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Greene Park
02:50
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i fell asleep
and dreamed about you
everynight
i was without you
and everyday
i hoped you'd feel the same
broken hearts
and bad decisions
leave a mark
like small incisions
in my wrist, making me insane
i always think about
that hotel
and how it felt
thought i could tell
that when we were there
we'd be back again
instead I drank alone
Double gin and tonics
On my phone
Whether or not
It's the right thing
I'll do it anyway. (anyway!)
i'll be ok (i'll be ok!)
just one more day
i'll be ok (i'll be ok!)
just one more
Day with you and
then I
Thought that I'd be
Better
Off on my own
Again
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3. |
I'm Alright
02:34
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I had the fastest times in the slowest year
Still not sure how I ended up here
But oh I’m alright, I’m alright
The day you left it rained and hailed
I drank so much that my liver failed
But oh I’m alright, I’m alright
I spent my time in this maze
I feel like I’ve been walking for days
But oh I’m alright, I’m alright
I’m filled with grief and regret
For every girl I’ve ever met
But oh I’m alright, I’m alright
I’m sick of writing all these songs about all these girls
And how they mean the whole damn world to me
No one knows just how this ends
But still we roll with our team of best friends
It’s all we can ever do
It’s always been me and you
You said this once before
May 2004
Everything was different then
But it left me wanting more
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4. |
Ride The Sky
02:15
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Down near the Bayou I wrote you a letter
Southern heat brings out the profiteers
Wish you were here...
'Cause we met a man selling his homemade medicine
We were lost in this new frontier
If you were near (You'd say)
Ride the sky - Ride the sky
The world looks different from way up high
Ride the sky - Dare to fly
Nothing really matters when your world is amplified
Out in Chicago where it all began
We walked the burning streets
Without a care or a plan
Then we met a man trying to peddle medicine
All we need's a little push
You were pure adrenaline (You said)
Ride the sky - Ride the sky
The world looks different from way up high
Ride the sky - Dare to fly
Nothing really matters when your world is amplified
Ya dead man!
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5. |
Plan B
01:58
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Sad songs and IPAs
Sound machines and blackout shades
First dates, old and new
Laying out what we've been through
Swipe left or swipe right
Either way it's a lonely night
Insta-likes and page views
Anxiously avoiding news
There's a brave new world
That's raging inside me
Those pretty girls
Always got the best of me
I tried so hard
Now I think I know
I'm pretty sure
I can make it on my own
All my time's been taken up
By making up and breaking up
I'm still amazed after all these days
So much has happened but nothing's changed
So I'll learn the words and shout them out
Or cut my wrist and bleed it out
Write a song and sing it loud
I hope I make my mother proud
There's a brave new world
That's raging inside me
Those pretty girls
Always got the best of me
I tried so hard
Now I think I know
I'm pretty sure
I can make it on my own
I'm desperately in love with everything that was
And everything that is, the pieces don't quite fit
I tried holding on, but feeling too far gone
The better part of me is ready for Plan B
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6. |
American Dreams (part 1)
03:16
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Rolled in like a storm
That I didn’t see
Ripped the heart clean from my sleeve
Put shake in my knees
I made you up
Like American dreams
Girls like you only exist
Up on the silver screen
Hold
Hooooolld steady
‘Cause you’ll take it all
Run through the night
Just like at thief
Made the getaway clean Ohhh oh ho
I fall in love
A little too easily
But what is a man without a vice?
Heartache have mercy
You don’t know what it’s like
To forget to breathe
When you waltz in the room I swear
Were you sent here for me?
Hard to hold steady
‘Cause you took it all
Ran through the night
Just like at thief
Made the getaway clean
Are you waiting for someone to sweep
You right off of your feet
Someone better than me?
But their love will never be
There are those days you don’t say anything
Those nights I pray you’d let me in
What made you build your walls so high?
If you see her in Brooklyn tonight, tell her I tried
If you see her in Brooklyn tonight, tell her I tried
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A different country everyday
Is pretty good for my mental state
My anxiety has no passport
I'm writing postcards in my mind
To everything I left behind
And the fear and the guilt and everything that made me this way
Once I get on that plane
Everything will be the same
I'm heading back home to start again
I wish this airplane would crash into the ocean
Let the waves swallow me up in one motion
Then everything will be quiet again
Then everything will be quiet again
Maybe it will be ok
I tell myself that everyday
But if time heals all wounds, I'm years away
I guess part of it is shame
And not knowing who to blame
It's time to leave it all and start again.
