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Vatten

by Tommy Kessler

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1.
Vatten 04:44
Holy water, jello brain Blurry vision, Vatten reign See the shadow from the tree Heaven thunder and pour on me Rip my heart out, give me time Keep your method 'cause I've got mine Holy water, not again Scan for exits and Vatten reign Burn like fire, burn like fire, burn like fire Burn like smoke, float away Give me answers or give me pain Scared of leaving, scared to stay I'll keep searching either way Leave your science and leave your faith Both are empty so Vatten reign
2.
The Room 04:02
They painted the ceiling, then gave you your feelings, then locked you away They told you to dream, reminded you they're not real, then gave you hell to pay A faceless monster picks numbers from rosters so the rainbow dies They sold out your saints, then promised love without hate, then shot down the skies But I know that we can break free From the room they locked us in And I know that there is hope because it's Only hope that wins They gave you a name, then they made you the same, so that you'd take the fall They locked all the doors, put you on all fours, and made you drink the fog An irreverent messiah who told you to try but you let them win They made you a runner, they're making you dumber in their holy sin But I know that we can break free From the room they locked us in And I know that there is hope because it's Only hope that wins Babe I know that we can break free From the room they locked us in And I know that all the broken spirits Can be whole again Yeah I know that we can break free From the room they locked us in And I know that there is hope because it's Only hope that wins Babe I know that we can break free From the room they locked us in And I know that all the broken spirits Can be whole again Again And I know that there's hope 'Cause it always wins
3.
Alternative 04:22
She only caught a glimpse Held back true tears Wanted to be the special one And dyed her hair to match the rainbow she don't see She's just too cool to live She's so alternative But I know she's just as scared to face the world Acts like she's made of stone Tries to hide a human heart behind a wall of irony She's just too cool to live She's so alternative But I know she's just as scared to face the world She says she wants to die She's always getting high But I know that someday soon she'll be my girl
4.
Pool (II) 04:28
My inquiries are useless as I'll never get a name Left without our clothes and you say that I am to blame Two girls at the party like the three girls in my head And I want to stay afloat but one of us is tied to lead Terrified deserted as you're drowning in the pool Tried to pull you out instead I acted like a fool Looked like you were perfect but I guess it was a flaw Can you love at all? Annie make me clean I'm not having fun Annie make me clean Didn't mean to hurt no one Annie make me clean It's so hard to watch Want to learn to feel Millions are watching yet you can't look in my eyes A violent kind of romance in which both of us have died A long annoying hum that rattles to my very core And I know that though I hate you I'll always be back for more Annie make me clean I'm not having fun Annie make me clean Didn't mean to hurt no one Annie make me clean It's so hard to watch Want to learn to feel But guess I can't be taught Annie make me clean Hate this heart of mine Annie make me clean And I am running out of time Annie make me clean Nothing I can do Never find an end Killing cells out by the pool
5.
Monolith 04:52
Can't fight it Reflections come my way I return to this hole The feelings never stay Call it truth But I feel like no man I'm staring at blank screens Space I don't understand But I won't let it take my soul Sought escape That wouldn't take my heart A barely lit room The gold that has been shot Monolith Please can you make me clean? First I'll lose my mind Then you'll see what I mean But I won't let it take my soul Won't let it take my soul Guilt myself For salvation I seek A monster wants control Of objects that I seek Dear stranger When all the living's dead Will you still remain? Or were you in my head? Don't fight it They're serving it for free When I am getting one You know she's doing three Monolith You'll find me one I'm killing all my jokes You're killing just for fun I let it take my soul Oh no I let it take my soul Oh no I let you take my soul Oh no I let you take my soul
6.
Hush 04:26
Maybe I'm scared of everyone Or maybe i'm just scared Life screams and tries to distort all The secrets that I've shared And it makes me wanna run Now baby hush To ghosts converge inside my human Form to have a laugh They do not know each other's plans But both involve a trap And it makes me wanna jump Now baby hush Baby please be cool There is no rush I'm trying to sleep I need your touch Sometimes I get the feeling that My efforts are but smoke I long for freshened air so much I don't realize I've choked And the battle's lost and won Now baby hush Baby please be cool There is no rush I'm trying to sleep I need your touch Baby please be cool There is no rush I'm trying to sleep I need your touch
7.
Jericho 04:28
8.
Goat Song 07:58
And I'm alone Trapped in this maze that is my head, my home And I've done the thing I thought I'd never do Write some melodies for my weak heart How did we start? So now I drive Down the highway as fast as I can With the funny feeling that I'm not a man Convicted by what I don't understand Don't understand Try to believe Just like heavy stains on concrete floors Like the radiator lulling me to sleep Haunted by the truce I'll never see I'm sinking deep I no longer have a say in what my body wants I'm the host of a ghost and I'm dead and gone I can't connect with people that I know I love I just want the peace that you said would come And I pity myself and don't know what for Can I not read my heart or do I ignore? I can't connect with people that I know I love And I just want the peace that you said would come So will it come? So will it come? So will it come? I see the buttons on her dress that I undid And I see her blue eyes burning through my skin She didn't know my name and I didn't know hers It's the mystery I love, never the girl I look back in time and it seems so far Time's such a dick but you never are And I hope the rest doesn't take so long I like to speed down the road I'm on The lights go flashing by And the bluejay's on the fly And the voices from the sky And the agitated cries I'm never scared I remain scared My tongue so meek is reluctant to share The feelings that I have for you aren't very clear I'd quickly wed the idea that is you What can you do? Yeah two diversions fight in me A conflict bright but still unseen In the empty chassis I call a skull I'm waiting for when I feel full And what about the lonesome spark A fire missing a clear mark The manifesto growing old It's tough to believe what I'm told And what would all the neighbors think? I love it when they hear you sing My God, it gets harder to hear I barely know when love is near And I know that I am not a slave I'm bound to figments either way So will you ever call my name? I won't come when I hear my name You know I won't come when I hear my name You know I won't come when I hear my name You know I won't come when I hear my name You know I won't come when I hear my name And I'm driving down the highway just as fast as I can And I get a funny feeling I'm a shell of a man When my heart's getting raped by my foreign brain I don't get to leave this life feeling I'm the same And that's when the monolith is close to clear And the wheel makes a turn but I cannot steer And I drive off the bridge into the sea And I crave Vatten but it's killing me
9.
The start of something centuries old The myth of hope that's growing cold The eyes that hide what heaven sees The joy killed by anxiety My blindness will not change the facts I'm scared for what my payment lacks When others touch themselves it's touching me But still I bleed You'll find your sea of love Is still a sea of pain And then you wash away Like the cool cool rain You'll find your sea of love Is still a sea of pain And then you wash away Like the cool cool rain The end of something fresh as blood The trick you pick to shove your love Though you feel it deep inside you Don't you think it's too good to be true? You'll find your sea of love Is still a sea of pain And then you wash away Like the cool cool rain You'll find your sea of love Is still a sea of pain And then you wash away Yeah you'll wash away You'll find your sea of love Is still a sea of pain And then you wash away Like the cool cool rain You'll find your sea of love Is still a sea of pain And then you wash away Like the cool cool rain

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released December 31, 2015

Written, performed, and produced by Tommy Kessler
Mixed by Steve Chenoweth
Mastered by Kerrick Crace at Vitruvian Sound

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St. Louis-raised, Chicago-based guitarist, songwriter, producer, and vocalist. (he/him)

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