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Icarus
03:31
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All the leaves leave me behind
Tears like kisses sting my cheeks
It feels like heaven is close enough to touch
I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down
The air smells like earth
This fire tastes like water
It feels like I've gone too far
I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down
I was warned of the danger
I was told you would laugh at me
I became a bird in your eyes
I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down
All the choices I loved
Became a noose I hung
It feels like I became unknown
I have flown too high, I will fall all the way down
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Sentinel
04:35
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(Watch over me)
Do you know who watches over you, can you know his face
He stands silent, carved in stone
He watches in reverence, as the world burns down
His eyes have seen the folly in us all
He stands alone in witness to all
He stands silent, carved in stone
He watches in reverence, as the world burns down
He belongs to no one with a name
He sits above all our silly games
He stands silent, carved in stone
He watches in reverence, as the world burns down
Who will ever feel his gaze
Counting down to an end of days
He stands silent, carved in stone
He watches in reverence, as the world burns down
He watches our skies burn, and we never learn
Watch over me
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Medusa
03:32
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She turned me to stone, if I would have known
I would have chose another way home
She burned out my eyes, tell me those lies
I guess I really should have known
She told me goodbye, I ran out of time
I could have given up my life
I'm now petrified, stuck inside my mind
I could have held up my hands
I'm going nowhere, I'm stuck here, stone
I can't break loose, I can't break loose
I'm going nowhere, I'm stuck here, stone
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Demeter
02:54
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As the leaves fall away, we find a place to play
While the world falls asleep, we decide what secrets to keep
Autumn's kiss reveals our fate, as we try to make it come late
While the world falls asleep, we decide what secrets to keep
I believe we choose our path, All you have to do is ask
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Revenant
03:24
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Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head
Now we know the flatline doesn't mean the end
I'll rearrange your wires to change the messages you send
Now that your soul is gone, I replace it with electricity
The laughing skull is on a roll, with plasticity
Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head
It's not a pulse that drives your corpse, dancing on the strings
Your puppet mouth emits no sound, it's not the pain that stings
You made a choice and now you're mine to do with as I please
I took your voice and broke your bones to bend you to my needs
Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head
Dance, Dance on my strings
Dance, Dance on my strings
Reanimation of the dead requires a steady hand and a cool head
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6. |
Preta
04:20
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Have we gone too far, have we slipped on by
I just want to let you know, I'm still alive
How much wasted time can we justify
I just want to let you know I'm still around
I'm no ghost
Have I done you wrong, are we still strong
I just want to let you know, I still think it's true
How far can I crash, before I run aground
I just want to let you know, that I won't let you down
I'm no ghost
How much wasted time can we justify
I just want to let you know, I'm still here
I'm no ghost
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7. |
Pothos
03:38
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I don't care if I break my bones, tripping on your heart
It's a chance I have to take, before I fall apart
I just may lose a toe, testing your icy waters
I just may come around, if you start a fire
So, let's get warm
I don't care if I run aground in your shallow pool
Somehow if I go away, that makes me the fool
I just may lose it all, gambling on my heart
I just may come alive, if I try to start
So, let's give it a shot
I don't care if I break my neck, as you walk by
It's a taste of freedom, that I'll never try
I just may lose my chance, stumbling away
I just may come around if you decided to stay
So, so what now?
