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1. |
At Dawn (Theme)
01:30
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Instrumental
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2. |
Glacier
11:22
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A dark turn
Catching passion with a string
Ballot box on fire
at the call of the loon
It’s true—we all fall down
we all fall down
we all fall down
A chaplain’s glacier
Melts in suburban homes
All those dreams retired
at the last light of the sun
It’s true—we’ve seen the world
suspended in
cosmic tears
Running at flags on the moon
Sitting in diners on the moon
Little frustrations on the moon
Wishing you knew better on the moon
Giving away possessions
with no thought
They mean nothing to you anymore
Here I am
freezing on the moon
No lounge chairs here, so sorry—
Giving away recessions
with no money
They are a pissing contest of
the highest order
Here you are
slamming on the moon
No needles here, so fucking sorry
Did a little bit of . . .
Don’t wanna tell mommy (well, isn’t that cute?)
Don’t wanna tell daddy
He’ll take you out
with one shot (goddamn it!)
Floating
Seizing all those men
Stopping all those men
don’t enter in
don’t enter in
“I’m gonna tell mommy, daddy”
Giving away lifetimes
with no more chances
They’ve taken all our friends
all our hard work gone
to some corporation
built to let us die
A stark stern
Catching fire with a ring
Tiny box of ashes
worn like a stupid medal
It’s true—they went
underground (2x)
A melted glacier
Water sopping wet
All those lives expired
at the last slice of the dawn
It’s true—we’re all
gonna fail (2x).
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3. |
Span
03:30
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How can you wake me up
in the night and scream
It’s an amalgam of messes
I cannot contain
It’s not that I don’t want
to see your face
or wake up in your arms
It’s just too hard to think
someday you’ll just dissipate
If I could break shit in this room, I would
If I could break your heart in pieces, I should
If I could make all the right moves
in all the right places
in all the right ways
in this world and others
through space and through time
Maybe you’d want to be mine again
If I ever see your figure
pressing onto the trigger
it will grasp with echoing grandeur
A leveled out boon
racing for the trap door
I’m bound to drop down forever
And somewhere a span
of lingering sands
will wash on the blistering wound
A truncated dune
across all the lands.
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4. |
Fallout
04:41
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Gutters bled out water, leaves
City traffic fills my head with ash
Scatters over grass like a greyscape
Hallucinogens are all that feel good anymore
Are all that let me see anymore
There’s a chill in the summer
on a screen that’s hoping for more
Promise me some time alone
that’s just us in a field with burnt roses
It’ll be the last time
we’ll hear each other’s voices
I’m what you hoped for, right?
There’s a dead deer on the road
and its child weeps over the bones
We are what you hoped for, right?
There’s a star burnt out in the sky
and it can’t find its galaxy
My dreams aren’t what I’d hoped for
I’m in love with danger
and I can’t feel my hands
to sense what’s coming next
I’m in love with fear
and I can’t feel my head
to know what’s gone down
I’m in love with the tremors
and I can’t feel the quakes
under my feet
I only need me to save me
God can’t help anyone now
I only need me to save me
There is only me to save me.
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5. |
Epochal
06:30
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I’m sorry I’ve been distant
Can’t even find me on a map anymore
I’m sorry it’s uncomfortable
The elephant in the room is me
But if you need me
go in the bubble and spell it out
Don’t blindly bifurcate
Don’t shout at the ether
as one would down static halls
Adjuvant kids
in their incubators
I’m sorry if it’s unbelievable
The elephant in the bathtub is me
But if you need somebody
go in your bubble and sleep sound.
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6. |
At Midday
02:21
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Instrumental
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7. |
Humanity
04:56
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Simple as the highest peak
on the whirlwind back of a whale
Chirp of a starling withering,
wholesome as a fairy tale
I wish sometimes I were as
fucked up as you
and other times I bury the truth
Simple as the highest peak
on a mountain too high to climb
But that, my dear, is humanity
Wish it was easier to see it through
And that, my dear, is the long and short
of this story with eons to go
Simple as the world’s raging fire
in the forests that once stood tall
Whistle of a lost, stale version of you
that wandered these paths before
Simple as the questions
that a child will ask his mom
Later, a life will come to its end
and that child will understand
I wish sometimes you were as
strong as me
and other times you bury yourself
Simple as the highest ledge
you could just as much jump further down.
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8. |
Anthropocene
03:10
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It’s those later days
that really get me
The days we didn’t fight
to save what’s ours
The days the era took over
and spread the last of us so thin
When it rained down monsters
we all went indoors
Can’t make inferences from silence
or take drivel from stores
It’s given me quite a lot
to think about and ponder
The flesh we didn’t press
and the fluids not spilled over
We asked the gods “when did
this happen?”
When the clouds spat out androids
we all went outside
Can’t make lovers out of paper
or the things we’d love to hide.
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9. |
Strata
04:46
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“Maybe I’m okay with there being nothing left,
maybe I’m okay as the world falls apart”
Danny looked in his eyes
and knew there was nothing left
It sat as crumpled paper at the stoop
Love, that is
We are just fleeting
We are only fleeting
All the memories
stuck in the strata
It’s all so fleeting
Can’t you recall what you did
when I was 16
You can’t even refrain from saying
it all so loudly
It cracked my heart in three
and one piece went missing
My god, I need a friend right now
My god, I need something
to drown it out
My god, I need a friend right now
My god, I want to hear the silence
I’m gonna beg for the silence
I’m gonna hope for resilience
Now that you’re gone
I’m gonna pray to stand upright
Gonna pray when things are not right
My god, I need a friend
Could really use what I’ve never had
and I don't know where to start.
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10. |
Walk
05:11
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If only you couldn’t remember
If only you would just forget
If only I could just reverse, retry
Maybe it could have been something
See you on the other side, he said
See you where I wonder now
I don’t want to walk away
but how can I stay
when you make it so hard to want to?
I don’t want to waste your time
but how can I not
when you’re dying on the table?
If only you took the time to see
If only you went down another road
If only I could make those old things
right again, I would see what you
had said to me all those times
I can’t imagine what
it feels like
to be stuck like that
Please god tell me how the fuck
do I get out of this place?
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11. |
Stillness
04:05
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Terror in nine words
“Don’t hit me up unless you truly want me”
I’m certain there’s no one
behind the curtain
but we can test that out
we can test that out
I am living in vain
to what I want to be
I am so locked down
from what I used to be
I am turning the tables
of the things I see
nurturing stillborn dreams
I’m tired of the world
refusing to spin
I’m tired of the masses
spitting at me
I’m tired of confusion
I’m tired of the shame
I’m tired of the answers
that all seem the same
I’m tired of incubation
I’m tired of dull sensation
I’m tired of the stillness
that wraps itself in me
I know you tried to change
the ending
but it was the ending that changed us.
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12. |
At Sunset
02:00
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Instrumental
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Evan Schafer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
My name is Evan Schafer. I am an indie musician with a strong grounding in traditional composition, but the material always has a unique flair. I guarantee not being bored out of your gourd when turning on one of the records. I produce, mix, and engineer everything myself, and have done so since late 2005. ... more
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