We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Winner

from Confluence by Jason Vitelli

lyrics

Picturing you sitting in the living room
A sense of gloom in that emaciated chair
An overcast sky supplies the light for you
And my hands on knees, I’m begging please
What do I need to do to please you? I need you
Stirring the storm, the misty lows
Showering batters the pane glass windows

I look toward eyes so ossified
I thought I saw upon them a smile
It's just a quick and easy fix
To a lost and rusty time

A rival is beyond the door
He was my friend ages ago
And he understood the reasons behind this game
And it's painful to know that it was me and not him
That became the roaming soul behind sand and glass
In perfect isolation so I have neither/nor
As the showering batters and the thundering roars

I look toward eyes so ossified
I thought I saw upon them a smile
It's just a quick and easy fix
To a lost and rusty time

Remembering when this was all an accident
Pilfering truth to hold onto your innocent sin
And say all of this, fantasize, yet my cries
Are a fruitless labor to bring you and him back to life

And as the storm is realized
Torrents paint the rooftops red
Swerving their colors grey
That was once to all such a glorious day

I look toward eyes so ossified
I thought I saw upon them a smile
It's just a quick and easy fix
To a lost and rusty time


Lyrics © 2011 Jason Vitelli

credits

from Confluence, released November 23, 2011
Jason Vitelli: vocal, acoustic guitar
Dave Ramsay: electric guitar
Olivier Prud'homme: bass guitar
Yorgos Maniatis: drums
Cherette Lewis: backing vocal

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jason Vitelli image

Jason Vitelli New York, New York

Cinematic rock music with a vision; this is Jason's sound in a nutshell. His songs are vignettes, narratives, painting a picture with intertwining lyrics and melody. Much of his writing is influenced by the experimental rock of the late 1970’s, marrying folk sentiment with the avant-garde crosscurrent of Berlin era Bowie, Kate Bush, Olivier Messiaen, James Joyce and Eric Dolphy. ... more

contact / help

Contact Jason Vitelli

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Jason Vitelli recommends:

If you like Jason Vitelli, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now