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Loved
04:03
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I need more than a friend
To help re-shape the shape I’m in
I want to be loved again
I just want to be loved
Loved again
It’s been a dry, dry spell
No more lovin’ from the lovin’ well
Last year’s harvest is now stale
When will I be loved?
Loved again
Holding onto love is tough
Like treading water when the water’s rough
I love myself but that’s just not enough
I want to be loved
Loved again
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Anymore
03:40
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Lists
02:34
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I made a list of all the little things I missed about you
I haven’t really finished it
I made a list of all the places that we kissed around the world
Almost every continent
I made a list of every imperfection in your face
How I loved that face
God I miss that face
I made a list of all the ways I could’ve saved our relationship
It made me think a bit
I made a list of all the times I could’ve been better to you
It wasn’t very hard to do
I made a list of all the lists I made about you
And it goes
And it goes on and on
And on and on
And on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on and on and on and on
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Fireplace
03:49
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It didn’t take you long to grow out of me
I’ve always been slower and miss opportunity
Go-getters go and get just what they desire
Losers sit around alone staring at the fire
I’m not getting younger and time just rushes on
I go to bed too late and wake before the dawn
When I shared a bed with you I didn’t have a care
Now I’m hopelessly messed up -- I see you everywhere
I look into the fireplace
In an ember I see your face
Disappearing after the flame
I’ll never be the same
Yes, I guess you found the one thing missing in your world
When you two went off together my whole life unfurled
No, I know you didn’t really do it to be mean
I’m with you while looking through my fireplace screen
I look into the fireplace
In an ember I see your face
Disappearing after the flame
I’ll never be the same
I look into the fireplace
In an ember I see your face
Disappearing after the flame
I’ll never be the same
I’ll never be the same
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Change Me
04:06
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I did not hear the sirens
Did not heed the warning signs
I couldn’t see what was happening to me
How could I be so blind?
Aside from the fact that you were acting
Acting crazy acting strange
I never knew of your rendezvous
You went through a change
If we could go back again
To the way we used to be
I would be so happy
Back again
To what we had
It was never all that bad
But you want to change me
You want to change me
Change me
You want to change me
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I Thought About You
02:44
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I thought about you thinking about him again
I thought about where your mouth has been
I say there’s nothing wrong but there’s a whispering
Telling me that I cannot pretend
Though you try to look me in the eye
And promise there’s no one but me
I thought about you thinking about him again
And I think that we will have to wait and see
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Vivian
02:20
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Have you seen Vivian?
With her camera on the park bench
Have you seen Vivian?
Crouching
Have you seen Vivian?
In the city with the children
Have you seen Vivian?
Looking
Have you seen Vivian?
Lips moving, not speaking
Have you seen Vivian?
Fading
Have you seen Vivian?
Stacks of papers in the kitchen
Have you seen Vivian?
Behind the lens
What was she seeing then?
What was she seeing in
Her reflection in the drugstore window?
There she is
There she is
There she is
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Special
03:28
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Happiness Strikes
02:33
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Happiness strikes at the strangest time
Met me at my dead end
All coiled up like a smiling snake
Forgiving all the mistakes I made
Saying, “Everything that can break
Can mend”
Happiness strikes at the strangest time
Put my mind at ease
Just when I thought I was gonna drown
It brought me back up on high ground
Now I can see for miles around
Possibilities
Slowsand of sadness
Had me sinking for so long
I was so much weaker then
Now I’m growing strong
Happiness strikes at the strangest time
I feel my heart start healing
I didn’t want you out of my life
But I must admit that I’m doing just fine
Back in touch with such a loving feeling
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Gray Again
03:49
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Today it’s gray again
Both outside and in
Waiting for a friend
To check on me
But there’s no phone call
No messages at all
I never felt so small
Empty and lonely
Just as you were leaving
You wrapped your arms around me
Once again said “sorry”
And left me to re-live it all
So how can I forgive at all?
I think of holding you
As I’d so often do
And though our hearts were two
They felt as one
But it cuts me when
I think of where your heart has been
And then it all sinks in
The damage that you’ve done
Just as you were leaving
You wrapped your arms around me
Once again said “sorry”
And left me to re-live it all
So how can I forgive at all?
Though I try to just get by
I know you and I require great precision
Surgery eternally
Are you sure that we even made the right decision
Just as you were leaving
You wrapped your arms around me
Once again said “sorry”
And left me to re-live it all
So how can I forgive at all?
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Cry A Little Softer
05:02
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Cry a little softer, those tears aren’t for me
Try a little harder, I want to believe
I’d like to be more understanding
But you’re so demanding
I don’t have time to grieve
You have to admit it, this is not easy
A long and painful journey to be where we should be
Before your hurtful words were spoken
Before our bond was broken
Before I’d flee
Cry a little softer, I am crying too
Craving attention as you often do
But what if you turned to face me
Kiss me and embrace me
Tell me we’re not through
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Inside
02:05
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You inspired me, set a fire in me
And suddenly it spread
Through the years, it’s burned through my fears
Dried my tears and opened up my head
Although we tried, something just died
But the fire’s burning on inside
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Dusty Stray Amsterdam, Netherlands
DUSTY STRAY features the alt-folk repertoire of Texan expat Jonathan Brown. He delves into universal themes of heartbreak,
loneliness and death with a twisted sense of humor and a soothing touch.
New album FIRE PLACE out now!
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