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goodbye cleveland

by Leper

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1.
holding 05:19
suspended isolation wax dripping on my hand burning, burning, burning but I don't feel cares of my life (stolen from my head) shield me from strife (all of the tears I've shed) holding, holding, holding me close to you mercy overwhelming do I hide shrouded by the darkness I abide is it true your love will never die is it true you radiate the night I approached the chair they say that no one sits there but I see the eyes of the one who has written life holy, holy, holy the Risen King holy, holy, no matter what you think
2.
vexed 07:52
angry frustration nagging laughing in my face no one knows how it feels no one's there when you need them most haunting rage ties the ropes that tempt me into violence and I would like to scratch holes across my face But you can keep your advice I don't want your words of wisdom I don't need them they won't help me when I'm all alone and helpless, a gentle hand is what I need outspoken words just seem to feed the rage that's nagging at my soul don't say a word just take a hold and finally help me realize I'm still precious in His Eyes hold my breath and then it's gone what was wrong life in general nothing extra nothing more Jesus lead me through the door that leads me out of this world into the next out of my circumstances but I have not left it I'm still here or I'm forced to face my fears so I can honestly offer to anyone who cares a miracle cure for the troubled soul
3.
sometimes 08:25
sometimes I like to sit and talk about the things I'm going through sometimes I like to sit and listen intently to you sometimes I like to sit and stare at her eyes lit by the Sun and I'm always overwhelmed by the things that you have done sometimes I feel I haven't reached you with the groaning in my heart but my faith always reminds me that you've been there from the start sometimes the only thing I hear is condemnation in my ear you're the one who always erases me you're the one who draws me clear here I am reaching out to you drowning in reality take my hand let me walk with you across the sea
4.
autumn 08:07
autumn comes with her pretty dead leaves on the ground and you ridicule me again the winter snows they fall like picture postcards in the yard and you forget me again when the spring fills the air with her perfume you insult me again don't you see you're created for intimacy I'm calling you come back to me every beauty in this world every beauty that you see was created for you thunder fills the hearts of man with fear I outline the clouds with lightning still you break my heart again and the ocean like my love so deep and clear that makes you fear if you fall in it you will drown don't you see you're created for intimacy I'm calling you don't you see you're created for intimacy I'm calling you come back to me
5.
she sits alone with her thoughts and it seems that they don't have room for me who can say what goes on behind those windows if no light can reach and there's someone at the door that she doesn't want to see and there's something on the floor that I don't want to be is it hate? is it murder? is there anyone who can reach her? is it love? is it trust? is there anyone who can teach her?
6.
alone he views the rain dancing down the window pane just another pathetic cliché of love discarded and vows misplaced she says they've grown apart no big deal or broken heart wipe away the slate with a brand new start and a brand new mate as Christ loves the Church and gave his life for her unbridled carnality the destroyer of the least of these place us for fools strip us of our rights to choose faithful love over solitude when it gets hard she'll take the selfish route instead of fighting to work things out but anything worth having at all is worth fighting for and discarding walls tell me what does it mean till death do us part I belong to thee shudder to think we'd say such things and never ever really take them seriously when the two make one I guess there's something glorious about looking into one's eyes and knowing where security lies
7.
what a shame I think I'm wasting away and there's nothing anyone can do to wither and die is the only thing I can see waiting at the end of the day the future I see is helpless and bleak but I don't want to let it get me down everyone around me has forgotten I'm here and the train's pulling out of town should I wrestle away from this bright shiny day? would you notice if you found me at all? I believe that my faith is a wonderful grave but I keep feeling like I'm somebody's dog should I wrestle away from this bright shiny day? would I notice if you find me at all? I believe that my faith is a wonderful grave but I keep feeling like I'm somebody's dog
8.
as it moves through the night ruin everything in its path nothing left standing leave nothing intact nothing worth saving no escaping that fact crush kill destroy nothing left standing nothing intact my rage still swelling changes nothing no escaping that fact
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Prior to moving to Chicago and joining Jesus People, Skot Shaw was creating music with his friends in Cleveland, OH. These songs, written by Skot along with Sean Ferrell and Ernie Gilkes, were performed here by Skot as a solo musician and released under the Leper moniker. This project represents the beginnings of the band that would later become Leper.

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released October 19, 2013

Leper is: Skot Shaw (lead vocals, guitar, drum programming)
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Hundreds of years ago, Leper emerged from the cold clay of a long-forgotten grave in a forested fog somewhere between Skotland and Sveden. The pulsating rhythm from within the tomb still in the chest, the now-breathing creature –reanimated, stunned, staring down – remembers.... how a lifeless wretch lives again. ... more

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