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Hard Red Winter

by Oliver June

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1.
Head House 04:17
What happened to me? Got a house and a tree How great it could be, you here with me The walls were blank, we could paint What a perfect space See, I was anticipating greatness I said I would not get tired of waiting But this is my mind I can change at any time. I walked through the space in my head today The damage reported was too grave to say I kicked out the crayons, pastels, and paints I didn't care if the walls remained blank I was anticipating greatness I said I would not get tired of waiting But this is my mind I can change at any time. I took a little pretty match out of a brand new pack flipped it around in my hand— fun, don't you understand? Struck on the side of the box watched the flame come off, come on I was anticipating greatness I said I would not get tired of waiting But this is my mind This is my mind I walk outside Do you see that light? That's my pretty old house in the pretty old night See that light? That's my pretty old house in the pretty old night. I was anticipating greatness I got tired of waiting I was anticipating greatness How great it could be How great it could be
2.
And I Fall 04:14
I went to bed with a picture inside my head Thought that I might bring the beauty of day into my night I been tumbling down and you see what's left of me now I used to believe the words you wrote meant everything You gave me a slip that read "Don't go to sleep with beauty in your head." I hung it above my bed But I am tumbling down You see what's left of me now You put your hands up high I look you in the eye And I said, I am done playing here. I am done playing here. You said to take it from behind my eyes You said the picture wouldn't match my life You play my tapes all wrong You got all my lies. You put my hands up high I look you in the eye And I said, I am done playing here. I am done playing here. You gave me a slip that read "Don't go to sleep with beauty in your head." Well I am tumbling down And you see what's left of me now And I said
3.
You looked me in the eye Kept em straight and cried You looked me in the eye I only feel it once it dies Your eyes are going gray You turn away And I say The bee was dead when I stepped on it well I got its splinter well I got its splinter still The bee was dead when I stepped on it well I got its splinter I got its splinter still. I am falling into someone who has gone away with eyes going gray I am falling into someone who has gone away with eyes going gray, and this is something for which I will cry The bee was dead when I stepped on it well I got its splinter I got its splinter still. It's the cross of those trees over that old road and the fog, it believed, all the stories I told. come off of the record stay the night, i will take the terror from morning light come off of the record stay the night, i will take the terror from morning light and she said I'm not coming home we are too far gone she said I'm not coming home we are too far gone. The bee was dead when I stepped on it I got its splinter I got its splinter still. The bee was dead when I stepped on it I got its splinter I got its splinter still. Still, it kills.
4.
Sixpence 06:11
Hey tired eyes are you ready for tonight? Hey tired eyes have you got your mask on right? It's not safe and it's not sound for my feet on the ground right now It's not safe and it's not sound for my feet on the ground right now Call out my name and see who will turn for me who will turn for me? I am the dreamer to your sixpence song I don't want you to sing along There's so much that has gone wrong. Call out my name and see who will turn for me who will turn for me? Please throw my flowers into the sea Please excuse my heart these are the moments I like to leave throw my flowers into the sea excuse my heart I like to leave throw my flowers into the sea excuse my heart I like to leave It's not safe It's not sound for my feet on the ground but I like you, I like you It's not safe and it's not sound for my feet on the ground but I I like you, I like you. I don't know where I stand I don't know what to do I don't know where I am but I like you I don't know where I am I don't know what to do I don't know where I stand but I like you. Put your hand on my thigh Looked me in the eye Might as well leave this all behind Might as well leave this all behind. Call out my name and see who will turn for me who will turn for me? Call out my name and see who will turn for me who will turn for me? Hey tired eyes, are you ready for tonight? Hey tired eyes, have you got your mask on right?
5.
Alright 02:06
You say you're living not harm no one Well I wish you'd see what you done. Do you know how confusing it is Say you love me Then treat me like this Friends say with you I was going green Friends say with you I was paling Got it coming out my eyes Dripping down my thighs Alright. I'm bound to fall well I already fell Stuck at the bottom got nothing but hell. That's when it hit me in the dark of the city I can give you my all but it matters if you're listening. You're not It's alright Goodbye You're not It's alright Goodbye.
6.
Framework 05:11
