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Live at The Camel

by Jonathan Facka

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1.
Wait, the timeless debate, egg on your face Will I see the light of day? I ate, such a disgrace No time to waste They wont be the end of me But I've been feeling so much pain lately I may go insane And If I die before I wake Would you even care? You have no self esteem I saw you in a dream And I don't know why I can't be the one to pull the plug I'm not that type of guy But I've been locked in rooms and tubes Up in the sky and I want to come down All I need is to be set free You know I'll fulfill my own destiny But I've been feeling so much pain lately I may go insane And If I die before I wake If I die before I wake If I die before I wake Would you even care? Should I walk the way you want me to walk Should I do the things you want me to do Well I wasted my last cigarette on thinking about you I'm not the guy Should I talk the way you want me to talk Should I wear the clothes you want me to wear As if I were a mannequin with salt and pepper hair And bloodshot eyes No I wont be the one to save the world There's a war inside my head I'm too preoccupied with wondering I think I'm bout to hurl I wont be the one to save the world I'll be the one who I'll be the one who runs Can you let me off your hook and throw me back Cause I'm so strung out I'm gonna have a heart attack And no one wants a free ride on a train without a track oh no Misery loves company please take me off your guest list I wont let your sadness be my downfall You see my shiney happiness on the front seat of a Chrysler at the mall No I wont be the one to save the world There's a war inside my head I'm too preoccupied with wondering I think I'm bout to hurl I wont be the one to save the world I'll be the one who I'll be the one who runs Why do I run why cant you see That I'm running to be free And deep down inside I think that you're a runner like me (Ooohh)
2.
This Town 03:14
Fire it up one more time One more for the road One more chance to make it right And if we shouldn't make it Then at least we say we tried One more shot at hope before we die When will we awake to find our dreams come to life Everything we love has been slain in the night There've been tales of people leaving None have seen it with their eyes There has to be some way out of this town Fire it up one last time For if we can't be free then we can never be alive Each broken chain secures another You can surely run but you can't hide Don't say it's all for nothing Because hope is all we have We get our joy from wishing While we stick pins in the map Though our struggle may be futile We know ignorance is bliss We're longing for our dreams to bridge the gap Stop he said I've seen the end I've reached the edge If you go across the line Then it all starts again It's in your head There's no way out And when you finally die They'll lay your body in the ground You may sit and turn to dust But your soul will hang around forever more Fire it up one last time One more for the road One more chance to make it right And if we shouldn't make it Then at least we say we tried One more shot at hope before we die When will we awake to find our dreams come to life Everything we love has been slain in the night There've been tales of people leaving none have seen it with their eyes There has to be some way out of this town
3.
The Line 03:06
I guess that's how it goes I'll be in love forever And deep down I know That we'll never be together But I'll keep holding on and hoping That you would change your mind If life were a VCR then I would push rewind I feel like I'm a joke I feel lost and defeated You pumped me full of holes I may sound like I've retreated But I can't entertain the notion That we can never be And I won't rest until I've got you next to me A thousand times I've lied awake in the silence I've stood dormant in the back of your line And even though it isn't moving I promise you I'll wait Until time finally beats me in the race I'm sorry for the past I never meant to hurt you All those things I did Well I probably don't deserve you But I know if I can show you That I'm not that type of guy Then finally you'll break and see what's in my eyes A thousand times I've lied awake in the silence I've stood dormant in the back of your line And even though it isn't moving I promise you I'll wait Until time finally beats me in the race I drink and smoke away the thought that you don't love me I smoke them back to back but there's no cure Oh it seems I'm not addicted To the nicotine and booze I'm trying to cope with my addiction to you I'll stand and wait in this line And I'll wait for you until the day I die Cause you only have one life to life The games not fair and I don't care I'll cheat the rules to win your heart I swear
4.
The Tree 03:17
In three feet of snow Under ten thousand stars in the waking night The branches they glow Through little beads of ice in the full moons light You disappeared long ago Life has a funny way Of taking us down a certain road Should you need to find me You know where I'll be When it all comes down You can meet me at the tree I was standing in a deep sea of leaves Felt those sticks and twigs crack beneath my feet Smelled the rain looming in the clouds I swear its been fifteen years since I've last seen you around I know the path I need to take It all seemed so familiar to me I look back on all the choices that I made And on that hill stood our great oak tree And there you were Lying cold as ice I guess I never knew how you truly felt for me Well there's no such thing as time machines my love Well there's no such thing as time machines my love Well there's no such thing as time machines But if I were to build one I'd meet you at that God forsaken tree
