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CELL​-​O​-​PHANE

by The Buildings

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1.
Sit down because I’ve been watching you all day And I’m tired of walking down these empty streets With no one else to meet ONE TWO THREE FOUR I got fired by my best friend’s brother for the third time in fifteen days he said you’ll never make it if you sing off pitch with that dumb smile on your face So I took my suitcase and took a lift Down to the corner of the street Where I saw a heavy metal band With a vocalist like Lou Reed Why does the world decide that good things end this way? Why won’t you marry me before we go our separate ways? I could wish I had a Camaro Or I could wish for world peace If I wasn’t so busy drawing lines Between the faces that I meet
2.
What am I to do when I want nothing new And all I wanted was you in different shades of blue But things don’t go that way In every shade of grey And I belong on this side of the sea We’re tired and all we ever wanted All we ever needed was to shed a bit of light What am I to do when I can’t get through to you Try to paint you off in black when you left me just with shades of blue
3.
You’re not the only one I’ve been absent from And you go on about how what I figured out was wrong Because it wasn’t part of your plan all along Why do you make me feel so bad If you want me to come back All I know I wouldn’t ask of you what you wouldn’t do for me
4.
Today I saw your little ring Hiding in the sand Put it in a canary cup To put it in your hand Before you walked away Your little crochet hat Unraveled and you sang That’s why I’ll never pass by Lou’s coffee shop Or speak of it again You don’t have to apologize Because I don’t write cards each year There are some things I’ll learn to accept And some I’ll learn to fear So go walk away I’ll pop some champagne Bottoms up while I can And maybe then one day You’ll show up and say Come back to me again
5.
Trust me you’ll be fine Thinking all bout you Losing your good shoes Getting the blues Thinkin bout yourself Leave it on a shelf I’m all by myself When I leave in the month of May Won’t you believe me when I say Got my gin and lime Always on my mind All of the time Never shut your mouth Maybe until now Leave the lights out
6.
Lucid Sister 04:04
Lucid sister, older brother Thought things would last forever But they won’t, so don’t Lose your lover to another bout of indecisive weather And wipe away those tears From your eyes down to your thighs up to your collarbones and take it back home You’re only making things harder for yourself boy Stop crying and put down your guitar Some day you’re going to find yourself on a road map and say They never gave you the time of day Expletives from your teacher Never really let it reach you What are they trying to say anyway To the sky and the sunshine To the teenagers who’ll break our tombs
7.
You were packing up your socks And the jackets to match And every little thread in tow But you tore out every bow And every sleeve in every hole Leaving me with nothing but gold And that was the last time I saw you I used to be proud of you but I don’t think that I can do it anymore Someone’s packing up our tables And they tread down our halls While you’re sipping tambourines Against masculine walls Would you rather take the entrance The exit or what’s between Or would you rather watch TV while teenage riots run along the streets Pretending that they’re you and me And that was the last time I saw you Gazing down at your shoes
8.
Peppermint and sage in the golden age It won’t be the same
9.
Museum Tower 04:54
Take a deep breath You’re bound to learn sometime It’s another word that lights up your eyes And another glance that goes your way It’s all I need to want to stay Could it be, it couldn’t be Another person I’d never be Take another look You’re bound to learn sometime Of all the places I’ll never be Of all the places I’ll never see Could it be, it couldn’t be Of all the places I’ll never be Could it be, it couldn’t be Of all the people I’ll never be
10.
Exiled from the lobby Where the college freshmen play Inside the decisions That you'll ever make Shake off your eyelids to see what they'll see Kicking your keyboard like it's no game But I know you well I lined up for the lottery Where I was told nothing was free A thousand years a thousand days it makes no difference when you age A thousand people run and scream Because someone stole another dream You look so fine in that brand new dress And I wish I could get some rest

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released April 17, 2016

all songs written by The Buildings*

Mariah Reodica - vocals, guitars, theremin, synths
Alyana Cabral - vocals, guitars
Dominic Zinampan - vocals, bass
Kevin Hansen Reformado - vocals, guitars, bass, drums

produced and mastered by The Buildings at Idioterne studios at Pasig and Mandaluyong, Philippines.

*Lyrics on Different Shades of Blue co-written by Paolo Arciga.

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