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Tattoos

by rioghnach

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avlmc I cannot possibly pick a favorite track, but "looking at my fingerbones I wonder if they're misaligned" has stuck with me for years and years. Favorite track: Fingerbones.
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Tal Salfati I love this so much! this is an extraordinary album, the songs are beautiful, I can't even. I am in love with this album. I chose "Strong" as my favorite, but I have two other favorites- "Invisible" and " "Just words". These songs are incredible. I am amazed. You are so talented. I mean, why isn't on the radio? WHY? I really do think it's crazy. And your youtube channel is amazing. I'm a huge fan.
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1.
Invisible 03:00
I? When I grow up, I want to be invisible I want to stop being so predictable Everything I say or do You've probably heard a time or two so I'll fade away, fade away, fade away, fade away, fade away, fade away and you'll never know. I only wanted to be indestructible I want to be something pure and incorruptible Something that it hurts to see because it's filled with honesty but I'm nothing new, nothing new, nothing new, nothing new, nothing new, nothing new I've turned into you. And sometimes when I'm sick with regret I gotta tell myself it's not over yet there's time enough to change the road I'm on there's years to go before the rest of me is gone. But sometimes I'm sure it's too late because I'm wrapped up in memory for memory's sake I'm stitched together from wasted potential and what could've been is inconsequential. (INSERT INCONGRUOUS HAPPY WHISTLING)
2.
pouring concrete 'round my feet, impression almost complete have you seen my knees lately? penitence suits me. sobbing blood-red tears from the side that they thrice denied i'm so sorry i'm not enough for what you cried when am i gonna stop feeling like an open wound? i am never gonna save the world. keep forsaking me and save just a couple flames for me hell is waiting on my bended knee ave maria, gratia plena dios, madre mia, mi vida buena when i walk out these shattered pews will mean more than me and you i'm begging you take my hand and make me more than a man make me more than a man, make me more than a man i've done everything i can, please stop me from being a man and when you get down on bended knee, only humility sets you free a martyr's burning inside of me go on, take him, let me be closure's made of sights you still wish you could somehow unsee now i'm in the open i wish they would blind me tilt your head up, poor soul, and ache til you crumple under weights you might have wanted because you once wondered god, please suffocate me fast or i'll never last i'm your burden, and i'm always sorry but
3.
A Goodbye 02:43
won't you walk down the riverbank with me? we got time, there's a whole world to see when the sun rises bright and red in the sky, you and i will reach the sea will you reach out and take my hand? there are so many lines to draw in the sand let the tide roll away satisfied, there's nothing to say got so much left to understand with the silence all around us with a rain of stars to surround us if the wind's tied and bound us let your heart be free 'cause if you're leaving me tomorrow i got no time for sorrow this day is mine to borrow for a memory won't you look in my looking-glass with me? when you're gone, you're the only one i'll see with you here by my side, I've got nothing to hide you're my one sweetest harmony
4.
Stars 01:40
look up more often and see the stars and when the sun comes, remember it's ours. some other planet, light-years away is living in worlds of perpetual day. look up more often, here's what you'll see: a hundred million lands of the free. gravity's conscience weighs nothing at all, watch all the stars as they start to fall look up more often, when you're in doubt scream, "let me out!" look up more often and see the stars and when the sun comes, remember it's ours. some other planet, light-years away is living in worlds of perpetual day. look up more often, here's what you'll see: a hundred million lands of the free. look up more often when you're in doubt wonder if somehow you'll ever get out.
5.
54 BPM 03:11
listen here, lend me an ear it's been a while since i faced my fears tastes like sin, burns like gin gotta get the smell of it out of my skin heart of mine, past my prime they're saying, "slow down," but I'm sorry 'cause I'm out of time, out of time taste regret, forgive, don't forget. taste regret, forgive don't forget. close your eyes and count up to ten fill me up and i'll tell you when tell me, when you were young, did you count the minutes? did you count the minutes? did you count the minutes? tell me, when you were young, did you count the hours? did you count the hours? did you count the hours? tell me, when you were young, did you count the years? did you count the years? did you count the years? if you counted the years, did you taste the tears? did you face your fears? you're out of time, out of time i know, though, it will hurt to let it all go but healing itches miles deep and if you're gonna get some sleep then breathe out slow
6.
Fingerbones 03:27
"Don't go" - Words I know just go to show just how you define "I'm resigned." And how you can say "I am not okay without you." Don't leave. I once believed that you could be my flicker of light in the night I think that by now it's been dark a while. And sometimes I think I was meant to be alone Sometimes I just don't know. Sometimes I think I was meant to let you go Sometimes the thought hurts so. Was it a friend that I needed, or a lie so I could make myself believe that I was fine? What do you think I was waiting for? A sign? No, I was waiting for someone to call themselves mine. Can't you see my body's out of time? Sometimes it's a sadness that won't fit between your lines. Looking at my fingerbones, I wonder if they're misaligned, and if loneliness is just another way just another way to say that I have realized that no one's gonna fix me not this time.
7.
Inadequacy 03:12
don't think too hard thoughts leave scars your mind will go too far and lie about who you are don't live too fast days don't last your sky is overcast, your flag is at half-mast you will take the blow for something decided long ago you will wonder if it's you you won't know the thing to do you will blame who you are and now you've gone too far so lie awake, lie awake, lie awake and don't cry 'cause somewhere your voice is someone's lullaby the world needs you more than you know it'll be over soon so please don't go the world needs you more than you know so please don't go please don't go
8.
the first time that i met you, i dreamed or i knew we'd be sitting on a pair of playground swings at fifty-two wearing splinters on our thighs and smiles a couple miles wide, catching up on years of our lives i wondered if your favorite color was anywhere near mine and if you hated all cliches like "then the stars aligned" no, these aren't important things, but far as conversation goes, it went just fine let's just share a witty line, in five years, a glass of wine, we will talk ten thousand times be a friend of mine be a friend of mine you'll have some harder days, some harder weeks and months and years i don't have much to offer 'cept a willing pair of ears we'll sit across a plastic table tucked away in some cafe and laugh away the day my natural state of being is being next to you listening to that band i never liked, but hey, you do and life is always twice as fun when we are two 'cause we are one you are the sun come to me when you're resigned come to me when you're maligned you and i are halves designed be a friend of mine, be a friend of mine your front door feels just like coming home your voice is why i pick up the phone i hope that you never feel alone you won't be on your own let's go roller-skating when we're really much too old and talk about the times we didn't do what we were told the little things, the way we laugh, reminds me of some endless past and here we are grown-up at last my favorite me is hard to find she's the one you bring to mind you put me right back in line be a friend of mine, be a friend of mine sometimes our words start to rhyme we're two twins like gemini though that might not be your sign, just like stars we shine be a friend of mine, be a friend of mine
9.
Tattoos 03:56
let me take the pain wash those wounds like rain i've made mistakes just the same muscle and bone drag me home i've been shattered like fire-cracked stone things we saw blind with awe tore you, left you raw guilt excused show your bruise sins black like tattoos strange to see you here, faces creased with fear never thought you'd disappear from the start, my dear. i once let you go someone i don't know took your place and wears your face like a puppet show. what we were is long diffused cold dark hearts and parts unused they were made to wear abuse like tattoos see the holes from all that you lose inked on like tattoos

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released June 24, 2013

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