Get all 44 Matt Sams releases available on Bandcamp and save 80%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Story Of My Life/Colors So High, Lucky 7/Long Nights, Always Flying Blind, Blue Eyed Boy/Big World, Look This Way/Tell Me, All The World Around, Statues Made Of Ash, We're All Dead In Here, and 36 more.
1. |
See It Through
03:21
|
|||
There's a lesson in cacophony, There's a change of pace to see
We can bind a soul, left to bleed, There's a possibility to exceed
Change your mind and you can find it anywhere
Take or leave a world of need, make a choice and we will see it through
There's no virtue in conformity, You can't be accepted in duplicity
We can make a choice to be who we really are, Lying to yourself won't get you very far
Change your mind and you can find it anywhere
Take or leave a world of need, make a choice and we will see it through
There are only so many paths to take
There are only so many choices you can make today
Take or leave a world of need, make a choice and we will see it through
|
||||
2. |
Home
03:57
|
|||
Caught up in deception, tricked by your disguise
Betrayals of conception, concealed behind your eyes
Shadows misinforming, the powers that be
Caught red-handed storming the beaches of your dreams
We will follow it all the way down
We will chase you all the way home
Taking care to hide it, no one could understand
Locked cages inside it, faking master plans
All that's left is talking, resisting true release
All that time spent walking, resulting in no peace
We will follow it all the way down
We will chase you all the way home
We've been walking, only talking
We've been walking, nowhere is home
We will follow it all the way down
We will chase you all the way home
|
||||
3. |
More Than You Can Handle
03:39
|
|||
If you gotta think about it, it never really worked
If you wanna scream about it, do whatever works
If you always run away, no one will ever stay
If you wanna make a change, you better start today
It's more than you deserve, but it's not as much as you can get
It's more than you can handle, but it's the only shoe that fits
If you're gonna try and doubt it, who's gonna set you straight
If you wanna fight about it, no one will fake a play
There's no need to boast about it, It's all been done before
We live the most without it, who's got so much more
It's more than you deserve, but it's not as much as you can get
It's more than you can handle, but it's the only shoe that fits
It's what you don't know that kills you
It's what you never knew, the words inside of you
It's just a simple jest, burning your Sunday best
It's so much fun to slide, you can't enjoy the ride
You live on bended knee, mocking insanity
It's more than you deserve, but it's not as much as you can get
It's more than you can handle, but it's the only shoe that fits
|
||||
4. |
Another Life
04:14
|
|||
Who knows why we want to change it
It's getting stronger every day
There's always time to make it
It doesn't matter what they say
Step inside another life
We all know, we're coming back for more
We have known this our whole lives
What a wicked world we live in
There's nothing left for us to say
Will we last another night or two
We're all set in our ways
Step inside another life
We all know, we're coming back for more
We have known this our whole lives
Now with confidence, we can still change
Not with arrogance, we can stay the same
It's a hard one to imagine, But it's a chance you have to take
|
||||
5. |
Disassemble
03:42
|
|||
I disassemble my life
I take apart the only pieces that matter here
I find the faulty pieces of the life I once knew
Replace the broken parts with gears, shiny and new
Take away the pain I need
We'll find a lot that we can use
Every new piece fits neatly in it's place
There are other thoughts to choose
Hold it here to make it clear, it's known
Take away the pain I need
We'll find a lot that we can use
Every new piece fits neatly in it's place
There are other thoughts to choose
Hold it here to make it clear, it's known
I disassemble my life
I take apart the only pieces that matter here
Hold it here, to make it clear, it's known
|
||||
6. |
In My Pocket
03:19
|
|||
Don't tell me what I wanna hear
Don't ask me what I'm doing here
Don't tell me what I gotta fear
You've got nothing on me
I've got it all in my pocket
I've got everything I need
To make it bleed
I know you're coming back for more
I got a lot in store
Your whole life's a bore
You've got nothing on me
I've got it all in my pocket
I've got everything I need
To make it bleed
I've got it all in my pocket
I've got everything I need
To make it bleed
Don't tell me what I wanna hear
You've got nothing on me
