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You must be so alone
I don't care
(I don’t care)
I know what it feels like
When you get empty
But it never happens to me
Sometimes the urge to do bad is so, so overwhelming
I look up I see the birds and they look so at home
(I've never had to put so much effort into opening a single door)
I look down I see my feet moving on their own
(If you don’t open up, remember my matches will burn it down)
I look in I see myself coming into my own
And all I wanted was, was to feel myself but I’m afraid of my own skin
When the ice melts
I'll be even more scared to go outside
You know (you know) I don't, I don’t like the ocean
I'm terrified of the dark
I can't imagine what will get closer as the sea rises
When I look up I see the birds and they look so at home
When I look down I see my feet moving on their own
I look in I see myself coming into my own
All I wanted was, was to be myself but I’m afraid what’ll happen
I don’t care (I don’t care), I know what it feels like when you get empty
Always (always) afraid of being a wash up
So I (I) stay out of the water
I look up I see the birds and they look so at home
(You should open up right now, I think these matches have a mind of their own)
I look down I see my feet moving on their own
(I never thought it’d take so long to burn this pile of oak and bones)
I look in I see myself coming into my own
All I wanted was, was to see myself but I’m afraid of what’s within
This is what you get for always layin’ in your warm and comfy bed
And this is how you feel when your thoughts are far too gone to ever be real
And this is how you love with your teeth clenched so tight around your tongue
And I'm scared, are you scared of me?
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Don't call me buddy, pal
I've never been your friend anyhow
Turn up the heat Casanova you're uglier than you thought
You're making a huge mistake
I’d like my time back
Don’t you ever think about yourself
Of course you do
Don’t you ever think about anybody else
Why would you
Just give me one more try
Everybody gets a little lonely sometimes
I’m taking it too far tonight
Especially when they're alone all the time
Step lightly so I don't trip and fall
Slam my face into the ground and drag it along
Your feelings are more important of course
of course of course
What’s the point in feeling bad anymore
I couldn’t if I wanted to
I just want to sleep
A flock of birds took my dog away
I don’t feel bad about it, I wouldn’t change a thing
I saw ’em coming from a mile away
Bones and bones, fire pit’s all gray
Walk me along, snow’s in my face
A slow heartbeat you’ll always regret
Everybody gets a little lonely sometimes
I’m taking it too far tonight
Especially when I’m alone all the time
Put Your Hand in Mine on and kill me slowly
Don’t let me ruin this tonight
I don’t feel bad about it, I wouldn’t change a thing
I saw ’em coming from a mile away
Everyone’s a stranger you wouldn’t know their name
I couldn’t hear you but we’re in the same seat
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I’m a winter wind blowin’ on your cold shoulders
I’ll blow through
Crashing into you
We’re white rabbits wearing tuxedos
Hide from the sharp eyed owls
You’re lit like fire while I’m just standing there
I’m getting light headed
I’m trapped by the foot of the foot of your bed
Oh, let us have it
All of those things that spill out when you see red
‘Cause you wanted more out of your life
And I just wanted a little bit of your time
You’re gone you’re gone on red red wine
If I clench my teeth hard enough, together, hard enough, the red will go away
If I clench my teeth hard enough, together, hard enough, the red will go away
The red will go away
The red will go away
The red will go away
The red will go away
The red will go away
The red will go away
‘Cause you wanted more out of your life
And I just wanted a little bit of your time
You’re gone you’re gone on red red wine
‘Cause you wanted more out of your life
And I just struggled for a little bit of your time
You’re gone you’re gone on red red wine
If I clench my teeth hard enough, together, hard enough, the red will go away
(If I struggle hard enough)
If I clench my teeth hard enough, together, hard enough, the red will go away
(If I run hard enough)
(The red will go away)
I’ve been lightheaded
(The red will go away)
Every time I fall it gets a little more shallow
(The red will go away)
(The red will go away)
I can’t tell which way is out from here
(The red will go away)
(The red will go away)
I’m holding my breath
I’m getting lightheaded
I’m trapped by the foot of the foot of your bed
Oh, let us have it
All of those things that spill out when you see red
Cause you wanted more out of your life
And I just wanted a little bit of your time
You’re gone you’re gone on red red wine
