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1.
as I look back on the path that I took along my past I can see the steps I made and where they led me but the wind will carry on, and I’ll sing your funeral song to the promised land my soul will flee i want to go somewhere, where the grass is green and the weather’s fair and the devil, he won’t follow me Devil, stay away Devil, keep at bay I’ve traveled long and far I have followed the the north star to resting place she promised me I carry weight upon my back, lay my burden down at last along the banks of the riverside I’ve traveled on i long to take you by the hand, take you to hear that righteous band in the clouds they sing, let’s carry on i want to go somewhere, where the grass is green and the weather’s fair and the devil, he won’t follow me Devil, stay away Devil, keep at bay I’ve traveled long and far I have followed the the north star to resting place she promised me Oh dear, one day I’ll meet you there, to the promised land I swear and on that day, I’ll hold you without a care and the devil, will be lost along the road the devil, will long and gone for sure
2.
sometimes enough is enough we exchange our bread for our blood because we're not thankful for the lives into which we're born and we need to be shaken awake. and now enough is enough we will not ever be in love but we can still make plans and hold each other's hands simply because we are close these are things that i need you to know you told me enough is enough with your nose round the top of your mug but it's enough for me to know you're out there and happy alone with some boy that you like and now enough is enough i'm all sung out about you and about us so wake up where you lie shake the sleep from your eyes and go live your life on your name i will be doing the same and i'll meet you in the morning and feel your hands warming my lips and my skin, oh let's not end or begin because enough is enough is enough, oh because enough is enough is enough
3.
Honest 05:12
this echo comes back each time i forget it leaves me alone, just scratching my head i came to the crossroads, way past my due i spend most of my time wondering where to? i've stopped the car way too many times and took out my map and turned on the light i'm trying my best to be honest i never unpack cause i'm up early and out but i always look back from then until now i'm just too damned afraid to tell you truth cause i'm too damned weak to say that i'm scared of you i'm trying my best to be honest i'm talking all night, saying naught but a word and more often than not it all goes unheard no matter the way that i end my night i'm always alone in the cold morning light i'm trying my best to be honest not too long ago, i tried to give up i tightened my tie and laid myself in the tub but today i am glad that i picked up your call because if i hadn't, i wouldn't be here at all i'm trying my best to be honest i'm traveling back to the place i was raised i won't be staying long, just a couple of days but if you need me, you'll know where to go and when i leave i don't expect you follow i'm trying my best to be honest i treated you kind, but mostly treated you bad even though you were the best thing that i ever had i wish that the truth didn't sound like a lie i want to be friends but i can't make up my mind i'm trying my best to be honest i've fallen apart and i've fallen for you but i've come to this crossroads, and all my debts are
4.
She said, "Put your demons to rest, there’s enough tucked tight my bed" I always wondered why, she couldn't sleep a night, and certainly i tried, but the skeletons i keep, come on sneaking up to me, and i never could say no, to the things they offered me It’s a path or a problem i try to avoid And my hand won’t stop shaking Cause you can’t make a choice Cause Lord knows that nothing stays in the dark i said, "I have devils that scare me each day, since you told me I couldn't be afraid." they hide beneath my hollow eyes, around each corner of my life, and i'm barely getting by i have heavy debts to pay, inside the bedroom where i lay, now i start to see, i sell my soul most every day It’s a path or a problem i try to avoid And my hand won’t stop shaking Cause you can’t make a choice Cause Lord knows that nothing stays in the dark the closet door is always closed, so i can't hear the chains, i put my ghosts to rest on the day i said her name
5.
promise to forget me when you go because i will be waiting right here the minute you get home promise to forget me when you leave cause there’s no point in crying, when your heart is on your sleeve thank you for your words, they meant everything to but promise to forget them, when you sail across the sea promise to forget me when you’re gone cause you know you’ll get my letter in the mail before very long promise to forget me when you can’t fall asleep there are many more important things in this world instead of me thank you for your words, they meant everything to me but promise to forget them, when you sail across the sea promise to forget me, even while you’re here because i want your future to remain open and clear promise to forget me because no matter what you do you may forget me, but i will never forget you so thank you for your words because without them there’s no me, i’ll keep them close to my hollow bones as i wait beside the sea
