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It’s getting late, I’m tripping in the dark
My shirt draped over the moon
Just trying to hold onto you
I leave my headlights on
I only feel like myself at night
Don’t always treat you right
But I don’t know how to be subtle with
All the things I hate about myself
You try to calm me and I turn away
I always turn away
I don’t know why I have to be this way
I’d rather not be so hard to love
I fucked it up
I fucked it up again
Was there even a chance I could change
Or am I resolute to stay the same?
I hope you’re here whenever I emerge
I’m buried up to my eyes
But please don’t ever stop pulling me out
I’m so folded up inside of you
I keep my headlights on
I keep my headlights on
I keep my headlights on
I keep my headlights on
I’m so folded up inside of you
I don’t know if I’m me or you
You’ve always loved me more than I deserve
And maybe that’s the thing
I don’t feel like I earned your faith
Want to hear that I’m not too late
Let’s take it back to spending every night
Third floor on Engert Avenue
Introduction in faded sheets
I’ll always have that part of you
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Basement El Dorado
02:54
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I’d like to think
There’s some reason for all of this suffering
I’d like to believe
In a life with a Disney ending
And that one day I’ll shake the big hand
Up there painting the celluloid
Where there’s plenty of vacant apartments
For the broken and unemployed
There’s a shimmering Atlantis by the oil rig
There’s a panoramic Heaven on the studio lot
Every second that I wait
Is another second I can’t wait
’Til I make it there
Must be some kind of love
Must be some kind of love that’ll take me there
Now I take it in stride cause I know this world is just on loan
So I politely start queuing up to meet my chaperone
There’s a basement El Dorado in the pawnshop
There’s a Shangri-La at the bottom of a landfill
Every second that I wait
Is another second I can’t wait
’Til I make it there
Must be some kind of love
Must be some kind of love that’ll take me there
Won’t you take me?
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The Bodybuilder
04:17
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Place the bookmark
I’m on a kick I shouldn’t feed
Desperate for your attention
To get you listening
Hot air and artifice
I wish I didn’t feel the need
To impress you quite so much
Been too long on my knees
I might need a tune up
Might just need to get dolled up
Dying to show you
A reflection of my dreams
You know down there I beat my chest
You know my heart rate never rests
I am the bodybuilder
A Nobel scientist
’Til the robin chirps
’Til my son, he stirs
Balloon meets needle
And I’m right back where I belong
Folded corner
Pacing just outside the screen
Can’t say how long it’s been
Here waiting for my scene
I might need a tune up
Might just need to get dolled up
Sometimes I don’t need nothin’
Sometimes I need it all
Sometimes I need it all
Sometimes I need it all
Sometimes I need it all
Sometimes I need it all
Going back for more
I know just what I’m looking for
Pump my ego up
I’m feeling big
I’m feeling smug
Wish I had the sense
To keep my nose clean out of it
Stop the car, I’m getting out
Stop the car, I’m getting out
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Suburban Solutions
03:42
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Wake up to a new life
A yard with a fence
Take a good look in the mirror
We spared no expense
White teeth, no circles under your eyes
The baby stopped crying like we advertised
Take a deep breath!
Suburban Solutions has your back
We’ve come to the end
Put up your feet, come to the end
Take a big bite!
As much as you can fit
We’ve come to the end
Put up your feet, come to the end
There’s a small monthly payment
Click here to apply
Change that pathetic excuse
For what you call a life
We love real people
Real salt of the earth
Now sign on the dotted line darling
It’s what you deserve
Take a deep breath!
Suburban Solutions has your back
We’ve come to the end
Put up your feet, come to the end
Take a big bite!
As much as you can fit
We’ve come to the end
Put up your feet, come to the end
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Presidio
03:40
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Dial Tone
03:22
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Bored in the backseat
Refreshing my feed for the hundredth time
Oh dear
I’m all caffeine and blood like syrup
My focus fades away
I don’t need to know
Everything you’ve been up to
I just need to hear
You tell me “I want you”
Love, love is a cloudy word
Whenever you’re away
Kissing the dial tone
In your dreams I always leave you
Nothing could kill me more
I don’t need to know
Everything you’ve been up to
I just need to hear
You tell me “I want you”
I don’t need to know
Everything you’ve been up to
I just need to hear
You tell me “I want you”
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Histrion
04:02
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At the end of the hall
There’s a knock at the door
Opportunity laid bare
(I think I see the light)
Give a hint or a clue
Par cans fade to blue
Will this be just what I need?
