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Atmosphere
03:29
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LYRICS
our love it isn't new
but it never feels old
we leave each other hanging on, hangin on, hangin on
you keep opening the door
the years are flying by, flying by, flying by
like pages in the wind
but you and I both know
I'm caught in your atmosphere
close but I'm nowhere near
I thought that the sky would be clear
in your atmosphere
our love it isn't new
but it never feels old
there's too much calm before, calm before, calm before
forget what we're living for
too busy to love, busy to love — and too tired to cry
and it's been a long long while
I'm caught in your atmosphere
close but I'm nowhere near
I thought that the sky would be clear
in your atmosphere
our love it isn't new
but it never feels old
there is no black and white, black and white
at the end of the line
I'm caught in your atmosphere
close but but I'm nowhere near
I thought that the sky would be clear
I'm caught in your atmosphere
close but but I'm nowhere near
I thought that the sky would be clear
in your atmosphere, your atmosphere
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Dangerous
03:38
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LYRICS
I should pretend I know nothing about you
I've seen your photos, heard the second hand
I've tried to keep my distance, seems I'm in collision with you
I go out hoping that you'll walk in the room
my friends all tell me that it's too much
you've got a reputation, but I don't see it weighing you down
every time we touch and I start to feel the rush
I don't love you, but I want your love
oh I know feeling ain't enough, when the going gets tough
but this feeling keeps on creeping on up
maybe I'm saying too much, I should be giving you up
I need someone I can trust, but I want dangerous
yes I have known it from the moment we met
I can read between the lines
though I've got good intentions the contradiction is clear
every time we touch and I start to feel the rush
I don't love you, but I want your love
oh I know feeling ain't enough, when the going gets tough
but this feeling keeps on creeping on up
maybe I'm saying too much, I should be giving you up
I need someone I can trust, but I want dangerous
I've never been someone to follow the rules
but I can see some things ain't good
every time we touch and I start to feel the rush
I don't love you, but I want your love
oh I know feeling ain't enough, when the going gets tough
but this feeling keeps on creeping on up
maybe I'm saying too much, I should be giving you up
I need someone I can trust, but I want dangerous
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Strong Enough
04:29
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LYRICS
fathers and sons, don't get taught how to love
just keep your chin up, keep acting tough
fathers and sons, don't learn how to cry
oh the anger glorified, the rest we learn to hide
looking in the mirror, I do not recognize
the reflection of a self I've synthesized
the image I've projected, I've come to realize
is a reflection of a self, I have denied
could I be strong enough,
to say when I've had enough
to carry on when I feel like giving up
could I be strong enough,
strong enough to admit when I am wrong
strong enough, to admit I need someone
could I be strong enough
mothers and daughters, don't get taught to love yourselves
when they say you're beautiful, is it ever enough
mothers and daughters, learn not to speak up
for the sake of someone else, you learn to hide yourself
looking in the mirror, I do not recognize
the reflection of a self I've synthesized
the image I've projected, I've come to realize
is a reflection of a self, I have denied
could I be strong enough,
to say when I've had enough
to carry on when I feel like giving up
could I be strong enough,
strong enough to admit when I am wrong
strong enough, to confess I need someone
could I be, could I be strong enough
could I be strong enough,
to say when I've had enough
to carry on when I feel like giving up
could I be strong enough,
strong enough to admit when I am wrong
strong enough, to admit I need someone
could I be strong enough
to carry on when I feel like giving up
could I be strong enough
strong enough to confess I need someone
could I be, strong enough
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4. |
Ladder To The Sun
03:46
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LYRICS
we were living out of basements, hitting all the pavement
working odd jobs just to buy a little time to spend
there's got to be a better thing coming
moved out to the city and we hit the ground running
we were just kids and we had big plans
to make a little money but I haven't seen you round in years
I haven't seen you in years
am I the only one, wondering what went wrong
I was hung up on everything it cost
or maybe I just didn't want it bad enough
now when I see you at the parties,
and you're acting like you know me
looking over shoulders for someone to get you closer to it
yeah you know I'm happy that you made it somehow
you got a little money but I don't like what it's done to you
look what it's done to you
I'm not the only one, wondering what went wrong
I was hung up on everything it cost
or maybe I just didn't want it bad enough
oh where did we get lost
I couldn't help but believing you were out of touch
we were trying to climb a ladder up to the sun
trying to climb a ladder, trying to climb a ladder
we were living out of basements, hitting all the pavement
working odd jobs and it feels like
I'm not the only one, wondering what went wrong
I was hung up on everything it cost
or maybe I just didn't want it bad enough