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Can’t we find a better way to feel
I miss who we were
I hate hearing you curse
I know it’s all my fault
We didn’t have the best friends
We always said the worst things
It doesn’t sound like love anymore
The more hurtful it is the more I want to put my head in the wall
Bust these speakers out so I don’t have to hear it
I know that’s not who you are
I’m sorry you don’t hate me as much as you should
I can’t make it any more obvious
I’m sorry you don’t hate me at all
I suppose I hate myself enough for both of us
Let’s turn it back just a little bit
I only want to change one thing about you
I’d like to change so many things about myself
We can turn it back just a little bit
We wait to hear from you
We play your games with you
One last time with you
I don’t mind pretending that I’m fine
It feels so good to lose
If I had my way we wouldn’t do this anymore, not ever again
If you had your way it wouldn’t have happened in the first place
If I had my way we wouldn’t say anything like this ever again, not ever again
If you had your way it wouldn’t feel like crashing into a tree without a seatbelt when you’re with your friends
Just
Make me feel
The way I already do
If there’s one thing that I know
The snow comes down a little less each year
I don’t want to end up all alone
There’s someone who needs us both
But it doesn’t seem like we can break this cycle
It‘s making me feel much more useless
Can’t we just go back a little bit further
I don’t want to feel this way
I never seem to get any better
Even if I’m not the same
I know we can roll back up this hill
Even if it’s a little bit slower
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A little bit of drizzle on a sunny day’s just fine, just fine
A little bit a little bit dejected I’m just fine, just fine
When the pleasant rain comes to wash my doubt away my mind is clear
Oh what a face staring back at me from my bathroom mirror
Whatever makes you happy makes you happy that’s just fine, just fine
Whatever makes you listen makes you listen that’s just fine, just fine
A little bit a little bit dejected I’m just fine, just fine
Whatever keeps you happy keeps you happy that’s just fine
When the pleasant rain comes to wash my doubt away my mind is clear
A special place where I hide myself grinnin’ ear to ear
It’s just a tiny little bomb
Fill me up
Stuff my wounds with Phoenix Down
And I’ll keep coming back
When the pleasant rain comes to wash my doubt away my mind is clear
Let’s burn the candle at both ends just to find out what’s in there
(What’s in there)
Burn the match from both ends and we’ll know what hurts the most
(It’s for you)
What’s inside
I’m just fine
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The Lantern
02:50
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I just wanna be like a blizzard
I’m too fast for you to catch
Too cold to catch your breath
I'll be more than you can bear
This one's about the weather
But I doubt it's any better there
‘Cause all my branches keep breaking here
We're barely floating
But I won't say it's enough for me
‘Cause we're still stuck in this hollow tree
This one's not about the weather
But I doubt it's any better there
‘Cause all my windows keep cracking here
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
And it, it got me through the winter
But then I made it to the summer just to crumble in a drought
I'm not sure what this one's about anymore
I’m not sure what this one’s about anymore
I’m not sure what this one’s about anymore
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You're a bit scatterbrain
You're lost in the snow
I love you but I can't stand you right now
There's some weird fish on that side of your head
These wolves have made their den outside your door
I don't want to bury you
I'm not that strong but I can carry you
There's some weird fish on that side of your head
These wolves have made their den outside your door
I’m not that strong but I can carry you
I'm not that strong but I can carry you if I need
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It rains rains rains
Like a monsoon
Picking it up, up, up, up
You’re gone too soon
And I like the way it smells
(Too much sand)
(A lot more glass)
When the rain is comin’ down
(Here’s my hand)
(Now you’ve passed on)
And I like the way that it tastes in the dirt where I crawl, crawl, crawl
And I like the way it smells
When the rain is comin’ down
And I like the way that it tastes in the dirt where I crawl, crawl, crawl
I know how it goes
The walls cave in
You turn to the ivy
Ask it for help again
You know how it goes
I break like shells
Float away all scattered
And I like the way it smells
When the rain is comin’ down
(Start the game again)
And I like the way that it tastes in the dirt where I crawl, crawl, crawl
And I like the way it smells
When the rain is comin’ down
(Where’s the reset on this thing?)
