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Beautiful Humans
06:13
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There is a light that I cannot see
It’s much too far, far away from me
It shines on those with a pretty face
It’s a pretty straightforward way to change
How I look at humankind
The ones I love and the ones I despise
The rationale comes out similar
Everyone’s a blur of their character
And sometimes I just sit and watch the lovely people walk on past
I stare sometimes I do not look at all
I am incredibly small
To the beautiful humans on this earth
That make me question what I’m worth
There are gorgeous gorges of bright young minds
That are never gonna be mine
There is a dancefloor in the rain parade
Some just ride with smiles, I just hide in shame
I look across the train at pretty girls
But I say no words, I remain unheard
I haven’t loved since I was seventeen
I was young at heart, but too old for dreams
The church of all who know about success
And self-confidence mock my impotence
Cause I just get so scared I am unable to express myself
The proper way I am invisible
They are incredible
All the beautiful humans on this earth
That make me question what I’m worth
There are gorgeous gorges of bright young minds
That are never gonna be mine
I feel as though I missed an opportunity to thrive
I get so stricken down by ingenuity to stay alive
I am fixated on a dream of living without qualms at all
I do agree, I don’t exist
That’s why I have to resist
All the beautiful humans on this earth
That make me question what I’m worth
There are gorgeous gorges of bright young minds
That are never gonna be mine
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My Porchlight
03:22
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I got some memories my porch light
It flickers and burns and shines in the night
I remember when the birds used to fly out
And I got a little scared but it’s okay to get a little scared if you don’t know where
I used to walk outside in the morning
I’d check the mailbox and I’d the see the glass hung over me
Sometimes I still think there still might be creatures inside there
And then I close the door and I open my mail and I put it on the record player it goes
I got green eyes, I got brown eyes
I got dark black circles under my eyes
I try to just hide it all like a disguise
But pride is just lies if you don’t realize
What you’re really worth, what you’re really really worth
You’re really worried, you’re really really worth nothing
But it really works, sometimes it really hurts
Just like Tiberius we can’t all be ethereal like
It’s a life and you gotta love it
If a lie’s got you crushing on it
Boot stamp its heart out
Don’t give up right now
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Everything But Wonderful
03:14
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I try to hope that I’m not simply still stuck in the motions
I need someone that I can prove to all my love and devotion
But when I try you just turn your head away
I am stuck here with no words to say
I am mute, I am blind, I am cursed to live this lonely life
I know, it’s my fate, but I know there are no angels past the gate
I wanna feel like my existence isn’t totally wasted
But when I try to make improvement I just can’t even face it
I need someone who will validate me
One to kiss who will not berate me
I am mute, I am blind, I am cursed to live this lonely life
I know, it’s my fate, but I know there are no angels past the gate
Locked and closed, are my chances of experiencing growth
I am null, I am everything but wonderful
This is time better spent with someone else they say
I am useless in every way
I don’t believe that I am strong enough to
Emit attraction to the one I want to
I am mute, I am blind, I am cursed to live this lonely life
I know, it’s my fate, but I know there are no angels past the gate
Locked and closed, are my chances of experiencing growth
I am null, I am everything but wonderful
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Art Store Confidential
03:38
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Let me paint you a picture
I can’t paint you picture
But I know you’d like me if I could
‘Cause the one that you like can do it pretty good
Let me graffiti your name downtown
I can’t graffiti your name downtown
I would get charged as a vandal
But that guy you have your eye on made it look like a Van Gogh
It’s art store confidential
Art store confidential
You’ll never realize my potential
‘Cause you like guys who draw with pencils
It’s art store confidential
Art store confidential
You’ll never realize my potential
‘Cause you like guys who draw with pencils
And I’m just penman running out of ink
Let me design you a new dress
I can’t design you a new dress
You’re never one to drop money on clothes
But if you bought the one he made you’d wear it everywhere you go
Let me come back when I’m skilled enough
I won’t come back when I’m skilled enough
It wouldn’t matter how great I was
I’m just a coffee shop to you he’s like a thousand museums
It’s art store confidential
Art store confidential
You’ll never realize my potential
‘Cause you like guys who draw with pencils
It’s art store confidential
Art store confidential
You’ll never realize my potential
‘Cause you like guys who draw with pencils
And I’m just penman running out of ink
Well I’ve seen your comics
Most people haven’t seen your comics
I wanna publish your comics
Although you likely don’t want it
But if he saw your comics
It’d be like I had never seen your comics
You’d want him to publish your comics
And cast me out onto the comets
It’s art store confidential
Art store confidential
You’ll never realize my potential
‘Cause you like guys who draw with pencils
It’s art store confidential
Art store confidential
You’ll never realize my potential
‘Cause you like guys who draw with pencils
And I’m just penman running out of ink
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I watch you sink into the ground below my feet
Can’t taste it, can’t make it, the liquid’s much too sweet
My body, psyche, it shrivels up so fast
I become very numb, how long does this emptiness last?
