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Make A Change
03:41
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Days like this, I want to run outside
And scream out loud and throw my arms out wide
But something’s wrong, yeah I can hardly raise my hand
to change the channel on the television
Waiting for the other shoe to fall
For life to stop being stationary
For a giant door to open up and beckon me in
Saying I can’t has become much too familiar
And nobody will believe my lame excuses
The sunshine that should wake me with its rays
Just gets me red in the face
Am I just taking up space?
Waiting for the dark clouds in my mind to pass
I pray that this is temporary
Suddenly a voice comes through the air, loud and clear
It’s saying
Why not make a change in your life?
It’s saying to me
Why not take the reins
And guide this carriage back to the path you chose?
No one else can do it for you
Waiting for the other shoe to fall
For life to stop being stationary
Suddenly a voice comes through the air, loud and clear
Yeah it’s saying
Why not make a change in your life?
It’s saying to me
Why not play the game and try to win for once?
Why not make a change in your life?
Why not take the reins
And guide this carriage back to the path you chose?
No one else can do it for you
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Heartbreaker
02:12
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Oh what a mess you’ve made of your life
Oh what a way you have of twisting the knife
Funny, we were both so nervous
Now you’ve got that ring to give you purpose
And I’ve got myself a new story to tell
Have a nice life, I hope he treats you well
But don’t lie to yourself, you can’t change your skin
And I think we both know where you’ve been
Now your eyes are closed and you’re just grabbing
For any old straw, short or long will do
And this will come back to you
This will come back to you
Heartbreaker, you’ll never see this through
And this will come back to you
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I'm Bad
03:12
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I’m high, higher than you think
And I’m drunk, so drunk I can’t drink anymore
Show me the door
I need to go home
I’m bad, I’m a bad boyfriend
And I’m gone out of my head again
Oh, what for?
Show me the door
I need to go home
On some wild last frontier
Someone get me out of here
And give me somewhere to go
In a world of temptation
My future is unclear
’cause I’m bad at saying no
I’m alive, at least I think I am
But I woke up with an alien
And what’s more
I can’t find the door
I need to go home
On some wild last frontier
Someone get me out of here
And give me somewhere to go
In a world of temptation
My future is unclear
’cause I’m bad at saying no
Now I’m back where I’ve always been
Down at the bar with some good old friends
Who know the score
It’s an open door I won’t go through alone
Throw off the oars, we’re coming ashore
We’re coming home
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Flame
03:49
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She pointed to a spot on the map
And that’s where she went in her mind
I can’t really blame her
She watched her flame go out
She can’t even pick up the phone
Or deal with breathing
Everything she thinks about how she felt
Before her flame went out
Given time she might pull herself together
But I don’t think she will
She’s fallen into a pattern these days
She’s on the spiral down
And every time she looks around
She’s standing at the top of the slide
Back in third grade
Wondering how she lived before
She watched her flame go out
Given time she might pull herself together
But I don’t think she will
She’s fallen into a pattern these days
She’s on the spiral down
And every time she looks around
She turns the radio up
To keep herself from crying
Every time she thinks about how she felt
Before her flame went out
And I can’t really blame her
She watched her flame go out
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Security
02:48
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I don’t need you to be my blanket
’cause you’ve got too many holes
And I don’t want you to help defend me
I’ve got an army of my own
Security is all I need
And baby you don’t have the key
Here are my hands with nails through them
Hanging from your rearview mirror
Please understand that I don’t hate you
I just don’t want to live in fear
Security is all I need
But baby you don’t have the key
No you don’t
No you don’t
Alarms and locks and barbed wire
Around my heart, my heart
Security is all I need
And baby you don’t have the key
No you don’t even have it
No you don’t
No you don’t
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Silence, Please
04:29
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There’s something going round inside our heads
It’s making us afraid of everything we’ve said
The idea’s simple, true, but it packs an awful punch
We can do no wrong as long as we don’t say much
So torture me with silence, please
For I’m growing tired and I need to get some sleep
Our minds are wandering off into the dusk
We’re the perfect picture of two lunatics in love
But the roar is deafening whenever our minds should meet
Every subject’s touchy, it’s more noble to retreat
Like a dripping faucet in the night
You can ignore it but it’s there when you open your eyes
So torture me with silence, please
’cause we’ll get nowhere talking
As far as I can see
Over and over, I swear it’s over
This much is true
And I tell myself that it’s over, it’s over
But I can’t tell you
It’s hard to reignite a flame that’s gone
Leave me in silence
I’ll be fine before too long
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Fight
04:50
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All my life, feeling like I’m lost
All these lines I’ve surveyed then crossed
All this time spent broken, stoned, and sauced
And when I stop to count the cost
In 27 years I haven’t hit the bottom
But I keep trying to find it
Maybe that’s the problem
And the scenery could be so much improved
I wish that I could isolate the gene
That makes so I just cannot come clean
It’s like I’m strapped to the guillotine
What if the grass never comes up green?