And I like the way that it tastes in the dirt where I crawl, crawl, crawl
And I find it hard to settle in
Like the sand in my grandfather’s shoes
And I find it hard to settle down
No when the blackest of skies was never quite so blue
And we’re all just passin’ through
You can look but you can’t take anything with you
And I like the way it smells
(Bones of snow)
When the rain is comin’ down
(Dirt and dust in my mouth)
And I like the way that it tastes in the dirt where I crawl, crawl, crawl
(Obliterate)
(Disappear)
(Wo bist du)
And I like the way it smells
(Buckets of ash)
When the rain is comin’ down
(A small pyre ship)
And I like the way that it tastes in the dirt where I crawl, crawl, crawl
(Passing in the dark)
(A body without its helm)
And I find it hard to settle in
(Bones of snow, buckets of ash)
Like the sand in my grandfather’s shoes
And I find it hard to settle down
(Dirt and dust in my mouth, a small pyre ship)
No when the blackest of skies was never quite so blue
(Obliterate, disappear, a body without its helm)
And I like the way it smells when the rain comes down, down, down
And I like the way that it tastes in the dirt and the mud on the ground
(Passing in the dark)
And we’re all just passin’ through
You can look but you can’t take anything with you
And we’re all just passin’ through
You can look but you can’t take anything with you
And we’re all just passin’ through
You can look but you can’t take anything with you
You can look but you can’t take anything with you
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Pancho
03:30
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Define my worth to find my words
Be careful kid, the captain knows what’s going on
You need to crawl back in line
I don’t wanna be there for you and
I’m not gonna be there for sure
Ohio never loved me like that either
It’s not as flat as it seems
But everybody’s dying to leave
Even though all the stories
All the stories start and end here
You’re right though
I spend it all on game machines
Ohio (fédérales say) isn’t as forgiving as you’d think
Big river take me away
Crumbling ivy walls do you see her (it breaks)
Creaking over cracks and guess who broke their back (he breaks)
Too bad Lefty didn’t leave any tracks (they break)
Looks like Ohio’s drowned him too (How’s it different?)
Ohio never loves me like that either
Excess ivy tangles up your feet
Maybe it’s more flat than it seems
So you’ll never want to be here
Ohio never loves me back either
Ohio never loved me like that either
But it’s okay
Cause she never loves me back either
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Bonding Over Beet Juice
04:09
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WHAT?
Try to hold my hand and I’ll slug you
Crawl back into that sleeping bag you forgot to buy
It’s gonna be way too cold tonight
You may want to cuddle but the ground’s not having it
It feels like water breaking like glass
If you want to take this home just stuff it in your bag
It’s torture but we want to come out of our caves
Snow on the ground with bison in my veins
There’s a pool plenty deep to drown in
Standing on top a volcano ready to blow
It’s a difficult choice to make but I think I want to put my head under
Everything is still a little bit harder than wet sand
All alone on the drive home I hope you fall asleep
This is one of the best views I’ve ever seen
Jamie’s down and he’s hanging around
Like the lizards in the rocks and the birds in the trees
The mice are holes and the fish in the sea
But we don’t mention water ‘cause it makes Jamie angry
Jamie’s in town wavin’ a gun around at the pigs sayin’,
“Haha your lead can’t hurt me.”
A sting and whizz and Jamie’s on the ground
Stab your thorns in my wings I’m a hummingbird
Jamie’s down and he’s goin’ to town
Jamie’s down, yeah he’s hangin’ around
Jamie’s in town wavin’ a gun around at the pigs sayin’,
“Haha your lead can’t hurt me.”
A sting and whizz and Jamie’s on the ground
Stab your thorns in my wings I’m a hummingbird
HEY
I just want you to kill me in my sleep
Make me into a giant pile of stones and kick me over
There’s nothing else holding me up except my dreams
This is me asking you for help
Ouch that smarts
Stab your thorns in my wings I’m a hummingbird
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Unlucky At Cards
05:04
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The sky looks gray again and the moon is full
I slumber through summer
Please wake me when the leaves start to change
‘Cause it’s always raining in my head
Come and bury me in the snow
Peonies falling over seem to land in my hair
A bee slowly finds you and takes you away
I know you hate the cold reaching out towards the sun
The world is yellow and sometimes it’s a little more blue than you’d like
I let the silver of the moon engulf me (engulf me)
But green is on my palette these days (these days)
We can fit in a few more trees as Clair de Lune plays softly in the background (softly in the background)
Autumn comes every time the leaves change (leaves change)
But it has a different meaning this time around
All these words and the music comes out
Far too many problems, not enough fog
Clouds can’t hold as much rain as we need
But I can still drown in what comes down
Can someone put my head in the ground
I can’t make these things work right (make these things work right)
Every time it all sounds wrong
All I really want to do is say I love you (I love you)
How lonely do you feel in this crowd?
All the wallflowers are blooming (blooming)
That’s why you’re standing right here next to me (right here next to me)
Give it just a few more moments and we’ll head on home (head on home)
I hate everything about me
I love everything about you
But I know it won’t sound that way
Let’s go back one more time
I love the moon and the snow
I love how much you love bees
I love the rain, you love the sun
It doesn’t really matter because I love you
(You’re the puddles beneath my palms and knees)
(You’re the gentle wind pushing through the flowers and trees)
(And I ask myself, “Just how long can this last?”)
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