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World's Funny
03:19
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Wake up in the morning
Put on my shoes
Step outside the house to see
A girl that I once knew
She was standing right out front
She was in a need to speak
Weirdest thing about it was
She'd been waiting there a whole week
World's funny sometimes
Wake up in the morning
I read the news
Article by article
I'm reading them through
One story in particular
Happened to catch my eye
A preacher man said on Saturday
We're all going to die
World's funny sometimes
Wake up in the morning
I'm getting all the cues
That today's gonna be a bad day
But I ain't taking no abuse
From anyone who's around me
Cause I'm gonna keep living life
Until they let me out of this room
That's padded white
World's funny sometimes
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That Little Doll
04:55
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I'd waited so many days to see you
Wanting to hold you take you away
But from what I could collect from the evening
I was not the one that you wanted to see
I coulda sworn we had a little something
As I was walking through the day
But when you looked him in the eye I knew
That little doll was not for me
That little doll was not for me
I never wanted you to leave me out in the rain wet n cryin
I didn't know it was your intention to leave me here dyin'
Cause when you walked in the door of the house
Your voice really made me smile
As it always does when you come around
You make my soul feel oh so free
But then as you kept talking with him
I realized that it would be a while
Before I could get over the fact that
That little doll was not for me
That little doll was not for me
I never wanted you to leave me out in the rain wet n cryin
I didn't know it was your intention to leave me here dyin'
So now I'm sittin here bleeding these words out
Cause it's the only way I can
Get the pain that lies within my stomach
Out in an imperfect harmony
Soon enough you'll stroll along with him
And I will try to be the bigger man
Except every time you grin I get a little bit smaller
Than that little doll that wasn't meant for me
That little doll was not for me
I never wanted you to leave me out in the rain wet n cryin
I didn't know it was your intention to leave me here dyin'
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As rain pours down outside my blackened house
I send to you a message, 3 words I must get out
But they're coded in the small talk that I shed over desire
'Cause even the hardest rainfall will not put out the fire
This may be just another song from the lovesick fuck I am
But if you want me to be happy, then take hold of my hand
And whisper in my ear, so that I can hear you say
"I'll be here for you tomorrow, despite every cliché"
The fly paces 'round the white light
And the storm around the town
As I'm pacing back and forth
Because I know I need you now
I will never understand why
I do not have you yet
This is when I need you most
I won't just take what I can get
The crackling of thunder sends shivers down my spine
My heart begins to beat because it makes you cross my mind
I wonder If I ever really even had a chance
And if I still have it now, would it make a difference?
You keep me wide awake when I'm in the mood to sleep
I'm trying to stay strong but you just make me fucking weak
I will not say I wish that I had never met you
But I will say that I wish I could be the one that you consume
The fly paces 'round the white light
And the storm around the town
As I'm pacing back and forth
Because I know I need you now
I will never understand why
I do not have you yet
This is when I need you most
I won't just take what I can get
I've said all that I can say
Now just come take me away
Let us be together
So I know you feel the same
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Blackrose Heartsweep
06:43
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Paint yourself in black and white
Trot along all through the night
You say you've got a thirst for blood
But I don't think you'll make the cut
See those tears running down your face
You don't think you're in the right place
But soon enough you'll come to find
You're in a ridiculous state of mind
Silence your cries
Lift off the pressure
And live the whole day through
If you want to die
It'd be my pleasure
To make your dreams come true
"Roses are red, violets are blue
My heart is black and my soul is too"
Well wise up son, and step outside
And let the sun fill up your eyes
The longer you're in isolation
And waiting for self-destruction
Is time that could be spent on things
To help the world all its beings
Silence your cries
Lift off the pressure
And live the whole day through
If you want to die
It'd be my pleasure
To make your dreams come true
Yeah, so stop with the act
I've had enough of it
I don't believe it's true
If you want to die
I'd really love it
If I could assist you
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Untitled
02:55
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Oh I wish that I was Cohen
Changing the world with the words I sing
And my songs, the people would know 'em
Before they got Buckleyed
I would try my best to be the greatest
Entertainer in the world
Oh I wish that I was Cohen for my girl
Oh I wish that I was Sinatra
With a voice with a kick and a swing
Putting love in music, I gotta
Learn to get that ability
Before the moon arose I'd croon
