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Burn White Hot

by The Coastals

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1.
Well it turns out all my travels circled right back to the start All around a trail of half-accomplished deeds and broken hearts A decade passed, back digging out my space behind the ball And falling back on wishful thinking, imbalance, and alcohol So while I really do appreciate the thought Well I need ten thousand dollars and a ticket to the top I never stuck around long enough to watch nothing take hold Wound too tight to play a less than perfect hand when I could fold I start to think adults and adolescents are the same But they’re just wearing different faces and they’re playing different games And it might seem to you that I’m an open book A bit more like an open casket Either way it’s worth a look And so I pledge that I’ll start over Appeal to Saint Christopher again And see it to the end I don’t know where I have gone I just know where I have been So while I really do appreciate the thought I would rather that you join me as I spit and burn white hot
2.
I’m not my brother’s keeper My mother’s son These aren’t my father’s footsteps I don’t owe anyone I’m not my girlfriend’s boyfriend The chosen one I’m not my best friend’s best friend I don’t owe anyone Everyone I know is pointing a direction I should go And I hate to disappoint But can’t be all things to all my best friends Please try to understand I’ve got my own path and my own plans And I’d love to see you there But don’t paint me untrue because I don’t owe you at all
3.
Well I’ve been working nights Picking fights Getting pushed around And I’ve just about had all that I can take And you’ve been dressing up Making out Nights out on the town And it seems the fun is never going to end But I won’t do what you do Because you’re convention and I’m breaking all the rules You’ve settled for the old solutions I’m starting my own revolution You’re just the latest dull sensation Of this worthless generation And after all The only thing you are Is some rich kid at the bar We’ll its been endless days Daily haze Burning down and out And I feel like I am just about to break And you’ve got your mother’s card Breaking hearts Down the corridor And it’s plain to see that you can’t get enough But I won’t trade for what you’ve got I’ve got my dignity and you’re a fucking snot You’ve settled for the old solutions I’m starting my own revolution You’re just the latest dull sensation Of this worthless generation And after all The only thing you are Is some rich kid at the bar
4.
I’ve got your hairclips and some jewelry An old charger to your phone Your naked pictures on a hard drive I don’t think the new girl knows I got the message from your sister She says that you’ve been doing well I’m so sincerely glad to hear that Wish I could say it ‘bout myself I hate to say but since you’ve been away been kinda lost without you It seems the days have been slipping away since I went and tossed you But I won’t tell my friends who Never got why I was with you They say I’m better off without you I say I’m better on my own But I know so much better I wasn’t built for stormy weather I’m hoping that I’ve not upset her too bad But some things I’ll never know It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you But it seems like longer still But I’m okay I swear I’m fine now Let’s just talk ‘bout something else Say what I will I’ve been popping the pills just to sleep without you Lie awake cuz’ when I go to sleep I just dream about you
5.
Alexia 03:08
I met Alexia in a record shop I was short on time but I had to stop To find out if I had a chance with her She bought some Hollies and was wearing Chucks And she looked so cute it kind of shook me up So I asked her if I could sit down beside her Alexia I’m trying hard to do my best for her She’s always giving me just what I need She’s got me thinking ‘bout the man I want to be I got her number and I called her up I bought two tickets and she took me home Since then we’ve not been apart for very long I not quite sure just what she sees in me And its pretty clear her Mom and Dad agree But I’m looking out for their little girl Alexia I’m trying hard to do my best for her She’s always giving me just what I need She’s got me thinking ‘bout the man I want to be Alexia I’m trying hard to do my best for her She’s always giving me just what I need She’s got me thinking ‘bout the man I want to be The life I want to lead The things I now can see
6.
All punk rock and humid heat These unplanned evenings And we don’t have nowhere to go Nothing to be right now The cheap sex and cigarettes With no consequences The better days of better years But I’ve got to go now dear Because I don’t want to love you And I know that I could fall for you The summertime is gone and so and am I The caffeine and grenadine And these classic records For now we have the time to spare But I just can’t stay here This life could wrap me up An eternal summer But I was born for colder air And I just can’t stay here Because I don’t want to love you And I know that I could fall for you Don’t think I’m above you I just know that I’m not right for you The summertime is gone and so and am I Girl I’ve got to leave you and this world To get on back to the place that I belong
7.
Bright lights and broken bones Shook violent by the notes and overtones Indelible on the lenses of these silent eyes Inevitable one day you’ll step it up or step aside Cold mornings spent alone Long nights in endless fights all on your own Still believe the stories that I tell myself Still rebel in vain against the hand that I was dealt What of the pure impassioned hearts And all the better men who face the guns cool and composed What do they grasp and what do they let go? On the darker side of this world I’m standing all alone I stand alone Stand down Bright lights and broken bones Pulse quickened by the shots that come too close Projected on the lifetime that I’m floating through Never quite alive, just dreaming, disconnected, black and blue What of the pure impassioned hearts And all the better men who face the guns cool and composed What do they grasp and what do they let go? On the darker side of this world I stand alone I stand alone Stand down
