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Passenger

by Saving Kings

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1.
The Message 02:46
Hi this is-- --get back to you as soon as possible. Hey, uh, I just touched down and I'm waiting for the bus at this little shop and just thought I'd give you a call and tell you I'm here safely. Um...I was expecting you to pick up but I guess a message is fine. Uh, yea, I just wanted to say I missed you when I came back home. I tried calling you a couple times but you didn't pick up. Um, you know I went back to that beach and the breeze was just like old times, just like when we were there...whispering and stroking my skin... You remember? I mean, there was even the lightning; it was bright like fireworks, all the colors dashing against the cliff sides and the sand all warm and smooth. Over here it just rains all the time, sometimes snow. Either way it's just a cold hell. It's crazy, people don't even talk to each other, let alone sing like how we used to...the songs you taught me. It's not beautiful here like we imagined, nothing like our stories and our poetry. I look up into the rain and think I see those ocean eyes that I promised "forever" and I tell myself I still mean it. Huh...Now look where we are, me stuck at a drowning little coffee shop and you probably still sleeping...still sleeping. Look I know that you're over it and I should be too; I have my whole life, and I know if you actually listen to this message you'll say "woooooow." But then again, that's what you always say...or said...or... I guess what I'm trying to say is, I miss you more than you think you know, even after months, I can't just throw the memories out the window to drown... They float, and I can't. I just called so I could hear that voice one more time, maybe see you or hear you laugh at my stupid reasoning or reasons for trying. It doesn't feel like home here, just empty. No sand or sun. I still miss you that much, still holding on no matter what I do to try to let go. Look, I need you...and I l--
2.
Don’t slow down When has water ever fazed you Don’t falter now You still have some fight left in you Don’t settle now There are always times we lose Don’t sleep now Wake up Wake Up WAKE UP Seattle only remembers the brightest of days Until then staying dry is the only way While your heart hurls you through the purgatory sky Aeroplanes and red wine stains are left up God Turbulence disturbs only the ones who are afraid But apathy’s a pillow case that fakes away the pain So get up again Get up again
3.
The Stranger 04:24
Just a few more blocks We're almost there I know I'm seeing doubles But hang in there I'm barely hanging on I know it's dark And your tired and cold I can tell by the colour in your cheeks And the how the snow fumbles around Your breath See I don’t know you But I'm sure you Can see the toll Being a fool takes But I don't know you So I won't be rude I'll just hope I remember My words in the morning Just a few more steps Second floor Don't mind the neighbours Sometimes they get carried away With their hospitality Can you help me with my mask? It's so hard to breathe under all This apathy Although my face remains The sound of the laughs have changed See I don’t know you And I've had a few But neither of those facts Change the way you lay in my eyes See I don't know you But I want to love you Even if the gin tonic tequila Keeps stealing all my words You wouldn't think it But I need this And there's no place to go If there's no longer a home But I don't believe it We're here for a reason Is it possible that we Don't have to be strangers Just a few more minutes We're almost there Yea I've dropped the keys Eight hundred times I'm losing, I'm losing, losing control See I don't know you But I want to Show you who I really am Under all of this tough act It's all so secret I swear I mean it I know you're no stranger To the way I'm feeling See I don't know you Can I know you I just don't want to be A stranger
4.
Cinnamon 03:50
You put cinnamon in your hair last night And told me it would burst into a phoenix red "Come on over, I'll fix you something nice And we can talk until the morning warms the bed" Tracing coffee rings along the tabletop Is the sound of you singing your favourite songs I'm not in love with you, but I love how you're so alive Even so, it's not enough to make me sing along 'Cause it's all just all just learned behavior Not something I picked up over night Yea it's all just all just learned behavior So you can't blame me for my ways; I won't try To break this Learned behavior Dancing with an idea swirling in a glass We float between lines of my own poetry You pull my fingertips and tell me "Take a sip And loose your bones up from that hardened apathy" But it's all just all just learned behavior I didn't make this up over night Yea it's all just all just learned behavior So don't criticize the ways I don't try To break this "Try to break this!" It's going to take a while For what you taught me last night To get through my head I'm trying to bend "So bend!" Im trying to break "So break!" But these walls are perfect "Excuses!" I need to break"So break!" I need to break "So break your excuses!" Down Oh but it's all just all just learned behavior Not something I invent over night Yea it's all just all justlearned behavior So don't say its not enough just to try Since it's all just learned behavior Not something that I wanted to have Yea it's all just all just learned behavior So why should I change or try To break this? Try to break this Try to break this Just try
5.
If I could be anything in the world If I could be anything in the world If I could be anything in the world If I could be anything... I would be reflections in your eyes I would be bitterness in your wine I would be the wings you never disguise I would be the words you use to describe everything you hold inside If I could see anything in the world If I could see anything in the world If I could see anything in the world If I could see anything, oh anything I would see in all the ways you see I would see how you see right through me I would see the stone that's replaced my soul I would see the chemiluminescent glow that brings my heart out of its hole If I could hear anything in the world If I could hear anything in the world If I could hear anything in the world If I could hear anything I would hear your passion I would hear the songs saints sing for us in heaven I would hear the words I that will never whither I would hear the joy of every sinner as they are melted from their winters If I could feel anything in the world If I could feel anything in the world If I could feel anything in the world If I could... I would feel the way your heart drops, so I know how to pick you back up I would feel normal again I would feel the way you use your lips and touch my skin I would feel the flood and the burn and how the goodbye kiss cuts (2 3 4) If I could be anything in the world If I could be anything in the world If I could be anything in the world If I could be anything in the world I would be with you I would be without you I would be mine I would be yours
6.
Passenger 04:10
No you can’t stay for life This is not your home Forever is just an expression To escape the sensible The coffee and company was fine and no, I won’t ever forget you But all rebounds hit the ground I just happen to be shatterproof Don’t settle now Dodging cigarettes like responsibilities You’ve still got heart So let it beat again Sure you’ve got some wisdom But words lose their meaning Excuses and complaints Is just passive activity sure you’ve got good ideas But that’s all they’ll ever be Unless you step outside this complex And free yourself from me Don’t settle now Trying to fill holes with your broken tools You’ve still got heart So let it beat again Let it beat ‘Cause theres more to this life Than imitating your last summer More to this life Than digging up your old decembers It's not enough To sit in silent reminisce You need to live again You need to live... You’re not in love with me You’re in love with what you could be... I’ll drive you to the platform Airport or shuttle or pier But you better not stay a passenger To move you must take the wheel Don’t settle now Dodging cigarettes like responsibilities You’ve still got heart So let it beat Don’t falter now Put your heart back in your hands Your life calls out for a change of plans Don't overthink the obvious And stop counting cost and consequence
7.
Four minutes after Sunday, a man on the internet plays his acoustic guitar. His shaky falsetto wiggles through my ears And his words about heaven and hell remind me How real the ridiculous sounds. Five minutes into Monday, I take off my shirt and throw back the covers. Refrigerator whirs clink across the tile And bass shakes down the dresser into the carpet; How ridiculous reality sounds. Six minutes after Sunday, I squint at thirteen inches LED. Hair fumbles like silk curtains down your shoulders And espresso eyes remind me How I miss loving you. Seven minutes into Monday, all is silent. I invent reasons to replay conversations And debate one last cup of coffee in your honor; How I love missing you. Two minutes until Tuesday, I weave my way through faces at a harbor, Wishing one would be yours... How I'm going to miss you.

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The second chapter of the Saving Kings legacy.
Recorded and produced Fall 2014 by Jacob Dadisman

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released November 4, 2014

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