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Consider This Your Curse

by Over Stars and Gutters

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1.
Written in Green Ink Watching cars pass by, I'm staring at the street Hazy nights are habits now, I just can't seem to beat. Dressed up in Sunday's best with a fifth in my hand. Two packs of cigarettes and thoughts of spoiled plans No regrets, just retrospect, and things I should've done but if you don't care, then I don't care, we'll leave it that way And it seems that we're going nowhere At least we'll make it fast And it might not be what we wanted but at least it might last it might be just what we need to get it back... that true feeling Waking up this morning never felt so fucking tough drinks to get me out of bed and pills to keep me up Things can't get too clear now, I wouldn't like what I see I'll find myself the nearest bar, and grab the closest seat My friends are disappearing, they're leaving one by one I'll tell myself a little lie...that this is what i want And it seems that we're going nowhere At least we'll make it fast And it might not be what we wanted but at least it might last it might be just what we need to get it back... that true feeling
2.
Less is Moore Living here has shot me up with regret that I can't seem to shake I know this isn't the first time you've heard this song about hating everyone you see and the man you've come to be but i've got to get a few things off my chest before I leave Even when I'm gone, I'll be here with you For all those things you did, you'll be paying for your sins Consider this your curse for being self-consumed I will do my best to watch this city fucking rot in hell Sleeping here has filled my sheets with sweat that I get every night These nightmares come alive every time I open my eyes and even if I was faced with eternal peace, I'd jump face first into heartache just to watch you come crawl, back on your knees Even when I'm gone, I'll be here with you For all those things you did, you'll be paying for your sins Consider this your curse for being self-consumed I will do my best to watch this city fucking rot And I'll see you in hell for all those things that you did And I'll see you in hell for every casket kid And I'll see you in hell for every standard you let slip And I'll see you in hell for this empire you built on shit I'll see you in hell
3.
Treading Water I've been treading water way too long Find me face first dead in this sea My demons just don't drown My habits have taken me A face in the mirror is unfamiliar Staring back with hollowed eyes A look of a defeated soul A lack of total self control And how in the hell did it come to this? These songs sound like shit tonight What the hell is wrong with me? I'm a clinic for fucking up I'll teach you to lose everything As Everything Falls apart, As everything falls apart these days (where is the hope?) Empty bottles and full ashtrays The only Memories that I have My friends keep running away Like piss down the drain Laugh it off for another day I'll pretend everything will be okay But as all my dreams are lost Will I even know the cost? You'll never know just how sorry I am These songs sound like shit tonight What the hell is wrong with me? I'm a clinic for fucking up I'll teach you to lose everything As Everything Falls apart, As everything falls apart these days (where is the hope?)
4.
Anthem on Sheridan I've spent years on these streets chasing everything I've watched better men than me come and disappear Complacency, Naivety, those words always forsake me and everything we want could be ours tonight Those words don't mean a thing without the heart behind them So live an anthem, live a flame ablaze You can live with what ifs, and remember the times But you don't have forever to make it count When will you cross the line you drew in the sand? Just let it wash away for hopes of better days Are you alive? really living? have you simply just given in? And when did all our dreams become not enough? Those words don't mean a thing without the heart behind them So live an anthem, live a flame ablaze You can live with what ifs, and remember the times But you don't have forever to make it count
5.
Pit & The Pendulum Twenty-three years and nothing to show except some scars and some broken bones hospital trips don't fix anything if you don't want to fix it yourself They say time, it fucking flies spreads its wings through darkened skies look where we were look where we're at try pretending it's not that bad No hope, no dreaming, I just can't seem to believe it Those words meant nothing, I never should have paid attention My sins are written on my face, bringing me back to the same place I can't get away from it all, so I'll try solving it with alcohol I've never been one for superstition Black cats don't give me heart attacks But with the way life has been I swear she has me under her curse No hope, no dreaming, I just can't seem to believe it Good luck, good heavens, those don't seem to have room for me My sins are written on my face, bringing me back to the same place I can't get away from it all, so I'll try solving it with alcohol It's funny how these are my best years And I can barely face myself I just stare at the bottom of my bottle and put off anything that helps No hope, no dreaming, I just can't seem to believe it What's left, what's missing? is there anything worth keeping? My sins are written on my face, bringing me back to the same place I can't get away from it all, so I'll try solving it with alcohol It makes sense how nothing turns out right losing what i've got in near sight And if this is all I've got I'll just drown in it all.
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Never Again 03:33
