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The Excitable Gift

by Stellan Wahlstrom Drift Band

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1.
One gin-soaked afternoon Saw a small light slowly grow Flying in to where I am now I was waiting on these streets I was sitting where I could see I was living down below You need to come You need to come You need to come Down Saw my face all by itself Floating freely somewhere else Saw the struggle leading nowhere And once I thought I wouldn't miss If I'd had it that was it I wouldn't need it back so bad You need to come You need to come You need to come Down But I can do this anywhere There's always Europe I don't care But let it shine while we are here Let it break high in thin air While I am young and you are here You need to come You need to come You need to come Down
2.
Kill 03:25
In the damp mornings of going away Lexington Virgin Mary counts the pain White roses in her hands rain down her face And all my prayers prayed in vain You kill us over and over and over again You kill us over and over and over again So you find yourself alive still there over the edge But still wondering about the same things All the hard words erase the good words Only what's between your lines remain You kill us over and over and over again You kill us over and over and over again Another night I will believe Another night you'll tear apart For fear of ending I tried to see it all your way I'm sure I'm just as much to blame But I tried to save What I still try to save And you can never go away And you can never quite escape What you thought you'd left behind Will always somehow be the same You kill us over and over and over again You kill us over and over and over again We'd be alive We'd be alive We'd be alive
3.
It's getting harder for you to stand the wait You're thinking maybe it's all too late To reach it and keep it still You never had it and doubt you ever will But what's meant for you won't pass you by Wishes they come and away they go And you are blessed if you always know What is good for you and what is not And the understanding of what you've got But what's meant for you won't pass you by Sometimes you wonder if you've got what it takes If it's more to it than work and faith Sometimes you do it wrong but you don't pay And you're thinking that you've got away But what's meant for you won't pass you by When you do recognize it you start to ask Can I keep it and will it last Will I be able to keep it pure Will I be able to keep it true But what's meant for you won't pass you by But what's meant for you won't pass you by But what's meant for you won't pass you by
4.
Ocean Ave 04:31
I'm rocking on the porch And I don't mean Rock 'n' Roll The wind is coming in The waves are rolling on And you are in our room Putting your old dress on Getting ready to leave There's not a drink to be found Anywhere in this town But a big cross in the sky Showing the sailors the light And I am by myself Waiting here for you To come and change my mind I will drive you out tonight On roads I've heard in songs Wherever you want to go I still remember how to drive We'll use up our free miles Wherever you want to go Will you understand What would make me want to stay There isn't that much time But I've got almost nothing to say The sun sets on your eyes Running down the beach Falling in the waves Tonight I'll drive you out again On roads I've heard in songs Wherever you want to go I still remember how to drive We'll use up our free miles Wherever you want to go
5.
Almost lost 04:43
We're almost lost We're almost lost We almost lost us We're almost lost In the tears that fall from us With the end of summer rains I can't hold them back I can't deny them I can't make you happy again We're almost lost Dangling from the bridge peaks The pale blue midday moon As transparent as I am now And I'm almost lost In the winds that take me Back and forth between these rooms Where you used to look back at me Almst gone almost here Almost lost It's not lost, it's not lost, it's not lost, it's not lost It's not lost, it's not lost, it's not lost, it's not lost It's not lost, it's not lost, it's not lost, it's not lost It's not lost, it's not lost, it's not lost, it is not lost It is not lost And you're almost lost But you do it in the waiting But the waiting comes back to you And you're almost lost In what you know in what you fear In what you think will come to you On the terrace where you'll meet me When you meet me when I'm here And the wings fly on they slice the air On my way back to where you are Behind the windows we let go You're all awake and I'm still here And we're just almost lost And you're all awake And I'm still here And you're all awake
6.
Yes, I didn't make it to your big birthday That was more than I could do It's much easier to give things When it's not demanded of you But you must know that we can't do this It turned too sour long time ago I can't carry all your disappointments And I don't want to disappoint you anymore You wanted me to come meet you At one of our very sacred places And I was tempted and I was flattered But our past is in our way You only want me when it's over And only when I've given up You want to break us then revive us Does the resurrection get you off And today I can't reach you But I hope you're doing great The things I sent you I hope you got them But of course it is too late And I can't give you anything now Even though you wanted me to I'm saying my cheers all alone here And someone else is celebrating you And I can't give you anything now Even though you wanted me to I'm saying my cheers all alone here And someone else is celebrating you
7.
Too much 03:18
Why was it never okay To put your anger away Whatever your frustration It seemed natural to target it on me It's knowing what you did It's knowing what you said It's remembering how you let it go on for days There was nothing in yourself That made you think to stop Only when I left did you think it was too much Nothing was ever good enough And there was always the threat Of your elusive "everybody" Whose judgement you could always hit me with It's knowing what you did It's knowing what you said It's remembering how you let it go on for days There was nothing in yourself That made you think to stop Only when I left did you think it was too much You say you're different now And you're sorry for what you broke And I want to believe it But how can I understand why you put me through It's knowing what you did It's knowing what you said It's remembering how you let it go on for days There was nothing in yourself That made you think to stop Only when I left did you think it was too much