I've got it all in my pocket
I've got everything I need
To make it bleed
|
||||
7. |
The Way
03:38
|
|||
Spinning stuck in retrograde, sleeping under knives
Take control of what you say, hidden between the lines
Sipping under another cover of convenient youth
Suck behind blind acolytes, believing they've found truth
We know the way
Satisfy the time removed, fail the premise proved
If you say you will, I will too, follow through
Finding lines to hide the time, we're all wasting
Spun ahead to hide in bed the dreams we're chasing
Stuck behind a falling wall built on desire
At the end we all pretend, we're not a liar
We know the way
Satisfy the time removed, fail the premise proved
If you say you will, I will too, follow through
We know the way
Satisfy the time removed, fail the premise proved
If you say you will, I will too, follow through
We know the way
|
||||
8. |
A Peace
04:04
|
|||
Take it down a bit to see the world
In my eyes I see the universe
I won't force you to see it all
Why fight about what we need
We can make a choice to choose a peace
I've been forged in fire of patience
I've been lost in all their faces
We all have a song to be sung
Why fight about what we need
We can make a choice to choose a peace
Why fight about what we need
We can make a choice to choose a peace
Take a break to breathe again
Star in the life you've been cast in
It's all just a show, there's no need to know
Why fight about what we need
We can make a choice to choose a peace
|
||||
9. |
Into The Static
04:00
|
|||
We follow along with the calls
It's so cold taking it all
We rave, on another page
Signals in the air rage
We're tied into the static
In starlight, we'll find our way back
The firelight tells us to attack
We're stone, living life alone
Signals in the air rage
We're tied into the static
They don't know, we refuse to show
This will stand forever
Signals in the air rage
We're tied into the static
This will stand forever
|
||||
10. |
Desire
04:52
|
|||
I've got no reason to exorcise your demons
I've got no skin in this game
I don't need a dancer to tell me how to lie
All I have left is a name
All I knew, was trust in you
All it seemed to be was desire
I've got no seasons, every day's the same
I can't be a lunatic tonight
In this dusty suitcase, filled with razor blades
I've got no strength to put up a fight
All I knew, was trust in you
All it seemed to be was desire
I won't dance on your strings while you smile
I can see the fault in the surface
In a rage unsealed, tried by plastic jury
It's just more salt in the wounds
All I knew, was trust in you
All it seemed to be was desire
There is nothing but chaos in your life
I'm not the one to be forgiven
There is nothing but hatred in your heart
I'm left with the wounds I'm given
All I knew, was trust in you
All it seemed to be was desire
|
||||
11. |
Take It Out
02:14
|
|||
Now the bells are ringing, giving you an answer
We can't relive the singing, cannot change the dancer
You can take it with you now, You can fight to live without
You can try to fake a shout, Now it's time to take it out
You've been misled by faults in all the prayers you're saying
It's the shots you couldn't take while the kids are playing
You can take it with you now, You can fight to live without
You can try to fake a shout, Now it's time to take it out
We all want a game to play
You can take it with you now, You can fight to live without
You can try to fake a shout, Now it's time to take it out
We all want a game to play
|
||||
12. |
Amazed
03:27
|
|||
When this life stumbles down, take the long way around
Skipping stones in hushed tones, We'll never tell what we found
Digging in the dirt of our youth
Tricking tongues with empty lungs, we're alive today
We can still be amazed
Perfect circles tied in knots, we reveal our purpose
Infinite sliding locks, we conceal the hurt
Riding on the tails of forgiveness
Tricking tongues with empty lungs, we're alive today
We can still be amazed
Don't change the flaws
Don't chase the calls
Digging in the dirt of our youth
Tricking tongues with empty lungs, we're alive today
We can still be amazed
Digging in the dirt of our youth
Tricking tongues with empty lungs, we're alive today
We can still be amazed
|
||||
13. |
Happiness Machine
03:28
|
|||
Consume more than you create, you take and take and take and take
It's a deal you'll never break, You're stuck in the system now
You consent to be a slave, from your cradle to your grave
It's the fear that you crave, You only have one purpose now
It's all about how much you can get
It's all about frustration
How much can you really hoard, possessions are your only lord
