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The Intangible
04:23
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who knows why we say the things we do
in the moment it seems true enough, true enough . . . but, wait
the intangible, the immeasurable weight
often leads us down the wrong road, and it’s suddenly too late
all the “I love you's” floating in the air,
should be strong enough to lift you up
from right there where you stand
but, maybe all of those said with too little care
just make the slightest breeze,
and leave you there, tethered to the land
so you should know, in all my life
I may have misjudged moments in the night
but not with you, not this time
I meant what I just said, yeah, I mean it
you are mine
oh how quickly we forget, how we walk away
and did we always know it, in our hearts, that we’d never stay?
was it one small thing, that you heard somebody say
that turned your world around,
and changed how you saw everything that day?
all of the energy wasted on the pain
should be strong enough to generate lightning in the sky
but, maybe no one ever channels it quite right
and it’s just strong enough to generate the redness in our eyes
so you should know, in all my life
I may have left before the time was right
but not with you, not this time
I'm here to stay, you know I'm never leaving
you are mine
white and black, the old photographs are just a road map
of where you've been
you can't go back to where you came from
that path has faded, there's just the space you're in
I took my time around the long way
but I have only ever had one place to go
by way of hope and love and jealousy and pain
I came to you . . .
and thought that you should know
I thought that you should know
yeah, you should know, in all my life
I may have left before the time was right
but not with you, not this time
I'm here to stay, you know I'm never leaving
so you should know, in all my life
I may have misjudged moments in the night
but not with you, not this time
I meant what I just said, yeah, I mean it
you are mine
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The Streets of My Town
04:14
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my days get so long
and I don’t feel like I’m driving
where I begin and end up,
is the middle enough?
I’m just along for the ride
I live my life in the moving
sometimes I lose what I’m doing
I keep the dream in my mind
when I get my own time,
I know where I wanna be
and I call you
just to tell you stories
cuz baby when you laugh
it’s the best part of my day
and I call you
just to hear your stories
I love it when you laugh
but I love you anyway
and the streets of my town
don't recognize your face
when I turn all of the lights down low, I know
I only live with the trace
I'm holding on to all I know
but, every time you go
I get around, but I'm walking all alone
I'm making my own way
through the streets of my town
the oldest adage, to be apart,
and how it leads to a faithful heart
ignores the less of romantic parts
like how I make tea for one
I’ll be the last one to make demands
on anyone living out their plan
as long as music flows through your hands
I’ll always be at be at the show
and I call you
just to tell you stories
cuz baby when you laugh
it’s the best part of my day
when I call you
just to hear your stories
I love it when you laugh
but I love you anyway
and the streets of my town
don't recognize your face
when I turn all of the lights down low, I know
I only live with the trace
I'm holding on to all I know
but, every time you go
I get around, but I'm walking all alone
I'm making my own way
through the streets of my town
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3. |
Going Home
04:05
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here we go again, I think I’ve been this way before
another round of crazy, I can’t take it anymore
It’s been an endless season, watching every day race to the night
It’s been an exercise in madness, and I just can’t get it right
I’m going home
I never saw the beauty in the simple things of life
I always complicate it all by holding on too tight
sometimes a little loss is just the thing you need to feel alive
I’ve been losing big, and for right now, that has to be all right
I’m going home
I've been runnin' 'round in circles,
trying to find the straightest line
going off the deep end,
getting shallow just in time
I've been down to New Orleans
and heard the voices of the dead
I've seen California girls
and I just can't compete with them
I'm going home
now, I’m tired all the way down to my bones, I’m wearing thin
and I’m sick of justifying it, just because it’s always been
there are two ways to be: for everyone, or only for yourself
and I can safely say, I’m giving up on anybody else
and I’m going home
I've been runnin' 'round in circles,
trying to find the straightest line
going off the deep end,
getting shallow just in time
so when you think of me
please think of how I always tried to be
I never settled for a single thing because you believed in me
I'm going down to where the land still has a chance of growing wild
down to where, in my own heart, I'll always be a child
I'm going home
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4. |
Happy Loser
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never was a happy loser
never could agree with falling down
always was an easy bruiser
always wanted to believe in softer ground
taking early bows, before you hear the faintest, quick applause
you think it kills you now, just imagine how you’ll feel later on
later on . . .
so far, it's all a heart attack
so far, I'm living on my knees
so far, I give and don't get back
so far, I'm always asking "please"
please
through the process of elimination
I decided who I am, and who I’m not
in my wildest of imaginations
I would never ever dream this twist of plot
taking extra bows, because you just can’t walk away from applause
you think they love you now, just imagine how they’ll love you later on
later on . . .
