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The Absence of Lightning Before It Strikes

by Travis Alexander

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The sour sting of sleep on my teeth now that I'm awake I've been holding all this in and I hope you can relate Last night I tried to die again but everything's okay Just meet me at the silhouette in 2008 You got away with me You've got a way You got away with me You got away You make me want to cut my hair, you make me want to change my life But the guilt of the entire world is eating me alive Think that I've become a ghost, I hit my head too many times Over all I'm glad to find you in the afterlife
2.
This glue was never strong enough to keep the two of us in love when the going got rough and the going got rough or is that just a story I made up? I would run to you now if I could but I'm afraid I would do you no good. I'm a wasted man with a heart made of burning ash and soot. It's like I just woke up in a cell unlocked, I put myself in to stop the clocks last night when the moon was full and the silver bullets talked I wish that we had never met But what chance did I stand against kismet? Now I'm faced with your oblivion But I can't undo what's been done
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Golden 03:54
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Pockets 05:28
My blood is getting thicker I'm an ocean with no moon I wish I could see you but I know it's just too soon So I snuck into your house And I slept in your bed I let the dogs in for you And I made sure they were fed You're seeing red but I'm seeing blue I got better friends than you Have you ever laid still and kissed your head with your own fist? If you made up your mind then get up and go. I'm a grown man, I can handle alone. I carry your heart with me I've got pockets full of blood You said one day you'd visit Well I really wish you would And you might not recognize me I'm not as handsome as I was I worried myself to death Then I dug myself up I wish that there was something Some magic spell or phrase To wash away my worried brain, to make this go away My nights are all spent sleepless I stay drunk during my days Any excuse to chain smoke my life away If you made up your mind then get up and go. I'm a grown man, I can handle alone.
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Meet me in Baltimore outside the liquor store I got a lot to say and it's been a while since I've seen your face Meet me in Saginaw Cutting through the country roads like a couple outlaws It's cold as hell this time of year So slam your drinks and let's get on out of here It ain't hair of the dog if you're getting bit every night But I ain't here to judge so do whatever makes you feel alright And I'll do the same Meet me in Aberdeen maybe on Halloween We'll tramps around in leaves And beat up kids for tricks and treats Then meet me in Williamsburg We'll talk about everything you hate some more We'll shut down every bar We'll stumble home but we'll sleep in your car It ain't hair of the dog if you're getting bit every night But I ain't here to judge so do whatever makes you feel alright And I'll do the same Meet me in Portland Maine. I almost forgot how much i love this place. If you want to stay, we can stay. We'll start a family and throw our lives away.
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Old Wives 04:22
There's gotta be some old wives' way to keep my light shining I'm too damn old to keep thinking about dying Sadness is a young man's game but I just keep on playing "Everything is cool" and other lies I keep on saying to myself And to my friends: "The static never ends" but there's more than just one way to hold your head inside your hands. So take a bow, come on and let it out. The devil is in your brain, you gotta drown him now. Called my closest kin and told them they better start digging I got a pocket full of pills and I don't know what I've been thinking But I woke up safe and sound with a pounding headache Oh, she's stinging. I had a pack of smokes but now I'm out and my brain is spinning. My teeth were grabbing radio waves and my ears were ringing I heard my voice on your stereo and I was singing La di da di da di da And to my friends: "The static never ends" but there's more than just one way to hold your head inside your hands. So take a bow, come on and let it out. The devil is in your brain, you gotta drown him now.
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Hold your head up high Memorize your alibi Then ask the holy ghost to forgive your troubled mind Grab hold of your life because here is where it starts You'll never get inside my heart You'll never make it out of hell alive
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Jodi Arias 03:48
You were waiting to die and I was waiting to be born How does the night rust into the early morning? How's that fair? When you're not here? You were digging your heels and I was biding both our time Lacking my wheels, I knew the upper hand was mine Until tomorrow When you're full of sorry. I didn't realize how bad you hurt Until you started bleeding through your shirt Hold your head up high Memorize your alibi Then ask the holy ghost to forgive your troubled mind Grab hold of your life because here is where it starts You'll never get inside my heart You'll never make it out of hell alive I was drinking the sky and pulling petals from bouquets Asking god "who knows how to make love stay?" Would you believe her? I got no answer. I spilled my drink you didn't care so I just sang until I slept. I woke to find your bloody fangs inside my bangs so I just wept. Until your soul left. Hold your head up high Memorize your alibi Then ask the holy ghost to forgive your troubled mind Grab hold of your life because here is where it starts You'll never get inside my heart You'll never make it out of hell alive
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I'll never have to know but I can't recall the color of your eyes Dance to tapes we found in the house in which my grandma died I looked for your name on a keychain at a highway rest stop upstate So I think it's safe to call this love. I'll never know the protocol with these things and damned if I'll learn to try. Waited till you passed out on wine then I snuck outside. I stole your credit card and bought you a brand new life And then I went and sold it all I always knew that I'd drink your blood and drag your body through the muck and the mud So I think it's safe to call this love
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Quit pulling her dress, she ain't got no fight. You're strung up by your feet with white Christmas lights. You don't even know what she feels like The absence of lightning before it strikes. Been blacking out in all our old haunts The barflies recognize me and they tie me in knots Their sugary smiles keep playing our songs Their thousands of eyes can't help but stare on When a pale fire dies As they're known to do Put the pen in your mouth and begin to chew Until it inks your teeth and you're doused all in blue If heaven is real Then you must be too When it comes to deserving I guess you're first in line You're running the day while I'm run through with time I just want to stake a claim on your mind I'm the absence of lightning before it strikes When a pale fire dies As they're known to do Put the pen in your mouth and begin to chew Until it inks your teeth and you're doused all in blue If heaven is real Then you must be too

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