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It’s cold in here
It’s your atmosphere
My words, they come
Dancing from my tongue
I’m not afraid to tell you goodbye
I’ve been waiting to make the call
I’m not afraid to push you aside
And let some light through the cracks of these walls
It’s cold when you’re near
You’re thriving on the fear
Followers, they come
You’ll tolerate til’ you move on
I’m not afraid to tell you goodbye
I’ve been waiting to make the call
I’m not afraid to push you aside
And let some light through the cracks of these walls
I’m not afraid to open the curtains
So that you are fully exposed
Cuz’ I’m not afraid, I’m oh so certain
That as fast as you rise you will fall
You will fall
I want to watch you crumble
I want to watch you stumble down
Cuz’ I’m not afraid to tell you goodbye
I’ve been waiting to make the call
I’m not afraid to push you aside
And let some light through the cracks of these walls
I’m not afraid to open the curtains
So that you are fully exposed
I’m not afraid, I’m oh so certain
That as fast as you rise you will fall
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Make It Stop
03:02
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Keep quiet you’re loud as hell and I can’t hear myself
Remembering everything, oh I don’t want to
Make it stop
It hurts to think about you like this
You’re lying you never thought of me when you were alone
Don’t gloat. It doesn’t help me to sugarcoat
Make it stop
It hurts to think about you like this
Make it stop
It hurts to think about you like this
You pretend like you cared and I always want to bad to believe you
I always try to believe you until you again and again, let me down
You always let me down, oh
And it’s my fault, it’s my fault
Make it stop
It hurts to think about you like this
Make it stop
It hurts to think about you like this
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The Shades of You
03:02
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Lying in the midst of the fire you ignited but I don’t feel the warmth
Rain comes pouring down, it’s my silver lining, the calm before the storm
I welcome the thunder. I brace myself
I knew this was coming. I couldn’t save myself
I wasn’t strong enough to pull myself out
The shades of you I didn’t recognize disguised themselves
And I was convinced it was all in my head
I didn’t trust myself, I blinded myself instead. Instead
Waking up to a deafening silence everywhere but inside my mind
All this time I thought I needed your presence and now without you I am fine
This is a loneliness that is comforting
And that alone is telling me something.
I wasn’t strong enough to pull myself out
The shades of you I didn’t recognize disguised themselves
And I was convinced it was all in my head
I didn’t trust myself, I blinded myself instead. Instead
Falling in the cracks but they’re leading to somewhere
Anywhere but here
This mystery is frightening but somehow enlightening
And it’s freeing my soul
I wasn’t strong enough to pull myself out
The shades of you I didn’t recognize disguised themselves
And I was convinced it was all in my head
I didn’t trust myself, I blinded myself instead. Instead
Cuz’ I wasn’t strong enough to pull myself out
The shades of you I didn’t recognize disguised themselves
And I was convinced it was all in my head
I didn’t trust myself, I blinded myself instead. Instead
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When I lost you I lost my mind
I dreamed about you all the time
While you were leaving, my jaw clenched tight
I didn’t have the strength to break free from my burdens and fight
I just want to rewind back to a time
When if felt alright to have you running though my mind
When you walked out I just shut down
I needed you but it hurts to have you around
You made decisions I hope you regret
You can’t turn back the clock now to make those decisions different
No you can’t (No you can’t). No you can’t (no you can’). Live with it (Live with it)
I just want to rewind back to a time
When if felt alright to have you running though my mind
I just want to rewind back to when I felt alright
I just want to feel alright
All I ever wanted was for you to just have a little faith in me
All I ever needed was for you to want to, to want to stay with me
To want to stay with me
I just want to rewind back to a time
When if felt alright to have you running though my mind
I just want to rewind back to the nights with your hand in mine
I just want to feel alright.
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My skin is thin and porcelain
Easy to break me down
I’m not ignorant. My eyes are wide open
Watching you trying not to drown
I believed in you, you believed in what
What you thought you knew, what you thought you got
You were clinging to shadows of someone
Holding onto them when they’d already gone
When they’d already gone
You’d like to believe that I am better off without you
Does that make it easier for you to accept all your mistakes
I believed in you, you believed in what
What you thought you knew, what you thought you got
You were clinging to shadows of someone
Holding onto them when they’d already gone
When they’d already gone
Oh, when I’ve already gone
Oh, when I’m already gone
You’d like to believe that you are better off without me
Does that make it easier to accept that I’ve gone away
You’d like to believe that you are to blame for everything between us
Does that make it easier that you couldn’t convince me to stay
You couldn’t convince me to stay
You couldn’t convince me to stay
You tried, not hard enough and so I died
In your mind
You’d like to believe that I am better off without you
Does that make it easier for you to accept all your mistakes
You’d like to believe that you are better off without me
Does that make it easier to accept that I’ve gone away
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Everything's Illuminated
03:30
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When you walk in the room
Everything’s illuminated
I want to bask in it but on the other hand
I’m so frustrated with the way that you have
A power that you don’t even try to understand
Cuz’ you don’t even mind
Can you even try to imagine what it would be like
To feel outshined, cuz’ I feel it all the time
When you walk in the room
All the motion halts around you
I want to bask in it but you’re oblivious
Cuz’ there’s not a single thing that you can take serious
But you don’t question it for a minute
Cuz’ you don’t even mind
Can you even try to imagine what it would be like
To feel outshined, cuz’ I feel it all the time
Can you even try to imagine what it would be like
To feel outshined, cuz’ I feel it all the time
All the time. All the time
Pretending we’re fine, oh
I’m under water can I come up for air now
Drowning in illusions that you care now
I’m underwater can I take a breath now
I can’t breathe, I can’t
I’m under water can I come up for air now
Drowning in illusions that you care now
I’m underwater can I take a breath now
I can’t breathe
Can you even try to imagine what it would be like
To feel outshined, cuz’ I feel it all the time
Can you even try to imagine what it would be like
To feel outshined, cuz’ everyone else feels it all the time
All the time, all the time
Pretending we’re fine
I can’t breathe, I can’t
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Tuonela Schaumburg, Illinois
Tuonela (previously Ventures) is a 2 person Ambient Electronic Rock Band comprising Evan Brundage (Drums/Guitar/Bass/Synths etc) and Ashley Pagano (Vocals/Keys) in the Chicagoland area of Illinois.
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