We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Music for Houseplants (and Other Wallflowers)

by The Secret Life of Houseplants

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD  or more

     

1.
You were right when you said We’re growing old much too fast And the memories we create Are the only things that's ever gonna Make This Last So I’m high on a jet plane Sunk down in my chair Thinking about time passing Thinking about You Momentary Coastal Fatigue I examine my pain in a crowded bar I woke up in the back of a bartenders car You know I actually felt better Down and out But laughing Now minds just numb and dull And I’m photographing everything Momentary Coastal Fatigue I went surfing for days Drove out to the mountains Took a bus to the art museum And hung out where we met by the fountain Momentary Coastal Fatigue I got drunk in the morning At this great little dive bar Slept on the beach all night Locked out of the apartment at a quarter after five Oh Baby Where the hell’ve you been? Momentary Coastal Fatigue
2.
'72 to '84 I'm the mayor You can't ignore I love big pitchers of Manhattan I love the city lights When I'm driving From Leveque I run the airwaves Building the skyline I'm so on top of it now... I'm inspecting the city Who can make the city grow Sprinkle it with sun? While you’re doing all this dreaming Are you having any fun? If that’s all that’s left between you and me and Where that highway leads is no mystery Just let me know when you want to go Take me with you I’m so on top of it now... I’m inspecting the city The city’s its own symphony My greatest endeavor In moments of your crisis Remember nothing lasts forever
3.
Echowheel 02:57
Echowheel is in my head Like a thousand things She said Misstated Written down Reverberated Right back to the history Of my misery Passed off Like some kind of mystery Turning my personal Hell Into life Echowheel I hear you calling me Dragging me down Am I dragging you down Echowheel I hear you calling me Am I turning you round Am I dragging you down Echowheel is in my mind Just like all the things We'd find Misstated Written down Reverberated Right back to the history Of my misery Passed off Like some kind of mystery Turning my personal Hell Into life Echowheel I hear you calling me Are you dragging me down Am I dragging you down Echowheel I hear you calling me Am I turning you round Am I dragging you down Echowheel I hear you calling me Dragging you down Why you dragging me down Echowheel I hear you calling me Dragging me down Dragging you down
4.
Runaway 03:36
Riding down the interstate I dig your car Forty ounce between your legs Shaking up my heart... Turn around and look at me and light another smoke Sweet are the innocent... I love you...let's runaway You taught me everything You only know how to play No one likes us anyway and I hate my job Sweet are the innocent... I love you...let's runaway I told you everything What did you do? You'd always smile... You call me everyday You're breaking up my heart Sweet are the innocent... I love you...let's runaway.
5.
Sleepwalk 04:13
I've been led by the strangest voice I sleepwalk through this crowd Feels like the thousandth time I heard the news Love had crushed your heart again How many times do we fall for that How many times do we just give in And quit Tell me, what am I supposed to do with you? Now tell me, what am I supposed to do without you? Here's my poker face I'll never let you see me look like that again I'll never let you see me like that again It's like saying goodbye for the summer, on the last day of school I can't stand losing you, No Now tell me, what am I supposed to do with you? Please tell me, what am I supposed to do without you? I've been led by the strangest voice I sleepwalk through this town I must have a thousand times or more Love had crushed your heart again, yeah I love How you told me that it was beautiful The way that love had crushed your heart, again Please tell me, now what the hell am I supposed to do?
6.
Don't Get It 04:24
Used to sit in the back of the class and laugh, it all came so easy Looks like you might have to take it back To the house where the crash goes boom. You just don’t get it You’re never gonna get it Polaroid, gogo discoball Space age cowboy, blue eyed soul Choice vibrations, panicked dreams Saturn’s rings, spinning in the breeze Peak of a nation tuning in, off to the races and back again The angry man refuses to bend, when the answer is just a kiss away You just don’t get it You’re never gonna get it Now you spend your nighttime hanging out with the genuine roustabouts Carpet bombs burning on the ground It’s the front of the line and back again Peak of a nation tuning in, off of their faces and back again The angry man refuses to bend, when the answer is just a kiss away You just don’t get it, you’re never gonna get it
7.
Driver 24 03:52
