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I Don't Want to Be King
03:42
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I don't want to be king
I don't want treasure, no matter what wealth it will bring
Spare me your power and glory
Don't write me into your stories
I don't want to be king
I don't want to be queen
Don't want to watch over mountains and forests and seas
Spare me your castles and conquests
It's not worth my time, and I do need my rest
I don't want to be queen
Think of the hours I'd spend in my tower alone
Maybe it's not all that different from my life at home
I don't want to be ruled
You're in charge but I'm living large, who's the fool
Don't tell me how you made it to the top
You ran on an empire and paid off the cops
I don't want to rule
Send me to outer space, I'll find my place on the moon
Lonely and desolate, not too far off from my room
I just want to be free
The singers, the dancers, the painters, why can't that be me?
Sing me a chorus to let myself go
Go to the places the canvas will show
I just want to be free
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Toilet Seat Blues
04:29
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Were you expecting a river of blood at your doorstep today?
Did the gates of hell open, and Satan himself said “enjoy your stay”?
The thunder and lightning gave life to the monster that you ignored
It’s tearing down buildings, breaking their windows, and so much more
When the world around you crumbles, and you haven’t got a clue
It’s best to take shelter on the toilet seat blues
The stress of the world has gotten you curled up in a ball
You’re seeing faces laughing at you in the ceilings and walls
You’re trying to run but it feels like you’re stuck in 60 pounds of shit
You can’t go to sleep because your brain’s on repeat, you’ve had
enough of it
Your nights are going nowhere, what more are you to do
Why not bang your head against the toilet seat blues
When all you see is tragedy and terror in the news
Release what’s filling you up in the toilet seat blues
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Depth Charge
04:04
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You can’t hide forever, you can’t run away
Your worries will follow you through the days
You can’t just wait for your body to decay
There is no escape
Everything that you regret about your past is coming back to bite you on the ass.
Sinking to the bottom of the ocean
Overcome with contradicting emotions
Entering a state of remotion
Isolate yourself
Lock your bedroom door and cry.
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Restart
03:41
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Thought I was gonna make the team
Thought I had a reason to dream
Thought I had it all worked out
Thought I had the leading role
Thought I had accomplished all my goals
Thought I had things under control
Then it fell apart
Freezing up my heart
Going cold from head to toe
What is life without challenges
Stagnant, middle of the lonely road
Face to face with your enemies
Move on in life but not too easily
Time to go through the motions
Time to dive into the ocean
And swim somewhere very far from here
Nothing against the place I’m in now
But I worry that I’ll never get out
Change of scenery, a brand new point of view
Then I’ll find a home
One to call my own
Prepare myself for my new life alone
Thought I had something else to say
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The Great Unknown
04:22
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I'd been feeling pretty useless lately
So I went down to the shore
I took a walk by the seaside, and thought I might explore
What lurks underneath the surface
I dove deep into the water and swam for a little while
I felt the floor beneath my feet, I would've swam for miles
If only you could join me next time
Into the sea we go
Into the depth below
Into the great unknown
The calming presence of the ocean floor, the roaring of the tides
The schools of fish, the screeching seagulls, and wherever the crabs hide
I could settle here and live my life
Sometimes I feel the need to free myself from modern love
I have no faith in anybody ruling the skies above
But here it’s just me and the beach
I don’t want to drown
I just want to escape all the sights and sounds
That make me cold and anxious
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Just a Dream
04:53
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It’s 3am, I still haven’t gone to bed
Too many thoughts run amok inside my head
What’s in my future, distant and near?
Is it warranted to fear?
I fall asleep to my own anxiety
Rock the boat enough to plunge into endless sleep
What’s on the bottom, will I found out
Or will I wake up too soon?
It’s just a dream, all things unseen
Wake up and you will forget everything
It’s almost noon, eyes open but still in bed
Trying to recall the adventures in my head
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"Man" of the Hour
04:27
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“Man” of the hour, star of the show
The curtain is rising, are you ready to go?
Entertain your friends, good times never end
And when you show up late, you know they’ll understand
At least that’s what you hope they will do
Maybe it’s your worries bottled up inside you
Don’t worry, you’ll be fine, just do what you know
You’re the “man” of the hour, the star of the show
Schedule is cleared, more room for fun
Careful you don’t misfire and jump the gun
Calm impulses down, don’t act like a clown
You’re not too bad at pissing off everyone around
I know it’s in your head that the spotlight’s on you
And everyone will cry for more at everything you do
Reality’s checking in, you’re part of the pack
Just smile and wave, so they can’t see the cracks
Don’t you know, you’re never gonna be onstage
Just a member of the audience in this sweltering cage
Time to de-stress, pop out for a bit
Before your thoughts all go to shit
See someone you know, nod and say hello
Find a spot for solitude, don’t let your cracks show
The facade is a little too odd
Your friends are catching on that your behavior’s a fraud
Don’t worry, it’s fine, go back to the crowd
I’m just up here because I think the music’s too loud
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Around the House
04:10
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Raise a glass to the biggest ass in the room
Gloating and quoting his favorite TV show
It's one I used to watch a lot
But it was quite a while ago
He walks over to me and gets my name wrong
He's known me for a while at this point
Should I entertain his ego
Fuck it, I'll flip a coin
Make a toast to the person who cares the most
About people who don't care about her back
She needs to find a new scene
It's not a personal attack
I know what she really wants to be
I know what she wants deep down
But right now she's playing a character
Putting on her best clown
Look at you, feeling your way around the house
Who put you in charge of matchmaker
Bouncing around the different crowds of conversation
You don't even like the bands
You're only here for shaking hands
Three cheers to my friend in tears
She wasn't expecting there to be such a crowd
The lights are flashing a little too bright
And the music's playing a little too loud
I take her outside and walk her home
She has big plans the next day
I drop her off and head to my place
And dream the night away
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I Went For a Walk
03:18
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I went for a walk, to see what I could find
Walking through the sprawling networks
Forests by the roadside and I
Kept on walking into the night
I couldn’t see what was in front of me
Streetlights kept me on the course to
Where I thought that I was headed
Not a single soul in sight
Came about after September
Mere illusion, misremembered
The sun came up, and I was on the ground
Not sure how I got here but I know damn well this isn’t home
Fields of nothing surrounding me
Amidst the null, a single rose
Then clouds filled the sky, a raindrop struck my eye
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The Last Tango
03:28
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Dance the night away with me
Hold me closer, dear
Strangle all your anger
Dry up all your tears
The full moon in the night sky
The perfect ambience
Let go of all that’s in your head
And let’s dance
Silhouettes of lovers by the shoreline
These are the best days that we’ve seen
Not a color around us
Still feels like a dream
Summers in the sunlight
Autumns in the grass
Winters waiting for the snow to pass
Where does time go
After the last tango
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Euthanasia
03:15
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We went through so much together, but somehow none at all
We’d catch the other one if we happened to fall
For every ceiling broken, we hit another wall
Such tragedy to let our friendship suffer on its own
So I killed it myself, and found my way back home
Such a shame, it didn’t last as long as we’d hoped
At least we didn’t have to see each other on the rope
We tried everything, but it never came across
As anything but a Bandaid where the arm had fallen off
I’m sorry but now I think we’re better off apart
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