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Demos, 2018

by Granite to Glass

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If you were a city I'd drive through your streets Looking for somewhere to sleep People walk by In their faces I see you But your body is no longer here I am within you But I cannot touch you I've missed you for thousands of years I drive through the darkness And it's cold as hell But there's nowhere that I'd rather be Because there's nothing quite like missing you If you were a city You'd be best represented By the lights that shine overhead They turn on and off As I pass by each one Somehow you're still lighting my way I pull off and park Right where you meant me to Some rich part where no one will care I turn off the engine And get in the back Of my fucking Honda sedan But there's nowhere I'd rather be Because there's nothing quite like missing I am within you But we cannot touch You are within me But we cannot touch But I'll keep driving these streets every night Because we'll be together someday Because somehow we'll be together
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Here comes your pride and joy The comic little drunk You call your boy Making everybody smile Partakes your pretty plan And then becomes a disappearing man After a little while I saw you with your make-up running down Now what's that all about You say you don't want anyone around Cause you're all cleaned out You toss the empty beer Not really as composed as you appear A icicle inside Wearing clothes that clash Wondering is this treasure, is this trash Still trying to decide About 5 o'clock here comes your clown With the foot he's putting down But all you say is you don't want anyone around No not right now There ain't nothing to drink You don't want to think about it I'm sorry you seem so stung And I'm sorry you think you have to hold your tongue When your so pretty and smart I'm seeing you caving in Becoming afraid of all these men That you've given your heart I saw you with your make up running down Now what's that all about You say you don't want anyone around Cause you're cleaned out All cleaned out All cleaned out
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Well, I'd like to visit the moon On a rocket ship high in the air Yes, I'd like to visit the moon But I don't think I'd like to live there Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above I would miss all the places and people I love So although I might like it for one afternoon I don't want to live on the moon I'd like to travel under the sea I could meet all the fish everywhere Yes, I'd travel under the sea But I don't think I'd like to live there I might stay for a day there if I had my wish But there's not much to do when your friends are all fish And an oyster and clam aren't real family So I don't want to live in the sea I'd like to visit the jungle, hear the lions roar Go back in time and meet a dinosaur There's so many strange places I'd like to be But none of them permanently So if I should visit the moon Well, I'll dance on a moonbeam and then I will make a wish on a star And I'll wish I was home once again Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above I would miss all the places and people I love So although I may go I'll be coming home soon 'Cause I don't want to live on the moon No, I don't want to live on the moon
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lyrics/performance notes (sad) I feel a pull away from from here a pull away from here (angry) two years 20 years tops vomit vomiting up blood (with love) But there is something stronger than fear and it’s surrendering When I look quite closely (with love, leaning in) in your eyes I feel my inner strength Do only one of the B riff then build up HARD with C power chord Bad-ass solo (REALLY dig in to those accents) At the end/arpeggiation, REALLY dig in, and move up swiftly. (softly, with intent, whispering in the loved one’s ear.) If there were ever to be someone to keep me here it would be you
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Thanks for showing me around last night Hope you don't think I don't care Because I do, I just don't know if I Should feel this bad about you After finishing your birthday drugs Look at a yearbook unprepared And betray yourself to sleep it off Then come down to collect it I think you're funny I like your friends I like the way they treat you I've got some money That we could spend Not that you're like that I'm falling in love again
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Lyrics/performance notes You have my heart +1 Carry it for the both of us 0 You won't miss what you can't touch - +1 So take hold; free us - 0 You have my heart If it were a note, it'd be crumpled up Remember these words instead: “I leave, then this ends.” - Ohh You have my heart From the ashes, it'll turn to dust - When we die, nothing remains - Only those you’ve saved - Ohh -? (Why) In some ways, I'll miss you Though I know it's just the same (did she die?) I'll never let her go, just like he will not escape your mind So you'll never know
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You’re with me wherever I go I can never be alone G You’re the only one I let in C I can smell you through my skin G o0o0o Riff, little string riff I’m so far away from me C A distant light from across the sea G A familiar voice calling from the depths C I can hardly hear my own footsteps G o0o0o Riff, end in F, Riff, G, cut. When I die, blame it on the gin The end of me, and where you begin G The thing that really bothers me C Is who you are, and I used to be hold out chords
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Bottle up and explode over and over Keep the troublemaker below Put it away and check out for the day In for a round of overexposure The thing mother nature provides To get up and go Bottle up and explode, seeing stars surrounding you Red white and blue You look at him like you've never known him But I know for a fact that you have The last time you cried Who'd you think was inside? Thinking that you were about to come over But I'm tired now of waiting for you You never show Bottle up and go, if you're gonna hide, it's up to you I'm coming through Bottle up and go I can make it outside I'll get through Becoming you Becoming you Becoming you