And after 27 years I just wanna say I’m OK
Found all these problems
Solving them would take me away
To where the scenery is such a perfect blue
But maybe I don’t have the guts to choose
Can’t think twice when there’s nothing left to lose
Well maybe that’s the truth, but here’s the news
Is it ever gonna be alright?
Is it ever gonna be alright?
And the scenery could be so much improved
But I’m not sure where this train’s going to
Your perfect world could easily come unglued
I’m trying now, what else is a boy to do
But fight
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Let's Pretend
04:38
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Let’s pretend we’re happy
We’ll take all the money
And run off together, they’ll never find us
We’ll convince ourselves
It’s a perfect day
And we’re more alive
Than we ever will be
I never know the answers, it’s killing me
I don’t know where I’m going anymore
And when the floodgates open
I feel defenseless
Unsaveable
Let’s pretend we’re happy
It can be your birthday
We’ll go to the circus, they’ll never find us
We’ll convince ourselves
It’s a perfect day
And the sun is shining
It’s so amazing
We’re watching pieces falling right into place
It’s all becoming perfectly clear
There is a ship that’s sinking
It’s going under
Come wave goodbye
Come wave goodbye
Come wave goodbye
Let’s pretend we’re happy
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Meltdown
03:31
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It’s cold here, I’m freezing
X’s and O’s are all I’m seeing
And sundown never comes too soon
I read through the paper
My horoscope said “see you later”
And she’s out howling at the moon
It’s coming, the meltdown
I’m never gonna be free
So give me my relief
She’s shaking the rug out
Arguments get things broke, I know now
So quiet is a better point of view
But silence, paranoia
Don’t make a sound when they’re coming for you
(So you’ve got nothing to lose)
It’s coming, the meltdown
I’m never gonna be free
So give me my relief
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Love and Misery
02:18
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Doctor doctor, I’m a mess
And I don’t know which pills to take
I’m breaking or I’m broken
And these chemicals, they never compensate
It’s only child’s play to me
All’s fair in love and misery
Give me 20 minutes
And I’ll show you how to ruin your life
I’m like some kind of Frankenstein
My heart, it falls apart under the knife
It’s only child’s play to me
All’s fair in love and misery
Honesty is therapy
When you’ve been lying to yourself
But honestly it’s killing me
So pour yourself a glass
Here’s to your health
It’s only child’s play to me
All’s fair in love and misery
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Get Through
04:15
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Pull the plug, it’s over
There’s nothing more we can do for him
His mind is gone, be on your way
Incomprehensible
You don’t even know what you’re in for
You pace the floor
No pattern shows
And all your life
You’ve waited for someone to remind you
Life’s worth living after all
When you push this button
Your whole life will flash before your eyes
Do you like what you see?
Now place your hand on your heart
Swear to me you still want to go
Why is that so?
Is it really so hard?
And all your life
You’ve waited for someone to remind you
Life’s worth living after all
All your life
You’ve waited for someone to remind you
Life’s worth living
And if it’s all that you can do
Just get through
Just get through
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Home
02:39
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Now it’s late and I’m all alone
Same old stool, same old broke pay phone
But I make a call
You don’t hesitate at all
You come and take me home
Every day, I wonder what it’s for
’cause there’s a field of fire
Through every open door
But I turn around
And face the demons down
And you will take me home
On some wild last frontier
What am I still doing here
Waiting for my ticket home
And the walls are closing in
Come pick me up again
You’re the only thing I know
And when I’m out of fuel
I can count on you
I’m getting through
’cause I found you
If you stay, if you stick around
I will lay my burdens down
And we can go
Where nobody knows
Who we were before
Throw off the oars
We’re coming ashore
Oh yeah, we’re coming home
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