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Hospice Party

by WAVERY

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1.
Plain Sight 03:50
Well, it creeps me that you wear your crown that way You told me to run Well, the children, they won’t understand And the weaker, they will raise their glasses in your name [chorus] We’re only wasting our time Trying to find meaning In the ways of our heartaches We’re slowly losing our minds Trying to spare feelings In the midst of an earthquake We’re only wasting our time Would you ruin me if I showed you my true face ? Would I notice if you poisoned my water ? Oh I don’t know, believe me I don’t know If your grave or mine will be shallow. I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know Why it feels like we are all hiding in plain sight. [chorus] [2x] Time keeps reeling us in again, We keep praying this ain’t the end We keep blaming the wind and the ocean floor As the stream keeps flooding the fort There will be room for us no more There will be room no more ___________________________________________________
2.
Should I light another candle For the souls you left behind, For the promises you buried next to hers? I could fill a dozen pages With this numbing disbelief With the many words I’ll never get to say. All the pieces on the floor will drift away If you don’t find your own way back home. All the names across your back will fade to grey If you don’t find your own way back home. Should I save a seat next to mine Just in case you change your mind, Just in case you take it all back once again? I could leave the light on all night If it made you come around, If it made you reminisce for old times’ sake. All the pieces on the floor will drift away If you don’t find your own way back home. All the names across your back will fade to grey If you don’t find your own way back home. I can’t burry my head in the sand Not ‘til love has made you blind So if I saved you from yourself would you forgive me? How bad are you aching to give in To someone who could fill the room I know it feels like you’ve been waiting for a century And maybe she’s the antidote To the silence you despise But all the white noise in the world Shouldn’t bend you at the knees. ___________________________________________________
3.
Break the sound, break the silence. Where were you last night? Where was I? And who was I? Are you calling my name? Or am I drifting again? I can barely tell anymore, I can barely tell. I think I hear the bell. I can barely tell If those sirens are driving away Or if they’re coming my way. It’s getting colder (it’s getting colder) I lost sight of the sun in the night, I’m everything but alright. This feels familiar (this feels familiar) Break the silence, Oh I can’t get it right. Where am I? Who am I? See, I might need a few more days, To figure if I am bleeding out. I can never tell anymore, I can never tell. I think I hear the bell. I can barely tell If those sirens are driving away Or if they’re coming my way. It’s getting colder (it’s getting colder) I lost sight of the sun in the night, I’m everything but alright. This feels familiar Please break it down for me once more. ‘Cause I can’t seem to trace my steps. I know you say the world is on fire. And I’ll put it out when i’m all done shivering. So arm yourself with patience, I’ll be getting there soon. Or maybe not? I can barely tell. I can barely tell the road from the precipice, Or your voice from mine anymore. I can barely tell the end from the beginning. Or my voice from yours anymore. ___________________________________________________
4.
Silver cardinal, You fooled me once, you fooled me twice. But this one’s on me, this time only. It’s hanging by a thread. A crumbling dream within a dream But this ain’t on me. I’m all out of stars and gods to curse And I can’t tell whose fault it is this time. Could it be mine? It’s so much harder than it needs to be But I can’t seem to bend my twisted mind, My tired spine. [chorus] So please indulge me, I’m only trying too hard to refrain from trying too hard. I cave in easy ‘Cause even I don’t buy the lies I sell. So, lay me softly. Silver cardinal, I thought i’d fill the blanks myself But I was so wrong and it’s been so long Since I slept alone. I went this far to prove a point But I was so wrong. I’m all out of friends and foes to beg And I can’t see a way out of this maze. Not through the haze. It’s so much harder than it needs to be And I can’t seem to bend my twisted mind, My tired spine. [chorus] Somedays the wind carries me. Somedays I sink slowly. I tried so hard to fool you. All my best tricks, you see through. The veil is gone, have mercy. The lighting’s wrong, indulge me. All my best tricks, you see through. I try so hard. ___________________________________________________
5.
Do you think we could have changed the world If we tried a little harder? Do you think we could have ran together If I stood just a little taller? Do you think she still lives on the hill, Waiting for me to come and save her? Do you think there’ll be a place for us all Under the trees when the storm will unfold? [chorus] I’ll call you later, I’ll send a letter, I’ll see you later. I’ll call you later, I’ll send a letter, I’ll see you later. I might recover, I barely miss her, I’m getting better I’ll call you later, I’ll send a letter, I’ll see you. There’s a line at the door full of people you knew. There’s a man on the floor who looks nothing like you. I’ve been trying to make sense of all that I said. I’ve been meaning to break down the thoughts in my head. [chorus] ___________________________________________________
