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Oh to Trade Nothing for Everything

by Alabama Deathwalk

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1.
Arizona 04:36
Made the long trip home today, you cried as I drove away Asked me where the planes go, I pretend like I know Sometimes I get nervous thinking about how true love is something you can’t reverse I’m scared ‘cause I’ve come now too far to turn back on Arizona Blastin’ “Yellow Datsun”, these warm night twist-ties The mark on your bottom lip, honey, that’s my target Progressive learning at this Scottsdale drive-in Asked me where the planes go, I pretend like I know in Arizona Our states were on fire, just like you and I were Had fuel but we were flame bit, like an Arizona sunset You took my hand, led me to be a good man Propped me up to grow straight, these restrictions I love and hate in Arizona Well now I see that there are things you don’t wanna share, but you do Well now I see that the things you don’t want to share are the ones that mean the most to me
2.
Plans 04:42
I remember whiskey sours in a band I once played in We were young, we had dreams of making records, getting famous Oh, blinking lights just fade and in the dark it’s hard to find the things you wanted yesterday Oh, calendar pages turn and they blow away all the plans you held so tight to when you were young I remember Jack and Coke with the party kids I love the most They’re still right where I left them Lord knows that I still cherish them, but... Oh, blinking lights... It was over red wine in plastic cups, we talked ‘til the sun came up. Again and again “Forever”, but I don’t remember what I said. Oh, blinking lights...
3.
James 04:25
Of what use is a balloon with no string to tie it to? Your belief is in the air, bring it down Love ‘til they’d have to be crazy to question it at all What you say is obsolete, if what you’re doing disagrees Words will not fill a child’s empty stomach Boil it down to nothing, what are we made of? All my successes are a lie Even with ornaments and lights A Christmas tree will die if it’s severed from the root Break me ‘til I have to be carried to move anywhere at all With verses in my head, a napkin and a pen I’ve tried to bear fruit but it’s nothing without you, that’s what I’m made of
4.
Catharsis 02:29
When you lost your mind in the front of a bar, stumbling to your car Tell me how did you fall so hard? Let it go to catharsis Let it go That I still feel responsible for choices you made I give it up to catharsis I give it up
5.
Think of birds on a telephone wire, always in groups They’re free and able to fly wherever they choose But they choose or are guided to do life together Think of you and everyone you love How strange it is to suffer for more than just one Still I choose, and I ask you to, do life together You’re still alive so you still have a choice Do you want love or not? Do you want love or not? Do you want love?
6.
What I Want 03:51
I remember day 1 with your gold dress on Pale blond hair, I was unprepared With a lump in my throat the first time we spoke Now I’m getting closer to you than I deserve to I used to hold you to what I want, but what I want is becoming what you are It’s amazing how well you play the part In a town not far from here, you were raised in fear You were taught to run away from anything that got too real Ignore the crowds, we’re a family now You can dress trashy and cut your hair Honey, I don’t even care I used to hold you to what I want, but what I want is becoming what you are It’s amazing how well you played the part When I’m not home, always checking my phone With you due any day, we’re going crazy Our hands to the plow, building a family now I know you’re tired and I am too, but we’ll make it through I used to hold you to what I want, but now it’s this with you In a hospital gown, every word is sacred now What am I gonna do if I can’t wake up next to you? Stay with me Please don’t leave If you get skinny and lose your hair, dammit, I don’t care I used to hold you to what I want, now it’s neither here nor there It’s amazing how well you played the part.
7.
That day we never speak of is all I ever think of Memories course through my veins as I replay you walking away… and away… and away I should have ran I should have chased I should have never let you get away I should have screamed I should have fought Just to see your face betray your thoughts But now it’s too late A different time, a different place, perhaps If we had addressed the fights and the reasons way Then maybe just mayb I could get some sleep at night
8.
Paul 03:32
I can still see, vividly, all the night I carried you home With dry vomit on your shirt and spit around your mouth You’d whisper “what are we here for?” When you found that it all just burns and disappears You were free to really live You lost everything you had to a girl you’d never met in a sequin dress She winked at you as you left and you counted every step Wondering “how long ‘til he’d turn around?” When you found that it all just burns and disappears You were free to really live I give everything I have every time I sing Now all my friends know all my sins I’m a broken man and everyone knows it But they catch me when I find that it all just burns and disappears When I find that it all just burns I’m free to really live I’m free to really live
9.
Going Home 02:59
I’ve seen so many things in my time travelling Good friends I miss so much, regret we’re losing touch I’ve been dropped and bounced around, moving from town to town There’s beauty everywhere, but time away has made it clear I’m coming home again, on a westward wind I slowly drift Coming home again, El Paso blessed with Las Cruces stress I’ve seen so many things: Raleigh bike-rides in spring, northern New Mexico burning uncontrollable Looking for that golden peace Cultivated my belief with friends that have it too When it comes to family I have two Carried home with you, on a quiet wind we slowly drift Home with you, to that special place up in outer space I was blind but now I see the extent of the filth in me Unable to cleanse myself, I’m in need of something else I’m in need of something else Take me home again, to the comfort of the Father’s arms Take me home again, ‘cause there’s no warmth like the father’s arms
10.
All these words about me, but I am fleeting I want to sing about Jesus Christ (my Lord) but I often feel too weak to carry the torch Hallelujah, hallelujah, Infinito Amor When I try to be clean, I end up dirtier and further from home I want to sing about Jesus Christ (my Lord) but I often feel too weak to carry the torch Hallelujah, hallelujah, Infinito Amor Hallelujah, hallelujah, Infinito Amor

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released April 26, 2013

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Songs 1, 4, and 9 recorded and mixed by Rick Lovelady.
Songs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 recorded and mixed by Eric Reed.
Cover painting by Savannah Reed.
Album design by Savannah Reed and Eric Reed.
Huge thank you to Santana Lopez for her help with the hard copies.

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Post-evangelical rock music for kids who think hell is mean.

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