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These are the stories…
Of the sadness and joy that haunts our dreamless nights...
Of the relationships we can’t seem to leave though we don’t know why…
Of the edges and boundaries of our hopes and fears…
Of the thousand tiny fragments of our aching and broken hearts that still hold out for the fairy tale ending…
Of finally saying “no” when we don’t really know how...
Of lying awake at night and wondering why…
Of the ghosts that haunt our cluttered minds for so long that we count them as friends…
Of the things that we will sacrifice for moments of pleasure despite the pain…
Of the ephemeral juxtaposition of our lives…
And of the attempts to hold it all, the need for two opposing things - connection and independence - at the same time.
These are the stories of the pieces of ourselves that we’ve left behind or erased and that have finally come back to the light.
These are stories I still believe...
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Rose
03:27
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A single red balloon
Blown by the breeze
Torn from her hand when she fell
And scraped her knee.
She sees the sliver moon
Before the dawn
And ravens keep on singing
Her favorite song.
Rose, Rose
What are you doing here?
Rose, Rose
What else could you fear?
Standing on the Hawthorne
Watching the lights
And the little paper boat she dropped
Drifts into the night
She has been gone so long
And has so far to go
But is the world flat or round?
She still doesn’t know
Rose, Rose
What are you doing here?
Rose, Rose
What else could you fear?
She opens up the doll
Only to find
There is another smaller one
Hiding inside
A single red balloon
Blown by the breeze
Torn from her hand when she fell
And scraped her knee.
Rose, Rose
What are you doing here?
Rose, Rose
What else could you fear?
Rose, Rose
Your love is all you own
Rose, Rose
And you were never alone
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Gut Punch
04:37
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Sitting on the corner of Burnside and Nine
As the world passes by
No one looks and no one turns around
And you won’t give them a chance to let you down
No they can’t wound you, cause you’ve already wounded yourself
And there’s no blood left to bleed.
No they can’t hurt you, cause you’re already hurting yourself
And the gut punch leaves you so you cannot breathe.
Mama told you do not let them see you cry
So you only cry inside
Always searching for your redemption
In among the list of all of your transgressions
No they can’t wound you, cause you’ve already wounded yourself
And there’s no blood left to bleed.
No they can’t hurt you, cause you’re already hurting yourself
And the gut punch leaves you so you cannot breathe.
No they can’t wound you, cause you’ve already wounded yourself
And there’s no blood left to bleed.
No they can’t hurt you, cause you’re already hurting yourself
And the gut punch leaves you so you cannot breathe.
No they can’t wound you, cause you’ve already wounded yourself
And there’s no blood left to bleed.
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Is this the 5th circle
All I see is greed
Is this Heaven or Hell?
Or somewhere in between?
The leaky ship goes down
I hear the people scream
Where is the hero now?
This is a new regime
Breakaway – Try to break free
Breakaway – Try to break free
Breakaway – Try to break free
Breakaway
False prophets fill the air
With constant litany
Believing what we hear
But blind to all we see
Breakaway – Try to break free
Breakaway – Try to break free
Breakaway – Try to break free
Breakaway
Below the 5th circle
Is only fraud and schemes
I wish that this were Hell
But it’s reality
Fear is everywhere
Stealing all our dreams
This is not our place
It’s not our destiny
Breakaway – We can break free
Breakaway – We can break free
Breakaway – We can break free
Everybody’s in a deadly dream
-- They don’t wanna hear people scream
Everybody’s in a deadly dream
-- They don’t wanna hear people scream
Everybody’s in a deadly dream
-- They don’t wanna hear people scream
Everybody’s in a deadly dream
-- They don’t wanna hear people scream
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Love Song
03:21
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Don’t know the singer or the band,
but I know the words ‘cause the song is sad.
Don’t remember what I should,
And I can’t forget what I wish I could.
Each ending, every start
Just more graffiti on my heart.
All of the little boxes
We carry a heavy load
All of the little boxes
Why can’t we just let go
All of the little boxes
Our broken dreams inside
All of the little boxes
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
I am Alice crying at the crossroads,
The Cheshire Cat he laughs at my woes.
He says, “Alice, don’t you know?
“You take the path where you want to go?”
All of the little boxes
We carry a heavy load
All of the little boxes
Why can’t we just let go
All of the little boxes
For scars that we would hide
All of the little boxes
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
I’ve nailed my left hand tight.
Will you help me nail the right?
So many times, I have been wrong,
But I still fall for love songs.
I still fall…
All of the little boxes
We carry a heavy load
All of the little boxes
Why can’t we just let go
All of the little boxes
Is there still hope to find?
