We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Long Distance Martyr

from Perfect Tears by Color Theory

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    In white tray jewel case with 8-page booklet, limited to 2000 copies worldwide

    Includes unlimited streaming of Perfect Tears via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 1 day
    edition of 2000 

      $12 USD or more 

     

  • Five of my CDs are out of print, and a sixth will be soon. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Until then, get the remaining 8 Color Theory CDs at a very special price!

    Includes Underneath These Dying Stars (individually signed and numbered), Mages, Lucky Ago, The Majesty of Our Broken Past, Color Theory presents Depeche Mode, Something Beautiful, Perfect Tears, Sketches in Grey
    ships out within 2 days

      $80 USD or more 

     

  • Get the remaining early-period CDs while they last! Includes Something Beautiful, Perfect Tears, Sketches in Grey.
    ships out within 2 days

      $30 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    37
    releases

    Get all 37 Color Theory releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Without a Doubt, Disappear, Thoughts Can't Hurt You, Underneath These Dying Stars, Underneath These Dying Stars Remixes, Ghosts Again, Death of You, Just an Echo, and 29 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $155 USD or more (50% OFF)

     

lyrics

Late night Sunday
2000 miles left to go
I still love you
But I’m trying to let it go
We knew it all along
Three months of counting down the days
Now you’re going home to stay

I resent the strained politeness
Cross-country conversation gives
I drive in silence
Self-titled king of distances
The Vegas lights ahead
Like a fallen chandelier
Why did I ever volunteer
For this trip to nowhere?

I gave you everything
The perfect performance
Prepackaged memories
In wallet-size portraits
We’ve come so many miles
But now I can’t go much farther for you
This is the final duty
Of a long distance martyr

Wednesday morning
500 miles left to go
Almost on empty
My resolve is running low
You say “that’s good enough”
“I can walk the rest from here”
A playful smile from ear to ear
How can you desert me?

All my life I dreamed of finding someone
Ruled you out
Maybe too soon to tell
Charted our final destination
Wanted to end it well
Keeping alive the memories
So maybe in time
You will come back to me.

credits

from Perfect Tears, released October 5, 1999

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Color Theory image

Color Theory Huntington Beach, California

Somehow I never outgrew the 80s.

contact / help

Contact Color Theory

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Color Theory recommends:

If you like Color Theory, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now