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Happy Girl
03:49
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She came out whistling dixie, she's one more sugar-coated pixie
Laughing, dancing, crying, her tears stream into rivers
No lover's last remorse, no knights riding on their horse
In shining armor, to protect her from the others
She cries to herself, she lies to herself
She came out with her fists swinging, she's one more with her wrists screaming
Scarring, dancing, crying, her tears flood the ocean
No one to make her choice, no one to hear her voice
Calling to the wind, to beacon the lovers they send
She cries to herself, she lies to herself
"I'm a happy girl" she cries to herself
"I'm a happy girl" she lies to herself
"I'm a happy girl" she lies to the world
"Let no one help me, no one can help me"
She came out whistling dixie, she's one more sugar-coated pixie
Laughing, dancing, crying, her tears flood the ocean
No lover's last remorse, no knights riding on their horse
In shining armor, to protect her from the others
She cries to herself, she lies to herself
"I'm a happy girl" she cries to herself
"I'm a happy girl" she lies to herself
"I'm a happy girl" she lies to the world
"Let no one help me, no one can help me"
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9. |
A Long Way
03:38
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I wake up to the sound of passing trains
I always wonder what names the wind carries
I wonder out loud where I could wind up
When these days grow old
Who knows where I belong in time
I've come a long way just for some peace of mind
I've been a tired soul on this road
I've always wondered where the wounded sleep
I ponder the sound in my waking fog
There seems to be a million ways to lose
Who knows where I belong in time
I've come a long way just for some peace of mind
Every single way I have ever tried
Never seems to be the way home
I wonder out loud where I could wind up
When these days grow old
So old
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Silver Lining
03:06
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I'm always searching for your silver lining
In all the clouds I may bring
I don't have an answer to questions you won't ask
Do we have a chance to smile
Can we chase away the sadness
I am always wasting my breathless words
On all the ears that refuse to hear
I don't have a reason to prove a thing
Do we have a chance to smile
Can we chase away the sadness
I suspend my innocence and you play along
Don't forget I'm ignorant of what may go wrong here
I am always guessing at your shots in the dark
With all the faces I may change
I don't have the time, to hide from my life
Do we have a chance to smile
Can we chase away the sadness
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Run For Your Life
03:07
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I don't think you'll ever take the breath away from me
It's another reason why you're a social disease
Come on try to pick a fight with me
Try your luck at staying put and shutting your mouth
It's another trap you sprung to figure out how
You decide to tear it down
I don't care if I destroy all you ever loved to be
Take the time to kiss it goodbye, you'll never see it again
Try to work it out before you try to make it tick
The ignorance you wear with pride makes me sick
Go on believing that you're right
I don't care if I destroy all you ever loved to be
Take the time to kiss it goodbye, you'll never see it again
You better run for your life, while you can
You better run for your life, while you can
I don't care if I destroy all you ever loved to be
Take the time to kiss it goodbye, you'll never see it again
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The March
04:08
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Just put one foot in front of the other
Escape the demons under the covers
We can't stop this march when it's already gone
Stalking by one inch at a time
Taking two steps over the line
With fingers crossed, we count the cost when we're already gone
They won't care if you belong or if you ever reappear
We don't know if it was wrong or why we disappeared
It's one last night covered in rubble
I don't know if it's worth the trouble
We could learn a thing or two when we close our eyes
I have to laugh at the horror
It's close enough to make a point
We can't chase away the nightmare chasing us
They won't care if you belong or if you ever reappear
We don't know if it was wrong or why we disappeared
Just put one foot in front of the other
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I Was Made
03:49
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How can I forget your face
There's nothing left for me to replace
All my life I left it lying there
I have to admit, it's only fair
After every night, the voices fade away
I don't want to fight the way I was made
How can I run away from living
There so much more to take up the time
All my wonder can't explain this
All my superstitions dissolve in the wake
After every night, the voices fade away
I don't want to fight the way I was made
After every night, the voices fade away
I don't want to fight the way I was made
I don't want to fight the way I was made
I don't want to fight the way I was made
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Our Own Way
03:07
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It's just a word that comes to mind
When I think about the world I left behind
I took a chance but ran out of time
I've been better but I'm doing fine
We fight upstream in our own way
There was a time I'd pass it by
But now it's getting hard to even try
I once believed that I could fly
But now I'm getting sick of feeling high
When the walls come down, will we hold on to
All the love we found, what will we do
We fight upstream in our own way
I can challenge the ignorance
Or just deny the fight
Who decides right from wrong
Who will claim the right
When the walls come down, will we hold on to
All the love we found, what will we do
Will I find what I don't know, will I ever know
When the walls come down, will we hold on to
All the love we found, what will we do
We fight upstream in our own way
We fight upstream in our own way
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Hidden
05:23
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When I look into your eyes, you're like an open book
Written in a language I don't know that I can read