All of the little boxes
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
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Box Canyons
04:38
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There are ghosts
In the box canyons of my mind
Calling my name
And yet I wander, I’m so blind
I don’t sleep
And I can’t get up out of bed
Can’t stop listening
To your voice ringing in my head
It’s too loud
Can’t hear what you said
There’s all these echoes
Echoes in the empty space
Echoes in the empty space
Echoes in the empty space
Your ghosts haunt me
Now they linger in the day
All these memories
Why can’t I make them go away?
It’s too loud
I can’t hear you now
There’s only echoes
Echoes in the empty space
Echoes in the empty space
Echoes in the empty space
Echoes in the empty space you left when you went away
Echoes in the empty space you left when you went away
Echoes in the empty space you left when you went away
Echoes in the empty space
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On the Brink
03:04
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I’m here unarmed
Temper made you a knife so sharp
Surgical steel drawing lines within ourselves
Finding the limits by
Ignoring the warning signs
Forging straight ahead and falling over
The edge of me
Where is the edge of me?
On the brink of ecstasy
Paper tigers you gave me
Lies that only one of us believed
The coffee shop where we used to go
And I don’t even look away no more
At the end when you ask me
Was it all worth it?
I will say yes
And I will say no.
The edge of me
Where is the edge of me?
On the brink of ecstasy
The edge of me
Where is the edge of me?
On the brink of ecstasy
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Shadow
03:40
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The child inside me she hides her tears
And her dreams, her dreams are my, my worst fears.
Walking through windows wondering why I bleed,
And this pain is everything I ever need.
Shadow
A shadow
Shadow
I am a shadow
Tissue paper castles I’ve built in the sand,
Who will save me when I’ve burned all the plans.
Crooked lines scribbled on paper that’s wadded up and thrown away….
Fucking garbage men think they rule the world, anyway
Shadow
A shadow
Shadow
I am a shadow
I am a shadow
A past illuminated only by the stars
And all the memories live in my scars
Colored bits, jagged edges, I cannot see
Everything has become gray inside of me.
Shadow
A shadow
I am a shadow
My own, my own, my own shadow
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A Hundred One
04:13
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Salt and lime on your fingers
White Russians on my tongue
Secrets whispered late at night
When we were young
Kisses that were merely promises
And a gaze that held me tight
But I never did understand
What were you trying to fight?
I did everything I could think of
Plus a hundred things more
But that never stopped you
From walking out that door.
It was a cold and rainy night
The last time
You drove out of my life
You left me
Sitting in the dark
For the hundredth time
Now I’m not waiting for
A hundred one
A hundred one
A hundred one
Did you ever love me?
And do I love you still?
I’m taking back my heart
Moving out on my own
My dream’s unfulfilled
You didn’t understand me
But I guess that makes two
Cause I never did
Get
You
It was a cold and rainy night
The last time
You drove out of my life
You left me
Standing in the dark
For the hundredth time
Now I’m not waiting for
A hundred one
A hundred one
A hundred one
A hundred one
A hundred one
A hundred one
A hundred one
A hundred one
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Remember the summer
We didn’t go outside
Remember the summer
No place to hide
Remember the summer
We wanted change
Remember the summer
Nothing was the same
And everything was hurting
And everything was hurting
Remember the summer
It was the end
Remember that summer
It was us or them
Remember that summer
Nothing was the same
Remember that summer
We looked for change
And everything was hurting
And everything was hurting
And everything was hurting
Strike the match, burn it all down
Strike the match, burn in all down
Remember the summer.
Remember the summer.
Remember the summer.
Remember the summer.
It’s gonna rain
Until the summer.
It’s gonna rain
Until the summer.
It’s gonna rain
Until the summer.
It’s gonna rain
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Chasm
06:49
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There is a chasm in your eyes – I’m hypnotized
You are a demon in disguise – and I am blind
Am I the fire you’ll ignite? – We’re intertwined
‘Cause I can’t avoid the chasm …
In your eyes
In your eyes
I’m paralyzed
By the chasm
In your eyes…..
Enticed to heartbreak, it’s no surprise – there’s only lies
You cut me deep and twist the knife – I can’t survive
The ship is sinking, rising tide – it’s suicide
And I am your willing …
Sacrifice
Your sacrifice
I’ll pay the price
For the chasm
In your eyes
I’m falling
I’m falling
I’m falling into the chasm …
In your eyes
In your eyes
I’ll pay the price
For the chasm
In your eyes
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Flagrant Orange Portland, Oregon
Flagrant Orange is an indie rock band from Portland Oregon.
Flagrant Orange’s songs try to capture the love, loss,
loneliness and need to connect that define the human condition. Ones that only a privileged white girl from Olympia and a poor brown guy who came of age on the punk scene in Berkeley could possibly create.
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