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To Far Away Friends

by Port Manteau

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1.
So now, I'm spent, I'm longing for rent And now, the swing goes backwards to start I know you are going anywhere I was afraid of everything We brave the stairs a little out of time I searched the floors for what we shouldn't find I could not do you a favour, I'd be the last by far I was backwards, you will never forget that scar I am going away somewhere I am going away somewhere You can trust me not to tell this I was late so I could digress I am just a work in progress Take me back so I can confess If days were lost I wouldn't care I'm a laugh trust me I swear I have nothing to declare Were all the moments even there? It's so good that it cannot last We always go to hard and burn out so fast Take a drink, take a dozen more When the sun comes up it's not over It's fun the first day, try three of four It's always the last time but Whose counting anymore?
2.
We're on vacation, scraping what's left of our frustration Counting our nickels and dimes, we'll always take our time There's nothing else to do Nothing feels new Lost at sea you came to me to find a plan We could go a million miles not hitting land We're taking out time Broken pipes are laying the line We don't know what to do but we always have a clue that keeps us trying We'll always take our time Lost at sea you came to me to find a plan We could go a million miles not hitting land I was told that big things were gonna come They're gonna be better than All that we have went through this whole year I'd thought I'd be different now My debts are still laying around And I've just been waiting for it all to click But it never does What does it take to get it right? Why can't I relate to make it right? What does it take to get it right? Why can't I relate to make it right?
3.
Moon Boy 03:37
Just leave it to me, what we call a good person When you just want pride from somebody else And I'll run the damn red lights Blind doesn't mean you can't hear The doctor wrote me up they stood behind the curtain So I wait for the voice that I know I am changing you know I am changing you know What you wanted to fall I am leaving it all The day is never done When you know the sun comes up We should know we haven't slept in years Race the long way home Three days is too soon to recall the failing of my whole ability I am changing you know I am changing you know What you wanted to fall I am leaving it all Crack a smile for me I know, I know The plan has walked away I know, I know The past is all I see I know, I know We let it all decay I know, I know I am changing you know I am changing you know What you wanted to fall I am leaving it all Let's all go to the overpass See where it could have taken us So slow we are going around our heads So slow we are going around our heads
4.
Burden 04:05
Oh my god I can't explain my God I can't just name my God I can't explain What's going on with you? What's going on with you? I was never the one to trust what I was told So what you were trying to save when you knew it all along? You know that I was not where I always belong But you've gotta admit sometimes that you're wrong On my God I have waited so long to see if you were gonna let me know that you weren't coming for me now I have waited so long to see if you were gonna let me know that you weren't coming Oh my God I can't explain my God I can't just name my God I can't explain Oh my God I can't explain my God I can't just name my God I can't explain
5.
Pioneer 03:49
So where were you? I never thought I could break down But if I'm broke you know that Money is the glue Drunk on the street in daylight A woman walks her dog I can't compete with flowers Six months without a job And I can forget what I wanted But I can't know that, that which was never there The pathways were lined with a sick sense of hopefulness But I can know that we were some pioneers Go to the bar to find the girl you love Or to the church, a saviour Tithes are not enough I give up, I've been down for so long You stole my stuff I let you in, in the morning you were gone And I can forget what I wanted But I can't know that, that which was never there The pathways were lined with a sick sense of hopefulness But I can know that we were some pioneers Let it all, let it all, let it all out Let it all, let it all, let it all out
6.
