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I Want to See Red
04:54
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I think in terms of black and blue
I never saw red until I met you
And I still think about the times I never kissed you
Running through the rain without your umbrella
How do I live on this island without you
Sweating, screaming, tearing at my sheets
Still dreaming about getting locked outside
Pouring out my future in a beer you couldn't drink
So let me ruin this
So let me ruin this now
I want to ruin this now
I'll only twist your arm if you twist my words
It hurts when you ignore me and it hurts to go unheard
I'm tired of screaming in the shower
I'm tired of waking up with aching hands
Spent the night lighting matches on my roof
Burning down my fingers and burning down our house
I want to ruin this
I want to ruin this now
I want to ruin this now
I'll only break your heart if I break my word
It hurts when you avoid me and it hurts to go unheard
I wish that I could hear true silence
I wish I was someone who I'm not
Someone who hates you
Someone who can't stand you
I wish I was someone more like you
When I think about my black decision, I think about you
When I think about our hearts' collision, I see blue
And the only color I ever want to see is red
Yeah, the only color I ever want to see is red
Is red
Is red
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Sunburn
03:40
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Today I got a sunburn, and I thought about last year
I thought about your smile and the nights we shared
You would not help cool me
You were the one who burned me
The only thing I loved more was the sun
It was burning you, it was burning me
All summer long my skin turned red from your sunburn
And your sun-kissed cheeks, hot on my lips
All summer long I warmed myself on your Sunburn
Dancing through the city, hiding on my roof
Making love by the AC where we could cool our burns
I told you I loved you; you said you loved me too
I'll call you up so we can feel the heat
It was burning you, it was burning me
All summer long my skin turned red from your sunburn
Now it's cold and raining
But you can keep me warm
Nothing last forever
What I wouldn't give
For a sunburn
Burning you
Burning me
You burned me
Burning you
Burning me
You burned me
It was burning you, it was burning me
All summer long my skin turned red from your sunburn
And your sun-kissed cheeks, hot on my lips
All summer long I warmed myself on your Sunburn
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Come Up With Nothing
06:05
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Am I off putting when I say that I love you?
Is it unnecessary? I don't know
I just wish you'd call when I left for home today
And I know that I'll be fine
Don't turn around when I try to say your name
I won't have any stupid things left to say
I'll be OK if you don't turn the page
There's nothing there for you or me
I'm already moving on I cannot stand here waiting for you
I'm already out the door I can't make up these lies anymore
I'm already headed out you're no good for me and that is true
I'll be gone for good and I just found the strength to tell you
So when you start to scream don't come and scream at me
I think you know I need to let my conscience be
Just don't look back to the time when I knew well
When all my dreams were underwhelmed
I'm already moving on I cannnot stand here waiting for you
I'm already out your door I can't make up these lies anymore
I'm already headed out you're no good for me and that is true
I'll be gone for good and I just found the strength to tell you
Then I start second guessing
Then I start un-represing
Then I know that I'm on my way
Come up with nothing
Come up with nothing
And when you're lonely know that this is not the end
I've still got tricks and games for you to break and mend
And if you're lost you can look to the sun
It's more reliable than me
She'll forget about me if I keep my conscience clean
The other girl will come and take my self esteem
I'll walk away from the wreak of my old self
And come out someone who I hate
Then I start second guessing
Then I start un-represing
Then I know that I'm on my way
Come up with nothing
Come up with nothing
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Pick up the phone
Pray that it's not you
Calling from another number that you stole from a customer
Bottles and lace piled in the sink
Message replays that you're sorry
You're sorry
You're sorry
Double vision
Distant care
Single purpose
Unaware
Working title
Open ends
Frequent callers
Absent friends
How long have you tried to avoid me?
All the pain you deny
All the warnings that my hands are sending me
It's the part of me that wants you to die.
Do you ever wonder what the hell were you thinking?
Do you ever wonder what the hell were you thinking?
Do you ever wonder what the hell were you thinking?
What the hell were you thinking?
What the hell were you thinking?
What the hell were you thinking?
The only reason that you're still here
Is my heartbreak, vanity, and attention to detail.
Ache in my hands
Pain in my chest
I don't want to die but I don't want to live this way
Injuries pile; rent's the price to live
You keep on saying it's worth it
It's worth it
It's worth it
Double vision
Distant care
Single purpose
Unaware
Working title
Open ends
Frequent callers
Absent friends
Empty bottles
Higher ground
Closed revisions
Unprofound
Lower standards
So obscene
Still unanswered evergreen
Two, three, four
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
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Messes To Clean (live)
06:54
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I had a dream I met you inside a guitar
Outshining naked light bulbs and dead behind the eyes
You came to me and asked me if I’d changed at all
And I said that I was still the same.
I’m leaving town with more baggage than when I arrived
My suitcase is bursting at the seems
My clothes were nice and folded when I arrived
But I’ve leaving with messes to clean
Out in the cold November’s chill
A moment when everything felt right
When you left I dropped a wish in to the well
And I asked God to send me home to you
I’m on a train that’s bound for New York
Before I left I said it was my home
If a man is an actor he can say he’s fine
And if not then he can hope anew.
Everything I needed was there
I found a strength in music I didn’t know I had
When my journey’s done
I know that I will see her once again.
I’m afraid when I see her next she’ll be with a man
Who’s better for her than me
I think of her and I cannot help but sing
She’s the reason my guitar neck bends
Fare thee well to Prince's Landing Stage
River Mersey, fare thee well
I am bound for Californi-A
It's a place that I know right well
So fare thee well, my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, when I think of thee
I have signed on a Yankee Clipper ship
'Davy Crockett' is her name
And Burgess is the Captain of her
And they say that she's a floating shame
I have sailed with Burgess once before
He's a man I know right well
If a man is a sailor, he can get along
And if nothing, he is sure in Hell
Now the sun is on the harbor, love
And I wish I could remain
For I know it will be a long, long time
Before I see you again
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Joseph Valle-Hoag New York, New York
New York based singer and songwriter. www.joevallehoag.com
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