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We Are Not the Same Anymore

by No Radio

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1.
Clocked 03:18
I’m not going to work today Gonna stay at home I’m not going to work today Gonna stay at home Gonna count my heartbeats While I sit around alone. I swore I locked the door They broke it down but everything’s fine I swore I locked the door, they Broke it down but everything’s fine I told you before You won’t see me again for a long time. I’ve known the truth a while now Couldn’t tell you so I’ve known the truth a while now Couldn’t tell you so But I got what I need now And you got what you need to know. So as I drove to your house All the lights were green As I drove to your house All the lights were green And I knew when I got there You would be waiting for me. So as I drove to your house All the lights were green As I drove to your house All the lights were green And I knew when I got there You would be waiting for me.
2.
We read my books together When we were only 17 We’d get real high and argue How much less punk could we be? I stumbled off to class I killed some time, I bummed a light I wasn’t sure if you were wrong, I wasn’t sure if I was right If I was mistaken, Accept a full apology from me Will you, please? I thought I knew just what it means To be alive, to be around, To be on time, no counting down That’s when I know it’s not about The things you do, but the people you hang around. By age 21, I thought I’d learned a thing or three I’d come home after work And play this guitar faithfully So then we went down to the road The one we walked a thousand times before You told me that you loved me Now, but how could I ever be sure? If I was mistaken, Accept a full apology from me Will you, please? I thought I knew just what it means To be alive, to be around, To be on time, no counting down That’s when I know it’s not about The things you do, but the people you hang around. And so the sun came up this morning And everybody knew just where we’d been But I wasn’t ashamed ‘Cause I was standing with my friends And so the sun came up this morning And everybody knew just where we’d been But I wasn’t ashamed ‘Cause I was standing with my friends
3.
I walk behind in every row I never win but I’m never slow Don’t be too near, don’t come too close Touch from a distance, then leave alone With your bathroom fights and kitchen knives And all your friends someday will die Thank God for love, mercy, and grace But you can’t come back, can’t stay awake It’s hard to know all the things I’m knowing. It ain’t easy when you aren’t the things you are. A friend walks home in the rain But I wasn’t there, I felt no pain Just wear the clothes you wore before The shoes don’t fit—my feet are sore I had a dream, you bound my chest You cut my hair, you tore my dress It wasn’t real, it never is I know you support me, I kiss your lips A river cuts a ribbon through the trees, And the summer sun sets behind them. A river cuts a ribbon through the trees, And the summer sun sets behind them.
4.
I swear there’s something I missed, Driving too drunk past your interstate exit It’s kind of like the feeling when you lose something great We took our chances as we crossed the state, Too busy shouting at you ‘cause you were making us late The place we’re looking for doesn’t even exist anymore Missed opportunities are all that I know If you’re someone like me, you ain’t got nothing to show For all the nights that you tried to get over yourself Or maybe someone else who needed your help, They were crying, begging, don’t put them on a shelf, well You never thought anyone would bring you this low. There’s a bad electricity in the air You can’t get away, ‘cause it’s everywhere. Sitting, listening to Pat the Bunny, he’s The only guy who’s never lied to me He’s my favorite next to Craig Finn from the Hold Steady And I never could figure out why Ian Curtis had to die so young He must’ve been feeling like we do, He must’ve been not having fun. There’s a bad electricity in the air You can’t get away, ‘cause it’s everywhere. ‘Cause here’s a bad, bad, bad electricity in this air You can’t get away from it, No, no, no.
5.
When you're a ghost, When you're a ghost, They'll sit around and talk about How they liked you the most When you're a dream, When you're a dream, I'll wake up to warm sun-rays That make me want to scream I wanna let you know while you're alive Because everybody loves you when you die But when it matters, they're not there Not there When love is dead, When love is dead We'll remember gentle nudges That were keeping us in bed Or laughing at funerals, Or queasy at carnivals Listening to heartbeats slowing down As we keep growing old I wanna let you know while you're alive Because everybody loves you when you die But when it matters, they're not there Not there I gotta let you know while you're alive Cause I'll be a disaster when you die Chubby body, wet hair, don't care It's not like the love that they showed us on T.V It's a home that can burn, it's a limb to freeze It's worry Love is worry Love is worry Love is worry Love is worry Love is worry Yeah.
6.
Annie Wilkes 03:14
Yesterday I tore up a story I wrote All the way back in 2008 The character development was lacking and Nobody had nothing to say I enjoyed solitude until it wasn't a choice Now I just feel so alone So I get up, I go to work, Then I go home. There is a thundercloud that hangs out over my life Made up of all these drugs I try not to use And I'm like Annie Wilkes in that book Misery Except I'm also Paul Sheldon too And like the citizens of Hitler's Germany I'll put up with things til it's too late I'd be more ashamed If I weren't so busy making mistakes. I wanna be happy with this girl that I love But my mind won't let me be okay I hate being separated from my friends But some of them I secretly hate I'm kidding about that, I love you all And I promise you that's totally true So if you won't say it Then I will, I love you. Last night I tore up some lyrics I wrote Late at night the day before yesterday Nothing I wrote felt accurate And I couldn't convince you to say What you'd thought the whole time Now you're gone and it's hopeless And so once again, I'm alone So I get up, I go to work, I get off work, Then I go home.

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Recorded between February and December 2017 at Slanted & Enchanted Studios and at The Savannah in Birmingham, Alabama, and at Poppy House in Montgomery, Alabama.

Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by dora.

All lyrics by Sara except "While You're Alive" by Jeff Rosenstock. All music by Will, Sara, and Dora except "While You're Alive" by Jeff Rosenstock, John DeDominici, Kevin Higuchi, and Mike Huguenor.

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released December 15, 2017

Thanks first and foremost--and *always* first and foremost--to our three wonderful mothers; to Loki B., friends for half our lives and bearer of the deepest secrets nobody knows; to Khepfer, for his boundless patience, wisdom, and assistance during recording; and to Brecca, for somehow being a muse, an angel, a positive agitator, and calm in the storm all simultaneously, because she is an all-but-literally magical person. Also thanks to Bobby and Mikey for being the truest rockers with the most truly-rocking hearts; and to Pat, Jeff, and Laura, because the people who matter know why *they* matter.

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