I wish this airplane would crash into the ocean
Let the waves swallow me up in one motion
Then everything will be quiet again
Then everything will be quiet again
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friedchickenrecipe.pdf
02:23
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There's no need for an honest man
You've gotten used to the lies
You know the steps to this dance
And you're done with drying your eyes
And you say a little prayer before you lay down at night
Asking for forgiveness and for simple things
A pair of steady hands
And solid ground to stand
But you never could decide
When you wake up to the eyes of a total stranger
If the hearts you're holding make you feel alive
Ain't it precious
The way you try?
All those moments on film and a half-hearted smile
Say you're alright
But you cannot hide
That you grew a little tired of them lonesome nights
And the bottle
Is a kiss from a friend
When you're buried in sheets
It's hard to breathe in the end
Curled your fingers
Into delicate fists
You're worth more than this
So much more than this
But you never could decide
When you wake up to the eyes of a total stranger
If the hearts you're holding make you feel alive
And the pain will fade
Any day, any day, any day
And the pain will fade
Any day, any day, any day
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9. |
Love Letter
01:38
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Spoiled livers
Sunken eyes
Endless days of
Drunken nights
But then I found you
Maybe you found me
And that was all
I'd ever need that
Not easy to state
the change you made.
If I'm alive now
then I was dead.
Floating through the air
in my soul-shift
Pure as a pane of
ice. It's a gift.
I wanna wake up in the morning next to you
I wanna see that ray of light come bleeding through
That line of orange coming through the window shade
Helps to illuminate the things i cannot say
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10. |
Luciernagas
02:40
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11. |
House of Vans
02:20
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Finding comfort in driving around Greenpoint tonight
Nothing but the water and the skyline on my right
I don’t know where I’m going and I’m not sure what to do
That metaphor’s not lost on me and I’m sure it’s not on you
Five hundred punks standing out on Franklin street
Waiting for the band that they’ll never get to see
Dressed all in black, they scream and shout
That band they love, they just sold out
Oo-oh oh can’t you see? (oh can’t you see?)
Everything I love (everything I love)
Is dead to me
I put my phone on vibrate because I can’t stand the sound
One more fucking message and I’ll smash it on the ground
Anxious as fuck, i’m freaking out
Everything I love, has just sold out
Oo-oh oh can’t you see? (oh can’t you see?)
Everything I love (everything I love)
Is dead to me
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No Man's Land (part 2)
03:45
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First time her heart broke really took it's toll.
A wild ride, she never liked to lose control.
Theres an undeniable pride burning in her eyes.
Some sort of comfort that she carries, an inviting light.
Oh, she loves to run
Until her lungs give out and legs go numb.
Back to No Man's Land
Where she knows no troubled sleep
A place where you and I can never reach.
She keeps her cards close and she holds on tight
To mistakes she never made, they drive her empty for a country mile.
Sometimes there's a sadness hiding in her eyes
But she won't let you see her cry.
Oh, she loves to run
Back to a place where she is safe and sound
Back to No Man's Land
Where she knows no troubled sleep
A place where you and I can never reach.
Oh, she loves to run
Where it's easier to ignore all the sounds
All the burned out thones where the tired weathered sleep
She don't need to hear your sympathy
Once upon a time I swore I believed
That you and I would chase American Dreams
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13. |
The Walk
02:53
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Walking down these neighborhood streets
I love and hate everything I see
All of these neon trees
These signs, these lights, I'm so lonely
Is it the dark or is it me?
Is it the walk or is it me?
I don't know which way to go
Yes and no or maybe so
Drinks and friends are all I know
But drinks and friends, they come and go
Is it the dark or is it me?
Is it the walk or is it me?
Open up my eyes but I can't see
Is it the walk or is it me?
Cuz I don't know anymore
Why we don't talk anymore
I just can't walk anymore
When my fucking heart is on the floor
I gave up
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