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The Basement Sessions

by Brady Mercer

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1.
Black Lagoon 04:20
Let's take a trip from the other side of town It might take us a while but who knows what might be found in the deepest darkest forest, or in the waters cold embrace of that muddy murky river by the tracks of that old place It's half an hour to the corner store walking down 138th couldn't let you go the whole way When we got to the forest shortcut we ventured deep inside and we separated from space and time with the chorus that you sang with the words all painted red and we jumped into the water with our clothes still on and we hid away for years in that forest by the road waiting for the stars to disappear, and we were young My vision's filled with a green and grey blur of city sidewalks nestled in a forest still so pure and I can see the red lights flashing and the chaos in the street but in that black lagoon it all melts down around your feet And I can hear that freight train coming from a mile down the track and once I leave the city I ain't never coming back but if I could say just one thing that I'll miss about that place is that humble little forest where we hid so many days And I didn't know about it then but I can listen to it now I can hear that cold stream cutting through the silence and as we sat below that bridge in the dirt and in the mud I could hear that lonesome trumpet calling And we were young
2.
Say Goodbye 05:18
If I were to tell you that I lost everything I had, would you still want me? And If I were to tell you who I am, and to tell you what I've done still haunts me And I know that you're a thousand miles away and it all seems so unreal but I'm trying to put my feet back on the ground And I know I won't be convincing you to stay, but It's just what I feel I just really liked having you around In the morning time when you're at my door after driving 20 hours In the ice and snow on a busy road and I just couldn't figure out Why, oh, why you'd run to me Why you'd grab my heart and flee Why you'd laugh and why you'd cry Why'd you have to say goodbye If I were to tell you that I lost everything I ever was, would you still want me? and if I tell you that my mind is filled with so much uncertainty And the moment that you looked away, there was a smile on my face that you never got to see And I packed my bags and hid myself away, so when we hung out yesterday I just didn't know what to say In the evening time when I needed more alcohol just to say all of the things I wanted to say to you before it was too late like Why, oh, why you'd run to me Why you'd grab my heart and flee Why you'd laugh and why you'd cry Why'd you have to say goodbye
3.
Electronic heartache is bringing me down and I don't know if it'll let me get back up off the ground Electronic heartache's got me singing again cause I still see you in the mirror and I don't know when it'll end Electronic heartache's pulling me to you yeah it's tugging on my heart and I just don't know what to do Electronic heartache, I feel it in my dreams and in every single memory of you and me It seems that I'm stuck here again in this barren empty space cause this electronic heartache has come to take my place and I still feel you laying next to me and the touch of your lips cause this electronic heartache's got me tightly in its grips Sometimes I wish those days could have lasted forever But now it's over and I'm waiting for the day that we're together and I know that things will be different cause, a lot has been said but I'm still tryna figure out where I'm at inside your head and you say that you want me and yeah that's plain to see so now this electronic heartache is coming back to me
4.
Your Heart 07:10
I've been waiting so damn long, Been skirting round the outside of the contents of that song The one that we recited time and time again and though we spoke the words, we didn't know what they meant From the outside looking in I've got you floating off the ground never saw what could have been and never made a sound And I remember that old song that we recited time again And although we spoke the words, we didn't know what they meant Now you're floating off the ground but nothing really matters Didn't have to make a sound but I could hear it through the chatter Your Heart
5.
Time to Go 06:28
Staring out your open window, the warm summer breeze in my face Blowing smoke to the sky, I lost my mind but found my place Where did I go for all that time? I had to run against the tide I found something I meant not to discover That's the price you pay without a guide I've been gone for so long, and I'm trying to hold on Cause now it seems like nowhere I go is home and now the pressure is on and I can't say no The world's our theater and we're the show but the green light is flashing, it's time to go Just walk away from all your problems Try to save yourself How many times have I tried to get better? and how many times have I tried to make right? No matter how many times I just keep slipping under, it feels the weight of the world's in my arms tonight I've been gone for so long, and I'm trying to hold on Cause now it seems like nowhere I go is home and now the pressure is on and I can't say no The world's our theater and we're the show but the green light is flashing, it's time to go I've been lying to myself I've been waiting on a change When I saw you on the bus the other day you said you felt that you were locked in a cage, but I'll set you free I've been gone for so long, and I'm trying to hold on And I don't know if I'm right or if I'm wrong But I know that I gotta move along Cause now it seems like nowhere I go is home and now the pressure is on and I can't say no The world's our theater and we're the show but the green light is flashing, it's time to go
6.
She 02:36
She takes her coffee black Drives with her window cracked She's picking up the slack She knows it's just an act She seizes everyone She knows it's just for fun That girl can get it done She's always on the run Don't try to play with her You'll want to stay with her She'll make you sick for sure Then offer you the cure
7.
More 05:28
Walking back from my house, don't know if you couldn't tell but I made it to the end of the road Dipped in by the corner store just to get rid of my change and continued towards the western shore I can't see the finish line so I don't know when to stop but the engines on and the light is green to go Pushed towards the setting sun for fields that weren't so grey in hopes that I'd find something More, more, than I've ever had before Now the lights are dimming and I'm walking out the door and I know that yesterday we were sitting in the sun but now it's time for me to find something more I spent some time on the east coast and I spent some on the west I even took my mind to outer space Don't you know that it never ever seems to be enough to fend off that feeling to escape Cause I want more, more, than I've ever seen before Now the lights are dimming and I'm walking out the door and I know that yesterday we were sitting in the sun but now it's time for me to find something more Now I've washed the windows and I see it oh so clear I back tracked just to see it once again and I know that I'm a grain of sand upon a beach just waiting for the next wave to wash over me Cause I want more, more, than I've ever seen before Now the lights are dimming and I'm walking out the door and I know that yesterday we were sitting in the sun but now it's time for me to find something more
8.
Shimmer 06:00
I met the girl of my dreams tonight but I was too afraid to tell her We spent hours by the candle light Whenever she laughed it made me shiver I met the girl of my dreams tonight but I was too afraid to kiss her She gave me everything I needed but I just could not deliver I met the girl of my dreams tonight but I was too afraid to love her She wandered by in the evening and left her print on me forever Now she's leaving in the morning but there's still a thousand things I wanna tell her I saw her lick her lips and look me in the eyes and I watched her eyes shimmer I met the girl of my dreams tonight But I was too afraid to tell her

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This album is a small compilation of songs from the album that I'm putting together called "Stranded". The goal was to turn the studio versions of the originals into simple, under-produced acoustic versions. All songs were recorded in my basement, with a wood stove fire crackling next to me, into a single microphone.

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released January 9, 2019

Thanks to Tony Smart, for providing me with information and gear.

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Brady Mercer Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

Wears shorts in the summer and pants in the winter.

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