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Numb
03:49
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How do you halt the linkage?
Staggered transmission
Black and blank and blue
A stranger
Reckless
You I brought way out here
A storm taking form
Begotten, not made
Oh, I feel something, I feel nothing at all
Oh, I feel something, I feel nothing at all
The dragon and the drama
I’m dragged into the core
Accompany the problem
Why invent some more?
Feckless
You I brought way out here
A storm taking form
Forgotten, that day
Oh, I feel something, I feel nothing at all
Oh, I feel something, I feel nothing at all
Oh, I feel like someone
I feel so tall
Oh, I feel nothing
I feel nothing at all
I was laughing
I was crying
I was only trying to tell
Of the need
Of the greed
Of the infinite hell
I was laughing
I was crying
I was only trying to quell
All my need
All my greed
Oh, the ringing of the bells
Oh, I feel something, I feel nothing at all
Oh, I feel something, I feel nothing at all
Whoa, I feel like no one
I feel so small
Oh, I feel nothing
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing
I feel nothing
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing
I feel nothing
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing
I feel nothing
I feel nothing at all
I feel nothing
I feel nothing
I feel nothing at all
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2. |
Corner
04:56
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Have you made it home today
Or, have you just gone astray
Tell me what I need to know
In a vacant room
With the end of your show
Was a silent exit all you needed
Piercing you right through the sky
To conceal what you seek
Revealing yourself, all that you hide
Hiding where there’s no glory
Striving for the fame
What is a night, one night in one week
In one year, in one game
When just around that corner
So much more
And just around that corner
There’s more
To justify the price of pride
You trade yourself away
Behold the lie, the cold outside
Is there anything left that you can say
No stranger to the street
Calling out your name
Once subjected, you are weak
Cornered in, cornered in your own game
Hiding where there’s no glory
Striving for the fame
What is a night, one night in one week
In one year, in one game
When just around that corner, so much more
And just around that corner, there’s more
When just around that corner, so much more
And just around that corner, there’s more (there's more)
When just around that corner, so much more
And just around that corner, there’s more (there's more)
When just around that corner, so much more
And just around that corner, there’s more
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3. |
Why Would I
03:25
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Why would I say I love you
When I know that you want me to
But something’s wrong
When it feels like forever
Like I’ve been severed, while tethered to you
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I say I need you
When I know that you need me to
You’re up and gone, and it feels like forever
I won’t be weathered, waiting for you
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
‘Cause I’ve been here before, and I won’t remain
Hung out to dry in the pouring rain
I said no more, no longer I’ll be
All that you want is not what I need
So why would I say I love you
Someone revered should never be feared
Something’s wrong
When I stand beside you
Such clarity
From foggy to clear
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Why would I
Oh why?
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4. |
The Stake
03:58
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What if you knew her
Today or a long time ago
Would it feel the way you feel
Like a smothered shiny pearl
Even if you knew her
This pioneer vision still drives
It’s watching your every move
Like something more or less to prove
Some worry about the things
The little things
The things about to fall through
I’m sort of melting much like
Much like the heart of you
First you’re sitting for the take
And then you’re standing at the stake
Stand right up my forsaken trust
When you really thought
You really thought you must
Maybe you knew her
‘Cause it’s then that you recall
The classic picture in that frame
That similar story to tell
Yes, I think you knew her
Why pretend to stand when you fell
Partaking of the rations of blame
Inside that wishing well
Burning up in this fury
Just a harbor in this frozen state
Steel life
The portrait model
Still life
A victim of fate
First you’re sitting for the take
And then you’re standing at the stake
Stand right up my forsaken trust
When you really thought
First you’re sitting for the take
And then you’re standing at the stake
Stand right up my forsaken trust
When you really thought
That’s when you really thought you must
Really thought you must
Well, I think you thought too much
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5. |
Insular
04:38
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The night is spent, so off I roam
No one’s there, why hurry home
It took so long to find out fast
Only love, love will last
Insular
Insular
Insular
Insular
Insular
I count the cost, how far I’ve flown
To quell a fear of being alone
The promises of being more
Yet no better now than I was before
Insular…my life’s become
Insular…when the day is done
Insular
Insular
Insular
And the probability, you and I would ever meet
Insular
Insular no more
We wallow in the shallows of communion
Yearning for a union of the heart
With touch and go you’ll never know at arm’s length
The wonder of our intended parts
Insular
Insular
Insular
Insular
Insular
Insular…my life’s become
Insular…when the day is done
Insular
Insular
Insular
And the possibility, you and I are meant to be
Insular
Insular no more
My life’s become…no more
When the day is done…no more
Insular…my life’s become
Insular…when the day is done
Insular
Insular
Insular
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6. |
Windows at Night
04:59
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Wasn’t that you I saw last night
Washing your windows
Your windows at night
They taught you love, love is for forever
To get you through a little nasty weather
Not only us, it’s you who should be knowing
The time is ripe for you to be going
Washing…washing your windows…your windows at night
Washing your windows
A silent alarm as I hear you fleeing
It’s harrowing to think of your grieving
Your pounding heart, deafening and leaping
A broken bond that’s barely breathing
When it stops you talk to your reflection
Is that me, or my twisted perception?
