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What Friends Are For

by Living Rheum

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1.
Well, I’m glad they tore down the buildings Where we once stole the signs For your bedroom Or for mine Well don’t offer your confessions I did not ask for them I know just where you’ve been Don’t remind me again And I said “Remember when We were so Happy?” And you said “No I don’t” And I said “I remember The way you used to Smile” And you said “Well, fuck, I never smiled” I know the floors must be getting Pretty dirty in that House we never had We said we’d have And I know the dishes must be piling Up in the sink We never shared We'll never share And I said “Remember when We were so Happy?” And you said “No I don’t” And I said “I remember The way you used to Smile” And you said “Well, fuck, I never smiled” So don’t ask how I got so bitter And I wont ask how you got so sweet Lying in the street While suitors come and kneel at your Feet.
2.
I've been blazing this new frontier And I know you're hot on my trail If a march through Oklahoma is filled with Tears, Then mine is filled with Fears All this hunger that I feel, it stems from you, The ways yours, it stems from me While I'm eating these leaves you are eating your young, You love the taste of blood on your tongue! And you grabbed my gun to shoot my down, but I don't care no more And you grabbed my torch to burn this town, but I don't live there no more You've been hopping trains and killing your brains, Wearing down these railroad tracks But when they go flat you will know where I'm at And you'll burn down my little, old shack And you grabbed my gun to shoot my down, but I don't care no more And you grabbed my torch to burn this town, but I don't live there no more I'm just waiting for that quiet night, When I'm standing above your bed You open your eyes, they are empty and cold, And with one swoop, I'll chop of your head! And you grabbed my gun to shoot my down, but I don't care no more And you grabbed my torch to burn this town, but I don't live there no more No more.
3.
Whispers 01:40
We went down and drew pictures in crayons The kinds of lives that we wished that we led We folded them up and we threw ‘em all down To the river like airplanes, like sleds And you whispered my name like a secret While the mice all around us played tag And my chest, well it felt like a jailbreak And my voice sounded like I’d been gagged Whoa-whoa Whoa-whoa And never, not once did we go back there There are calmer waters to tread But that day that you stopped speaking to me Was the day that I always did dread But you whispered my name like a secret While ripples went frequent to few And like so many treasure chests and drowning men I let sink my thoughts full of you And then I let sink my body, too Whoa-whoa Whoa-whoa
4.
All The Time 02:17
We were friends in highschool But somehow I’ve lost track of you And I’m sorry that we don’t speak anymore 'Cause I don't remember your dog’s name And your phone number’s receding I just keep on forgetting and I miss you, I miss you all the time…. All the time All the time I miss you all the time Well you, you were my best friend I wonder just what happened Is it all my fault? Should I not have moved away? I know that you got stuck there But never think I don’t care The nights that we shared were the best I ever had and I miss you all the time.. All the time All the time I miss you all the time So please, when I come back this winter Say you will remember Don’t leave me with the Christmas shakes Sometimes I need a smiling face Sometimes I really hate this place But when I think about those Easters in your house I miss you all the time… All the time All the time I miss you all the time
5.
I’m no bear Well you can see that from there I’m not big You’ve got nothing to fear You’re no deer Well, I can see that from here You’re no faun You’re not searching for a steer If I’m sleeping, I’m sorry, forgive me If I miss you, I’m sorry, don’t miss me I’m no cloud I don’t surround myself in shrouds I’m not white Oh, I wouldn’t make you proud If I’m sleeping, I’m sorry, forgive me If I miss you, I’m sorry, don’t miss me. If I’m sleeping, well, I’m sorry, please forgive me And if I missed you, my apologies, just don’t miss me You’re no sky I can see that in your eyes You don’t go dark And you never say goodbye If I’m sleeping, I’m sorry, forgive me If I miss you, I’m sorry, don’t miss me And if I’m sleeping, well, I swear, I’m sorry, please forgive me And if I missed you, well, I suggest that you don’t miss me
6.