Never Again Say what you will, my ears are deaf Everything has become a wreck Do what you have to do so you can sleep tonight But I had promised to give you everything, all you wanted was more Your face launched a thousand songs They had written about you This will be my only one Because you and me, we're finally through You can stop with the phone calls Pointed fingers don't do much good I don't need your reminders to tell me of my mistakes And I just hope he makes you happy, Because I'm just glad that you're gone Your face launched a thousand songs They had written about you This will be my only one Because you and me, we're fucking through And we'll be singing We'll be dancing on our graves All the laughter will be meant for you I hope you can hear every single word I say So that you'll know we're better off this way I can't believe that this really happened, all I can say is never again All you were was his Helen of Troy All you did was bring hell to this boy.
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Between Sinners & Saints Do you ever feel worthless? Do you ever feel alone? Do you feel like god's against you? And disgrace is all you've known Well just imagine what it's like to feel that every day To always have questions and not know what to say. But you've made up your mind, or maybe never had the chance, cos anything that's different you don't seem to understand You can surround yourself with fools to never lose face, but you'll never have to worry about gaining any grace If it makes you feel safe, if it keeps you secure I may be poisoned but you don't have the cure It's been too many times I've seen the same dance, round and round you all go, you're always in step you'll never take a risk, dare I say dream, hatred masked in convictions bursting at the seams it must be so easy to hide, to never make a stir, to never question what your beliefs may incur If it makes you feel safe, if it keeps you secure I may be poisoned but you don't have the cure Between sinners and saints, the part we play is all the same So i'll fuck it up to know that i've lived and keep enough heart to hope that i'll forgive Who needs the storms of life when you can sit on the shore, worrying only about yourself and not a thing more you've only got one life, and you'll let it go to waste, always counting on the faith that you misplaced. As everything crumbles around you, you pretend to be strong but the truth is you had nothing all along If it makes you feel safe, if it keeps you secure I may be poisoned but you'll be the one that burns Between sinners and saints, the part we play is all the same So i'll fuck it up to know that i've lived, and keep enough heart to hope I'll forgive And in case you didn't know, we all die alone
8.
I'd Rather Be Dead I know this feeling too well Somewhere between hope and hell Don't let this be your mistake you've got so much to give you still have so much to live Get out while you have a chance I was begging you please, just begging you please don't let this be on my head We spend our nights alone Wishing that we were home Is this everything that you want? Remember everything Every one of your dreams They've all been torn away I was begging you please Just begging you please Don't let this be on my head And I'd rather be dead than watch you fall I'd rather have nothing and let you have it all You sold your soul for some hope Found on the end of a rope Fuck you for not listening If I could take it back You'd be alive in seconds flat The mourners would forget my name I was begging you please Just begging you please You put this on my head And I'd rather be dead than watch you fall I'd rather have nothing and let you have it all
9.
Irish R&B Singer Friday night, city lights, and everything's ablaze we're all out basking in genuine malaise this place has nothing for us As our plans begin to rust Fitting in, standing up, making up your mind one night stands, dollar signs, morals left declined to follow anything that leads or to get what I really need I'm sick of songs about redemption I'm tired of stories that end up right Just give me something I can relate to Just give me something to get me through tonight One true love, A fancy house and everything they want Falling down, blacking out, is all you've ever got But who's to say it's really wrong? When it's all you really want I'm sick of songs about redemption I'm tired of stories that end up right Just give me something I can relate to Just give me something to get me through tonight
10.
All We Have 05:44
All We Have Never regret any decision that you've ever made Because in that moment you felt that it was right Don't think too much tonight, everything will be alright This war is never gonna end Step back and look around you won't like what you see Who are we living our lives for? We have no other choice but to live for what we truly love If i'm the one that has to die, I'll choose how i Iive Chasing what I want, It may not be the best, but i can live with that, the choices they were mine The status quo means everything but it don't mean shit to me I've left it all so far behind And Every day's a brand new day, but shit just gets worse, if that's what it takes to feel alive. We spend entire days with nothing but retracing steps, but we're longing to progress Our nights are wasted on trying to forget the past, why do we change to waste our time? We have no other choice but to live for what we truly love If i'm the one that has to die, I'll choose how i Iive Chasing what I want, It may not be the best, but i can live with that, the choices they were mine The status quo means everything but it don't mean shit to me I've left it all so far behind And Every day's a brand new day, but shit just gets worse, if that's what it takes to feel alive. Heroes fall and money burns faster than they're made so choose to closely guard your heart All the shimmering I've ever seen has never turned out gold You've only got yourself to trust We have no other choice but to live for what we truly love.

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released June 27, 2009

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