Get all 4 March to May releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of What I Was and More, Through the Night, The Navigator, and The Water's Edge.
1. |
Fin de Siécle
03:52
|
|||
|
Summer’s fold, gentle in the fray
The world is gold in the dying light of day
Wait, dear; the wind is restless in the streets
I hear it blowing through my reverie
And I’m standing here, half awake
As the dream begins to break
Tell myself it’s just the way
Just the way it used to be
I can feel this fade away…
I can feel this fade away…
Windows glow in the evening’s slow decay
Casting shadows soft upon your face
Stay here; the night is colder beyond the eaves
I fear I’m losing you to the dying leaves
And I’m standing here, wide awake
As the dream begins to break
I tell myself it’s not the way
Not the way it used to be
I can feel this fade away
Fade away
Hold me down
Turn away as I see you go, and I
Feel it drown
Feel the weight of the words we’ve sown
Turn around
See the years between us now, and I
I can see this fade away
(And I thought this would never change)
I can see this fade away
(And I’m lost, lost in the disarray)
Hold me while I fade away
|
||||
2. |
Hylas
04:12
|
|||
|
Take my hand,
When you take your stand
I will hold...
I’ll hold you down.
Hold you close
When I need you most
I will hold…
I’ll watch you go down.
I could tell you not to need me,
Tell you to believe me...
All the way down
I would never try to change you,
Only try to save you...
All the way down
Won’t you see
What you mean to me
I will hold...
I’ll follow you down
I can’t touch
What might mean too much
Fingers numb with cold,
I’ll watch you drown.
I would ask you not to leave me
Ask you just to see me…
All the way down
I would tell you that I’m sorry
Tell you not to worry…
All the way down
Hylas, staring at the deep end
Wondering what’s beneath him
As his weight sinks to the bottom
I would hold you in your sleeping
Wash away your weeping
As your lips turn blue with drowning
Ahhh…
Try my best, put you to the test
I can’t lay to rest all of these empty feelings
Bite my tongue when the feeling’s gone
Saving what went wrong, drowning out what I’m feeling…
Hylas, staring at the deep end
Wondering what’s beneath him
As his weight sinks to the bottom
I would hold you in your sleeping
Wash away your weeping
As your lips turn blue with downing
|
||||
3. |
How Soon They Go
04:05
|
|||
|
Close your eyes and lay your head down
Stars will rest upon your crown
Close your eyes and go to sleep
I will hold you in your dreams
As the world spins through the night
Constellations ride by your side
In the darkness I will keep
Daylights cares from troubling your sleep
Oooh, how soon they go
Oooh...
Oooh, how soon they go
Oooh…
Deep as the ocean, high as the sky
My love for you never dies
I’ll stay sleepless by your side
Close your eyes, I’ll guard your dreaming
Oooh, how soon they go
Oooh...
Oooh, how soon they go
Oooh…
In the morning you will wake
Brush the touch of dreams from your face
I’ll step back and watch you grow
Hold this space that you’ll never know
Oooh, how soon they go
Oooh...
Oooh, how soon they go
Oooh…
|
||||
4. |
Persephone
04:02
|
|||
|
Dark skies, heavenly
I’ve been gone, caught in between
I’ve been walking the edge of the end of the line
I’ve been opening doors I didn’t know were mine
I’ve been lost,
Lost in the sound of my heartbeat
I’ve been told
To leave, leave this all behind
I’ve been seeing ghosts
Ghosts in my head
I’ve been waiting for you
To blow this open
Life line, steady me
Heart line, come ready me
I’ve been traveling farther than shadows can hide
And unravelling walls, fall before my eyes
I’ve been lost,
Lost in the sound of my heartbeat
I’ve been told
To leave, leave this all behind
I’ve been seeing ghosts
Ghosts in my head
I’ve been waiting for you
To blow this open
I’ve been lost, lost
I’ve been waiting for you
To blow this open
To blow this open
And I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, waiting for you
I’ve been waiting, waiting for you...
|
||||
5. |
The Roses
04:20
|
|||
|
Spoken:
Say what you will, and scratch my heart to find
The roots of last year's roses in my breast;
I am as surely riper in my mind
As if the fruit stood in the stalls confessed.
Laugh at the unshed leaf, say what you will,
Call me in all things what I was before,
A flutterer in the wind, a woman still;
I tell you I am what I was and more.
