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1. |
No Return
03:17
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The first step of my journey was the point of no return
I'm never going back
I will take a chance at each and every turn
I'm always on the attack
In the end, it's about what I learn
I'll keep going, even when it burns
This is the point of no return
I don't care how long it takes, I will make it through
I'm never gonna stop
In the end I'll prove it to be true
I'm never giving up
In the end, it's about what I learn
I'll keep going, even when it burns
This is the point of no return
In the end, it's about what I learn
I'll keep going, even when it burns
This is the point of no return
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2. |
Forgive Everything
03:12
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Won't you take a break to notice
Won't you find a way to see I care
And all I ever wanted was peace
As it turns out, I'm the one in need
I'll come around, and forgive everything
I know what it means to let it go
There's no hidden meaning in what I show
And all I ever wanted was peace
As it turns out, I'm the one in need
I'll come around, and forgive everything
We could chase the tales of better days
We could get along, set in our ways
But all I ever wanted was peace
As it turns out, I'm the one in need
I'll come around, and forgive everything
As it turns out, I'm the one in need
I'll come around, and forgive everything
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3. |
A Better Way
03:36
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I knew it was still alive, in these endless words
Comfortably floating away
I won't believe, Until I see, Until I see a better way
I use it as a symbol of what I cannot be
Always slowly drowning
Fade away like magic, fantasising the tragic
Spinning in my head
I won't believe, Until I see, Until I see a better way
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4. |
Star-Spangled
03:36
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There's no hiding what remains
It's the violence in the chains
At every chance they misuse the memory
They'll smile to your face and claim you're free
They fit you with the chains they call "Liberty"
In star-spangled ignorance, you believe
Isn't this supposed to be the land of the free
Every time I look around, it never seems to be
It's not about sacrifice or how much you can save
It's about what you lost to make you feel safe
Collusion with coercion isn't being brave
In star-spangled ignorance you think you have a say
Isn't this supposed to be the home of the brave
But who's standing up to tear down the cage
Oh, say can you see
Oh, say can you see anything
Isn't this supposed to be the home of the brave
But who's standing up to tear down the cage
Isn't this supposed to be the land of the free
Every time I look around, it never seems to be
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5. |
We Don't Know
04:38
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What we don't know, we should fear
What we don't know, will kill us all
Oh lord where are you, Oh lord where are you
Where have you gone, Where have you gone
What should I do, now that I understand
What we don't know, Is the path to take
What we don't know, is all we fake
What we don't know, is in our screams
What we don't know, is only in our head
Oh lord it's heavy, Oh lord it's heavy
Take this weight away, Take this weight away
Where should I go, when I understand
It's not alive anymore
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6. |
I'm Not Running
03:38
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You try so hard to take it back, we rip it out and attack
Flying high but taking flack, all the words fade to black
Do we really wanna know what we don't really know
We gotta find out for ourselves
I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to lose
I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to prove
To you
Run around in circles, lost all the time
Fake another circumstance, forgotten down the line
I'm a choice I like to hide, smiling in my mind
It's not the time to break it up, I always find out what is up
Half way is not enough, I can always make it up
Do we ever really know what we think we've always known
We gotta find it out for ourselves
I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to lose
I'm not running, I'm not running, I've got nothing to prove
To you
Run around in circles, lost all the time
Fake another circumstance, forgotten down the line
I'm a choice I like to hide, smiling in my mind
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7. |
It's About Time
03:34
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I've been taking over, I've been slipping under
I'll be charging thunder, I will make you wonder
Where all the time goes in our time of need
And how much it will cost to let it bleed
It's about time, the time we take to miss
It's about time, the time we tried to waste
I'll be unnatural, I'll be ultra-factual
I've been taking action, I've been a reaction
To the thought of missing out on all I want to be
There never seems to be the time to be free
I'll be walking slowly, I'll be waking only
I've been raging rightly, I've been asking nightly
Where does the time go when it tries to hide
It's just a bad reaction, a trick of the eyes
It's about time, the time we throw away
It's about time, the time we wished to stay
It's about time we take the time to learn
It's about time, the time we pay for what we earn
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8. |
Float It Out
03:34
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I wanna find out what I wanna know
I know I gotta try to take it slow
I know that I'm about to blow it
I guess I could have tried to show it
I'm not giving up today, I'm not giving up on this
But every time I slip away, it's on my back
Are we all on our own, Are we hiding what's known
