Lives On Hold

by Anthony Zucchero

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Some things go without saying, Some things come without you asking Maybe, there’s something in the water that I drink Sometimes the blazing sun isn’t warm And sometimes your icy flesh keeps me home But maybe, there’s something in the water that I drink And just maybe, there’s something in the water that I drink There’s this feeling that claws inside my throat If you’d believe me, I’d say it means the most But maybe, there’s something in the water that I drink I stare up at my ceiling And all I need, is another outcast to belong with me But maybe, there’s something in the water that I drink But maybe, there’s something in the water that I drink Maybe some day I’ll understand Why my parents slept in different beds And fought, fought until the bitter end But things, things are looking up from here my friend
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Up from a nightmare Just to step into another as soon I walk out the door Consulting the winter air With A/C this warm is it even worth going outside? (And who would even know?) Plants can die Plants can die, And my greatest fear is that Plastic will be there for life Taking your vitamins The slowest way to die is to live as long as you can Getting excited About not getting invited is a sure sign that You've just lived long enough Plants can die Plants can die, And my greatest fear is that Plastic will be there for life Oh, and what a strange design User friendly, touch-screen, and the like Oh, and what a strange life To be living off wattage Waiting for the end Plants can die Plants can die, And my greatest fear is that Plastic will be there for life And if I had had enough I wouldn't logged off yesterday and stretched my legs for a change When life is lived through a screen It's easy to start seeing low definition and RGB Oh, and what a strange design User friendly, touch-screen, and the like Oh, and what a strange life To be living off wattage Waiting for the end Plants can die Plants can die, And my greatest fear is that Plastic will be there for life
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Burn Out 03:58
You make it easy Killing time with weapons of misery Making sure every piece is gone But there's a witness Standing back with a camera in his hands and blackmail on his mind It's white and black You're white and black I punched you once You gave a smack Your Etch a Sketch Thrown in the mud You're old, you're old I thought I told you Take your little toys and go Don't you wanna burn out with the sun? Don't you wanna burn out with the sun? He took it downtown and locked her up for half a century Walked away and swallowed the key But by herself, under flourescent light that burned so falsely bright clawing her way out into the night It's black and white We're black and white Too tired to Put up a fight My shattered cell phone On the ground You're old, you're old You know I told you Take your little toys and go Don't you wanna burn out with the sun? Don't you wanna burn out with the sun? Don't you wanna burn out with the sun? Don't you wanna burn out with the sun? Don't you wanna burn out with the sun? Don't you wanna burn out with the sun?
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Turbulence 04:46
Sacrificed on the altar of love Waiting for my time to come I was born to the wrong time Fell out on my head Concrete disappointment Waiting for me down below I woke up With heads turned all around Lonely hearts on the wrong kids Righteous, burning pain Nightmares under these eyelids And pumping through these acid veins These days I'm a walking pushover For these replayed scenes I woke up With nothing in my soul And if you even cared, you'd say "hello" Tell me what it is I know it's something Tell me what it is I know it's something If you even cared, you would've stopped I feel a new dawn coming on But I don't feel the warmth at all Turbulence Rough skies and hardened minds Free falling I woke up With tears burning in my eyes And if you even cared, you'd say "goodbye" Tell me what it is I know it's something Tell me what it is I know it's something If you had the time, I'd make it up Tell me what it is I know it's something Tell me what it is I know it's something If you even cared, You'd look me up
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Coming back down from a high I guess this is goodbye For a time And maybe one day we'll find Another love to ease the grind Into a lonely life Against the wind, against the grain A broken heart's got it all to gain But it can't with pain And falling down and falling fast Is this what I've missed? I guess it isn't much, but it sure feels like a lot And obsolete and redesigned A transition without an open mind Oh and My Life as It Falls Apart I felt the weight of the world when I was 20 But you're never too young to be broken down And you broke me down But look at me now My life as it falls apart It's beautiful, a brand new start But I don't want it I don't want to face the world with tears in my eyes With opportunity breathing down my neck It's too much for one broken kid to take As you walked out the door We shared an glance of empty reflection The silence spoke so much to me It choked out the embers of our burning love Oh and My Life as It Falls Apart I felt the weight of the world when I was 20 But you're never too young to be broken down And you broke me down But look at me now But look at me now
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I felt my first joy in life with my head on her chest Nothing could ever feel that real again And fleeting youth is the name of the game Candle burning at both ends Routine is a shallow grave to bury your dreams The people you look up to were once on the ground People are stories so please turn the page away People are stories so please turn the page away Don't say goodbye, don't give up You've got so much left to give us I felt my first pain in life with my head on her chest Nothing could ever hurt that bad again And fleeting youth is the name of the game Candle burning at both ends Routine is a shallow grave to bury your dreams The people you look up to were once on the ground People are stories so please turn the page away People are stories so please turn the page away Don't say goodbye, don't give up You've got so much left to give us
