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freewheeling
04:33
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some day i’m gonna find myself freewheeling on my feeling
swimming like a fish in the river of time
with a boeing in my being gonna shoot through the ceiling
fly through the sky of my mind
i’m gonna float away in the clear blue day
leave those thunderheads behind
and i’m never gonna get caught out by
the feelings that try
sneak in round the back door
and undermine my mind
it’s gonna be fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine
it’s gonna be mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
though those feelings come and hassle me
they’re never gonna take the dream away
and though those thoughts come and hassle me
they’re never gonna take the dream away
and though those people come and hassle me
they’re never going to take the dream away
some day i’m gonna find myself freewheeling on my feelings (repeat) …
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2. |
minor revelation
03:34
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if you ever need a ride it’s a minute to my station
give me all your love I’ll give you all my speed
crying in the middle of a bad evaluation
chorus: i feel like i’m falling
and i don’t know who to be
and it’s a minor revelation
when i find a way through to the riddle in the middle of me
here she comes there she goes stealing animation
says she’s gonna show me all i ever want to see
but all i ever wanted was a real conversation
criminal to live a life of no communication
heat wave ice age liquor therapy
trigger-happy memories of little altercations
chorus
write yourself a letter recommend a little downtime
talk about a hunger that you just can’t see
liberate the feeling when you’re ready in your own time
warm bread fried eggs cup of tea
steaming in the winter in the morning
she was that warm
chorus
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3. |
woodstock song
03:49
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i’m wide awake in my sleep, got lions stalking my sheep
i’ve got molars teeming in my gums
i ride my horse on this beach, i chase the things i can’t reach
i’m flying on towards the dying sun
oh i’m falling in, where streams begin
but where will i flow?
the cradle rocks the baby tumbles
the shepherd to his flocks he stumbles
steadily they go steadily they go
sugarcane watermelon apricot love in the rain
these shadows pull apart my heart feels like i’m falling again
but then i look around solid ground wraparound calling my name
chorus
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4. |
lazy boy
04:12
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my mother and me, we sat down to tea
i tried to let go, to not let it show
chorus: i was a lazy boy who only ever wanted joy
some days i get by and i don’t have to try
but some days it’s all pain and i can’t stop my brain
chorus
somewhere in the middle of the dream
i heard a stranger scream
my heart is overcome my heart is overcome
we smile and we chat about this and that
but the things we can’t say all get in the way
chorus
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hibernate
04:05
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you hibernate inside your head where no-one sees your freedom’s dead
you’re causing all your pheremones to show the world you smell alone
you can’t get back the things you love, you try you fail you don’t give up
you can’t create the will to sing and self help books don’t help a thing
you’re holding out for someone kind to come along and change your mind
you dream the same thing every night, the barking dog, the birds in flight
but like to like, your darkened soul still tends towards the darkest hole
where all the comfort you can find’s in tears for what you’ve left behind
someday you’re gonna free yourself and fly away from all this shame
rest down in the fields of kindness, never wonder who’s to blame
pour out in a river of sadness, cool yourself in the gentle rain
listen to your heart beat slowly, love’s a song that you’ll be singing again
you complicate the simple things with thoughts that fly on broken wings
you burn with things you can’t explain, they fight for space inside your brain
you think you’ve found a friend to trust who tells you you should lighten up
and so you wander off alone to the lonely place you’ve made your home
you’re never gonna be your mama’s boy you know
and daddy’s gonna wish he’d put you on ship, sent you on a trip, given you the slip
and every little thing you love you’ve got to let go
cause and effect leads you to the next, nothing to correct, love the effect
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6. |
billions of apes
04:13
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sunday morning and i’m tired and shaking
can’t decide if i’m sad or if i’m just faking
somewhere inside of my head the news is just breaking
that i am aching
i’ll consider the sun a friend that i’ll be able to laugh and cry with
when my new dawn has come send me out to find a love someone i can fly with
chorus: mind consider the soul
up and down for ages in and out of control
out of control
now i understand the way you feel my heart it is aching
cover me with lies and criticise the love that i’m making
somewhere in your eyes the news is just breaking
that i was mistaken
you come in so many shapes, you hope to fit in someday somewhere with someone
but you’re just one of billions of apes complicated by the need to feel like you’re someone
chorus
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7. |
guest of my feelings
03:26
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i’m not alone i’m a guest of my feelings of fun
i had myself in a knot but i’m coming undone
everyone’s losing their soul
to a joy that they try to control
but me i just want to be whole
and not turn cold
i’m not asleep i’m awake to my feelings of pain
coming awake with a shake at the break of the day
the stupidist thing that i’ve heard
you get to feel what you deserve
and joy is the thing that’s preferred
chorus: she said i’d get beyond it somehow
but right now this is the furrow i plough
her dreams still furrow my brow
but i know i’ve got to suffer this now
so send me to the edge anytime you need to know who i am
flying out over the ledge, i’ll be showing you all i can
there’s no better way to get by
than to know what you feel and to try
honour every goodbye
chorus
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8. |
crumble into me
03:48
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first you’ve got to spend time with your feelings
write a lot of love songs to your bad dreams
sail out on that sad and lonely sea
then you’ve got to give in to the aching
understand that it’s love in the making
realise you are what you’re trying to be
chorus: i’ve been awake to all my bad dreams
here i am for you to crumble into me
pain is the best of educations
here i stand for you to and crumble into me
do i get to spend time with your notions?
