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A Town Called Hope

by Bradley Duer

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1.
Well my heart is heavy but I won't let it bring me down I'm gonna lay everything back out there in hopes it will be found again And surround myself with everyone I love And actually live the life I always hear that everyone's been dreaming of For I have discovered my smile It's in every tree that's blowing in the wind while all the squirrels play hide'n'seek Stopping to smell the bakery walking home from work And getting a great night's sleep It's a whole new world when you're looking through thankful eyes Where every moment is a treasure and every day to come a wonderful surprise Cuz I've finally shut my closed mind Oh and boy do I feel alive And all the oppressors in all the universe will never even come close to breaking my pride And the only thing that will ever stand in your way Is your own mind trying to hide what's right there in front of you And a wise man spoke of true happiness coming from within your soul He said take your cup and fill it up with love It's everywhere And when it's full, raise it high, and sing it with me Boy, I feel alive
2.
It's fairly the way you move your body that makes me lose control And those seductive eyes you're giving me as soon as we're alone But you take my breath away every day, every hour, right now yeah And I can't wait to get a taste of you Oh your whisper sends shivers up my spine I want your fingers to intertwine with mine But baby can we take it slow, there's no need for the twist and shout Cuz when the right time comes, I will turn you inside out One day you're gonna wake up lying next to me and our fidelity will last eternally Let's sweat to build it tight, do it right, spend the time, make a love so sweet To be the only one we ever need Damn girl, that hip sway is driving me crazy It's making it so hard I can't get my head straight I just want to tear you apart It's taking every ounce I've left to keep restrained Patience ain't my stronghold but you're worth compromise Just as long as when our dating's done and we choose the one It is I who is right between those thighs One day you're gonna wake up lying next to me and our fidelity will last eternally Let's sweat to build it tight, do it right, spend the time, make a love so sweet To be the only one we ever need
3.
Eyes Ignite 05:36
I know you have a boyfriend, but I know that this is real Although it's not what I believe in, your heart I'm going to steal I don't know where you are going, I can't even say where you'll be in a year But there's one thing I'm for certain, I'll wait for you my dear When our eyes meet, mine ignite I'm overflowing with desire I'm longing for the days when your lips graze with mine and I can carry you away You might be the most astounding sight that I've ever seen Your snow white smile turns me bashful but I can't stop staring I know I only met you, but that's how quickly it can breach I'm a hurricane of passion headed straight for your beach When our eyes meet mine ignite I'm overflowing with desire I'm longing for the days when your lips graze with mine and I can carry you away
4.
If I told you that I was still in love with you, would you run away? Cuz every time I try to open up myself to you I pray It won't be the same as all the times before. As all the times before So I shut my hole and listen of the boy you're falling for And how he makes your heart beat fiercer than a storm Can only fake a smile, pretend I want to hear more But please stop speaking Cuz inside the smoke is growing thick, my walls are caving in It's getting hard to breath, It feels like someone kicked me in the chest Will it ever end or must I merely yield to asphyxiation? How I want to be the one you hug with all your might Instead of playing cards with him on Tuesday nights And hearing all about how he fucked you from behind I feel he's testing me I keep my cool but avoid the high fives Just disguise a sigh and ask him for a light The nicotine helps me bite my tongue but never seems to hide How much of an asshole he can be And inside the fire is burning bright I'm forced to hold this lie for any chance to keep you in my life Should this be the end or will we be again Or am I only quartered as just another friend?
5.
I wake up in a town called "Hope" and there's no signs of life Houses full of sullen woes and not a ray of sunshine in sight At the center there's a sign in the dry, cloddy soil It says "Keep the faith alive and hope will save us all in time" It's so sad to think that all these dreams were had In vain they bleed and in a new direction head It's so much easier to run, just leave it broken with a population of none I'm walking down the road now, I see a white picket fence The swing set on the porch takes me back to when I was a kid I think I might just make my home here, there's a calmness all about And as I reach to open the door to my brand new house, the sun comes out It's so sad to think that all these dreams were had In vain they bleed and in a new direction head It's so much easier to run, just leave it broken with a population of none It's so sad to think that all these dreams were had I'll try to keep the expectations that were set Finish what you had all begun Start it over with a population of one There's no hope left in us There's no soul left in us Just half-hearted people with irrelevant lives Hosting shallow minds and superficial smiles There's no hope left in us There's no hope left in me
6.
I want your love baby Give me your heart today And don't give me none of your maybes Cuz I want your love to take me away I've got some baggage and I'm well aware of the tears you hide But what I feel can only be described as magic So I'll lay it on the line I'm here to make you mine I want your love baby Give me your heart lady And don't give me none of your nay say Cuz I want your love in the worst way
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8.
Nothing I say can bring back those feelings Although I've changed, you will never want me Every day these thoughts continue haunting But you've moved on and my love still remains Thousands of memories, they plague my daily life Right down to the mattress I turn in every night Your voice still envelopes, still floods every room And I can't take a breath without thinking of you And it's so, so pathetic oh it's so, so, so obsessive And it's all my fault, I let you slip away You made it clear to keep out of your space This whole thing is too surreal but even make believe won't help my sorrows heal I lied, I tried every shit trick that I could to persuade you to stay I lost my head and started seeing you with eyes of dread disdain I guess that's why they say "love is crazy" I don't even leave the house anymore for fear of running into you It would be too much I've been told about how you spend all your time with your new love And the possibility of seeing that, and the envy it would cause Would definitely make me throw up and want to end it all And it's so, so hopeless But I can't help it And it's all my fault, I let you slip away You made it clear to keep out of your space This whole thing is too surreal but even make believe won't help my sorrows heal I lied, I tried every shit trick that I could to persuade you to stay But in the end it seems that all I did was just push you away I guess that's why they say "love is crazy" And to no particular divinity, sometimes I pray That one day you will find me on your course and take another look at me And see that I should be the champion of your heart My soul is yours to take Oh I guess that's why they say "love is crazy"