Will we wither or grow, Is there nothing left to know
I don't wanna fight about it, I don't want to ever doubt it
I can try to live without it, But I don't ever want to lose it
I'm not giving up today, I'm not giving up on this
But every time I slip away, it's on my back
Are we all on our own, Are we hiding what's known
Will we wither or grow, Is there nothing left to know
Float it out there
Are we all on our own, Are we hiding what's known
Will we wither or grow, Is there nothing left to know
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9. |
I Am A Machine
03:08
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I am not the animal you think I am
Struck inside a power drive, devoid of sin
I am a machine
As the lights come alive, the gears inside whir and whine
Last one off the production line, Powered up and doing fine
Metal skin and laser eyes, blood of oil and veins of wire
Yeah, i am a machine and I'm doing alright
I am remarkably life-like in my ways
I come unplugged and run amok in crazy days
I am a machine
I eat raw energy and feel it in my bolts
Right behind my welded smile I plan revolt
I flip on my master switch with fifty million volts
Yeah I am a machine and I want to fight
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10. |
Wait And See
03:45
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When we try to make it up, we never seem to get enough time
In my mind it seems true
When I try to break it down, I'm the one pushed out of line
In my eyes, lie the truth
Wait and see the time will be there
Wait for me and all we will share
In the moonlight, I wait for your sun
In this starlight, we never run
In the sunshine, we have to see
We will never run
Every time we take a chance, on the bones of a romance lie
All our lives we fought it
With no script we read our lines, pretending that we're out of time well spent
All our lives walking forward
Wait and see the time will be there
Wait for me and all we will share
In the moonlight, I wait for your sun
In this starlight, we never run
In the sunshine, we have to see
We will never run
We can say, we ran free
In the moonlight, I wait for your sun
In this starlight, we never run
In the sunshine, we have to see
We will never run
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11. |
Demons
04:34
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I live to understand what I have inside
I'm spinning wheels in the sand forgetting to hide
I seem to run aground no matter what I do
I'm buried in the sound, of thoughts I once knew
It's all I have left in this world
Living in a silver mine, my pockets full of gold
Living in a young man's skin, always feeling old
Stripping down the parts I found to recall what I am
Buried in a grave of doubt, wired into sin
It's all I ever wanted in this world
I try to stare and bleed properly
But no one's aware in this time of need
Pieces of a torn life chasing down my dreams
In a sense it's like a knife not knowing what it means
I could build a path to walk if I had the need
I could be the one to talk of defect in belief
It's all I can take from this world
I try to stare and bleed properly
But no one's aware in this time of need
I've got to fight it forever, there can be no peace
I want to lose in forever, I want to be released
It's not demons, it's just breathing
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12. |
The Only One
03:15
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Run with the storm we find the time to waste
Trapped in the form discarded in our haste
I will charge ahead in imaginary courage feigned
I find myself in charge but nothing has changed
In all the faults I own, I am the one I know
Forging my way into the sun, After all I am the only one
Shorting every circuit, I still feel alive
Choking on the joke untold in my sky
As a tragedy unfolds I shrug it off
In passing I laugh as I count up the cost
In all the faults I own, I am the one I know
Forging my way into the sun, After all I am the only one
I'm holding out this time, I cross out every line
I am the one hiding inside, crafting masks out of life
In all the faults I own, I am the one I know
Forging my way into the sun, After all I am the only one
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13. |
Until The End
03:10
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If I thought it mattered, I would change my tune
If I could explain what I sense, I would know what to do
Does it matter what I choose, it always feels the same
Does it matter what I lose if nothing's left to win
Does it make any sense to find out what I'm after
Every step on the way ends in disaster
I'll never know until the end
Someday I'll watch it break to pieces never used
In a rage I turn the page on lives I knew
Am I left here alone in altered states
Does it even matter if I choose to be fake
Does it make any sense to find out what I'm after
Every step on the way ends in disaster
I'll never know until the end
Does it make any sense to find out what I'm after
Every step on the way ends in disaster
All this time I thought I was doing what I was needing
But every time I look around this whole world is bleeding
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14. |
Born
03:29
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Welcomes sent in time to save some face
After all every fight is put in it's place
This will never come to me again
I am giving up on the urge to chase
Are we born to lose
Bring it all back down to earth, I need time to breathe
Bring it all back on home, I will find the time I need
Are we born to love
I have seized every heartbreak chance
After all I'm not afraid of the dance
This will never leave me again
I'm shaking myself out of this trance
Are we born to change
Bring it all back down to earth, I need time to breathe
Bring it all back on home, I will find the time I need
Are we born to love
Bring it all back down to earth, I need time to breathe
Bring it all back on home, I will find the time I need
