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A Guide To Starting Over

by Stand Up Arcade

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1.
So she said 'what's the point in losing sleep over things that you can't change?'. But she knows as well as I do she's the reason I can't ever trust anybody else. Remember the time I told you exactly what you meant? Remember how you brushed it off like it meant nothing? Apathetic from the start and distant to the end. You were always indifferent. Sleepless nights thinking about the things you've told me And even more thinking about the things you kept to yourself. I've had enough of being paranoid constantly But I'm too scared to ask you to leave me. Stay, if you want to. But I'm betting I'll be better without you. They all told me from the start it wouldn't work out. I was blinded from the truth, I didn't care how you treat me or made me feel. I opened up; you took me for granted. Stay, if you want to. But I'm betting I'll be better without you. And I've realised I'm wasting time waiting round for you to change. Now my patience is wearing thin 'cause my efforts are never returned. Stay, if you want to. But I'm betting I'll be better without you.
2.
Mindset 03:29
I started running 'cause I couldn't face the truth And what gets me most is I had nothing to prove. All the gossip and the drama people choose to put you through. Sometimes this small town mindset gets the best of me But I won't be stuck here forever. It won't bring me down. I know this small town mindset gets the best of me But I won't be stuck here forever. I'll find my way out. Conscience heavy now I've changed my point of view But honestly I've got nothing to lose. 'Cause this place doesn't hold what it once did. I've set my mind on better things. So tell me if I leave that you'll be right behind me. Sometimes this small town mindset gets the best of me But I won't be stuck here forever. It won't bring me down. I know this small town mindset gets the best of me But I won't be stuck here forever. I'll find my way out. Believe me: it's not easy to convince yourself to up and leave it all behind. I'll be gone some time. Keep the letters I send and swear you'll stay until I get home.
3.
Save Me 03:36
Lately I've been starting to feel like I'm burned out. Like everyone around me has moved on and moved out and left me behind With all these missed opportunities and I can't hide the way I feel Like I'm coasting through days without meaning. Like the last two years haven't passed me by with nothing to show But all these scars that I hide and the smile I bear. But I get this feeling when I wake that I can't seem to shake And I've been struggling to get to the next day. Just maybe you'll save me before it's too late. Just maybe you'll show me what it's like to feel alive. I've been finding it so hard to start over. Just maybe you'll save me before it's too late. Coz I'm fading fast. I'm drowning in self-doubt and it feels like a test. It shouldn't be like this. So take me back to those times we had And maybe then I'll stop hoping for better days. Just maybe you'll save me before it's too late. Just maybe you'll show me what it's like to feel alive. I've been finding it so hard to start over. Just maybe you'll save me before it's too late.
4.
It's 4am, I'm laying awake with the light on (You know I hate this) You told me I'd be fine without you but I know that you're wrong. You contradict the things you told me last summer I guess I missed the part where you let me down. You promised me everything (and left me with nothing) But now I'm alone again and while you move on and on without me I'm hoping for you to come back. Can we go back to the way things were, and try to re-write the story? It's gonna be just fine but honest, believe me I swear that I need this. So take back the things you said; they never carried any weight (in the first place) And I'll stay up all night and try to recall a single promise you didn't break. But the honest truth is; it wouldn't matter anyway. Coz even after everything you've done I still wish you'd stayed. Can we go back to the way things were, and try to re-write the story? It's gonna be just fine but honest, believe me I swear that I need this. Can we go back to the way things were, and I swear I'll forgive you? I know that it'll take time but honest, believe me I swear that I need this.

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released June 13, 2016

Written and performed by Stand Up Arcade.
Recorded and mixed by Gareth Nuttall at The Lounge Recording Studio.
Mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Media.
Artwork and layout by Jordan Versluis.

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