It's more than you can afford, But you gotta keep up with the game
Nothing makes you content, nothing for the time you spent
You gave up your consent, and all you own is pointless now
It's all about how much you can get
It's all about frustration
You're a happiness machine, but you don't know what that means
It's all about how much you can get
It's all about frustration
You're a happiness machine, but you don't know what that means
Take and take and take and take
|
||||
14. |
In The Sunshine
02:21
|
|||
It's only in the sunshine, we can find our way
It's always in the sunshine, we can start today
I forgot to close the door on living in the past
I could have given so much more, it went by too fast
But I have a life to live and it's going on right now
I have made it all these years, but I don't know how
It's only in the sunshine, we can find our way
It's always in the sunshine, we can start today
I made a choice to change my path, to leave it all behind
I had to take a stand to discover what I'd find
It's a long road ahead, but farther than I've been
I do my best like the rest of this world we're living in
It's only in the sunshine, we can find our way
It's always in the sunshine, we can start today
Don't say you knew, What I've been through
It's only in the sunshine, we can find our way
It's always in the sunshine, we can start today
|
||||
15. |
Justify
04:19
|
|||
It's a fact you're losing track of nightmares that you save
It may be a travesty of all you ever save
By a chance of circumstance you've lost your only friend
Ones and zeroes passing by until you see the end
There's no time to justify the choices that you've made
There's no point to make in your mindless rage
There's no time to justify the stories you make true
There's no right to pick a fight the way that they miss you
There's no time to justify a life like advertised
There's no reason to take it into your surprise
There's no time to justify this message to you all
There's no fact you can't ignore when you hear the call
You can't hear it coming back, craving so much more
It's a novelty revenge, hiding what's in store
It's a false modesty creeping in your wake
Pick your poison wrapped around the chances that you take
There's no time to justify the choices that you've made
There's no point to make in your mindless rage
There's no time to justify the stories you make true
There's no right to pick a fight the way that they miss you
There's no time to justify a life like advertised
There's no reason to take it into your surprise
There's no time to justify this message to you all
There's no fact you can't ignore when you hear the call
There's no time to justify the choices that you've made
There's no point to make in your mindless rage
There's no time to justify the stories you make true
There's no right to pick a fight the way that they miss you
There's no time to justify a life like advertised
There's no reason to take it into your surprise
There's no time to justify this message to you all
There's no fact you can't ignore when you hear the call
|
||||
16. |
Change Is Changes
03:49
|
|||
Stay inside the lines, Disobey the time
Try to make another world to live in, Believe that you're forgiven
Tame the thoughts around you, release the loss forgotten
Try to make another world to live in, Believe that you're forgiven
Change is defining your life, Change is all there is
Try to make another world to live in, Believe that you're forgiven
Reject the last reaction, Implore a call to action
Try to make another world to live in, Believe that you're forgiven
Change is defining your life, Change is all there is
Change is only changes
|
||||
17. |
One Mile
02:27
|
|||
Walk one more mile, save one more day
You talk a lot about running away
Failing under cover, challenging the rain
The good things in life are a drain
We've been talking backwards, trying to find a link
We can break it down now, no matter what they think
It's clear enough to recognize, It's easier to blame
Snag a wire and give it a name
Broke another mirror, It's hard enough to see
I'm always lucky to be me
We've been talking backwards, trying to find a link
We can break it down now, no matter what they think
We don't have to worry, we just have to breathe
We have everything we need here
We've been talking backwards, trying to find a link
We can break it down now, no matter what they think
|
||||
18. |
Lost In Thunder
04:14
|
|||
Caught with empty words and lies drowned out by thunder
Lightning striking in your eyes hiding the spell you're under
Standing tall with empty threats, calling out your bluff
Endless talking, foolish bets until you've had enough
It won't last long enough to give you a taste