8.
Let’s quit our jobs and let’s disown our parents Fall back a while on the welfare state Cut out Head down south And get a little place I’ve had enough of these pretentious neighbors I’ve had enough of this bullshit town Let’s go On the road I can’t just hang around So let’s end these doubts and close our accounts And just get in the car Go down the coast On the straightest roads Until we can’t feel the city no more I’m sick of thinking ‘bout death and taxes I’m sick of praying for my daily bread And you’re Mom Is rambling on Just like she always does So let’s leave our phones and tear up our loans Cut our ties and leave Because the way we’re living and the way we struggle’s Not the way it’s meant to be And let’s end these doubts and close our accounts And just get in the car Go down the coast On the straightest roads Until we can’t feel the city no more
9.
Betrayed 03:26
Just look around At this once productive town Now deadweight off the interstate And storefronts crumbling down The tale of our time As old as humankind Of honest men being pushed around I don’t know what to say But we have been betrayed Betrayed Betrayed By the men who profit off what we make Best learn a trade That can’t be shipped away Because after taxes And market forces There’s not much anyway They all take a part The hawks and the bleeding hearts The finance whores and the circuit courts The bankers and the state And we have been betrayed Betrayed, Betrayed By the men who profit off what we make Yeah we have been betrayed, betrayed, betrayed And still they order us around and we obey
10.
Starstruck 03:29
I’ve been held up And thought that I was tough And I’ve been pulled down And thought myself too weak to hold myself up Just not good enough A million failures I have dreamed of I’ve seen myself Treating others well But I’ve seen myself Hurting those I love with cruel attacks I’m not proud of that So many things I’ve said I would take back So now starstruck and seeing double I say goodbye, so long, and farewell To these fatal ways of mine I have been bold and faced down the unknown But I’ve been afraid Of letting go of blades that I know too well They’re sickness, they’re health With them or without them I rebel So now starstruck and seeing double I say goodbye, so long, and farewell To these fatal ways of mine So now starstruck and seeing double I’m dumbstruck always making trouble And lock stock, bullet barrel I’m living out a life imperiled So nuts, bolts, brick and mortar I’m making sense out of disorder I just can’t do it all in a day I’ve seen myself Go with grace through hell But I’ve seen that I Can fall apart without a reason to fail To sink or to sail To burn white hot or smolder blue and cool
11.
Full up with obscenities My mouth was opened wide And she was the centerpiece And had just started to cry I know that it’s not easy to let go Of something you’ve been trying hard to nurture and to grow I had my orders and I had my enemies While she had a purer mind For beauty and for peace Our differences were clear and growing stark And they’re better left out in the dark I was a soldier And she was an artist I left for Sparta And she for Atlantis Now that we’ve gone there is no coming home Our bones have set Our roots have grown And since those simpler days I’ve been moving on But I still hate to think of her With another man Who’s got a poet’s tongue and painter’s hands While I’m shipped off to some foreign land I was a soldier And she was an artist I left for Sparta And she for Atlantis Now that we’ve gone there is no coming home Our bones have set Our roots have grown
12.
I’m not liking loving you girl You’re a cruel animal Your concertina wraps me up You stole my heart and you took my luck But still I cannot keep my hands off you I’ve got you underneath my fingertips But you have got me by the throat The nighttime is for sin and sex And in the morning prayer and regrets But atonement’s not a game for two It’s not a game to you It’s not a game to you You’ve got your shining teeth in me And I like it too Your whispered promises keep me bound to you With cold hands and with senses sharp You’re eyes turn dark I hold your fragile body down you tear me apart You’re razors and pearls You sick little girl
13.
Well tell me brother can you feel the way That things are always slipping through our fingers and down the drain And tell me don’t you want to find a way To find a way to make it all work so we can say That we went hard That we did what we could Because the time is always sliding past And with it goes the willingness to keep a steady grasp Of the things we really care about The people and pursuits that give some meaning to the racing hours But our time has come And that time is now It seemed those days were never-ending (oh darling) But all our dreams were worth defending (this moment) The moment that defines a life A life lived in defiance and truth I’ve got my anger and an amplifier I’ve got the passion and I’ve put away the hours I’m getting pressurized from all sides From all these people thinking I should move on with my life But they don’t know the drive They don’t know what it takes So boys let’s carry on Because one day this will all be gone We’ve got this moment and we’ve got to make it last And feel it as it rushes past No need to be so condescending

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released December 23, 2011

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The Coastals Washington D.C., D.C.

With what is described as “incredibly catchy, with gorgeous instrumentation, honest lyrics, and sweet vocals”, The Coastals have since returned with a brand new album that there best work yet. After the successful release of Under The Covers (July 17, 2011), The Coastals returned to the studio with Mike Bridgett and Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Senses Fail, Circa Survive). New album this Fall! ... more

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