Lyrics:
And I will go alone, far away
But know, I’ll be back again
The road lies ahead, blackened by the rain
Under rose-colored skies, my naked heart will wane
I will turn and
Take you by the hand
Tread my footsteps far across this fertile land
And I’ll go, go, go
Until I meet the sky
And I’ll go, I’ll go
Until the river’s dry
River’s dry...
And I will follow the sunlight filtering down
Exposing the layers below
Taste the warmth of years ago
And the ripened sweetness shows
I’ll turn to
the dark caress of night
I’ll beckon to the branches as they sigh
I’ll go, I’ll go
Until I greet the sky
And I’ll go, I’ll go
Until the river’s dry
River’s dry...
Spoken:
My branches weigh me down, frost cleans the air,
My sky is black with small birds bearing south;
Say what you will, confuse me with fine care,
Put by my word as but an April truth,–
Autumn is no less on me that a rose
Hugs the brown bough and sighs before it goes.
|
||||
6. |
The River
04:51
|
|||
|
And I saw you walking towards the river now
With a stone in your hand
And you walked out deep into the river now
And I don’t understand
And you held a stone up to the sky, and you let it go
And it disappeared right before your eyes, and you let it go
Hold me softly
Hold me softly
Then you dove underneath the water now
And you disappeared
And I stood waiting for the river now, waiting for you my dear
And I held the stone up to the sky, and I let it go
And it disappeared right before my eyes, and I let it go
And you let it go
And you let it go
And you let it go
Hold me softly, hold me softly
Hold me softly, hold me softly
Hold me softly, hold me softly
|
||||
7. |
Sea Creature
02:57
|
|||
|
You walk through this world with a weightlessness
That people recognize, and say that you’re blessed
But all you really are is just a creature in the sea
In this color-coded world, they’re just as blind as you can see
They watch you speak, they watch you move
They shake their heads and they wish you’d lose
If only they’d stop and open up their eyes
And see this world of grey is nothing but lies, lies
And you can see in my eyes why I haven’t tried
To make you something new, something you needn’t be
It’s not my role to change your pain, think again
And this you see and thank me sincerely, this I know…
And maybe one day, many years from now
In a world without TV, and women in power
You’ll get the respect and admiration you deserve
Standing up tall, but they haven’t the nerve, nerve, nerve…
And you can see in my eyes why I haven’t tried
To make you something new, something you needn’t be
It’s not my role to change your pain, think again
And this you see and thank me sincerely, this I know…
|
||||
8. |
Mercy
04:46
|
|||
|
Lace these old familiar patterns
‘Round these old familiar walls
We haven’t yet decided,
Should we leap, or should we fall?
But indecision’s empty
And our minds, they feel so full
So we’ll keep on building habits
‘Til we follow the dust and settle down
It’s strange how we can wander
Far from all we’ve known before
But every path still guides us
To the same unopened doors
We circle ‘round our questions
‘Cause we fear the answer’s call
To find ourselves still wanting
‘Cause we haven’t changed at all
And oh, why do you frown, love?
Oooh, why do you frown?
And apathy’s a kind of mercy —
I will not have to see you go
I’ll hide myself from hunger
And I will not hear the wolves
I’ll hold my head down under
‘Til I cannot feel the cold
And if I miss the springtime,
Well, I’ve seen the sun before
It’s worth it if it keeps the rain
From knocking at my door
And oh, why do you frown, my love?
We’re living just to run our time down, down my love.
Oh, why do you frown, my love?
And apathy’s a kind of mercy —
I will not have to see you go
I’ll hide myself from hunger
And I will not hear the wolves
I’ll hold my head down under
‘Til I cannot feel the cold
And if I miss the springtime,
Well, I’ve seen the sun before
It’s worth it if it keeps the rain
From knocking at my door
And oh, why do you frown, my love? We’re living just to run our time down, down my love.
Oh, why do you frown?
Oh, why do you frown...
