We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

art imitates life

by David Robert Burrows

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
Calling 04:47
I cleaned the attic, or at least i thought i did, it's so sporadic, the flow of time inside my mind, i try to fight it, but to no avail my mind is frail, and so i hide it, lest the world make a fool out of me, it's time, for that, to end, how can, it even begin if time is just a necessary battle we cannot win? i can feel, i can hear, i can see it, calling, calling me in i heard the voices, they said "you need to calm down" again, i see my choices, its just the order of them isn't in, i called the doctor, and asked "do you take my kind?" he said "your mind, your mind is above the others" that's just a fantasy my ego lives in, this time, ill find, a way to see past, my past, today is just another day that i can be in, my skin, and say i can feel, i can hear, i can see it calling, calling me in
2.
I Swear 04:40
I'm afraid of scientists, always living in a peaceful bliss so strange, i'm a man of technology i swear, i'm afraid of society, all the things they have planned for me so strange, i'm a man of my family i swear the walls are caving in, jesus christ i wish i knew how to swim, all i need is your beautiful smile i swear I'm afraid of breaking your heart, in the end i wouldn't know where to start my toast, just some tears and a shattered perspective of hope, I'm afraid of inflicting pain, but with you i always stand to gain the most, makes me a monster with some gasoline and some rope, the walls are caving in, jesus christ somebody teach me to swim, all i need is your beautiful eyes i swear, thank god i wrote my will in pen, the lights are fading, the rooms getting dim, all i need is your soothing voice i swear, take me, to the place, where i was born, make this, what it is, and i'll reform, take me, (take me), to the place, (to the place) where i was born, make this, what it is, and i'll conform, so much burden in the age of man, makes you wonder if this wasn't the plan at all, i'm a man of curiosities i swear
3.
China White 04:49
I've got a sickness and I need a cure can you help? I've got addictions and i need a fix can you help? You've got your reasons and i've got a disease, that's what they call it this diagnosis is a lot to handle, i need help "Just sign these pages and we've got a deal" that's what he said a swift smile and a sharp Armani suit and the red, the red eyes a fair trade all he wanted from me was my soul and firm shake and a sly wink later are you full of surprise? when you look into his eyes dear god i've made a mistake, and i'd like to go back, but i fear i'm too deep in the deal i made to get shady with these creatures i love my mind was armed with no will or integrity still i just can't shake this illness i've worked so damn hard to obtain, with this pain in my chest, i still wish you the best just keep it running through my veins and ill scream with joy another drink, another shot, another pull for my boys back home black walls and a painted face this is war, another night and i'll be a disgrace is it for, is it for, for love? or is it for god up above? dear god i've made a mistake...
4.
just like you said, i'll never grow up, or even feel older, it's my disease, it feeds inside me, i won't sustain without you near, inside my shell, i feel protected, with all my security, i might go to hell, but that don't scare me, as long as i get my entertainment now, everyday is a constant battle uphill, with the pain that i can't cure with a pill, and my family succeeds where i fail, i wonder if they all look down on me, she needs my help, it's what she tells me, but i don't know if it's true i'll watch the house, while she's out working, feel so stressed out the anxiety's too much, another bowl, to calm my nerves, it makes the thoughts go out of my head, just one more month, til my next payday, feels like i'd rather be dead, everyday is a constant battle uphill, with the pain that i can't cure with a pill, and my family succeeds where i fail, i wonder if they all look down on me, i feel ill.
5.
I'll try to keep it down when i get home, and i won't leave the lights on if i'm not alone, if everyday everyday, you keep it coming my way coming my way, then this time i'll have too much and pick you clean to the bone, i'm sorry for you chaos is just another way of evening out, they say loss is a lovers way to make you shout, drinking my wine drinking my wine, it calms my nerves hell yeah and it passes the time, passes the time, so slow down, or all this time will eventually run out, she said "sorry" i asked "what for?" she said "you" make up your mind make up your mind, cause this love is just too hard to find too hard to find, now i'm begging you to make up your mind make up your mind, cause i'm in love and goddamn it hurts, yeah it hurts, make up your mind make up your mind, make up your mind make up your mind, {make up your mind make up your mind} {make up your mind make up your mind}
6.
I've been sitting with my misery cause she makes for great company i think that a wink could mean shyness and greatness and thank us for banking this opportunity, and i've been taking all these pictures here so i could prove to you that my fear wasn't just an illusion of mistrust and misguided miscommunications, you've been talking on your phone at night, and i don't think that it's alright, cause i know that a show of good faith and companionship isn't in your best interest, we've been having fun doing this dance, but i wouldn't give us half a chance, cause i know who we are, i've been riding my bike at night, to clear my head in the white moonlight, in a day i'll be here to confront my biggest fear, and adhere to these strict regulations, short dark hair and two pale blue eyes, even sharply dressed i was none the wiser to flee from this scene cause i know we'll never be what the people call "conventionally happy" "let's roll the dice just one more time" you whispered in my ear as i sipped on my wine, i could feel something soft as we laid up in the loft of my 1100 dollar apartment, for reasons i made you're out of my reach, it's a hard life lesson that nobody can teach cause i know who we are
7.
Just taking what my daddy said i should do for a living, i know it's not my best attempt but i know he'll be livid, if it's nothing at all, just doing what my momma said i was best known for doing, i'm burning all these bridges down leaving my life in ruins, til theres nothing at all, i hate to see your eyes this way i don't know if i can take it, so let me sell you better lies til your heart isn't breaking, these walls bleed blue and grey and i know that i can't stay, just certify me insane and i'll leave here without a trace of evidence, just give me one more chance to say, before you make your great escape, "i can feel you burrowing in my bones" just give me one more chance to greave, before you pack up and leave, yeah i know it's you, just taking what my daddy said i should do for a living, i know it's not my best attempt but i know he'll be livid, if it's nothing at all
8.
Pickup line 03:10
short fire sail in the grocery store, skinny white pale didn't know what she was looking for, i turned my head just as soon as i heard that she was looking for a man, my heart was like a hummingbird, is it true, what they say? that the world could end in a machiavellian blue, and black suede, now it feels like butterflies down in my belly but who is okay these days? "how do you do? can i buy a drink? tell me what's on your mind, i wanna know how you think" just as my gin and tonic arrives i feel a tug on my shirt there he stood nearly six feet five, is it true, what i see? is there another man telling her she can't be talking to me? well then who here is free? i guess i'll buy another drink and alone i'll be, you see two out of three these days carry me home, with a pill in the box, i see your short leather skirt, you're becoming quite the fox, let's get into the house and i'll crack open a bottle, then you see my roomies car and you start scoping the throttle of his, corvette. is it true, what they say? that the world could end in a machiavellian blue, and black suede, now it feels like butterflies down in my belly but who is okay these days?

credits

released May 13, 2020

All music and instruments played/recorded/mixed by David Robert Burrows

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

David Robert Burrows Portland, Oregon

David Robert Burrows

contact / help

Contact David Robert Burrows

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like David Robert Burrows, you may also like: