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Be Alone

by Paper States

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1.
Day Spins 03:29
Been thinking ‘bout myself, yeah, in relation to the stars Stay out late, become acquainted with new scars Camouflage for my rusty eyes can’t hide a single thing about myself that you can’t find And I said, I need a break just some time, and I’ll be on my way Oh... oh, should I write a letter home? Or let ‘em all think the worst of me, if that’s the way that it’s meant to be I’ll waste my day and it’s okay To hell with all the things the things they say Taking chances on the bottle, will I wake up safe and sound? Hiding real world fears behind my college beard and down a beer to wash ‘em out Hey, I ain’t trying to find no trouble, or maybe it’s that I am Cause no one else can help me find myself or make me a better man Oh... oh, should I write a letter home? Or let ‘em all think the worst of me, if that’s the way that it has to be I’ll waste my day and it’s okay I swear To hell with all the things the things they say I need a break Just some time and I’ll be on my way and in some time, I’ll leave without a trace Oh... oh, should I write a letter home? I’ll let ‘em all think the worst of me, Cause that’s the way that it’s got to be I’ll waste my day and it’s okay To hell with all the things the things they say Oh, oh, should I write a letter home? I’ll let ‘em all think the worst of me, ‘cause better days are ahead.
2.
Jenny, you’re a house with a garden view that I love waking up to But I’m not the knight you slept beside way back when So keep your castles in the rearview And I’ll keep mine ahead of you There ain’t no way that I’m goin’ back again You keep one ear to the ground for other walkers You never listen to the streets Especially the talkers I think you found a part of me that struck you like archery, Ms. Genevieve And though my arrows aim to please oh, please, just please don’t get me wrong that ain’t chivalry I’m somewhere in between two sizes of shining armor And that sword would never pull for me so I never even bothered No my cuts are never clean In every one I plant a seed Watch them grow and become memories, you’ll see I think you found a part of me that struck you like archery, Ms. Genevieve And though my arrows aim to please oh, please, just please don’t get me wrong Don’t get me wrong… Sometimes I wonder if you can see it comin’ between my slips and all of my runnin’, honey, you do catch my falls, don’t you? So if this whole damn thing does depend on balance, would you pick me up when the good half happens, or will I have to crawl? I think you found a part of me… I think you found a part of me that struck you like archery, Ms. Genevieve And though my arrows aim to please oh, please, just please don’t get me wrong that ain’t chivalry
3.
Be Alone 04:14
Hey, I’m just tryin’ to forget you hopin’ maybe you’ll forget to But I never wanna let you go, just go This town looks rough, everybody peaked in high school havin’ babies I find it kind of funny, all the photos you’ve been saving Molly on a Wednesday, it all looked two times as pretty Oh… when you left a whole inside this city This place gets stuck in your teeth you always taste it But it might just be your drugs or anything they’re laced with Where did you go when you started changin’ your ways with each taste that you take Honest I’m done waiting around, when you are nowhere to be found and I’m alone, and you’re allowed When I’m at home, and you are Woah momma, don’t you ever wanna be alone? Just be alone. I saw another place get stuck in your teeth I can’t erase it it’s tough to be in love when you’re in love with all these faces So go on tasting different places I’ll hold my breath, no I won’t waste it Won’t complain, when you’re complainin’ That place was stuck in my teeth But I replaced it I had it up to here, missin’ all your misbehavin’ Hey, I’m just trying to forget you Hoping maybe you’ll forget to But I never wanna let you But I never wanna let you go You can miss me if you want to, I know you don’t, can’t you, won’t you? But I never wanna let you I just never wanted you to know
4.
I said if you stop doing nice things, maybe I could stop letting you down You asked if there’s no other way around It’s all I found Thought maybe in an avalanche, the way we died would be romantic Like we were tragically positioned on the wrong side of the planet We’ve always been the victims in a series of accidents like when I accidentally met you Yeah that is just the way I left you I know you’re lonely but I’m still growing so let this go, cause I’m not the only I know you’re lonely but I’m still growing so let this go, stop tryin’ to hold me so let this go, cause I’m not the only… One, with things left to say, But you know, I can’t live without you breathin’ down my neck and you say, “It’s no fair, please tear these arrowheads and these quivers from my bones. “ Thought I could watch it from outside maybe beat the shivers but I am so cold, and I can’t feel, no. I know you’re lonely but I’m still growing so let this go, cause I’m not the only I know you’re lonely but I’m still growing so let this go, stop tryin’ to hold me so let this go, cause I’m not the only… One So sorry darling, I can’t be your one and only, your only. Can we be friends with consequences and all the consequential senses we’ll be stuck with what we said and left with you know we’ll be so offended… So let this go, let this go.
5.
Old Soul 05:27
You met me in my summer days fall fell, sun began to fade then shortly after, winter came by spring, you knew my rainy face. Someday I will be the same Someday I’ll still be the same again. Someday I will be the same again, again. You met me in my summer days but you knew summer wouldn’t stay and your old soul stays the same even as my seasons change Someday I will be the same Someday I’ll still be the same again. Someday I will be the same again, again. Stay up ‘til 7 a.m. I still got my records playin’ You’re the song that took too long to start Now I forgot what I was sayin’ Before your voice so softly came in I was in love, almost forgot that part but I knew it all along, knew it by heart You met me in my summer days fall fell, sun began to fade I think it’s lovely, how you still loved me even as my seasons changed Stay up ‘til 7 a.m. I still got my records playin’ You’re the song that took too long to start Now I forgot what I was sayin’ Before your voice so softly came in I was in love, almost forgot that part Yeah, I’m just a song, and I could be wrong But I hope to God, that you’re singing along. “It’s no fair please tear your arrowheads and quivers, from my bones. I’ve grown so tired of all your growing. It’s so lonely being alone, alone, I know… that you are somewhere in between two sizes of shining armor. All I asked you for is a little chivalry, but you would never even bother So, when you’re thinking ‘bout only yourself with all your lucky stars just take a second to remind yourself of where you are. You are because of me.

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Our Debut EP. Five rock songs.

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released December 18, 2012

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