1. |
Imposter
02:11
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Its cold.
Why do i feel like
I always leave early
The hum in my head says
The fun starts without me
(Why do i feel like
They just dont want me)
Its cold
Outisde
I hide
Your hand
I roll
My eyes
And watch
You dance
And hold arm out
So when you fall
You wont have to
To miss me at all.
Its warm
Inside.
Curls fall, youre right.
Our winter Romance.
Untucked and swept up
Tapping your tummy
Let it start without me.
Its warm
(and im wandering round the streets tonight)
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2. |
Night Ride
02:12
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I ate the icecream
The one thats now killing me
Eating my insides
Like how my feelings used to be
Just cus you made it
I feel so desperate
I should be concious
But i love your smile too much
I rode my bike out
Into the darkness
Listening to your songs
Taking shitty pictures
I watch all this t.v
While they met and hung out
I wasnt so lucky
But i found you that enough
Gotta find a window
Sleeping with them open
Thinking of the summer
Sleeping in yer hot room
Everything is different
Good but just real different
I guess thag im just a chump
Who wants to be a lil smarter
Please just stick your tounge out
I just wanna suck it
I would ride my bike
Everynight if you worked
Everynight
If you asked me
Just like that song
Said
And even
If you
Didnt. ×2
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3. |
Nap Sept 10
02:11
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You're sleeping
In my bedroom
I can hear you
And each breath that you take
Feeling so good that you're near
And you're dreaming
I'm not sure what of
I hope that i'm not being creepy
Hope you're thinking of us
Did i wake you?
Wish that you'd spend the night
The fall is way to pretty
To spend all day inside
And all my friends here
They'll all get bored of me
And all my friends here
They won't stay friends with me
They all forget me
But it's alright if they do
Cuz you adore me
And when i fall asleep
You bet i am thinking of you.
And i was fine before i met you
But now i'd crumble here without you
So while you sleep the day away
I sit and stare and try to pray
For things i think but i can't say.
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4. |
Seashore
02:17
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The swimming pools start to get empty right around now
And all my friends ive got have got it figured out
And i guess i could write you a another song
And you could hear it and proceed to move on
Sometimes I feel like the black plague
Dont know if you can shake a case of me
Wondering how you feel when im this
Wondering how you feel at all
And i dont know anyone, anymore
And i dont know anyone, anymore
All my friends grew up at the sea shore
It was four years later in the back of the car
I promise not to text you whoever you are
And i found myself relieved when
She helped me swim out the deep end
Constant slipping, every other third month
Start to thinking, will i feel like how i want?
Wondering why i don't care about about my phone
Not so preoccupied with feeling all alone
And i dont know anyone, anymore
And i dont know anyone, anymore
All my friends grew up at the sea shore
You start to make me believe in something
I start to cry while you’re taking
Like i need like god to forget
Youre the only got i’d needed.
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5. |
Special in You
02:27
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I was searching for something perfect i was taking pictures of the leaves / I would walk around just finding out what this world means to me / not expecting something perfect , always romanticize the facts, when you happened to come trip and stumble right upon my lap.
Something real something new, something special, something special in you
Why’d i imagined your hands were hidden?, I was thinking of my lucky past / I rubbed your feet to kill the tension / you cozied up and took a nap /i had thought about full death and boredom/ i lay and kissed you on the cheek/ i might have about 80 more years/ would you spend that time with me
(You’ll always be)
Something real something new, something special, something special in you
Sit on my chest (tounge), write (claw at) on my skin, i want it all, i am all in
I just wanna play drums on your tummy
I just wanna come off kinda funny
I just wanna sing like british guys
Cuz i know you like british guys
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6. |
NEW IAN RIED
00:47
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I know Amar loves Vince, that‘s how we met, it‘s a small world
But it’s a far time since, I stopped rapping I stopped curling
Up in a ball, the world’s an oyster but I‘m not pearl
And though I rock a sweatshirt time-to—time I am not
One for punchlines at least sometimes
Some people say I’m not one for fun times
Cause when it comes time or when my time comes
I freak at parties talking problems until I’m one
And when I‘m done I go home to a glass house
I throw stones til I pass out and then I’m done
First album was like add 3 stacks to re: acks and read back
But I won’t repeat that, you’ll want the old Ian Reid back
I’m on my New York,
My days long, my fuse short
My face long, my ho bad
Next album‘s got no raps
In five years me and Amar will play Boston Calling
My next album‘s called Anchorage, I promise that it‘s dropping
Soon
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7. |
"You're Sickk"
03:09
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I keep a text saved from you from 2016
It says "i love you i miss you and you mean so much to me" its funny its stupid i smile at it now. Cuz weve got this so good but so much left to figure out.