Shouting thunder in your ears, it's such a waste
Tearing piece locked inside, underneath incisions
Everything that happens now is due to your decisions
Faking screams that make no sense, betray your demons
Acclimated to the noise masking the feeling
Now you've found a talking shroud to cover up your weakness
You can't hide behind the slide of a crash that's ceaseless
It won't last long enough to give you a taste
Shouting thunder in your ears, it's such a waste
Tearing piece locked inside, underneath incisions
Everything that happens now is due to your decisions
Left alive to watch it writhe and cover up the bleeding
Stuck on stare and unaware of knowledge you've been needing
There's no chance to reach the branch that ensures salvation
Failing fast you'll never last, hiding your relation
It won't last long enough to give you a taste
Shouting thunder in your ears, it's such a waste
Tearing piece locked inside, underneath incisions
Everything that happens now is due to your decisions
Meaning is lost in thunder
|
||||
19. |
Riding On
02:53
|
|||
We'll be riding on here, we'll be fighting on here
Cary on the battle line, gathering the storm
Heavy on the overtime, Sharpening the sword
We've been marching all our lives, to the final spirit
It's not the end that we pretend, we don't have to fear it
We'll be riding on here, we'll be fighting on here
If this is war, it's such a bore, living in contention
I don't have to fight the world, given my intentions
We don't have to sympathize, if we can understand
It doesn't matter who you are, there's still no master plan
We'll be riding on here, we'll be fighting on here
There's no choice but to keep riding on
Right on
We'll be riding on here, we'll be fighting on here
Right on
|
||||
20. |
Smiling Down
03:33
|
|||
Drain away, in between the motives clear
Fade away, a reaction born of fear
In the stars it's hiding, brought to tears smiling
Fading steps, follow me everywhere
Choices kept, I heard the voices in the air
In the streets of violence, Smiles sealed in silence, here
Agelast imposters, calling for a recompence
Pure of heart jesters, feigning claims of ignorance
In the night I'm finding, staking claims in my eyes
In the stars it's hiding, brought to tears smiling down
|
||||
21. |
Solstice Soliloquy
03:36
|
|||
Don't take offense from this circumstance
Life is pulled along, missing every chance
Resist the urge to want what cannot be
I won't break the noise of solstice soliloquy
Belong, Be strong, Fight a nature obscured
Be found, in sound, It's the one fire cured alone
Don't make a face you wouldn't want to share
Floating in space, the rest are unaware
There's strength in pain, when you realize it's all the same
There's a path in the rain, when you forgive your name
Belong, Be strong, Fight a nature obscured
Be found, in sound, It's the one fire cured alone
Resist the urge to want what cannot be
I won't break the noise of solstice soliloquy
|
||||
22. |
Taken Nowhere
03:12
|
|||
It's always one thing or another, A tired phrase to be held up to the light
It's the only one I know
Nothing's over, it's been seen, Taken nowhere I have been
We won't give up, we won't take the easy path again
We never saw it coming, a tired tread to run on again
It's the only rule to fear
Taken over in belief, Left in limbo in relief
We won't give up, We won't take the easy path again
We won't give up, We won't take the easy path again
|
||||
23. |
Wither
04:30
|
|||
It's a reason to ask, It's a power in the past
It's a firecracker taste, It's alway such a waste
Take the medicine you've been prescribed
If you want to wither, It's your only right
Tasks at hand reveal, Masks in time conceal
Revisionist drivel, Imposter fueled madness
Take the medicine you've been prescribed
If you want to wither, It's your only right
Take the medicine you've been prescribed
If you want to wither, It's your only right
Sliding down the ropes, Foreign thoughts of hope
Chasing garbage cans, Cannot understand
Take the medicine you've been prescribed
If you want to wither, It's your only right
|
||||
24. |
Bliss
02:58
|
|||
A brontide warning, slipping through my endless thoughts
Am I alone in bliss, Am I afraid to miss it
Set upon by dogs unreal, always on my trail everyday
Am I alone in bliss, Am I afraid to miss it
Hiding from the sun under bodhi trees, I forgave the world I saw
Taken in by folly, Unreal in storms imagined
Am I alone in bliss, Am I afraid to miss it
|
||||
25. |
Thank You
03:04
|
|||
Thank you for taking time to rearrange
I'm spinning in my head and I feel no pain
Taking time to look around all this empty space
I feel hypnotized every single day
