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I know what I like
But I don’t know what I want
Keeps my home thickly light
Makes it easy to haunt
Tintin panels and horror shows
If we make it to Halloween
We’ll be good for the Christmas cold
Tintin panels and horror screams
I know what I want
I want eternal life
I want to run every day
I want eternal life
I want you close to me
I want eternal life
I guess I know what I want
I want eternal life
Tintin panels and horror shows
If we make it to Halloween
We’ll be good for the Christmas cold
Tintin panels and horror screams
I know what I want
Eternal life
I know what I want
Eternal life
I know what I want
Eternal life
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(Things I’d like)
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Ambition
02:53
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The empty lines of this notebook
The dry smell of dust
The cracks of the street that winter shook
You’ll be fine my dear
Now now, hush
As the rust eats the sides of my car
I am empty, afraid and jealous
Spring slowly unfolds its arms
I sink in, alone
Warm, denying trust
Turn away
Leave slowly
Then come back to tell me how I lack ambition
I’ll sit still
Tired and bored
Then tell you how you’re using that word wrong
So much of me wants so much of you
But your arms seem closed now
And soon we’ll be too hot to talk about anything else than the weather
That’s how it’s done down here
Baby don’t you know that by now
Turn away
Leave slowly
Then come back to tell me how I lack ambition
I’ll sit still
Tired and bored
Then tell you how you’re using that word wrong
I’ll keep falling apart in your arms
And you’ll hate me for that
I’ll keep singing too loud, always too loud
And you’ll hate me for that
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Let's Say What We Want
03:35
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To get through winter in your arms
The darkness and the cold won’t matter much
To get through summer in your car
Hot wet air corrupts our sight
Ah ah aah
Let’s say what we want
Ah ah aah
Let’s say what we want
To reach a place safe from harm
No apologies needed from frightened stars
Let’s get blinded by how they shine
Let’s still watch them with awe and lust
Ah ah aah
Let’s say what we want
Ah ah aah
Let’s say what we want
Let’s take the long way home
Let’s talk about the songs we like
Let’s hold hands for a while
Let’s pretend we’re alone
But we’re awake now
The dream is over
There’s too much noise
Useless movement
Meaningless fighting
Ah ah aah
Let’s say what we want
Ah ah aah
Let’s say what we want
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Sitting in Your Car
03:12
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I’ve been sitting in your car for a while now
As you try to find new ways to feel
To light the darkness
To lower the amount of chemicals in your body
I’ve been sitting in your car for a while
Tiring my eyes, staring at my phone
I’ll drink to ease my headache tonight
Then hide in your hair as we devote ourselves to horror shows
I’ve been sitting in your car, waiting
Thinking I should get a notebook
To write without my eyes hurting
And because words have more meaning on real paper
I’ve been sitting in your car, wanting
To believe in a higher being
To worship, to look up and know something’s there
Then I could sing about something greater than myself
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Honey
05:46
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You’re not helping me
You’re closed, you’re silent
A dead end, a clean cut
The streets of Montreal
And your ever-changing eyes
Seem so wide from here
Can you see more than I?
Can you see brighter light?
Auburn honey
Hold me
You filled the page
With word I did not expect
Centerfold
Deepest point
And your ever-changing eyes
Seem so wide from here
Can you see more than I?
Can you see concrete light?
Auburn honey
Hold me
Lead me away
Inside the walls of a white apartment
Lead me away
With all my attempts at eternal life
Lead me away
With information on mental health
Lead me away
Inside the walls of a white apartment
Auburn honey
Hold me
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The human flesh doesn’t excite me no more
This allows me to move without trying to impress
This allows me to enjoy boredom and loneliness
I guess I’ll die alone on the asphalt
That’s ok, I’d rather die going somewhere
Than lose my breath waiting for your lust and your prayers
It’ll be ok
I believe
Now I want you to hold me
In a crooked house
Hold me
In a crooked house
I fell in love with someone I forgot
With alcohol in my blood and time on my side
Forgot what I said but it was probably all bad puns and lies
And all I can remember
Necromancers
And all I can remember
Troublemakers
Me swearing at the phone ‘cause you never ever answer
My hands clutching the wheel, racing the speed of my heart
It’ll be ok
I have to believe
Now I want you to hold me
In a crooked house
Hold me
In a crooked house
Hold me
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Pressure
03:10
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Our home has become a vast and empty room
I am alone, small and far from the me living in your heart
Men are hungry, surrounding you, they want it all
I stay awake with other people’s music in other people’s cars
I don’t want to be the man of your life
It’s too much pressure
I’m just the man haunting the living room
Crying on the floor, holding the dog
Until I’m too tired to stand
Nothing more, nothing less
And now I’m back with my first love
Its deadly embrace
Speeding back to Gabriel’s heart
Speeding back to Gabriel’s heart
And when I die in your arms
Let everyone say
That I was indeed
The man of your life
The man of your life
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Promise
04:41
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The moon and the clouds sensuously dancing
Perseids rain over me
Summer, where I realised I loved you too much
Nostalgia reigns over me
I am small
Enjoying my pettiness
And it’s ok, yeah everything’s ok
I am cold, I am alone
Is this ok? Is everything ok?
I promise you
We will sing together
I promise you
We will dance together
The noise of the water
The night sky’s light
The weight of the moon
My mother’s power
I’m here
Awake
And I miss you
All I can do is miss you
I promise you
We will sing together
I promise you
We will dance together
I promise you
We will sing together
I promise you
We will dance together
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I was assembling the summer table
I was hot, I was cold
And back in town
You were disappointed in me
‘Cause of volatile dust
‘Cause of the wrong ways I think I’m better
Better than other men
I’ll show my teeth
I’ll show my muscles
I’ll show I care
But not too much
I never care too much
I was driving home
Leaving Montreal behind
I was pissed, being childish
And back in town
You were disappointed in me
Well people, they drive too slow
Well people, they drive too fast
I’m much better obviously
I’ll show my teeth
I’ll throw my fits
I’ll show how manly I am
It’s always enough
It’s always worth it
I was feeling the wind in my hair
I will die here
Peaceful, at rest
Death in the city is not for me
It’s loud, it’s busy
It’s fast, it’s lonely
I will become wind
I will become birdsong
I will show off all I am
Beautiful, delicate destroyer
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10. |
In the Distance
04:28
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My skin is a landscape
Falling apart, driven by desire
Your skin is far away
Bright, soft, the seed of my lust
The home I thought I held
Mouldering, decaying slowly
Fire roaring in the far reaches of my bed
A deep and quiet river flows there
And I sing for you
My voice lost in the current, I stare
At you in the distance, open and full
You want to rest
Without my endless thirst
I just want to feel that you want me
You want to rest
Without my endless thirst
Far away
A deep and quiet river flows there
And I sing for you
My voice lost in the current, I stare
At you in the distance, open and full
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Élie Raymond Montreal, Québec
Without asking himself too many questions, Élie Raymond, Foreign Diplomats’ lead singer, also a member of Totalement Sublime, recorded his first solo album. The songs show a poignant songwriting that can be related to Bon Iver’s latest album’s approach or The Microphones’ lo-fi sound. We can find a pop artist with great sensibility and an undeniable talent for texture and original arrangements. ... more
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