To the people of the world
Oh I wish that I was Sinatra for my girl
Oh I wish that I was Dylan
With an iconic complexion
The record stores would be fillin'x
With my current event album
The times would change, and I'd arrange
Songs about the world
Oh I wish that I was Dylan for my girl
Oh I wish that I was Carlin
Making people laugh till they cry
My jokes, they'd soak 'em all in
I'd write until I die
All I wanna do is to
Put some laughter in the world
Oh I wish that I was Carlin for my girl
Oh I wish that I was Carlin,
All the people would be fallen'
To their knees
Oh I wish I was Carlin for my girl
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Disappearing Act
03:52
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The final pumps of blood within my heart
I saved for you, you tore apart
The whole damn thing, there's just a string
Of veins protruding from my chest
It should have not ended like this
Or brought around, how did I miss
The fact you didn't wanna chat
With me after I spent the rest
Of days just hoping for the one
I loved but I just had to run
So far away, straight from the day
You left me lying on my floor
I tried to talk it it out with you
You didn't care, you left the room
Then left my life, now it's just like
You are the lost forgotten whore
Now you're just a thought that's gone away
And I do know that you are
Never going to come back
But now this is your chosen path
I don't why you've gone this way
But I no longer have to deal
With your emotional attack
Wonderful disappearing act
You've ripped the flesh off of my bones
Though I don't care, 'cause now you're gone
Disgusting excuse for human
Being walking on this Earth
You bitter self-absorbent wench
My eyes close tight, my fists, they clench
I do believe, you are now seen
With not the slightest bit of worth
"You break her heart, I'l break your face"
You said as I had walked away
To talk again, to your best friend
Who's only my sweet concubine
I hope you've really truly left
You may be right, it's for the best
But you're still wrong, I hope it's long
Before I, again, see your eyes
Now you're just a thought that's gone away
And I do know that you are
Never going to come back
But now this is your chosen path
I don't why you've gone this way
But I no longer have to deal
With your emotional attack
Wonderful disappearing act
I have no words left to say to you
Goodbye forever, darling shrew
You were once my shining star
But now you are below the bar
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You walk in the room and I just become blue
Cause I know exactly what you do
i'm living my life but when I see your eyes
I really could just fall down and die
The way that your teeth so attractively meet
The outline of your lips so discreet
I want you to drop in my arms and we'll stop
The whole world and we'll watch our love start
But falling in love is so hard
When the one that you want will just not love you back
But I don't regret ever falling for you
Cause the fall was keeping me intact
I will not believe that you will not perceive
And give our togetherness a chance
You know what comes next so dear don't be perplexed
When I see you and ask you to dance
I see your hair move with the wind and its groove
And the rhythm is tough to consume
It gives me a pain now whenever it rains
I can't help myself to go insane
The memories from past lives are haunting me fast
And the only way I can relapse
From the things that before had just left me so sore
Is to keep seeing you more and more
But falling in love is so hard
When the one that you want will just not love you back
But I don't regret ever falling for you
Cause the fall was keeping me intact
I will not believe that you will not perceive
And give our togetherness a chance
You know what comes next so dear don't be perplexed
When I see you and ask you to dance
As I sit on this chair and am wondering where
You have gone and why you are not here
For so long I have wished for your place
In my wanting embrace and for you to come by
And just give me some time and I do hope you'll see
All that lies within me but if you're going blind
All my actions and rhymes have been useless but still
I keep all of my will and I live and I live
Till you think you will give
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It's an orgy of victims but they don't know it yet
They're gonna end up lyin' on the floor or bleedin' in their beds
Yeah it's a night of mutilation, sex is all he ever needs
And he's the world's best necromancer, he's come to plant his bloody seed
He'll chop you up with his libido, and his passionate desire
Is falling on you like an anvil dropping from a broken wire
He's got a hardon with his hacksaw sliding in and out of you
So when he finishes both jobs you'll be dead before you're screwed
Your time has come
And so has he
My friend, you're done
Prepare for the
Execution of a lifetime and a shag you won't forget
You closed your eyes while still alive but they'll pop open once you're dead
Because a split second before your heart stops beating, pumping blood
You'll hear him yell from the pulsating and invigorating rush
His eyes are redder than a sadist's, he's a killer's nemesis
You'll hear his final clutching moan but then you won't remember this
Because your death is not an option 'til he strips you blank and bare
Then slits your throat before the climax so that you won't catch his stare
Your time has come
And so has he
My friend, you're done
Prepare for the...
