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ABCDE

by Edward Hartline

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1.
Addiction 03:44
i found something bigger than myself to be alone’s to be with somebody else so i pull at the buckle of orion’s belt just a sad cry for help in the end i learned not to leave things unsaid between broken ribs that won’t set cheers to the memories i drank to forget just a hungover bet i can't win so heaven and hell mind your business i'm burning up flags in the kitchen there's no room in this ditch for salvation to fit it's just me and my old friend addiction i found something worth living for kick the bills back under the door because the eyes that i see aren't mine anymore pulled myself off the floor and stood up i learned not to let myself out but i bottled up my cracks anyhow because if i were stronger than i am right now i could let myself drown just enough so heaven and hell mind your business all of my circles are vicious i'm still trapped in that bar like a spider in a jar just me and my old hard addiction so heaven and hell mind your business i finally made my decision to be who i am however much i can and be more of a man than addiction
2.
Bluegrass 03:31
so what's left of this runaway straining my eyes in the bluegrass state some day i'll be better than i was today nothings new nothings different nothings changed so where do i get my fire from playing mercy with the gravel that this roads become a pair of bloody knuckles and a jealous sun that only warms my bones when they're sticking up so tuck my heart back under your bed like the tattoo of a hammer on the back of your head before you grew out your hair and let it stay red nothing new nothing different nothing left so just tell me what i came to hear you cleaned yourself up when i disappeared and you're better off now without me around and you hope i figure out what i'm still doing here what'd you keep of your old man's estate heard you sold off the land and the keys to the safe bought yourself a house that doesn't feel like a grave something new something different some things change but where did you get your fire from burning up bluegrass in a 10 gallon drum you're sick of this town and the person i was i used to be stubborn but now i won't give you up so tuck my heart back under your bed like the tattoo of the hammer on the back of your head that your daddy said was reckless and he wanted me dead nothing new nothing different nothing kept so just tell me what i came to hear you cleaned yourself up and it's been too many years you're better off now without me around but you hope i figure out what i'm still doing here hope i figure out what i'm still doing here so what's left of this runaway drying my eyes in the bluegrass state some day i'll be better than i was today nothings new nothings different nothings changed i just came here to see what you would say
3.
Coming Clean 04:55
sometimes money burns like nothing hurts like something that you’d say a nightmare in the corner of your head from day to day collapsed into the river when you told me it’s okay i swore you off but couldn’t let you slip away i fought fire with fire and change with cash looking back i’m sure that spending time believing wishing wells were always pure never saved me from my sickness i just thought that i was cured bending like the light down to your word so what if i don’t wanna be so weak so go on and tell me what you think so you wanna live life like a dream and hope you never wake up from your sleep you wanna tear the curtains down and water the weeds when this train finally reaches you i’m coming clean sometimes people act like people sometimes water turns to wine sometimes things just don’t work out but we’re too drunk to say we’re fine a voicemail that i left you when i couldnt find the time to listen to your tears through all of mine i chased light with dark and days with nights so i wouldn’t feel a thing and every morning press my bruises just to linger on the sting i don’t hate you but i hate that this is how it has to be knowing that your words still get to me so what if i don’t wanna be so weak so go on and tell me what you think so you wanna live life like a dream and hope you never wake up from your sleep you wanna burn this whole world down and water the weeds i’m coming as fast as i can and i’m coming clean
4.
Difference 03:50
hurt me if you have to say what you need to say this heart ain't worth nothing on its own anyway break me down easy or throw what's left in the fire maybe that will keep you warm for a while you know i can't breathe with your arms around me you know i just choke on the words in my throat and the difference between where you are and where you're going is that i won't be there anymore wring me out and leave me just say what you want to say don't worry about my heart there's nothing left to save cut me down gently or leave me up to dry and treat memories like kindling as you burn through mine you know i can't breathe with your arms around me you know i just choke on the words in my throat and the difference between where you are and where you're going is that i won't be there anymore
5.
Evergreen 03:59
so what's the point in being evergreen bodies break and they make new machines can't keep up without amphetamine a steady hand is a sawblade's enemy you've trained yourself to know the signs when outbound people make up their minds speaking in tongues won't always rhyme but you've gotta lick your own wounds sometimes so where does the time go son mornings go and mornings come and who am i to tell you which way you should run when digging this hole is all i've done i'll be digging this hole until i'm done so what's the point in coming down evergreen hearts should stick around popping balloons until your feet can't feel the ground there's nobody at home waiting for you anyhow you've taught yourself to get away shooting blanks up the fire escape lock the door and hide before you see your face three flights down to end the chase so where's the time go son feelings go and feelings come and who am i to tell you which ones you can't outrun when digging this hole is all i've done i'll be digging this hole until i'm done so where'd the time go son people go and people come and who am i to say that you didn't have to run when digging these graves is all i've done i'll be digging this grave until i'm done

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released August 6, 2021

i (edward hartline) did literally everything. unless there's an issue, in which case i blame the media for corrupting my impressionable young mind and filling it with incorrect ideas about how to make decent music

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Edward Hartline Lowell, Massachusetts

Edward has been writing songs since he was 11. He began performing professionally at 13 and went on his first national tour at 15. Edward has performed with many artists, including Shannon LaBrie, Bobby Long, Jess Meuse, Sam Bradley, Marcus Foster, and Von Grey. ... more

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