I'm not the only one, wondering what went wrong
I was hung up on everything it cost
or maybe I just didn't want it bad enough
oh where did we get lost
I couldn't help but believing you were out of touch
we were trying to climb a ladder up to the sun
trying to climb a ladder, trying to climb a ladder
we were trying to climb a ladder up to the sun
trying to climb a ladder, trying to climb a ladder
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Small Wonders
03:45
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LYRICS
put a picture in the frame, folded the laundry,
greeted you warmly, in the morning light
the coffee stains erased, the mail sorted
to bring some order, to my disordered mind
not a cynic but I struggle to be hopeful
and when you notice, is when I know
the only god I've seen,
moves so quickly in between
details and dreams
requited love, holding a child
the scent that follows rain,
or the wind that breaks like waves
and i am found, listening for the sound
what you see in the world
I see in you now
the simple things the first I took for granted,
you won't understand this, until you're grown
the animals that speak in all your stories
in allegory, how it could be
the only god I've seen,
moves so quickly in between
details and dreams
requited love, holding a child
the scent that follows rain,
or the wind that breaks like waves
and i am found, listening for the sound
what you see in the world
I see in you now
a light so briefly in these bodies we have named
the smallest wonders, they illuminate the way
when you're seeing the world,
like I'm seeing you now
the memories that I speak of so fondly,
passed without knowing what I do now
though you have found joy, you will know sadness
wonders and magic, don’t let go
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6. |
December
03:33
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LYRICS
early morning, snow is falling
covering the boulevard
I should be sleeping, I'm still reeling
wondering just where you are
last evening, all your secrets
came to the surface and you said that you were leaving
I was frozen, in the moment
as the figures on the gifts we left unopened
there's something different in the atmosphere
it feels so empty now without you....
there's people wishing on a holy star
echoing the chorus of the angel choir
I wanted to believe in a brand new start
but all that I've been left with is a broken heart
snow is swirling, and I am yearning
couldn't see that we had drifted apart
you tried to reach me, but I was needed
somewhere other than where you are
there's something different in the atmosphere
there's people wishing on a holy star
echoing the chorus of the angel choir
I wanted to believe in a brand new start
but all that I've been left with is a broken heart
and when the lights are burning, i know there's no returning
in spite of these comforting sounds
i wanted something better
but when it comes December
I'm growing colder every time i hear
there's people wishing on a holy star
echoing the chorus of the angel choir
I wanted to believe in a brand new start
but all that I've been left with is a broken heart
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7. |
Play Pause Rewind
03:52
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LYRICS
as a child I was romantic, all I could imagine
everything was automatic, what I’d become
but nothing came so easy, or ever so completely
no signal ever clearly, seemed to arrive
I, I’m feeling left behind
I keep pushing play, pause, and rewind
were the best years all behind me
were they the high and now I’m sliding
am I lost or am I hiding?
oh I’ll return to you
I’ve heard the greatest sadness, comes in expanses
between vacant glances, I feel alone
beneath the veil of virtue, lies the naked truth
my best intentions, fall into ruins
I, I’m feeling left behind
I keep pushing play, pause, and rewind
were the best years all behind me
were they the high and now I’m sliding
am I lost or am I hiding?
oh I’ll return to you
all my hesitations, and lost constellations
now reverberations, in distant time
I, I’m feeling left behind
I keep pushing play, pause, and rewind
were the best years all behind me
were they the high and now I’m sliding
am I lost or am I hiding?
what was I hoping I would find
or was it always there beside
oh I'll return to you
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8. |
Lighter Side Of Blue
04:09
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LYRICS
I was singing in the dark
of every hotel bar
trying to keep the spirit up
with a hole in my pocket and a broken guitar
all the people I met
all the times that they said
can you play something happy
we could all sing along, but I can't pretend no I
I don't know, what I'm so down about
I keep trying to climb on out
every night, when I'm singing
moving closer to the lighter side of blue
to the lighter side of blue
always caught in the middle
between the light and the shadow
nobody says it out loud
but there's a comfort in the quiet of a darkened house
when the ghost comes around
guess I'm living with it now
I don't listen when it howls
I just turn the music up and I drown it out, no I
I don't know, what I'm so down about
I keep trying to climb on out
every night, when I'm singing
moving closer to the lighter side of blue
to the lighter side
what the hell is wrong with me
for all the light, I cannot see
there's a dark cloud hanging over all I do
and I wonder if I'll ever make it through
to the lighter side of blue
to the lighter side of blue
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Zaac Pick Vancouver
Songwriter-singer, professional day-dreamer.
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