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A Sleep & A Forgetting

by Islands

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1.
open up your door for me and let me in oh can't you see how cold i am? you remain there unabated and you refuse to let me lose you only when i sleep i do and the sounds forming words from the wellspring of concern while my boat in that ocean turned on the hull i watched the city burn in a dream in a dream in a dream it seemed real even in the dream i cried i'm a giveaway i could never hide all the sadness inside blue what a funny colour to colour you love is hard to hold onto only when i sleep i do and the sounds forming words from the wellspring of concern while my boat in that ocean, turned on the hull i watched the city burn in a dream in a dream in a dream it seemed real
2.
if Penny rolls away i will have lost everything in many subtle ways i already don't have anything i hate to watch you go Nick, if you ever learn it never shows this is not a song so why do i find it so hard to move on? feels a crime to be crying for this long in upper atmosphere my head comes loose and in the free fall, i can feel the blues i hate to watch you go Nick, if you ever learn, it never shows if this is just a song then why do i find it so hard to move on? feels a crime to be crying for this long
3.
this is not a band you are not a fan no one can tell a man how to use his hands dig this little song dust it off, put it on no one can tell you how to return to a burning town why does it feel so wrong if everyone was already gone? now that i'm old where do my hands go? i have been told if you're not careful you'll never find a way home you're gonna spin out of control here, hear the way the players change near where i reach the end of my range when i sing, i think of my limitations in my dreams i've still got that hesitation but maybe i was wrong maybe this is just a song in the same coin, when you feel it you can really love but that's the main point- can you feel it, can you really love? my head is stuck in sand there is no ocean there is no band i am stranded now that i'm old where do my hands go? i have been told if you're not careful you'll never find a way home you're gonna spin out of control i remember hovering stop tap dancing and start shovelling i remember floating stop pining and start loathing so, hold me just a little bit longer no, that sinking feeling is getting stronger
4.
No Crying 03:05
I walked right in I sat right down listening to the saddest song if i don't feel bad is there something wrong? I sympathized, I synthesized a tear drop from my tired eyes but i don't feel sad & I cannot cry and I won't cry for you i'm not able to she said "i don't mind, instead think of why" the chorus wept, the bridge caved in the verses stung your perfect skin but i don't feel like it's touched my soul so i climbed right in, listening i got so close you'd think i'd been bonded by a teary eye but i won't cry for you I'm not able to she said "i don't mind instead think of why" then i heard your voice sang just one note the sweetest sound came from your throat and i think i'll cry just a little while
5.
Hallways 02:53
waiting to get to your room hallways always waiting, feels like i've been waiting for days in these hallways wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait walls cave turns refuse to waste hallways knock knock knock broken lock i'll just wait in the hallway in some small way this can be a pleasurable phase then walls cave turns refuse to waste hallways then walls cave turns refuse to waste hallways in the hallways she turns to you to say "always"
6.
I miss my wife I miss my best friend every night I miss my home i miss my own bed, my old life i lost my love it brought me so low as described above i lose desire into my mood swings, into the fire i can't feel my face i don't want to know where the feeling goes to some better place i can't feel my face, i can't feel my face i don't want to know where the feeling goes to some better place i don't want to know where the feeling goes to some better place i miss my wife i miss my best friend every night i miss my home i miss my own bed and my old life
7.
Lonely Love 03:40
i heard you cry to a lonesome lullaby the only love is a lonely love and now you know why while aglow in dulcet tones you heard a low, troubled note though you found yourself unsettled by the disquieting sound it didn't get you down it didn't get you down home, where you want to be alone with your lonely little love and my how you have grown have you come into your own? la la la-lonely little hands of a lonely little man la la la-lonely little hands of a lonely little man the unkindness of raven love soon becomes a hole in your heart where feelings should be but where everything's been torn apart la la la la lonely love lonely little love la la la lonely little love lonely little love la la la la lonely love lonely little love la la la lonely little love i don't want no part of this lonely love i don't want no part of this love i don't want no part of this lonely love i don't want no part of this love i don't want no part of this lonely love i don't want no part of this love i don't want no part of this lonely love i don't want no part of this love
8.
Oh Maria 04:07
oh maria oh maria oh maria's in the pasture with all the people running past her she said "if every day's a Holly-day" she said "if every day's a Holly-day" she said "if every day's a Holly-day then today must be the day of the dead" oh maria oh maria now that you're all alone, do you remember that song? she woke up singing along the words came quickly but the melody was wrong oh maria, is in the pasture with all the people running past her she said "if every day's a Holly-day" she said "if every day's a Holly-day" she said "if every day's a Holly-day then today must be the day of the dead" oh maria oh maria now that you're all alone, do you remember that song? just think of me when you're falling asleep when you wake up, you'll be able to dream
9.
Cold Again 03:19
wandering through the cold again it's been cold outside and it's getting cold again wondering won't you let me in it's been cold outside and it's getting cold again someone is sleeping drowning out all that screaming of someone's loved ones right outside someone is sleeping drowning out all that screaming of someone's loved ones right outside wandering through the cold again it's been cold outside and it's getting cold again someone is sleeping drowning out all that screaming of someone's loved ones right outside wandering through the cold again it's been cold outside and it's getting cold again wondering why won't you let me in it's been cold outside and it's getting cold again
10.
don't i love you? isn't the sky grey? isn't the moon blue? and don't i love you until one hundred go unfed don't i love you and when i turned around you had gone underground and when i tried to coax you out you didn't make a sound don't i love you don't i love you? isn't the sky grey? isn't the moon blue? don't i love you while my arms surround you like lovers do
11.
Same Thing 02:32
turned on the radio so many songs this one is good, but what else is on? same thing same thing same thing same thing i loved a girl and i will never love again there is no one in this world i could ever love again same thing same thing same thing same thing i can't wait to see what becomes of me the ease with which i sleep tends to frighten me

credits

released February 14, 2012

songs written by Nick Thorburn
arranged by Islands
produced by Nick Thorburn and Evan Gordon
engineered by Celso Estrada with Dave Trumfio
Kingsize soundlabs, Glassell Park, Los Angeles,Feb. 2011
mixed by Rob Schnapf at Mant, Glassell Park, Los Angeles, July 2011
mastered by Mark Chalecki at Little Red Book, Glassell Park, Los Angeles, Aug. 2011

thanks: Andy Kaulkin, Matt McGreevey, Brett &
Everyone at ANTI-, Gillian Bar, Andrew Skoikne,
Ronna Bronstein & Kingsize, Colin & Agency,
Rhianon Jones & Montana, Ingrid Renan, Vivian
Corado & Mattie Safer, Mark Charlebois, Derek,
MC, mr. H, Juan, our Family, Kate Perkins

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