My heart continues to implore
I wonder if I will have any more
I won’t ever figure all this out
You are the nourishment I need
I am the California drought
I miss you, your world view, the feeling you’d provide
I grow up, soon enough I will not be alive
Where’d you go? Come back home, I’m gonna dehydrate
When I move without you, I truly hate this place
My heart continues to implore
I wonder if I will have any more
I won’t ever figure all this out
You are the nourishment I need
I am the California drought
My sore throat, my dry eyes
My instincts won’t advise
Me to just act normal
This distance is torture
My fingers, they slow down
My lips they move around
In hope of this craving
But am I worth saving?
My heart continues to implore
I wonder if I will have any more
I won’t ever figure all this out
You are the nourishment I need
I am the California drought
I won’t ever figure all this out
You are the nourishment I need
I am the California drought
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Ops Night Moon
05:23
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What if your fingers were as thick as your legs?
You could wear underwear in public without feeling ashamed
What if your tongue could speak the words of the grave?
You could know wisdoms of the deceased without being afraid
What if your car alarm was only one note?
You couldn't catch a criminal you'd have to let them all go
What if a spider saw through only its nose?
You couldn't kill it it would smell you coming miles from home
I know a thing or two about knowing a thing or two
And knowing things is useless if you've got no one to tell them to
I've got an idea about having an idea
And ideas are useless if you've got no one that's hearing you
What if a monster really slept 'neath your bed?
You would be strong enough to punch it down and proclaim it dead
What if a parasite snuck into your head?
You would be smart enough to fight it with things you never said
What if your adversary simply gave up?
You'd never know the thrilling feeling of a willing triumph
What if in grand schematics nothing was dumb?
You'd never apprehend your words because you wouldn't be judged
I know a thing or two about knowing a thing or two
And knowing things is useless if you've got no one to tell them to
I've got an idea about having an idea
And ideas are useless if you've got no one that's hearing you
I plead the fifth when I refuse to plead the fifth
Cause every truth just seems half-hearted if you don't ever own up to it
I fought the law because I had to fight the law because
The law of love gets broken when you're in love then you're breaking up
Do you ever sit and watch the time go by?
Watch the time go by
Watch this time, goodbye
Do you ever sit and watch the time go by?
A sky isn't a sky if the clouds aren't soaring high
Do you ever sit and watch the time go by?
Watch the time go by
Wash and then you dry
Do you ever sit and watch the time go by?
