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New Ideas
02:57
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I’ve got these new ideas
And I keep them all right here
In my mind I think you’ll find
Nothing at all
So throw out those old ideas
And come walk with me my dear
And in time I think we’ll find
Somewhere to fall
Don’t know why I never dream anymore
Could it be that soon you'll see 44?
You know I really didn’t want to show you the door
But you had this bad idea
We should pause something so dear?
In my mind I could not find
Nothing at all
Now It’s such an old idea
But it hits me up right here
Every time that I’m with you
I’ve found the perfect place to fall
Don’t know what the second half has in store
From now on I’ll listen when you Implore
And I promise you that I’m gonna stop keeping score
And withdraw my bad ideas
No more giving into fear
Theres always time to be kind and let myself fall
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I try to rest but my head’s in disarray
I try my best but the world don’t even look my way
Then you came along and the birds sang while we played
I’m never ready for you to go
But in this life you can’t always stay
We need somewhere to fall
Where worries are nothing at all
Please my sweet darlin tell me
You know its gonna be alright
Tell me oh so sweetly that you’ll
Let me stay the night
Oh can you help me to make the world look my way?
And if it doesn’t we can try again another day
Cuz We need somewhere to fall
Where worries are nothing at all
I need somewhere to fall
Somewhere to fall
Lie In the dark feeling trepidation
I see a light from your constellation
Bridge verse:
You make me feel so tall
That I could just walk right through walls
Sometimes I can’t tell up or down or why
But when you can fall free then so can I
Now I can rest even when you’ve gone away
Giving my best and you know I can always say
You gave me somewhere to fall
Where my worries are nothing at all
You gave me somewhere to fall
Somewhere to fall
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Plastic Dreams
03:22
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I Fell for someone you
Pretended to be
Deep inside a plastic dream
I lost myself
Because I had this big idea
Of what I meant to you
Turned out that in the end
It was nothing at all
I split in two
When I saw you
Then I came to
And you were someone else
A plastic dream
Just who had I been?
I won your mind
But I could not win your heart
I fell for two
Could not see through
Although I always knew
I’d wake from this dream
Split two by three
And no clear remedy
But now I’m free
And I’m not sure what that means
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A Simulated Life
02:46
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The day I dropped a fist of dirt
Inside my father’s grave
I envied him below the earth
Where all his pain could fade
That day I bought a VR suit
To lose myself in dreams
To flee the sorrows of my youth
Behind a smarthead screen
I built myself a husband there
A simulated life
Until one night in deep despair
I killed him with a knife
Why must I stare into the dust?
Why must I bury all I touch?
In the night I lie awake
Beside the ghost of you
And my eyes won’t leave your face
Until the day I buried too
In my mind
They’re still alive
Not buried in the tomb
And in the dark
I turn back time
Until they step inside this room
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We're Perfect
03:37
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When I’m low
With nowhere to go
Well don’t you know?
I’m perfect!
And when I don’t
Make much dough
They say no no oh
You’re perfect!
My future’s bright
I love my life
I’ll dance all night
I’m perfect!
I’m Perfect woah oh
You’re Perfect woah oh
We’re Perfect
Nothing more to know
And we’re sad
When we’ve been had
It’s not so bad cuz
We’re perfect!
We’re old and young
And never done
Sing to the sun
We’re perfect!
I’m Perfect woah oh
You’re Perfect woah oh
We’re Perfect
Nothing more to know
Time to love and time to grow
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Old Ideas
02:50
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Now I’ve gone done it
It’s redundant
Thought I had a new one
But I’ve already sung it
Diagnosis inconclusive
A prognosis is quite useless
You keep taking those old ideas off the shelf
Tinker and edit the lies you tell yourself
Now I’m taking and making and faking
And nobody’s gonna know
Well I wish I could have stuck around
Just to watch you grow
You know those old ideas got you nowhere at all
Sat down with a pen and then you hit the wall
But your breaking it shaking it making it through against all odds
Just the fact you exist makes me want to believe in God
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Plastic Hearts
03:06
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You know it seemed
Just like a dream
I thought we made a great team
Then you showed me
Opened up my heart at last
Checked the color of the grass
It really all was such a blast
Then you broke me
I’m plastic, fantastic!
Elastic, it’s drastic
And this ain’t
Sarcastic
I just want to scream
My arms bent back
My face is cracked
I need to retrace my steps back
Before you broke me
Days and Nights
I poured my heart
Into the landmines of your art
But you were waiting from the start
To discard
My plastic, fantastic!
Elastic, it’s drastic
And this ain’t
Sarcastic
I just want to dream
When your life comes to a head
And you’d die for what you’ve read
How much could you take?
Even plastic hearts can break
Fantastic, you’re plastic!
Elastic, it’s drastic
And this ain’t
Sarcastic
I just want to dream
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Superluminal
04:14
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Whenever I see you I get a start
You tied a cord around my heart
I feel the tug when we’re far apart
Faster than light
Faster than light
Quantum entanglements
Particles in perfect sync
Tied with rope or cords or string
And we become everything
Relativity can’t even start
To tell me why I fall apart
But the cord tugs across the endless dark
Faster than light
Faster than light
Quantum entanglements
Parsecs apart but still in sync
Tied with rope or cords or strings
All points in the slipstream
Quantum entanglements
Particles in perfect sync
Tied with rope or cords or string
And we become everything
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Leap Year
02:51
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Now twenty-three was such a pain my dear
That empty promise ringing in my ears
Now everything is nice and sparkling clear
Something so dear
It’s a Leap Year
It’s spring again, that time to love and grow
And let those broken hearted people go
Once more with feeling, now I’ll let you know
I made a great friend
And started again
Something so dear
Last year life slowly flashed before my eyes
I think this year that maybe I should drive
And in the end
I made a great friend
And started again
Something so dear
It’s our Leap Year
It’s our Leap Year
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I try to rest but my head’s in disarray
I tried my best but the world didn’t look my way
When you came along well the birds sang while we played
I was never ready for you to go
But in this life we can’t always stay
We need somewhere to fall
Where worries are nothing at all
Darling you told me
Everything was gonna be alright
But you never believed it
And you ran off into the night
Oh I tried to help you make the world look your way
But your heart was gone
So you know I just couldn’t stay
I’ll need somewhere to fall
Where my worries are nothing at all
I need somewhere to fall
Somewhere to fall
Lie In the dark feeling trepidation
I saw a light from your constellation
You made me feel so tall
That I could just walk right through walls
Sometimes I don’t know up or down or why
But when you could fall free then so could I
Now I can rest even though you’ve gone away
Gave it my best and you know I can always say
You gave me somewhere to fall
Of you I’ll always be in awe
You gave me somewhere to fall
Somewhere to fall
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Gainsayer Portland, Oregon
Levi Ethan Cecil from Portland, OR started performing as Gainsayer in 2019 and has released three EPs since that time.
Vocalist Anna Hoone joined Cecil in crafting the debut album "Plastic Dreams And Old Ideas"
Cecil has been a member of Ages and Ages, Brothers Young and many other bands in the PNW.
Anna Hoone is a solo artist and was a member of Loch Lomond.
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