City lights make me feel sick when im alone
and you havent told me the next time im gonna see you.
When im at home and need you to hold me.
Redifining my thoughts on life and love.
Though we have eachother
We both still want more
And we both aspire
Close friendships we want
And im glad that you crave it
It makes you who you are
Cuz then you wouldnt be
My favourite movie
You always move me
My favourite new book
Your words have me shook
But youre my favourite cartoon
I watch the computer for you
Youre the blog i scroll through just to make sure youre not sad.
Had a dream with the devil in baseball hat
Had me dancing with my girl on a kitchen mat oh oh
Passed the time alone and older
Forget the act and rub your shoulders
Oh oh
All these words don't seem like mine
Usually i'm feeling fine
Oh oh
Lost puppy, dont you want me? Cuz youre like my
Youre my favourite picture
I have you as my screensaver
The landscapes remind me of a better time
Calm leaves remind me of a different life
Youre my favourite singer
And when you lip synch your playlists
I wonder how often you look so beautiful
Without me there to see it.
I miss you now i find
Im reflecting all the time
And i miss you like i should
Oh yes i miss you like i should.
Muse forever looking good
Might hug you one more time before i go
And I miss you like I should.
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8. |
Coexist (Reprise)
02:10
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When I see you at school, I just wanna kiss you, but I know the rules, so I'll give you a hug / When I see you with friends, i dont know what to do, So ill just hang the back, and wait till youre done. But if I could spend my whole life, waiting on you you know i would. because the feeling of knowing youre coming carries me to places i thought it never could. When you need to go the dentist, let me hang in the waiting room. and when you need to go to voice lessons let me chill in the front and draw pictures for you. And when you need to wait for your mom, ill be there right by your side. and when youre just plain tired of it all, come to my house for a quiet place to hide. And when I see you around, i'm so glad that I did, cuz even it was for 3.2 of seconds im taking some comfort in knowing that we coexist.
IMANI VOICEMAIL. OFCOURSE hehe
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9. |
Toothpaste_Beat
02:48
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Please the fuck off your phone// eyes all red to the screen / this is for future ghost /son tell me why do we // dont have no memories/ toss and turn back and forth / your days are bored and bleak/ sweet tooth. Summertime. I remember my town / couldnt feel too out of i / mama said just leave the ball / thinking that was all we did / gunshots 'cross the park / kiddie was so innocient / now im not saying that its wrong / girl i just cant live with it / nothing grand has ever come / from "baby take another hit" /
take it
(Chorus)
Both of our imaginations run run wild
Over thinking every part of our magic
And even if it doesnt happen just like how i said, Isnt it nice to imagine? whispering through the times we thought wed always be alone.
and i remember blocks of leaves / nerf guns and pavements / stupid bloody finger tips / from all the reckless shit we did / pen pal lived so close to me/ thinking who i couldve been / so glad that you laugh instead / i know id prolly hated him. Toothpaste phone calls. / brush em good and lick your lips / i know that it is meant to be / but all my friends play hide and seek / like dantes lost and found for 30 weeks / and robert's lifes up past the trees/ ian, noah in the big big city/ imani here means the world to me / this winter i've been hard to find / try to make band practice on time / starting up another year/ so many seem so far and near / and i love to wash you down with milk / booty pebbles time to kill / virginity and tv shows / tell me what im learning here / pray your grandma lets me see / the places that you love to be / i promise that we will be back/ before lights flash on the street /tracing waists and silluettes / tell her i think youre so sweet. b dont let your devils take /all that we have set in stone / tell them that youve got your rock / my jackets off, not leaving soon.
(Chorus)
Both of our imaginations run run wild
Over thinking every part of our magic
And even if it doesnt happen just like how i said, Isnt it nice to imagine? whispering through the times we thought wed always be alone.
