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1.
summer lips 02:53
I saw you for the first time with a hand-made sign waiting for the march to begin you were laughing with some friends so awkwardly I tried my best to join in we were just plastic boys stretched like toys but never holding a shape but somehow it all made sense one perfect day in May graduation weekend saw REM you loved the way that he sang you bought me a cassette so we could blast them out whenever we drove up to the lake we were so happy then matchstick men waiting to burst into flame and every time you smiled it burned into my brain but now I know how cold it can be and how I miss the sun and the heat days just seemed to fit every night was bliss I'm aching for a kiss from summer lips well I could see that you felt shipwrecked here three hundred miles from the sea and I think I always knew but was scared to say that you would leave eventually we've all played that game and win or lose your never gonna end up the same just reminds me what your sign said love can never be contained
2.
You know I can't stand to be alone and though I left a desperate message on your phone do I really want to know where you might be keep hearing voices inside my head (wake up) but I can't quite make out what they said (make up your mind) could it have been something to do with me? every time I feel my luck is turning around it never seems to last for very long staring at the ceiling it is obvious now everything I've ever done was wrong I should have listened to my friends the only ones who really care 'bout me oh well at least as far as I can see they'd never let me down I should have listened to my friends they always tell me how it really is they always tell me how it really is however bad it sounds You're sucking out all the joy (you told me) and we're starting to get anoyed (you warned me) it's time to act like a man and not a boy wake in a bed I don't recognize (that's why) and no amount of alcohol will sterilize (it's no surprise) the worn out empty shell that holds my soul you've got a point I should act my age (that's it) clean out my stash, erase my grindr page (no fucking shit) I've got no money left to pay the toll Still I keep descending into depths rich and strange where creatures swim within the fading light I'm running out of air but there's so much that remains Can't seem to stop my study of the wildlife I should have listened to my friends the only ones who really care 'bout me oh well at least as far as I can see they'll never let me down I should have listened to my friends they always tell me how it really is and they don't judge me for the things i did they'll always be around (you told me) (you warned me) I'm not a boy pick your ass up off the ground take a good hard look around your world is crumbling down I should have listened to my friends the only ones who really care 'bout me oh well at least as far as I can see they'll never let me down I should have listened to my friends they always tell me how it really is and they don't judge me for the things i did they'll always be around
3.
sittin' home on sunday I got nothing to do but sort through all the junk mail, pick the gum off my shoe I got a headache from the problems between you and me they've been pushin' us apart just like that dark energy and what it leaves behind is just a cold empty space that eerie silence that you hear well that's the coup de grace when we first met it seemed the world was new to me but now the mask is off and there's no mystery don't take me out anymore, we just sit 'round and watch tv and lord I know your m.o. when there's something that you need heard all your tired jokes, you need some new recipes cause I can see right through you just like a colonoscopy I call you drugstore cowboy since I never see you straight and you taught me all the best ways to self medicate I need a drink to calm my nerves when you're out on the lam but when you're home I take a big handful of alprayzolam I wish I could think of a way to make a new start but no matter what I say you've still got a hold of my heart outside our house a little blue bird swaying on a wire watches quietly as everything catches fire where, where did it all go wrong? you, you were the one now, now where do I belong? cause I don't, I' don't have a place left to run you push me 'round like a toy and always tell me what to do and even though I should know better, you know that I can't refuse you're like a coked up Rick James who thinks I'm Teena Marie and your'e like "b**** get in that booth and sing those hits for me!" well it's a different world now, and I'm taking off the gloves and I'll be kicking your a** like I'm Courtney f***ing Love!
