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Never Was (Remastered 2019)

by Christopher Dallman

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I pray on my Holy Ghost And I philosophize I keep things moving in my head… But everything that I shift Leaves an empty space Sadness rushes in in its stead Because everywhere I turn I see a little bit of blue And I can’t help but feel I should be better than, better than this City so full of dreams that won’t ever come true. I know now. How do you measure a dream Fit it to your form When you dreamt it as a kid in school? Can you wear it despite Time’s ever-quickening flight And all of the times you felt a fool? Because every song I sing has got a little bit of blue And I can’t help but feel I should be better than, better than this Dream that I held so tight, but maybe outgrew What do I do? What do I do? I give myself another dare Rip up the map and just don’t care And move on Through highways packed with fancy cars Hills littered with broken stars Who hold on I won’t wait I’ll move on I pray on my Holy Ghost And I philosophize I keep things moving in my head
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You drink right down To the bottom of the bottle Every night Whiskey or wine Will do you fine Get your blue flame burning bright Or you’re laying in bed With a haunted head And all these rooms to fill It’s a sleepless trance When spirits dance all night and won’t sit still Don’t keep the ghosts inside Get them out of your head Don’t keep the ghosts inside Get them out of your head You’re running from your lover Running from your best friend Running from your name You race through regrets Like cigarettes And you can’t break this chain Don’t keep the ghosts inside Get them out of your head Don’t keep the ghosts inside Get them out of your head Maybe you should just count sheep instead Out of your head Out of your head You try to hush your heart Try to hush your brain You’re going to kill your love Trying to numb your pain Can’t face these ghosts if you hide away Baby, own yourself don’t hide away Hide away Don’t keep the ghosts inside Get them out of your head Don’t keep the ghosts inside Get them out of your head Maybe you should just count sheep instead Out of your head Out of your head You’re running from your lover Running from your best friend Running from this town You don’t know A seed won’t grow If you don’t plant it in the ground
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I’m changing the way that I do business I’m closing up shop I woke up on a question ‘Is this my life or not?’ I’ve cooked the books so long To feel like I was giving it a shot But I’m not I’m not I don’t know how it got to where I sleepwalk through every day My pen don’t move My guitar never seems to want to play 9-5 I’m half alive How long have I been this way? Keeping my pulse at bay The trick is how you choose to see it It’s coming around, it’s coming around If I can dream it, I can be it It’s coming around, it’s coming around On the horizon This kid is wising up Can you tell me brother Can you help me understand How a dream can grow so heavy It nearly breaks a man? My baby says to hold on As long as I can With a strong, strong hand The trick is how you choose to see it It’s coming around, it’s coming around If I can dream it, I can be it It’s coming around, it’s coming around On the horizon This kid is wising up
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I’m a fraud, I pretend I ain’t chasing glory Just a lonely wanderer Trying to tell a simple story You can feel free To cry or laugh At the kid with the carefully Practiced autograph So, I’ll be the has been who never was Hold my breath and I’ll jump from this boxcar because It circles the mountain and never starts to climb I’ll leave my pennies on the railroad track I’ll jump from this train, you know, I won’t look back Leave this jumble of words for someone else to rhyme I say that every time I’ll take a seat right at the bar That I’m too young to fill I’ll sit and think, sip on the drink That I never seem to kill Because the fella that’s pouring ‘em Yeah, he knows the deal I’m always one drink shy Of how I want to feel So, I’ll be the has been who never was Hold my breath and I’ll jump from this boxcar because It circles the mountain and never starts to climb I’ll leave my pennies on the railroad track I’ll jump from this train, you know, I won’t look back Leave this jumble of words for someone else to rhyme I say that every time And it just gets to me You get what I mean? That the best of me is still unseen That the best of me is still unseen

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released October 27, 2009

Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Barrie Maguire and Rachel Alina at Redstar Studios in Silverlake, CA

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Christopher Dallman Milwaukee, Wisconsin

In 2020, singer-songwriter Christopher Dallman put down the acoustic guitar and was reborn as an electronic pop artist. Based in Milwaukee, WI, Christopher’s latest album - title TBD - his first self-produced record - will be released over the course of a year, with one song dropping on the first Friday of each month beginning with NO SENSE IN REGRET out May 1, 2020. ... more

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