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1. |
Glow
03:47
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No one's ever as lost as the eldest child
I'm never gonna make it in the wild
I'm looking for a life raft in your smile
So keep on smiling at me
Still drifting out to sea
Maybe you're the only one with the time to
Maybe you're the early morning sun
And maybe I'm the only one you could lie to
So after midnight
Should I run
Always giving up on other things that glow
Why haven't I given up on the one thing I can't work for
What am I moving towards
No one's ever as lonely as the moon in the sky
Oh but I feel close to it tonight
You see through everyone's disguise
Well I guess you probably see through mine
Maybe you're the only one with the time to
Maybe you're the early morning sun
And maybe I'm the only one you could lie
So after midnight
I'm gonna run
Always giving up on other things that glow
Why haven't I given up on the one thing I can't work for
What am I moving towards
Always giving up
Why haven't I given up
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2. |
Simple Creatures
05:05
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Shall I wear your shoes for you
It’s not a job for two
But after what you put me through
It’s the least that you can do
Let me slip into your shoes
See how they fit me too
I’ve seen what two people can do
You just suffer all the time
Nothing’s good enough, good enough for you
You don’t want to run with the rusty metal crew
What could have been
Never could have been
What you thought you wanted
I couldn’t live
I couldn’t live like this
Hiding all day
In a silent palace
I couldn’t play
Spite and Malice
Weaving a web
Weaving a web of sorrow
You simple creature
Caught in your own web of sorrow
Can’t find the sapphire entrusted to me by the burglar and his bride
cuz I know a good place to hide
Really hope I don’t confide in one of his many disguises
I really can’t tell a lie
But you can really make each other cry
Spitting fire all the time
Nothing’s good enough, good enough for you
You don’t wanna run but what else can you do
What could have been never could have been what you really wanted
I couldn’t live
I couldn’t live like this
Hiding all day
In a silent palace
I couldn’t play
Spite and Malice
Weaving a web
Weaving a web of sorrow
You simple creature
Caught in your own web of sorrow
I couldn’t live like this
I couldn’t play spite and malice
Weaving a web
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3. |
Coat of Arms
04:52
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Hey, where did good sir Galahad go
far away in his magic boat, nobody knows
Here, the wind is always blowing so cold
Too cold to make an angel in the snow, cold and alone
Here, and Queen Guinevere feels it most
She knows everyone’s unspoken fear
He left upon a midnight clear
Now all the joy has disappeared
Will we ever see his coat of arms again?
Now, without a helmet without a jest
I fear the catapult aiming at my chest
I can’t make the best of this change
And he couldn’t wait to be estranged
The wild man is a gentleman deranged by a change
Holy grail got swallowed by a whale
Isn’t it strange
We strain our eyes, we strain our ears
Hopes appear and disappear
The friendly fighter that we hold dear
Will we ever see his broken smile again
Oh please ride over the horizon once again
New blood times are changing
Endless love keeps on weighing on your soul
And I know it’ll happen in the morning
Without a fanfare or a warning
So I’ll be waiting way up here
Waiting for my hero to reappear
And it’s so hard to make myself believe
I’m gonna see that coat of arms again
Oh I wanna see that coat of arms again
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4. |
No Reason
03:53
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I kick the ball
across the court
for no reason at all
Folks dying in video games
I feel their virtual pain
I got kicked in the teeth
I feel like a fly
drowning in your cup of tea
No reason, no reason
got no secrets I'm keeping
from anybody
And it doesn't concern me
that the Internet never sleeps
Hey aren't you getting tired of me?
