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this way is east

by jim tashjian

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1.
open to a woman who's been all turned around she has no recourse for the trouble that she's found now we meet the man who came and found her there fully conscious of the risk in giving care on your way first thing tomorrow. morning start. this way is east if you can't tell the roads apart.
2.
take all those building blocks and rearrange childish at my age still going through a stage seems you were starry eyed it's hard to see a little girl wants a pony i shot it down when you told me structures weak in the foundation this is where we infiltrate them big things left to rebuild...and it's no fun i wanted to build a strong one nothing to say or be done
3.
learn for an answer. wrong, try again.
4.
i felt ashamed that i lost my composure it did no use that i can tell i felt i had to go and see the ocean because i really missed the smell i built a house out of useless emotions and then i burned it to the ground i have no impression of the world yet i need to get around i have no impression of the world yet i haven't made a good impression on the world yet i need to get around i don't know the meaning of the word yes it's a word i've never said i round the sun and i run into the real you it's been too long my friend i round a corner and i run into the real me man, i thought that you were dead i built a house out of useless emotions and then i burned it to the ground i have no impression of the world yet i have to get around
5.
use ears to rest your swollen tongue this pen to write your second thoughts this vest protects me from cheap shots these fingers won't do what i want these fingers won't type what i want
6.
wanna make it disappear? you can when your sleeping. each morning's memories commandeered, autonomy fleeting. i go back and read the lines blueprints of all the things i did and you? you reminisce about the time we said the things we wanted to be true as of recently, round two left me with weak knees in fifteen minutes i'll pull through, expect that you'll see me i learn the language of the signs i won't fall off the edge they're pointing to and i will learn to bide my time when i get lost based on the map you drew i go back and read the lines chronology of what i did and you? you reminisce about the times we said the things we wanted to be true though i thought that we were close, a mind changes quickly though i thought i was verbose, you didn't hear me i learn the language of the signs i won't fall off the edge they're pointing to and i'm resigned to bide my time now that i'm lost based on the map you drew
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wretch 03:03
a wretch. and i can't see it yet again. where can i begin? lay it all on me. i can't feel it til i'm swallowing the pill. to deal with things that you can't kill. thinking and knowing all the same things now. and i'll come back somehow. all of the weakness is sincere. and we're where i was last year. here. standing right back here.
9.
i could talk all day about my choices but talking wears away the shine we talked so much we lost our voices. you forgot the sound of mine mine makes no one care keep watch and be prepared teach the kids, when they get older a generation of divorce gives up quickly on to new things likes to let shit run its course mine makes no one care. keep watch and be prepared constructions and elaborations caused the kinks...they often will the future parts, that all got tilted passed the point of keeping...still
10.
puzzle 02:27
at times i looked for you right here and i wound up over there. how do we try to hide ourself if we have no mask to wear? and i am racing to be lost. for the feel, i'm being found. and i abstain from company, still you never share a sound. you are a puzzle i know i sought the things i've seen you can make me more aware. tell me that i'm living hell, that you can show me out of there. is it too little or too much? which keeps my mind away from you? if you can grant me inner peace, tell me heart to see you too.
11.
we make mistakes i hate to say i take the long way back my route contains landscapes of pain i take the long way back i hate to say i make mistakes i take the long way back my route contains landscapes of pain i take the long way back

about

recorded at the drake --- feb '13 - feb '14
recorded & mixed by anthony gravino
mastered by anthony gravino & stephen shirk
produced by anthony gravino & me (jim tashjian)

all songs written by me (jim tashjian)

"puzzle" was inspired by the sufi verse
"tum ek gorakh dhanda ho (you are a puzzle)" by naz khialvi

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released March 13, 2014

special guests:
anthony gravino - vocals on tracks 2 & 10
michael caskey - drums on tracks 2 & 9, piano on track 7

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