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The Blue Line

by Bon Air

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1.
Tell Me Why 03:41
Don't wanna talk about it 'Cause I'd have to think about it I'm sure he fits just right Night after magic night Much better than I ever could, I suppose... So tell me why Am I wondering what she's doing tonight? Tell me why Am I drinking her off my mind? Tell me why Are her messages still in my phone? Tell me why Without her, no matter who I'm out with, I still feel so alone? I'd stop this backward motion If I let go of the notion That happiness I'll never find Unless she's right here by my side And somehow life's travails will fall behind, I suppose... So tell me why Am I wondering what she's doing tonight? Tell me why Am I drinking her off my mind? Tell me why Are her pictures still in my phone? Tell me why Without her, no matter who I'm out with, I still feel so alone? I should be living like a king So many fish in this vast sea And not give up on life too soon Measured out in coffee spoons Embittered, facing self-inflicted doom I suppose... So tell me why Am I wondering what she's doing tonight? Tell me why Am I drinking her off my mind? Tell me why Are her messages still in my phone? Tell me why Without her...
2.
When I say that I love you It comes out, "Do you feel alright?" When I say I adore you It comes out, "Aren't you such a riot?" And I wasted so much light It could light up the night of the city When I want to spend time with you It comes out, "Wont you tag along?" When I say how much you mean to me You know, it always comes out wrong And I wasted so much light It could light up the night of the city A thousand yard stare Just like I don't care Just like it means nothing I knew along That soon you'd be gone My pride would destroy me Do you feel alright?
3.
A cloaking device Ever concealing A cloaking device To hide what I'm feeling 'Cause I'm sick and tired of this silly disguise Concealing the truth 'til it feels like such lies I'm tired, I'm weary It just has to stop A cloaking device For easier living A cloaking device For keeping it hidden 'Cause I'm sick and tired of dropping hints That are so oblique that they're always missed I'm tired, I'm weary It just has to stop A cloaking device Eluding the searches A cloaking device To keep me from bursting 'Cause I'm ick and tired when my words come out wrong And the phrases distort 'til the meaning is gone I'm tired, I'm weary It just has to stop
4.
I get around But I belong nowhere I got nothing left But to start the next adventure And there is no escape From this state of anomie This groundlessness is draining The life straight out of me I got amazing friends But I still feel so alone The frost keeps burning Nowhere feels like home I ain't got no one to love And nobody loves me This emptiness is draining The life straight out of me No sure what I see When I look in the mirror I see a decent guy Perhaps you see different I ain't got no one to love And nobody loves me This emptiness is choking The life straight out of me
5.
Tonight my parties With friends are things of glory The times we had Would be the Romans' envy And up through this moment Been doing so much better than fine But now I'm nothing but a passenger Riding home on the Blue Line I swear, I've seen your pretty face On this train a thousand times Though I've given up on asking, Oh, how I wish you were by my side Though I know you'd much rather be happy Living and loving your own life And I'm nothing but a passenger Riding home on the Blue Line And you'll be the brightest shining star When you're walking into anyone's life And I'm nothing but a passenger Riding home on the Blue Line You are such a private person It's not for me to know Thought I could make your life much better It hurts to realize it isn't so And you'll be the best thing that ever happened In some lucky man's life And I'm nothing but a passenger Riding home on the Blue Line
6.
So Fashy 00:35
From the depths Of Mom's basement You lash out, "Exterminate!" With a fashy haircut And a dapper suit But when the ladies say no You scream, "White genocide!" From the depths Of Mom's basement A line open To the White House
7.
Reverie 03:39
I saw you daydreaming And just who were you daydreaming about? And does he have any idea Just how lucky, oh, how lucky he is? And it kills me That it's not me How I wish it were me Caught in your reverie I would've gone out tonight But I'll just stay in, whatever that is worth to you Maybe Stroszek's on TV Got my Iggy and Joy Division records out Though you'll see me shine Like it don't bother me Though I wish it were me Caught in your reverie You re-read his messages The way I do the ones you've sent to me And does he understand All the beauty in his life that could be And it kills me That it's not me How I wish it were me Caught in your reverie
8.
Virginia 01:01
[instrumental]
9.
Julia 03:13
Julia Bright lights, they ne'er shine the same Julia The city still screams your name Sitting in an airport With a ticket to I don't care At the end of hope and the end of my rope Wishing you were here Julia Bright lights, they ne'er shine the same Julia The city still screams your name Some travel home to their loved ones Some travel to forget And some blank-eyed suits making someone else rich Some wonder, "What's the point?" And I'm thinking about the knife he stabbed through your heart And the reasons I'm not good enough Just to whisk you away, give your life happiness Now I'm tracing the places I've failed Getting off this plane In a new time zone sunrise I stretch out and alight to a future so bright It burns the sight from my eyes And the one who say that life means nothing at all Push the boulder up the mountainside And I feel like my existence is one act of resistance It's rebellion just to be alive Julia Bright lights, they ne'er shine the same Julia The city still screams your name Julia
10.
Free Shot 01:55
You press your Nazi jackboot On the necks of innocents Now comes the whiny winter Of your privileged discontent You can't face competition Or your own mediocrity So you subjugate minorities Tonight I'm taking my free shot Tonight is your kick in the eye Tonight I'm taking my free shot Now you'll answer to all whom you despise I tried to understand you But all I found was hate You made the bed you lie in You sealed your wretched fate You're scared that you'll become The new minority And you'll be treated Like you've treated others through history Tonight I'm taking my free shot Tonight is your kick in the eye Tonight I'm taking my free shot Now you'll answer to all whom you despise
11.
Distance 1 00:34
A distant place and time The echoes in my mind The softness of your voice The beauty of your eyes A distant time and place The beauty of your face Though distant as you are We've never been apart
12.
Is he alright, he's seeming so uptight Kept telling jokes, but the jokes kept getting darker It's so depressing to see him so distressing Is he alright, he's seeming so uptight Cherchez la femme It's such a shame how he's shifting all the blame Yet to discover that women owe him nothing He's taking action from privileged reaction He's not alright, and he's acting so uptight Cherchez la femme Is he alright, he's seeming so uptight Kept telling jokes, but the jokes kept getting darker It's so depressing to see him so distressing He's not alright, and he's acting so uptight Cherchez la femme Right round the bend Cherchez la femme
13.
Class 00:27
14.
The Smiths record I wrote at my desk On company time, done on the sly Don't ask me why, or I'll spit in your eye Every time The Smiths record I wrote at my desk With brilliant guitar just like Johnny Marr To buoy the words just like Morrissey So fraught with ennui The Smiths record I wrote at my desk But she doesn't care, so I will just play Whatever I feel, whatever it's worth It's all that I have The Smiths record I wrote at my desk With brilliant guitar just like Johnny Marr To buoy the words just like Morrissey So fraught with ennui
15.
Saturday, we were hanging out Frozen with fear, but you were buying shots You called me an asshole, 'cause I was so distant Since then, you slowly fade away But I'm still haunted by your memory I'm sometimes hot but always broken Each day, I replay the past Living in the shadow that it cast There once was time you seemed to like me I guess it's only in my head Now it's like a part of me is dead I'm sometimes hot but always broken

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released February 1, 2017

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