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Anna
03:30
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She was falling asleep with the light on, waiting
With her back to the door and the whole world fading
He was never no good if he'd leave her that way
But it's funny how that's never made this okay
CHORUS:
Anna, hang on
There is more where all this came from
(repeat)
Well the news made her more than a name but barely
To the small town of Troy and the Carman family
Who were told it would be like it all was back then
That the world could pretend like it never happened
CHORUS
In your short life, you've lived a thousand times
You stood so brave, they robbed you blind
The truth is, there'll be harder times
And it's okay to say you're fine
But I'll be waiting back behind, and
You can make your troubles mine
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2. |
Be Like This
03:23
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Your voice was soft
It always is
That’s why I thought
I’d get through this
Your fingertips
Light on my face
Felt like a kiss
That’s my mistake
CHORUS:
I was staying up all night
Had every detail memorized
I felt my edges start to slip
I said I wouldn’t be like this
Said I wouldn’t be like this
I told you once
The braver half
Who I’d become if
You ever left
The less there is
Of me to show
The more I wish
You didn’t know
CHORUS
You moved too close
For me to think
Straight, and so
I let me sink
It’s not your fault
I wanted to
I built the walls
I can’t get through
CHORUS
And I apologize for
The way my eyes won’t leave the floor
CHORUS
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3. |
Song For Lovers
02:53
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Nights like this were meant for lovers
That’s how they begin
Whisper soft like angel songs
That drift in on the wind
But it only takes a word
To make you shudder in your soul
And that’s all it took tonight
To leave us both like steel and stone
Chorus:
But I can’t live without you
Oh I know I made a mess
I cursed and cried about you,
I could not have meant it less
I could not have meant it less
We were never strong enough
To keep this in our heads
But we were never meant to say
These stupid things we’ve said
And I don’t trust me anymore
Than you can trust me now
Oh but I can’t help hoping good will come
Though I can’t tell you how
CHORUS
And I’m no good at this,
It’s like the story of my life
How I’ve been pounding fists
Against the one sure thing in mine
You’re the one sure thing in mine
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4. |
Arizona
03:53
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Said he’s doing just fine
95, and biding his time
Empty notebooks and bottles of wine
Collecting newspapers and library fines
We’re talkin’ thousands of days
They came, they stayed, and faded lazy away
Left him standing with that look on his face
Knows he’s got too much and nothing to say
CHORUS:
With the whole world, watching him go
Saying live your life or leave us all alone
Us young ones with our never growing old
And his sun goes setting low - in Arizona
It was a Saturday night
He wiped his eyes and turned out the lights
Sixty years and then a silent goodbye
He still forgets and calls her name sometimes
He said he’s easy to please
Short sleeves and jeans with grease on the knees
When you’re outliving every one of your dreams
Don’t do no good to wonder what it all means
CHORUS
She said, “Baby, there’s never been much time
We’ve known it all our lives”
I think she was right
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5. |
Long Coat On
03:39
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It was a long winter for Katie
And she had the worn look to show it
Her roof was old and leaking,
And she was tired of living below it
She didn’t know who lived above her
But this room below she knew too well
She’d read books of friends and lovers
And wanted stories of her own to tell
CHORUS
She had her long coat on
She had that look in her eye
She was wavin’ her hat in her hand
When she said ‘goodbye’
Her mama stood there gawking by the doorway
Would’ve never guessed she’d finally go
Saw her pack then leave behind her suitcase
Sat forgotten in the melting snow
So Katie was away to find her freedom
The winter held her in and let her go
When they said it was a big world, she believed ‘em
But I guess some people have to see to really know
CHORUS
It was a long winter for Katie
But one day Katie had her chance
And back home they never could stop saying
How she left and barely gave them all a second glance...
