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Don't Forget to Breathe

by Jake Lauer

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1.
I've Been 03:08
Mary, you're fine But I would feel empty all the time And the valley is great, But I know better than to feel afraid Cuz I've been close to fallin' in again Meadows are wide But they aren't swaying all the time And I'm out to see the sky But it's a dark and cloudy night And I've been better than I am Let it go to waste, while I survived, I didn't save I let it go on by, and I found out, why I've been Tell her I'm done Cuz I feel like the only one I promise that I tried But I'm afraid to go outside Cuz I've been fooled too many times
2.
Memento 04:22
Bright glow, through a window of a restaurant I know, see a couple deep in conversation She sees, He is clearly not the gentleman that he is trying to appear to be That light, Revealing now that it is still a sin to lie, casts a shadow of a wave goodbye Arms weak, He snuffs the flame like it's the candle's fault that he couldn't act the man he wished to be Cuz I pretend to get it, but it don't feel real to me now Oh no, I begin to let it, and they'll say that was how he became a memento Birds fly, Don't need the wind to roam the endless, cloudy sky While a kite sits on the ground nearby I'll go, I know my camera will not show the world around me brightly, Can I remember it alright?
3.
Why, Oh Why 04:15
Hey, when did it get so late? I think my watch stopped, around 7 or 8 or 9 years ago, I guess I'll set it again How many ghost sandcastles did my mind make before the rising tide washed them all away? Now I've got sandy feet, and an air of defeat, But it's time for the socks to go on. [Chorus:] Goodbye, I'd take an empty mind some nights. Why, oh why'd I turn a blind eye on keeping time? Later on if it's okay, Let's pull the slides out, and watch sunny days of summers that I'd forgotten long ago How many broken records did my mind play, before we broke down, and let 'em keep us awake? It's the right time, don't need no 45s; It's the future anyway. [Chorus] I am gonna let go x8 Sand and the sea, gonna be a day that I can let slip away Don't look back now, wind rushin' on, it's lifting me, liftin me It takes away the day dream where my dreams are in play and we lose hope quickly, yeah we lose hope quickly [Chorus x2]
4.
Calexico 04:01
It’s a cover, gone Back window, gone The tone of a ride It’s way too far, A ways on, now Let it go Print checks to go out on a high note, Paper scraps for the drive If your mother’s worried anyway, It’s just another sigh Calexico, Calexico End and beginning Don’t know where to go from here I’m just standing on the edge of a paper thin fence And I’m never coming down again Pack away all my Memories of any days I am gonna fall sometime I only don’t know which way
5.
Find my way home, with an arrow and a stone We are not animals, we do not die alone, no we find our way home It is winter now for what seems like a year, I think I'm gonna take a walk far away from here Don't go looking for me, I'll be a while, I'm gonna find- my- fears, and make 'em wait for me Well, the moon is to the south this time of year. It's not colder, but snowy stars are clear It's my curse to be alone when I would see- you- here-, but that's a dream that I forgot when I woke up. I whisper a vow Never again will I walk this gravel road On bended knee, I'm muddy and I'm beaten down And there's no sound (around) I don't think I can take that shadow that's drawing near, I don't know if that's a darkness light can pierce. It's a weight on me, but I know that if I just got out of here with you, I'd wake up from this nightmare for good I whisper a vow Never again will I walk this gravel road On bended knee, I'm muddy and I'm beaten down And there's no sound (around) I whisper it now Never again will I walk this gravel road On bended knee, I'm muddy and I'm beaten down And there's a sound... there's a sound...
6.
I thought I'd write With news of all I have thought about and all I've done Places I have gone and oh, Seattle was all I hoped. If I am mundain, I am sorry, It's been so long since I talked this book has been my heart and mind a broken pen has worn the spine a place for all these thoughts of mine and yet I still don't write but that's my plan for next time I want to go and see it all I have planned it out and hope for sun Plane to the Bride of the Sea, and oh, I want to see the Great Wall But this life can be heavy, should I choose to lift it up or just leave it behind? this book has been my heart and mind a broken pen has worn the spine a place for all these thoughts of mine and yet I still don't write but that's my plan for next time
7.
Disarray 03:17
All wrapped in smiles, They seem so unhappy, But it's hard to tell And without warning They tore the city down In the early morning They were gone without a sound Standing on the balcony I see nothing I recognize And I don't know what to think... ...when I see that look in her eyes I have to look away An hour of friendly conversation Left the world in disarray All these lies, they're not mine, I'll be fine x8 If I refuse to believe what I've heard, Everything will be just like it was before When I pretend Close your eyes and the world keeps changing Til nothing's familiar anymore Black eyes in the past will still haunt you But you'll be better for the bruises when they're gone Everyone needs a bad example his is mine, lesson learned, move on
8.
There is no visit too often But when we visited it was not long And maybe boat rides were enough to make it last And roads were rollercoasters, give me butterflies We’d go into town Just walk around for a while Roll down two lanes in the grass Many rows of cattails tow us on And the home so far from home appears ahead A hundred years, my father played on this very ground Those days were theirs This day today is mine Somehow this place does not change with the seasons Cuz you can breathe the same air, feel the same breeze You feel like you never left a place you’ve never been Maybe one day, I’ll go And see myself again, but younger He’ll be running around, frog in hand that he found And there’ll be nothing in this world that matters more than right here And he’ll remember
9.
Sunrise 05:14
Sunrise, over the red house Oh, the fall days have come at last The fog in the window... won't pass And the trees stand tall, over My country home 10 miles, of forest and plains And the sky, just don't forget to breathe And the Autumn air, is cold and bright I could never forget it My country home

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A catchy blend of acoustic and electric, upbeat and mellow, rock and folk, with thought-provoking lyrics (and a hidden track!).

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released May 3, 2010

Jake Lauer, Julian Lemke

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