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Air And My Sleep

by September Call-Up

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1.
I gave you my word, it wasn’t worth spit I gave you a kiss but it tasted like shit Gave you my time, too long to list Those feelings aren’t mine but the thoughts give me fits They give me fits I thought I could solve every last crime But it just dissolves one heart at a time Like negative film, you can never rewind The thoughts in your heart, they fuck with your mind With your mind, with your mind You just did what anyone would have done So that makes you anyone You just did what anyone would have done Oh and that makes you anyone Not “the one” So I gave you my word and it didn’t mean shit Still I took my shot, took my shot Swung and I missed
2.
Skin in your teeth, salt in your eyes You don’t have to weep (no, no) it’s not a disguise I’ll blankly stare as days go by… and by And while it’s not fair at least I tried If I had your eyes I could see where you’re coming from If I had your heart then I’d know how you feel If I were more wise I would know you’re the only one I had your soul I’d know this was real If I had the time to stare at the sun Give reason, give rhyme and pray we’re not done I think I’m too late, hoping for numb (I’m so numb) Don’t call it fate (please) it’s me being dumb I’m so dumb, I’m so dumb If I had your eyes I could see where you’re coming from If I had a heart then I’d know how this feels If I had been wise I’d have known you’re my only one I had a soul I’d know this was real This was real from the start, in my head, in my heart I’m not ready to fall I don’t want to lose it all, I don’t want to lose it all (no, no), I don’t want to lose it all If I had your eyes I’d see your point of view If I wasn’t me I wouldn’t be such a goddamned fool I don’t want to lose you I don’t want to lose it all I don’t want to lose you I don’t want to lose… If I had your eyes I’d see your point of view And if I wasn’t me then I’d still know you
3.
DeNiro 03:24
Turn a phrase, a soliloquy Spit out a sonnet, make a man out of me Take your turn, break a leg They’re round holes and you’re the square peg You’ll never know the meaning It’s all just method acting Do what you’re told, you’ll be free Never know who I’m supposed to be I don’t want to be you and I sure don’t like me It’s easy to see, we’re all just method acting What’s my role today? The guy with the songs, sings his pain away? He scribbles prose over brown drinks Sounds good to me, that’s who I’d like to be It’s all just method acting I see you everyday but it’s you I never see It’s all Just method acting It’s all Just method acting It’s all Just method acting
4.
Don’t know where it all went wrong, feels like a false alarm Badly drawn pictures on our bedroom wall, from our first fall Now they’re not there at all Time stops when the camera clicks You sit quietly, bite your lip Forever stays forever in a picture frame But it’s not the same, it doesn’t work that way Don’t know where it all went wrong Pinpoint pictures and words in songs “It’s time to go, now this time I’m gone! It’s time you’ve moved… moved on!” She said, she said, she said it Times stops when the camera clicks You sit quietly, bite your lip Forever stays forever in a picture frame But it’s not the same Times stops when the camera clicks You cry angrily, clench your fist This isn’t it, this is not OK My perfect life in a picture frame… a picture frame
5.
Song No. 3 04:32
Does it work? Does it hurt? Does it stop when you want it to? Did you cry? Did you even try? Did you weigh out all that I’ve done for you? “Did you weigh it with your heart? Weigh it with your head? Weigh out every night spent in your bed? Is it beating? Is it still red?” That’s what she said Does it beat a rhythmic stream? Is the pain I caused… are you still suffering? I was the one, you said, from your dreams I’m sorry sweetheart, I… I couldn’t be I weighed it with my heart Weighed it with my head Weighed out every night spent naked in my bed Is it beating? Is it still red? I weighed it with my heart Remembered what we said Broke up with you every night in my head Is it beating? Is it still red? To do this to you again… breaks my head
6.
Aoide 04:10
