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by Danny Offer

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1.
The Sound of 03:24
Is this this sound of settling down? Not sticking out, just sticking 'round Can't you wait for your ceremony in the sky? When everyone will get up and say, "He was a pretty nice guy but he was afraid to live, he was afraid to die." It's only empty tears that fall from their eyes This is not the script that I wrote Mine had wit, mine had hope "Why'd you let it die? You knew it needed light." I thought that I did the very best that I could "How come you only say that when you know it's no good?" Some days belong in picture frames but most of them just fade Do you regret the mistakes you made half as much as the chances you don't take? Is this the sound of the world without the perfect excuse? You can stop searching now.
2.
You smile at any old Danny and I wonder what you sound like laughing at something that's actually funny I think I might have lost my mind crawling out in this desert but didn't I see my type crawling my way in my favorite sweatshirt? Anything but the weather and I'll do as you say I'll keep out of trouble and you can have a nice day Come sit at the lonely table and I'll teach you a lesson Now that I know how many sisters you have, what more is there to ask? Now that you know how I pay my bills, what else is there to tell? Anything but the team, and I'm at the edge of my seat The two of us acting like humans, I guess it wasn't meant to be You take the elevator, I'll take the stairs and I will catch you later, or maybe we could just pretend I was there You smile at any old Danny and I wonder what you sound like laughing at something that's actually funny I will always be watching out for me
3.
Desire 04:16
How long are you gonna move from place to misplace letting him have his way? You're so pretty when you're doing what he wants Your willingness is all he's ever willing to flaunt Do you desire to be more than desired? When it's been this cold this long, who cares about the fire? "Some nights, I'd just love to kiss you goodnight and other nights, I'd be just as happy to say goodbye" People who don't know better say, "Don't be so naive" But you can't build an honest house from birds and leaves But still I'd work and try, and sweat and try and hurt and try until we got it right I already know what will I fantasize about what might And I can only be happy after the strain and the pain The lies we tell ourselves as the future fades away Do you desire to be more than desired? When it's been this cold this long, who cares about the fire?
4.
Look at you sitting there, little loser shifting around in your chair, trying to look a little bit cooler Ain't it a drag and a surprise to find the world was at your thighs? And all the romance fades away from your posters and your sad compilation tapes But whatever you do, don't go home tonight Do you ever think it might end while doing the routine? And are you only interesting when you dream? Does it wear you out to hold it in? Just one more drink, and then life begins Don't do it for them Don't do it for me Don't do it for the ones who fall asleep in front of the TV Don't do it for your girlfriend Don't do it for your boyfriend or the ones you look up to Whatever you do, do it for you and don't go home tonight Count a thousand streetlights Don't go home tonight
5.
Firing Line 03:54
Here I stand once again at the firing line Live or die it's already happened on the inside I make mistakes and try to pretend I was right There's so much more I've got to say to you but instead, I'll say goodnight It's all inside out, I know The ones who were supposed to love you don't And I hate to disappoint you, so I'll go I can feel it pulling down on me Time and again, weaknesses traded for needs What do you do when you've been overgrown by weeds? You've got to cut the whole garden down It's all inside out, I know The ones who were supposed to love you don't And I hate to disappoint you, so I'll go
6.
You're nobody really You're just bones and blood You're just a hand that I held through the decade of the flood You're just a source of warmth You're just an empty chair I got so tired of them saying that I looked like you so I cut my hair You're nobody really You're nobody really Just some former part of me I look at the pictures but there's something I don't see They're always asking about you I'm always making things up I used to wonder how could they be so cold Now I can show them how it's done You're nobody really
7.
Somebody robbed you of a life It's even sadder than circumstance Cuz when you could've done it right you just didn't want to take that chance But your bed is so cold now It wasn't supposed to be like this For every time you chicken out Your plans will only be a wish She was so bad to you but you know what they say about shame You're just as useless as when you were new only now you've more people to blame Yeah, you were done to, you never did But that's nobody else's fault No one to push you to put up with it So what makes you think there will be someone to catch your fall? Somebody robbed you of a life You've no idea where to get it back You say it's nowhere in sight Man, it's right there under your hat And of all the things you can't control this is one thing you can So forget all that you've been told Cuz so far it's only kept you out of your own command I think I'm free
8.
Satellites 02:22
I like you because I don't like satellites but you're just like all the rest, you won't make up your mind And I'm just like all the rest, probably couldn't treat you right Do you like me cuz I know better than to waste your time? All the girls who tapped on my window are now engaged And I sleep at night in an open cage Every time I think I'm ready for the next embrace I slip through their arms, leave a mark on their face I used to want someone I could admire Now I'll just take anyone who can sleep when she's tired And I used to want someone who'd make me kiss her feet Now I'll take anyone who when she's hungry, she eats I like you because you're better than me People tend to worship things that they'll never be You put me in my place and cut my head in half Now nothing I could say could ever make you laugh All the girls who tapped on my window are now engaged And I can't say that I am the least bit amazed Life can be lived in so many other ways But I'm done with yesterday
9.
Two Pictures 03:19
Some people All they can do is love And then some don't And getting it's always too much I put pictures up of the ones who bring me up Some say I don't love enough Well I got two pictures on my wall Some people love just a little bit I love my brother just like I was a little kid Some people All they can do is love And some people All they can do is talk about some people
10.
Bad Times 03:04
I hate the way all these faces look the same Why can't they be you? Every simple moment used to be so cheap Wouldn't you pay good money to keep? And I hate to think how many summers we're gonna waste wishing we were younger Hey, don't it seem sad those bad time weren't so bad?

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released March 16, 2014

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