It's getting worse and worse There's a measure of bliss surviving this Birth to all the small town Hypnotic freaks Dive bars they keep I may be an old horse But I'm keeping it together As a matter of force It switches back and forth The way I feel When we're together My mood I mean And the way it swings I wish you'd take a break Have a laugh on me And just a little more faith Go on your Kessel run Go out and see the world My fine young one This has been confirmed By men in basements Drinking themselves to death The road to happiness Is paved by excess Excess Excess I don't want to be your dark horse And I don't want to steer you off course Hold on to Driver 24 It's getting worse and worse There's a measure of bliss Surviving this kiss Birth to all the small town Hypnotic freaks Dive bars they keep I may be an old horse But I'm keeping it together As a matter of force It switches back and forth The way I feel When we're together My mood I mean And the way it swings When everything falls apart Dear And violence is vampiric Keep an eye on Driver 24 When I'm flying sideways in the miasma And the tyrants crusade is coming at you Keep an eye on Driver 24
8.
On a hundred islands in the sea I see a thousand people Just like me A hundred unions in the snow I see them walking Falling in a row We live always underground It's going to be so quiet in here tonight Take me away everyone When it hurts though I get these words wrong Every time And a hundred years ago a sailor trod this ground I stood upon Take me away everyone When it hurts though From my head to my toes To the words in the book I see a vision That would bring me luck From my head to my toes From my knees to me eyes Every time You get these words wrong I just smile From my head to my toes From my knees to my eyes Every time I hear your lies For these last few days Leave me alone For these last few days Please leave me alone Leave me alone
9.
Sunscream 03:22
You stole my sunshine and ever since you left I've been waving at stars Through heavy smoke screens Like a sad sack lost Walking home from a bar Bust out like a thief in the datk It hit me like a ton of bricks Faster than a streak of lightning Belleweather roundhouse scissor kicks Out of the crib into the cream His Queen is taking her time She's not playing with that Off to the dizzy ladder of love She's flying high on her own lost wings She gets high on her own lost way Sunscream won't live in a vacuum Velvet on her mile high crew Sunscream like Sagarmatha With her solid mists of blue Sunscream won't live in a vacuum Suns beats down her skin Sunscream of Sagarmathe Nine pound hammer, mandolin Journey, to the edge of Sagarmatha Everybody needs at least one Sunscream She's not just another pretty plaything To stand in your way Or bring you to tears Or blow you away She's not just the wind on the water She laughs with a voice of joy She's babbling brooks That lend a view while mountains are made
10.
Follow Along 04:20
I've always been Just around the bend Speed through the night Gonna show you the light Not the sound that confides It's not the crash of the sea Not the sound of my tires Follow along Follow Me Slow day in Autumn Took a drive to heal Pointed to the horizon All is quiet and sweet Eyes wide open Strangers in this world Everybodys got a secret Everybodys got a problem Follow Along Follow Me
11.
Go 04:48
Breakdown on the horizon Shut down and free Chase down the horizon Save yourself, from yourself Let Go Run away from Ohio Overseas Save yourself To the city Set us free I don't want to talk about it Run away Don't look back and smile at me Not alright Not ok It's not too late to talk about it Cross the sea to find nothing there You don't want to talk about it Save yourself Let Go Run away from Ohio Overseas Save Yourself To the City Gravitate to me Breakdown the horizon Push away Gravitate to me
12.
Well it all looks like roses for the weekend Take a long ride through the flowers of my mind It might be raining again With my luck it's pouring my friend There are always blue skies On the other side C'mon let's take a ride Let's roll away When it all feels like everything's running backwards World standing firmly on your chest Well it could happen to you Cause it happened to me too There are always blue skies On the other side Do you wanna take a ride? I don't wanna be your decoy I don't don't wanna be your old boy I don't wanna be your bad passenger Throwing my tapes out the window Take a long ride through the flowers of my mind Well it might be raining agin But it's never boring my friend There are always blue skies On the other side Let's go on and take a ride Let's just roll away
13.
Be Here Now 04:03
I'm no longer waiting I don't really care If it ever finds us Or if it was even there I don't really mind Love to watch you go Kinda love to watch ya go Our Time Is such a terrible thing to waste Our life Is not a terrible thing Don't know how much longer That I can pretend That I don't remember Or that I can't forget I swear it never ends Be here Be here now Let's get to the point Someday coming soon You will leave and you will not be back You can live in a shack You can live in the Taj Mahol You can live anywhere you want You can have it all Be here Be here now

about

Music for moody people, moody houseplants, and other wallflowers.


Be nice to each other.

credits

released October 17, 2022

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Secret Life of Houseplants Columbus, Ohio

Moody mood music for moody people, moody Houseplants and other moody wallflowers.

Paul Abbott- Guitar/Vocals/Bass/Drums

Megan Palmer Vocals on Runaway.

with live accomplices as follows...

Paul Gault-Guitar
Jeff Clowdus-Drums
Adam Coate-Bass
... more

contact / help

Contact The Secret Life of Houseplants

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like The Secret Life of Houseplants, you may also like: