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I have been lost Since you found your way back to town I found my footing In the calm of you not being around Pre-Chorus: You thought you had me buried in time But I'm standing underneath you Chipping away at the years Until you fall through Until you fall back to me Chorus: The forest of your hazel eyes Leaves me without direction I left a breadcrumb trail Of unsent texts and squandered chances Leading me back to the moment When I first took you for granted To set this place ablaze With the look that you deserved In the first place The hold you got on me is sickening You always pick me like a flower Then you toss me like a weed You see every plan that you think up Through to the T After calculating, estimating every little thing Pre-Chorus Chorus This decade old Chess match we've played Last time I won I made the foolish mistake Not to see you in the same way But from the look in your eyes I know that I've won again today In your forest brown and green The pawn takes the queen And now out of all the games we've played It's about time one finally went my way It's something I shouldn't say But I told you so way back in the day You thought you had me buried in time But you won't get rid of me that easily Chorus
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Red Ribbons 04:21
If it might be bad Then we'll skip the good We'll stay the talk of the neighborhood Like if they ain't got together Then they should We've been friends For a quarter of our lives I've been waiting For the moment to be right It's pretend When we act like there's nothing there You know I think about me and you Doing things friends shouldn't do Pre-chorus: And when we got so close that night I was ready for the whole world To see us shine But then I heard about another guy And I knew I'd been wasting my time 'Cause I know how this story ends I've seen first hand Chorus: If it might be bad Then we'll skip the good We'll stay the talk of the neighborhood Like if they ain't got together Then they should If it might be hard We better not try You said your piece And I said goodbye To the chance that I was never given And a closet full of your red ribbons This friendship Was your cause for over thinking And I don't know if We can go back to being Less than secret lovers Behind closed doors We've been down that road before But me and you deserve so much more Pre-chorus Chorus 'Cause I've been drinking And I'm trying to keep these feelings inside (Instead of spilling them to you Killing what's left of my pride) I might not be the best guy But I'm the best that you've had (I might not be the best guy But I'm the best that you'll ever have) Fingers crossed Hoping that since you are not by my side Hopefully you are in your own bed Alone tonight (I wish the best and the worst Both a blessing and a curse For you) And when we got so close that night I was ready for the whole world To see us shine Then you pulled away that week So frustrated That I didn't even speak to you You told me that you were just scared I promised I'd always be there But then I heard about another guy And I knew I'd been wasting my time 'Cause I know how this story ends I've seen first hand Chorus (Now we know how this ends) You called it quits from the start As fear tears you apart inside I don't wanna pretend We're anything less than And I don't wanna be your friend
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Ties 04:06
Chorus: Sorry man but I had to Cut ties, turn my back on you You know damn well I don't want to This is the hardest thing that I've ever had to do You've always been The natural center of attention Like, look at me, look at me Pretty spotlights Every moment's mine Every woman's mine I was jealous 'cause it worked out every time Never realized it symptomized such a vice So even if you brought it on yourself Recalling old days kills me knowing That I didn't stick around to try to help I guess I always thought That there would be more time Time for you to grow and hopefully All of your problems would fix themselves Chorus: 'Cause I'm a kid I don't know the severity Of these things, but I'm realizing They don't fade away I'm sorry I can't stay In pursuit of my own life I had to leave A family and friends with a burden too heavy You left them no choice You went where their voices can't carry Even though I had to go I hope you know I'd never given up hope You'd find strength in yourself in a cell And then you got your second chance I knew you'd prove your back on track 'Till I heard more bad news Naivety wouldn't let me believe All that remains is this shell And now you're all by yourself We thought that this would last forever We never thought that these ties might sever As long as we were together Potential like no other You were my best friend, my brother Now we're uncovering All these things that remained unseen The better part of a decade Hiding all this shit from me Now our heads in our hands Wondering what we could've did To save this kid Chorus
4.
My room faintly smells of vomit There's no better deterrent For bringing anyone to it Like that's a rational reason Feeling time slipping away While we've been wasting all these days Living life on a treadmill Expending energy but I'm still standing still I hope there's more to me than what you see A carefully constructed facade of a being That's fully functioning Chorus: My room faintly smells of vomit There's no better deterrent For bringing anyone to it Like that's a rational reason Made enough mistakes last night For a whole years worth of weekends Every time I wake up thinking That I am better than this Three cheers, let's smoke On the balcony So we puffed on cigars And clinked our bottles to victory Hear, hear! This night never stood a chance We gained the upper hand Finding an ally in moderation 'Cause there's no choice but to implode Fighting substance with substance When temptation is screaming Don't you slow down for nothin' This past year got away from me But please believe I'm tryin' I'll be damned if I'm the only thing That ruins this dream Chorus I've had my run Now it's time to settle down And pick up the scraps of my life That I've scattered So this is real now Give it all to make my all image shatter To be someone that matters So irrational Chorus
5.
Amends 03:46
Those were the days Backs in the grass Eyes to the sky Can we go back To a time before I ruined everything? Let my wants take the driver's seat My every action said "I don't need you" And you had every right to leave When you said "This is not what I wanted" But I did it anyway I'm sorry Chorus: I'm coming to terms with choices I've made I wronged every love, every friend Until my word meant less than nothing Still coming to terms with choices I've made For better or worse, I'm learning to face These memories I just can't change Please, can we play pretend? Please, can I call you friends? You're the chills in my cold sweats The pain in my regrets Before I am laid in my grave I will make my amends Can we go back to that night? I'd never been so happy The stars fell into your back yard With our heads by the bridge that your dad made I burned it down when I transgressed I know it's my fault, I know I deserved it When you gave karma my address And now she's come to collect Chorus Another bond I always thought would last forever I always thought that we would always be together Always there and I could call you up whenever Until I decided I was more important When I went away I tried to stay in touch But the damage was done, you had had enough So I called your bluff, I let you go away 'Cause I always thought That you'd be coming back someday As bad as I feel for every time I let you down I can't help but smile to see that you are happy now Make me whole again Can we play pretend? Can I call you friends? It's time to make amends Chorus
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Alive 04:07
I have been running Away from everything And towards nothing Until the joy of possibility And the fear of failure Are only one thing Chorus: It's time Let your body feel alive Break down these walls We've built inside Revealing a reflection Where we never die I am everywhere I am every time I was a screen Like at the movies I let everyone project onto me Becoming what they wanted to see Chorus You've built your life like a drama diorama No longer fun When you show and tell everyone So why do you do it? When there's no lid To the shoe box that you've kept your life in Every time I fight against something I'm watering the seeds of a trouble tree That drops its fruits throughout my life Do you remember when I asked you Have you ever had a moment when you thought Oh wow, I'm alive? Chorus

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released February 2, 2016

Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Nick Ingram at Capital House Studio

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Heroes Like Villains Columbus, Ohio

Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, the 5-piece pop-punk outfit Heroes Like Villains seek to carry the torch from other Ohio greats such as Hit the Lights and Relient K. With their debut ep Amends, released on February 2nd, they appear poised to do so. With a range of musical influences from pop-punk to metal, Heroes Like Villains keeps their fans guessing and always delivers. ... more

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