I can’t be your savior, I can’t be your joy I can’t take your anger (no), the neighbors hate the noise You can’t be my vision, but you’ll still be my love We’ve both made decisions, we’ve got some growing up to do You and I both lose, doesn’t matter who’s right or who’s wrong You can I both lose, you’ve gone You can’t be the first rays that I see after every storm I still smell you on my bed and my clothes that you have worn You’ll be the letters on every page that I’ve torn We should have known better, if only we’d been warned You and I both lose, doesn’t matter who’s right or who’s wrong You and I both lose, moved on You and I both lose, doesn’t matter who’s right or who’s wrong You and I both lose, “so long”
7.
Burnt Orange 02:48
I drove to your old house, 20 minutes from mine Took my time, took the old route just for old times I still love your face, do you still love red wine? And the time… and the time The time of year when the leaves all change Burnt orange and brown outside through the rain I still make you laugh, it’s still not the same The leaves aren’t the only things to change My heart’s still beating faster but the beats get more faint And those thoughts in my head, they stay tucked away I’m just not the kind to trade logic for fate Not today, maybe some other day So I’ll think of you when that time comes around I’ll think of you when the leaves hit the ground I’ll think of you, burnt orange and brown And you do the same
8.
Tell Me 04:24
Stop with the games, get out of my head Did you even notice I already left? Move on tonight, take a breath so I can breathe Do you even notice when I leave? Say that you want me Tell me you want me Say that you want me Say what you want, want’s different than need Need air, need my sleep, I want you and me Say that you want me Tell me you want me Say that you want me Lips clenched so tightly I can’t hear a peep I think I know what you want but it’s not you and me So I guess we’ll just wait, yeah we’ll wait and see Until it’s too late, then we’ll just let it be
9.
Ghosts 03:55
Body and blood pushed through your lips And helped down your throat by a grandmother’s kiss Carried on and on in patriarch wish It’s “do unto others” until you don’t agree with So tell me “all knowing’… What gives? Save just enough, enough to be safe Keep the reporters at bay But only those who live just In just your right way Think for yourself, something novel to say Don’t listen to ghosts who make you afraid I don’t need a ghost who makes me afraid I don’t need a ghost who tells me where to lay I don’t need a ghost who tells me when to pray I don’t need a ghost, I don’t need your ghosts I’ll pray to the ghosts that I’ve known I know they’ll keep me safe
10.
9 03:30
We spent 9 months in the hole after years in the sun We’ve grown up and grown old telling everyone… It’s the world and not our fault The quiet type, and one who talks I thought I was set, I balked So it goes, the long walk… Down this hall, feels like a mile Grey walls, green tile If I doze would you smile? One forgives, the other takes a while Now there’s 9 minutes to go Time’s flying by, I’m begging for slow But isn’t everyone? Should I run, Should I run? Act like a man, fall on your sword Take what you’ve earned, you’ve never before There’s no need, don’t try to run Don’t run (please) don’t run Come home kid, come home, just come Come home kid, come home, just come Come home kid, come home, just come Come home LOVE, just come

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released June 25, 2013

Air & My Sleep was recorded between August 2012 and April 2013 at Jesse Gimbel’s Basement (www.jessegimbel.com/studio) in Upper Darby, PA

Songs by Christian Bitto/September Call-Up (BMI)
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Jesse Gimbel at Jesse Gimbel’s Basement
Produced by Jesse Gimbel and Christian Bitto

Personnel:
Christian Bitto – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Piano
Jesse Gimbel – Drums, Percussion, Organs, Bass (tracks 1, 2,3)
Sara Wendt – Additional Vocals (track 2)
Rob Bradshaw – Violin (track 4)

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September Call-Up Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Quite simply, Bitto is a Renaissance Man of vocals, a jack-of-all-moods, you might say. From first track to last on his album with Jesse Gimbel, Air And My Sleep, Bitto switches constantly and effortlessly from a soft, near whisper to a powerful shout, before retreating back into a passionate warble. Such a truly textural range is the focal point of this otherwise very calm,smooth indie record." ... more

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