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Ride the Sun

by LA River Bend

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    All Songs & Lyrics by Nate Weiner
    Produced by Nate Weiner
    Tracked by Tyler Ritchie at Studio Rev, Culver City, CA
    Assistant Engineer: Chris Allen
    “Free Up Your Mind” Guitar Tech: Preston Mendell
    Mixed by Branden Stroup at Archaic Audio, Los Feliz, CA
    Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Newton, MA
    Field Recordings by Nate Weiner
    Album Design & Layout by Eugene Goryachev
    Album Art by Daria Rud

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1.
Let’s go to sleep tonight I don’t want to fight Let’s go inside the house Inside now Let’s see that heart of yours Let’s turn ya inside out I found the top of a mountain long ago I ate potato noodles and washed it down with snow I squeezed inside myself But then I was out somehow Let me kiss that heart of yours That’s how I turn inside out Ya call it as it is Love is madness for foolish kids So let’s dive inside the mouth And burn the map to find the way out I wanna lose myself in your sun And the shadows it makes through the clouds I don’t want to fight I don’t want to fight Just stay in that heart of yours Just stay in that heart of yours
2.
How they make them so young, into the fold Were our futures set, at twenty-years-old Oh what are we workin' towards? And it happens at least, once a day I know you can't be, happy this way Livin' road to road, we climb to fall You were a child once Passion and ignorance Was that the rub? prunes in the tub And you are so jaded With this placement Oh who decides, not you and I In this world Some seem to always do, as those before Bow down their heads to the metaphors That their fathers learned, it's safe when it's the same But oh there's hope to expand your mind Not everyone has the benefit of time So let's make this worth it, let's learn to feel right You were a child once Passion and ignorance Do you still scream in the night? And it's gonna be a long day When you breathe this way Oh what a curse, to taste the hurt In this world
3.
Gold Fever 03:53
It's a common mistake that you think that you're the one for this heartache, Butchya got me reeling on your sporting line, oh you know just how to bait a hook And I wanna plant you in the ground and watch you grow, through the turning leaves and the big black snow, bewilderbeasting at a steamtrain captain, am I boarding yes or no And babe all it really takes is one piece of gold to spark the fever in my soul, so watchya thinking, ride out west as fast as we can, you and me girl, handkerchief balloons flying from our limbs Well I never met a girl who could torture me just like the way that you seem to do, and I'm feeling like running up a mountainside and skipping down with pockets of gold This old gravy train has lost it's brakes, rolling too fast down the tracks, oh my baby, oh no jumpaduckroll, don't let go, I love you city girl Strolling into town and I don't care about all these other fools with their oogles, hey, ho, steady up slow, watch that temper, I just want to keep you safe and close It ain't no mistake that you are the one for this heartache, got me reeling to be a trapping, gunfighting man, I'll do anything for you my city girl Well you can count on me, I already feel the west in my veins, and I'm feeling like blowing up a mountainside and skipping down with pockets full of gold
4.
Stick Around 03:26
Babe, if you ever get tired Of being in control Well just let me know We could sit, relax for a while Sippin’ shaved ice, watchin’ Monarch butterflies I hope that this time, you’ll stick around So let’s drink chilly tumblers in the sun Expressionistas shriek to greet ya, when I got you on my arm And taste the breeze and all the places it must travel The sea, the city, the long journey back to your lil’ mountain home I hope that this time, you’ll stick around But you always know when it’s time to go That look in your eye Well a bird’s born to fly Well I hope that next time, you’ll stick around
5.
Come down from the treetops You have been hiding far too long Mama’s put supper on the table Hear the spoons to the metal through the kitchen door Well you never did as you were told Barefoot and naked was always the best way to go You became a lover of the Polynesian Pine She switched your palate and fashioned you a brand new pipe So smoke up California, it’s a dead end Yeah I woulda warned ya but we didn’t understand much back then Believe if you got love then the world is an ole gold mine So go get married, build her a house from Polynesian Pine I found you drinking whiskey Spending half your money on a glass of the sourest make It’s been too long by my reasons Cuz goddamn guilt I can’t speak to a man down in a hole And oh how could I help a friend in such a state Try to fall down from the Polynesian Pine And my friend try to give it time
6.
When I was an actor it was never cool Emotions on stage in high school I didn't know who I didn't wanna be So I auditioned for the universities When I was an actor I did lots of drugs Praying in my own wacked out synagogue I played different roles every day I got good parts in every play *chorus* Never trying to find myself Always doing impressions of somebody else As I drift through this world Gotta search for my own pearl When I was an actor perfecting my form I was dealing out of my college dorm Learning how to fuck up left and right Shaking in my bed in the dead of night Well mom and dad I am sorry That cornfed place was not for me I'll find a brand new start Just gotta learn how to drive my heart *chorus* Spitting words to folks that I wrote Feels better than any Andreyev quote Creating characters was a waste of time Cuz I didn't even know who I was inside *chorus*
7.
Well who you are to me Is it alright to say you’re everything And what we do, when we’re apart Don’t ask no questions Don’t break these hearts Eastbound & Down, I ride them rails With California on my neck & the road as my trail Well if I could I’d take that train Walk up to your step with roses And a bottle of grain And kiss you hard, so you know that it’s real Then make love, til the sun comes up Oh Chi-town, your wind is blowing my way With California on my neck & your heart lighting the trail Well if I could I’d take a cruise Someplace real dirty Just to forget bout you Cuz we got to each move along You’re writing your words & I’m singing these songs Turn it up so loud, we gotta breathe underneath With California in my eyes, but the road still on my mind
8.
Walls Down 04:44
In our skin of new, how can a man trust his heart like he used to I’ve been a fool for love, but does that mean that you can beat me up, like a racket to a tired rug Oh who can we blame, letting walls down Oh what a shame, letting ourselves down Well I’ve had some cold, cold nights, and your hot, hot breath don’t keep me warm no more We used to talk by the fire til it died, now it just, just don’t seem right, waiting for an organic goodnight Oh who can we blame, letting walls down Oh what a shame, letting ourselves down Oh remember the smiles we had, but we were both session singers in a church, gospel band, singing to a bright light But oh I wanna sing with you, just like we used to do, fit right into a hum and a groove But we’re outta tune, letting walls down Oh how do we start, tearing walls down
9.
Tell me where you’ve been before A warm beach or a rocky shore I wanna get close to you She said as she left the room Then I heard my heart gun like a freight train Then my soft soft shoes, fell over you I know where you’ve been Across gulf stream of lucky men Who said we need to read all that Transcripts of the past When you kissed my neck, my heart ran like a freight train And my hands running down your dress, fell over you And when I drove you home You asked if you could use my phone Your number was under a different name I still can’t call just the same Cuz I know what I am, a sailor on the Pacific Who never knows what he’s caught, til it all falls through Who knows where I’ll go A warm beach or a rocky shore I wish I could get close to you My only thought as I left the room
10.
I know you’re angry, I said I’m sorry, but you don’t believe me anymore What’s the use of trying, I need to hold her, or this feeling of wanting someone In the Catskills the ghosts of hunters wait patiently for heaven’s interview And the Holy Roman Empire’s walking, searching for brothers lost long ago Every man that you ever trusted, has left you crying questions to yourself But I ain’t like them, I swear I’m different, please let me take your shaking hands Well you know I’m sorry, but you’re still angry, cuz you can’t hear me anymore
11.
Look at me And try to believe that I'm for real Cuz I always have to climb Footlands and tidelands Through this gambler's jail I don't mind, being a fool over you If that's what it's gonna take For you to free up your mind When I can see, your hair frame your face I forget the breeze Nervous hesitation, is racing through my bones at pinball speed I don't mind, trippin like a fool over you If that's what it's gonna take For you to free up your mind Well I'll build a cabin in the willows And I'll fill it with trampolines and pillows And when our feet are back from the bounce All ya hear is my love in the ground My foolish sound Well I know that sometimes I give my heart away to the opening bid But I know this ain't the case Cuz you're the only one who's drawn a bubble bath in my head I don't mind, being a fool over you If that's what it's gonna take For you to free up your mind
12.
I pumped air in our bikes today So we could ride the sun to watch it set on the bay And you could stand so tall In your self-acclaimed Devendro sandals and all I want to live With you always by my side I'd like to know If you'd entertain the thought of exposin' your toes To the salt of the beach I wanna taste the salt with the sweetness of your teeth And I wish we could Be a bird or some flyin', winged-out beast So let's go to the mall Just to watch people get excited over things they'll never need And we could stand so tall In our binds and ideas knowin' that truly All that we need Is each other ridin' side by side With some land I'd grow an orchard Nurture up my favorite beans and things Then light a fire and gather up a feast And invite all my selves who I'll never get to be But oh that's alright Cuz I'll meet them all before I go to sleep tonight
13.
Love Is Born 04:16
In the woods, in the deepest blackest part, from within a damp dark heart I was born, but I never looked back before, not until now Cuz there is the grief That travels with you and me And I need to be set free Oh I love you my sweet So give it up, we can’t ride this to the ground, the sound of bone cracks too loud And I’m gonna miss, kissin’ your hungry lips, but I guess you ain’t starvin’ now Cuz there is the grief That travels with you and me And I need to be set free Oh I love you my sweet Oh, look what I did to me Oh, look what I did to me Yes I know, stop fuckin’ around Oh what a heart Oh what a heart Forget that now, stop fuckin’ around In the dark, protectin’ mine, boy ain’t you smart, holdin’ close to your damp blue heart Love is born, hopefully stronger than before, but who are we to foresee now
14.
Sittin' on the frontporch of a two-story home Wonderin' why you had to go? Davy Crocket's jungle, this time of year Reminds me of how we dug up all of our fears Put me up on your horse again So I can try to remember when Pictures were filled with smiles On our fridges, not locked in files Well he's runnin' to his gave, from the woman he loves I was just a little kid, wonderin' where my grandfather was They used to lock me in the dark But I made friends with the lambs and the sharks Oh mama, mama, can't you see? I'm comin' home with a back full of teeth Got myself a tiny, shiny bumblebee Buzz, buzz, buzz in my heart, until I'm free Cuz I got a world to grasp And when I fall, I'll be sure to laugh Well he's runnin' to his grave, from the woman he loves I was just a little kid, wonderin' where my grandfather was They used to trap me with no light Chained to porcelain, away from the fight Just like a calf taken from his home Lock me in a cage of my own piss and moan Then I will walk out fine As cool as plastic fruit, hangin' from the vine When I talk towards the floor You're so small you can't hear me anymore Well he's runnin' to his grave, from the woman he loves I was just a little kid, wonderin' where my grandfather was Where did the typewriter go? Ten-page stories, fantastic and rolled Voices never again, to be found Davy's jungle has burnt to the ground Why did you leave me so fast? So quick I had to fill up, the holes in my past Well I never been to the south Will you die there, with your heart in your mouth?
15.
All in an instant, light shines through my window And I'm bothered, by the thoughts of another day But oh, my heart is breakin', it breaks for her she's so quiet to me And I don't know what I've done, to make her run And oh, how did it get so hard, to hear every word, that came from her mouth? Her temper runs short, but her reach goes long, and even when she's gone, I still see her through my window And I feel all knocked up, like a hangdog pup Although so much glass has, shattered across the sidewalk My mind is still intact, at least the better half And oh my darlin' baby, well I know that we're crazy But I cannot allow, you to walk on out Oh, so if you want to play it rough, malicioius wit, the below the belt hits And I don't even know what we're saying My heart is changin'

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released August 7, 2012

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LA River Bend Los Angeles, California

Built upon intricate guitar embellishments, indie-folk facets and poetically pop melodies, LA River Bend - Nate Weiner (Vocals, Guitar), Emily Elkin (Cello, Vocals), Branden Stroup (Bass, Vocals, Guitar) and Jacob Seldes (Drums) have honored traditions of folk music, by building the walls of their epic soundscapes, embracing the dynamics and ultimately developing an aesthetic unique to their own. ... more

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