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Sorry I Asked

by Big Big Buildings

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1.
Balloons 04:50
Deep in the throes of the clearing smoke I hurt for you again I wish I could see where the balloons float After you let them go I scoured for outlines of a lake Where we sat and the sun warmed it's face on us 'Cause nothing like you ever happened to me And I miss you so loudly Stood in your shower with all my clothes on To keep you from coming undone Part of me broke in the hold of your song And I'm not who I thought I was In the long, lonely wait for your clouds to break Oh I wish I kept swinging away In the long, vibrant fight to be the man you'd admire Oh, I bleed out the hopes of carrying us both All you think I forgot Hangs on a clothesline In the back of my mind And I see a collage Of ways I could be That would've kept you next to me If only I could show you my pain When I think of your face And the joy in your eyes And the wild rainbow light And the black hole that's left in it's place But I'll always think of you that way
2.
How long will it slide from my fingers so anxiously? Or plant itself into cement and refuse to leave? The forgotten worlds cut in fractions and left to bleed Hold on The walls are freaking out Bite down on the bright wave Unto the great half-truth in the borrowed light The delicate shine Of an answer that I won't see It's wild stare blanketed in hush tones Yeah, I thought so But hardly remember I'll turn the leaves one by one If it makes you smile Gathered unsolved talk From the same cloth Am I not unfinished as you? And trying to make love In hell's waiting room
3.
Lyrics by Chris McCaughan Me and Martha Plimpton in an elevator Her golden labrador kissed my index finger Two in the morning, summer saturated I'd been drinking and it'd been raining And it felt so strange Cause I didn't know what to say And when she smiled I turned away But that's so like me Timid, self conscious, crippling She seemed so friendly and I must've seemed uninteresting Soaked from walking Smelled like booze and cigarettes I stood there listening to her light breathing And I wanted to say That I really loved her films And I wanted to make her laugh and smile But I stood still I managed to mutter, "Hello" Her eyes shining in the fancy elevator lights I stood awkwardly, hands fluttering The doors parted and she said goodnight to me And her voice was like a song That wouldn't leave my head And I thought, "Martha, I'm running on empty" And I couldn't help but think I missed another chance to live But isn't that the way it always is?
4.
Albeit 01:21
Fruit bats are colonizing in my memory The bells turn my face red The plush and subtle chemistry And the satellite turns me on To skirt the middle distance And albeit misguided, I was crushed So gracefully inside But, Oh what a rush
5.
Go ahead You can writhe on the ground Carry on Throwing shadows around This elaborate light that pours onto you Don't you know that I want to be beautiful too? Windows wide to the heartsick world outside I got armfuls of thoughts I could easily hide All the teeth in your mouth All the wreckage in mine Further I'm pushed away Further I'm pushed inside Gallant stride across my heart Oh I cringe at whatever's next Your shoulders and thighs And half finished art That I don't want to picture again And it all might be just as it seems Maybe it's not the same love we take it to be And if you'd just stop and look how little this means You could decide what it's worth and you could believe You could believe

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released May 12, 2016

All songs performed by Big Big Buildings

All Lyrics by Adam McElreath
Except Light Breathing (Me and Martha Plimpton in a Fancy Elevator)
Originally written and performed by The Lawrence Arms

Produced by Big Big Buildings

Additional mixing and mastering by Dave Chardo

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Big Big Buildings is the pseudonym of songwriter, producer and visual artist, Adam McElreath.

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