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The Forests, The Mountains, The Desert At Night

by Lindsay Dragan

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1.
Radiant Light I was hopeless, but I had accepted The burden of life without love So I went out singing, late one morning To collect the wage for the day There he was standing, still unassuming And I just had nothing to hide So he took my hand, and we walked down Ludlow Told me he worked with radiant light Chorus It was a long way home A long way home The forest, the mountains, the desert at night It was a long way home Well, I grew up, in a broken down city The barons all left us for dead So I snuck out the day after Christmas With a trunk full of nothing to hide I wandered among the monolith landscape Found trouble in paradise Till I felt the pulse of a radiant lighthouse Calling me back to where the sun meets the day Chorus
2.
Skin Deep 04:08
Skin Deep When I opened my mouth and stuck up for me I was told I was hopeless, I was told I was mean So I hit the road driving with a head full of steam I didn’t stop till I couldn’t feel the pull on me It took half my life to shake off the loneliness It took all of it to cultivate a little kindness And let me tell you, I still fail everyday But my mind’s quiet now and I begin again Na na na, nananana na na na, nananana na na na (x2) It feels good when you lose the metrics and the gazing When my hair turned grey I never felt more free We can cozy all we want up to vanity But these bodies will be corpses, beauty’s only skin deep Na na na, nananana na na na, nananana na na na (x2) When I opened my mouth and stuck up for me I was told I was hopeless I was told I was mean So I hit the road driving with a head full of steam I won’t stop and you don’t have a pull on me Na na na, nananana na na na, nananana na na na (x3)
3.
Solitary Thrill At a desk but my head is Driving through sunsets in the Midwest At table but my eyes can see Those late summer canopies And oh sometimes it feels like I am running from something Starstruck rabbit in the morning light Patch of green, the city life Chorus And I can’t sit still Up before the morning To catch that solitary thrill All alone Looking in the glass and Wishing I was home in bed Looking out over autumn fields And sitting with a quiet head And oh sometimes it feels like I am running to the next thing Lovedrunk mama in the evening light Worked-in hands, my artist life Chorus
4.
Desert Palm 04:48
Desert Palm I never expected to break you But I hoped to take your power away There’s a madness in your head Driven by fragility The cancer in your mental machine Decorated in ribbons and rope All that metal and no real love for you There’s a fire on the sound And when this shit comes back around One day they’ll be coming for you / in the morning Chorus 1 When California burns like a desert palm When the river opens up wider to drown When greed starts to pull your daughters down Will you, will you believe me now? Will you, will you believe me now? I didn’t think I would change your mind But I was tired of faking being on your side God magnifies the lowly See you crawling through the needle And you just want to crush them underfoot Chorus 2 When tyranny puts us on the move When you slam the door ‘cause they don’t look like you Can’t you see we’re all coming home to roost? Will you, will you believe me now? Will you, will you believe me now?
5.
The Rage Inside Run far away Or stay in this place Well I’m coming up dry with my drinking cup And I want to bend The arc’d branch for them But I’m standing on the sea watching storms roll in And they gather like a mob in the distance But what you do want me to do? I’ve got so much to lose I don’t know how you don’t hide When I’m running for cover from the rage inside On a quiet night, I can hear The boots and the drums getting clearer And I’m staring down the line of unbroken chains Hidden bloody hands, your eye fill with sand We all choose what we settle for And I don’t think it’s wrong to want a little more But do you want me to do? I’ve got so much to lose But I can’t ignore the rising tide When I start to listen to the rage inside Run far away Stay in this place It’s the question we’ve been asking all of these years Will we face it, or will we drown Will we face it, or will we drown Will we face it, or will drown What do you want me to do? How can I elevate? Life is short, you might as well be kind And learn to walk with the rage inside I don’t even hide from the rage inside I don’t even hide from the rage inside
6.
Sad Song 03:58