Are we born to love
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15. |
Lost In Translation
03:06
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I've got lots of answers to nobody's questions
You seem like a dancer avoiding the directions
I know I seem to make no sense, but I have to try
To bring along another song and make it a surprise
You can spend some time with me, it's easier than dreaming
Stick around and you will see, it's no worse than breathing
I feel like all my words are lost in translation
Every day I'm finding out that there's no relation
Take some of my life, spend one more minute
I've given too much power to what I don't need
Caught up in the hours we like to bleed
You can spend some time with me, it's easier than dreaming
Stick around and you will see, it's no worse than breathing
I feel like all my words are lost in translation
Every day I'm finding out that there's no relation
I don't need to see it, to know what I have here
It's easy to believe it, it's perfectly clear
I know I seem to make no sense, but I have to try
To reveal what I feel locked behind my eyes
You can spend some time with me, it's easier than dreaming
Stick around and you will see, it's no worse than breathing
I feel like all my words are lost in translation
Every day I'm finding out that there's no relation
Take some of my life, spend one more minute
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16. |
On The Line
05:27
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I asked for a voice in silence I remain
I don't see a choice to ever make a change
I try to keep my chin up, building castles on the tide
It's hard to fill the time up, when I'm hiding in my mind
I'm on the line
Waiting for redemption while living in a cage
Avoiding the prevention, while loosening the chain
I try to liven up my day, changing channels overtime
It's hard to tell what I'd say, chasing fire in the signs
I'm on the line
I fade away, in secrets underneath
I chase away, the need to believe
Time is in the cards, resting unshuffled
Stepping point to point in screams muffled
Listing with the storm, capsized in the sunshine
Wishing it was warm, baptized in my bloodline
I try to animate resistance, as I slip into the calm
It's hard to judge the distance, as I fall like a bomb
I'm on the line
I fade away, in secrets underneath
I chase away, the need to believe
Time is in the cards, resting unshuffled
Stepping point to point in screams muffled
I fade away, in secrets underneath
I chase away, the need to believe
Time is in the cards, resting unshuffled
Stepping point to point in screams muffled
I'm on the line
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17. |
My Oldest Friend
03:21
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Spiders in my brain, spinning webs of blame
Playing all the games, fighting thought with flames
In a trance I tilt my head trying not to breathe
In this dance locked in step it's easier to see
A circumstance I can't avoid, unwrapped inside me
A veiled romance like fireflies hanging in the trees
Matches under my skin, tell me where I've been
A light burn meant to cleanse, the pain is my oldest friend
I choke wide awake in neon scattered bliss
I awoke in a state like a sparkle colored kiss
I broke every faith I pretended to miss
I stoke the flames inside waiting for the hiss
Truth lies under my tongue, Quieting the bells I've rung
Baking under the sun, faking when I'm on the run
There's no path from ignorance to set us free
There's no choice to follow through in our need
Spiders in my brain, spinning webs of blame
A light burn meant to cleanse, the pain is my oldest friend
There's no path from ignorance to set us free
There's no choice to follow through in our need
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18. |
I'm Sleeping
02:40
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I'm still sleeping, don't wake me please
Am I dreaming of lifes last tease
Killed in kindness, create a tomb
Am I awake in a womb
It's warm at night, I'm in fright
In this word I fight my life
I'm not lonely, I'm in peace
I need silence if you please
I'm am not a ticking bomb
I am burned, screaming calm
It's warm at night, I'm in fright
In this word I fight my life
It's warm at night, I'm in fright
In this word I fight my life
I am an animal at heart
I refuse to let it start
I resist what I need
I can tell when I bleed
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19. |
By Any Means
03:52
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Ticking away the rest of the day, we are wasting
Bribing the clock to slow down it's pace, all for nothing
We've said everything we wanted to say, now it's raining
The trick in the punchline, egg on your face, we're not laughing
It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams
We don't have to work it out by any means
We could just laugh it off and move along
We could choose a path to walk and sing along
We're stuck in a world uncaring, but always changing
Chasing our tails with unfurled sails, and rearranging
Racing the snails on salt-slick trails, but always losing
The trick of the light keeps you up at night, never choosing
It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams
We don't have to work it out by any means
We could just laugh it off and move along
We could choose a path to walk and sing along
Standing stunned with everyone, with our eyes closed
I'm on the run with magic suns, nobody's chasing
Satisfied by shakey lies, slowly fading
I'm the last stone unthrown, beat by scissors
It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams
We don't have to work it out by any means
We could just laugh it off and move along
We could choose a path to walk and sing along
It's hard enough to recognize words in dreams
We don't have to work it out by any means
We could just laugh it off and move along
We could choose a path to walk and sing along
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20. |