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Wake from your sleep The drying of your tears Today we escape, we escape Pack and get dressed Before your father hears us Before all hell breaks loose Breathe, keep breathing Don't lose your nerve Breathe, keep breathing I can't do this alone Sing us a song A song to keep us warm There's such a chill Such a chill And you can laugh a spineless laugh We hope your rules and wisdom choke you Now we are one in everlasting peace We hope that you choke, that you choke
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When I was just a little boy I asked my mother: "What will I be?" "Will I be handsome? Will I be rich?" Here's what she said to me: "Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be." When I grew up, and fell in love, I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead, "Will we have rainbows day after day?" Here's what my sweetheart said: "Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be." Now I have problems of my own, they ask their victim what will I be? "Will I be trouble, will I be kitsch? I tell them tenderly: "Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que sera, sera. What will be, will be. Que sera, sera."
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When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping Keeping an eye on the world going by my window Taking my time Lying there and staring at the ceiling Waiting for a sleepy feeling... Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping Keeping an eye on the world going by my window Taking my time When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping
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capo 1 (or 3, if you're me) C G Em It's looking like a limb torn off C G Em Or altogether just taken apart C G Em We're reeling through an endless fall C G Em F We are the ever-living ghost of what once was Chorus: Dm C But no one is ever gonna love you G more than I do Dm C No one's gonna love you more than I G do C G Em And anything to make you smile C G Em It is my better side of you to admire C G Em But they should never take so long C G Em Just to be over then back to another one Chorus Em F But someone, F G They could have warned you C When things start splitting at the Em seams and now F G The whole thing's tumbling down C Things start splitting at the seams Em and now F G It's tumbling down C Em F G Hard. C G Em Anything to make you smile C G Em You are the ever-living ghost of what once was C G Em I never want to hear you say C G Em F That you'd be better off, Or you liked it that way Chorus Bridge
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Today I fell Only to drown Have one more The cause and cure You build me up To tear me down You guild me up To tear me down You're what I need You're what I need What I need What I need What I need.
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At my door the leaves are falling A cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone I go out on a party And look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner Because I still miss someone Oh, no I never got over those blues eyes I see them every where I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there I wonder if she's sorry For leaving what we'd begun There's someone for me somewhere And I still miss someone I still miss someone Oh, no I never got over those blues eyes I see them every where I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there I wonder if she's sorry For leaving what we'd begun There's someone for me somewhere And I still miss someone I still miss someone
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A tall glass of you at night, another in the morning. I feel it in my blood— there's something you've left out. And when you're gone too long— well, that's when I'll start shaking. I need you here to— //I know exactly where you// I need you here to sleep, cause I know I can't quit you. I've tried at least three times, and each one was too long. You bring me right back down to exactly where I belong. Suddenly, it's late at night. You call from across the room. I smell you on my scarf from just two nights before. You don't know that I know— //I know exactly where you go//— You don't know what I saw. I make a quick remark, I leave the party early. I make a glass of you, and then I smoke my mind. This can't keep going --I know exactly where— This can't keep going --I know exactly where you— This can't keep going on --I know exactly where you go when you don't sleep here at night.
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She said She'd take me anywhere She'd take me anywhere As long as she stays with me She said She'd take me anywhere She'd take me anywhere As long as I stayed clean Kiss kiss Molly's lips Kiss kiss Molly's lips Kiss kiss Molly's lips Kiss kiss
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I used to want to be alone In a place I'd not escape With nothing stopping me from Seeming the same To a world without me At times I find myself Frozen in my head Sometimes still in my bed Seeming the same To a world without me
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I'll breathe life into these words if I have to There yet lies strength within this blessed molt Though my voice is thin within a whisper Courage rumbles deep within my heart Though the words you said drip like acid They scatter at the sight of light They cower at the wake of sincerity And huddle towards scraps of blight I emit a force so powerful So stark, so quiet, and sincere That with the thought of my sober mind combating them They retreat and disappear Like the subway cars down the tunnelways Like the Australian girl with stars under her eyes Like my sense of wonder and accomplishment Like the future if I choose to use again
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I'm starting to create demos daily, or as often as possible. Usually with just my cellphone, but if I have time, maybe with some actual equipment/layering/effects!

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released February 27, 2018

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Granite to Glass New York

Jon Kohen is a singer-songwriter who has been creating music as Granite to Glass since 2016. Through the course of numerous albums, EPs, and singles, Granite to Glass has captured the hearts of listeners with strikingly genuine songs, accompanied by orchestral strings. ... more

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