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Crumbs (There's Only Now)
by Bernard Frazer and Felicity DeCarle ©2016
Verse 1
Never in a straight line, I walk the trail alone
Suddenly I look back, the crumbs I left are gone
So scared of the unknown
Don't know where I came from, don't know where to go
Looking back what do I see?
All I know is what's in front of me
Chorus:
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
Verse 2
Clear away the brush now, a palace in the trees
I can make a home here, my marigold and me
Who like saltines anyway?
Science class seems like yesterday
The crumbs I left myself
Are food for someone else
Chorus:
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
Bridge:
Moment to moment the memory is slipping away
But I don't want it back
Chorus
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
Quiet half chorus
(whispers)
There's only now
There's only now
Chorus
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
There's only now
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2. |
Always Away
05:30
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Always Away
By Bernard Frazer and Felicity DeCarle ©2016
I never see you anymore
Where'd you go, what'd you run for?
Sitting here on your couch
Wondering what it was all about
But oh oh today
You'll never make me go crazy
Cause I'm always away
Away…
I'm not here, even now
I try to be
I’m not here, even now
I try to be but don't know how
Stop myself, what am I searching for?
For my health, identify the hole I tore
Now that you’re gone, I’ve found a way
Dancing around myself, I’m always away
Always…
Everybody's going home
Not me, I'd rather be alone
I'll stay away from the hole
Or you'll bury away my soul
But oh oh today
You'll never make me go crazy
Cause I'm always away
Away…
I'm not here, even now
I try to be
I'm not here, even now
I try to be but don't know how
Stop myself, what am I searching for?
For my health, identify the hole I tore
Now that you're gone, I've found a way
Dancing around myself, I'm always away
Always…
Always, always, always
Always away
Always away, always, always
I’m always away,
Always away…
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3. |
Primitive Creatures
04:45
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PRIMITVE CREATURES
Written by Bernard Frazer and Felicity DeCarle ©2016
It used to be so sweet and easy
Staying up all night, trying to get our heads right, baby
You'd be the moon, I'd be your starshine
Catching waves, hopin' someday we'd make a dime
Primitive creatures, heavenly monsters
Cry and love
That's us forever
Caught in the light, I want the darkness back, please
Too much glitter, I need the dirt to ground me
It's not enough to say that I'll get there
Work it off, sweat the gold out, it's everywhere
Primitive creatures, heavenly monsters
Cry and love, That's us forever
Holy Priestess, Fairy Princess
Wish we could crawl back
to her forever
You say that it's all too much for you
Won't get lost in us, not like you used to do
Fairytale ends here; you won't go on
You won't live inside us like you
Promised.... You promised
Primitive creatures, heavenly monsters
Cry and love That’s us forever
Holy Priestess, Fairy Princess
Wish we could crawl back
to her forever
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4. |
Like Gary Numan
03:35
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Like Gary Numan
by B.R Frazer ©2018
I found a recipe
On a darknet site
A kind of formula
That turns water into wine
Take a drink and you're Trump-proof
From all the sick shit
His minions dish up
When they're digging into it
Are we living in the darkest time in history?
No surprise we want to disappear
From all this fear
I want to be like Gary Numan
Live in my car, be an auto inhuman
Don't like the melting pot
They want to purify the line
But in reality
They are as muddy as they're blind
They cannot listen
Because they will never submit
They do not understand time
Or that we're running out of it
Could we be whisper close to eternity
Could we be a single breath from insanity
I want to be like Gary Numan
Live in my car, be an auto inhuman
Under cover, and utter illusion
Here in my car, I'm in total seclusion
Like Gary Numan
L-l-l-l-l like
Gary (Gary, Gary)
Like
G-g-g-g-g-g
Like Gary Numan
I want to be like Gary Numan
Live in my car, be an auto inhuman
Under cover, an utter illusion
Here in my car, in total seclusion
Like Gary Numan
Like Gary Numan
Like Gary
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5. |
Listen 2 Love
04:35
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Listen 2 Love
by B.R Frazer ©2015
Had too much of what people say
Their words jump out then they fly away
I want some that can really stick
To fill me up, make my life trip
I want to live in a better world
Where strangers smile when you pass 'em by
I want to live like my momma did
Start giving back, it don't matter why
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my heart beat
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my soul speak
Love, Listen to my heart beat
Love, listen to my soul speak
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my heart beat
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my soul speak
Love, Listen to my heart beat
Love, listen to my soul speak
So much stress trying just to walk around
We're on edge in a perpetual frown
I want to change, get a little sick
Some random act of kindness shit
I want to live in a better world
Where strangers smile when you pass 'em by
I want to live like my momma did
Start giving back, it don't matter why
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my heart beat
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my soul speak
Love, Listen to my heart beat
Love, listen to my soul speak
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my heart beat
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my soul speak
Love, Listen to my heart beat
Love, listen to my soul speak
(repeat)
oooooh oooh oohh oooh
make the world go round
oooooh oooh oohh oooh
such a beautiful, beautiful sound
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my heart beat
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my soul speak
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my heart beat
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my soul speak
Love, Listen to my heart beat
Love, listen to my soul speak
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my heart beat
I want to listen 2 love
Listen to my soul speak
Love, Listen to my heart beat
Love, listen to my soul speak
(repeat)
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6. |
Mister Maybe
02:47
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Mister Maybe
by B.R Frazer ©2018
Crowds a'flock like buzzy bees
They wander (ooooh)
In throughout my consciousness
they flow
All distractions interfere
and cover up my view
The walls of noise they block me
from you
Is you is or ain't you ain't
my baby
In you come then out
You're Mister Maybe
Won't hold my breath 'til you
come back (Nooo!)