So next time i call call call
I hope i dont ruin it
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10. |
The Token Syndrome
03:28
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All these white kids singing songs by slaves, my love im always so afraid,
I guess I thought it was okay, till she told me that it didnt have to be that way.
And i love the fact you found a way, to break from free from the silence
Tell them what it mean’s to be happy, let your hair down, (and grow)
CHORUS I’m way too honest with the people that I love, I’m supposed to love.
And fuck that MALL COP
And fuck those IGNORANT ADULTS
You know there is no cause, greater that living and shouting for a better tomorrow
How should you act? Like you want and you need to,
you’re not too sensitive if you feel see through
Ive heard you talk about yourself and the hate,
And know its stems from this cramped place
Cuz ill change my name before my kid has to,
Be taught to put their hands up like
Dont shoot dont shoot
(dont shoot dont shoot)
(BRIDGE)
No, Our kids will be sensitive, they’ll draw pictures and shit
They’ll always be reading poems, with the block kids
Our kids will be sensitive, they’ll draw pictures and shit
They’ll always be reading poems, with the block kids
No you don't have to be the voice of the nation,
It isn’t your full time job to.
Only 17 i know you got daydreams about the places that you want to see.
So when you dont feel like being on display or dancing for those monkeys
I can show you some
RESPECT, just lay your head and talk to me,
Take a break, running round, my head is spinning just looking now.
Oh please no Please dont miss the forest for the trees, have you heard me say?
Your stronger than i swear that i could ever be,
Please hear me say.
And if another lady asks you a question
like you dont know what you mean
Imma lose my shit.
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11. |
Control Freak
01:35
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there are broken pieces of me, that fill and ever expanding circle. with shards of who i wanted to be and some old CD's and a notebook. And you pick them up like you are the queen, slip one in your hand cut it swiftly. before you catch a reflection of yourself in the eyes of the sky and who i am now. Not hurtful but soft as you made me. maybe you should leave and then come back to me, when our love is relative and i learn not to be.
It aint that kind of self doubt no more, like "maybe if i could just be seen" its that kind of will split mortgage on a house and have a baby with me? But that's a new thing dont want to be losing, those sloppy kisses and sleepy texts, i dont got anyone else but you, what's keeping me going? the things we might do.
maybe you should leave and then come back to me, when our love is relative and i learn not to be.
such a CONTROL FREAK
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12. |
Dressing Room
00:56
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Petal to the flower
Flower in your hair
Tuning outta scenes
Slipping up the lines
Blessed and depressed
Try to phase it out
when im hesitant
you pull me back around
Future luck
Now im stuck
Got my head up in the clouds
Singing off a key
Eating not around
Feeling real ashamed
How i hide and seek you
Never thought to think through
Better shut my mouth.
Move away and hide
Need to stop trying
Trying to get by
Didnt know the kiss smile
Running all around
You found me lurking/hiding
Kissed me on the cheek (wow)
Think its better now
I swear it was a hell
Howd it end? somehow.
Shit im greatful for you.
Getting on my suit.
Not ready to go out.
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13. |
In the Car
03:01
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I should close my eyes and think about
The way you looked at me last night
Skin so soft and talked about
The glowing when there is no light
Close my eyes and think about
How your eyes turned cold to me
All our lists we talked about
i disappeared so suddenly
This is where they had grown up
This is the field where I held your hand
This is he had thrown up
This is the bed where i’d understand
This is where you get ugly
This where you start to see me
This is when i feel myself
Start to and cannot stop being mean
But then im hearing my mouth
And im getting lost in my head
Your white pants and holding my hand
I Placed out too far to place in
I should close my eyes and kill myself
Just like the summer said i should
I should open up the parts of me
That I thought died but never could
I once had a dream
It was so clear cut and clean
Background red sunset
But it crumbled at my feet
Then I let it be
i know i dont deserve it.
Last night in the car
I almost forgot about it all
Not to say the stars
were suddenly all so magical
I was outside myself
I was joking off how
I missed you but knew you were having fun somewhere else
It was in that field
And id say i was quiet
I closed both my eyes
So i could feel the silence.
Hard work is love
And love it is hard work
And it always comes back to you
And see i wasn't enough
i felt it all at once
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