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Wish and Lean

by Weird Year

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1.
PINWHEEL 03:14
The summer before last summer I was picking wild fruits in the driveway All alone, alone all day in the driveway. No one to hear me say, no one to hear me say, no one to hear me say I'm going out on a limb here I need to be talked down I'm going out on a limb, I'm calling even though I know you don't give a shit. There I was, there I was, hanging on to a lost cause Like blackberries over-ripened, stuck to stems, about to rot Needing from a needless being, lackluster and lucid dreaming Mouth open wide, but there's no speaking What is the meaning?
2.
CURE 05:34
It happens slowly, first you don’t look at eachother as closely You misspeak and don’t correct yourself, you want to just be understood and to not have to try I realize it’s hard to keep the lights on and it’s easy to relax into the comfort of something old, it’s easy… easy but old things wear out, old love knows new love doesn’t know what it’s talking about it talks anyway, and that’s the roundabout and you can go great distances within it til you find yourself without, out. It rarely hits you like a cannonball, barely leaves a mark at all It slides in sideways between a few long days and small ways in which a lover can be unlikeable But don’t lose your reason, don’t let yourself stop believin You made it happen, and you have to own the outcomes of your actions It doesn’t get better from here, when it doesn’t make sense anymore You are your only cure, you are your only cure you are your only you are. you.
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CREEKWATER 04:03
I hope when she’s rolling him over when he’s stroking her hair and cupped in her palms Like creekwater and peaches I hope his body gives out on him I hope his legs become wet reeds I hope he sleeps and sees me, wakes and sees me Tries every bitter, bored cure for his aches and sees me, I hope his heart reels and his bark peels I hope she renders him artless And he finds the rottenest love, and drags around the dead carcass. Because…. Sometimes you gotta just wish’em the best, sometimes you gotta be mad as hell When the love of your life is a narcissist, and you couldn't keep the peace he wouldn't make with himself Well there’s a bright, bright, bright, bright, bright side to leaving You can believe it even when it’s looking grim And it takes a long, long, long, long time to get on top of all the grieving But he was a season that you could not remain in. Remain, remain, remain, remain, remain at peace with yourself And the rest will fall right into place Don’t hate, don’t hate, don’t hate, don’t hate, don’t hate What you can’t change about him, you can live without him You can live, you can live, you can live, you can live, You can live, you can live, you can live, you can live You can live You can live You can live You don’t need that shit.
4.
DARK 07:01
Dark, dark, dark it’s dark Down in my heart it’s dark Capsized and caught off-guard Down in my heart it’s dark Down in my heart it’s dark. When, when, when again Will I become the woman I’ve been And break the branch that barely bends Beneath my present efforts Beneath my present efforts AH HA AH HA AH AH HA What did they expect from me? Love and string and endless bead? But I don’t wear much jewelry I cannot hold everything I only have two hands. I only have two hands and brittle bones, there are things so heavy I just had to let them go And watch them glide, like a bird that found it’s window and had to go home Had to go home Because some lungs just need open air while others breathe what’s barely there And some can sip to quench a thirst while others must be fully immersed And me I find myself begging to drown, saturated in shimmer and sound So give me breath and spirit song, til i’m gone, till i'm waterlogged Rhythm, melody and verse til it hurts, til it hurts I’m a crumbling mess at my very best Take it or leave it but let me rest, til I’ve mended Til I’m whole again Til I’ve befriended My own soul again Til it hurts, til it sparks, til I’m sure, til it’s dark Til it hurts, til it sparks, til I’m sure, til it’s dark dark dark it’s dark Down in my heart it’s dark Dark dark dark it’s dark Down in my heart it’s dark.
5.
HYDRANT 05:44
Walking to find where the water originated My love is hung over and cannot get out of bed Always trading the laughter of night for the next morning’s head I said whatever the difference, I’ll pay it for you I’ll delay the day toward you Will you come to the door, will my love roll you over? Oh, the booze has been begging me too like I know it begs you To move on and let go or get sober But can ya see the light coming for us, it’s right at the corner It could be so much better It could be so much better It could be so much better It could be so much better

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waves of gratitude, to be able to keep going and going and going and

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released April 20, 2016

Written by Tara
Played by Tara, Hana, Justin, Joelle, and Zach
Recorded to 1" tape by Levi and Scott
Mixed and Mastered by Tara, with Dave's help
Artwork by Fennec Design

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Weird Year Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg-based folk-adjacent band led by Tara Toms, featuring long-winded, heavily-harmonized love songs,
existential euphoria, linear melodies and circular conversations with a pinch of twang and the occasional polyrhythm.

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