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Swing Low 02:48
wing low, for to carry me home i can't remember the last time we spoke but i know that you're not counting please, don't leave the light on to see it's just a false flag for a ruffian like me just let me waste change in the fountain mmmmm it's a terrible shame, that you're no one's to claim i burned your name in the ground just the same to see just what would happen it turned into smoke, i inhaled it and choked it smelled like your hair on the morning we woke and raised up our arms to the heavens you always left me alone, but i saw the light in your eyes let me go it was always too late to go home, so sweet chariot, swing low
7.
Up and at em boy let’s shove off down the road, the dawn is coming quick and I think we need to go Up and at em boy I think it’s time to leave, but I will keep you company if you do the same for me Up and at em boy, we’ve already had our fill, we drank our drinks, and loved our loves, we have no more time to kill Up and at em boy let’s head out to the car, put the keys in the ignition and just pray to god it starts  It’s time to, rise and shine Cause we’re older than we were last night It’s time to rise and shine Up and at ‘em boy it’s time it’s time it’s time Up and at em boy, I feel much older than I am, a quarter of a century reduced to grains of sand Up and at em boy, I’d rather count my days on lovers lost, on bottles broke, on blades of grass and open space Up and at em boy, we can’t just run away, because the past becomes the future and we can only see today Up and at em boy, we’ve far outlived our stay, so let’s drive off towards the sunrise and listen to our conscience say It’s time to rise and shine Cause we’re older than we were last night It’s time to rise and shine Up and at em boy it’s time it’s time it’s time Up and at em boy Up and at em boy Up and at em boy Get up get out goodnight and sing for joy It’s time to rise and shine Cause we’re older than we were last night It’s time to rise and shine Up and at em boy it’s time it’s time it’s time
8.
River 03:34
got a coin in my mouth my time is running out so i wade in the water, all the same never reconciled my sins, never been a good man worth a damn let’s just call a spade a spade But how did i end up at this river once again? set my burning raft to sea i wonder if the squall will follow me? and my mistakes are a rudder steering slow well I pray they chant my name to the sweet shores beyond the grave I hope you hear it echo, so you know just how I end up at the river once again Oh ohhhh loop my brand new tie up tight and i lay down for the night and on good days I forget that I’m asleep but it’s a brand new life I made and I sing it’s praises every day but I won’t forget my trip into the deep but I, wonder why, can’t say goodbye, to banks of this river once again
9.
Give Up 04:08
I’m not ready to give up just yet It’s not from the dreams that I have in my head I just like having something to hope for It’s been a long long time since I’ve felt this sure I won’t give, give, give I won’t give, give, give We both know how this will end I suppose it’s much better than what I dreamed up instead It’s like seeing the doctor, they say he’ll be right in But you get better without ever seeing him There’s nothing worse than too late So, sometimes we just need to wait I won’t give, give, give I won’t give, give, give I’ll give you a line if you give me one more As we walk into the shallows, hear the wind in the door It’ll sing us to sleep I woke up between the woods and the sea Lost and found I’ll give no ground I will not forget the sound I won’t give, give, give I won’t give, give, give I’m not ready to give in I just want my life back again I won’t give
10.
well these leaves of grass are gonna take me back to the place where I belong and I’m coming home just to see your bones and sing your funeral song i could never miss this place and you, you say it’s just a phase but i’m coming home, i’m coming home anyway i am miles away and i can’t see your face when i close my eyes but when the fall comes in i can feel your skin as the wind begins to rise you never left a trace and i, i always took the blame but you’re coming home, you’re coming home anyway it’s hard to see but this place to me is where i need to go i’ve been gone a year so please, while i’m here promise me that you’ll come home we always celebrate in this house for holidays so we, we always make it home, make it home anyway

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released June 2, 2016

All songs written by Brian Hartt, 2012-2016

Recorded May 2016 at Ridge High School

Cover Photo by Paul Klippel

Illustrations by Brian Hartt

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Sometimes, I make music. Most of the time, I teach. This started as a model project for my 2016 senior class.

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