Get all 8 berta releases available on Bandcamp.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of dreg, rase, dark, another shade of grey, wake, news, duel, and Hoam.
1. |
last call
02:45
|
|||
|
we can't go
you know we love you so
we're just broke
you know we want to go
every time we go out
we have a good time
singing songs together
losing time, losing time, losing time
we gotta work
tomorrow, while you work tonight
sing a song for us
at closing time
every time we go out
we have a good time
singing songs together
losing time, losing time, losing time
we'll be waking
when you turn out the light
we'll go about our day
maybe we'll see you tonight
every time we go out
we have a good time
singing songs together
losing time, losing time, losing time...
|
||||
2. |
to ourselves
01:14
|
|||
|
wake me up
to tell me
that you're leaving
to have some space
is
what you're needing
people ask
why not a song
to save the world
cuz there ain't a song
to save my girl
cuz the world is a fucked up place
it would rather shame you
and leave you disgraced
so let's turn it into a fucking bomb
we'll just float away
with aplomb
yeah, we did this
we did this to ourselves
cuz we wouldn't let anything else
for a second
of carnal pleasure
we'll risk eternal hell
yeah, we did this
to ourselves
|
||||
3. |
i don't even
01:25
|
|||
|
i often think of things to say
if you said something to me
i often think of things to do
when i think i can do
anything
anything is what i wanna do
anything but think about you
i often think i'll go away
if there was somewhere else to go
now that night has come to day
there is not much left that i know
anything is what i wanna do
anything but think about you
maybe if i hadn't said
maybe if i didn't do
anything anything
but i won't think about
anything anything
but i can't think about
anything anything
but i don't think about
you, you, you
i don't even think about you
|
||||
4. |
ask the sky
02:31
|
|||
|
heaven's gate
is only a dream away
it's not escape
if it be your fate
heaven is just a dream
heaven is only what it seems
in the stars
we can find the answers
ask anti-matter
for whom everything matters
heaven is just a dream
heaven is only what it seems
we'll ask the dirt
whom nothing seems to hurt
ask the ocean
how she became one with the sky
did she lie?
did she prove she was only herself,
nothing to hide?
did she show him
reflections of himself?
ask the sky
why does he cry sometimes?
and ask him why,
other times, is he so empty?
heaven is just a dream
heaven is only what it seems
|
||||
5. |
suzy lee
02:32
|
|||
|
the stars are all out tonight
you wanna dance in the full moonlight
with you by my side
i'll be alright, i'll be alright
swing with me
suzy lee
swing me
bring me to my feet
to my feet
i think we're in accord
only slightly diminished
it's of minor importance
we'll stay sharp on the floor
cut up a rug
and resolve our difference
swing with me
suzy lee
swing me
bring me to my feet
i've been waiting for this night
i've been waiting for this night
i've been waiting for this night
to come
suzy lee
get on your feet
|
||||
6. |
big dreams
02:02
|
|||
|
you once made platinum records
five gold stars
now you sell houses
on Ventura Boulevard
what happened to my stars?
voices of gold sell used cars
falling from heaven
the earth is so hard
"the sky's the limit," they said
"the sky is falling! Watch your head."
idol worship is dead
worship your mother instead
they can make a killing
but you can't make a living in this land
everything is upside down
maybe it's right side up again
whatever you thought you knew
no longer applies to you
the road goes on forever
so you better choose a path that's true
yeah, that's true
|
||||
7. |
stardust
05:11
|
|||
|
emerging defeated
no win, no go
pick up the pieces
move on, move slow
history is written
truth is never known
how my heart aches
for the love never shown
when we were here before
we were dinosaurs
born to fade out
no one knows your name
out here we are
just stars
what was i thinking?
i guess only Seth knows
constantly reaching
to prove i was here before i go
no one knows
the heart of a man
they only see his clothes
his house, the blood on his hands
when we were here before
we were dinosaurs
born to fade out
no one knows your name
out here we are
just stars
we're on our way now
we're on our way out
we're on our way now
we're on our way
out here we are
just stars
|
||||
8. |
on the range
02:31
|
|||
|
you can call it
you can call it deranged
you can see
you can see it is strange
every one
is so out of range
icy faces
don't call me names
you can sleep in the bed
you can sleep on the floor
open your eyes
and you'll sleep out of doors
under black velvet
leaves whisper to me
softly searching
sing what you see
this light and this dark
exist only to be
every one, every one!