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Say Enough 02:13
Sunshine as clear as ice With no clouds I've got my eye on love And I've lit candles inside To keep alive the dreams that drift away When shadows fall upon them And you don't say enough when you say 'enough' And you don't say enough when you say 'enough' Moonlight as bright as dawn Can blur the lines that keep hope hanging on Without signs when you're lost, Waiting in the darkness with your eyes on a star that isn't there And you don't say enough when you say 'enough' And you don't say enough when you say 'enough' And you don't say enough when you say 'enough'
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Get In Line 04:38
If I talk too loud If I talk too long Would you please bring me round? And talk me down? These nervous words that float in fear into unresponsive air Please give me an ear Give me some time Help me clear out my mind We were scared of our own home And if we wanted a savior we had to get in line Get in line x2 If things went right From dark to light You'd be in my arms tonight But there's something else A someone else Keeping my fate on a shelf Leaning over cities Clawing at our ceilings All I know is I don't want to have to get in line Get in line
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Paint Chips 03:34
Don't ever say "It's just a day away" Cause you don't know what you're missing When you're missing out You can drink your drink With your silly straw But you don't know, You don't know what's Going on, Going wrong With you Going on, Going wrong With you It comes fast and then it's gone, it's gone It comes fast and then it's gone, it's gone Light travels fast When you've got your eyes closed And you don't know what you're missing When you're missing You don't know You don't know It comes fast and then it's gone, it's gone It comes fast and then it's gone, it's gone It comes fast and then it's gone, it's gone It comes fast and then it's gone, it's gone
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Outliers 03:49
Hey, Smooth Operator I've got a question Where does this piece go? And here in my own skin, I'm no pro We're so witty, such a pity That we couldn't figure out how to grow Such a pity these young souls Grow old with broken bones Aching joints, a respirator For pain I get no points So what's the point Of rolling out of bed in the first place? Sometimes the hardest things in life to find Are the easiest to lose We wouldn't have to say much, dear Just a moment of burning silence To remember what it was and why we were We were cruel and we were selfish It wasn't the exception, But it certainly wasn't the rule We wouldn't have to say much, dear Just a moment of burning silence To remember what it was and why we were I don't really remember Maybe that's the worst of it Maybe moving on means forgetting her On your way out Leave a trail for me to Hound your memory and chase my own tail What it means, to be alone? You really wanna know? It's when you're laying on your back at night in solitude performance Of a dead man walking forming dormant scars that mourn your chorus of love After all this? Over nothing that even happened? I'd call you a dog, but at least dogs are loyal Over just a change in attitude? You "have to find yourself"? I don't know what the hell that means and I don't care to know
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Frequent traditions often end in boredom It's so easy to think that you're strong enough But you're not Put on your pretty little mask to hide behind You seem to make up your mind With the luxury of not breaking any hearts The oceans turn to stone And you fake your understand Put on your pretty little mask to hide behind Put on your pretty little mask to hide behind
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I used to pray For I used to pray Don’t delay Things that never came Dreams that forever stayed Crashing down hard Nightmarish shards of my broken remains Some losers say You won’t last Love’s not a game It’s an ashtray But I was born of brass Half empty corpse optimistic and naive at best Crutches of glass Propped up my mortal remains Love is a noose You tie yourself Love is a noose You tie yourself For my folks, I guess it all went too fast Forlorn with scorn, Wearing balls and chains For me, I’ve seen rivers of gold Been out on my knees, Without a sieve in the rain Years ahead of me, Don’t fill me with childlike glee An uphill battle, Is the hill I’ve been destined to lay Love is a noose You tie yourself Love is a noose You tie yourself Love is a noose You tie yourself Love is a noose You tie yourself
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Is he there Breathing in your breath? Under the covers, Telling secrets I’d bet. Does he know Exactly what he has? A love so poignant it can scar a hardened man for all his years. Is he there When you’re upset? Filling in the shadow That I wish I left. Does he feel the same to you or is it better round this time? If I had I had to guess I’d guess that you were over me And that you weren't such a mess Does he know That indent on your chest? Does your imperfection make him feel you're more perfect than the rest? Does he know About me? About the pillow forts of love we made That tumbled down so spectacularly. When you’re doing Your dirty laundry, When you’re cleaning Plates after you two dine I hope I creep into your mind the way you creep into mine. If I had I had to guess I’d guess that you were over me And that you weren't such a mess Is he there Holding your hand? Are you there With your fantasy wedding planned? Are you there Being made to laugh? Is he there Breathing in your breath? Breathing in ghostly vapors Of forgotten lovers like me Breathing in ghostly vapors Of forgotten lovers like me ElectronicambientmellowchillRadiolocal nativesdavid bowie

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released September 4, 2015

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Anthony Zucchero New York, New York

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