A lie isn't a lie if your words remain untried
So don't lie
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Calgary
05:34
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Calgary, sing to me
Fill me with your words and kill me with your tears
Oh, Calgary
Calgary, be with me
Crush me with your crimes until i disappear
Oh, calgary
Take me to the place where i want to go
Up to the white north i’m stuck here below
We can keep each other warm from the bitter cold
Please be my angel in the snow
Calgary, please wait for me
I will not be long i just want to explore
Monogamy
Calgary, in spite of me
Smile with your teeth i don’t want anymore
Autonomy
Take me to the place where i want to go
Up to the white north i’m stuck here below
We can keep each other warm from the bitter cold
Please be my angel in the snow
Take me as i am, please never let me go
Oh, Calgary
Calgary, my deity
Bright in every sense and gorgeous to the nines
Sweet Calgary
Calgary, my finest dream
Passport states my home, but it won’t be till you’re mine
Dear Calgary
Take me to the place where i want to go
Up to the white north i’m stuck here below
We can keep each other warm from the bitter cold
Please be my angel in the snow
Take me as i am, please never let me go
Oh, Calgary
Take me as i am, please never let me go
Oh, Calgary
Dear Calgary
Sweet Calgary
Calgary, my Calgary
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I drink some water, water gives me fuel
To make the walk that’s very far away from you
There is a darkness, it’s calling out my name
I don’t feel paranoid it happens every day
I walk around in smaller men’s clothing
I take breaks while others are talking
I feel insecure of my body
I’ll just waste away till i’m nothing
My father’s a farmer forever falling forward towards the flock
I am an astronaut whose rocket’s headed straight for planet rock
My sister is a doctor, helps me relieve all my pain
My mother writes for local papers places words in our brain
I don’t smoke nothin’, but nothin’ makes you cool
They offer whiskey and try to be so cruel
There is a light on, it’s welling up my skin
I feel an aching that’s coming from within
I am short of any new culture
Tear my limbs and feed them to vultures
Sick sad man in black and he’s crooning
Will he die alone? Absolutely
My father’s a farmer forever falling forward towards the flock
I am an astronaut whose rocket’s headed straight for planet rock
My sister is a doctor, helps me relieve all my pain
My mother writes for local papers places words in our brain
I am a one of a kind
I come from family aligned
I will create a testament
To what my parents built
My father’s a farmer forever falling forward towards the flock
I am an astronaut whose rocket’s headed straight for planet rock
My sister is a doctor, helps me relieve all my pain
My mother writes for local papers places words in our brain
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Ex-Love Exodus
04:31
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I want to feel good in my sheets
I want to be a deity
I want to construct my own lease
I want to make my me a we
I want to have a faith thee
I want to build a colony
And when I get angry it’s just a debate
On whether I’m more horny or lonely, frustrated
Myself into corners I can’t wriggle out of
I spend all my evenings just shooting my mouth off
I am a god, a shining golden god
I am fraud, inevitable fraud
I’m only brought down by those who think I’m not
But I must be a god because I don’t believe in myself
I want a throne up above
I want a one consistent love
I want a figure to think of
I want a baptism of trust
I want a life monogamous
I want an ex-love exodus
And all of my scriptures have gone out of date
There are burn marks on Romans and I can’t relate
To the stories of angels that I never knew
I am just sitting passing my life straight through
I am a god, a shining golden god
I am fraud, an evitable fraud
I’m only brought down by those who think I’m not
But I must be a god because I don’t believe in myself
Praise me, praise me
Now you must obey me
Raise me, raise me
Come and validate me
Break me, break me
I am just a red sea
Save me, save me
Strip my authority
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I want you to show me all the things that you’re into
I want you to teach me all the things that I don’t know
I want you to make me forget all that I’ve been through
I want you to make me feel like I’m no longer alone
So put your arm around a friend
Baby please
Won’t you let that friend me?
I’ve done all I can
I’ve made mistakes
Don’t let them get in the way
Of this embrace
I just can’t wait
Until you let me kiss your face
And we can grin the whole day through
And I will put my arm around you
I want you to let me in on all of your secrets
I want you to feel me in ways I’ve never felt before
I want you to just lose sight of all of your regrets
I want you to feel like you don’t need waiting anymore
So put your arm around a friend
Baby please
Won’t you let that friend me?
I’ve done all I can
I’ve made mistakes
Don’t let them get in the way
Of this embrace
I just can’t wait
Until you let me kiss your face
And we can grin the whole day through
And I will put my arm around you
I want you to hold me like you won’t ever let go
I want you to trust me and know I will always be here
I want you to whisper my name outside my window
I want you to know that you have nothing left to fear
So put your arm around a friend
Baby please
Won’t you let that friend me?
I’ve done all I can
I’ve made mistakes
Don’t let them get in the way
Of this embrace
I just can’t wait
Until you let me kiss your face
And we can grin the whole day through
And I will put my arm around you
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L. Mounts Chicago, Illinois
Singer of songs. Abstainer of substances. Bringer of plagues.
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