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Runner - Extended
04:15
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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)
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2. |
This Town
03:14
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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
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3. |
The Line
03:06
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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
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4. |
The Tree
03:17
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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
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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?
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6. |
Monkey Cage
02:05
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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
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7. |
The Door
02:06
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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
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8. |
CMIYC
03:08
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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
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9. |
Me
02:30
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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
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Kids
02:25
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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
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11. |
Stone
03:13
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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
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12. |
Concrete
04:23
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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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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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