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oscarsongs

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1.
Well I've tried to hold on Even when, the night was dawn All for not, I am alone Forsaken my own home And so I learned to call out Even when, my shadows doubt What I got was no surprise I saw birds first, then sunrise So now I'll try to let you in Even when, I've closed again. Like a flower, I am too- It means we'll open when day is new
2.
The world is full of people who are brilliant and strong But sometimes that doesn't cut it; Things can still go so wrong. You can get it, get it, get it, get it together And still wonder where we belong. We collectively sustain a broken bridge Because it keeps us at work And on our feet as controlled by the elite. Which is why we all need each other To glue the pieces of this broken bridge together To see new sights. To live new lives. So that the dying dreams of a billionaire may never survive.
3.
The cancer scare found me too And all the times we got high seemed to be so low. You're cycling faster than I can on this shit bike. Whoever stole those bikes of mine likely aren't happy. I said, "what's bigger than fear is the fear of fear." You said, "but that's still just fear." We've heard that progression before. You know the feeling. You know the feeling. (I just got a text from Jefre Cantu-Ledesma)
4.
Look at all these happy me's Lucky to be The citizenry of My heavenly kingdom None of them brainwashed by Filthy outsiders' abominable lies That I'm some kind of evil guy Why would I subject my subjects to such dreck? Hence, there's no World Wide Web Nobody minds They're all too busy just trying to Cope with famine and disease No anesthesia In my North Korea Where I'll never feed ya Lovin' the juche way (Arirang!) Pour me some Henne Before I go on teli Hey Today is my birthday so Hey Though you're all thirsty Say Just how much you love D.P.R.K. Hey It's always my birthday so Hey Though you're all thirsty Stay You know you can't leave anyway My fellow comrades Say just how much you love D.P.R.K.
5.
(Humming) You don't say hi to me so I don't say hi to you You won't smile at me so I won't smile at you So, so what's next? So, so what's next? I see you standing there, you see me standing here. Thoughts of approaching you are filling me with fear. So, so what's next? So, so what's next? So, so what's next? In the scheme of things I will never though my heart it stings and my paranoia's chasing me Although we both must know That we are far too stubborn to ever let our feelings show. Sometimes I find that I'm talking to myself. If I said something wrong so much for mental health. Why'd I say that? Why'd I say that? I look over at you seeming so calm and cool If I go talk to you, I'll look like such a fool. So I won't go So I won't go So I won't go I will let you be We may never Get the chance to see If a conversation builds to shatter All we thought we knew. If you do not say hi to me, then I will not say hi to you and I will not say hi to you and I will not say hi to you. (humming)
6.
White Salmon and cape horn. Do I regret coming north? Morning shall break soon over my frail frame. Hope I find solace and I pray. Oh I do. It's 3am of uncut joy Streets they shake while my mind moans. Bottom feeding on hopes and your uncut jokes. Bottom feeding on joy and uncut jokes. Echoes from the moment; a distant age. Until the quiet comes I sleep away the day. Your touch always comes like a strike. Keep me awake, a fever dream. Keep me awake, I'm somewhere lost between. It's 3am of uncut joy Streets they shake while I moan. Bottom feeding on hopes and your uncut jokes. Bottom feeding on dreams and uncut jokes.
7.
Let’s not even ask how all this trouble came to pass, or how it came to be that you see me as an enemy Well there you go telling me what I already know- did you forget I know things that haven't happened yet? Do what you need to do to kill whatever's eating you and I'll try to be alright but I dream about it every night So leave me be, I just don't have the energy to lead you on- I can see when something good is gone. Well I don't want to fight, I just wanna hear you say I'm right. So tired of keeping score- fuck it, I can't do this anymore. Well there you go telling me what I already know- like you forgot I can hear you thinking every thought. So leave me be- this is literally killing me alright I was wrong, I can see when something good is gone.
8.
I’m just looking for some kind of answers, you know, some kind of advice. I want to become wise; I want to learn about the way things are. Maybe there’s someone out there who can show me the way. You don’t need to learn; advice is not what you need. You must unlearn all things of which you took heed. I guess I’m not really sure what you’re saying by that. So I should stop reading books, stop learning from people? I’d say I’m a very passionate person -- very passionate about learning. I’m a scholar; I’m a student of life. I’m looking for some meaning, and I can’t find meaning by forgetting everything that I know. Can I? You are at fault already in your search for meaning. You must too stop the search and start the process of weaning Yourself from the knowledge you suckle within, And know that the end is where you begin, For the start, the middle, and end are all one, And one, of course, is not one without none. Thanks, I appreciate the poetry and the esoteric ideas, to a degree. Your words remind me of something one of my baby-sitters used to say: "if you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." But to be honest, I still don't get it.
9.
I want you different but it's not what I want to mean. I think what I mean is just bleach yourself clean, I know you're still pure but I want you in season. I know it's fucked in the head but the only way I can get up from bed, it seems as if I change you for no reason. So before you dye yourself red with only spite in your head, think if it's worth all the blood and self treason, and before you run away please just let me say I never thought that change would be so even. Oh Rosalie you broke the machine, you spilled water on the deleter. All I wanted was an abuser but she broke my computer and now I'm stuck logged on as the only user. But oh I get this shock every time that it turns off and the tones she typed never seem to lose their impression. It's like she doesn't mean that she hates it when I'm not clean, but instead she hates that to me she's just an expression. Oh little bell I hope this finds you well and the heroin that you shoot up gives you some feeling. I'm afraid you're too far gone so instead of calling I wrote you a song, to say I hope in your bones there is still meaning
10.
Walking down a path My body's been here before The view, it makes me tremble all over. Oh, the peace is overwhelming. Now I have to leave. You no longer serve us In fact you never did. I was manipulated In thinking I had nothing to give. But I do. So I came here A good place to hide and take it easy And in other ways, die inside. Sometimes you see it in another You are reminded to live And what you have to give is true true
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12.
Looking at the fragile and the work we left untouched, Holding on to anything that still doesn't feel lost. Up and down the stairs where our feet could still touch This soil underneath desperate to loose sight. Ooh we lost touch; Times we will not see, How to keep track When I don't see.

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The oscarsongs compilation was curated by David Allred!

oscarson no. 10

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released December 3, 2016

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