Concrete blues I wish I were right beside you Concrete blues There's nothing this piece of land don't know about you. It tears me down I wish I could have been there for you. This didn't come out like I had hoped it would. It's about time that I look myself in the eye It's about time that I realize that you could be happier looking in someone else's eyes. They ask if I am attached and I say: Hell yeah. They ask what I'll do and I say: Apologize. Here is the truth: I care for you. And I can't quite believe it When I was with you, parts of myself were defeated. The framework of my love was honest I know you may not believe it I know you'll be happier now I can see it. They ask if I am attached and I say: Hell yeah. They ask what I'll do and I say: Apologize. Here is the truth: I care for you. And I can't quite believe it— when I was with you, parts of myself were defeated. When I was with you When I was with you When I was with you When I was with you What the hell am I supposed to do?
7.
Old man gloom, put that frown away Old man gloom, that's what they say. Old man gloom, I know you miss your paper bag pills today. How dare they. I know a very old man He doesn't sit around, he stands Goes by the name of Gloom He paces around this room. I see him walking by No he don't look you in the eye I say Old man gloom, how are you? Seems like nobody cares for you. He turned his head to me He said to me: I am doing the best I can I am doing the best I can I am doing the best I can Aw man, goddamn them. Old man gloom do you know what you're going to do? Old man gloom do you remember how you used to move? Old man gloom, pace your way you're not going to make it in a single day. He turned his head to me He said to me: I need someone to understand. I need a friend, someone who's on my side. I feel like I'm going to die. I need a friend, someone who's on my side. I need someone to understand. I feel like I'm going to die. We are doing the best we can. We are doing the best we can. Aw man, goddamn them. You need to understand we need a friend, someone on our side when we feel like we're going to die.
8.
You've got no place in the place you are standing If you leave, you leave your greatest companions Thieves and the liars Cheats and the buyers You could do without Night always comes You won't be alone Alone makes you feel what you know, know, know, know Know in your bones. These are parts of me That will shine under certain light in certain times. These are parts of me That will shine under certain light in certain times. Is it a problem that I'm shaking from your face? Is it a problem that I'm crying in this space? Can you remind me of the time that you were cruel? Said, can you remind me, so I don't fall in love with you? I don't remember how to move I don't remember how to move It wouldn't be a problem if I were seeing straight It wouldn't be a problem, but I am loosing faith. Can you remind me of the time that you were cruel? Said, can you remind me, so I don't fall in love with you? I don't want to cross too many, I am bound. I don't want to cross too many, I am bound. You've got no place in the heart that I'm feeling but I can't help that right now it is beating.
9.
See, Saw 02:58
Set away for beaches For a time away from creatures that break me down low Call my captain bring my shoes and bring my cap in. I see, I saw on this great, dark ocean abroad. It all happened wrong. I see, I saw on this great, dark ocean abroad It all happened wrong It all happened wrong. I am sitting here I'm speechless. I am broken down, the weakest. Set away for beaches Set away for beaches Set away for beaches Set away for beaches Set away for beaches
10.
Please believe that what I told to you is meant to sink Dissolve every thought I let myself breathe. I think I am afraid to look you in the face to stay in this place to step in the muck I have made Ocean, quick! Keep your grip. Keep your waves from spilling it. What I have told to you is far from gone They watch for me now I've been away too long This can't be happening right now My fingers are too weak to tell you what I mean. Put my hand in yours Let me sink Put my hand in yours let me sink Ocean, quick! Keep your grip. Keep your waves from spilling it. I told you once before and I will tell you again— I want to be more than your friend Right now I can't say it and it will kill me if I can't get to it eventually Ocean, quick! Keep your grip. Keep your waves from spilling it. To the ocean, I'd always be true There's nothing I would not tell you To the ocean, I love you. To the ocean, I'd always be true There's nothing I would not tell you To the ocean, I would never slight you. Ocean, quick! Keep your grip. Keep your waves from spilling it. Get me out on the ocean change hour for hour upon my every notion I think I am afraid to lift my face to see this space and the people I put in it aren't quite... aw, forget it. Ocean, quick! Keep your grip. Keep your waves from spilling it. And she says, "Play how you feel it." And I say: That's a little hard, that's a little hard. That's a little hard in a world so deceiving. Please believe me Please believe me Please believe me.

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released May 1, 2013

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