I change my life every night but always feel the same
I'm running out of reasons to ever play the game
Thank you for taking time to recognize
I'm trying hard to figure out what's in my eyes
It's a positive reaction to a simple change
I'm stuck in stars to make it hard to ever stay the same
I'll pretend I'm still a name if you wanna fly
There's no reason to assume change means goodbye
Thank you for taking time to understand
Nothing I do is ever planned
Take from it what you will, You can hear it if you sit still
Thank you for taking time to realize
It's me
|
||||
26. |
Hold It Under
03:39
|
|||
Act like you want to, Laugh if you've got to
Change what you want to, Tell us all what it means to you
What will save you, nothing in this world is ever new
Hold it under
Try if you have to, run if you'd like to
Chase what you want to, we're all after something we can't have
What will save you, nothing in this world is ever new
Hold it under
Cry if you want to, Smile if you have to
Lie if you need to, It's all a smoke and mirrors show
What will save you, nothing in this world is ever new
Hold it under
|
||||
27. |
Away From The War
03:22
|
|||
In a rush I passed it by, learning nothing new
I'm allowed to verify, the pieces of you
It's a chance to qualify, the pages we hold dear
I found a way to clarify, the universe in here
In our ghosts is what we show
In our ghosts it's how we know
In a daze I saw it change, running still in silence
All my choices out of range, blocking out the violence
Sitting still is all the rage, we try to remember
Signal tones on every page, I'm wishing for December
In our ghosts is what we show
In our ghosts it's how we know
Living away from the war
In our ghosts is what we show
In our ghosts it's how we know
Living away from the war
|
||||
28. |
I Stand Still
07:14
|
|||
One step is all you ever need, this soul's awake enough to feed
Untied waiting for the day, United when I run away
I feel it coming back
Tragic lunacy, taking over me, I stand still
Tired waves across my shore, Waiting to find out so much more
Chasing wings of paper doves, Losing touch from waking up
I dismiss the pain
Magic circumstance, waste another chance, I stand still
Fixing flaws left in the clay, I stand still
Chasing bonds that will not break, I stand still
Walk along the broken street, I stand still
Choices made in empty days, I stand still
I remain alive
Choking on words I cannot say, Breathing in a desperate day
Winning every game I play, changing all my worried ways
I have tried my luck
Plastic passers by, care enough to try, I stand still
Fixing flaws left in the clay, I stand still
Chasing bonds that will not break, I stand still
Walk along the broken street, I stand still
Choices made in empty days, I stand still
I remain alive
Hold on to what you are, It won't take long to fade away
|
||||
29. |
The Other Side Of Grace
03:11
|
|||
I can feel the frequency in the air
I can tell you don't really know
I will see the other side of grace
I can tell, it's written all over your face
We are out of time, missing every line we fake
Missing out on doldrums, while it's ticking by
I don't have to make it clear to know why
I rely on a choice to pass it by
I am not imagining the pain
I will see the other side of grace
I can tell when I'm out of place
We're not out of line, We're a chance to try
We're not out of life
We are out of time, missing every line we fake
Missing out on doldrums, while it's ticking by
I don't have to make it clear to know why
|
||||
30. |
Let It Out
04:43
|
|||
I hope you can see, it's not what I chose to be
I hope you know, it always chooses me
In a flash it's here, and here I'll always be
I'm checking on tales, being told to me
It's all I notice now, I don't know why I let it out
In futile screams, I live unknown
Caught in the squeeze, It's never shown
The plastic kings, have no righteous thrones
I'm trapping sunlight, in rays that never shone
It's all I notice now, I don't know why I let it out
I hope you know, The way back here
I hope you see, it's just a phantom fear
In a bit unrehearsed, the deaf ears hear
I'm changing all the pieces I hold dear
It's all I notice now, I don't know why I let it out
|
Matt Sams Chicago, Illinois
Matt Sams is a singer/songwriter and producer from the Chicago area. He has been performing music and writing songs for over
twenty years. Influenced by classic and alternative rock bands like: The Who, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Big Country.
Matt has written and recorded over 800 songs and continues to create every day.
... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like Matt Sams, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp