Schombalt (2006)
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THE STORY:
Schombalt was a compilation album. Schombalt is also the greatest name for a Cobalt album ever. Schombalt was comprised of 5 tracks that were part of our ongoing effort that would become This Way Out, 5 tracks taken from live recordings at our shows, and 5 of the tracks off of our previous release, Six. Schombalt is special because it is a transitional work and you can hear the band maturing through the album. It's like watching a sapling in it's first year. It paired with our first tour, by the same name. It was the beginning of the band starting to realistically consider staying together after college and trying to turn this dream into a day job. CREDITS: -Tracks 1-10 mixed by Leif Shakelford -Tracks 11-15 mixed by Mike Roth -Production and engineering by Cobalt -Album design by Cobalt -Tracks 1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 written by t. fort -Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14 written by m. hart LYRICS: Rome As you sit solemn faced, sonnets scrawled in your book and you’re Determined to keep chaste, as me and the boys call you out in the street You’re heartbroken and hard-nosed with your brim pulled low so your eyes won’t show And you’re stuck ‘cause you believe that she’s the woman of your dreams (well) I’ve got news... yeah I’ve got news she’s far from the best, you could do... Through all your Rosalyns and your Tybalts, built for you like bookends After your star crossed loves, I’ll be your brother You’ll be my Romeo And I’ll drag you out to the bars and I’ll carry your leaden heart If boys step across that line don’t flinch a bit you know you’re back is mine So let your words seek my ear and stain my collar with your tears ‘Cause when I’m low and at my worst I’ll look to you to see our roles reversed (well…) Just Found Out it's like you just found out that life is cash and you aint got none the world's gone crazy convinced that you're the crazy one from outside looking in it makes you wanna wreck it and you just found out that life is cash and you aint got none i trusted you like a daughter trusts her father thought you'd recognize the slaughter and whisk it all away i thought for sure that the hypocrites would cower when the people had the power but not today go on and lay me down go on and lay me down go on and lay me down, down, down with all the things i left behind i was a man of faith last night that we're always moving closer to the good and the right but you slammed that door so hard that i can taste the splinters thought i was a man of faith last night it's like you just found out it's like you just found out it's like you just found out it's like you just found out and you aint got none Your Own he couldn't figure out quite who he was but he knew that he could never be the same again. searched for answers but all he found was "just because" and a scowl every now and then so now he's reaching and now he's preaching like a soldier bleaching the blood off of his hands and now he's hiding but still confiding in me and all those plans we had all that time that i thought i knew you you were really a million miles away all that time wish i could've had the wisdom to say you are your own best thing they were always together tomorrow couldn't be a moment too soon she followed him like a sunflower chasing the moon but now she’s crying at just the notion of being away from him these next few years she’s got to cross that bridge someday all those tides of loneliness and those waves of fears. it's too bad that my love of life wasn't quite enough to rub off on her and it’s a shame that a razor blade was all she could find to escape the blur god knows there was never quite enough for me to say when i knew more than her voice was on the line that night. i wonder if i had these simple magic words could i have made every thing all right? The Edge you’re the girl i’ve tried so hard to get off my head sex hangs off an awkward shell dull flame hangs in your eyes red hair i know it’s dyed amplified electric buzz sets off siren in my head lash me to my ship now hold the course if i’d led a different life if i’d settled on door three then it might have been more than simply vain fantasy here’s another one of my silly love songs played on a promiscuous guitar felt the longing heard the calling turned my back i’m not sorry but i’m sorry how do i explain it’s so hard i’m creeping closer to falling off the edge heard the verdict posted armed and dangerous intentions have become circumspect i’m lyin’ here tryin’ real hard not to touch your breast lying next to you restless in bed afraid the wrong move is around the next bend wanting you close watching myself trusting us both to hold back from the edge Think You Should May and June are gone, and August is comin’ And I have yet to find my summer lovin’ I cast you for the part – you cast me away Up until this point we’ve focused on what’s fun So I know the kinds of things that you would really love And for a while I thought maybe one of them was me And I have been known to let my romantic keep reality at bay But this time my head agrees – don’t you let her get away (I just want you to) See me, the way I see you Smile the way that I know you would Hold me, the way I long to hold you I know I’m kind of biased, but hey, I really think you should And I know that things with you could be much simpler than they are Former love is a commander that leaves no one in charge Amid the chaos and confusion, how could you consider me? And I know the me you’ve known was kind of a mess But I’m mostly put together now – just a few loose threads Wondering what we could weave if we just closed our eyes And I’m sorry for these plans that I made without permission And I’m sorry for the way that you must act with me now But I had to stop calculating, contemplating what you would say (if I said) Might Have Been hey now you’ve come so far guess you're wondering where you are and what’s left to see hey now you’ve come so far guess you’re wondering who you are and who you meant to be cuz i remember when you used to play guitar way back in high school and i remember the girls used to scream and call cuz you were so cool and you swore you’d leave here but all the roads just led back home and you shied away from the neon and chrome and you knew you’d find love and you knew that it would all work out but this is not the life that you dreamed about so you’ll just write it off as a hopeless dream and you wont even give it a try and you can’t even look out the window cuz you’re so scared that your whole life’s passing you by but you were gonna be on the radio and all the magazines and you were gonna be the prophet for your generation of beauty queens and they’d all line up just to see you and they’d all leave fulfilled. for two hours on a Saturday night you’d give them just a little bit of heaven just a little bit distilled but fear and doubt come creeping in the night and it’s so much simpler when you’re living their little lie i cannot say that a fallen dream is much of a sin but now you introduce yourself, you say, “hello my name is might have been” so now you come to me with all your cards out on the table they didn’t seem like much but they were all that you were dealt then it’s all so clear like a great fog lifting when all bets were off you took the easy way out The Ride I haven't felt this way for such a long time At this point, in this room, there are more stairs to climb. These feelings like echoes, but each with a new pulse Like the one I feel beat beside me. Fortune best not deny me. Why do I feel guilty, now that you're finally mine? And why do I feel guilty to let my heart out on the line? Again… Can't let myself get too busy not getting hurt. Reckless abandon tugs like a hungry child at my shirt. Not easy to ignore all those tears that I cried, But it's not 'Here we go again,' it's 'Let's enjoy the ride.' So why am I so afraid, now that you're finally mine? And why am I so afraid to let my heart out on the line? Again… Again… Maybe all I need to know and all I need to understand Is that you're lying next to me, and your heart is in my hands. I whisper a sweet melody into your slumbering ear. A warm and timeless lullaby just to remind you that I'm here. Oh for that music in my soul that plays whenever you're around. It's just you and it's just me, and the rest just fades into the background. Your warm breath on my skin, your sweet lips tasting mine. Just a little longer please, we're running out of time. So why am I so lucky, now that you're finally mine? And why am I so lucky to put my heart out on the line? To you… To you… And there is nowhere that I would rather be Than right here with you sleeping right next to me. And as I ponder this sweet dream of you I realize there is no one that I would rather sing to. Barricade your secret attacks on her self esteem selling lipstick and cover-up to my beauty queen lying to her saying she's overweight while it's you getting fat on a man-made template and don't you feel dirty when you get turned on because you're less than a lady and played like a pawn and i keep praying that you'll stay after the dawn remember your face even when you're long gone sweet girl, you're so beautiful to me can i take you home at least call you on the phone you're raised as a child until puberty hits then old men with grease under their fingertips pedophiles staring your body to bits even the young boys are no longer kids no wonder to me you're depressed and afraid am i the first to notice your barricade hold it against me, i'll hold you against me doing my best to come to your aid am I good enough for you your first kiss less than intimate rough without thinking but i'll contemplate i'll wait for you to be ready for this til it's you giving me your first kiss and i'd do it all for you again if you asked me to and i'd do it all for you again if you asked me to Shades i walk in and the whole house reeks you’ve been painting your room again but while one coat is drying new colors invade and now you’re frantically trying just to match all the shades when i ask you what it is that you seek your reply is in colors and numbers and men but i say they're just little boys being taught what to do they're just playing with their toys and the last one was you and the room is a nightmare, and the furniture's stained but i can still make out on the doorframe the pencil marks that we made so if your next coat covers those timelines of height and age baby please understand you better break out the turpentine and get that shit off your hands so now you step back you take a look and it's like a mosaic and each piece is a pain and it all looks so familiar to me because i was there every time that it rained so don't get caught up in all that shakespearian drama so much ado about nothing comedic at best cuz i have been here forever and i've shown you you're better so just take it as you like it and get rid of the rest and remember it's simple things that that keep us alive and those even simpler that bring bright color to the walls to the walls of the rooms that we lock ourselves in in hopes to survive every breath until death as eternity calls Your Mouth your mouth is as big as mine and it's full of the sweetest things with that boundless heart, you tear me apart you make me feel like a naked king oh your bed is inviting, but your wink is seducing i'm a rock, but