You're hidden inside the secrets that you keep
It's really not a mystery
You try to deny the hope you hold inside
You just want to be happy, I know
When I look upon your smile, you always seen amused
By the options I don't choose, what can I see
If I fall apart, You always seem to care
Even when I fail, you're still here
You're hidden inside the secrets that you keep
It's really not a mystery
You try to deny the hope you hold inside
You just want to be happy, I know
You're hidden inside the secrets that you keep
It's really not a mystery
You try to deny the hope you hold inside
You just want to be happy, I know
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Haunting
03:58
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Welcome to the site of my ruination
For me, this is life, for you it's a vacation
I am stuck here, a statuesque fixture
You wander by and take my picture
I'm just haunting, torn apart
In my beginning, I was just like you
Count yourself lucky that you're not stuck here too
The stones have more feeling, than I'll ever know
My eyes hide more torment than I'll ever show
I'm just haunting, torn apart
So run for your life before you take my place
you see my intent is written on my face
The firelight is fading and dawn's coming fast
I will hold you tight in shadows that I cast
I'm just haunting, torn apart
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Tears Upon The Stone
04:18
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This has become my home, and you walk on by
I sit alone but no one knows the tears I cry
When you walk through my grove
That's when you find out how my garden grows
Here lies a grave of a child I once knew
Her tears on the stone reveal the story's truth
When you walk through my grove
That's when you find out how my garden grows
I sit and watch in eternal vigil
Forever I walk, listening for the signal
When you walk through my grove
That's when you find out how my garden grows
(Oh can't you hear the cries, Her tears upon the stone)
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A Choice
03:54
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I am not the one to change the world
The world is not the one to change me
This is not a choice made in sadness
This is a choice to be free
This world won't let me slip away
This world won't let me shine a light
This is not a choice made in sadness
This is a choice to be free
I won't let them change my mind
I won't let them rule my life
This is not a choice made in sadness
This is a choice to be free
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A Word
03:34
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Strike a blow and fade away, forget about the choices taken away
We run in circles to get out of the way, jumping at the chance to run away
I won't tell a secret, I won't say a word
I became an animal, taken in by empty words
I became a tired thought, through this dizzy world
Every step I mistook never caused alarm
You said I was turned away from your open arms
Strike a blow and fade away, forget about the choices taken away
We run in circles to get out of the way, jumping at the chance to run away
I won't tell a secret, I won't say a word
I became an innocent victimless crime
I became a disbeliever after all this time
Every chance I turned around never showed a truth
You said I was turned away and no one heard the news
They always say it's in my mind
I know for sure I'm right this time
You've felt the chills on your spine
I've always loved this pain of mine
Strike a blow and fade away, forget about the choices taken away
We run in circles to get out of the way, jumping at the chance to run away
I won't tell a secret, I won't say a word
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The Lowest Bidder
02:24
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How many times has the sea called your name
How many lives end up being a game
And then we come along, And we find out we are wrong
We give ourselves away to the lowest bidder
How many games will take up my time
On altered planes I fool my mind
And then we come along, And we find out we are wrong
We give ourselves away to the lowest bidder
How many times can I hit reset
What's in my brain that I don't get
And then we come along, And we find out we are wrong
We give ourselves away to the lowest bidder
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Caught Undone
04:04
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Don't focus on the line
We won't regret the lack of air
You can do anything if you care
To lose all you could be, and faking what would be there to win
To chase off the lurkers, what will or won't work here to fail
Don't get left behind
You wouldn't believe what I found
Caught behind that ominous sound
To lose all you could be, and faking what would be there to win
To chase off the lurkers, what will or won't work here to fail
Don't get caught undone
You won't recognize me
When I turn up the heat
To lose all you could be, and faking what would be there to win
To chase off the lurkers, what will or won't work here to fail
Don't get caught undone
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The Story Of My Life
04:03
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I stick around but still I found, my number never comes up
I try to count the reasons down, but I'm always one off
The story of my life, starts to make some sense
Wondering where I've gone, and where I've been since
But here comes my excuses
I guess I really missed the boat this time
It's just the story of my life
I just chalk it up to circumstance
Ain't that the story of my life
I took my time to work it out, but left myself so empty
I'd give it all to figure out where I'm off to now
The story of my life, starts to make some sense
Wondering where I've gone, and where I've been since
But here comes my excuses
I guess I really missed the chances I denied
It's just the story of my life
I just chalk it up to circumstance
Ain't that the story of my life
I guess I really miss my tears, have I forgotten how to feel
Do I still have the time, Do I remember how to shine
Here comes my excuses
It's just the story of my life, that's all
Here comes resolution
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What Do I Know
03:55
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Let me in to emptiness as I live a lie
I'll just be alone again when you say goodbye
But I know where to go where only I know
But what do I know
I know I heard before that you never cry