Late at night your pebbles scratch
my window
A carnal call, you cum and go
what's new
Must admit, the usual's getting
pretty boring
Hard swallowing your
non-committal view
Is you is or ain't you ain't
my baby
In you come then out
You're Mister Maybe
Won't hold my breath
Is you is, I bet you ain't
my baby
In you come then out you're
mister maybe
Won't hold my breath
I won't hold, no
I won't hold
Won't hold my breath, nooo
Is you is or ain't you ain't
my baby
In you come then out
You're Mister Maybe
Won't hold my breath
Is you is, I bet you ain't
my baby
In you come then out you're
mister maybe
Won't hold my breath 'til you
come back (Nooo!)
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7. |
I Can't Be Loved
04:19
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I can't be loved
by B.R Frazer ©2017
It's with sympathy I tell you
Everything must change
Packed my guitar and tone
Took the Macy Gray
Had suspicion for the longest time
Things were not quite right
Guess this is where I pay
In the back room
Your bodies tightly pressed
In the shadows
Drinking his caress
I can't be loved
Oooh
I can't be loved
(I Wish that I knew why)
I can't be loved
(Ahhh ahhhh)
I can't be loved
No no no
In my stark and swollen mind
I had to follow you
Imagination moved
to a darker side
If people have the power
To manifest their will
I not only took the pill
I drank the kool-aid
In a dark room
Your bodies tightly pressed
I watch your shadow
swallow his caress
I can't be loved
Oooh
I can't be loved
(I Wish that I knew why)
I can't be loved
(Ahhh ahhhh)
I can't be loved
No no no
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8. |
Scream in Silence
03:35
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Scream in Silence
by B.R Frazer ©2017
All roads to ruin start with a stumble
tragedy feeds off small mistakes
It's purification, act one of delusion
in a plutocratic state
I tried to be quiet, stayed mum to the riot
But I can't ignore this loaded game
A puppet & tool, the worst April fool
Too rich to relate
I can only scream alone in silence
I can only hide the pain away
I can only breathe in cold defiance
Burning in the hell that you create
A man on the edge, pride on the brink
A finger poised to cast our fate
You mock him & spit in a schoolboy fit
And nudge him closer to the bait
Do you even know
It's Armageddon you sow
When you blink
It's too late
I can only scream alone in silence
I can only hide the pain away
I can only breathe in cold defiance
Burning in the hell that you create
I can only
I can only
I can only
scream alone in silence
(silence, silence, silence)
It's too late
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Heaven's Waiting
03:42
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Heaven's Waiting
by B.R Frazer and DeeDee Butters ©2018
Waiting
For some bell to ring
An ethereal voice
Alone to sing
Looking back
Guess I reaped just what I sowed
Heaven's waiting
At the door for me
And I'm praying
That it's going to be
Everything the preacher
Said it would be
Dreaming
In a sea of scorn
On the Hesperus
Lashed to a mast in the storm
So many changes that I should have made
Listening
To my wild heart beat
Waiting
Til it ceases to be
A child of the damned
One of the cursed few
The release of love
Lou said it would be
One life's gift to eternity
The day all liars finally speak their truth
Heaven's waiting
At the door for me
And I'm praying
That it's going to be
Everything the preacher
Said it would be
Angel's waiting to put
wings on my feet
My Gabriel
Blows his horn so sweet
Carry me
oh won't you set me free
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Paralyzed
03:21
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Boy,
I lived in your squalor
I lived in your shit
and all your places of shame
I breathed in your poison
swallowed your filth
played this ridiculous game
Boy,
I sat at your table
I took your abuse
you just spat in my face
you stole my data
My brand and my blood
until I was erased
when I resisted
you called me criminal
but truth ain't your ally
not even close, it ain't no friend at all
Paralyzed
Give me strength to go on
Paralyzed
Give me the power to stay strong
Boy
Ok, you've got it all
you've got money, power and control
Will you lead us away from the brink
Before we start to fall
Boy
Are you wise enough to see the truth as it slaps your face
Foolishly you put commerce ahead of the whole human race
when we resist
you call us criminal
but the truth ain't your friend
And you've got no friends at all
Paralyzed, Paralyzed
Paralyzed
Give me strength to go on
Paralyzed
Give me the power to stay strong
Paralyzed
10 billion people caught in the fray
Paralyzed