In the car you cried on my shoulder The night we realized you grew older When we finally figured out this was our town And you decided that you were not moving back down I touched your hair I kissed your cheek I held you tight I loved you that night We had a lighthouse out on the water A beacon of light to guide us back You were a southern belle, a southern daughter I couldn't hold back all those things that I lacked I touched your hair I kissed your cheek I held you tight I loved you that night Oh, summer has a way to make distance real And oh, distance has a way to make broken lovers heal Another chance once we've both cleared out heads Another night I could spend asleep in your bed I touched your hair I kissed your cheek I held you tight I loved you that night
7.
September 03:35
September came and it went away I guess I must look so different With flowers and pins and all of our sins Scattered wherever we drifted If my feet are the carriage, my mind is the breaks (x4) I got your bracelet today And I'll wear it just like I swore I would Opened my mailbox to colours and tape I'll probably burn the envelope If my feet are the carriage, my mind is the breaks (x4) So take me away from September skies And water from rivers of tears in your eyes I'm happier here than I was at home I'm happier here than I was alone If my feet are the carriage, my mind is the breaks (x4) If my heart is the carriage, my mind is the breaks (x4)
8.
When In Rome 02:38
I don’t know what to say to you ‘cause everytime I look at you, my hands get sweaty, my eyes get buggy, I just lose my cool I don’t know if I can look at you ‘cause everytime I think of you, my heart gets achey, my voice gets shakey, and my balls turn blue But I just want to be with you or even just be around you, so you can hold my sweaty hand, oh you’re just so damn cool So just stick around You’ve got one month down And just a few more to go I would call you up today if I could think of what to say, even though I can’t, I think you understand, I’ll just do it anyway I would ask you out today, but I said I’d wait and that’s okay, I said it’s fine, I said it’s fine, I’m sorry that I lied I know it wasn’t intentional, but that doesn’t mean it’s inconsequential, the things I’ve been going through, that bed I shared with you So come on over Bring a four leaf clover And we’ll see who’s lucky tonight I just want to sit with you, do anything you want to do, play go fish or make a wish throwing coins in a pond I just want to stick with you, shake hands while mine’s full of glue, so I have an excuse not to leave when I get nervous in your wake And I just want to hang out with you or maybe even kiss you too, smoking bongs and sing-alongs, the best way to spend a day So let’s build a home ‘Cause when in Rome We’ll wear the gloves that fit So one more time Put your hand in mine And wear the glove that fits
9.
December 06:32
In December I'll go back home I fly right over the hills And I know without my trusty coat I'll get stuck here with the chills And on the plane in the morning I could see the stars below us And flashing like lightning bugs We follow where they show us La la la la Well my day was okay And my night was alright But my year, I fear is done In Boston, through the snow I will hold your hand while we go And your eyes burn so bright Just watch these flames ignite! And there's Christmas trees left in the street While we're waiting for New Years Eve Hold my hand, hold my hand, hold my hand, hold my hand! And believe them when they say you've got a good man La la la la... Well my day was okay And my night was alright But my year, I fear is done (x a lot)
10.
We held hands in the rain, singing at the clouds Like on my birthday when we ran through it and took shelter in a lamp store We held the moon in our pockets, you the light side, I the dark The clouds took down every word that we said They're good about that, and they always sing back And as the drops hit the top of the metal trash cans I hear the chorus: I love you and you love me

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Our first full length! 10 songs, 9 members, all awesome! Hope you like it!

Recorded in Portland, OR March of 2011.

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released March 20, 2011

guitar/vocals/all songs by: Jon Satin, violin: Oshi Wills, accordion: Daniella Jimanez, baritone sax/bass clarinet: Daniel Nickerson, cello/mandolin: Dan Byers, percussion: Kyle Moderhak, banjo: Ian Griffith, upright bass: Ian Wollman, saw: Maxwell Lysenhower. Recorded and mixed by James Kolberg.

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