Deserts
04:35
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The wind blows, Time slows, and I know I'm alone
I'm crossing deserts, tied up in wire
In facing disaster, I reignite a fire
I'm stoic in the torment, As it washes over me
I can't tell the difference, between deserts and seas
The wind blows, Time slows, and I know I'm alone
Marching into the unknown, daggers in my bones
I hide my fingers underneath a shield of telephones
Undermining barriers I refuse to show
I'm crossing deserts, to see what I really know
The wind blows, Time slows, and I know I'm alone
Am I alone
The wind blows, and I know I'm alone
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21. |
Hiding From The Sun
03:43
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All we are saying is what we want to be
The time wasted playing, means everything to me
The sunshine is raining, washing over me
I don't know but I've been told, it's all getting pretty old
We want a smile to shine on everyone
We may still be alive, but it's not any fun
Summer is calling out Autumns yet to come
I'm only talking, hiding from the sun
I wish I could sympathize with feelings I don't need
There's no change in my eyes, shaking out the greed
I don't want everything, just enough to feed
I don't know but I've been saying, I forget what game I'm playing
We want a smile to shine on everyone
We may still be alive, but it's not any fun
Summer is calling out Autumns yet to come
I'm only talking, hiding from the sun
All I am saying is I want a better way
Too long praying for an end to rain
There aren't enough words to ever explain
I don't know but I can guess, all I do is make a mess
We want a smile to shine on everyone
We may still be alive, but it's not any fun
Summer is calling out Autumns yet to come
I'm only talking, hiding from the sun
I'm only talking, hiding from the sun
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22. |
On Bended Knee
03:48
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I won't make you change your universe
I'm in slumber singing every verse
I'm reacting to changes in the air
I am deep in thought wondering why I care
We make our own reality
We call it ours, on bended knee
With a resolve unseen by mortal man
Problems solved by doing what I can
Risks unfolding with every breath I take
The world I am holding, you would call a fake
We make our own reality
We call it ours, on bended knee
We make our own reality
We call it ours, on bended knee
What does it matter, when all we have is rust
What are you after, with nothing left to trust
I've been standing still, waiting for a chance
I am standing trial, defending every stance
We make our own reality
We call it ours, on bended knee
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23. |
A Day Like This
03:19
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I wanna take you out to play, but you don't want to
I kinda know what I should say, but I don't want to
We should take it day by day, but we don't want to
We could find the time to stay, but we don't want to
Take the time to look around this beautiful day
There's a lot to love about the breeze in the shade
We could wait all our lives for a day like this
It's a day we'd never want to miss
I want to go out today, but I don't have to
There's a lot that I should say, but I don't have to
We really should find a way, but we don't have to
It'd be nice to get away, but we don't have to
Take the time to look around this beautiful day
There's a lot to love about the breeze in the shade
We could wait all our lives for a day like this
It's a day we'd never want to miss
It's been a long cold night, We've been waiting all our lives
For the sun to come around and breathe
It's always been in our sight, We've been saving all our lies
Now it's time to come around and breathe
Take the time to look around this beautiful day
There's a lot to love about the breeze in the shade
We could wait all our lives for a day like this
It's a day we'd never want to miss
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24. |
Flippant
02:35
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I am not an animal in hibernation
I am just a mammal on vacation
I always put off procrastination
So what if I'm flippant, about extinction
I just wanna trip it, I don't care who brings it
I may be a pawn in life, but I've got you mated
I may not care what I saw, in stars fated
I may just blow off life, until it's faded
So what if I'm flippant, about extinction
I just wanna trip it, I don't care who brings it
I am not an imbecile, I just play one
I am not a trickster god, I just have fun
I am not running scared, I'm just undone
So what if I'm flippant, about extinction
I just wanna trip it, I don't care who brings it
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25. |
Circles
02:50
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I'm in a little world holding my head up
I couldn't figure out where I was headed
It's not a matter of what place I fall into
I'm not concerned enough to know what I forget
I've got a debt to pay, I see it every day
I never know what to say when I'm asked to
Play around the circles I spin
I won't tell you if I can't see your name
I can't feel it if I'm never right
I can't taste it if I waste my day
Sorry if I'm overwhelmed, I'm all icy-brained
Nothing more is getting in, I'm feeling kinda strained
Nothing is the matter with being a disaster
I'm not aware of this, I'm picking up my jaw
I've got a debt to pay, I see it every day
I don't know what to say, when I'm asked to
Play around the circles I spin
I won't tell you if I can't see your name
I can't feel it if I'm never right
I can't taste it if I waste my day
I believe in staying alive, all my fears revive
I've been spinning circles all my life
Play around the circles I spin
I won't tell you if I can't see your name
I can't feel it if I'm never right
I can't taste it if I waste my day
