We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Used to walk these halls to give wings to dreams
Now I only pace to keep shakes at bay
Around me are towers that will never leave
Forgive the glass hidden in your ashes

I remember the first thought at your sight
I wanted us to grow as a mess
And I wouldn’t change a goddamn thing
Our tragedy is our perfection

These lips, my river bank
Every curve a wave
Rain was brought to my dry earth
I breathed you in every day
Our waters recede, and my reservoir is dry
But I’ll find a way
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning

I promise you I’ll never stop drowning

“Please go easy”, he said, as my head swam in air
God help me, it’s happening again
Clouds form overhead, I know damn well what that means
This flood is eternal
Long ago they were welcome, but that sun has set
Now I sink as silence deafens
Scars compound without end
True terror has a home here

False ripples and yellowed sky
Setting sun around me
With arched back, dark waves surround
I plunge into eternity
If I cannot sink in your ocean, I will gladly pour my own
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning
And I promise that this man still exists
I promise I am within this shell
I promise I am in here, somewhere
I know it’s impossible to tell
I promise I’ll never forget your waves, though god I wish I could
I promise you I’ll never stop drowning

I promise you I’ll never stop drowning

-

My final wave to innocence has been thrown

Still walking past walls, seeing messages written in blood
I think I’m at the bottom now, becoming one with the mud
I’m sorry to make things worse with every passing verse
I hate that I know the reasons why I sung those last words

My final wave to innocence has been thrown

Hot breath in mouth, glass eyes abyssal
See the message in words, and this true intent is dismal
No goodness in honesty while this open and released
A mouth praises vulnerability so ears can be deceived

My final wave to innocence has been thrown

Slide through skeletal remains, I try to avoid the red
A manifestation of despicable nature is the skull that looms overhead
The most pathetic moments are what I hope you’ll see
This ghastly visage has become me

My final wave to innocence has been thrown

credits

from They​’​re Closer Than You Think, released December 6, 2019
Music and lyrics by Alston
Additional guitars performed by Alston and Strom

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Alexander Alston image

Alexander Alston Texas

contact / help

Contact Alexander Alston

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Alexander Alston, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now