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Stuff and Things

by A Trivial Hero

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1.
This is the first time I’ve felt anything at all This is the first time I’ve opened myself up Don’t let me suppress these feelings down Don’t let me forget the sound Of her lies This is the last time I ever try to leave This is the last time I let him place blame on me Stand by me we’ll track lost treasures down Into the abyss we make the sound Of life Convince me I’m nothing And show me I’m all And though we have nothing like the places once called home I feel at home right in your arms Can’t make me suppress these feelings down Can’t make me forget the sound Of her lies
2.
Punched in from eight to five, but that’s alright ‘Cause I’ve got no reason to hate Immersed in all new worlds and a romance As we deliver through space And maybe it’s foolish to think I could be the apple of that eye But I’m sure it’s stupid not to try ‘Cause if these notes could make pictures We’d only see your face If I’d write you an opera Could your heart find me a place? And if you’d give up your hand Just to spare my heart Then maybe you already love me And I don’t need the devil’s parts I don’t care if you’re old and manly Would you mind if I had claws? I’ve come from past and future to find you You once loved me as Lars I’d give you my air I’d prefer it for you I’d give you my chair Off this earth before it’s gone Where I choose one over two Purple over blonde I’d be a mutant for you I’d love everything you are
3.
I held your hand by the ocean And let my dream stretch out to the horizon You show me that, this world doesn’t have an end Lay next to you under starlight As we let ourselves float out into the night sky Get you the moon just to see the ends of your mouth bend Waking up is never As hard as When I’m dreaming of you When will I Get to wake up in A world where dreams come true? Your father’s tears line the aisle I lift a veil revealing a smile You show me that my dreams will never have to end Waking up is never As easy as When I’m lying next to you I guess we can Wake up in A world of dreams improved I held your hand by the ocean I held your hand by the ocean I held your hand by the ocean I held your hand by the ocean
4.
Remember what you said when you set me down? You said, “I’m sorry, but we’re done” Remember what I said when you set me down? I said, “I’m sorry that I’m not the one” Well maybe it’s time that we got perspective It’s probably high time that I grew some balls I think it’s either time that I got aggressive or forever let go I took the world in my hands and I passed it off Saying "I’m sorry, but I’m no god" You took the sun in your hands and you tossed it out Thinking it’s you we’d now revolve around Well take a cake crumb and get perspective Or set yourself next to a gaseous ball If that’s what it takes until you’re reflective inside that black hole Remember what we sang as we laid tracks down? (Remember how we laughed at their ignorance?) Claiming such brilliance though we’re dumb Remember how we danced syncopatedly? (Remember forgetting what they all thought?) We looked so foolish but had such fun Well I wear a big smile from this changed perspective Broke my ego so now I just have a ball Once I saw that happiness was elective and I grabbed hold
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____________ 03:25
Just give me some time to come up With the answers to the questions Because we don’t have to learn our lessons The hard way With a written history to record Every possible mistake And map out all our escapes We’ll carve our own way But the teenage heart dances in wonder Where the open mind finds solid ground So we sing “Hey-ey” But do we even hear the words? Because we weren’t meant to be alone We were not meant to wander blind We weren’t meant to make the same mistakes again I spend my time inside of Minds you’d call complicated I’ll tell you that is understated A long way With the ups and downs and in-betweens Rendering hopes and doubtings I find myself in new surroundings Along my own way Still the teenage heart dances in wonder Where those who’ve sought have often found So you sing “Hey-ey” But do you even hear the words? Because we aren’t meant to be alone We are not meant to wander blind We aren’t meant to make the same mistakes as them Don’t be so sure That you know it all When you haven’t been there And there’s those that have So all I want Is you to take my errors As your own Because you aren’t meant to be alone You are not meant to wander blind You aren’t meant to make the same mistakes as me
6.
This tank keeps running dry These words are useless Label me useless So full of hot air Still unable to fly Confined to this cranial cell In solitary silence sits the cynic This mental state Magnifies mistakes And loathing Please tell me that there’s something left Please tell me I can be more than this I feel all the gears grind These notes are fleeting Tick-tock keeps beating And every last drop of sand Is ingrained in my mind Constructed this cranial hell In solitary silence suffering is cyclic These carnal stakes Border on insane A thin line Don’t tell me that there’s nothing left I know that I should be more than this
7.