Oooh…
Oooh....
|
||||
9. |
In the Dark You Dream
04:39
|
|||
|
Watching you, watching me
Through the windowpane
In the pouring rain
I can see what you see
It’s not beautiful
It’s not beautiful
Lay your head down now
And go to sleep
Remember me
Lay your head down now
And go to sleep
It’s not what it seems
In the dark, you dream
That you’re lying in a field
And you know that it is real
And you’re staring at the sky
It’s so beautiful
It’s so beautiful
Lay your head down dear
The sky is blue
Watching over you
Lay your head down dear
The sky is blue
Watching over you
Lay your head down now
The morning breaks
You’ll be okay
Lay your head down now
The morning breaks
And I will wait for you
|
||||
10. |
What You Need
03:49
|
|||
|
Winds blow
Headlights chasing an empty road
Oh, your eyes still
Shuttered against the glow
Stars low
The night sky pulls like an undertow
And oh, the outlines
Hide what I wish you’d (show)
In my head I want you to see me fall
Tell me what you want from
In my head I want you to break your walls
Tell me what you want from me
Dark rows,
These straight lines twisting beneath our load
And oh, my voice
Is lost in the miles
In my head I want you to let this show
Tell me what you want from
In my head I don’t want to see you go
Tell me what you want from
In my head I want you to let me know
Tell me what you want from me
Hey, I know you’re waiting
Searching for a sign
A way to know;
I can see we’re breaking
Breaking underneath
But I won’t go...
In my head I want you to let me know
Tell me what you want from
In my head I don’t want to see you go
Tell me what you want from me
In my head I want you to break your walls
Tell me what you want from
In my head I want you to see me fall
Tell me what you want from
Tell me what you want from
Tell me what you need from me...
|
||||
11. |
Hold My Breath
03:36
|
|||
|
I could make a promise
In my head
In my head
We could build a fortress
In my bed
In my bed
And it’s too sweet not to tell you
What I’ve left unsaid
And it’s too sweet not to tell you
Not to tell you…
But I’ll hold my head up
Hold my breath
Hold my head as you second guess
I’ll hold my head up
Hold my breath
Hold my head as I second guess you
Ooooh...
(Tell me what you mean to me)
Ooooh...
Searching for a sound in
What you said
What you said
Built a home in silence
Instead
Instead
And I’m choosing what to tell you
What to lay to rest
And I’m choosing what to tell you
What to tell you…
And I’ll hold my head up
Hold my breath
Hold my head as you second guess
I’ll hold my head up
Hold my breath
Hold my head as I second guess you
Ooooh...
(Tell you what you mean to me)
Ooooh...
Hold my head
Hold my breath
Hold my head as you second guess...
And I'll hold my head up
Hold my breath
Hold my head as you second guess…
(I can feel you holding back)
(I can’t seem to turn this back)
And I held my head up
Held my breath
Held my head as we second guessed;
I held my head up
Held my breath
Held my head as I second guessed you.
|
||||
12. |
The Way We Love
03:38
|
|||
|
Take the time away
Hold my breath, I’m going down
Take the time away, away...
Take the light away
Drown it in the midnight hour
Take the light away, away...
Hold your head in my hands
Look at me, understand
That the cold is not here
Isn’t close to everything that we love
Take my heart away,
Drench the ground with emptiness
Take my heart away, away
Take my breath away,
Watch the drop that touches down
Take my breath away, away…
Hold your head in my hands
Look at me, understand
That the cold is not here
Isn’t close to everything that we love
That we love...
|
||||
March to May Seattle, Washington
When is the right time to take a chance? Who are the right people? What are the right conditions? It took several chance encounters before March to May's spark hit. But when it did, it didn't take long for them to catch fire. After playing over 50 shows in less than two years, they released their debut album, The Water's Edge, in April 2015. ... more
If you like March to May, you may also like:
Feel The Ground You Walk Upon
by Lewis McLaughlin
Old-fashioned fiddles harmonize with rippling synths on the Scottish singer-songwriter's latest collection of original folk songs.
go to album
Phototherapy EP
by Fahim Rahman
A collection of twinkling bedroom folk-pop demos from Fahim Rahman that arcs from hushed intimacy to sweeping cinematic emotionality.
go to album
Lovely, delicate acoustic music with rich, narrative lyrics that play out more like short stories than songs.
go to album
String Of Pearls
by Annabelle Chvostek
Buoyant songs that summon the spirit of New Orleans, with beautifully bleary brass, light up the latest from Annabelle Chvostek
go to album
So Romantic
by Allie Crow Buckley
L.A.’s Allie Crow Buckley comes to Bandcamp, with moody songs that combine R&B with Laurel Canyon in the ’70s.
go to album
The Australian singer's debut solo album is filled with creative indie pop tracks.
go to album
A vibrant vision of "Central Americana" from the Costa Rica-based artist, blending heartland devotionals with playful Tropicália grooves.
go to album
