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Masks and Faces

by Town Crier

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1.
All I See 02:22
I know that I'll go blind When the road no longer winds Will you still speak to me, When death is all I see? Don't let them try and seize The things we've built with ease When I glance through hollow eyes You are by my side
2.
Well here lies my life Was it a noble cause to fight? And I've been so despised That no one will stand by my side No one by my side And these walks get so cold Oh, they get so cold She'd rather be with the trees, than these buildings They're tearing me down They're tearing me down Yes, I'd rather see you with me The mask behind the face When I watch you drown The mask behind the face The mask behind the face Well there goes my pride I can't see your face tonight Oh, how foolish you've become These masks and faces They cannot define you Only we can Only we can I've been thinking About next weekend And maybe we can See what we can We've never seen just what we could do Oh, we've never seen just what we could do She'd rather be with the trees, than these buildings You're tearing me down I'm watching you drown Yes, I'd rather be with the trees, than these buildings I made you a crown Yes, I'd rather see you with me The mask behind your face I know it all too well I know it all too well Yes, I'd rather see you with me The mask behind your face Why would you want to hide that face?
3.
Love Is... 03:02
Love is a losing game There's no luck in the cards It always ends the same But you can still deal me a hand any day Oh, love is a losing game I keep losing bets to the voices inside my head I'm afraid they'll tell you all my secrets Like love is a losing game Deal me in, for this I must proclaim This tired, empty soul, rots without a name No, love is a losing game I will rot without a name Ace up her sleeve, the face reveals My diamond eyes, I must proclaim Love is a losing game Fold my hand, set myself aflame So when I die, may I be assured That love, love is a losing game Love is a losing game There's no luck in the cards It always ends the same But you can still deal me a hand any day My love, your love, is a losing game
4.
Hello, old friend Just how long has it been Since the days with golden skies And your blue eyes were mine The years have come and gone But I still ramble on Hello, old friend Just how long has it been Since I sat in your backyard Couldn't catch you off guard I'd try to catch you off guard Hello, old friend Just how long has it been I still lay alone at night And constantly recite The years have come and gone But I still ramble on Hello, old friend Do you remember when The masks we wore Were only to befriend? Hello, old friend Why am I alone again? Of all the masks you graced I always preferred your face
5.
Inside Out 04:39
No motivation, hardly can try My life's a complete mess, my mind is just fried Rule it a suicide, if I should die I think I'll just sit here, and watch the time fly past my eyes Why must it be like this? Why does everything feel so amiss? Why do I feel this way? Why is this life filled with total dismay? Oh, I try and I try, always to no avail I give it my all, and in turn I fail I long for a good day, yearn for peace of mind But I don't want to leave anybody behind I am afraid Push open the door to show The somber world of reality With haunting clarity The bright rivers that flowed For all of these years Are now muddy ponds Flooded with tragedy I'm a fly on the wall Inside my own head Where all that I know Is all that I dread Imagination becomes all I have left On the outside I'm blithe On the inside I'm dead Why must it be like this? Why does everything feel so amiss? Why do I feel this way? Why is life filled with total dismay? Oh, I try and I try, always to no avail I give it my all, and in turn I fail I long for a good day, yearn for peace of mind But I don't want to leave anybody behind I am afraid I long for a good day, yearn for piece of mind But I don't want to leave anybody behind
6.
Last Girl 01:13
Something here is quite amiss I am nowhere to be found We did not know how to be brave But you led me out You led me out of the ground You'll be the last girl I love One way or another Every time I look in a new direction I can't go
7.
Le Paradoxe 04:52
When will you stop trying to pretend That the game we play will ever see its end You wore that mask for too long But I will never play along Act one Move in place as the curtain draws You’re a blind fool searching through the light You put your heart on display And your emotions on stage I can’t act out the feelings They don’t quite portray Caught in a paradox It’s not your concern Here is my desperate attempt To be loved in return Hey, where is your weariness of soul? Your emotions are fled You left them with the crowd Behind the mask you’re just tired But I’ve been torn apart Act two Performance by reflection Your life is a chain of self-deception Act three Your mind is comatose Step back and watch yourself decompose You put your heart on display And your emotions on stage I can’t act out the feelings They don’t quite portray Caught in a paradox It’s not your concern Here is my desperate attempt To be loved in return You wore that mask for too long But I will never play along
8.
Dive 02:41
I slipped off the deep end So I could start to think straight again And all the things I couldn't do Just stayed away I'm stuck here at home I slowly sank to the bottom And let the pressure break me Then all the thoughts that clouded me Swam out to sea I’m stuck here at home Will you run back to me?
9.
Foolish Fire 03:38
I would not save myself If it meant saving you tonight But my train is rolling in And someone has to go out there and live So let me know when reality struck you Did it take your breath away, or did it choke? The entire world has its eyes all on you What is it you mean to say, or is it all a joke? Living has not turned out to be Anything that has to do with me And when I lay alone in this city I feel no one with me I feel so damn empty So let me know when reality struck you Did it take your breath away, or did it choke? The entire world has its eyes all on you What is it you mean to say, or is it all a joke? Those frozen hands of yours Always told me where to go: alone What if it all just stopped? And time could be manipulated by me? With your feet planted firmly in the marsh The foolish fire shows the way to your grace But you recede when you're approached You are no saint you're just a ghost Pulling travelers off their safe, worn out paths But you recede when you're approached You are no saint you're just a ghost
10.
I'm haunted by memories Things that you're too blind to see Lay down, stay close to me We'll hold tight and go back to sleep Shut down, go back to bed It won't hurt to rest your head Think on those things Better left unsaid My dreams are filled with dread This heart is as good as dead Like those things Better left unsaid She's been tortured in reverie By things she's not supposed to see My blood no longer close to me A poor soul turned to split debris I am a blind man gone astray Wandered in the slums of my mind When the old ghosts came hunting There was nowhere I could hide Shut down, go back to bed It won't hurt to rest your head Think on those things Better left unsaid My dreams are filled with dread This heart is as good as dead Like those things Better left unsaid Love is... ...Better left unsaid
11.
December 06:36
I stand alone on a street, barely noticed The leaves on your tree aren't falling just yet Love lost in a town where the air is so cold And my prayers don't get answered anymore I've never had a heart Is this what it's like Living with a void in your life? Nothing's worth dying for And I can't sleep in my own house Without hearing all those familiar sounds I've never, ever had a heart I walk alone through a life that's been broken Time on your knees will not help anyone Resolution is found buried deep in your chest No one will help you; just pull yourself out Pull yourself out On one cold December day I came and saw you one more time Snow was falling down From the big, gray clouds You can never leave the town where we grew up Guilt runs through my veins Just like the blood we share Is this what it's like Living with a void in your life? Nothing's worth dying for And I can't sleep in my own house Without hearing all those familiar sounds I've never, ever had a heart I know that I'll go blind When the road no longer winds Will you still speak to me When death is all I see? Guilt runs through my veins Just like the blood we share

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released January 8, 2016

All music written and performed by Sam Kingston.
Lyrics written by Richard Morin and Sam Kingston.
Additional vocals performed by Bella Dempsey and Richard Morin.
All songs recorded, mixed and mastered by Mike Moschetto at The Office Recording.
Album artwork illustrated by Karleigh Wickens, edited by Ryan LaFleur.

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Town Crier Suncook, New Hampshire

We are a two-man acoustic/folk rock music project from the great state of New Hampshire. Our debut full length, "Masks and Faces," is available now!

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