you are so free
to be
planting your faces
inside your hands
making more riches
than grains of sand
you can pine all your days
for future/past
you can do what you like
please know this at last
you are free
|
||||
9. |
everything is beautiful
03:40
|
|||
|
when you say
things are looking up
i can't help but look down
for you
everything is beautiful
my heart breaks
when you're around
floating in the abyss
north is south
when i'm around
you know
something's amiss
you wanna get out
when i get down
and i get down
almost all the time now
i can feel
your aching sting
your body ice
before you make a sound
you can't say anything
i haven't heard a thousand times
by now
you thought you could change gravity
and lift me up
somehow
you tried everything
you put in and you felt
put out
and i'm alone
almost all the time now
i get down
grieving
ain't so bad
it's hard to swallow
if it's the only meal
you've ever had
they say
you get what you give
so what gave this to me?
i get down
|
||||
10. |
woman
03:47
|
|||
|
it wasn't just in evidence
but in everything
she was a believer
it wasn't her intention, no
she never made mention
of what she called her receiver
she was tuned in
when she seemed tuned out
to every deceiver, every doubt
it was only in moments
unspoken she would say
pleading
there's something in all of us
connected to one another
woven within this womb
we will be awakening
soon
she would not speak or give an answer
to questions I never asked her
she just smiled at the quiz in my eyes
laughing in the face of my lies
and said I was meant to leave her
not to deceive her
and she told me words she'd heard
that I'd never said before
there's something in all of us
connected to one another
woven within this womb
we will be awakening
soon
lay down beside me
let go of your mind
can you feel me moving?
are you losing time?
there's something in all of us
connected to one another
woven within this womb
we will be awakening
soon
|
||||
11. |
just a memory
02:51
|
|||
|
framed in a window pane
too afraid to look down
she lets smoke escape
from her lungs to the clouds
is there a ghost there
behind her silhouette
is it a memory now?
if she said no again
would he be listening?
he's just a memory now
curled into a cold tub
no way to feel clean
she lets the phone ring
she can't say a thing
is there a ghost there
behind her silhouette
is it a memory now?
if she said no again
would he be listening?
he's just a memory now
she remembers the air that day
too heavy to breathe
no one ever came
no one ever came
she left the knife at the scene
they tell her it was self defense
assuredly a win
just a few more papers to sign
to get on with her life again
is there a ghost there
behind her silhouette
is it a memory now?
if she said no again
would he be listening?
he's just a memory now
|
||||
12. |
dog days
03:44
|
|||
|
I just need to rest
my nose on the couch
i know you don't like
my hair in your mouth
but kiss me
and tell me
it'll all work out
it'll all work out
it'll all work out
if I don't go
but I know
Monday is so long
alone
I don't think you'll ever come home
then the door opens
and you throw the ball
I know this isn't
where I should go
but I can't hold out
anymore
cuz you're not home
there's food in the bowl
but I'd rather curl into your clothes
cuz what if you never come home?
Monday is so long
alone
what if you don't love me anymore
what if this ball and I
never go out doors?
to the wind and the trees
and the rocks where I pee
and the grass where I scratch my ass
and you're with me?
cuz Monday is so long
alone
what if you never come home?
will you ever come home?
will you ever come home?
|
||||
berta Santa Fe, New Mexico
just enough knowledge to be dangerous, not enough to have wisdom.
If you like berta, you may also like:
Once Upon A Time In Montréal
by Murray A. Lightburn
The folk artist explores grief through these smooth and soulful tracks.
go to album
crookhollow and variations
by poor horse
An intimate (and instrumental) improvised solo guitar meditation on the vastness of the unknown, from the Appalachian mountains.
go to album
For She Who Hangs The Moon
by David Luximon
Expansive music that has the gentle hush of ambient and the insistent pulse of post-rock; enveloping and absorbing.
go to album
Britpop sophistication meets electropop ear-candy on the sultry new album from Glasgow's C Duncan.
go to album
Little By Little - LP
by Sodastream
Deeply-felt, folk-derived indiepop from Melbourne that balances lovely, quavering vocal melodies with twinkling acoustics.
go to album
Gorgeous synth-soaked electropop with cover art to match from Glasgow's C Duncan.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 19, 2016
go to album