8.
Linger 03:22
Sitting in a hotel bar Of former grandness and I know it well Piano from another room Drinking killer coffee reading Lawrence Durrell From the bar a Calvados Reminding me of us At another place but no drama here So I will just linger on The dread of being first to cause pain Has kept us faithful so long Fear of guilt will stay with you After the rest is gone It's hard to say no it's hard to not pursue When once no one bothered to look back at you Always needing to know how far it can go It feels like I'm betraying my own flesh and blood But no I didn't it was enough Just knowing it could have been done The step's too step to take but still I couldn't help but linger on I will find my own guilt thanks If you lay it on me I will shrug it off Rather being left alone Than always being not quite enough Now I can taste The nostalgic anticipation of change I could start anew but try harder too I punish myself I linger on It's hard to say no it's hard to not pursue When once no one bothered to look back at you Always needing to know how far it can go It feels like I'm betraying my own flesh and blood Here comes the night the evening crowd The piano plays a faster song They're dimming the lights but I'm not staying here Still, still, still I linger on
9.
I'm sorry 04:06
You put your hands on my knee And you look me in the eyes And you tell me what you think is true You tell me what you think you want What you might want to do And it scares me more than you can know And the night comes to us And we're lying in the dark And it feels like there is no right thing to do I'm sorry, I'm sorry I can't help you there I'm sorry, I'm sorry though And I don't know why it is like this If I inherited what I lack But I didn't much care for being there myself And I didn't long to go back And I remember what was done to me But still it's hard to judge When you're not sure you wouldn't do the same I'm sorry, I'm sorry I can't help you there I'm sorry, I'm sorry though I'm sorry, I'm sorry I can't help you there I'm sorry, I'm sorry still Now you sit in your chair And you read what you read And you're dealing with things the way they are And I hope that you'll be happy And I hope that you'll feel good And I hope that you'll get what you want I'm sorry, I'm sorry I can't help you there I'm sorry, I'm sorry though I'm sorry, I'm sorry I can't help you there I'm sorry, I'm sorry still
10.
You had your fun I had a little of my own But that my dear was just the start You have your end And I will have mine But our lives were not apart I will always wonder about Things you did and didn't say But I was forever changed The way my heart lifted Every time I came out of JFK Sometimes the sun was shining Sometimes the snow was falling I was glad the days I came I will always wonder about Things you did and didn't say But I was forever changed Some things you'd say Some things you'd do I was forever changed by you Things I let go Aren't there anymore All the things I left That I knew wouldn't remain The first months alone in wonder The glow of anticipation The promises in the lights And then you came I will always wonder about Things you did and didn't say But I was forever changed Some things you'd say Some things you'd do I was forever changed by you Some things you'd do Some things you'd say I was forever changed
11.
I wish that you were here But you're not I'm left to wonder where Were you true to me like I Was true to you Were you? But I see them The things that people do To each other all the time But we don't do them do we? And you're waiting For bad news to hit hard You're always on your guard Should you be? It was Christmas when you came And then spring again And yes, we made it through I think of what I had That I didn't use to have And no, it never settled And I see you Coming through the park With me there at the start And an old man walking up to us And he showed us A plate with a magic bell For a dollar he would bless We said no thanks I 'm not sure why There's a sparrow on my fence Trying to make sense Out of this lack of movement Breathing in the sky A balloon not so high And then it's leaving And I wonder Were you really happy then Looking down at your hand Tired in your seat By the window With the ash still on the snow Warm inside your coat Or just bothered by that crooked stone
12.
There's a rose garden out in front Going to the edge of the cliff Stray dogs yawning at me As I'm stepping out to eat The hotel looks like a Soviet version Of the house being blown up in Zabriskie Point I'm going down the road getting further away from you Now I've got the church bells in my room And the geckos doing their one-line croon Every hour there's another chime Added to awakeing Someone's kind and coming with a candle When all the lights have shorted out I'm going down the road getting further away from you We're driving through a town for the first time Excited by that liking the sight Knowing we'll never see it again And that's alright It's a big bulky car I'm in the backseat I'm counting the miles from my defeat I'm going down the road getting further away from you You needed me so much and you needed so much of me And now almost nothing at all It's a relief and it's a new way of being Hollow and lost Down the road I'll be going You won't be there but I didn't think so I'm going down the road getting further away from you I said where I'd be and I said when I 'd leave I heard she asked about me after we met So I think she might come or I think she might call Or I think she might give me another thought Now I'm just waiting for some friends to come I'm the divorcee they're the married ones I'm going down the road getting further away from you Going down the road getting further away from you Going down the road getting further away from you

credits

released January 25, 2009

Stellan Wahlström: Vocals, Guitars
Johan Werner: Piano, Organ, Guitars
Johan Adelman: Bass
Magnus Bergman: Drums

Belpid Records.
Produced by Stellan Wahlström.
Recorded by Sten Hårdbåge at Das Boot Studio, Stockholm.
Mixed and mastered by Linus Larsson at Högalid Studio, Stockholm.

www.discogs.com/release/1988750-Stellan-Wahlstr%C3%B6m-Drift-Band-The-Excitable-Gift

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Stellan Wahlstrom Drift Band Stockholm, Sweden

Modern big-city folk rock from Swedish singer-songwriter Stellan Wahlström, fomerly a member ot The Wylde Mammoths (Crypt Records).

The new album "As real as in a dream" is now released!

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