The news breaks and so does my heart You’re leaving this town for good And it’s all that I can do to hang the pieces on the staff And hope they get to you But if you wanted more Well I’m sorry that’s all I’ve got This news deserved better than rumors, hearsay I should have heard it straight from you Don’t you know that it’s not right to break a heart on speculation? Yeah, I’ve been holding back But if I wanted more Well then I guess I should have asked ‘Cause I should know by now That what you give is what you get back So say goodbye To everything you wanted You’ll never mean more than this And force a smile Don’t let her see you hold your tongue Or see your discontent But I should know it’s not alright to keep your heart on reservation I shouldn’t have held back ‘Cause if I wanted more I’d have to do more than ask Because one thing I’ve learned Is you can give but not always get back
8.
Yak-42 02:32
This was the last thing that we needed To see a piece of the sky fall down Watch gladiators drowned and burned On their way to the coliseum Let’s not forget there are risks involved And they gave everything Yeah, they gave everything They gave everything Just because that’s what we asked Maybe this was just what we needed To remind us what we have now With feet still on the ground, we learn And make our way towards the coliseum We can’t forget there are risks involved As they gave everything They gave everything They gave everything Just because that’s what we asked So we’ll give everything Yeah, we’ll give everything We’ll give everything Just because that’s how we’re tasked We’ll give everything Yeah, we’ll give everything And we’d give anything Just to see those who’ve passed
9.
You can hide behind your inhibitions But cannot give them reason Go on, fool yourself with these addictions But your tolerance will cause you pain The chemistry is not simple Nor is the psychology This is how a rock can cause a ripple And while it’s you who drops, it’s me you drain So tell me you’re scared Funny, I don’t find myself caring You’ve made your bed Now go lay in it Reality keeps bleeding Some day soon you will lose grip It’s a psychosis that you’re feeding But when you’ve lost your head, I’ll be the one who’s insane So tell me you’re sorry Funny, swear I’ve heard that line before You said you’re done And then asked for more So tell me you’re scared Funny, I don’t find myself caring You’ve made your bed Now go lay in it
10.
A bird that grew roots in the city After migrating south against the wind A mother without getting to see her own eggs hatched A mother to me, though Oedipal And maybe she’s crazy For clipping her wings But I’ll count myself lucky For the chance to hear her sing She was not meant to be caged up Instead to fly Visiting bird baths around the world All filled with wine Learn the language of Paris Molding minds en Asie Building homes in the states Where she takes me under her wing And some say she’s different Well I’d say that’s quite right Because it takes a unique strength To burn so bright So don’t think she’s crazy When she rips up her roots ‘Cause with such a wingspan One suffocates in this coop
11.
Another summer romance Pretty girl across the street I’ve got my eyes on you Have you got your eyes on me? Show me the ropes of this place Mischief will be our game Tell me another story You do well to entertain So take me on another adventure Can’t stop laughing, can’t stop smiling We carry on and on I swear the angels sent her Just ‘til the summer’s over Then with it she’s gone Let’s run this small town ragged Pardoned by innocence Let’s find where limits lie Somewhere beyond this fence Return for sunny seasons A year well worth the wait Whenever you’re around It speeds up my heart rate So take me on another adventure Can’t stop laughing, can’t stop smiling We carry on and on I swear the angels sent her Just ‘til the summer’s over Then with it she’s gone Come on let’s lure him out You should thank me when this saves your life No please don’t wear me out Feels like I’m fading with time Another summer romance Pretty girl across the street I’ve got my eyes on you Have you got your eyes on me? Show me the ropes of this place Our game will be mischief Don’t let this season end Without a summer’s kiss So take me on another adventure Can’t stop laughing, can’t stop smiling We carry on and on I swear the angels sent her Just ‘til the summer’s over Then with it she’s gone Take me on another adventure (Take me away) Don’t stop laughing, don’t stop smiling (To this Maycomb County) Just carry on and on (And teach me everything you know) I swear the angels sent her (Take me away) Don’t let this summer end (To this Maycomb County) ‘Cause with it she’s gone (I want to go)
12.