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Interlude 01:34
10.
Night after night I'm always working so much harder than all these other artists who only do it for the industry Filling up on glory and fame and fortune, it's bullshit You're pushing a product, forgotten what it means to write a melody Music is the very root of my soul, home away from home It's all I've ever known, but it makes me sick When I flip on the radio, another dumb ass song about how many girls you fucked at a party or how many telephones you have ringing off the hook because you have so many friends And how much money you spent at the club on drinks last weekend I'm tired of all this lame ass fuzz being plugged into our heads Dr. Suess probably could've wrote better rhymes than half this shit when he was ten But there are those who still write with heart And it's because of you I keep my pen hand strong It's totally possible to change the world with a single song So why not put all of your sweat and blood into every one And get a little soul back into mainstream art Too many times I put an album in to listen to and the only thing I notice is that no track sounds much different than the rest Most are just subpar at best, seems to me like they built a nest out of one or two hits, the other ten piss, so they don't miss dates set by executives Who probably won't be listening to them anyways So who gives a fuck what they might have to say? I don't They only care about you getting them paid And wouldn't know a thing of greatness if it came up and spit in their face But there are those who still write with heart And it's because of you I keep my pen hand strong It's totally possible to change the world with a single song So why not put all of your sweat and blood into every one And get a little soul back into mainstream art There's nothing better to me than sitting and sipping some coffee On an early evening at a neighboring tea house Watching some kid I don't know, at what I'd call barely a show But he pours his heart and soul into every note he plays and every word he sings People coming and going without even showing and interest to what his name is But he isn't fazed at all, his eyes are closed, and he's standing twelve feet tall I can feel the energy flowing and molding the room as he carols the songs he once wrote If only every artist was in it for the craft, and not just the cash, the ass, or the stash Spent a little more time on their rhymes instead of pushing up singles and hoping to make them songs dimes
11.
Miles Behind 04:28
Why is it that I just keep sitting here When I have nothing to gain from the life I lead to the frequent dead end choices that I make Why did't life come with a how-to-guide so I'd never start to stray Or be miles behind when the road I'm taking gently starts to fade And I'm so scared of change Never been good at moving on I don't do well at keeping with the crowds And I'm so scared of change But it's something I can't hide from No, it's something I must meet with face to face Is there a way to bribe the clock somehow For to buy myself some time Make the earth stand still for a minute while I fall back into line And is it a crime to want to live my life in the shelter of disguise Pretend everything will stay the same and slip into my mind And I'm so scared of change Never been good at moving on I don't do well at keeping with the crowds And I'm so scared of change But it's something I can't hide from No, it's something I must meet with face to face
12.
I won't change for you. Change, change, change Don't waste your time in hoping to change my mind I won't trade for you. Trade, trade, trade I'm cold, blind and stubborn so don't ask twice
13.
Recluse 05:02
One thing that I always take for granted Is anyone who ever loves me Don't think that I only want to be a bastard I just don't know how to let you love me I force away all who get too close Many times without a reason I'm always good for a poor excuse Which doesn't matter when you're a recluse There are few that I call friends and that's okay with me Since it always seems to end from stupidity anyways I've been a hoarder all my life, at least as long as I remember There's something about holding it all inside that makes me feel so much safer So don't make me choose between me and you When you can't understand the truth, that I'll forever be a recluse I just like being alone
14.
It has to rain in paradise sometimes And that just may be why you came over tonight Asking for forgiveness and claiming all your wrongs But I've nothing to tell you for it's been so very long And I, I'm sorry to say that for you and I it's over You bat your eyes and tell me it's just a mistake It's all so right, this moment, I'm starting to break And we rush inside the house, find the couch, we're making out Until your cell gives off a shout and then your mood turns right around And you say "So sorry to race, but for you and I it's over" And again I'm left here all alone In pain to wonder who'd called your phone You fooled me twice shame on us both But fool me thrice, I should've known

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released January 22, 2014

Engineering/Mixing/Mastering: Trevor Clark
Producer: Trevor Clark, Bradley Duer
Executive Producer: Collin Brophy

Vocals and Acoustic Guitars: Bradley Duer
Bass: Collin Brophy
Electric Guitars: Jon Swain
Drums: Costin Ritter
Saxophones: Quincy Sanders
Violin/Viola: Derek Reeves
Synths: Trevor Clark

Female vocals on I Want Your Love, Night After Night, Shame On Us Both: Lexi Pifer
Drums on Boy, I Feel Alive: Doug Watkins
Percussion on Tuesday Nights: William Brown

Special Thanks: Robin and Gary Good, Daniel Combs, Paige Swary, Nathaniel Bryan, Nicole Williard, Kayliegh Watson, Matt Riefler, Keith Turner

Recorded and Mastered at the University of St. Francis

Count Back From 10 written by Bradley Duer, Collin Brophy, Costin Ritter, and Derek Reeves
Interlude written by Trevor Clark
All other songs written by Bradley Duer
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