5.
Lyrics by Isaac Friend The big apple looks so small When the clouds loom overhead I’m on the roof, smoking my last cigarette About to catch a cab About to meet a friend Where is everyone going tonight? Who’s in love? Who’s dying in these high rises? Who’s moving slowly between all of these live wires? Who’s waking up still tired? The rats in the subway station ain’t afraid of nothin’ Everybody’s runnin’ ‘round racing Feels like a hummingbird heart on the ground So I made my way to a party across town With the silver spoon crowd, in a big blue house There were Christmas lights strung end to end And a big burst of laughter from a crowd in the kitchen And I met a few dudes who thought that they knew What they wanted to do when they got out of school So I stood there listening, all quiet like They talked about life while I minimized mine I said— Where is everyone going tonight? Who’s in love? Who’s dying in these high rises? Who’s moving slowly between all of these live wires? Who’s waking up still tired? So I got drunk like I do And I wandered outside And I tucked my hands in my Levi’s Looked a thousand feet down It started freaking me out So I turned around to leave There she stood (Oh my God) Five foot seven Batting her eyes to command my attention She whispered to me and hell, I whispered too Then we floated like helium up to her room She unzipped her dress and my eyes, all red Followed her legs to the edge of the bed About an hour went by Then we floated back down She blew me a kiss, then headed uptown I said— Where is everyone going tonight? Who’s in love? Who’s dying in these high rises? Who’s moving slowly between all of these live wires? Who’s waking up still tired?
6.
Monkey Cage 02:05
I don't want to live in your monkey cage I don't want to live in your monkey cage With your green plastic grass my ruby red fingermarks across the glass Shake me in your globe Watch me tremble in fear There's no sense in calling out No one can hear Paint me in your book like some twisted puppeteer I don't want to breath under your design I don't want to breath by your sick design With your back handed rules And rationed out portions of an obsolete tool I don't want to live in your monkey cage I don't want to live in your monkey cage With your green plastic grass my ruby red fingermarks across the glass
7.
The Door 02:06
I don't want to see the light Tell me I'm not the one I don't wanna be the king Let me ride into the sun You tell me of my destiny Then curse me in the street Won't you tell me what you want Won't you tell me what you want Won't you tell me what you want from me I'll be the one to tell you I can't control what compels you To do or say what you believe I won't be down on my knees I'll be right out the door I'll be right out the door Careful what you wish for Our dreams are the same Your ignorance is blind You've elected not to see You choose to lead your life Through the left side of your brain Can you write it on the wall Can you write it on the wall Can you spell it on the wall for me I'll be the one to tell you I can't control what compels you To do or say what you believe I won't be down on my knees I'll be right out the door I'll be right out the door I built the bridge I'll burn it down Pull that grenade pin with my mouth Time has a certain value And I'll soon be cashing out Stop judging me for yesteryear Tomorrow is a brand new start Come plunge your spoon straight through my heart You're hungry for my dignity I'll be right out the door I'll be right out the door
8.
CMIYC 03:08
You're not gonna find my blood on the ground again My skin's no stranger to the pavement He who holds the grudge drinks the poison And waits for his enemies to die You can walk with me or watch me from the other side But I won't be caught like that I won't be caught like that I won't be caught I'm a carrot on a string You're a gun without a cause But I won't be caught like that I'm still breathing although you want me dead But your true voice may not be the one that's in my head Though you're the one to blame for all those things I feel My blurred reality, nightmare dreams better left unsaid But I won't be caught like that I won't be caught like that I won't be caught I'm a carrot on a string You're a gun without a cause But I won't be caught like that Catch me if you can Catch me if you can Catch me if you can Catch me if you can But I won't be caught like that I won't be caught like that I won't be caught I'm a carrot on a string You're a gun without a cause But I won't be caught like that
9.
Me 02:30