CHORUS
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6. |
The Simple Things
03:26
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It doesn’t matter anyway
Any more than any other day
I wish it didn’t feel this way
I wish it didn’t feel this way
Of course you’re not the first to go
It echoed in us years ago
These things they happen slow
These things they happen slow
I saw you on the TV screen
They painted you an ugly green
We lose ourselves in simple things
It’s always the simple things
Like your brittle broken heart
But I think that’s the easy part
Doesn’t matter who you are
Doesn’t matter who you are
We feel it under every breath
To say it scares us all to death
But that don’t make it matter less
That don’t make it matter less
They love to beat you when you’re down
And spread the news all over town
Can what was lost ever be found
Can what was lost ever be found
It’s been a long and lonely rain
I listened to me say your name
And nothing in me feels the same
Nothing in me feels the same
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7. |
Know Better Now
04:06
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It’s quiet in Kentucky
You never ask about me
I never thought about it
Until now
It’s cloudy out my window
Just another TV show
And noises in the hallway
Outside, and
CHORUS:
I guess I know better now
That few things ever go
The way that we mean anyhow
That’s better I suppose
You thought that I was joking
When I said I was worried
I’d never love somebody
Like you do
It’s easier on some days
I keep me busy anyway
I read a lot on weekends
Downtown, and
CHORUS
I called while you were working
It’s easier than talking
For just so many reasons
And it’s funny how we speak so clear
While such a mess inside
I mean more than I’m saying here
You know that just as well as
CHORUS
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8. |
Inside My Head
03:09
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It’s just a fear, unnamed
We shouldn’t have to do this to ourselves
we shouldn’t have to do it this way
You weren’t the first, allowed
To blow in like a wind over my soul
To roll in like a thundercloud
It’s all the same, who knows
I came in with a heavy, hollow hand
I came out with a brittle hope
And with my walls defined
More surely I could shake away my pain
More confidently draw the lines
CHORUS:
So you will never get inside my,
See inside my head
You will never get inside my,
See inside my head
You took my hand, we sat down
You told me this was different than before
You told me you would stick around
But good intentions lie
Beneath the sacrifice they take,
Behind the guarded look in your eyes
CHORUS
I came prepared to fight
We shouldn’t have to do this to ourselves
I’m choking on what’s left of my pride
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9. |
Some Lovely Story
03:18
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Sing a song, commemorate it
Everything you’ve lost
Write how long it’s always taken
Just to swim across
You were always blurry-eyed
You meant it how you said
Bending down, observing lives
As you pronounce them dead
CHORUS:
Hero, Hero
Of some lovely story
Nobody ever wrote
Lean out from your tower, darling
Cast your shadow down
Spend your saved up hours, darling
Nothing matters now
You dreamt your sorrows welled like water
Washing all our flaws
One never saw a better martyr
Dying for applause
CHORUS
Maybe you’d have made it
Easier on us all
If you had never taken it
Upon yourself at all
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10. |
You'll Get Through It
04:04
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Let him turn to go, let him tell you no
It’s coming
Fire in his shoes, saddest bit of news
It’s coming
Circle round again, lost and found again
Your story
Waiting up past dark, that’s your favorite part
Your story
PRECHORUS:
I saw you with your back turned to imaginary crowds
I saw you with your head down, saying “nothing matters now”
CHORUS:
You sigh,
Nothing to it
You lie,
You’ll get through it
Whistle to the tune, dance around the room
That’s something
Stand out in the rain, cry when you’re in pain
That’s something
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
You fight to stay awake,
Your dreams will likely drive you mad
But only cause you’re living like
One shot was all you had
CHORUS
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11. |
It's Alright
04:35
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Remember how we chased it like shadows
Life was the ocean; we wanted to swim
Looking back now, it’s just how the path goes
They tell you it’s over; you never begin
We don’t give ourselves time - the way that we used to
To watch it all happen, unfolding in sighs
You’d think we were blind, the things we can see through
The things we look past when emboldened inside
CHORUS:
But it’s alright now, it’s alright
The ghosts of our glories are gray-bearded guides
The sound of our sorrows has stirred us inside
(But) I think maybe I’ve never felt more alive
I asked you just once if you thought we could be found
You never did tell me; but I think I know now
Whatever ship comes, by dark sea or gray cloud
As long as the well’s deep, we make it somehow
CHORUS
I don’t know how to make peace or find it
We’re most of us stories we’re scared to explain
But what if there’s sound, somewhere caught behind this
A song we can sing while we’re lying awake
CHORUS
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Ellery Louisville, Kentucky
Ellery’s intimate, lush-pop songs are heard in feature films, TV dramas (ABC, SHOWTIME, FOX, NETFLIX), and taken them across the globe over years of touring. The band writes and records between research, mixing projects, and indulging two black cats. Ellery makes loud louds and quiet quiets. ... more
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