But I can surely see the hurt behind your eyes
But I can see where this goes and god only knows
What I will ask you
Can't you see the fire for the light and not the flame
Can't you see that darkness and night are not the same
We could fight all night and never take the blame
We can carry on pretending this is just a game
I know I said before there's trouble in the air
But I know for sure this time because I was there
But I know you won't go, But I don't really know
But what do I know
Can't you see the fire for the light and not the flame
Can't you see that darkness and night are not the same
We could fight all night and never take the blame
We can carry on pretending this is just a game
I know you won't go, But I don't really know
And what will I ask you
What do I know, what do I really know
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You Make Me
02:46
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You Make me swallow all my poems
The words just never come out right
You make me forsake my throne
And I get buried every night
Scrape away the voiceless dirt I've been hiding from
Take away these chains when I'm done here
You make me daggers to the heart
The pain makes me want to laugh
You make me forget to start
And I begin to lose my path
Scrape away the voiceless dirt I've been hiding from
Take away these chains when I'm done here
Leave me a choice, leave me a voice
Scrape away the voiceless dirt I've been hiding from
Take away these chains when I'm done here
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Talk Slow
03:12
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Don't talk slow, I am spinning out on overdrive
All the things they tried to take from me are gone
Don't walk away, I am in the voices left alone
All the ways I tried to fake a smile are gone
Why talk slow, find a way to let it all go
Change your mind, you will find there's so much more to know
Don't fear peace, happiness is all that's left to keep
All the times I tried to speak out loud are gone
Why talk slow, find a way to let it all go
Change your mind, you will find there's so much more to know
I can take all day to explain, but I can tell you don't know what I mean
Why talk slow, find a way to let it all go
Change your mind, you will find there's so much more to know
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Will I
03:29
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Will I hear the voices I need to make it through
Every time I lose my way I learn what is true
Will I face the world today or will I run and hide
Do I let the sun shine in or do I stay inside
I believe in wondering how I came around
I can feel the rumbling buried in this sound
Will I chase away the fear or will I turn to stone
Can I describe what I hear or will I stay unknown
What have I revealed by staying in the lines
Is this really loneliness or is it in my mind
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I Thought I Knew Myself
03:39
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Shave your face and comb your hair
Make them believe that you really care
After all this time, I thought I knew myself
I've been out of my mind, and I could hardly tell
Make your bed and brush your teeth
Just pretend that you don't need relief
After all this time, I thought I knew myself
I thought I was fine, but I was fooling myself
Close your eyes and say a prayer
That they don't find out that you're aware
After all this time, I thought I knew myself
I've been out of my mind, but I could hardly tell the difference
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It Makes Me Numb
03:54
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I won't talk about the voice you used to sing
And now I'm echoing the sadness that you bring to bear
I won't walk around the broken glass you spread
And now I'm wondering what's in your head tonight
I've been knocking on your door for so long
I've been walking through this world for so long
It makes me numb
I won't mess around with memories you won't hold
And now I'm tripping over the words that were too bold to say
I've been knocking on your door for so long
I've been walking through this world for so long
It makes me numb
I always find a way to carry on, You understand what words to say
I've been knocking on your door for so long
I've been walking through this world for so long
It makes me numb
It makes me numb
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Is It Okay
03:09
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Are you gonna recognize my face, when I come back around
Since I've been gone for so long
Every time I disappear, I can't tell you what I fear
Since I won't ask the question
What am I afraid of when you walk away
What will I tell myself today, is it okay
Is there time to ponder on my fate, Is there a point to plans I tried to make
Since I forgot how to smile
What am I afraid of when you walk away
What will I tell myself today, is it okay
Where are the answers, should we even care, I don't know
Since I've been gone for so long
What am I afraid of when you walk away
What will I tell myself today, is it okay
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Suffer
02:59
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I give you only what I want to lose
I keep the rest for myself
I rescue the feelings of my dread
I hold on to nothing but haze
I want to watch it suffer
I want to find out if I care
I hold true to demons still unbound
I forgive my curiosity
I want to watch it suffer
I want to find out if I care
I won't let it wither, I'm at peace
I won't feel the shiver, aimed at me
I want to watch it suffer
I want to find out if I care
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31. |
A Thinner Veil
03:33
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I could peel the veil from your eyes
I could be a light in your life
If only you could see my face
I could be the moon in your night
I could be a star shining bright
If only you could open your eyes
All we need to see is a thinner veil
Then we could come tonight to take you home
I could hide your secrets away
I could show you why I have to stay
If only you could come alive
All we need to see is a thinner veil
Then we could come tonight to take you home
All we need is a thinner veil to take you home
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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.
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