4.
no I may not have a lot but what do I really need? I got you, I got you so what more could there be? When I think back on my life seems like there was no before and you were always there by my side to make everything alright you're all that I need you are the sun that lights my way shows me where I belong you're all that I need no matter what people might say I know this can't be wrong and when my time comes around and they put me in the ground everyone will surely say he went with a smile on his face when I wake up in the night and I can't fall back asleep well I just look at at you in the bed and all my worries cease you're all that I need you are the sun that lights my way shows me where I belong you're all that I need no matter what people might say i know this can't be wrong
5.
welcome to the real world you don't look so well the wrinkled clothes, the trailing voice you're hurting I can tell well I'd love to give you some advice but first let's grab a drink A Jefferson cup with bouron will help me to think I'm the world's authority on love I'll answer all your questions of the fires below, the stars above I've been rejected and I've cried I've been the cheater and I've lied now I've got nothing left to hide if it's a book I wrote it if it's a joke I stole it if it's a film I shot it if it's a cure I got it I think back on the college boys, they put me through it all stolen kisses, laughter, lies, triangles, alcohol but now that I'm so much older I thought things would calm down but it never ceases to amaze me that new temptations still abound I'm the world's authority on love I'll answer all your questions of when to say enough's enough I'm the world's authority on pain if you've got time I can explain how every single scar remains don't ask the ragged holy man under a tree he doesn't care, you won't find it there not the so called doctors filling up the screen there's too much to lose they won't tell you the truth That I'm the world's authority on love I'll answer all your questions of the fires below, the stars above I've been rejected and I've cried I've been the cheater and I've lied now I've got nothing left to hide
6.
faux fur 03:20
Leopard print, wear it well eyes cold and bright as polished diamels plastic boots, rock my world wicked smile hiding 32 faux pearls and I'm not sure why you do it you say it's not a peta thing you've got not problem being cruel and you don't take real love seriously faux fur keeps me warm in the middle of the night faux fur don't know how I ever got by purple mink on your thigh rub it back and for and we'll watch the sparks fly like a cat, bit insane but you sure know how to keep me entertained wrapped skin tight in microsuede or floating in a cloud of feathers I knew you were lyin' when I heard you say you never mix business with pleather faux fur keeps me warm in the middle of the night faux fur don't know how I ever got by I'll pick you up at a quarter to eleven I know you'll keep me waiting, that's for sure there's a place, a place that's close to heaven grab your coat and get on board I'll take you there, let me be your chauffeur well you know I'm crazy 'bout you even though I'm such a grouch cause you always tell me what to do and I'm always cleaning hair up off the couch faux fur keeps me warm in the middle of the night faux fur don't know how I ever got by faux fur warm in the middle of the night faux fur it's okay 'cause nothing had to die
7.
I'm like a bird with a broken wing stuck on the ground I can only sing when I look up and I see the sky I see your face as the clouds go by bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum I've never seen a sky that shade of blue I know that I've made mistakes But I'll do anything it takes What a fool to ever lie to you I'm like a bird with a broken wing stuck on the ground I can only sing Can't we just go back in time and give it all another try I don't need to hear your reasons why Won't you please just change your mind I don't want to fall behind What's the point of living without you? time has come to make a stand and draw a line out in the sand giving up's not something I can do I know I'm a mess and right now and I'm not at my best but somehow you have got to see the man I can be when we're together I am the best that I've ever been and everything is just the way it should be everything is just the way it should be
8.
badass 03:17
Well you're the kind of person who makes people stop and stare but you always work so hard to make the world think you don't care but I see right through your vintage thrift store flair the careful way you flash the labels on your underwear you pretend to run on empty but I know there's something there you're such a baddass and I'm in love with you your such a badass no matter what I do why are you so damn afraid to let your feelings show? you can tell me baby no one else has got to know I try to get a little closer but you you won't make room you're too busy making sure your stubble's groomed but when I walk out the door it's gonna hit ya like a sonic boom you're such a baddass and I'm in love with you your such a badass no matter what I do people in your life they come and they go what are they feeling? You never know when you look in the mirror like you always do do you like the person that's staring back at you? you're such a baddass and I'm in love with you your such a badass no matter what I do you're such a baddass in everything you do your such a badass and boy you know it's true
9.
my mistake 03:29
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10.