One more night swollen with excuses
Won’t make right what’s wrong and abusive
Washing...washing your windows...your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows…your windows…your windows
You’re standing there peering through the glass
Into darkness that never seems to pass
There’s more to life for you than just coping
The morning light beckons you to hoping
That your dreams take hold and start insisting
That day you’ll see all that you’ve been missing
Resplendent joy in need of readmission
The time is now, commence the transition
Washing...washing your windows...your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows…your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows…your windows at night
Washing...washing your windows...your windows…your windows at night
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7. |
Lost
03:12
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Ooh…I can’t stand
Without legs to support me
Hardly speak a word
I hold it all inside
Running from my shadow
And there’s no place to hide
I know the modes and the methods of much
But I hear different voices now
My mind is changing channels
And I feel so lost
Showering my thoughts
Lost…with a lesson here
I’ve yet to be taught
And no one is there to feel
No one could ever really see
I’m climbing my way
To set my spirit free
Lost
Lost
Lost…showering my thoughts
Lost…with a lesson here
I’ve yet to be taught
Lost…showering my thoughts
Lost…with a lesson here
I’ve yet to be taught
Lost…lost
Lost…lost
Lost…showering my thoughts
I’ll never be
I’ve yet to be…with a lesson here
Lost…lost
Lost…lost
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8. |
Reaching Out
04:47
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Montgomery Park outside your window
I’m in the dark, I have lost my way
You say these things I long to hear
Reminding me of yesteryear, of home
Stealthy and stark, I tread the night alone
The awful plight, to be on your own
You say these things I long to hear
Push me away as you pull me near
Tell me things I long to hear
Remind me of yesteryear, of home
Of home
Of home
It’s only me, reaching out
It’s only me I’ve shown
From what I see, you’re reaching out
For what you’ve never known
Reaching for you (reaching for me)
Reaching out
Reaching for me (reaching for you)
Reaching out
Reaching for you (reaching for me)
Reaching out
Reaching for me (reaching for you)
Reaching out
Lone survivors of the heap
Standing the test of time
Unto ourselves we must keep
Keep this dream alive
It’s only me reaching out
It’s only me I’ve shown
From what I see, you’re reaching out
For what you’ve never known
Reaching for you (reaching for me)
Reaching out
Reaching for me (reaching for you)
Reaching out
Reaching for you (reaching for me)
Reaching out
Reaching for me (reaching for you)
Reaching out
Reaching for you (reaching for me)
Reaching out
Reaching for me (reaching for you)
Reaching out
Reaching for you (reaching for me)
Reaching out
Reaching for me (reaching for you)
Reaching out
Montgomery Park outside your window
Into the light, I have found my way
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9. |
If Offered Unto You
04:05
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If offered unto you
Reach out and take it
If offered unto you
You know you’ve made it
For once in your life
You finally get it right
More than you can choose
If offered unto you
Reach out and take it
If offered unto you
No need to fake it
For once in your life
Or maybe twice
No way that you can lose
Nothing is wrong
Feeling so strong
Never say never again
If offered unto you
Reach out and take it
If offered unto you
You know you’ve made it
For once in your life
You finally get it right
More than you can choose
More than you can ever choose
If offered
If offered unto you
If offered…offered unto you
If offered…offered unto you
If offered…offered unto you
If offered unto you
If offered unto you
If offered unto you
If offered…offered unto you
If offered…offered unto you
If offered…offered unto you
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10. |
No Regrets
04:07
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You haven’t the time for crying
You have no regrets
Doesn’t it feel like dying
A travesty of strength
Right here remains the last one
Not the one for letting go
Captive like leaves that wither
On branches of grief and growth
One foot over embracing the earth
The other deep in heaven
No hand to symbolize
The loss to leaven
Ooh…all the hurt
You haven’t the time for crying
You have no regrets
So don’t you give up trying
Carry this life and rest
This day we live in
Filled with big, big voices
With nothing much to say
Finds a child of many choices
You’re on your way
One foot over embracing the earth
The other deep in heaven
No hand to symbolize
The loss to leaven
Ooh…all the hurt
You have no regrets
You have no regrets
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Christopher Wilson Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
American indie musician. Socially conscious alternative rock, pop, and folk.
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