I'm crying into my cards
I see the red hearts bleeding away
It's not too late to try a little bit of faith
Well imagine your surprise
We were all just saving face
I found it all
wedged between the radiator
and the wall
I guess that everybody's hiding
something deep inside
But I kick the ball
Over and over for no reason at all
I'm losing it baby
but you don't have to call me
You won't get me talking
I don't care what you say
I've already locked it away
Somewhere in my silly little brain
It's not too late to try a little bit of faith
Imagine and I'll be your saving grace
Baby hold on to me
You don't need no reason
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5. |
Queen Underground
05:25
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I'm not laughing
I just panicked
I hope I don't come off as satanic
I'm sinking like the Titanic
In your eye
Cold as ice
Is it worth it
What's the purpose
of plants that don't get to the surface
And will I be a subterranean slacker
Till I die
All my life
It's only a rat race
Look at the fat cats breaking the rules
Proud of you baby
for swallowing your pride
I couldn't swallow mine
so I'm still caught inside
of the fortress I made
from the tears that I cried
One day I'll forgive you
for changing my mind
But I can't speak to your right now
I don't wanna see you up there
Wearing your golden crown
While I'm queen underground
Some strange cross
between a beetle and a moth
is crawling up the wall with the ivy
From the second story window
I glimpsed prehistoric life
Oh what a time to be alive
And crossing blades
with the jack of all trades
is a risk that I'm willing to take
If it helps me to get rid of that
bittersweet taste I'll risk my life
Sharpening my knife
And he says all is fair
so long as you follow the rules
Proud of you baby
You never told a lie
I'm still weaving mine
and I'm still caught inside
It's a game that I play
It's a pain to keep trying
One day I'll forgive you
for now I'll keep dying
Cuz I can't speak to you right now
I don't wanna see you up there
Wearing your golden crown
While I'm queen underground
Oh I don't believe it's true
My whole life is a song to you
My love
So paint my cheeks red with rouge
So that I may act the fool again
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6. |
On My Own
04:17
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There goes my only luck
I threw it over the wrong shoulder
Deal me another hand
A little bit older a little bit bolder
Stuck in the shifting sands of the barren waste of wonderland
And don’t I know it
Don’t I know it
Don’t I know when I’m on my own
I try not to show when you’ve landed a blow
But don't I know it when I’m on my own
And I’m on my own again
And the air hums louder and louder
Hour by hour
But I stay up later than the people stay out
Wondering what all the commotion's about
Scratching along the wall
But this witching hour I hold the power
Cuz I stay up later than the people stay out
I stay up listening to this old house
Is it haunted
Is it home yet
Is it home when I’m on my own
I speak out loud when I’m alone
Just to hear a sound I know
And I’m on my own again
And don’t I know it
Don’t I know it
Don’t I know when I’m on my own
I try not to show when you’ve landed a blow
But don't I know it when I’m on my own
And I’m on my own again
Stuck in the shifting sands
On my own again
I'm stuck in the barren waste
of Wonderland
On my own again
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7. |
Wholeheartedly
06:25
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Old science
Alchemy
They couldn’t make gold
Couldn’t find eternity
But they believed in everything wholeheartedly
Laws govern the universe
But miracles break them
And Lazarus rises
And nothing surprises
Those who believe in everything wholeheartedly
Wholeheartedly
I give my body up to the unknowable
Wholeheartedly
I go from one state of matter to another
Wholeheartedly I leave it all
And one can touch me
No one can hurt me
But I sense everything
While I move through this universe unknown
Elixir
All prepared
Attaching the nodes
Strap me down to the chair
All you folks out there
This is for you
I thank you for believing in me
Must look like madness to some
My million lightyear stare
Too long without love
Too long without anyone
To help me see the light
Why should it matter if I leave it behind
To become dark matter I’m already there in my mind
Wholeheartedly
I give my body up to the unknowable
Wholeheartedly
I go from one state of matter to another
Wholeheartedly I leave it all
And one can touch me
No one can hurt me
But I sense everything
While I move through this universe unknown
No you can’t touch me
But I might there in the air that you breathe
Undetectable
Unelectrical
Unmagnetically
No you can’t hurt me
And I already know what it feels like to be
Undetectable
Invisible
Unable to scream
Loud enough
Or convincingly