When I was young when I was young I thought that I could be someone Oh I had dreams I had dreams I had dreams They were all slowly dying so it seemed You can catch me in the backstreets of the city you can find me on a stage somewhere in town Oh you won't catch me quitting That ain't in my blood I'll lace up my boots and rise above I don't need nobody else to hold my hand I don't need no podium to make my stand People talk and I don't listen They spend their days reminiscing My eye's set on what's tomorrow I won't wallow in your sorrow All I really need What I need is me When I was free when I was free There wasn't any hurt for me to see Oh I've seen pain I've seen pain I've seen pain baby There won't be no looking back for me I would rather seize the day than waste another night I would rather die than to go down without a fight I don't know where I went wrong but I know one thing I can make it right I don't need nobody else to hold my hand I don't need no podium to make my stand People talk and I don't listen They spend their days reminiscing My eye's set on what's tomorrow I won't wallow in your sorrow All I really need What I need is me I don't need your worthless money I don't need your sympathy I don't need your record deal I don't need your pitty I don't need your sound advise I don't need your expertise I don't need some stupid prize I don't need your art degree Oh no Oh I don't need nobody else to hold my hand I don't need no podium to make my stand People talk and I don't listen They spend their days reminiscing My eye's set on what's tomorrow I won't wallow in your sorrow All I really need What I need is me All I really need What I need is me
10.
Kids 02:25
Lets make a pact to not have any kids This world's too crowded it's not very big One day we'll look back and we'll say what if? Till then lets make a past to not have any kids If I had a child it would die pretty quick You see I'm not known for having too much money And I don't trust my government in case mine get sick They can't afford to treat it But they can sure take it from me Lets make a pact to not have any kids This world's too crowded it's not very big One day we'll look back and we'll say what if? Till then lets make a past to not have any kids If we made a kid it would suffer like us And spend its whole life thinking about dying And all its time working by a stove for cheap wages When you have zero where's the sense in multiplying? Lets make a pact to not have any kids This world's too crowded it's not very big One day we'll look back and we'll say what if? Till then lets make a past to not have any kids
11.
Stone 03:13
I called the bank They can't seem to get enough Went and got a scratcher with my last ten bucks Got Z's B's and D's at the bottom of the card Thinking how am I so down on my luck? Cause I'm not free like you This world is so big and cruel I watched them lay you down with their gardening tools And I couldn't even buy you a stone No I couldn't even buy you a stone Here's a toast to my dissatisfaction If I were pleased then I would never need the glass I take my bills straight from the mailbox And I throw them in the trash My mediocre settlement has come and met its due I'm going under from my head to my shoes And all I really want to do is talk to you I guess you turned to God because you were scared And then you turned to me in hopes I'd answer your prayers But in your final hours I failed to be there No I couldn't even answer the phone No I couldn't even answer the phone I had this dream that I was you I was lying in that hospital room And I watched me say goodbye watched my tears fall on your fingers as you died (oooh) So when I'm free like you I'll be reduced to one last blank stare And no one will come to the funeral home Though they all said they'd be there Burn my body into ashes so black They'll be sure that I'll never come back And when they pat the shovel on the top of the plot Well I hope no one buys me a stone I hope no one buys me a stone
12.
Concrete 04:23
When I was a boy i was stupid I suppose I thought that I knew what love was Now I see that love is something that grows Those kids got nothing on us Some people take love and confuse it with lust Love isn't fun it takes work Love is like a rainbow with a thin coat of dust It takes some rain to wash away the dirt And ooh this road my be rocky but its still a road And ooh believe me that I love you more than you can know And ooh they say I'm concrete but I've got cracks Deeper than the eye can see It seems I don't tell you that I love you enough Maybe its because I cant feel Sometimes the world can be a mystical place But I know that our love is real And ooh this road my be rocky but its still a road And ooh believe me that I love you more than you can know And ooh they say I'm concrete but I've got cracks Deeper than the eye can see Now I know what love is And ooh this road my be rocky but its still a road And ooh believe me that I love you more than you can know And ooh they say I'm concrete but I've got cracks Deeper than the eye can see

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Live at The Camel January 21st 2020

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released March 8, 2020

Written and performed by: Jonathan Facka
Back up vocals by: Jonathan Brown
Mix: Chris Baker
Mastering/Distribution: Broadcast Recordings LLC

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Jonathan Facka Richmond, Virginia

Jonathan Facka is a songwriter from Richmond, Virginia. He takes inspiration from his real life other tragic experiences. With a devotion to being honest in writing and a confidence to convey his true feelings. His new album takes you through feelings of anger, love, rejection and hope before leaving the listener wanting more by delivering them a genuine dose of reality. ... more

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