1. |
First Place
03:33
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Wouldn’t know if it kept calling
My melatonin isn’t forming
Was kinda hoping, you wouldn’t notice, I had a moment
Should I go if I get bored of being lonely?
Are you lonely?
There’s a new me paying old fees in the front seat
So I won’t be anywhere for any other
Count down from three, and breathe, can you handle it?
‘cause damned if I won't be digging in my heels
Coalescing all our favourite evenings
I’m waiting on my dreams to come and get me
‘cause Hell, it’s been a ride
Shoulda known it’d get boring
In the hellscape, I was first place
to the coffin, in the garden, it was creaking
So I won’t be anywhere for any other
Count down from three, and breathe, can I handle it?
‘cause damned if I won’t be digging in my heels
Coalescing every other ending
I’m waiting on my dreams to come and get me
‘cause Hell, it’s been a ride
‘cause damned if I can’t be all that I would need
It’s a lesson, one I’m never learning
Who have I been kidding?
I’m dealing with it all alright
I’m setting free
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2. |
Same Day, Same Face
02:35
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Same day, same face, I get it
The same way you recognise it now
(forget me, I’m gone, listen up)
(let me have that)
I can’t say I get dramatic
But if somebody asks - please just say I died
(set me on fire, set me alight)
Yeah, just let me have that
Oh, God damn my luck
(I said it out loud)
God damn, my luck
(I should’ve been around)
God damn, my luck
(I saw you running out)
God damn, my luck, God damn
Same day, same face, I get it
Your love is a lifesaver
(set me on fire, listen up)
(let me have it)
Can’t change my awkward timing
But if somebody asks – please just say I died
(forget me, I’m gone)
Yeah, just let me have that
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3. |
Placeholder
01:59
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4. |
Years On
04:02
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You’re the author of my head
And I wouldn’t light up the room
See, it’s awkward if I’d said that “I wouldn’t sit back and lose”
If I gotta be there for me
(Death, be on time for me)
‘cause I’m kinda feeling there, fully
(Let me unwind, fully)
You’re out on the border, where time left
And I shouldn’t care like I do
But I’ll be going on and on for 40 years saying “hell, what I wouldn’t do just to be around, feel better now”
My God, I can’t stop it, so let it ring
I bet it won’t mean a thing
You said it don’t mean a thing
Spent every autumn getting taller
All of my favourites have moved,
right to the corners of their boredom
And I couldn’t sit there with you
If I gotta be there for me
(Life, be on time for me)
‘Cause I’ve been going on and on for all these years
Hell, what I wouldn’t do
Just to make a sound, make it real loud
My God, I can’t stop it, I let it win,
I bet it won’t mean a thing
You said it don’t mean a thing
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5. |
Me v2
02:43
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I was late on my second wave
I should be going somewhere
Couldn’t find the line I said I’d drawn
I was praying I could get a rewind
Could you play along, yeah?
Couldn’t bide the time for anyone
I guess I’ll say it, I guess I fell in love
(Let my mind resolve)
My sunsetting, a goldmine catalogue
(Best I right the wrongs)
I guess I’ll say it, I guess I’m better off
(Let my life dissolve)
Your bestseller is all I ever was
Off and on, which version are we on?
I was said and done, gettin’ old, I couldn’t pedal on more
It’s a sign the nights were getting slow
And I’m done with the dialogue, man could you monologue it?
If I buy the rhetoric imposed - I cannot be alone
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6. |
Co-Pathetic
03:55
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I was stepping up with full intent to be incredible
So indebted, so unmeasured
Colour-right my face, it feels prophetic coming in second place
Come and get it, I am everything
I went step-by-step to my own death, it’s all ephemeral
Let me at it, let me manage
Don’t remind me, babe. I feel paretic trying to celebrate
Co-pathetic, a ‘coat-on’ panic
You better get some balance, you better find a way
You better get somebody to be your ‘always’
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7. |
Hotel / Easy Feeling
01:56
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It’s just the name I was given
It’s the way that I live my life undone
I’ll be running out of synonyms
to let you know how I’m feeling
Oh, don’t leave just yet,
just when I’m leaning back
You kinda messed with my rhythm
Where’s the rest of my life gone?
I could’ve sworn I had a couple more minutes left
I had a speech prepared but all I said was…
Don’t leave just yet,
just when I’m leaning on back
Oh, please, easy feeling, won’t you stay awhile?
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8. |
Land Where I Land
02:55
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My legs won’t go where my head wants
My collection of words couldn’t ever be enough
My head won’t turn in your direction
I’ll land where I land, when I land
So what if I said it? I meant every word
That my connection it left me, in the moment, I was gone
I guess that I’ll stumble along and I’ll land where I land, when I land
Just get a little rest sometime
I’d care a little less if I could
You said it ought to be just fine
Swear it on your life, it’s alright
Red bag on your shoulder with the price tag on
Your headband through a cold phase
It’s time we settle up
If my head won’t turn in your direction, I’ll land where I land, when I land
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9. |
Sand And Sky
02:10
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10. |
Ornaments
03:04
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Could you help me out and say it?
That I was in out of my depth
Couldn’t catch myself from falling off the earth
Could you let me shelve the failures?
I’d be sitting down for this mess
Sent a card back home with a poem on the front
The time is showing the cracks upon my hands
Could it feel like this forever?
Be where I wanted to be?
Could I say it now without breaking down again?
I’m finally throwing this stack of ornaments
And I’m fine with growing out of who I am
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11. |
Just Another Way
03:43
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Just another way to give you my time
Just another phrase that I could un-write
My life, in waves, my tide won’t set it straight
Just another way to make it alright
If I don’t feel it by now
I won’t be around
I’ve signed off, it’s feeling so loud
I won’t be around
And I can’t be your landing ground
Just another way to give you my life
Just another face for me to rewrite
My life, in waves, my pride won’t set it straight
Just another day, and I’ll be alright
If I don’t feel it by now
I won’t be around
I’ve signed off, it’s feeling so loud
I won’t be around to watch it play out
‘cause I can’t be your landing ground
It honestly gets me down, that I couldn’t say it out loud
So how should I be, in pieces on the ground?
I won’t, I can’t be your landing now
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Novo Amor Cardiff, UK
Novo Amor is Ali Lacey. He lives in Cardiff. His debut album was ‘Birthplace' (2018), his second ‘Cannot Be, Whatsoever’ (2020) and his latest, 'Collapse List' (2024)
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