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A Tiny Death

by Andrew Ryan

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1.
All My Life 02:22
It's hard to believe that you've been thinking It's hard to conceive when you're misleading Cause all my life I've tried To get it right Cause all my life Yeah I've tried To get it right It's hard to explain the way I'm feeling It's hard to contain this pain I'm concealing Cause all my life I've tried To get it right Cause all my life Yeah I've tried To get it right Six weeks in And I'm losing you
2.
Midwest Kids 02:52
So darling daughter I insist Midwest kids are oblivious Even now and even then You've got your mothers fire it's obvious You've got your mothers fire it's obvious Your face says it all You resist when I call Life will not always be like this I'm at war with the obvious I'm at war with the obvious So darling daughter remember your name Keep your head up and don't feel ashamed Life will not always be like this Midwest kids are oblivious Midwest kids are oblivious
3.
Jean, NV 03:38
Following a ghost Across the Mississippi River And there were times darling I could not see The shadows from the wall Shaking out the problems Left from New Orleans Down the Maryland Parkway Express Just outside of Jean Where the days get lost And the girls sell their nights In this great unknown Open country side For reasons I don't know If I was not myself then How will I ever know I just put it all out there on the line And I bet it all tonight Shaking out the problems Left from New Orleans Down the Maryland Parkway Express Just outside of Jean Where the days get lost And the girls sell their nights In this great unknown Open country side For reasons I don't know Sometimes I just try so hard And no one moves me Like the way you move me The girls like to talk to me For reasons I don't know I'm just a tourist out of season For reasons I don't know For reasons I don't know I'm just a tourist out of season For reasons I don't know I'm just a tourist out of season And no one moves me Like the way you move me Just a tourist out of season And no one moves me Like the way you move me Just a tourist out of season
4.
Empty House 03:56
And I gather my thoughts in the morning To the place where I grew up Cause out in the woods is where you'll find me When we were young Cause no one ever leaves the lights on Inside this old house The lattice walls they still remind me Does anything really last Does anything really last Cause it's a hard way to go When you're spinning out of control It's a hard way to go When you're spinning out of control And this is where I grew up At the edge of town And this is where my heart was Does anything really last Does anything really last Cause it's a hard way to go When you're spinning out of control It's a hard way to go When you're spinning out of control And this is where I grew up At the edge of town And this is where my heart was Does anything really last Does anything really last
5.
Star Sign 02:47
Cause I don't belong I only exist Between songs Spinning on the disc Cause I don't wanna hold ya down again Cause I don't wanna hear it from your friends Cause I don't wanna make it up to you again I miss my home But not who I was Remember the songs Forget all the words Cause I don't wanna hold ya down again Cause I don't wanna hear it from your friends Cause I don't wanna make it up to you again When I woke up my head was a mess With a drink at the end of my wrist Another night I wish I could forget Cause I don't belong I only exist Cause I don't belong I only exist I only exist
6.
Janet 02:54
I got a call about my mother She was having trouble with her mind She was tore down from all these worn down Thoughts that started in her mind And life can't be cut into even pieces No matter how hard you try When anything you ever said was a lie The missing card in the deck was And I have seen some life's a burden No matter how hard you try To shake the sting off To keep my head on No matter how hard you try And life can't be cut into even pieces No matter how hard you try When anything you ever said was a lie The missing card in the deck was And how did you get here How did you get here And how did you get here Janet, all alone
7.
Stunt Dust 03:19
I'll never be the one you adore I'll never be the one you adore Though I've tried for several years As you've gathered up the tears I'll never be the one you adore Well maybe I'll go on home Yeah maybe I'll go on home The southeastern wind Is where I like to roam Well maybe I'll just go on home And there's a darkness in my soul There's a weight I just can't control So if you have something to say Let it be known I'll never be the one you adore Saint Francois what did you do to me Saint Francois are you kidding me Depleted and depressed my god what a mess Saint Francois what did you do to me And there's a darkness in my soul There's a weight I just can't control So if you have something to say Let it be known I'll never be the one you adore And all this stunt dust in my veins Between my teeth and in the cellophane I've been burning up the nights Living against the grain Trying to forget your name And there's a darkness in my soul There's a weight I just can't control So if you have something to say Let it be known I'll never be the one you adore I'll never be the one you adore
8.
Every now and then You still get in my head Cause I don't know How to let go The god of war Waits on me To take another drink Cause I don't know How to let go With autumn closing in I think of what you said Cause I don't know How to let go The things that I will keep Are the secrets of the key That you cut yourself For no one else And whats the point of this Fighting Loneliness On broken promises My head is such a mess Fighting Loneliness On broken promises Every now and then You still get in my head Cause I don't know How to let go
9.
Wilted Lover 02:33
And hold me like a wilted lover Of different decades For a moment I could hear you Softly calling my name Softly summon your reckoning And I would walk along the coast line With the wind in my face For a moment I could hear you Softly calling my name Softly summon your reckoning And hold me like a wilted lover Of different decades For a moment I could hear you Softly calling my name Softly summon your reckoning There's no end to this game There's no end to your reckoning
10.
I will choose for heart and spirit But never will I choose for blood This kind of defense was pure delusion Leaning from my sight Cut between the suffering Beginnings forlorn Your brevity has become a light For the darkness to shine When the sun goes down And the stars come out And the mystics howl As the moonlight hits the ground Falling deeper in this mess Soon the heat moon will advise A man who couldn't make things move Could at least make things right When the sun goes down And the stars come out And the mystics howl As the moonlight hits the ground And the mystics howl As the moonlight hits the ground

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Written and Produced by Andrew Ryan
Recorded at Delete Yourself
Engineered and Mixed by Andrew Ryan
Additional Recording by Ben Majchrzak
at Native Sound in St. Louis, MO
Mastered by Dave Drago at 1809 Studios in Rochester, NY

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released April 1, 2022

Andrew Ryan - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass synth, piano, harmonica
Devan Skaggs - electric guitar
Jay Burgess - electric guiatar
Will Walden - electric guitar
Alden Hedges - bass guitar
Daniel Wolff - double bass
Matt Assel - piano, organ
Rick Pernikoff - backing vocals
Karen Choi - backing vocals
Carrellee - backing vocals
Dave Anderson - pedal steel
Logan Todd - drums, percussion
Jeremy Reidy - drums, percussion

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Andrew Ryan St. Louis, Missouri

Andrew Ryan is an American singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.
Ryan's work lives at the border of folk, indie/garage rock and alt-country.
Mixing media and metaphors, one resembles the painter who brings a fine touch to everything he or she does, emphasizing line and light, stressing symmetry. The other side runs quick after its muse spilling paint onto the canvas.
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