Sad Song When I used to get real down I’d get in my car and drive Sometimes in the afternoon Usually late at night I’d drive mostly in darkness Save for sometimes the light of the moon When no one’s willing to understand That shit stays with you Now I know I’m not the only one Who’s loved but still feels alone When you’re ready to torch the goddamn house But can’t bear to burn down your home Sometimes a neighborhood apart Is enough for me And sometimes the ghosts are felt Clear across the galaxy There are days when I still get real down But it’s different now I’m not saying I have the answer But I’ve got a little figured out I’ll sink my feet into the ground And listen to the wind Anchored as a mountain, aware as a tree Keep going, keep going, keep going Keep going, keep going, keep going Keep going, keep going, keep going
7.
Vigilante 04:43
VIGILANTE Talk me up again, I’ll get some tongue in my cheek Kindness is the way until you need to grow teeth Oh baby come on Consequence has come, why can’t you just let it be? If we still had the stone age, you’d be stoned like a queen Oh baby come on Oh baby come on All this conversation is making me feel cold All of my responses are making me feel old Oh baby come on Justice is a hollow thing unless it’s with change But everyday that passes / the more shit stays the same Oh baby come on Chorus When there’s nothing left to see Except this decaying world and me Won’t you let me be? Away, vigilante Race me to the river, come on jump in with me I’ll be everything beyond your wildest dreams Oh baby come on Call me hypocrite, call me a vigilante You can tell your man that he can come talk to me Oh baby come on! Chorus You’ve been running away, I’ma follow you down (x4) Oh baby come on
8.
In the Spaces Oh yeah yeah I saved you a place A refuge from the outside world that you run from Oh yeah yeah I craved this space Like a worn out wheel that won't stop turning I can't pretend that I was happy I can't pretend it was easy Oh yeah yeah I saved you a place, Saved you a place, saved you a place Oh yeah yeah I cried when you came Tumbling down from heaven to be with me in this cold world Oh yeah yeah I knew your name When the credits from the film rolled late one morning My fingers only knew some of the answer The rest was found in the spaces of your laughter Oh yeah yeah I cried when you came Cried when you came, cried when you came If you love them do it anyway And expect nothing in return I'm just a fire minded woman And I don't want to burn I don't want to burn I don't want to burn Oh yeah yeah nothing’s the same There's a quiet to the words that wasn't there before Oh yeah yeah nothing’s the same Shouting in the stillness leads to falling into ether Moving forward as the clock turns backwards Reimagining the long-rung-out chords Oh yeah yeah nothing’s the same Nothing’s the same, but it's okay Oh yeah yeah nothing's the same But look who you saved, look who you saved
9.
Smile and Wave Bring the kindle now And set me alight Summer’s end, Bowls of red wine again I walked through the fire, once Awhile back The skin of my soul Remembers the moments, laid bare Chorus I / hear you calling I / Smile and wave It / Is not easy, but I cannot stay Bring the knife now Have it at the ready But I can’t bring myself To make the motion And I wish I could just say it That I want to do it again But history has a strange way of repeating And I don’t want to die
10.
Everywhere 05:30
Everywhere Pick me up again off of these Boards of despair I grow tired of the journey It seems to lead nowhere I used to be the slash and burn type And scorch the earth Then I was faced with real survival So I put the fire away Chorus It’s everywhere It’s everywhere, oh It’s everywhere It’s everywhere Go and put the war away now You know nobody wins Look me in the eye And tell me when you mean something Tell me is it enough for you? These rivers of blood Of children, all innocent Just to satisfy your gun

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released March 5, 2022

The band:

Lindsay Dragan - Vocals, Guitars
Dave Traugh - Bass
Eric George - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vox
Clay Colley - Keys

Additional Personnel:

Jessie Hoffmann: violin on "Everywhere"
Read Connolly: pedal steel on "Sad Song"

All songs written by Lindsay Dragan.
All songs brought to life by Lindsay Dragan, Dave Traugh, Eric George, and Clay Colley.

All songs (P)(C) 2021 Moon And Rose Music (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

Recorded and Mixed by Nate Campisi at Mr. Small's Recording and Mastering, Pittsburgh, PA. Assisted by Ben Corwin.
Mastered by Larry Luther at Mr. Small's.

Album art and design by Brock Lefferts.

Much love and gratitude to our families, friends, and the entire community for supporting us. This goes nowhere without you.

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Lindsay Dragan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lindsay Dragan is a Pittsburgh-based garage folk artist. You can catch her as a solo act and a full band on local, national, and international stages. For a complete show list, see the shows tab, and follow her on social media at lindsaydraganpgh!

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