And I'll be damned, we couldn't see the forest through the trees It's all for show, I've seen before Wiser words won't get me out that door And I'll be damned Who could've known the plan had failed before I threw that first stone and like I'd try, if you could help me You'd think I'd know just where I want to go You'll never see everyone that you need to know You're gonna be just a thought that I need to let it go Right at the sea where we hope it is sunny You'll always be just a thought that I need to leave And I'll be damned, ignore the breeze These voices starting to obscure what I need to believe I'll say I tried, I wish you'd won You say you've started but you claim that you're done You'll never see everyone that you need to know You're gonna be just a thought that I need to let it go Right at the sea where we hope it is sunny You'll always be just a thought that I need to leave You say you've lost control But you've never been One to keep it anyways, you just gave it all away I could call it luck, we could all give in But you know this anyways, you just gave it all away What I said I never did, but I let it all go It's so easy to hide, when nothings going your way What I said I never did, I just let it all go I just let it all go You'll never see everyone that you need to know You're gonna be just a thought that I need to let it go Right at the sea where we hope it is sunny You'll always be just a thought that I need to leave
7.
Stay Loud 03:01
I took a chance I went right through the door I had a drink but trust me I needed more My knees were weak, I couldn't stand tall I took a seat and then you came by my side Go out and go back there Get out, get out, get out, get out Go out and go back there Get out, get out, get out, get out What's this, you call It doesn't mean anything at all What's this you call I took a chance I even turned my head around It seemed so fast I couldn't stop looking down You'll never know just when you'll lose your chance So take a breath head into the expanse We're turning our heads We're closing our eyes We can't be bothered anymore We can't be bothered anymore Go out and go back there Get out, get out, get out, get out Go out and go back there Get out, get out, get out, get out What's this, you call It doesn't mean anything at all What's this you call Wake up to see the trend Wake up and find your friends I never saw the truth That we are stuck in youth These stories go away Before we all decay And this could always be my last mistake Go out and go back there Get out, get out, get out, get out Go out and go back there Get out, get out, get out, get out What's this, you call It doesn't mean anything at all What's this you call
8.
The Lookout 04:11
So your weight's on my last leg Oh, it's gonna be there when you get back It's gonna be there when you get back It's gonna be there when you get back It's gonna be fair when you get back Waiting in doubt to see if it will change The sky is blacked out just waiting for the rain I'm the lookout so I can turn around The wedding was done but I still heard the sound So I know that I'm not the biggest deal But we all look up to fools around here But we all look up to fools around here But we all look up to fools around here So put on some dirt and go somewhere Waiting in doubt to see if it will change The sky is blacked out just waiting for the rain I'm the lookout so I can turn around The wedding was done but I still heard the sound Come down, walk out we're so cliche Step out of the light let them see your face Cause there's nothing wrong now with what you've done It's a better haul than what never happened Waiting in doubt to see if it will change The sky is blacked out just waiting for the rain I'm the lookout so I can turn around The wedding was done but I still heard the sound You're too liked to be a vagrant You're too edgy to be kind The tracing got all the praise A new shortcut was made Another genius was born Without his own god damn name You're too liked to be a vagrant You're too edgy to be kind
9.
After Hours 02:15
I was alone at the tavern all this time She said she loves me So I had to clean my place When the feelings were gone she was annoyed by everything I felt differently But I had to give her some space So it goes I will grow to learn that you're not what I wanted Forget what you thought and get back to your logic
10.
Your advice is always about what you did wrong I'm trying but I cannot see it I'm trying but I cannot see it How will know to get the other things right? I'm trying but I cannot see it I'm trying but I cannot see it You said don't become like me I happen to agree You said don't become like all the others You said don't become like me I happen to agree You said don't become like all the others Think I'll shut my eyes, shut my mouth No ones around to hear Think I'll shut my eyes, shut my mouth No ones around to hear Think I'll shut my eyes, shut my mouth No ones around to hear Think I'll shut my eyes, shut my mouth No ones around to hear We were trying to end up right We couldn't even fight We weren't trying to be like all the others We were trying to end up right We couldn't even fight

credits

released July 7, 2014

Recorded/mixed/mastered at
House of Fish Production
Orleans, Ontario
Produced by Mike Poisson

All tracks by
Blair/Grekul/Rankin/Robertson

Warmest thanks to
Will L., Ray R., Bill G., Collette P., Anthony R., Adam G., Rob B., Tim V., Alexis B., Spencer W., Greg D., She-Yang L-C., and everyone else who's seen us through.

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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