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nausea
05:17
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wakin' late, yet again, another hour, another minute, I don't know what to think of it
been sleepin' on the wrong side of the bed again
4 am is my best friend, I find comfort in the lights and the caffeinated trends
as of late, every day has just been so mundane
hypochondriac with atelophobia, I don't know where I'm going or whether I'll fit in
people keep askin' me if I'm really okay
memories are on my brain, gotta kill 'em with caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine
I know that you never ever felt the same
took a train down to the town, I don't why I came here or why I came around
but you said make the effort for me, for once you might see
so I hung around with all your friends, I know I'm doing good at makin' pretend
and I can't wait for these conversations to end
you said I was way too difficult and that I always acted so cynical
and in that moment I just wanted to be invisible
ignorance is solitude in a world that's been consumed by the youth
just a subtle reminder you'll never be understood
and I've been gettin' lost in the times
ain't no reason to be afraid of livin' in your mind
keep seein' these boys with thorns in their side, and all these charming men with so much to hide
back in nineteen-eighty-five with people who had lonely ideas, and careless lives
and a song came on the radio show, oh, heaven knows we're all miserable now
we all keep seein' the light but it never goes out
you took me to a mystical timezone where I lost my mind and the service on my phone
and there was welcome mats in front of everyone's home
so we walked away from it all, and we smoked cigarettes to cushion our fall
when the earth dropped away, we went and rode on the storm
and I've been gettin' lost in the times
ain't no reason to be afraid of livin' in your mind
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firewall
02:52
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take me to the garden again
I want peace of mind
I saw the internet fall backwards
under the weight of all the lies
feed me coffee and peroxide
it’s all I need to survive
go run out to the street fires
they can not be disguised
and it’s almost dawn and I carry on
with anything contemporary that might be postponed
well i’ve seen it all a hundred times before
they said change was on it’s way but it just got ignored
feed me coffee and peroxide
it’s all I need to survive
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apollo (20)
04:04
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if every minute is a mile, then how long will it take?
to get where you’re going, to avoid any delays
well I’ve been contemplating using some of that public transport
but sometimes human engagement just feels like a joke
so go lie to all your friends, obscurities of the mind
your paper dreams burn even better in the night
I will lie awake, conceal your shame
I am wide awake, no one else is to blame
well I’m pretty sure I was meant for more than this
work your nine to five, pay your taxes, and have some kids
waste your life away in a job that you hate
you may never get a chance to change
and I am a mountain, that might be moved
from brute force, or simple truths
when darkness creeps in, oh, thoughts invade the space
having aqueduct feeling about the current phase
so go lie to all your friends, yet again
your paper dreams are in the hands of politicians
I will lie awake, conceal your shame
I am wide awake, no one else is to blame
well I’m pretty sure I was meant for more than this
work your nine to five, pay your taxes, and have some kids
waste your life away in a job that you hate
you may never get a chance to change
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rampant
04:18
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stuck in your ways, in a town filled with resentment and blood
learn from your mistakes or face consequence of a gun
a page from a book that which you never have read
in the land of the living it’s better to walk around dead
and captain, the ship we’re sailing in is on it’s way down
then resentment walks in, smokes a cigarette, and leaves with a smile
well I saw the face of what I want to see in the world
but it wasn’t good enough for all the people out there
so drink up that red wine, your glass is nearly out
and you’ll never be any more than just a face in the crowd
well no one will save you, your blood is already cold
the gun in your hand just shows your lack of self control
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oceania rendevous
04:58
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and livin’ is easy with your eyes closed, you just choose what you want to see
keep findin’ coffee stains on all my clothes, oh, these caffeine addictions ain’t free
and people tried showin’ me the way home, I said just show me the way to the sea
I want to drown
I want to drown
in an ocean of your sounds
with depressing lyrical tendencies, we gotta keep on keepin’ on
conveying our thoughts and opinions, into a form of lyrical song
and the words you sang were spiralling around my mind, but in a moment they will be gone
and I wanna feel the light
I want to feel your light
surrounding me in eternity
I want to drown
I want to drown
in an ocean of your sounds
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out of place
04:12
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keep gettin’ drunk and losin’ way too much sleep
ain’t really a habit that I wish to keep
this glass of wine seems best to clear my mind
people keep on tellin’ me I’ve overstepped the line
and blank bank statements keep on flutterin’ through the door
this welfare check ain’t gonna pay you for your thoughts
well have you got any money saved away?
might come a time when you’re led astray
well I don’t need your nine to five
reminding me that one day I’m gonna die
runnin’ out of time ain’t no care of mine
I just need to feel like I’m still alive
and my generation was raised on the internet and weed
psychedelic songs are all that will satisfy our needs
give a man a mask, and he’ll show you his real face
everything I’m saying always seems so out of place
well I don’t need your nine to five
reminding me that one day I’m gonna die
runnin’ out of time ain’t no care of mine
I just need to feel like I’m still alive
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metamorphosis
03:34
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well I don’t want to be the same as I was in those days
the water is rising and it’s swallowing everyone it meets
oh but what about you? you were just stuck in a rhetorical coincidence
just trying to take a guess at what should go on in your head
but where do you go when every day of your life is dictated by the chance of rain?
confusion in the streets, people trying to find some shelter from the shade
so we base our decisions on a spontaneous and flawed thought process and then I guess
it will all make sense sometime soon
well I’m afraid of the spaces in between
what is wild, and what is obscene?
so take a breather, you might be fine in a while
you know it won’t be any different the next time it comes around
well I guess I’ve been learning all my life and I’ve only just realised that nothing is the same,
people rearrange, and they ain’t ever even worth your time
so tell me how you feel whilst you’re making it look like you’re not even trying at all
I’m pretty sure it must be tiring trying to keep your place up on that pedestal
and tell me what it’s like to live a life which just seems so uneventful
you’re drowned in your own self-appeal and you don’t care about anything else at all
well i’m afraid of the spaces in between
tell me what is real and what is a dream?
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michael webster Manchester, UK
Alternative rock singer-songwriter based in Manchester, England.
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