In the blink of an eye
our existence melts away
our existence melts away
Paralyzed
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Eyes Up
02:48
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Eyes Up
every l'il thing
come out your mouth
they're lies of desperation
every word
that you say
float far beyond the truth
every thought, just verbal junk
I know cause
i've been listening
only thing you ever meant
was bye
and i got proof
Eyes up
Climb up & out the gutter
Eyes up
Get strong & crack the whip
Eyes Up
Tell the truth, try not to stutter
ya best believe
get what ya need
uh uh
give it good
ya
every l'il thing that you do,
so vile and
so deceptive
every action
that you take
so foul & self-absorbed
Got to break
for a double take
look deep into the mirror
Gotta track
who's staring back
then "bam"
kick down the door
Eyes up
Climb up & out the gutter
Eyes up
Get strong & crack the whip
Eyes Up
Tell the truth, try not to stutter
ya best believe
get what ya need
uh uh
give it good
ya
talk small
walk tall
be brave
Humans should
live well
don't tell
Eyes up
Climb up & out the gutter
Eyes up
Get strong & crack the whip
Eyes Up
Tell the truth, try not to stutter
ya best believe
get what ya need
uh uh
give it good
ya
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End Of Days
tripping uptown late at night
doors are locked, I'm out of sight
I'm cruising just cruising
stores are empty, bars are closed
apocalyptic tears, who knows
cruising, I'm cruising
and it feels like the end of days
And these fears, not just words I say
I feel it's the end of days
wish they'd all fade away
shutting down all signs of life
emotions off, a dimming light
I'm losing, losing
Broken down, a shell of me
There's a crack along eternity
losing Are we losing
and it feels like the end of days
And these fears, not just words I say
I feel it's the end of days
wish they'd all fade away
fade away ooooh
fade away
oooo-ooooh-oooh-ooooh
fade away oooooooh
fade away
and it feels like the end of days
And these fears, not just words I say
I feel it's the end of days
wish they'd all fade away
ooooo-oooooh-ooooh
ooooo-oooooh-ooooh
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Lose It
03:51
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Every now and then i get a little bit tired
every once in a while i kinda lose it
every now and then i have a shameful desire
and i want take this life and bruise it
you take a tiny step up but they push you back
you want it full of light but they paint it black
you take a big deep breath as they start to attack
what in the world can you do?
every now and then i get a little bit closer
every once in a while i feel I'm in it good
every now and then i have a need to be bolder
then i want take this life and throw it
you take a tiny step in but they push you out
you think you've got it made then you're filled with doubt
you wanna hold it in then you start to shout
what in the world can you do?
every now and then i feel a little bit older
every once in a while i feel it slip away
every now and then i get a little bit colder
and i want take this life and lose it
lose it
lose it
lose it
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14. |
Head on the Wall
03:42
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Blond .. girl ... at a cock – tail bar
“Where did things go wrong?”
“Gave him everything I had
And turned my insides out”
Cranks ... herself ... to oblivion
Blind to the real
Goes downtown to pay the bill
Sucks deep in denial
Some say
No way
Can't get to heaven on your knees
Too late
Bad date
Here's 50 bucks in disease
Some don't listen well
Others gotta lose control
But she's got no sense of it at all
Some don't pay the bill
Others dig a living hell
But she still bangs her head on the wall
Let it out / Some don't listen well
Let it out / Others gotta lose control
Let it out / she still bangs her head on the wall
Let it out / Some dig a living hell
Let it out / she's got no sense of it at all
Some don't listen well
Others gotta lose control
But she's got no sense of it at all
Some don't pay the bill
Others dig a living hell
But she still bangs her head on the wall
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Church of Trees Ottawa, Ontario
Church of Trees (CoT) is a Canadian synthpop band that hails from Canada's capital city,
Ottawa.
The band has recorded and performed with legendary vocalist, Carole Pope (Rough Trade), keyboardist/music director Rob Preuss (Spoons, Honeymoon Suite), and has worked exclusively with Blinker the Star wunderkind, Jordon Zadorozny on all their albums, EP, and singles.
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