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Hangover Waltz

by Hangover Waltz

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1.
Another Wave 04:02
Happily comes the sun today Dispelling all the darkness we’ve wished away The loving of life always comes in waves No doubt she realizes this And all will be saved And even if she goes blind From time to time on me I’ve left those worries behind- A sailor’s wake in the sea Joy is tidal Damn the big black moon That pulls you away from me Joy is tidal Hail the great white moon That pulls you back to me Another day I am in her hand Another wave crashes into the sand I steal a breath and I hold it in Don’t know when I’ll feel joy like this again Won’t the tides of melancholy Pull her, puller her away from me. Damn the moon that pulls her away Hail the moon that lights her way.
2.
Newborn 02:54
Heard you cry awhile before I began On this, the very first of my days here Born of a selfish yet loving act I’ll work my way through your door tonight Comfort but never over-shelter me Hold me up high into the sunlight Lay down the sheets of my perfect bed Give me the warmth of your eyes Show me your strength and your steadiness Plant for me the seeds of great will Then I’ll give the world my everything I’ll know when to fight Or remain still. You will have moved on By the time I grow old and learn Fear was a waste of my days
3.
I kicked the clock when I woke up My head was pounding like a reminder My lover was crying in her sleep last night Is there a reason for tears? Maybe just years of too much heavy thinking Can cause a cavity in the soul Maybe tomorrow, my loving friend, You’ll turn your faith my way again And stay here We desperately want to be Comfortable with normalcy Yeah, my love keeps flowers In a simple vase If there’s some money to spare, misplaced somewhere maybe We’ll find it baby And buy our happiness Maybe tomorrow, my loving friend You’ll find your way back home again Always knew you would run Always knew you’d return Now my lips give a sigh While I dance and praise you under the moon I’d go crazy without you Would the world be as blue Wow, my heart misses you Forgives you Come on, let’s now waste another day Maybe there’s another way I took the perfect photograph My lover’s face was full of frustration She doesn’t like cameras from the subject’s view But she can do anything She takes the slings and arrows Like Hamlet tries to And she never lets me down Maybe tomorrow Fortune’s hand Will come and lift us up again
4.
Things Break 02:01
It’s just glass Things break Has your day beaten you So bad You can’t see The way I’m treating you? I’m on your side Don’t kill yourself today, please Lie down but never leave Come back It’s fine It’s just a little wine Some words And a kiss And we’ll be over this I’m on your side Don’t kill yourself today, please Lie down but never leave Lives change You’ll see Breath in and count to three I need What you bring Why aren’t you listening?
5.
Just Me Now 03:22
It slows down, it speeds up Either way, I can’t get above it How many changes can I make in a day? I’m lost now and I love it I try not to talk too much these days Less is more, I think Less is more, I think Say all and nothing in a glance Say it with a tear or a smile Say it with a tear and a smile It gets so loud in here (my skull) Everything is fighting for space It’s not really chaos or madness It’s just a lot of thoughts without a place Because it’s just me now, just me now It probably always was It’s just me now, just me now It’s not what I thought it was I try not to talk too much these days
6.
Ecstatic. I must be sleeping...dreaming... It's never this good to be alive. Sleeping...dreaming... I'm staring into nothing and it's all your fault. If not for pointing what are these fingers for? "No, it's ok...just need a friend today." In dealing with the world I project self-control But love and inner peace are hard things to fake. So rather than face it, Doctor Lantos, Give me my medicine and I'll be on my way. I have questioned myself, I've doubted myself, And I've tortured myself long enough. "Do you hear voices?" "No, I hear music." Meds and belief. Meds and distraction. Meds and good food. Meds and attention. Meds and a will. Meds and anything goes. "Where's the pain? I don't feel anything... ...anything..."
7.
Darling, your hair is down, free and alive Drifting across my skin, it tickles my face Comfort is knowing that you’re at my side I sail through your hair and I’m lost in the waves Like an amusement park ride is our life Twirling around us, but never lasts long And as it spins faster and everything blurs Your eyes give me something to focus on Darling, wait by the water I’ll come in on the wind
8.
I sprinkle my words like dust on her dream Where I store my best thoughts for safe keeping Deep in a snore, a quirk I adore I talk to her when she’s sleeping A friend at the end Or a fall from the sky Whatever the dream, she’s weeping So I whisper the words to send her the wings I talk to her when she’s sleeping Through trees of safe haven She flies with the ravens Below she can see Grounded is me I want to go My heart is leaping I talk to her when she’s sleeping

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These recordings were made around 2003, but have been remixed and remastered in 2020. We recorded the entire album sending ideas via mail and FTP.

Geert-Jan provided the magnificent drum tracks for the 2020 version, replacing the programmed drums of the original recordings.

The final version of these songs celebrates our reunion.

Tom & Tjarko still never met in person

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released January 2, 2021

Music: Tom Gagne & Tjarko Busink
Lyrics: Tom Gagne

Mixes: Tom Gagne
Mastering: Haico van Oosten

Instruments:
Tjarko Busink: bass, acoustic guitar, background vocals, cister, synths & baritone guitar

Tom Gagne: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitars

Geert-Jan Westland: drums

Album art by Tjarko Busink

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Hangover Waltz Portland, Maine

Hangover Waltz is an internet music collaboration between a friend in The Netherlands and a friend in the USA. Tjarko Busink and Tom Gagne met on an internet recording forum early in 2003 and have been making music together since.

Tjarko and Tom still never met in person.
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