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ANNAPOLITAN

by Pompeii Graffiti

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1.
Ambivalent 04:12
You say that you're in love with me /And I'm am just ambivalent Want to dip your feel full in / And I just want my toes wet You say that you are passionate / And I'm just tryin' to pay the rent Girl you want to change the world / Well I’d just like to make a dent I wanna pick your brain / leave a hollow shell Show me who you are / I swear I’ll never tell Here I sulk and pace / and I waste the days While you act a wench in some Scottish play Run my fingers through your long red hair, Touch your ivory skin / but you’re not really there You’re just a construct on my computer screen But you and smile and laugh, and you sing to me You tell me all the things that I want to hear You’re just out of reach even though you seem near You are everything that I want to be What the fucking hell is wrong with me? You say that you're in love with me /And I'm am just ambivalent Want to dip your feel full in / And I just want my toes wet You say that you are passionate / And I'm just tryin' to pay the rent Girl you want to change the world / Well I’d just like to make a dent I wanna pick your brain / leave a hollow shell Show me who you are / I swear I’ll never tell Here I sulk and pace / and I waste the days While you act a wench in some Scottish play Run my fingers through your long red hair, Touch your ivory skin / but you’re not really there You’re just a construct on my computer screen But you and smile and laugh, and you sing to me You tell me all the things that I want to hear You’re just out of reach even though you seem near You are everything that I want to be What the fucking hell is wrong with me? You say that you’re in love with him / Yeah, well I’m ambivalent You say that you just dove right in / I never got off the bench You say that he is passionate / And all I did was pay the rent You say that you both change the world / I didn’t even make a dent Now I want to change the world/ I didn’t even make a dent Now I want to change the world/ I didn’t even make a dent
2.
Take the Voight-Kampff with me In case we're both machines Cylons or Nexus six Circuits with human skin Maybe the things you hide Are what I love the most There's beauty in your eyes The remains of a ghost Maybe all androids dream And count electric sheep Hey, we're both self aware Let's test our empathy Maybe the things you hide Are what I love the most There's beauty in your eyes The remains of a ghost I watch as your cells degrade Oh how we count the days Four years is not enough But that's it, your flame gets snuffed Maybe the things you hide Are what I love the most There's beauty in your eyes The remains of a ghost Hey Mercer Did that hurt? We all feel your pain It doesn't matter If you are not real Cuz we are all machines
3.
Go hang out with your friends I'll be here as the world ends All alone in my room On the eve of impending doom Please don't wait for the sun to go down tonight Please don't wait for your life to just turn out right I called to talk, we got in a fight If it's not to late, I'll hold you tight Back in my arms again They say the worst is yet to come Talking heads are banging their drums On the five o' clock news On this eve of impending doom Please don't wait for the sun to go down tonight Please don't wait for your life to just turn out right I called to talk, we got in a fight If it's not to late, Baby I'll hold you tight Back in my arms again Back in my arms again
4.
Perfect Narcotic It’s the look in your eyes That keeps me alive Feel the knots in my stomach Tied up so tight It’s what keeps my heart beating A perfect narcotic I just had a taste And now I can’t stop it I’m hooked on this feeling Of life clear and free Like oxygen that fills my lungs You’re the air I breathe Although some people object I know this is what I need They can point their fingers all they want It will never bother me Will you be there with me when I hit the dirt? Will you be there with me so I don’t get hurt? Will you be there with me when I take the fall? With you right by my side I’ll survive it all Twisting and spitting up Stains on the carpet Shaking and clasping my Hands in the darkness I smash all the mirrors In hopes of catharsis And pick up the shards To slit both of my wrists It’s what keeps my heart beating The perfect narcotic I just had a taste And now I can’t stop it I hear my phone ringing And I stop to breathe My parents are worried They’ve called the police I come to my senses And fall to my knees Then everything goes black And I start to seize Neurons misfire And I start to convulse You’re the last thing I see As my head hits the floor Will you be there with me when I hit the dirt? Will you be there with me so I don’t get hurt? Will you be there with me when I take the fall? With you right by my side I’ll survive it all Cuz now I’m strung out, broke, and I’m a mess Full of these thoughts I can’t express Cuz my lexicon is limited These melodies are all stolen From some song you played a year ago We were in your car, it was soft and low It moved me in a special way I turned and saw tears on your face You told me all your greatest dreams And your darkest fears and what they mean I felt so safe there in your arms I never thought we would grow apart Now the memories all fade away As the Chemicals evaporate And you’ll return to who you were And I’ll just learn to be ok
