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Love Gone Write

by Erona

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1.
Scars & Stripes Had a bad case of the wandering eye Soft lips smooth hands the only things on my mind I’m waiting in the wings for a cue, searching for you to give my eye to But these tinted glasses always taint my view My daddy warned me about your kind He said you’d never change your ways You’re just that tiger he spoke of With the same stripes on a different day Set my gaze down upon your sweet skin Then torture myself with the thought of your secret grin It’s your face that first took me by surprise But I know I’ll see the truth when I look into your eyes Let them show me something new, not just the same bullshit I’m used to Cause my daddy warned me about your kind He said you’d never change your ways You’re just that tiger he spoke of With the same stripes on a different day Don’t be just the one I’m eyeing, in my rearview mirror Come here, even closer, than you appear And I’ll wave my flag of scars and stripes It’s black, not white, I’m not the surrender type I won’t leave you here without a fight What you see is what you get my stripes will never change But the scars will show forever, and I know, you too, the same. Cause my daddy warned me about your kind He said you’d never change your ways You’re just that tiger he spoke of With the same stripes on a different day My daddy warned me about your kind He said you’d never change your ways You’re just that tiger he spoke of With the same stripes on a different day
2.
2 Red Lights (Second Place) Second place in this stupid race that I know I’ll never win I will soon be defeated and beaten retreat to the starting blocks again It’s always a struggle for survival, rival after rival, my chances always slim Maybe she’s got a prettier dress than me, but I am still not wise enough to see That this is all for not, not him. Oh I am, stuck in a crosswalk, between two red lights Waiting for the neon man to tell me when I can Cross safely back into the real world again Tell me mister man, would you take a willing afterthought’s hand My silence is deafening, it’s far too threatening, to let these words begin Oh I won’t say a word, but I speak, its absurd, then you misinterpret my grin It’s this vicious cycle, I’m the hypnotized disciple, hold me down before I sin I’d nearly kneel down before you, oh beg you, implore you To sink into my skin Cause I am stuck in a crosswalk, between two red lights Waiting for the neon man to tell me when I can Cross safely back into the real world again Tell me mister man, would you take a willing afterthought’s hand Ah ah baby, ooh eh ah, ah ah, ah ah baby Ooh eh ah, ooh eh ah, stop, stare, linger, turn left, lean right Ooh eh ah, ooh eh ah, the sunshine burns and the moonlight’s too bright Ooh eh ah, ooh eh ah, I’m feeling green but this monster I must fight Second place, second place, second place, I am in, second place I’m in second place, second place And I am, stuck in a crosswalk, between two red lights Waiting for the neon man to tell me when I can Cross safely back into the real world again Tell me mister man, would you take a willing afterthought’s hand
3.
Phone’s Ringin’ Phone’s ringin, on the Red Line He’s got stories of God in his drug-laden eyes And she’s yellin, she’s screamin, she’s shakin her hand To the invisible man, but that doesn’t mean, baby He’s really not there Take me down a quarter mile below To no natural light, but a fluorescent glow Take me to the carpool lane for the ones on their feet The cushy back seat for the ones who can’t sleep The ever-changing storyboard, for the humans to be, just like me Phone’s ringin, on the Red Line He’s got stories of God in his drug-laden eyes And she’s yellin, she’s screamin, she’s shakin her hand To the invisible man, but that doesn’t mean, baby He’s really not there You told me hell is some place under my toes Who knew heavens down there right under your nose Where all the noisy clatter clouds the silent voices The ones who feel the weight of your thoughtless choices Maybe you’ll be just like them, or that’s what my hope is The role reverses Phone’s ringin, on the Red Line He’s got stories of God in his drug-laden eyes And she’s yellin, she’s screamin, she’s shakin her hand To the invisible man, but that doesn’t mean, baby He’s really not there Locked in and locked out What would happen if the lights went out? And the walls caved in and the sun shone in Would that phone ring again, would you call again? Would that phone ring again?? Phone’s ringin, on the Red Line He’s got stories of God in his drug-laden eyes And she’s yellin, she’s screamin, she’s shakin her hand To the invisible man, but that doesn’t mean, baby He’s really not there…
4.
Had I Stayed Near If it were easy to forget you I’d have done it long ago But it’s just something that I can’t do, for once I’ve lost control Of the stupid petty things that silence never cleans And the phone it never rings with your calls So I sent a letter to the door you walked back in years before But now I’m not so sure, you’d open, it all again for me Hello will never be the same, and good -bye’s the one to blame I meant every thing I said on the corner of your bed I wonder what we could have been had I stayed near The one, that got away Too much time gone and I had to see you, 300 miles I’d travel for Just to tell you that I loved you, I know you’ve heard it all before But I was only seventeen, didn’t know you’d always be The kind of heart I’d always search for So then at 23 I shared my open heart with you If I could go back there I’d show you, what you meant to me Hello will never be the same, and good -bye’s the one to blame I meant every thing I said on the corner of your bed I wonder what we could have been had I stayed near The one, that got away Would you let me in or would it be a waste Of long past treasured time, some far off happy place That a decade of should have and would have and could have Just cannot replace Hello will never be the same, and good -bye’s the one to blame I meant every thing I said on the corner of your bed I wonder what we could have been had I stayed near The one, that got away
5.
Love Gone Write Is it just, the way of my words, that make me feel like I do? Or much more, than I have control of, that’s paved this path that I choose I will not fight it, though I swear I’ll deny it 100 times over, not wiser just older Goodbye I’ll say, no, write today I fear it’s always the case, the thoughts my words will replace There will be no lengthy conversation tonight I can’t talk to you about love gone, write So clear now, a world full of greed, consumed with buying to live The bill paid, when all that you have left, is a life left to give You won’t hold your fire, kill or be killed is wiser? 100 years older, is the war ever over? Goodbye I’ll say, no, write today I fear it’s always the case, the thoughts my words will replace There can be no lengthy conversation tonight I can’t beg you to show a little love, gone write Why me, how, am I back here again, my mind gone right back to you One more round, I’d throw my gloves down, and strip my soul naked too But it was all an illusion, you weren’t the conclusion 100 lines told her, maybe this one is over But it’s always unresolved, sins absolved, heart broken, unspoken Tunnel vision, empty mission, earth shaking, mood quaking False hope, better cope, please defeat it, then repeat it Seething lies, alibis, expectations, mediations Keep denying, no one’s lying, smile’s useless, false goodness First impression, fleeting heaven, living hell, never tell… Warm hands, cold gun, unruly world, hope undone Goodbye I’ll say, no, write today I guess it’s always the case, the thoughts our words will replace There has to be some conversation tonight Please talk a little bit more about love gone write Or what’s left?

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released May 13, 2008

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Erona Los Angeles, California

Music has never been a stranger to Erona. It began as a choir solo with 300 back up singers at age of 10 and she has not stopped since. Though influenced by artists like Billie Holiday, Janis Ian, Jeff Buckley, and Paula Cole, music, to her, was no longer about telling someone else's story, but rather living her own. A soulful song or a deep blues groove allow her to share her stories this far. ... more

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