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Conceptual DEMOS

by Ryan Lawson

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1.
A Mountain 04:38
If you see me trying then there's nothing more that you can do If you catch me trying then I'll try my hardest to blame you It's the same damn thing that we've all heard before That trite and true that you want to ignore It gets caught up in the throat and makes the heart a little sore How about instead of choke you just try opening the door When I want to change I rearrange the living room Tear the cobwebs from the ceiling with an old, rotten broom that I bought when I was younger and I moved out on my own in an efficiency apartment that I called my home With the banks of snow in winter on the old windowsills painted shut and made of splinters all the cold drafts I'd feel And, the lovers, I remember what we had we thought was real Love is not for the beginner it's a mountain not a hill It's the challenge we all face when we're forced to recollect on how we hurt each other just to save our own necks to preserve a way of living that we say we wanted walls so weak that they cry when they are confronted But, I still remember where I found my soul In a tall field full of stickers I thought it was gold But, it wasn't, I was better and full of stories untold Hell, I thought I'd died for forever until I found out that I could grow
2.
Fred 03:11
I got a gun, I got a gun inherited from my Uncle he was smart his name was Fred and, his sweet wife, my Aunt Wandra gave it to my father said, "Ryan will like this" And, I did, I went behind the house shot it in the field, a 30-30 round smacked into the hill I saw the flying dirt It kicked hard, but it did not hurt My gun, my gun used to be my Papa's it was like his ghost in my grip He taught my dad and his brothers how to pull the lever but he died when I was six My gun is a Winchester with a dark wood stock The safety's on when the hammer is half cocked.
3.
I focus on the past too much and revel in my sin I pace around this old damn house with the projects I began But, tossed aside as they collapsed and I wanted to be shut in Until I was haunted by their ghosts and brought back in again When they whisper that you're alone that's okay because you're stoned The things you part with, the one you started, the one you left has gone away I figured how to succeed just hang to the rails of life If you're determined to burn down in flames its hard to not think twice The loved ones you have crossed the paths you've walked and the beds you've made All the times when you lit out and you probably should have stayed
4.
The Tree 04:08
You got the last word It's what you wanted Because, I'm too old and dim to know not when to offer the good I come with And, you've seen to put it all on me Kind of shines a light on how effectively you delve out all your misery And, I was so upset I went to walking in the snow The sky was concrete gray, and my fingers and toes were cold But, I couldn't get lost I had seen it all before The only difference now was getting it out seemed like a fucking chore I'll see you babe just not tonight when I run out of my excuses I'll drink your whiskey like it's mine I put a lot of effort in the things that I believe When I made you cry I could have died I should have offered you my sleeve But, I didn't do that It'd take too much out of me I might be weak like a blade of grass but I'm stubborn as a tree And, I remember I remember being young I remember guarding my heart with the sharp edge of my tongue With all those words, now All of those things, now All of those prayers I tucked inside the folded part of me now
5.
You want to build a fire then you're going to need some wood an empty case of busch beer may work good keep that tinder bundle dry and off of the ground made of the wood fibers and all the other shit you found Hey, buddy, do you think you could lend a spark this fire building has gotten to be an art it's a calm ritual that I seem to love a lot it is a get away to stare into when I am feeling shot You want to build a fire then you're going to need a hole something deep and wide enough for the bed of coals throw on all the boughs and the heavy trucks let the smoke chase you around breathe it in your lungs You want to build a fire then you have to treat it right and tend to all its needs throughout the night when the sun comes up and you are cold just throw another piece of wood down on the coals
6.
Spider Song 03:04
I think the spider outside of my window up and died last night up and died last night The fogged rolled in soon as the wind blow brought the frost that bites the frost that bites She used to catch little things when they flew by she wrapped them up, they died wrap them up and they die Waving with beauty in the moonlight she died so naturally I thought it was a crime And, if you think about all the time that we spent doing the dishes and trying to pay the rent the sun is gone now, and I wonder where it went did it go away? Now, the hedges all shiver in the cold air winter stripped them bare so, what are they to bare? Your webbing still hangs on the sidewall but you're no longer there oh, you fell from there

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released October 29, 2014

Ryan Lawson guitar and vocals

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