5.
Another night another night Sleeping on the couch again The lights are out And she is out sleeping with someone else My eyes adjust to darkness And the glowing LCD One click away from loneliness Created just for me It’s a failure to communicate Information lost in the wave A transmission sent by mistake And it’s too little too late I can’t wait till I can download my mind All my digital urges and my constant stream of lies Will disappear and fade away into digital abyss And when I shed my human skin there is nothing I will miss So go back go back It’s a trap it’s a trap “Don’t let go of my hand” she says Look away look away Isn’t it a shame Running round and round and round It’s a zero sum game It’s a failure to communicate Information lost in the wave A transmission sent by mistake And it’s too little too late I am flashing off and on like a broken TV screen Waiting for the end of time or the singularity So Come back come back Come back home tonight I’ll broadcast out my love to you Through all of space and time It’s a failure to communicate Information lost in the wave A transmission sent by mistake And it’s too little too late
6.
I found you down by the riverside You were dressed in white and cast aside By a prince with too much pride To admit when he was wrong You said “Oh my god how can this be? What a cruel fate, my destiny"? So we talked just you and me And until the daylight comes We could laugh and dance And drink the night away If you just take a chance on me And promise that you’ll stay Cuz I’m not like those other guys Too god damn scared to live their lives Please, Cara, don’t you ever change We walked a while along the shore Until we came up to my door I said “please come inside, Let’s try to get you warm” You see I’m really good at breaking things Like promises and guitar strings And beautiful girls’ hearts I break them all apart We could laugh and dance And drink the night away If you just take a chance on me And promise that you’ll stay Cuz I’m not like those other guys Too god damn scared to live their lives Please, Cara don’t you ever change You said you really loved me Or do you just need to be loved Cuz I know sometimes you’re really lonely And sometimes you’re all of the above I tried to get over it And I tried to change Sometimes words don’t tell all of it And sometimes things stay the same I know, I know, I know I found you down by the riverside You were dressed in white and cast aside By a prince with too much pride To admit when he was wrong But you and me we have something And I can feel your heart beating As your chest rises and falls Yeah, I though I’d seen it all Now we laugh and dance And drink the night away Cuz you took a chance on me When I promised that I’d stay Cuz I’m not like those other guys Too god damn scared to live their lives Please Cara don’t you ever change Please Cara don't you ever change Please Cara don't you ever change
7.
Dark Horse 04:00
That night you said to me That all I'd ever do Is compulsively Obsess over you I was in too deep But I had no clue i was naive i failed to read between the lines And I say to her, I will be your dark horse And you will be my black swan Hanging out in a parking lot We’ll keep each other warm When she calls up She knows that I'll cave in Get right in the car And turn the ignition I hear the engine roar I feel the motor purr I feel her coursing through my wretched crooked veins Go back to sleep my love We'll sail away together Cuz only in dreams my dear Will you be mine forever And I swear to her I will be your dark horse And you will be my black swan With your hands inside my pockets We’ll keep each other warm I will be your dark horse And you will be my black swan Hanging out in a parking lot We’ll keep each other warm tonight When her teardrops fall Lit up by halogens All the pain flows out She stops making sense She scrapes her self up off The cold linoleum I hear the screams and cries I squirm as I unlock the door
8.
Paper Street 03:43
