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I Am Unafraid
04:30
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I am unafraid of the aftermath
And will not run away
I heard screaming from the kitchen
And walked towards the staircase
With knots in my gut
Broken glass lined your words like shrapnel:
“Selfish pig, I hate you”
I lied to myself
I’ll never say again, that I love you
I’d leap to my death before I’d leave myself alone with you and these thoughts
I am unafraid
Of the aftermath
And will not run away
I am unafraid and will not run away
Breaking down
These scary thoughts
There seems to be a hand that rests on my shoulder, holding me back
I am unafraid
Breaking down these scary thoughts
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A Thousand Words
02:56
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The sun came out today and you were wearing it on your face
A smile worth a thousand words that don’t deserve to leave my mouth
You taught me strength when I was weak
You took me home when I was lost
You are the blood here in my veins
You are the love I have to give
We are not separate
Souls are infinite
God loves you
This is true
Avoid fear for a while
But it will find a way to make you smile
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Radiator Tubes
00:38
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“Jake get in the car
I won’t let you take your life alone in that house
I love you so much,
I would rip myself apart before I’d see you do the same to yourself
You are my sun and my moon,
My stars and my planets
You are everything dear to me”
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Impulses
04:26
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Dog-tired in August
Left two twins
Bitter on the concourse
Bright light and heat
Bounced off your glasses
Trauma spent on a life’s worth of mistakes
I’d rather peel my eyes open with a can-opener of perpetuated trauma
All I have is you and that is ok
Because no one likes to be alone
Here in this realm of sin we are just impulses
They run through my head and tell me that I am just flesh and blood
They run through my head and tell me that I am just bone and dream
Flesh and blood, bone and dream
Of a time when we were safe
I can hear your voice but I can’t see you
I can hear your words but I cannot embrace you here, and all my apologies mean nothing when I can’t be there
Dream of a time when we were safe
Make it our home, wish for that day
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Miasma
05:32
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I held my breath in from the miasma,
Leaning on a dried-out shovel
Sweat slalomed down my gaunt face,
Gleaming in the summer sun
I looked at the cyclists passing by,
The birds flying overhead, the horses grazing;
I envied their luxury
Stranded on an island of dirt,
I grieved my labor
And conceded to the incessant noise
Of flies and insects swarming my body
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Wounded
05:49
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The face of the devil is bald and emaciated and I’m staring him dead in the eyes when I look into the reflection of the knife
Tendons and ligaments I didn’t even know I had are visible and when it gets too hot my veins throb with an ache I wish you ached with
I love you, but I will not forgive you
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