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TQK
05:06
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It was just like any other night
Cool dark and so full of life
The night sky lit by a waxing moon
A waning soul that was gone too soon
She came on with a force too strong just to be gone
Sometimes I can't believe it's been so long
Can't say goodbye
She still sees you when she closes her eyes
She came on with a force too strong just to be gone
Sometimes I can't believe it's been so long
Can't say goodbye
She still sees you when she closes her eyes
It was much too quiet that august evening
I should have known just what it would bring
It was just like any other night
Except it was the night you died
She came on with a force too strong just to be gone
Sometimes I can't believe it's been so long
Can't say goodbye
She still sees you when she closes her eyes
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A Total Nightmare
01:44
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Lying in my bed
It seems so hopeless
When everything we do
Means nothing at all
And everyone you know
Has been bred to believe
That their lives are incomplete
Without all of these things
Admire the blank stare
On the countless faces
Admire the silence
That fills the void between
My lips and your ears
Where I can tell you
All my fears, my faults
Every guilt,
Every fucked up story
This is a total nightmare
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Weekend Song (Part I)
01:28
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Yeah, it's Friday night
Waited all week, all right
And now it's my turn
To be with you
We can drive around
The dead ends of this town
So happy even if
There's nothing to do
I can't stand this place
Still there's a smile on my face
You make me feel
So warm inside
Dancing out on the sand
To the same old punk rock band
And our toes got
Wet with the rising tide
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4. |
Take The Fall
02:22
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They're hiding behind
Our blindfolded eyes
Don't tell me that this came
As a surprise
He smells of cheap cologne
His hands hold dirty coins
On his brow beads the sweat
Of a world he's destroyed
Fellow citizens
There's no need for truth
This is what you get
Who cares about couth?
They function
Under assumption
That the lies
They call their lives
Will someday amount to anything
You take from me, I take the fall
I can tell that no one cares at all
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Legacy
02:29
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Am I just wasting my time
When nobody thinks I'm right
The wrong choice
An unheard voice
And I can see
It's time to make my legacy
And when I die
What will I leave behind
Shades of regret
Forming my sillhouette
Will I run and hide
Or get to know I tried
And I am not apologizing
Anymore
If this isnt good enough
Cause we don't do this for you
We don't do this for anyone
We do this for us
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The Thomas Jefferson
03:58
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I stumble through the dark
I never find my way
Where my heart belongs
Is never where it stays
Over of the years
As low as it lies
I've come to see
That my faith has grown eyes
Eyes that don't see you
Anymore
They've only come to see
What used to be...
I want to see so clearly
The water splashing on my face
The fog drifts around
Leaving me smiling
Leaving me spinning
And now I'm left to wonder
How many days and awful nights
Have I been living this life
And let me tell you now
I'm so sick of questioning
every single fucking thing
And now the bones are standing up
The population screaming peace
But, we're not all at war
Just the ones who breathe
I want to see so clearly
The water splashing on my face
The fog drifts around
Leaving me smiling
Leaving me spinning
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7. |
Weekend Song (Part II)
01:24
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Yeah, it's Saturday night
And I think I just might tell you
I can't wait
To see you again
Show up around 8
I guess it's kinda like a date
Your mom says hi to me
I go sit on your bed
Has it been an hour?
You're still in the shower
Don't hear the water stop
My mind's on something new
And as your smell comes through the air
I'll run my fingers through your hair
I wish that I wasn't scared
To tell you I'm in love with you
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Crucified
02:50
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From this moment
Consider me nothing,
Nothing at all.
And I dont want to hear you laughing
As I'm nailed to this cross.
For all the times you turned your back on me,
And left me for dead.
Dramatize every note.
Scrutinize every lyric.
Try to find out what it is about you
That makes me sick.
Analyze every thought,
Criminalize everything I do.
But just keep listening to this song
About you.
Does it make it any better?
The damage is unknown.
The next time you want
The best of both worlds.
Just leave me alone.
For all the white lies through your yellow teeth
Left in my head.
Dramatize every note.
Scrutinize every lyric.
Try to find out what it is about you
That makes me sick.
Analyze every thought,
Criminalize everything I do.
But just keep listening to this song
About you
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9. |
Reaching For Me
01:33
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You reach out for me
There's nowhere to hide
But how can you be here
When I'm this alone inside
And I am truly sorry
That you never knew
Exactly who I was
Or what I meant to you
And what I want to know right now
Is what I'll never see
Because I'll never know just how
You were without me
And I think that you could possibly be
The best and worst thing that happened to me
And if I could take back anything
I'd take back almost everything
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Standing Here
02:49
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I'm just trying to give you space
Cause I feel like I did something wrong
But how much space becomes just
Stringing me along
Someone draw me a map
Cause I can't see
Explain it to me again
Just want you want from me
I'm standing here alone
And I won't make a move
Until you tell me
What to do
I'm just trying to give you
Everything you want
And if you don't want me here
Then I'm gone
I can pinpoint the moment in time
When I screwed all of this up
I'm sorry, I didn't
Mean to fall in love
I'm standing here alone
And I won't make a move
Until you tell me
What to do
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What Is Mine
03:20
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Sitting in my room
The radio turned up
The tv turned down
I swear the cartoons sing to me
I know what they're saying
It's not what I wanna hear
The sound it moves right through me
Filling me with fear
Fear of the unknown
Cause what I don't know can hurt me
Like it's hurt me before
And I'm trying to make up
For my mistakes
And I'm trying to wake up
But I dont have what it takes
I don't know how
I'll make it now
Without
You around me
Sitting in my room
Staring out the window
Everything's so quiet
For a moment
I live a still life
Abstractions in my head
And all your good intentions
Have sentenced me to death
So wave your fucking torches
Watch me as I go
Was it meant to be
Maybe I'll never know
There's no need to remind me
I remember how it feels
I know what it's like to be
The victim of betrayal
I don't know how
I'll make it now
Without
You around me
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12. |
Starting Over
01:57
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It's a daunting task
I'll hit rock bottom
And keep going down
This much I ask
Pull yourself up
Before you drown
Making a break
But which way
Do I go?
What path I'll take
I'm not sure
But I know
Challenge lies ahead
It'll take every thread
Of fiber in my being
But I've made up my mind
I'm gonna do it again
Fucked over by girls and friends
Starting over
(Gonna do it right this time)
Starting over
(Gonna do it right this time)
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Jason Guy Smiley Gainesville, Florida
Indie folk from Gainesville, FL.
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