1. |
Slip Away
02:48
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It’s been more than a while
Since I met someone like you
The world shut down and so did I
Reversed into a cocoon
I didn’t mean to let this happen
The circumstances are uncouth
But you keeping showing up in my life
And now all I want is you
I never thought I’d say
This to someone again
I never thought I’d feel like this again
It’s been so many days
Hiding myself from pain
And I don’t wanna let you slip away
Before it begins
I’m not the best at shapes and shit
But I can read a room
This ain’t no damn triangle
Almost a decade now removed
Still I get where you are coming from
I know the loyal rules
But I also know this feels different
And I think you feel it too
I never thought I’d say
This to someone again
I never thought I’d feel like this again
It’s been so many days
Hiding myself from pain
And I don’t wanna let you slip away
I never thought I’d say
This to someone again
I never thought I’d feel like this again
It’s been so many days
Hiding myself from pain
And I don’t wanna let you slip away
Before it begins
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2. |
Where Did Love Go
04:14
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Welcome to the end of everyone
Where are you gonna be tonight
It's in fashion to be passionate, love
Do you believe in that big lie
There's an army out there dancing alone
The bars are empty every night
Don't you wanna feel the neon glow
Don't you wanna feel alive
Where did love go
(Far away)
(Far away)
Where did love go
Too far from me
Welcome to the empty space in your mind
The digital overflow
You can fill it with whatever you like
A cowboy with a new lasso
There's an army out there dancing alright
You're sitting with your cats at home
Don't you wanna light the fire tonight
Don't you wanna know
Where did love go
(Far away)
(Far away)
Where did love go
Too far from me
I'd rather be dead than boring
I'd rather be dead than boring
Where did love go
Where did love go
Where did love go
Where did love go
Too far from me
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3. |
Not Dead
04:05
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People do it all the time
And I know better than to give in to it
Havent been able to cry
But I know everybody lets go
I can see us taking time
In a new direction
Tell me it’ll be alright
I need it to get better
I dont wanna live the life ive been living
I dont wanna be alive if this is it
I dont wanna spend another day without you
I dont wanna waste the time ive been given
I dont wanna be alive if this is it
If youre not dead and im not dead
Then we’re never dead
I’ve been working on myself
Wont give more than what I can deliver
Sick of dancing with my doubts
Let’s get lost down different roads now
I can see us taking time
In a new direction
Tell me it’ll be alright
I need it to get better
I dont wanna live the life ive been living
I dont wanna be alive if this is it
I dont wanna spend another day without you
I dont wanna waste the time ive been given
I dont wanna be alive if this is it
If youre not dead and im not dead
Then we’re never dead
I don’t wanna live the life I’ve been living
I don’t wanna make the choice I’ve been given
I dont wanna spend another day with you
I don’t wanna waste a rhyme on this rhythm
Maybe this time it’s time that we give in
Maybe this time we’re dead
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4. |
Rip Me Apart
03:42
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I need to slap myself
Across the face
Going down that road
Was a mistake
I spent the last 2 years
Stuck In a daze
Keep finding ways ways ways
To stain these chains
It’s not that hard to move on
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I have been seduced
By the pain
No going back
It’s not the same
It’s not that hard to get what you want
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
I let the weight of love rip me apart
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5. |
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Different now
Nothings changed
All the bullshit that I made
Blinked once
Boring came
And it filled up every seat
The bitter tears I try to cry
Got branded as a summer night
I almost gave up right then
Somebody's breaking (somebody's breaking)
My Heart (my heart my heart)
Guess who it is (Summer nights)
Guess who it is (Summer nights)
It is my fault
Is it fate
What is my part in this decay
I tried my best
To create
But my body needs to eat
The words that I don’t even like
Get played a couple million times
To anyone who with a screen
Somebody's breaking (somebody's breaking)
My Heart (my heart my heart)
Guess who it is (Summer nights)
Guess who it is (Summer nights)
Different now
Nothings changed
All the content that I make
Can’t tell how much
I have caved
Or have I always been this way
I’ve tried to re align my mind
To dream and not to advertise
My world is more than a brief
I tried a tab a little dab
Some pillars of the yankee sand
It always turns to grey
Somebody's breaking (somebody's breaking)
My Heart (my heart my heart)
Guess who it is (Summer nights)
Guess who it is (Summer nights)
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6. |
Peanut Brittle
04:43
