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How to Say Goodbye

by Chase the Monkey

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1.
Trolley Car 03:34
when everything you are lives to drive a trolley car the sidewalk softens underneath your feet I’m thinking about my footsteps on the street when the fire you collect doesn’t leave you circumspect but blazing trails to candy-coated stars you smile and ride the rails soapbox ventures, shoebox tales populate your conversations your concerns and where you are I think about you while I’m driving driving in my car and I’m shaken in my shirt future grabs me by the shoulders in his eyes, his soul he smolders big bad boulders bring the hurt I am shaking in my shoes future grabs me by the wrist drags me off into the mist and insists I toss my blues yeah, he’s coming after you when everything you’re not shows you everything it’s got a spring storm rages underneath your skin hail to the clouds raindrops riot on on the windshield each impact lets a voice into the wind disdain, dissent, and disarray do not disarm the disillusion deeply dissolved into my blood and I’m thinking about everyone I love and I’m shaken in my shirt future grabs me by the shoulders in his eyes, his soul he smolders big bad boulders bring the hurt I am shaking in my shoes future grabs me by the wrist drags me off into the mist and insists I toss my blues he’s coming after you!
2.
Lined Paper 04:02
I tried to draw a picture on this page but it’s now erased, and that’s the end this paper won’t let me take chances on people or pencils or places I’ve never been as perspective now eludes me the shapes disappear from my mind like the look in your eyes when you signal the softest goodnight may you dream tears of joy and delight or anger and sadness if you like but me I’ve got nothing but lined paper in my sights it’s all one emotion, the rest and commotion the starting and the stopping of your heart while I sit hunched over the mean old lined paper lacking the will to commit acts of art as perspective now eludes me the shapes disappear from my mind like look in your eyes when you signal the softest goodbye may you cry tears of joy and delight or anger and sadness if you like but me I’ve got nothing but lined paper in my sights I couldn’t draw anyway so why did I bother today to dig out the mean old lined paper that takes my ideas and steals them away?
3.
1961 02:48
slip a sock onto my left foot right foot I am going to the store keep in mind I’ll have to duck and cover when I open up the door I remember looks of lifeless terror trading eyes around the room as they were calling out mayday mayday unanticipated plans for public doom the year was 1961 a quiet call came whispered the news death had fallen from the sky while you put on your plastic shoes now I’m having thoughts of lifeless terror as I lie down in my bed a single toggle switch, a single error and we could all be dead the year was 1961 a quiet call came whispered the news death had fallen from the sky put on my special plastic shoes aaaaaaaaaagggghhhhhhh
4.
here I am lyring on the floor playing my 1970s guitar and it’s had so much more experience than I have I’m a kid stumbling wide eyed through life I’m a man looking for some new insight to write down quick, before I’m dead search my entire head for something that’s never been said try as I might I don’t know why I can’t write still I have to find something to occupy me tonight did you see that bird fly overhead? you asked me no I was stuck in my head looking down gaze fixed upon the ground my head up in the clouds you pull me right back down and I am alright my old friend he is terminal 40 years old now the glue comes unstuck and he folds cracked ribs, they lead the way too sick to save they say on his every dying day I’ll hear him sing here I am lyring on the floor playing my 1970s guitar and it’s had so much more experience than I have
5.
I was on my way to meet a friend down on tenth street when a masked man crept up from behind he punched me, kicked me took all my money he bruised me and broke me and left me to die no one gets away from a man in a mask and I ask myself why whoa, I’ll give it a try as I stared up at the ceiling in crept a strange new feeling I wanted revenge I made my own mask and trained for a new task soon I would take to the streets no one gets away from a man in a mask and I ask myself why whoa, I’ll give it a try I was walking down the street with my mask pulled down tight over my face looking for evildoers to stop dead in their tracks, when I saw the man that bashed my face in and I was scared but I knew exactly what I had to do no one gets away from a man in a mask and I ask myself why whoa, I’ll give it a try yeah I gave it a try
6.
Tree Song 04:16
something’s just not right as I watch the blackest crows take flight pronouncing another dead trees serve as their runways I watch them run away they’re busier than me you know dehydrated trees whispering in response to the gentle breeze letting go, burying their dead leaves raining down decomposed, soaked up by the ground emulating what they crave so much when fall comes in july one by one I watch them die a flame is extinguished before it ignites I see it in the leaves but I feel it in the air that we breathe abandoned dreams, left out in the sunlight braking through it’s beautiful, but it’ll kill you we need a certain balance to survive In a state of drought we all start to doubt our true colors in a state of doubt we forget all about our true colors no red, orange, or yellow no our true colors don’t show anymore extinguished before we ignite
7.
come along with me and we’ll go and see a special plastic place where your soul gets erased where all your hopes and dreams float within your reach for a happy free facade I waited in a line speakers, voice of god sold me a special plastic lie this place is not so new it lives inside of you now you came with me and you got to see how quickly, quietly you’re thrown into the sea and if you’re stupid enough to open your mouth don’t let the water in they can’t take your fists and they can’t take your heart you’ve got your consciousness
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9.
Willingly 07:22
As summer comes to a close I can’t help but notice that the leaves weren’t as green as they used to be but then there’s me Most of mine are dead and gone dead and gone but that’s alright  with me I’ll watch them float  off slowly And when I’m bare I’ll be home those who fly and keep a watchful eye until the sky opens up old wind whispers in my ear and I know I’m finished here finished here I will fall willingly and I’ll return to the earth fulfilling the endless cycle of living and dying laughing and crying helping and hurting my peers I won’t shed a single tear But they want to take that away Oh, the words that I wish I could say I’ve made up my mind that people are maligned and I stand resolute I’ll stick to my roots as they start up their saws and I’ll give one final salute As I’m martyred and murdered by force and by choice I’ll run from no one though it’s never been done and I don’t even have a voice or a say in this I still fall willingly and I’ll return to the earth, fulfilling the endless cycle of living and dying laughing and crying and helping and hurting my peers I’ll shed just a couple tears
10.
Untitled 02:56
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11.
Goodbye 02:50
a friend’s imagination made the south dakota summer rains come rolling down and wash away my fear of waking up trading words and songs and sighs we strummed and sang and fantasized about packing bags and cutting ties and running into the wind no shoes too big footsteps too faint to follow but I don’t know how to say goodbye so I’ll sit just tight and bide my time remember that kid I went to school with who spoke his mind, didn’t give a shit about checking boxes off his list of of prep school promises? he needed help, a heart lonely he couldn’t let that revolver be and oh my god, I can’t believe they shot him right in the head it was an accident but no easier to swallow and to this day I have never said goodbye so I’ll just sit tight and wait to die I woke up oh my friend you just up and ran away RUN! RUN!

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This album has been a long time coming, and it's finally here! Our debut LP!

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released August 2, 2015

Alberto Sewald - Guitar/Vocals
Paige Suvick - Drums
Matt Hanson - Bass/Vocals

Trumpet on Lined Paper by Brendan Kinzler
Recorded and Mixed by J. Vega at the Wilderness Recording Studio
Cover Photo by Cory Pullen

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