Couldn’t tell what it would take
To make you listen
Hard enough or
Enough to see
I really mean it
I really feel it
Wholeheartedly
I give my body up
Wholeheartedly
I go
Wholeheartedly
Wholeheartedly
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8. |
Day's Work
04:29
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There he goes out into the night
and I used to be like a moth to a light
Never again drawn in by the sight
Though you'll always be there to see
Peripherally
I could convince myself of any last words
But I put in a good day's work
and I've laid down in the dirt
and I've only gotten hurt
If the greatest show is a pantomime
I suppose that the last time might as well be the first time
And without a song to make my cry
It's strangely silent in my room tonight
My mother told me not to settle for less
But I put in a good day's work
and I've done my very best
and I've only made a mess
Missing the feeling every day
Though you've kissed all the confusion away
and I'm looking at your brand new face
Maybe I'll fall in love another day
There's finally a hand to hold
but I don't need a hand to hold
and I pretend it doesn't hurt
but I put in a good day's work
and you could be my hand to hold
but I don't need a hand to hold
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9. |
Enough of Love
03:52
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Brother John with the black hat on
Thinks he knows my destiny
Marry a missionary
He’s not the man for me
He’s not the voice on the wind
Calling me in
Back to his hearth
Back to his arms
Let these burdens burn you know they were meant to
I would stand by you if the whole world was against you
Love
Enough isn’t ever enough
Just a piece of
That fey and fickle bramble
Love
Caught on my hem
You’ll find me again
Traces of snow at the fork in the road
When the last of the light is gone
With all the fairy folk of Avalon
Be serious with me
If you’re sure of the cord
Tied to your core
Tied to that part of me
Let these burdens burn you know they were meant to
I would stand by you if the whole world was against you
Love
Enough isn’t ever enough
Just a piece of
That fey and fickle bramble
Love
Caught on my hem
You’ll find me again
Just enough is never enough
Enough is never enough
Enough is never enough
Of love
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10. |
King of Diamonds
04:44
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Take it easy
Keep it cool
Dip your paintbrush in the black lagoon
and paint me a picture baby
in electric blue
It's so crystal
Crystal clear
When you whisper secrets into my ear
Don't worry I'll be a secret agent
with a cyanide pill
I wanna tell you that I love you baby
I'll leave a letter on the window sill
and slip away before the words can kill
Once again you're all alone with the thoughts in your head
What do they turn to? Always a demon
of truth and destruction and it's waiting
for instructions from you
King of diamonds king of hearts
You know I never try too hard
A sad game of solitaire
And a work of art
Queen of clubs and queen of spades
Waiting to dig her own grave
Gone and left the TV on
The hour's getting late
I'm always waiting baby
for you to have something to say
but you're always saying it too late
Once again you're all alone with the thoughts in your head
What do they turn to? Always a diamond
the suit of destruction and it's waiting
for instructions from you
What do you do now baby
Answer the siren baby
It's up to you
It's nobody's fault
Nobody hurt you
What do you do now baby
Answer the siren baby
It's up to you
Ahh
No pressure no thing
Ahh
You could just let it ring
If you want to
It's up to you
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11. |
3 Steps
05:13
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When I was younger I used to wait for a unicorn
In the backyard with some berries and cream
Just like the book instructed me
Like a good scientist I drew conclusions and then tried again
I never saw anything but an empty bowl lying under a tree
It’s all over already for me
I keep on having the same kinds of dreams
I'm always 3 steps behind every scene
and you're 3 steps in front of me
Under my window I heard the call of an animal
I wanted to tell you but once again
I’m not in your orbit I’m not in your head
And you and your lady across the room both so serious
She doesn’t care about fortune or fame
While I don’t know my lines or my character’s name
It’s all over already for me
I keep on having the same kinds of dreams
I'm always 3 steps behind every scene
and you're 3 steps in front of me
Was it all real? Everything feels like a fantasy
Nobody’s willing and everyone steals some sympathy now and then
From somebody they call friend
When I was younger
I used to wait for a thunderstorm
It came a little too late
But when it rained down in the valley
It poured like never before
How can it be?