do i get to fry fish from your oceans?
you come to catalyse my feelings of awe
funny how you find fright in the feeling
could it be it’s your fate that you’re sealing?
funny how it feels like you’re breaking the law
chorus
hold me i feel like i’m falling down
speak my name and stake your claim in this ground
chorus
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9. |
house is dark
03:05
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so i dream of days when i’m gone and soul cries to be able to run to no-one
and i can’t find my way home and all that i am able to do is long for
the days i held you so close and everywhere was laughter and leaves and sunshine
but now i’m crying alone and all that i can do now is roll and tumble down
chorus: and now the house is dark
and there’s a beggar at the door
and it’s horrid in my forehead
can’t fight it any more
i how do i defend these cages
dream until my heart engages love
so i saw her today, her heaviness was sunshine to all my sadness
i breathed some light in her day and wondered why i get so alone when i
can just call her and ask her to stay and we could wander back through the garden where we
once lay and stared at the sky and everything was open and endless dreaming
chorus
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10. |
flightless birds
04:33
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sometimes words are a little like flightless birds or maybe like restless herds in the heat of the day
this thing here that i’m fighting with its not clear why i’ve got to give in to feel the fear floating away
prechorus: can’t identify with what’s slipping from my tongue
can’t relate to the mental state of anyone
still i’m aching i’m burning i’m fried like bacon you can turn me i’d say this side of me is done
some blue day i think i might find my way and with a with a little luck trade this grey for a place in the sun
prechorus
chorus: you put a lot of new lights in my sky
oooh you are so brand new in my life
and i come a a little more alive each time you smile
oooh
she’s so light she’s like a feather she could fly all night in this weather a girl like her could untether my soul
when she moves i’m a believer and when she gives i’m a receiver and when she’s gone i’m gonna grieve her i know
prechorus
chorus
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11. |
succumb
05:44
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when you’re feeling sad and heavy in your heart succumb
when there’s nothing left for you to do but cry succumb
when the feelings rage inside you
and they’re tearing down your walls and breaking down your doors succumb
when you’re breathing heavy and you’re toiling in the heat of the sun
and the rock that you’re breaking is the aching that is making you numb
feel the pull of all your pain, it’ll suck you to the bottom, it’ll spit you on the banks again
chorus: don’t let your behaviour be controlled by how they told you to be
let your sentiments be exactly how you felt them to be when you were three
when you’re feeling slight and frightened of the light succumb
when you want to go where nobody could know succumb
when the feelings rage inside you
and they’re breaking down your walls and tearing down your doors succumb
chorus
i don’t know if what i say is helping anyone in anyway
but still i ramble on like this and hope that someone gets my drift
when you’re in the clutch of all that’s too much with no-one to touch, succumb
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12. |
ages burning
05:23
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i’ve been afraid of ages burning my traces away
i’ve been awake in broken moments to what i can’t say
now i’m lost in senseless knowing
and what i know i cannot say
i’ve been a soul without a hole to hide in
losing control of all that i take pride in
take me away from all this trying
there’s nothing deeper than the sky
somewhere a silent stranger turns his face to the wall
somewhere a feeling comes against the motive that’s all
stand inside your raging silence
slowly see your cradle fall
i’ve been alive to nothing much but i’m feeling ok
i’ve been in a fight with anger’s touch not making it pay
stand in line for what you cry for
come out and watch your feelings play
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Simon van Gend Band Cape Town, South Africa
Simon and the Band à Parte are an introspective indie/folk/rock band from Cape Town, whose music has been described as a unique blend of folksie foot-tapping red wine fireside poetry. This trio, with Simon on vocals and acoustic guitar, Eric Michot on bass and Ross Campbell on drums, has released 3 albums to date, with a 4th due to be released on 30th June this year. ... more
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