He'll carve hi s name into your chest and then devour your every bone
And every little piece of muscle that you got all within you
He'll tear your skin off piece by piece and cover himself with them all
So you better dare not run or else you'll be caught in the thrall
Of his killing spree of madness, distorted insanity
He'll tear your body into shreds and erase your reality
And he'll be laughing as he does it but you will not hear him scream
By the time your heart stops beating everything's a bloody scene
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Deaf
07:53
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Sometimes I swear I feel like
Sewing my ears right shut
These words you say to me are
Only and nothing but
Things you should be forgetting
But for some reason aren't
These feelings that you've kept close
Are tearing me apart
But I must keep my ears open
So that I can still be
Able to comprehend things
That are so dear to me
And I truly hate to say it
And you know that I do
You can't say those words to me
Even if they are true
I'm afraid that if I take the sound away
I could wind up someone different
Than the one I am today
I'm in an internal dilemma
I don't wanna hear your secrets
But I wanna hear the glimmer
In everything that passes by my window
All the tingles in my body
All the stretching of the marrow
So if you could leave me alone
You can take the words you have
Straight away from the phone
I thought about you last night
You probably thought of me too
But not of times of speaking
But of the things we'd do
Day dreams of intimacy
Just never seem to part
Away from my memory
I just wish they would stop
I think of all those words that
I keep hearing from you
They make me wanna go insane
I don't know what to do
So let's not talk for some time
However long it takes
I'm sorry my old darling
I need another face
I have this fear that I'm going…
I'm having this fear that you don't have the knowing
I've got this uncontrollable fear that I'm going…
Sounds from everywhere are beating down my brain and it's slowing
Down my life
So stop talking to me
Your words fly into me and
I can't release 'em cause
You just repeat 'em and
I hate to listen but
You keep me common back for
More of your control
Just leave me alone but don't take away
What I love
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I feel the clouds flying over me
It puts a smile on my face
But I am not afraid to lose again
And to go back to that place
It's beautiful how things can disappear
Into the thins of the wind
This is just how it's happening
And I'm going through it all with a grin
All of a sudden I'm dying again
And I couldn't be happier
This sickening feeling I get in my bones
Is the greatest pain of all
It brings back the life into my mind
And I don't care when it's gone
Someday I'll find a place that's comforting
But for now I'm fine with this
I've grown accustomed to the viciousness
I've learned to embrace the skids
Cause all of a sudden I'm dying again
And I couldn't be happier
When I find myself
In need of help
I disregard it all
There is nothing more
That I want than to fall
My lives have treated me for the better
Even when I'm with the worst
But I just put it all behind me
I don't believe in any curse
This may be the last you hear from me
So I hope I did my job
And if I failed then to hell I'll go
And I'll be singing as I rot
And all of a sudden I'm dying again
All of a sudden I'm dying again
All of a sudden I'm dying again
And I couldn't be happier
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L. Mounts Chicago, Illinois
Singer of songs. Abstainer of substances. Bringer of plagues.
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