Leave Yourself Alone, by Leave Yourself Alone

Leave Yourself Alone

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1.	Goodness Gracious 07:18	lyrics	buy track
So you’re checking the microphones For a second time And though they’re bathed in blood They don’t ever mind (Might be calling) They’ll be there when you call You know you could test them all To pass the time While whatever you’re waiting on Simply passes by Like people at the mall (Might be all we need) It gets us all (Might be calling) It gets us all Wait, wait at an open door Be honest, you broke in Hey, hey be an honest door So broken you’re open Hey, wait! I’m an open book I’m honestly broken in Love isn’t a miracle or a lack Sometimes it gets so bad You peel back and start again From the moment you let them in Now you’re living in fear, it comes All too fast It takes you by the hand Holds you like a friend It’s still love So you check all the microphones Just one more time As though they’re paper doves And about to fly Whatever you’re waiting on Will it arrive? (Arrive and be all we need) And be there when you call It gets us all (Might be) Wait, wait, at an open door Be honest, you chose this Hey, hey, be a stubborn soul So callous, it’s artless Hey, wait! I’m an open book I’m honestly broken in And their persistent knocking On the bedroom door Is honest, unbroken Love isn’t a miracle or a lack Sometimes it gets so bad You peel back and start again From the moment you let them in Say the world isn’t spherical, for a laugh Sometimes it makes me mad You sit around, forget your worth Whenever it begins to hurt Now you’re living in fear, it comes It takes you by the hand Holds you like a friend Still love, still give, still mind, still align Still hurt, still wait, still try, still align Too many loves, too many games Too many times, too many ways I’ve said enough, I’ve said too much, I’ve settled in instead of getting up Still
2.	Catch Somebody 04:54	lyrics	buy track
And the repeating drum In my chest says I still live Though I expect it’s wrong I draw breath and gather up, make the most of it Enact a scene Pick my feet up off the ground And relax my jaw Maybe cut some teeth on a familiar drawl Good ends through good solid means I’m reminded of my enemies I’m supposed to love them all I’m supposed to care for every individual soul When I can hardly step outside Without the weight of the world Crashing down on me Is that a fair assignment? Somebody needs to know There’s not an island as sunny As a friend who shows up When you’re down and need some money I want you to know You can rely on me, honey Some of us catch the boat While the rest just catch somebody I never feel this dumb Without a clever moment missed Looking out for more Without a clear idea of what had come before I stepped in shit As I collided with a whoreson Of an atom bomb (I’m not making this up) There’s no real as good as counterfeit I get by while getting half of it Is that advice we want? Is that advice or someone cashing in in the song? I can see you’re in the dark Without a glimmer of hope Accept your wildest dreams (Yeah I just need your signature right here, yep that’s great) Somebody needs to know There’s not an island as sunny As a friend who shows up When you’re down and need some money I want you to know You can rely on me, honey Some of us catch the boat While the rest just catch somebody And the repeating drum In my chest says I still live Though I expect it’s wrong I draw breath and gather up, hope the slipper fits Last Hallowe’en I poured one out for all the boys And the house grew dim And I was full of noise Good ends through good solid means I’m re-visiting my abc’s I’m supposed to live, laugh, love I’m supposed to care like when the days went alphabetical Well I can’t see you in the dark Without that glimmer of hope Outlining everything Is that enough to start with
3.	To Know What Helps Me 06:50	lyrics	buy track
Whole world Passes by Like a sleepless dream I don’t mind When you see Through me I’ll get by Like I mean to Helps to know you Always seem to Know what helps me When I need it Hey love, I never wanted to know you Hey love, how come you never pick up the phone? There they come and there they go I never wanted to notice Less I learn the more I know I never wanted to care Same love, I never thought I would know you Say, love, how come it’s never us anymore? Share their hearts and share their ends I never thought I would notice Less I earn the more I spend I never thought I would care Whole world Passes by Like a sleepless dream I don't mind When you see Through Helps to know you Always seem to Know what helps me When I need it Hey love, I never wanted to know you Hey love, how come you never pick up the phone? There they come and there they go I never wanted to notice Less I learn the more I know I never wanted to care Whole world Passes by Like a sleepless dream I don't mind When you see Through Helps to know you Always seem to Know what helps me When I need you I don’t mind when you see through I’ll get by like I mean to I don’t mind when it seems you Pass me by like a dream
4.	Leave Yourself Alone 08:13	lyrics	buy track
Ordinary social scene Picture of hell There’s always a rabbit hole Penetrating doubt As such the clouds roll in You stand up tall in the overcast And I can hardly string two together Like a pause in an autograph Creeping in Creeping in, creeping in How ‘bout a truth circle? Or maybe a fight? Think I might bow out of this one Before I’m asked what’s on my mind Enclosed in a mighty fist Cursing appearance and loneliness Caution out into the wind Thinking love again Creeping in, creeping in Creeping in, creeping in I don’t wanna be forgotten (Leave yourself alone) Just wanna be someone else Don’t wanna be forgotten (Leave yourself alone) Just wanna be (Creeping in, creeping in) I don’t wanna be forgotten (Leave yourself alone) Just wanna be someone else (Creeping in, creeping in) Don’t wanna be forgotten (Leave yourself alone) Just wanna be Let it in You can leave You can leave yourself alone You can leave everything that you’ve known Yes you can You can, you can, you can Yeah you can, you can, you can, you can Yeah you can, you can, you can, you can You fucking can, you can, you can, you can Hell yeah you can, you can, you can, you can Goddamnit you can Ordinary social scene Picture of hell There’s always a rabbit hole Penetrating doubt Creeping in