Old man of the mountain finally fell free
While the man in the moon’s still in agony
It’s all over already for me
I keep on having the same kinds of dreams
I'm always 3 steps behind and unraveling
in the passenger seat
Where I commit all my dreaming baby
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12. |
Laying Down the Law
05:30
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You made your point so loud and clear
It echoes in the atmosphere
and I can hear you everywhere I go
You have to steal the show
Tell me how come
You're so set on
Laying down the law
There was a time when we were friends
but it's long since come to an end
and everybody's wondering how you're doing
in your castle ruins
Hope you're healthy
Hope you're happy
Laying down the law
Just listening
Only to the voices in your mind screaming
Never ever ever let your heart take wing
It'll die before it flies
So go on, go on
Raise the drawbridge on me
I can't reach you now
I keep shouting at the walls of Jericho
Banging my fists on a heart of solid gold
It's no good, no good
What's keeping us from
shaking the hallowed ground together
Nothing whatsoever
So tell me how come
You're so set on
Laying down the law
Swallow the rest of your free range doubt
It thrives within as it thrives without
And all the while right under your nose
Another candle blows
Out of patience
With your need for
Laying down the law
Stop listening
Only to the voices in your mind screaming
All love is suffering and stormy skies
So go on, go on
Raise the drawbridge on me
I can't reach you now
I keep shouting at the walls of Jericho
Banging my fists on a heart of solid gold
It's no good, no good
What's keeping us from
shaking the hallowed ground together
Nothing whatsoever
So why
Farther on you'll find
there's not a cloud in your path of flight
but just for a time
How temperamental is this life
The changing look in your eye
Farther on you'll find
ever more sides to the die
and I can't take my own advice
How temperamental is this life
The changing look
Go on
Raise it up
Now
I keep shouting at the walls of Jericho
Banging my fists on a heart of solid gold
Now
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13. |
Shapes
03:40
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Visions don't come easily
to people with good reasoning
The captain of the water
was talking to his daughter
but she was never listening
She spends all her days whispering
To ghosts inside the wall
She knows them best of all
They give her gifts and gasoline
The choices she is caught between
to get herself away
and burn the dead remains
or split the burden evenly with me
I can be whatever shape you want me to be
Can you say the same for yourself
I sensed your spaceship coming down
and threw those papers on the ground
I didn't make the grade
Oh please help me escape
My crime awaits a punishment
A curse on all the noblemen
But it is just as well
cuz if you couldn't tell
They already hate themselves
and now we're drawing a crowd
I can be whatever shape just say it aloud
Can you take the shape of yourself
For now let us speak of the clouds
their pink and purple hue
I like it best when the sun isn't center stage
all the rage filling the page
dawn till dusk with its blinding bloom
The night isn't nearly as deadly as the day
Visions don't come easily
So we put the mushrooms in our tea
The weeks go by
I wish that I could fly
I'm finding my way back to you
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14. |
Talking Is Torture
04:23
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Lines in your mind
You told me nobody could ever know
About the dreams and designs
for that one fated road
Just a sacred word in a sacred place
Just say the word and you fall from grace
You got a sense of the coming doom in the living room
But when you swung around you were too late
Is it over
I don't want to take my hands away from my face
All the talking is torture when there's nothing to say
Just a shift in the vibe
Suddenly nobody shares in the plunder
And you can't solve the crime
The only crime you can find is your own discomfort
And I just look away, look the other way
Baby I just look away, look away
And you just look away, look the other way
Anyway you just look look away, look away
Is it over
I don't want to take my hands away from my face
All the talking is torture, yeah
Talking is torture
It's not too hard to understand
It's not to hard to understand
You're acting like
There's something left
something that I've yet
to understand but I understand
Something left to say
Something to explain
Let me put it plain for you
It's just pain
I'm sorry
There's nothing you can say
It's just pain
Is it over
I don't want to take my hands away from my face
All the talking is torture, yeah
Talking is torture
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