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Don’t leave me alone
I know what will happen if you go
Been living like this for a while
I don’t remember how to take control
I guess it’s coming for me
The wall crushing my sanity
My dreams of romance
Someone is my hands
I used to see the future me
But he’s slipping slipping away
I’m afraid
That I can’t give up on you
You’re in my brain
I don’t know how to let go
I’m afraid
I’m afraid
I’m afraid
I’m Afraid
I know what to say
To stop people asking if I’m ok
I know that I’m not gonna die
Maybe that’s what everybody thinks
Before a little bit more
The sticky feeling I can’t beat
Like peanut brittle on my teeth
I used to see the future me
But he’s slipping slipping away
I’m afraid
That I can’t give up on you
You’re in my brain
I don’t know how to let go
I’m afraid
That I can’t give up on you
You’re in my brain
I don’t know how to let go
The sticky feeling I can’t beat
Like peanut brittle on my teeth
I used to see the future me
But he’s slipping slipping away
The sticky feeling I can’t beat
Like peanut brittle on my teeth
I used to see the future me
But he’s slipping slipping away
I’m afraid
That I can’t give up on you
You’re in my brain
I don’t know how to let go
I’m afraid
That I can’t give up on you
You’re in my brain
I don’t know how to let go
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7. |
FiftyFifty
03:47
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I'm ok with sleeping on the floor
Morning sun under the door
Acting like I'm 20 till I'm 50
I'm not giving up or giving in
Trading time for simple sins
Every days a gamble 50/50
I have seen such brighter days
I know they happen
I have lived in finer ways
But not very often
I stopped searching for that something more
Thousand ways to kill boar
Sick back and dissolve into the 50’s
I’m not slowin up or selling out
One more shot can’t take me down
Every moves a gamble 50/50
I have lived in reckless ways
I got what I wanted
But when wanting turns to shame
My eyes got to open
Call me what you want
I'm never gonna stop
Oh
50/50
Oh
50/50
I'm ok with sleeping on the floor
Morning sun under the door
Acting like I'm 20 till I'm 50
I'm not giving up or giving in
Trading time for simple sins
Every days a gamble 50/50
I have lived in reckless ways
I got what I wanted
But when wanting turns to shame
My eyes got to open
Call me what you want
I'm never gonna stop
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8. |
Two Head Blues
02:53
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He didn’t wait here
For you
But you’re wrapped around his finger like a fool
He’s not an actor
Neither are you
He don’t make your body shake the way I do
Two head blues
Did he really say that?
About me?
Where was he when you were crying on my sleeve
He only comes out
With the moon
He don’t think about the future like I do
Two head blues
She doesn’t want you
And all your rules
It don’t turn her on to always think things through
She doesn’t love you
And all your moves
She doesn’t want a creepy man like you
Two Head Blues
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9. |
Y?
04:58
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Why do you only love
What you can’t touch
Why do you only love
I don’t float
I don’t walk through walls
I don’t even scare you anymore
So I don’t know why you talk to me like I’m a ghost
I’m not gone
But I’m not under the floors
I don’t even live here anymore
So why do you keep trying to talk to me
Why do you only love
What you can't touch
Why do you only love
What you can't touch
You're not wrong
There’s more a vibe when we're apart
But apart leads us to close
And when we’re close
We both totally implode
So fuck your dad
Fuck his anecdotes about musicians he knows
Fuck your friends
I’ve never tried so hard to make somebody moan
Why do you only love
What you can't touch
Why do you only love
What you can't touch
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10. |
Smile
03:42
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Tell me where you gonna be tonight
Show me something dangerous my dear
Everything has gone to shit alright
Everyone agrees but no one cares
Tell me who I’m supposed to be
Give me something to believe
And I'll be there
Just pretend its all okay
Everything will go away
But I'll be there
Don’t forget to smile
Don't forget to smile for me
Do you feel like something's missing
Like your life is slowing slipping through your hands
What would happen if it went away
And we're quietly forgotten in the end
Tell us who we’re supposed to be
Give us something to believe
We'll be there
Just pretend its all ok
Everything will go away
As long as we’re there
And don’t forget to smile
Don't forget to smile for me
Yeah don't forget to smile
Don't forget to smile for me
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Ryan Ritual Los Angeles, California
Ryan Ritual's "The Weight Of Love" is a haunting echo chamber of 80s-inspired hooks and modern melancholy, a tribute to a year spent in the shadow of familial illness and global crisis. Ritual's songwriting is a masterclass in pop sophistication, each track a capsule of raw emotion, produced to perfection by Chris Zane (Passion Pit, The Walkmen). ... more
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