It's a lie so don't waste my time on your alibi with a twist of lime you your self-defense or self pretense is just another faded disguise Feels like one long procedural to me track you down, taking notes and all I see dead ends misdeeds reads like a second hand mystery so what is a door closed without a goodbye what is a message sent without a reply when you can't be sure of the truth suspicion counts for proof at least in my mind I'd call it a crime went through your pocket lint and searched your drawers lost my head had to get down on all fours under the bed looking for dangerous saboteurs so what is the fear that keeps me awake in the night and what is the doubt that's turned me into a spy when you can't be sure of the truth suspicion counts for proof at least in my mind I'd call it a crime I saw you on the street yesterday, chatting up some guy you didn't see me watching from the coffee shop nearby called you on your cellphone but you just let it ring the two of you just laughing and talking, like it didn't mean a thing what is the fear that keeps me up awake in the night and what is the doubt that's turned me into a spy when you can't be sure of the truth suspicion counts for proof at least in my mind I'd call it a crime
11.
night falls 04:15
when they were kids they were always playing games in the woods along the river shore days were endless as the as the flowers on the dress she wore years went by then one day she went away and he never saw her anymore but he could never forget just how her touch had felt before nothing ever looks the same when the night falls everything's as strange and dark as the sky no one wants to be alone when the night falls can't find your way home but hush now don't cry Where am I going? what will I find? never knowing can you hear me call your name drove to her house to take one last look around abandoned and desolate for years from the woods suddenly he heard a sound music to his ears in the darkness he couldn't see the stains on the old and tattered dress she wore they embraced one last time and walked away to the river shore nothing ever looks the same when the night falls everything's as strange and dark as the sky you and I will reunite when the night falls everything will be okay now don't cry Where are we going? what will we find?
12.
up in time for the sunrise cross the dunes hear the sound of breaking waves and Virginia boys running by the ocean or taking a kayak on the bay just to start the day Virginia boys feel right at home out on the water sunburned backs and sand between there toes there's a certain pride that comes from living by the tides so lets make some noise for Virginia boys still ya got a make a living out in the sun you wipe sweat from your face need a cigarette break or sittin' in an office cross-eyed from staring at a screen you start losing steam Virginia boys have got a lot of weight to carry sometimes it makes them feel so all alone someone should build a monument from all this brick and stone come on make some noise for Virginia boys Virginia boys are hard to categorize like a good Brunswick stew it takes all kinds cool like Timbaland or Mr. A to Z sailin' hard a starboard like Cuccinelli dark business suits or graphic tees baggy cargo shorts down past their knees tight bike shorts or a crisp uniform BRMS jacket to keep you warm but there's one think in common that keeps us tight (what's that?) VA boys got a hearty appetite (oh yeah!) soft shelled crab and a bottle of beer big hunk of venison, yo that's a deer love me some biscuits, gravy and Virginia ham reach in the water grab yourself a clam well I could eat hush puppies by the scoop but I'll take a pass on the peanut soup Virginia boys are free as county highways wild as a summer thunderstorm their spirit cannot be destroyed they know the pain they know the joy they know they'll always be Virginia boys hiking up the hill side underneath you make your way to catch the final rays
13.
something's really messing with my chemistry cuz ever since we met I've had a craving for sweets everybody warned me what the outcome would be but I was feeling lonely and the first taste was free oooooo tear the box right open and reach down inside when I get to the bottom better be a surprise perfect little pleasures in an endless supply you're gonna be my valentine until the day that I die I know there's a crash coming on and I should run away away but but I just want to stay my baby's made out of candy my baby's made out of candy feeling kind of woozy so I'm upping my dose i'm gonna rig up an IV with an old garden hose and though my heart is poundin' like it's gonna explode give me one shot of insulin and I'll be ready to go when I've got you in my arms the world just melts away and only you remain when you're gone my whole body starts to shake and I know I won't last a day oooooo my baby's made out of candy my baby's made out of candy my baby's made out of candy my baby's made out of candy my baby's made out of candy my baby's made out of candy

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Lo-fi recordings by someone making their first attempt at music. My vocals are frequently off-key and my musicianship is beginner level. A couple songs turned out okay I think.

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released May 8, 2012

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A singer/songwriter of questionable ability from Williamsburg, Virginia

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