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Anyone Would
03:16
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Can’t shake off my intuitions
Misgivings and deep suspicions
You say that you're not home
But your light is on
It don’t take Sherlock Holmes
To see that something's wrong
In spite of your disposition
I'll still believe you
Anyone would
Cause I still need you
Anyone would
You say that I’m always smiling
So wicked and so beguiling
A pitchfork in my hand
As I light the match
The poison in your glass
Come on down the hatch
Though I’ve been accused of lying
I’m still dependent
In adulthood
But who can blame me?
Anyone would
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The Examiner
03:50
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A fleeting image in the dark, trespassing
An empty breath, a beating heart
The words appear from out of nowhere
Both a curse and a prayer
I am aware
I feel it
I see it
I hear it
Who is left to think about it
Study the examiner
Feels like I’m cheating on a test
Somehow I unhooked the cause from the effect
An atom binds with its opponent
Leading to this moment
Indifferent but conscious
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Infectious
03:27
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I deserve it
Guess I really got you good
Made you angry
It’s contagious
Necklace made of kryptonite
Wear it proudly
You keep your distance out of spite
Self-quarantined and out of sight
Confined to separate galaxies
Like I’m diseased
You say you wouldn’t touch me with a six-foot pole
I’m infectious
Feel like I’m suffocating in a goldfish bowl
I’m infectious
Yeah it hurts me
Longing for a human touch
Loneliness is
Epidemic
Can’t afford to take a chance
Cabin fever
I steel myself to stay apart
Erecting guardrails round my heart
But you can’t wash your hands of me
That easily
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The Skeleton's Closet
04:42
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You tell your friends
It never happened, believe me
Embarrassed by
This thing you've done
Dug up the earth
Buried the body
And now I'm an afterthought
A skeleton
We share a secret
Just once you kissed me
I feel your breath
In the space before I sleep
In the skeleton's closet
You have my word
I'll keep my promise
Cry out to an empty sky
To hear my prayer
You cut me down
You make me worthless
But I need to rescue you
From your despair
We share a bond
That shall not be broken
Whisper your name
In the aching darkness
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Master List
04:01
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I keep a master list of your flaws
But none of them bother me at all
I write them down dispassionately
To maintain my sanity
I keep a master list of your flaws
But none of them bother me at all
I catalog them incessantly
So nothing can get to me
Buried away
Alongside angry emails never sent
Lies a labor of love
A hidden dossier of discontent
Venomous pride
A lust for power
Lack of agency
Spiteful, gullible
Tinged with paranoia
And crippling jealousy
Both of us know
That I'm no stranger to the seven deadly sins
I share the blame for
The little shop of horrors in our midst
I won't ask you to change
Nobody's perfect
That's not my intent
I don't want to say something
I can't take back so
This is how I vent
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Let's Pretend
03:11
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Here in the dark
It's natural to be afraid
To disappear into the shade
To lose your way and miss the mark
There in the light
It's easier to be a man
To execute the master plan
To soldier on and win the fight
So let's pretend
That I am someone to defend
A lover, follower, or friend
It doesn't matter in the end
So let's pretend
Here in my room
It's cynical to be polite
To tolerate you one more night
To bite my tongue and cast a gloom
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It flickers in the empty space
It sparkles in the air
When nothing’s really there
I take this moment as a gift
Exactly as it is
And feel a subtle shift
This whole nothing is mine
Sometimes silence is fine
It’s fine
I lost myself a million times
To craving and to fear
Forgot why I was here
The voice you hear inside your mind
Is it really you?
Who are you talking to?
This whole nothing is the place where
We all live and it all happens
Sometimes silence is the answer
To the question are you happy
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The fear of falling
And the promise not to fail
Pulling my worlds apart
Hand on my heart
Light the match
And leave me for dead
And everybody said
Isn’t she nice?
Sugar and spice
Just let me go
I'm stretched to the limit
And bones are bound to break
Is that what you want?
A fight to the finish
Will it satisfy the ache?
I watch it happen
I incriminate myself
Flexible as a lie
Reach for the sky
Twisted arms
And sadistic whims
Dislocated limbs
Picking a fight
On a Saturday night
What if I told you
That it wasn’t meant to be?
What if I told you
I won’t be here for the ever after?
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A candid shot
A juggernaut
Crack a smile just to thicken the plot
Bet you wouldn’t hang around with
Someone you didn’t think was cool
But ice will melt
And blood will pool
A parking lot
A juggernaut
Tie my tongue in a half-Windsor knot
Every night you're groping in the dark
For a promise I won’t make
It feels so warm
Can’t stay awake
I know I failed you, but I…
I know I left you to die
I should have screamed at the sky
That this is all I need
That this is good enough
A heavy thought
A juggernaut
Camping out on our burial plot
So I wrote a song to celebrate
What I didn't see back then
Dead to rights
Born again
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In times of poverty, hunger, or distress
My virtue recedes
And noble purposes must be set aside
For practical needs
With cunning and a bit of stealth
We'll multiply our meager wealth
I promise not to break the law
Or risk our health
Will we cling to broken social codes
In a world where anything goes?
Take what's ours or dress in friar's robes?
Bleed like saints or smile like rogues?
I tend to hold myself unaccountable
For thoughts in my head
And if a bright idea suddenly appears
I'll follow that thread
Focus on this and nothing else
Do what necessity compels
And when this life comes to an end
Forgive yourself
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Absorbing damage
Is the name of the game
From the claws of monsters
Or the heat from a ball of flame
Our strength in numbers
Is a roll of the dice
Played a thousand hours
And I think that I died just once
Or maybe twice
I live in dungeons, always did
I live in dungeons, like a kid
Dungeons, caves and halls
I live in dungeons, pits and falls
I’m well-respected
As a lord of the blade
Got a dozen guildmates
Always up for a late-night raid
Though I wouldn’t know them
By a name or a face
We fight like brothers
In a war with the Dark Elf race
In a dying age
I rolled a 10 in Wisdom
18 in Constitution
Fully immune to poison
But weak to Holy magic
So now you know why
I’m glued to my chair
And what you call real life
Just doesn’t compare
I bear no grudges
I live in dungeons
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