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To Kneel and Kiss the Ground

by Caroline Bauer

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1.
Vegas 04:10
1. VEGAS Loving you was like road tripping in a hearse Every character we played so goddamn well-rehearsed And each warning sign we drove by Made me cling a little tighter to your curse Meeting you felt like an answer to my prayers I was every lonely girl at once, and every hungry stare And I decided early on There was no sin I wouldn't bear to be with you Loving you was like stealing the keys to heaven An endless heavy emptiness that I could believe in When every other word became my one good reason You didn't need to mean it But leaving you felt like a car wreck in slow motion An exercise in carelessness and sweet devotion The life that flashed before my eyes Was doused in poison But I still think you enjoyed it Your love was like being black-out drunk in Vegas Like waking up to empty pockets on cold pavement I'm not sure how I got here but I'm glad I made it Yeah, I'm glad I made it
2.
Golden 03:24
2. GOLDEN I wanted to give you The best in me for the best in you. And I wanted to give you A place to sleep and a song to sing along to. Cause you were so golden I couldn’t understand the weight you gave me We’ll feel better in the morning, darling. We’ll feel better in the morning. And I wanted to give up The lies that I’d learned to trust so much. And I wanted to give up And crawl back into bed with you, my love. But you were so golden I couldn’t keep myself away. We’ll feel better in the morning, darling. We’ll feel better in the morning.
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3. CATCH AND RELEASE I’ve learned to throw my love away at anything that moves For that’s the sort of target that my love best suits I’ve learned a lot about the game and catch and release And that the way I threw my love you could not keep your grip on me I’ve learned to drain me eyes, lower my shoulders, run in place And that to have the sun on your back just leaves shadows on your face I can throw it with a sweetness and abandon, through and through For I’ve learned to throw my love away at anyone but you And I’ll learn to live within the arms of somebody new And I will fill this empty place, and lick clean my open wounds Yes, I’ve learned to throw my love away at anyone I choose And I will never again give me love to anyone like you I’ve learned a lot about the game and catch and release And that the way I threw my love you could not keep your grip on me Yes, I’ve learned to throw my love away at anything that moves For I have learned to throw my love away at anyone but you
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4. SOMETHING IN THE WAY Something in the way your heartbeat brings about the calm Something in the way that my hands fit inside your palm And something in your eyes is like window light at dawn Oh, something in the way Something in the way you bring your coffee to your mouth There's something in the way you love me that casts away all doubt And something in this silence makes me want to laugh out loud Oh, something in the way Something in the way your voice is coming through the phone There’s something in the way tonight and I’m sleeping here alone And every time we say goodbye I hate to see you go Cause there’s something in the way your fingers tangle in my hair There's something in the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs And anywhere that we are I’m at home in your sweet care Oh, something in the way
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6. LAST TRAIN HOME Waiting up for the last train home This is not enough for my hands to hold I am giving up, I am letting go Of our hours of lead And our hours of gold Waiting up is a waste of time I could stay up waiting for you all night But you won’t call my name You won’t say you’re mine We are losing touch I am falling behind And it’s not enough To say you’re still in love With me Cause that’s just so greedy No it’s not that easy And it’s not enough To say you’re still in love Cause how can you love what you’ve given up? How can you still love what you’ve given up? How can you say you love what you walked away from? (Guess you realized it a little late, love) Waiting up, sitting in my bed I traded my gold for this heart of lead It is bleeding out It is almost dead And I can’t stop thinking about That thing you said Waiting up for the last train home This is not enough, I am growing old
7.
Untitled 03:19
7. UNTITLED You took the words right out of my mouth. You took the breath out of my lungs. We were still together when I wrote you this song, But I don’t want to sing about us. You took the wind right out of my sails. You drove your point home then drove me away. Spent all my money without knowing the cost, So I don’t want to sing about us. You took the softness away from my skin, Mistook my faith for some gullible whim. Took me for granted, but enough is enough. I don’t want to sing about us. You took my heart and stuck it up on a shelf. I loved you and you only hated yourself. I burned all your promises and now they’re just dust Cause I don’t want to sing about us. Yeah we were still in love when I wrote you this song. Tell me, how’d you get to be so stranded and lost? I’d tell you why, but I already forgot. And I don’t want to sing about us. You took the words right out of my mouth. You took the breath out of my lungs. We were still together when I wrote you this song, But I don’t want to sing about us.
8.
The Moon 07:06
8. THE MOON You’re why I saw the moon last night And what a sight to see I would have missed it But you insisted You’d spend the night with me You’re why I saw the moon last night You woke me from my sleep It swung real low Above the oak trees It felt just like a dream And when I close my eyes Oh, when I close my eyes I can see you I can see you And when I open up my heart Oh, when I open up wide my heart I can feel you I can feel you You’re why I drank that wine last night A bottle just for me The room was spinning My face was grinning From ear to ear it seemed You’re why I drank that wine last night And stayed awake til three Cause there’s no comparing Catching you staring From across the room at me
9.
Burnside 02:52
9. BURNSIDE Lightning fills the sky and the night finally broke its fever Wondering if my love for you could grow any deeper Somewhere in the east the nights ablaze with forest fires Just tell me when you’re tired, and we can go to sleep Whiskey burns my throat, the bottle makes a home for flowers We get paid by the hour so each payday feels like Christmas Sweat drips down my chest, and I forget to say I’m sorry Please lay your burden on me, I don’t know how else to pray But I don’t think that I could ever be all that scared of you, Standing at the sink in bare feet gathering water in handfuls The windows open wide and my minds a book of dog-eared pages Now tell me: what’s your favorite part of being alive?
10.
Honey 04:05
10. HONEY Hope you find home, Hope you're gone when I come. Hope you're gone when I come. And you're where I run. Where I run to for the comfort, And the lack thereof. You're where I run. And while I was sleeping, You stole away to where the honey bees are hiding, With the sky below you. You drew me in, And dusted my lashes with pollen, While I clung to your abdomen. Now you're filled with sweet things, And I'm left with wax hair and bent wings, And the scent of your leaving, Disappearing. And I felt the stings. It's a distant feeling. Won't you take me to where the honey bees are hiding? Hope you find home. Hope you're gone when I come, Hope you're gone when I come Back for more, honey.

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released March 15, 2015

All songs written and performed by Caroline Bauer

Produced by Caroline Bauer and Peter Rodocker
Recorded and Mixed by Peter Rodocker (www.YellowRoomRecording.com)
Mastered by Kevin Nettleingham
(www.NettleinghamAudio.com)
Additional Engineering by Nathan Alef (Last Train Home and Untitled) and Mason Kline (Vegas)

Upright Bass: Milo Fultz
Violin: Anna Tivel
Mandolin and Ukulele: Peter Rodocker
Drums and Percussion: Anders Bergstrom

VEGAS
String Arrangement: Andy Page
Violin: Noah Jenkins, Amara Sperber
Viola: Bryce Caster
Upright Bass: Elijah Medina

Cover Art by Nadezda Fava

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Caroline Bauer Eugene, Oregon

Caroline Bauer is a folk singer-songwriter living and performing in Eugene, OR.

"'To Kneel and Kiss the Ground' is a kind of spring awakening, like crawling out of a cave of past relationships and feeling the sun hit your face for the first time — the sound is at once liberating, sweet and wistful."
-Eugene Weekly
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