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Violent

by We Are The City

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1.
if you feel sad, like all the people here i've hurt just because i can (i'm sorry) below — a twisting reef, i'm in sifting sands level with the surface reign grasses never greener, never without tact just the same you could sink to the bottom of a lake it doesn't have to be this way — i feel the same — everything upset stay above the waves — i feel the same — unsure i'll find relief deeper pools and darker caves reveal here all disdain
2.
i knew my legs had given out — i thought i'd found a new way to react i'm miles away from influence — but i know that there's a new way for me to act i knew my legs had given out — i thought i'd fall, but something held me up somewhere — home — set me apart i knew my legs had given out — react
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King David 03:29
does it surprise you to know that i'm full of feelings that change? does it surprise you to hear the truth from my mouth, "i've been lonely for weeks"? if you're thinking of yourself, you should think of me instead you're always thinking of yourself (and by thinking this, i'm only thinking of myself) now you're thinking about me but you should be thinking about God i'm afraid to go to hell david, am i going to hell? can you tell that i've been thinking of myself when i should think of you instead? or should i fill my mind with God? aren't there better things to put inside my head?
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Friends Hurt 03:39
my home videos won't mean a thing in fifty years that day will come and all i've done will be rendered forgotten old vhs tapes — the broken arm and the baby — my first bike ride when my dad told me he wouldn't let go of the seat vhs videos — "here he is, the man of my dreams" — now those tapes that meant everything to me aren't even fit for a yard sale it hurts when friends are hurting my friends are hurting look below the surface — do you see the spawning salmon, unaware or well aware of their living and dying? feel the money magic — the forest like a couch — can you forget those days of vast daring, lone poplar, and five dollar bills?
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if i had a son i'd teach him to hide all of the evil from out of his mind invisible, clearly — the being of pride — i call that evil, you call it nice i know something you don't what's fair, my dear, see, you've got to know i've grown older and addicted to pride, so i'll pull the wool over your eyes humility is a turn-on, being humble is a trick, so i'll take the easy road and never commit
7.
20 Ft. Up 02:58
a shooting star just 20’ up — i'm like a prisoner in my car, willing to try things i'll never admit i think i'm going to be sick, i'm bent out of shape — my bone head is full of it she saw her car lift up off of the lawn is it a sign or is she a fraud? i don't know
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everything changed — i knew this day would come what's worrying worth? — it's hard to give up anger i wish i was in love if i couldn't speak to sadness before, i can now please no more — i think i've seen enough i've never known you to be cruel / uncool something must be going on i've never known you to act so cruel / uncool tell me what's been going on i know everybody changes in some way but since i've been gone everything has changed and i don't want to change
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Baptism 05:02
little was said between me and that punk kid i don't want to talk i'd rather walk as far away as i can from all the things unseen disguised as things that i see is it true that God waits as all the things that i need ... but all the things that i need are not what i want! when i finally saw (and did) underneath the virgin lake forgive me all my twists and turns it's here (and in you) i realize my worst all of my plans went wrong all the pretty girls, none were good enough is all of my waiting undone? no, this is not what i want
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and chase my friend down the things that God provides are not what i want right now communal meal — it's a hard lesson learned, that i am the weakest animal on this earth when you called the police i sat there crying on the phone i thought i had nothing to say, i'm not much for talks — well, i guess i have more to say than i thought when you called the police i sat there crying on the phone you're breaking my heart — there is no better friend than you the things that God provides are not what i want this time open up my mouth, my ears, my eyes — the dead will bow to One Who Will Never Die but when you called the police i still sat there crying on the phone just the same you could sink to the bottom of a lake

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This album is not for us. To those who have supported us, who have given to us without expectation, who have forgiven us: endless thanks and gratitude. There are many.

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released March 24, 2015

We Are The City is
Cayne McKenzie — Vocals and Keys
David Menzel — Guitar
Andrew Huculiak — Drums

Produced by Tom Dobrzanski and We Are The City
Engineered & mixed by Tom Dobrzanski
Recorded at Monarch Studios in Vancouver, BC
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York, NY
Drums Teched by Kurt Dahle
Recordings assisted by Brandon Dorsey

Hannah Epperson played violin on King David and Baptism
Tom Dobrzanski sang harmonies on Legs Give Out
Andrew plays Paiste Cymbals
David plays Gretsch Guitars

Layout & design by Andrew Huculiak and Joe Schweers
Cover art by Kirsten Berlie, Andrew Huculiak, Joe Schweers, and Steve Huculiak

Videography by Amazing Factory — amazingfactory.com
Photography by Kirsten Berlie — kirstenberlie.com

All songs written and performed by We Are The City
℗© 2013 We Are The City (SOCAN)

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