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Ten o' Four

by Ctenophore

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Time stands still Time stands still Do you remember The day that we first kissed I was bout to leave the train When our sorrow eyes met this Feeling that you won't miss Rushing through your veins It was about to last much longer But then we both stepped away And the whereabouts Of love, space and time You can't calculate The feelings of a lonely mind And then you stepped away And then I stepped away And time stands still again And then you stepped away And then I stepped away And time stands still again Things don't last so long When you think about it Maybe it's just a game Or just straight up politics We won't last forever And so we face the truth Oh, no no no no no Life is just too-- Thinking about us not Time is running out Catched or not what is it about Help me get along
2.
Soft Smiles 04:46
Soft smiles will bring me home, will You start to follow me when My mind is starved And the road is dark Break soft the world is mine are You free at any time, well Found the day for you to cry and Scream it all apart A year ago today When everything was great When everything was great A year ago today When everything was great Where are you going? And can I come with? Soft smiles will break my heart will You break the same as I, and Close the road that we have built and That we broke apart My mind has made it up, ooh You to break the world I hoped for Will you tear me out this dream and Show me what it’s for (instrumental) A year ago today When everything was great When everything was great A year ago today When everything was great Where are you going? And can I come with?
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Life comes at you fast Before you know it, it's all passed, all past Life is so much longer When you didn't think you'd make it past 20 If wasting time's a crime What do you do when it's outta your control? Is that what you tell yourself To not be held accountable? Try and think back to the simpler days Dazed and time bled, repeated instead But you were never innocent, no, you realized long ago That you'd soon be dead (I wanna make things right) I can't do anything right (How can you set things straight) When it's far, far too late (I don't wanna be bitter) Resent always eats at me (I wanna get better) I'm going nowhere and fast I gazed, I'm grazed, unfazed At the galloping peers, running for life dear Bullets down the hall, two shot, two down One young and beautiful, the other died vengeful Calls made, parade, police charades Tell me again again just why I'm here Brother confessed in tears, "it feels like I'm not even human" I didn't know enough at the time, but now? Now I'd tell him... I'd say "You're wrong, you're so human that you wouldn't believe it, and that horrific act was done by your fellow man" Take me back to where I was, didn't realize the fact that time, pain and horror only compound and gets worse, exponentially worse! Kids can be cruel and bad Terrorize each other and never think back Until years later when you're up all night Ashamed of yourself, can't ever make things right (I wanna make things right) I can't do anything right (How can you set things straight) When it's far, far too late (I don't wanna be bitter) Resent always eats at me (I wanna get better) I'm going nowhere and fast
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Whenever you feel low And you don't know where to turn Everyone leaves home in the end Hope as a drug Will bring me back to you Your body spoke to you Whenever you feel down And you don't know what to do Everyone's alone in the end Whenever you feel low And you don't know where to turn Everyone leaves home in the end Hope as a drug Will bring me back to you Your body spoke to you Love as a crutch Will keep me latched to you Nobody spoke to you
6.
I don't know 02:37
When you get close to death, things don't matter as much All those risks you'd never take, the times you hesitate Melt away in history Moonphase tracking, always lacking to me Looking for a new moon to see you better at night But I really don't know And neither do you As you take your final breath, do you worry about The way that you'll react, when you're deep down in the mystery Let a bird go, and rejoice by proxy Things are so much greyer now that it's gone But I really don't know And neither do you But I really don't know And I'll never claim to
7.
I live in a castle Devoid of you Can't stop thinking of all that could've been, That should've been Tapestry on my wall Reminds me what's to come Family crest from you Means nothing now I could blame you, society or everything But at the end of the day I'm in control of me I'm in our castle, honey, baby Distinctly devoid of you Everything we built together Means so much more now Found a box of old letters Picture of you and me together Our highs and lows and fights and throes That I thought I was over, but really I never Did get to get over The grasp you had on me, you Had no idea what you were doing but you did it masterfully, Flawlessly, and aimlessly Living in a dream Or a lie, or anything You can't seem to get free What does it mean to me Fireflies and shooting stars I remember them as we were counting them Deceiving, dry, hopeless When we were torn apart of whatever brought us together I saw a dim light of what's to come It was red, it was blood red and deceit I was forced to rush out when the day was over And I never wanted to look back It still hurts me to this day And I can never go back Oh why would something happen like this? I just want to be free I'll kill our castle, honey, baby The choice seems clear to me To forgive and to try again Or to fight and try to be free

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"Ten o' Four" by Ctenophore, released 10/04/2022 at 10:04 AM, CST

A seven track album written, recorded and worked on from mid 2021-early 2022

All music and lyrics by Ctenophore

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released April 10, 2022

Chefe - guitar, vocals, drum programming, mixing/mastering
Sid - bass, lyrics, vocals
A Shiba - guitar, bass, lyrics, vocals
Photographs - James P. & James D. Quisenberry
Cover art - Will Quisenberry

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Ctenophore Bangor, Maine

Chefe, Sid, and A Shiba; three countries, one band. Let's see what happens

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