn’t mine
despite all reason, I still want a chance
to be some mad genius’s friend
until the end, until the end, until the end
when I turn all of the sound down
(you can’t believe how much the noise can change the volume of a town)
and put my ear to the cold ground
(I wait to hear your steps out there between somewhere you lost and found)
I can remember how your voice moved
I can remember how your voice moved
am I alone enough?
it’s a valentine’s regret
it’s a holiday wish for the best
it’s never quite what I expect
it’s being at attention always
it’s ever loving you in my way
it’s wanting to be there for what comes next
so what comes next?
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6. |
Backyard Ballad
03:30
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hey Emil, I can’t find a way to get back where you used to be
beneath my borrowed stars
hey Emil, you know that night up in my room,
just kids, you sang for me?
I still miss who I was
and we never phone
and you’ll always know him and almost me
almost me
hey Emil, I could tell you things about my life that you don’t know
I wonder about yours
hey Emil, did you know that I made music too?
yeah, my brother and me
hey, I could sing for you, just listen, cuz this one’s for you...
hey Emil, you got so quiet
hey Emil, you’re so far away
hey Emil, do you remember?
hey Emil, I can’t find my way
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What Stability Entails
04:34
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we met up tonight at the record store
and I knew when I saw you, that it would be hard
we wandered around like we used to
and I wondered if people could tell that you were my brother
we searched for a while for the perfect tree
but, you got sad and had to spend all your money
I came home with sunglasses that I didn’t need
but, deep down, they’re very important to me
and every time I leave you
I’m afraid of how long it will be
cuz what stability entails for me,
is knowing, when I go to sleep, I love you
I love you, it's all I know
we drove home with our sunglasses on
it was dark out, but I knew the tears would come
you talked about the trip, and I tried to listen
but all I could think was, "today is one less day”
and there was so much more that I had to say
and every time I leave you
I’m afraid of how long it will be
what stability entails for me,
is knowing, when I go to sleep, I love you
I love you, it's all I know
you left with your friends
and I turned to walk away
and it took everything I had in me not to say,
“don’t go... hey Bo, don’t go.”
because every time I leave you
I’m afraid of how long it’ll be
cuz what stability entails for me,
is knowing, when I go to sleep, I love you
I love you, it's all I know
I love you with all my soul
hey, I love you with all my soul
I love you, it’s all I know
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8. |
Soft As
02:06
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and the mind would be clear
if the hands could be soft, soft as . . .
bruising less by the lightness
as opposed to, as opposed to . . .
and the less of you
is a lesson too
drawing down to thin wire
what it started as, as you start to go
hold it under your fingers
follow through with the . . .
bring it back with your . . .
and the less of you
is a lesson too
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Buick Audra Nashville, Tennessee
Buick Audra is a Grammy-award-winning musician and writer living in Nashville, TN. She is the guitarist and primary songwriter and vocalist in the melodic heavy duo, Friendship Commanders. Her new album and corresponding memoir, Conversations with My Other Voice, were released on September 23rd, 2022. ... more
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