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I Wish I Could Tell You That Things Were O​.​K.

by Ben Voitl

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1.
Swear I tried to save you Even if you didn't think I cared I just wish there was a better remedy for all the burdens that you bare, And I hope you found your peace again And that one day that we'll meet again. And we'll get real drunk under city skies And I'd see your smile growing in the night And I miss you I miss the old you. I miss those hardcore records Screaming every word And I still hear your voice in every verse And I miss you I miss the old you And it's a shame that it had to come to this And it's a shame that I couldn't have prevented it And I miss you. I fucking miss you. I miss when we were just teenagers God damn those were the days Standing at the back of the show I'd watch you front flip off the stage But I know you were decaying And I dreaded your last days I just wish you found some solace I just wish there was a better way And some day.. We'll get real drunk under city skies And I'd see your smile growing in the night And I miss you I miss the old you. I miss those hardcore records Screaming every word And I still hear your voice in every verse And I miss you I miss the old you And it's a shame that it had to come to this And it's a shame that I couldn't have prevented it And I miss you. I fucking miss you.
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The quiet is the killer And the martyr is my mind And I'm sick of being burdened I'm not worth of any time Soon I'll be back to being wholesome But leave my guard down, I will rot Disheveled in the morning In this empty parking lot Empty lungs get filled One last cigarette till lunch And I'm still not medicated Cuz to you it's just a crutch Obsessive and compulsive I'll be back to sane one day Keep your chin up kiddo You'll be back to you someday
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Bumble 02:08
I heard ya bumble but you can't make out the words I know youre thinking and I know you know it hurt I saw you crying, in a reminiscent splendor You're telling stories, but you got caught up in time You'll light another, no regards to your own life Such a change and only 4 years passed by All your adventures you were so young You were so fit Now your lifeless in your kitchen where you sit And wait in silence watching your life pass you by So fix yourself before it starts to turn to shit Can't make a life out of all of your vices And there's still time to make the most of it I'd try to help but I know I can't make you quit
4.
Oxygen tank Tubed around your face Dry-heaved I love you back Exiting towards bleeding hearts The end of an era Is this the last time? Is this the last time? I watched you deteriorate Within the last few weeks It doesn't feel right to me Is this the last time? Is this the last time? Nylon strings in the sky Your fingers grow strength to play again. I saw you smile today I saw you smile today
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1821D 01:30
I'd say that I've been there man But you've seen shit no one has I'll love you forever man Regrets that I'll always hsve Sadness greater than the fear I wish you were still hear

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released August 13, 2018

Written and Performed by Ben Voitl

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Zack Farrar at Choir Room Audio

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