you seem to have found that since you've been wearing my clothes, you've been wearing me down You make a point to keep me in check you knock me on to my toes plant your teeth on my shoulder, i get tingles all over i come back with my breath on your neck oh your bed is inviting, but your wink is seducing i'm a rock, but you seem to have found i can't seem to resist you in that watery gown you're honest and brutal, but it's sweet when you're blunt so should i dare death defy and try to pull some stunt the hunt is on and the chase is wild but i'll treat you soft and sweet like a child s'pose you'll plead you were not aware you assumed i played with all the girls' hair how you care for me is flattering and how i care for you gives you little wings Fall Apart if this were an emo song this’d probably be the part where I absolutely fall apart i got over you a year ago and i’m movin’ on but i’m movin’ slow i’m not sorry i’ve got no regrets my eyes drip like broken faucets keep me up and keep my pillow wet, haunted by thoughts that i can’t forget kept your letters and i kept your stuff you said it’s over but i’m callin’ your bluff (lay your hands in mine) if this were an emo song this’d probably be the part where I absolutely fall apart and the strings come in and the trumpets too and we all bask in the gathering gloom (if you’da listened you’d’ve heard) now take a deep breath kid take the stage give misery to fans against the cage (they’ll hang on every word) grab your glimpse of a boy choked up with his woman gone and copious bad luck (it’s more than you deserve) but i’m no tenor with my pants too tight thick black glasses and skinny thighs i don’t need your sympathy so back off y’all don’t try to comfort me i’m keepin’ pace with a field of stars I been chasin’ dawn in my fast car sparse tears come i could not predict against my will the derelict but i’ve got my rock yes i’ve been marooned on this island here for many moons with a steely will see my jaw defined, i’ll clench my teeth and a turn a blind eye i’m waging war on the way i feel i’ve put my shoulder to the wheel i’m trying to go quietly sneaking slowly from the field The Hunter & the Thief oh the hunter and the thief are one in the same, now and i hate him cuz he beats me at playing my game cuz i play catch and release and he plays for keeps, now and his notion of you is in captivity and you fell for him like a hungry dove and now you believe this is really what you want but the sun will rise and you'll roll out of bed and you won't find me with a hanging head oh i'd love to see you free but you love to be deceived, now cuz you're wild like the sea and a mare looking to breed oh you hunter and you thief how you haunt me in my sleep like a specter of my fate had i gone a different way, now The Lark Run fast run far oh ho don’t know who you are Stay quick stay clean oh ho I don’t know what you mean Make sure you look both ways oh ho everyone is crazed Envy filled with green oh ho it’s a mean machine Hey amigo saddle up and ride It’s time to retreat you know this battle’s suicide You’re call to decide but you know this game is lost and won You nursed those bottles dry now you stink of gin and bourbon Fuck your pride and the life you thought you fin’ly had Your punch drunk trippin’ leanin’ crashin’ back against the wall You been taken played like a deck of cards So lay your hand down call their bluff and take it all. Quick dry let fly oh ho did you ever wonder why? Don’t slip your grip oh ho don’t you give me no lip Get paid get laid oh ho all for the love of the game Swing fast swing hard oh ho you versus Scotland Yard. It’s dark a spark oh ho Romeo it’s the lark Give in to sin oh ho my child you are forgiven Brush back the lack of tears let ‘em roll off your back To end pretend oh ho bang bang your dead Rear View Mirror once upon a time in a storybook that i’ve begun to compile i saved your pictures in my mind collecting dust for a while your feelings you know i would have spared if i’d only known how but good love don’t come a-callin’ every day so i guess we’re paying for her now but i will sit and wait for a brighter season and i will not admit to any deep heart’s treason but i still cannot find a reason for the things that i’ve done wrong and you always suspected that you cared a little more and now bear a darker shade of blue but don’t you worry girl don’t you worry now we’ve made a mess of me too i know i must have bruised you pretty bad and i’ve got these scarlet wounds myself but even as i stand here breathless and bleeding it’s so hard to just give up and put it all up on the shelf i do not believe that we will ever return to the road where we once were but i promised myself i would not drive too fast, or adjust my rear view mirror The Manuscript snow melts now falls away lain down on what seemed a perfect day he don’t know what lies in store but he don’t care anymore saw green trees turned to fire striking down his old empire pyre went up smoke came down an ashy film rests on his crown i don’t need to be blind to see the words written down are about me and i confess it with great pain trusting you know how to tame these wild stallions and desire for fame kings and queens he could once behold made mythic now by stories told cold shoulder is all he’s got friendship he’s been left with naught with relinquished fear and vanquished hope he’s climbing up the slippery slope end of his rope is comin’ soon suggesting now impending doom leaderless without his crew he’s investing all his fears in you the manuscript of his life at a garage sale went for 2.99 there are always strings attached to his fingertips but he can’t seem to catch the vibe he once knew to be right daydreams of his name in lights |