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Holding On To You
03:50
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If we could have our time again
Would you still take my hand?
If I could bare myself again
Would anybody understand?
I know that you feel it too
The feeling that it's all on you
A mask that's slipped, a broken mind
A heart so often left behind
And I'm holding on to you
If it's the last thing I ever do
I know that we'll see this through
I'm holding on to you
If you could have seen just where it ends
Would you have turned away?
Is your heart something that I can mend
Or is there nothing left to say?
I know that you feel it too
The feeling that there's something true
Buried deep, but surely there
Could you say you do not care?
I know I'm down but I'm not out
My love, I never had a doubt
I'm holding on with all I've got
With a strength I'd long forgot
And so to you, I ask you now
Could you still hold on somehow?
If I could just turn back time
Would you say you'll still be mine?
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When I first laid my eyes on you, it was love at first sight,
You charmed your way into my heart in a way I couldn’t fight
Oh I remember when
On your love I could depend
But loving you ain’t fun anymore
I thought you were the one for me and together we’d grow old,
But you stripped me of my dignity like something to be sold
You took away my pride
Slowly emptied me inside
And loving you ain’t fun anymore
I can’t believe I was so blind
I let you poison my mind
My bags are packed and I am gone
I’m headed back where I belong
I’ve no more tears to cry
So it’s time I said goodbye
‘Cause loving you ain’t fun anymore
My friends and family told me that you were no good for me
And I was headed for disaster it was plain to see
I wish I heard back then
Now my heart cannot pretend
Now loving you ain’t fun anymore
Now I’m sitting here all alone with a bottle in my hand
Reflecting on all that remains of all my future plans
But I will survive
Now I’m free, I’m free to thrive
‘Cause loving you ain’t fun anymore
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The Darkness & Me
03:33
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I walk into town on a lonely street
Fore street, Thursday night, the place to be
Instead of the party life and a steady beat
Emptiness stretches out ahead of me
The virus has taken hold of everything
Now the world just seems so cold
I take in the deafening silence
Peace never felt so goddamn lonely
The shutters are closed, the life is gone
And the only thing that’s left is the darkness and me
Signs of life high above my head
Trapped inside ‘til only God knows when
Else they join the ranks of the dead
And so they wait to feel the sun again
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One Step Behind
04:01
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One more change and I’ll be just fine
One more piece for some peace of mind
I’ll find what I need and then I can rest
I’ll get what I’m looking for and give it my best
And on and on this cycle goes
Just where it ends, heaven only knows.
When I was a boy, I thought I’d find me a girl
We’d fall in love and she’d be my world
But love can’t fill a hole like the one in my heart
No matter what I tried, I’d end up back at the start
Always falling short of whole
Never feeling in control
Feeling like I cannot win
Waiting for my life to begin
Always just beyond the grasp
I don’t think that it’s much to ask but I
Oh I always find,
I’m step behind
Running round in circles and I’m chasing my tail,
How can I keep on moving when I’m setup to fail?
I find myself climbing over every hill
To find myself a greener space to feel fulfilled
But all the grass is dead and dry
And all the stories are only lies.
One more change and I’ll be just fine
I hear myself saying it every time
Will nothing come along to make me complete
Or am I just living life on repeat?
But what the hell am I supposed to do
When nothing else will see me through?
I’m searching on and on
One fleeting glimpse and then it’s gone
I search for what is mine
But I always find
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Reaching
Reaching out with all I have
To hold you in a warm embrace
I just don’t know
I don’t know how long until
I once again see your face
I only know this feeling in my heart
Aching now we’re all worlds apart
And when we meet again
I swear to cherish
Every single moment
That we have together
Every rainy day
Every boring Sunday afternoon
Cause no one knows
When we will ever meet again
Do you remember
The time we spent when we were young
Drinking at the stump behind the Square?
Do you remember
Singing to our hearts content
As music filled the air?
I recall that look in your eyes
Reminding me that love never dies
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Ghost In The Mirror
03:33
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Yesterday I saw a boy
Quiet and shy, full of hopes and dreams
He wanted to be everybody's friend
But he didn't understand
People aren't always what they seem
Pretty faces just playing pretend
An easy mark, a slower prey
Without a cruel word to say
They knew he wouldn't put up a fight
His tears would fill their appetite
On and on, he goes walking on
I'm calling out but he’s already gone
I’m reaching out to the ghost in the mirror
But he keeps on walking.
Yesterday I saw a man
With a fire raging like the sun
He wore his burdens plainly on his face
Carrying the scars of old
Feeling like the world owed him one
Something broken he could not replace
He fought and tried to settle the score
To bury wounds forever raw
But from the hurt you hold inside
You cannot run, you cannot hide
Now today I see a man
Born again from behind these eyes
Staring back at me behind the glass
On and on, I go walking on
I say goodbye to days already gone
I’m letting go of the ghost in the mirror
And I’ll keep on walking
On and on, I go walking on
I say goodbye to days already gone
I’m letting go of the ghost in the mirror
And I’ll keep on walking, keep on listening
I’m letting go of the ghost in the mirror
And I’ll keep on walking
Keep on walking
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Dan Thomas Sandy, UK
Singer-Songwriter with an alt-rock twist
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