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On Long Distance and The Ties That Held Us Together

by Brave Season

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1.
AC Running 03:03
10:00pm and it's still 97 degrees In this small town where I am living the dream Sleep away the summer 'till 2:00pm at least Or find something better in the hours in between Country roads fill the absence of friends Tiny screens will do the rest I'll keep driving 'till the exits are no longer familiar Sometimes I just sit in my car With the AC Running and nothing on my mind
2.
Hang Up 02:44
I could stay here for hours Thinking of revenge plots And all the ways I could get away with them Isn't that what you wanted My full attention my undistracted thoughts Well I'm completely hung up You had me tied to your tether I didn't know any better Tie this noose or cut me loose I'm getting impatient I want to stay you wanted change I can't blame you for these bruises
3.
I am nervous hands are shaking I am begging you to stay And if you give me just one minute I will have the words to say I shouldn't have to work this hard I shouldn't have to tear myself apart Trying to get your attention Maybe this time, maybe this time We'll cut the ties that held us together Maybe this time Hi. Hello. I'm fine. Are you doing well? I lost my mind trying to find a way to tell You how I feel about the messages you left on my phone Is it wrong that I don't know how to talk to a stranger in a quiet room What would you do? What would you have me do? Is it even worth listening to? 10:00pm I'm laying in bed I'm going over every word I sent In the time it takes for you to read them
4.
Never Enough 03:07
You wanted more than this town could ever offer Never settled down for fear that you would never get out What were you afraid of? Never living up to expectations that no one had set? Were you running out of space was this place to barren? I always knew I was never enough to keep you here Keep you tethered to me I always hoped you would come back someday to pick things up Where we left them Oh the sun on your skin as you sank deeper into the swimming pool How utterly distracted I always was Never worried that you might never come up for air
5.
Waking 03:00
I could stay here Staring out the window for hours The pictures on the wall 100 days of summer turned to fall I woke up the lighting was off Five in the afternoon and already dark I wanted to go outside but The light of the afternoon had already died out I'm waking up in a different day of the year Than when I first closed my eyes
6.
I can feel you Crawling underneath my skin And all I wanna know is who let you in? Who let you in?
7.
8.
Call You Up 02:47
You’re looking at me like a brother you’re not very close to And i’ve seen the same expression on a mother disappointed in her son I would call you up sometimes just to feel the vibrations on the phone Pick up the receiver I want to believe you were on the other line I would call you up sometimes after school Just to feel myself a little closer to you And I’m still holding on to that summer when you’ve already moved on to the fall Were you even there? Were you even trying? I would do anything to take back the summers that I’ve spent with you.
9.
If those are your arms Well they didn't reach far enough To cover my shivering body If I would have known What was waiting for you at home I would have carried you longer
10.
I know we've been in thousands of places But none are more dangerous Than alone in this room Filled with pictures and letters And fears that I had held on to But gone is the the sentiment attached Yeah we're using them for kindling I can't see past the smoke that's in my eyes To see the person standing next to me Everything that we built in our heads just ends up falling apart

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"On Long Distance and The Ties That Held Us Together" was written between January and December of 2014.

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released June 9, 2015

Recorded and engineered by Elmer Martinez
Additional Recording and Mastering by Joshua Cosico (cosico.joshua@gmail.com)

Album Art by Elmer Martinez

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Brave Season Chicago, Illinois

Forlorn and over dramatic songs about people who don't deserve them.

FFO: The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Now Now

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