Long walks without a reason Except maybe I’ll get the chance If I put up with all your teasin’ Maybe we could find some time for romance Can’t stop or fight this feelin’ My heart is being such a pest And my mind’s one focus is stealin’ Every last moment that you have left Late nights and troubled hormones About how far do we let this go? Car rides and dying cell phones ‘Til there’s nothing left that I don’t know Casinos and cattle towns And a whole lot in between Scared by the footstep sounds That’s what I get for sneakin’ in at 3 But I wouldn’t have it any other way Although you drive me crazy ‘Cause lately I’ve been making too much sense And I need to loosen up ‘Cause at my age I shouldn’t need help staying young Ping pong and board games I can’t hold back the tears Hammock talks, body parts named Other people just think we’re weird Long drives to watch you run I’ll be part of your victory Can’t believe I found someone Who means so much more than me And there’s nothing else that I could ask for Although I loved you more Than anything you ever felt for me But this song is sung ‘Cause I’m so thankful you keep me young Distance makes talking hard And your walls certainly don’t help You’ll always hold a place in my heart But it’s in yours I can’t tell What do I do? I can’t help but miss you And you want your space So I continue the chase But I can’t have it any other way Please don’t stop driving me crazy ‘Cause sometimes life just makes too much sense And I can’t help growing up So please be there to keep me young
13.
I’m walking through the city Surrounded by the lifeless This world is not meant for me L’amour c’est pas pour moi The same old subjects of art and overwhelmed And overdone Such loyal subjects to those up at the helm I’m not their son Detachment is my claim A resignation to the effects of age Forfeited chances But only one-time dances And I don’t dare to try [In the room, the women come and go talking of Michelangelo] But now the talk is of JT And I cannot measure up Despondent eyes fall on me Je connais les yeux trop bien Detachment is my claim A resignation to the effects of age I know just what they’ll say They see my every flaw Is that even what they see? Or do I pin myself to the wall? Detachment is my claim A resignation to the effects of age Forfeited chances But only one-time dances And I don’t dare to try
14.
I want to go to sleep Lose every memory Run off without fear of hurting anyone I want to climb aboard A boat, never see shore Crawl below deck and hide from the sun And I'd have such fun I want to flee this town Ride the waves of my sounds Surf couches, flipping cushions for spare dimes I'd like to sink my teeth Into what lies beneath This world of poppy, self-betraying crimes That I commit Commit me Commit me I know I've lost to the knew white man's burden I paid the cost for the comfort I live in
15.
I’ll leave my mark With scathing remarks The burns and bruises sign my name Let’s play verbal darts And they’ll call it art Without these chords I’m called insane So color me the same old bastard New terms and tragedies Nowhere to point the blame but me ‘Cause I waste my time on ghosts Of exes and sad affairs This is all I’ve got, we’ll see if anyone cares Such a nice boy, where did he go? He blew his mind out on the radio I’d say I’m sorry if I could fake sincere I’d save us all if you could use your ears Can say all the right things at all the right times But only heard when veiled by rhymes These sober thoughts Scream “Forget me not” No cries for attention, just hopes to convey The answers I’ve sought Can’t let go for naught I will not die on the anthology’s page I’d say I’m sorry if I could fake sincere I’d save us all if you could use your ears Can say all the right things at all the right times But only heard when veiled by rhymes I’d say I’m sorry if I could fake sincere I’d save us all if you could use your ears Can say all the right things at all the right times But only heard when veiled by rhymes
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I'll Be 03:44
Sing me a song among groceries Shoppers stare But you hum along like there’s no one listening So sweet to my ears though it’s country I don’t care So proud with your food stamps; decline my currency Bring me to life on unknown streets Lay me bare I have nothing to do, but I do it with you so I don’t care I can’t help but fall For those whom I shouldn’t But it’s hardly my fault This heart is not wooden So it rhymes and rhymes around my neck Pull them tight, so tight steal my oxygen Until I’m smothered in all that you are Two states away is just two states too far Be my kindred soul Prematurely pruned Oregon has swallowed me whole Caused me to swoon Will she swoon? Can we take this jump? Will we bounce back? Let’s separate from this clump In the streets, we’ll unpack Should we even pack? Take the rhymes from my mouth All apologies (Formulaic! Formulaic!) Throw me back to my art Rediscovered (Inspiration! Motivated!) Take my brain; wash it out Leave your autograph (Least Resistance! Memory Inflicted) As Isaac says: “Float on” (Forget all structure, images, ideals) If you could set me free Though I’d confine myself voluntarily If only it were as easy as you say: “If it’s where you want to be, be” Just Be

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These are songs that were written by A Trivial Hero. A Trivial Hero also performs the songs. When listening to this album, one should use one's ears, though exceptions can be made. This is the first, full-band release from A Trivial Hero, and it provides for a much different, more powerful sound.

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released March 18, 2014

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We are a band from Las Vegas, NV and we like to play music. This music is our music.

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