6.
Can you tell me, tell me how You found your way to the other side. Oh please show me, show me now Where you crawled under the fence. See I tried and tried again To hold on to the tip of your toes. And you cried and cried again As I fell back to my knees. I never meant to hit the ground. I never meant to let you down. [chorus] But I just can’t help it; I’m sliding away And falling behind more everyday. Don’t wait out for me, just be on your way It’s all up to me, it’s all out of your hands. I’ve been here before And I will probably be here again. But I don’t see the need for you To go down with the ship one more time. Though I can’t point out exactly where, When or why it all began. I don’t want you to see the end. I don’t want to see you there. I never meant to hit the ground. I never meant to let you down. [chorus] When you’ll look over your shoulders I’ll be the red light in the distance. Fading in and out of focus. Disappearing with the night. When you’ll look up at the ceiling, I hope the marks will all be erased Along with every guilty feelings You had pack up for the road. Let it go Don't wait out for me ___________________________________________________
7.
I know you’re out there looking for A way to save us from the flood. I’ve looked a thousand times before. Maybe we could move away Somewhere where it never rains, Somewhere we’d know what to say. Maybe it’s too little, too late We’re too far gone. Maybe it’s too little, too late We’re too far gone. And there ain’t much left to save. [chorus] We sat by the fire Seven years too long. Foiling desire. And we stumbled our way to the end of the aisle just to prove a point. And we buried our head underneath the golden covers of Our queen size bed for years. You know I’m out there looking for, Subtle cures to fatal wounds. I don’t believe it anymore. Maybe we could lock the doors We’d never have to leave the room. A thousand miles south from the shore. Maybe it’s too little, too late We’re too far gone. Maybe it’s too little, too late We’re too far gone. And there ain’t much left to save. [chorus] The waves are getting closer by the day, by the hour. The sheets are getting colder. ___________________________________________________
8.
Sometimes 04:00
Leave it all behind, Start from scratch again And throw me to the wolves. Lay it on the line And pray tomorrow will finally let you go. Rest your weary mind. Fantasize about Someone else’s dreams. Lay it on the line, Pray tomorrow will bring another day [chorus] Sometimes I wish the tide would shift So the waves would wash me off. Somehow I feel relieved just thinking about it. I can’t explain it. See sometimes it just gets so late. I’d trade it all for a blank slate. Oh sometimes I wish the tide would shift. Put your makeup on. And burn all evidence that you were ever here. Don’t think for too long Pray tomorrow. (Walk away, walk way, walk away) [chorus] Oh I’d pick up every pebbles And burry every footsteps. If it were that easy. And I’d catch a boat to England Or maybe Spain Wherever, love. If you’d let me. I’d leave it all behind. [chorus] ___________________________________________________
9.
Funeral Wake 02:49
Well, it’s so much later than you know. And your dreams are all drowning in sorrow. You’ve been praying to a half moon. You’ve been praying for a half moon to shine. [chorus] All your friends are mending their broken hearts in the night. And none of them know your name. Add a mark to the ceiling, for she won’t reach for the light. Just try to dismiss the flames. Well, you’re so much older than you know. And your feet are still burning from the snow. You’ve been trying to hold on. You've been dying to move on from this. [chorus] We could run, baby run away. If you’d come, baby come my way. We could run, baby run away. If you’d come, baby come my way. We’ll find a way to keep all your ghosts at bay. It’s okay, all will be okay. ___________________________________________________
10.
Lay all your demons to rest. Save all the fears you have left. Carry me on to the edge of the world And we’ll lay all your demons to rest. Uncover your bruises today. Throw all the pictures away. Carry me home to the end of the world And uncover your bruises today. Well you’ve been here before And you’ll probably be here again So follow the red trails you left. Oh there’s no one you haven’t seen And nothing you haven’t faced On the other side of the glass. Keep your reflexion in the shadow. Leave all the mirrors alone. Keep your reflexion in the shadow. Leave all the mirrors alone. ___________________________________________________

credits

released February 28, 2020

Music & arrangements mostly by Nicolas Girardin, but also by Wavery on Out of Your Hands, Sometimes, Queen Size Bed and Hall of Mirrors
Lyrics by Nicolas Girardin, except for Plain Sight which was also written by Brian Qurion
Strings and brass arrangements by Francis Perron & Wavery

Produced by Nicolas Girardin & Francis Perron
Recorded & mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Recording Studio
Mastered by Yannick St-Amand at Northern Studio
Artwork & photography by Pierre-Jean Moreau

Gabriel G. Grenon - Drums, back vocals
Francis Nolet - Bass, back vocals
Nicolas Girardin - Vocals, Guitar, acoustic guitar
Pierre-Jean Moreau - Guitar, back vocals
Brian Quirion - Vocals, synths, upright piano, sampling

Additional musicians :
Christelle Chartray - Cello, theremine
François Boutin - Brass
Francis Perron - Additional percussions

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