(I think I see the light)
Comb my hair,
Dressing the part with ease
Always I play the dope,
Barefoot and dumb
I hold my breath
While the crowd is up and leaving
No roses for the fool I’ve been,
that I’ve been
(I think I see the light)
Could I ever play in time?
Don’t recall a single line
(I think I see the light)
A big crane pulls me high
By the whole of my frame
The roses bursting
Up from the floor of the theater stage
They’re enveloping me
They’re enveloping me
And I cry out in joy cause I’m finally full
And there’s nothing left for me to bird-dog
Your voice is so bright that it’s burning my skin
And then right when we touch
I wake up
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Prima
04:27
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There’s something deep inside
It’s nearly forgotten
Something buried so far
That I can’t control it
The music rushes in my head
Coursing out to my hands
I never thought we’d meet again
But here I am
Heart full, toes bleeding
The crowd a blur before my face
A shadow cast upon the lake
My arms stretched out spinning in place
I used to walk on water
There’s something
deep inside
Where everyone is a stranger
I’m so close I can taste it
Oh, don’t let me waste this
The music rushes in my head
Coursing out to my hands
I never thought we’d meet again
But here I am
The crowd a blur before my face
A shadow cast upon the lake
My arms stretched out spinning in place
I used to walk on water
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Alex
04:05
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I’m drifting out to the valley
I can’t explain what I’ve seen
Is there anyone to meet me?
Is there anyone at all?
I see you standing in the hallway
Angels make their rounds
If you thought that I could see them,
Would my body fail me now?
Dust me off, hold me closer
It’s not so hard to believe
All the voices you’ve been hearing
Are the ones that help me breathe
Am I a saint or a liar?
You held my palm to the flame
I only told you what you wanted
I only told you what you wanted
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Am I a saint or a liar?
It’s not so hard to believe
Am I a saint or a liar?
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
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Little Chaos
00:50
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Angels make their rounds
If you thought that I could see them,
Would my body fail me now?
Dust me off, hold me closer
It’s not so hard to believe
All the voices you’ve been hearing
Are the ones that help me breathe
Am I a saint or a liar?
You held my palm to the flame
I only told you what you wanted
I only told you what you wanted
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Am I a saint or a liar?
It’s not so hard to believe
Am I a saint or a liar?
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
It’s not so hard to believe
PULLING DOWN THE MOON (BEFORE YOU)
Hear you running to the door
A small voice says “wake up”
So I do what I’m told
Little chaos at my feet
I can’t remember being so afraid to fold
I can’t remember just what I thought love was
(Before you)
I was so certain I knew everything
(Before you)
I thought only of myself
I’m out pulling down the moon for you to play
Where’s the ceiling?
There’s no
pain that I won’t take
There’s still so much I can’t control
I know I’ll stumble, truth be told
A whole existence I can hold
But won’t ever weigh me down
(Before you)
I was so certain I knew everything
(Before you)
I thought only of myself
(Before you)
I was so certain I knew every little thing
(Before you)
I thought only of myself
But now you’re here and so am I
(Before you)
I was so certain I knew everything
(Before you)
I thought only of myself
(Before you)
I was so certain I knew every little thing
(Before you)
I thought only of myself
But now you’re here and so am I
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Wild Nothing Blacksburg, Virginia
Ask Jack Tatum what ‘Wild Nothing’ means and he’ll answer: ‘a contradiction’. In 2010, 21 year old Tatum released one of the finest cult pop records of the summer whilst ensconced in his senior year of college in Blacksburg, VA, a small mid-atlantic town better known for producing football fans and engineers than musicians. Tatum lives in contradictions. ... more
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