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(MEMO​)​RIES

by Quinn Erwin

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1.
We were not best friends at the start I was holy mess You were a broken heart I tried to fix you with Jesus But you were Jesus to me You broke my black and white And brought to my knees We were young and dumb that fateful spring I tried to stay your friend You tried to clip love’s wings You said give me some space I said give me all the pain I fell in love with an eagle And you flew away My ain’t that funny how We missed each other so How we found each other sometimes And let each other go My ain’t that funny how We could not run away Distance was like gravity That pulled us face to face No, we were not best friends at the start But we cleaned up my mess And we healed your broken heart We’ve learned a lot from Jesus To get the hell out the way That’s why we’re still together That’s why we’re here today That’s why we’re still together That’s why we’re here today
2.
In our parting hours I gleaned all that I could Though you were tied by Intravenous wires You were already free of earth To me you didn’t say much ‘Cause you’ve said so much before But in our last, “I love you's” I felt you invoke these words Sally forth, sally forth Make your presence known Don’t let folks tell you who to be While you make this place your own Sally forth, sally forth May your hope light the path And when the past comes out to haunt you Just laugh, just laugh After your final hour When we buried you in our lives With floods erupting down our cheeks Washing dark times from our eyes We knew what you had left us A monument in our hearts And if we try to run from it We’ll crash into these words Sally forth, sally forth Don’t forget just who you are You’ll find another way to live Even when the living's hard Sally forth, sally forth Give yourself some time There’s so much in this life to learn If you’ll open up your eyes Don’t forget Sally forth, sally forth Leave no stone unturned We’re better when we acknowledge The scars that we’ve all earned Sally forth, sally forth Listen to me still Love the hell out of this world ‘Cause if you don’t then nobody will And when I think about you I know you’re still around The sacred places I call soul And my heart your hallowed ground When I think about you I see the passion in your eyes A fierce fire for living and the love That kept you alive
3.
Yeah, we packed our bags Skipped town on a wing and a prayer Man, I hope we can make it there Big dreams and neon air Hard times come and go But we strive to make love grow We fight for our dreams to come As true as the blinding sun Don't stop Don't you stop believing We won't stop till we see it Coming, Love, coming, Love Sure, we have our wounds But you know that we're tried and true Nothing more to say or do But stand tall and see this through Life won't take us down Toe to toe we'll stand our ground Baby, can you hear that sound? The roar of a massive crowd singin' Chorus Our love is proof enough Our love is proof enough that Dreams come true Dreams come true Our love is proof enough Our love is proof enough that Dreams come true When it's me and you
4.
Gray (Demo) 05:51
I find you in the gray I find you in between Growing in the cracks of my humanity I find you in the places I was told you’d never be And I guess that’s why I still believe You’re changing my right You’re changing my wrong Changing my heart Taking my night And making it dawn Changing my heart I find you in my darkness Digging in my scars Siphoning softness From what was always hard I find you in the faces Of my friends and my enemies And you’re asking me to make peace With what I’ve known and what could be Between our brokenness and our glory You’re changing my right You’re changing my wrong Changing my heart Taking my hate And making it love Changing my heart
5.
I can feel the rain like I’m standing outside Feel it beat on my heart Like and old tin roof Hope’s a knock away And I’m too weak to move But I wouldn’t mind if You beat down the door ‘Cause I wake up scared But I wake up alive That’s enough to prove I’ve got more living left to do Feel like my soul Sent me a postcard Said, “Don’t be a stranger—you don’t have come too far” But the continents and seas The chasms of misery Seem too far to cross And I can barely breathe But I wake up scared I wake up alive That’s enough to prove I’ve got more living left to do Somebody please Don’t you see I need a hand ‘Cause I’m all alone But I know I got to get up off my back But I wake up scared I wake up alive That’s enough to prove I’ve got more living left to do
6.
When you said you didn’t like me Was it really her you meant? Because I’m a living reminder Of a love that could’ve been You fought like hell I know it You couldn’t shake what you could see A mirror opposite of you You were the opposite of me I was trying to scare my brother When you caught me in the hall In the darkness you lifted me ten feet up the wall You had my life in the shadows Of your index and your thumb Was it fear that had you going Or a showdown with your son? And when you said that you could kill me Was it really me you meant? ‘Cause you’ve never told me sorry And I’ve always wondered since And I’ve wondered if you felt it then Sometimes I’ve felt it too Did you grapple with the things Your father did to you? I know you try to hide it We’ve fought the best we could Sometimes you can’t choose To love the way that you should Over time we’ve tried to heal it And we’ve wrestled with the truth I think if you free the kid The kid might free the kid in you I think if you free the kid The kid might free the kid in you I think if you free the kid The kid might free the kid in you
7.
We were dad-less kids Running out of our caves Lost boys loose On those boardwalk days Twelve-year-olds And no boundaries Our spokes had seen All of Virginia Beach And if we didn’t go We thought we might die Lost boys living on the edge of life So, on a day in the spring We took to the coast Made the crests our domain And the ocean our home I smiled to myself as the blue held my soul Lost their faces in the deep Then I was alone And if I didn’t go I thought I might die A lost boy living on the edge of life The world was murky in my eyes The tide was churning every side Caught in the undertow I thought I might die A lost boy lost on the edge of life When I came out New baptized My bike was gone My chains were sliced I was deserted Out on my own A lost boy learns to be a man alone When I see old pictures And my mirrored eyes I still feel like lost boy lost sometimes

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This a modern Lo-Fi experiment called (MEMO)RIES. So, the project will go a little something like this...

1. A memory
2. My iPhone (including the recording of the song and creation of the artwork)
3. One voice
4. One instrument (there might be a few different ones as we go)
5. One take recording (a voice "MEMO")
6. One song a month (7 months)

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released August 11, 2015

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