so far, it's all a heart attack
so far, I'm living on my knees
so far, I give and don't get back
so far, I'm always asking "please"
please
and if you can’t say something nice
then, baby, you should lie
I may not win big affection from the world
but, maybe that’s not why I try
I’ve had enough of truth tonight
and really, I don’t want to fight
I just need to know that you're behind
what my heart says is right
cuz I'm tired of living on my knees
oh, I'm tired of always asking "please"
please
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5. |
The Get Around
02:55
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I’ll break you out of here tonight, I promise
we best get moving
they’ll notice before long
they’re crowning weak and jailing up the strongest
the time is now, love
we should be moving on
and if you can’t look back, no, not ever
I’ll understand, hey
I’ve been that way before
and if you get off track once you get there
climb on my shoulder
that’s what you have me for
and, I get around
the get around
they’ll tell you that you’ll be the better for it
they’ll paint the picture of those who came before
and there’s comfort in the ramble of the story
some kind of safety in a risk that wasn’t yours
but if you never write your own ending
you’re just a player in someone else’s plot
and if you leave all circumstances pending
you’re living way down, to someone that you’re not
and, honey, you should get around
hey, get around
the get around
januaryfebruarymarchandaprilmay
I look for something in the sky
the stars aligned as if to say that, maybe
junejulyandaugust
are the time for you and I
I hold my breath and somewhere in the grey of fall . . .
say goodbye
you should get around
and I should get around
we should get around
we’ll get around
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6. |
Don't Give up on Me
03:17
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7. |
Brilliant Mistakes
03:51
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it seems we’re running out of time
to be the magic we could be
I put my hand up to the sky
no full eclipse, no shooting stars that I could see
I’m looking out for you, you’re looking back at me
like we are still too young to die
but we aren’t angels, not even close, my love
we are just old ghosts, you and I
stay with me
we could be somebody great
I know that if you'd only
stay with me
I'm up for some brilliant mistakes
with you
some quiet days, I’m on my own
I think of who you are to me
you matter deep down in my bones
no matter how distant you’re working hard to be
you think you know me
well, I thought you knew enough
to let the past just rest in peace
but you weren’t able, you took me down with you
this isn’t who we’re meant to be
stay with me
and we could be somebody great
I know that if you'd only
stay with me
I'm up for some brilliant mistakes
with you
I'd light it all on fire
walk the tightest wire
to spend some time with you
let's stay awake all night
jump the wall and write the song
we always said we might
why don't you stay with me?
we could be somebody great
I know that if you'd only
stay with me
I'm up for some brilliant mistakes
with you
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8. |
The Everlast
04:09
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I used to know you best
when I was a little mess
and you were the good guy by my side
we used to speak in words
that nobody ever heard
because we were speaking from inside
it looks like you’re not the boy for me
and I was never the girl, it seems
still, here we are, the same old friends
and we are so far from the end
who would I be?
where would I stand,
if I had never held your hand?
how would my heart know how to ache,
if I had never seen your face?
now it’s the day-to-day
the most that we ever say,
is how we are barely getting by
the world’s in-between us now
and we’ve both grown up, somehow
but, you were the first to see me cry
it looks like you’re living out your dreams
and I’m getting closer to mine, it seems
still, here we are, it never ends
I guess that you’ll always be my friend
who would I be?
how would I learn,
that you can never grow without the burn?
how would my heart know how to break,
if you hadn't been my first mistake?
maybe we got lucky, I’ve suspected all along
maybe we were wasting time, I know I can be wrong
and I don’t know quite where you fit
I don’t know that I ever did
I keep you next to Miami sunsets deep in my heart
my heart
who would I be?
where would I stand?
who would I be?
how would I know?
who would I be?
how would I love?
who would I be?
how would I know?
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9. |
Between Ocean and Sea
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no one knows better than me
I'm the youngest of pirates you ever did see
I'm still searching
always learning about what not to be
you do what you can to be free
you're the most unknown genius there ever will be
always working at the art of captive liberty
so when the shadows have fallen
can you hear me? I'm calling
from the other side of the island
between ocean and sea
can you hear me?
what's the formula for our success?
is the secret equation still anyone's guess?
have you found it?
is there something you won't let me see?
cuz, I found the map of my heart
seems the place where it ends circles back to the start
I'm here waiting,
for you to understand what I mean
so when the shadows have fallen
can you hear me? I'm calling
from the other side of the island
between ocean and sea
and in the light of the morning
it will hit you, without a warning
that the distance is growing between you and me
I've tired out my sea legs
I'm coming to shore, give me your hand
I'm weary of my old ways
so, you come aboard, or I'm coming to land
so when the shadows have fallen
can you hear me? I'm calling
from the other side of the island
between ocean and sea
and in the light of the morning
it will hit you, without a warning
that the distance is growing between you and me
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10. |
One Good Year
02:07
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there’s a hole in the landscape I look at each day
and I would fill it if I only could
there’s a crack in the city, and I can’t find a way
to turn anything bad into good
and the love of my life loves the road
and it's time that I find a road of my own
there's a hole
and the love of my life loves the road
and it's time that I find a road of my own
there’s a hole in the landscape I look at each day
and I would fill it if I only could
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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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