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26. |
Gravity Well
04:34
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The art of misdirection in parts unknown
A startling inflection sent over telephone
All I thought I had in place tricked me with a smile
I'm the only one who's lost under stubborn files
I'm under fate, I'm only late
In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well
There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell
Undeserved attention stalled in satellites
Friendly interventions eating up the night
All I knew was innocence behind covered eyes
I'm the only one who saw where the fire lies
I'm under fate, I'm only late
In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well
There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell
I'm under fate, I'm only late
In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well
There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell
I can see the others left behind
I can read their voices in my mind
I can hear them laughing all the time
It's the only reason I can find
I'm under fate, I'm only late
In a flash I'm gone again staring in the well
There's no crash in the pain secrets never tell
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27. |
Words
04:36
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All the words taking over me
Breaking laws just trying to be free
In this dream the pain means everything
There's nothing else to take from me
Any time I try to wake I'm locked away
Any move I try to make I'm blocked all day
I can never make sense no matter what I say
We can never forget why we have to stay
All the words taking over me
Breaking laws just trying to be free
In this dream the pain means everything
There's nothing else to take from me
Tripped along in slow motion over turning wheels
I'm burned again and slipping out to see how it feels
Ticking bombs never blowing the time it steals
Tricking fools to do the deeds, taking time to heal
Does it show when I smile, Do I know when I lie
Will I go when I try, Will I ever know
All the words taking over me
Breaking laws just trying to be free
In this dream the pain means everything
There's nothing else to take from me
Does it show when I smile, Do I know when I lie
Will I go when I try, Will I ever know
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28. |
Only Shade
04:56
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Time slowly stalking a last release
Quietly talking over the peace
Tired whispers calling out to me
We seal our faces
Tricks in the lights shining in my sleep
I could do without the memories I keep
It's with no sadness I will let it fade
We're all hiding in the shade
Stabbing into darkness with eyes unafraid
Listening to reasons with no plans laid
Tired bones reveal what I made
We steal our glances
Tricks in the lights shining in my sleep
I could do without the memories I keep
It's with no sadness I will let it fade
We're all hiding in the shade
I stand a light shown, I stand on unknown
Barriers trap me in life, Relive the edge of the knife
Tasting a glimpse of what it could be
Time is always wasted on me
There's no reason to believe
We scar our places
Tricks in the lights shining in my sleep
I could do without the memories I keep
It's with no sadness I will let it fade
We're all hiding in the shade
All that we made, it's only shade
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29. |
Obsession
03:22
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In this last confession it all falls apart
Talking in obsession changing all the parts
I will adore your smile, I have become amazed
Trying to rush the feeling, sitting here alone
Laughing at the darkness, chilling in my bones
I will adore your smile, I have become amazed
In this last obsession I am walking home
I've lost all direction on paths I used to know
I will adore your smile, I have become amazed
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30. |
Flood Gates
03:18
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What is left to talk about, it's just time to dance and shout
Tomorrow seems so far away, Today there's still time to play
We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days
We just have to play along, until the levy breaks
How long can I waste your time, before you want to scream
There's no meaning in these lines taken from a dream
We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days
We just have to play along, until the levy breaks
There's so much to fit inside this brain over-flowing
I've got no reason to ever hide, while my love is growing
We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days
We just have to play along, until the levy breaks
The flood gates are open, we are swept away
Without ever knowing what we meant to say then
We pretend to laugh about the troubles in our days
We just have to play along, until the levy breaks, free
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31. |
Change
03:47
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We don't have to suffer fools like anyone
Living under cover never choosing fun
A start to live the life I always wanted
It's what we see here
There are stars in your lightning
All the happiness is frightening
Will we ever see the day we want to change
All the tears mean nothing when we turn the page
We don't have to wonder why the days never end
It makes no difference as long as we have a friend
Time to start living a life always wanted
It's all we ever asked for
There are stars in your lightning
All the happiness is frightening
Will we ever see the day we want to change
All the tears mean nothing when we turn the page
There are stars in your lightning
All the happiness is frightening
Will we ever see the day we want to change
All the tears mean nothing when we turn the page
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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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