Thomas Crystal: Recent Episodes
Thomas Crystal
Thomas Crystal is a musician from Philadelphia by way of Sweden by way of the Florida Keys. This is a place for solo material. Please enjoy please.
growing up alone California's a second home barely above the ground making pennies for every pound
tonight, we're going about this wrong tonight, we're going about this wrong
thought I'd pave my way in a place where dreams are made yet I'm hiding out like a fault you can't live without
tonight, we're going about this wrong tonight, we're going about this wrong tonight, we're singing the same songs tonight, we're going about this wrong
nobody knows where the secrets go but i'll show you who knows
nobody cares what's in the air but I care about you but I care, it's true
angels in the fold
is it wrong to move on to Tehran or Hong Kong where the air is hand drawn like the scripts that go on and on and on and on...
is it right to stand by while the world is in flight like a puzzle that's too fine while the mothers say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
release me release me don't tease me
passing out rhymes to make the weekend barrier islands and older friends seven nights to prove you mean it it always catches up in the end
hard luck it took some hard luck it took some hard luck to find the bottom
part time lovers in the deep end they warned us all to look for the risk we risked it all for the feeling the summer was our glass ceiling one by one we joined the trance
hard luck it took some hard luck it took some hard luck to find the bottom
time marches on when you're watching time marches on when you're not looking
Brooklyn nights roof deckin' Union Pool, the McCarren going broke just trying to fit in
feeling lost side steppin' took the G in the wrong direction in a place where they know perfection the East River's got its own collection
sky line views from the cracks in the roof bills are due shares were lost in the move the cities gonna clean you off and hang you out to dry now your trust funds all dried up your parents won't ask why
everybody knows about the city all the glitter and gold everyone in town just feels so pretty when the future's on hold
I know what my heart is for memories that burn and hum it feels so good inside me an unexploded bomb
it feels so good beside you it feels so good when we're wrong wrapped up in your melodies paperweights and hopalongs
castaways are glamorized memories that come alive who knows where we'll sleep tonight just you and I you and I
it feels so good beside you it feels so good when we're wrong wrapped up in your melodies paperweights and hopalongs
it's just you and I
fantisize let it take you away like cassettes flip us over, press play let's retire before we're older and under played this is torture, and not our fate
we might as well be lost in love we might as well be lost in love
heading west with our arms out the door coalesced looking for what is ours all is pure running valleys in monochrome you're all I need to feel at home
we might as well be lost in love we might as well be lost in love
what a time to be alive we can make it if we try what a time to be alive
you can take it as it comes you can fake it till it goes like a phone without a hand or a cop without a note
what a time to be alive we can make it if we try what a time to be alive
our words will all live on in zeros and in ones electrostatic scars our wounds have come undone
what a time to be alive we can make it if we try what a time to be alive
From the Thomas Crystal home demo collection. Enjoy
Lyrics: growing up alone California's a second home barely above the ground making pennies for every pound
tonight we're going about this wrong
thought I paved my way in a place where dreams are made yet I'm hiding out like a fault you can't live without
tonight, we're going about this wrong tonight, we're going about this wrong tonight, we're singing the same songs tonight, we're going about this wrong
Democracy is the first single from the upcoming vaguely-politically inspired EP by Thomas Crystal.
The new EP entitled Delegates will be available May 2016.
Lyrics:
through the comedies and the tragedies is the world we seek born on Odyssey
close your eyes and dream
by the olive lights the olympic fights live the callous girls with songs like pearls
close your eyes and dream
Parkways is a new EP by Thomas Crystal. It is a "concept" album and was written about life and times around Philadelphia and the Jersey shore. Please enjoy responsibly.
I wrote a song about America. Who knew?
Words and Music by Thomas Crystal Recorded in the Derivative Room, Collingswood, NJ
Lyrics: secrets and thighs are enough to keep us up at night nothing left to lose except you
it's a wild ride go faster
love and fate the sirens we try to escape then everything around you fades like a month without a season the Apple that you're peeling
it's a wild ride go faster
A collection of past Thomas Crystal works. More can be found at http://thomascrystal.bandcamp.com
A collection of past Thomas Crystal works. More can be found at http://thomascrystal.bandcamp.com