Get all 18 Jonathon Smith releases available on Bandcamp and save 40%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Tickling Ears, Welcome Adversity, Bittersweet Memories, Time To Feel, The Currency of Leaves, Lead Us Safely Home, Snow Day, Keep Me Strong, and 10 more.
1. |
Time To Feel
05:47
|
|||
|
Strolling down brick streets
Where we once walked
Running along the same beach
Where we’d spread our towels and lunch
Tell me, tell me, how do you feel?
Tell me, tell me, do you even know what to feel?
So we finally returned to Warsaw
Did I change, or was it the city?
The simplest, most unpleasant solution,
Is admitting it was me
Can you allow yourself some time,
Time to respond and time to feel?
Do you love yourself dearly enough
To feel the weight of devastation?
|
||||
2. |
Do I Love You
03:46
|
|||
|
It seems I always seek
Motivation to doubt you, my friend
Oh my, how this cynic tries
Murdering our intimacy
Do I love you enough to hope for the best?
Do I love you enough to walk with you through the worst?
Considering others as more important (than myself)
Takes a back seat to controlling them
Oh my, how I try "fixing" some of my friends
Do I love you enough to hope for the best?
Do I love you enough to walk with you through the worst?
|
||||
3. |
Not Really
03:23
|
|||
4. |
Coveting Contentment
04:18
|
|||
|
Don’t you think it’s funny how
Moving on often involves
Staying put in the same place
And leaving our problems unsolved?
I get exhausted with picking apart
All the things I hate in my life
Oh, how I covet contentment,
In lieu of unending searches
Don’t you think it’s funny how,
As I’ve grown a bit older,
I seem to seek understanding
With fewer and fewer questions?
I get exhausted with picking apart
All the things I hate in my life
Don’t you think it’s funny?
Who do you think is laughing now?
|
||||
5. |
Almost Thankful
14:49
|
|||
|
I am almost thankful for breakfast
I am just about glad you listened
You listened long after our table was cleared
You picked up the tab, although I had insisted
Oh, I think I liked you
Better off at arm's length
Before you could perceive me
As insecure and weak
I am almost thankful for your call
I am just about glad you cared
I think I liked how you stopped
And offered up my needs in prayer
Oh, I think I liked you
Better off at arm's length
Before you could perceive me
As insecure and weak
I love you, but, oh how I mistake
Restraint for self-control
When sometimes hiding feelings
Is my worst feeling of all
|
||||
6. |
The Older I Get
03:33
|
|||
|
I’m not sure why you feel scared
I’ve come without my dagger and cloak
(Maybe) your response screams so much louder than
My awkward, ice-breaking joke
Am okay, am I alright?
Sometimes it’s a miracle
I ever sleep at night
I swear, the older I get,
Certainty becomes more a myth
Can you ever really ever know a man?
Can you ever trust him ever to forgive?
Am okay, am I alright?
Sometimes it’s a miracle
I ever sleep at night
I’m not sure why you feel scared
I’ve come without my dagger and cloak (this time)
|
||||
7. |
Sit In Silence
05:09
|
|||
|
So you think we need to talk?
I doubt I'll offer any good advice
But if you're seeking some profound thoughts,
I can sit with you and cry
Maybe we need to sit in silence
Maybe we need to wait
So you think we need to talk?
I doubt I'll offer any guidance
Because efficiency trumps love
When I'm in a rush
Maybe we need to sit in silence
Maybe we need to wait
Look, we're no good at predicting
When pain and grief will hit
Can we allow ourselves just one evening
With our tears and with our silence?
Maybe we need to sit in silence
Maybe we need to wait
|
||||
8. |
Better Than Myself
08:48
|
|||
|
Sarcasm is a stiff-arm
And my hobbies push you away
(Sometimes) I wonder if all my interests
Only serve myself
Sometimes i need my time away
Sometimes i need a break
Come, meet me in the midst
Of my doubt and inability
To perceive you know my needs,
That you know my needs,
Better than myself
But sometimes I just need you
I need you to tell me
When I'm selfish
|
||||
9. |
Record Of Wrongs
08:02
|
|||
|
How swiftly I can depart in rage with no salutation.
How quickly I rely on emotion, when I forget just who I am.
I wonder if I should complain about you more.
I wonder if that would make us both feel even.
Sometimes, like tonight,
Try as I might, it’s so hard to keep
No record of wrongs.
|
||||
10. |
Stop By Anytime
05:49
|
|||
|
Do you need to give me a call?
Sounds like you could use a friend, my friend.
We'll chat about all the bands we like,
But rarely much else of significance.
Don't you listen to that song,
There's never a good day to be lonely.
You can stop by anytime
Just to sort out your thoughts with me
Don't you think that it's okay
To let the hurt sting?
Sometimes the last thing that we both need
Is to feign strength and don a happy face
Sometimes it's okay for us to move on,
Yet remain here in the same place
We miss so much if all we want,
If all we want is clarity.
Sometimes we need this tension.
Don't you think that it's okay
To let the hurt sting?
Look, no one suffers well.
If you wait until you've got it all together,
If you wait until you think you're strong enough,
You will never open up.
|
||||
11. |
Long Way Home
05:47
|
|||
|
Oh God, it's such a long way home without her
Silence makes the drive seem like an eternity,
An eternity to gather my thoughts and think of
Where we are and how well we're doing
We’re generous to others,
But then we turn around and see hardship
Oh God, in times like these
I struggle with resenting my own charity
I know that we have to be gracious in giving
And gracious in our receiving, as well
Oh God, when you're stuck and helpless
It’s hard to try and think clearly
Oh God, in times like these
I struggle with resenting my own charity
|
||||
12. |
What Can I Do
05:38
|
|||
|
Oh, God, what can I do?
When we embrace, she will start weeping.
Oh, God, what can I do?
Apart from loving her, holding her, and listening.
We've tried to minimize all of this in our minds,
But I'm sure that, when we touch, it will resurrect again.
So baby, why don't you come over here, sit next to me,
And you can fall apart in my arms.
|
||||
Jonathon Smith Kansas City, Missouri
Jonathon Smith draws from a wide range of influences.
Jonathon Smith recommends:
In college, Goldenwest was my Dark Side of the Moon. I still listen to it quite often.
go to album
I like the space this album provides as I work and sip coffee during the early morning before my son wakes up.
go to album
Candy Claws, now Sound of Ceres, has always made music that sounds both new and old, exciting and disintegrating.
go to albumIf you like Time To Feel, you may also like:
supported by 4 fans who also own “Time To Feel”
I have been a listener of Luxury since ‘Amazing and Thank You’ Lee’s thoughtful lyrics the instrumentation and raw emotion have always drawn me to this band. So far on this album I enjoy One of Those Things (Or) The Temple. Great job!
go to album
supported by 4 fans who also own “Time To Feel”
My goodness, I didn't realize Luxury was on Bandcamp, but I am grateful. A truly nostalgic piece of my late adolescence
go to album
Central States EP
by Mr. Golden Sun
Big-hearted, rootsy guitar-pop where bright, jangling chords cradle tender, beautifully melodic vocal lines.
go to album