In my party days I used to snort cocaine And that hit would go right to my brain And mix with chemicals like dopamine And Alcohol and ketamine And i was king of the world if you know what that means Too much sex, rock, drugs and violence Now I’m in the back of an ambulance Here’s what happens if you leave it all up to chance You could have a near life experience All my friends, they called me a psychopath But I was having more fun than they would have They better take me out cuz they won’t take me back Everything you add you know I’ll just subtract I see the pain I cause, it just make me laugh Too much sex, rock, drugs and violence Now I’m in the back of an ambulance Here’s what happens if you leave it all up to chance You could have a near life experience I am King of this paper street It’s holding place for my empty dreams But it don’t exist it’s a fantasy The place where madness and boredom meet Now I am just and old pervert Yeah a sickly cynical introvert So society and the psych ward team Can diagnose what’s really wrong with me Yeah I am king of the world I think you know what that means am King of this paper street It’s holding place for my empty dreams But it don’t exist it’s a fantasy The place where madness and boredom meet Too much sex, rock, drugs and violence Now I’m in the back of an ambulance Here’s what happens if you leave it all up to chance You could have a near life experience
9.
Cliche 03:20
You came to me one summer night A little crush got out of line And for these past few weeks I feel like I’m living for the first time Well all I want are sweet cliche’s Get in the car we’ll drive someplace With the windows down and the music loud And your hand on my knee If you fall asleep at night And I can’t be right by your side I hope you can hear this song And never feel alone You said that you’d take care of me Wanna go sailing and buy me things And as we sweat between the sheets In your house Happiness is so fragile And I know these feelings come and go But you could be the one I just thought I’d let you know I press my face into your shirt And try to put thoughts into words But I can only think of three That will really work It’s beautiful it’s horrible I’m at the door don’t let me go Just stay with me a little more Before you take me home If you fall asleep at night And I can’t be right by your side I hope you can hear this song And never, oh never feel alone It's beautiful, it's horrible If you want me now then please say so Love can be so fleeting But it feels so meaningful
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What?
11.
You’ve got the cutest face that I’ve ever seen You’ve got these perfect hands, why do you waste them on me? I don’t deserve you but love is a selfish thing Yeah, I'm strong enough to sweep you off of your feet And I can help you find your bed when you’ve had too much to drink You get so anxious but it’s never quite as bad as it seems Oh my darling, please will you spin with me? I won’t care, I won’t care, I won’t care what they think This may destroy us both but our love is a reckless thing If you’re feeling down I’ll share in unhappiness it’s all I can do If you’re feeling lost out there Jjust know that you’ve got nothing to prove To anyone else, it’s just me and you Versus the world, and we’re not going to lose We can use each other to alleviate some boredom in our lives Not just video games and masturbation every night There’s nobody else, it’s just me and you Versus the world, and we’re not going to lose let’s pack up our bags and get away from the east we’ll move to California, get a place by the beach Goodbye Annapolis, I'm off to live out my dreams We'll both get jobs and we'llwork from nine to five When I get off, I’ll pick you up and we’ll go for a ride Down the coast to San Diego then we’ll come back at night The earth will shake and and our bodies will hit the floor We’ll roll around and laugh and tumble all our limbs in a twirl The city falls and we laugh about the end of the world We can use each other to alleviate some boredom in our lives Not just video games and masturbation every night There’s nobody else, it’s just me and you Versus the world, and we’re not going to lose Versus the world, and we're not going to lose

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released August 9, 2013

Ahren Buchheister - guitar, vocals, pedal steel, dobro, mandolin, bass
Robin Eckman - drums, vocals
Tyler Grimsley - bass, vocals
Cara Santin - synth, vocals, melodica, pump organ, glockenspiel

Featuring:
Thom Beall - guitar, vocals (3)
Andrew Clark - hammond b3 organ (3, 8)
Pamela Godfrey Stevens - flute (8)
Aaron Lahey - bass (3)
Bri Ong - vocals (5, 7, 8)
Jennifer Rugolo - violin (2)
Erin Snedecor - cello (2)
Al Tharp - upright bass (7)

Group Vocals:
Ruben Dobbs
Jake Garner
Alison Harbaugh
Kelcey Knutsen
Anastasia Sophia
Morgan Spaner
Songs written between 2011-2013

Recorded at Mount Vesuvius Studios by Ahren Buchheister
Drums recorded at Scoville Sound by Roy Witte, Alex Lakis, Jon Gosnell
Mixed at Hudson Street Sound by Frank Marchand
Mastered at Bias Studios by Mike Monseur
Art and Design by Sugarfarm Productions

All Songs written by Pompeii Graffiti

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