5.	Hope in a Bottle 06:25	lyrics	buy track
Hey man, come on, getting better You’ve still got friends Young enough to matter Hey man, come on, getting better You’ve still got friends Young enough to matter Hey man, come on, getting better You’ve still got friends Young enough to matter Hey man, come on, getting better You’ve still got friends Young enough to matter In my hometown they’re shooting a flick I’m too damn old to star in it This new blood, they’ve come on so quick I’m too far-gone to admit it So what’s stopping you sittin’ ‘round in Mayfair We’re not laughing we’re bitter underpaid players I’m so nervous, I’m so strange Tie me up, I’m unraveling again So what’s stopping a simple undertaking When I’m lacking I fiddle and I’m flaky Yeah, it’s abnormal, it’s insane You go ahead as I trouble with my lace Open your book Find yourself turning the page, for what? You know where to look Give in to moments of ease Or carry on by Will you give me a reason to stay here? I’m all torn up inside When I find myself waiting for you Hey man, come on, getting better You’ve still got friends Young enough to matter Hey man, come on, getting better You’ve still got friends Young enough to matter In my hotel there’s a small fridge Full of small bottles filled to the brim This true love could carry the wind I’m too fucked up to admit it So what’s stopping you, we’re the same We’re not laughing, we’re not even playing I’m so tepid, I’m so tame Tie me up, I’m unraveling again Open your book Find yourself turning the page, for what? You know where to look Give in to moments of ease Or carry on by Will you give me a reason to stay here? I’m all torn up inside When I find myself waiting for you Open your book Find yourself turning the page, for what? You know where to look Give in to moments of ease Or carry on by Will you give me a reason to keep keeping on? I’m torn up inside When I find myself turning to you
6.	Race Car Driver 06:25	lyrics	buy track
I’m still not a Holy Racecar driving nowhere Still I wait for Holy Racecar Take me away Well, Holy Racecar You can’t outrun love Though you go straight from heartbreak to action I can’t get out I need to go where You amazed on that empty motorway On that empty motorway If you were ever to find me You’d circle every dimension I’m caught within a revival Incapable of decision If only Spaceman Would come and get us We’d be safe from all misdirection Well I’m impressed but I’m lacking patience We just began now we’re already waving We’re already waving If you were ever to find me You’d circle every dimension I’m caught within a revival Incapable of decision I’m still not a hopeless racehorse Galloping onward Still I fade from every occasion It’s the same old story Mental trepidation Yeah I’m hanging in there Find a new vocation Still I wait for Holy Racecar Take me away Well, Holy Racecar You can’t outrun love Though you go straight from heartbreak to action I can’t get out I need to go where You amazed on that empty motorway On that empty motorway If you were ever to find me You’d circle every dimension I’m caught within a revival Incapable of decision If you were ever to find me You’d search in every direction And lost inside of a dream I’d be climbing up to meet you
7.	I am afraid I won't do anything 07:07	lyrics	buy track
Wanna do this soon Wanna hit the moon Ain’t that the way? Wanna be back then Hope it never ends Ain't that the way? Wanna feel real cool Like all the others do Ain't that the way And I’ll never love And I’ll never lose Ain't that the way? Afraid of the earth left to man I’ve got a bullet, it has a plan Wanna kick that crutch Hope it’s not too much Ain't that the way? Wanna start again Hope to love it lends In some kinda way And I’ll be real good Like Mama said I should Ain't that the way? Wanna do this soon I wanna do it soon, I wanna do it Ain't that the way? Afraid of the earth left to man I’ve got a bullet, it has a plan Same as the earth accepting man I’ve got a bullet, it has an end
8.	All I See Is Now 07:49	lyrics	buy track
Not the day that you give-in Got today to start living You can’t wait out the storm Got today to start living it The day you stop giving in You can’t wait out the storm Another day In a rented house Each breath I take, in and out Fills me up with emptiness I look around And all I see is now It’s my undoing Got the taste for fine livin’ I’m amazed I don’t fit in Numb and on the floor Got the taste for fine medicine Afraid I won’t quit it Numb and on the floor You can’t wait out the storm Another day In an empty shell Each step I take, the ups and downs Going nowhere endlessly I realize With no one left to blame It’s my own doing Not to waste what you were given Got to make your own living Or float right out the door And I’m afraid I’ll never leave this town All I see is now You can’t wait out the storm Numb and on the floor Hey you I’m happy just to know you And show you my scars It’s true I’m happy as a kid on His birthday on mars Hey love Why not catch the weekend? We’ll go off the deep end In bloom Hope somebody hops on This spaceship for two Bad news I’m already flying I’m halfway to the moon Oh God I think I might be crying Should I be there with you? Another day In a special hell Each moment plays out exactly as it should And none of it means anything Not the day that you give-in Got today to start living You can’t wait out the storm Got today to start living it The day you stop giving in You can’t wait out the storm You can’t wait out the storm Numb and on the floor

credits

released November 17, 2023

Tracks 1, 5, and 7 written by Ryan Stephenson
Tracks 2-4, 6, 8 written by Ryan Stephenson and Ethan Henthorn
Produced by Ryan Stephenson and Colin Stewart
Mixed by Colin Stewart
Mastered by Dave Cooley
Album artwork by Bud Stephenson and Raunie Mae

Album personnel:
Ryan Stephenson - vocals, guitars, keys
Ethan Henthorn - vocals
Ellen Kibble - vocals
Greg Wilkinson - bass
Nick Babey - drums

Special thanks to:
Bud and Joyce, Shane, Adam, Lilli, Michael, Devin, Raunie Mae, Noam, Ethan R., and Kett Panther.

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Cinematic long-form dream-state post-shoegaze.

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