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1. |
Grand Adventure
04:40
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As soon as I saw you,
I was dancing through clouds
My heart double dutched just for fun
Didn’t wanna slow down
Yeah the first time I saw you
With your twisted-on grin
Well I knew that a grand adventure was about to begin
From the moment I found you
I’ve been rolling the dice
Take a chance, make a scene
Have a slice of delirium pie
Yeah the moment I found you
You swept me up in your dreams
And who would’ve known that we’d make such a wonderful team
I don’t need to go anywhere
To adventure with you
Just to know I have you right there
Makes the snapdragons bloom
And wherever we go new forevers will grow as we journey like friends like to do
Oh, I can’t wait til I’m sent on another adventure with you!
And life can get crazy
But that’s how we prefer it
So throw on your best vest and let’s quest til the rest turns out perfect
So when the going gets crazy
Well let’s give them a show!
You just give me a tune and we’ll make up the words as we go
So if life is a movie
Then let’s act like the stars
With a twinkling eye and a glimmering light that's wherever you are
And if life is a train ride
Then let’s keep on getting off track
You just tell me whenever, climb aboard and we’ll never look back
I don’t need to go anywhere
To adventure with you
Just to know I have you right there
Makes the snapdragons bloom
And wherever we go new forevers will grow as we journey like friends like to do
Oh, I can’t wait til I’m sent on another adventure with you!
I don’t need to go anywhere
To adventure with you
Just to know I have you right there
Makes the snapdragons bloom
And wherever we go new forevers will grow as we journey like friends like to do
Oh, I can’t wait til I’m sent on another adventure with you!
Oh, I can’t wait til I’m sent on another adventure with you!
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2. |
Insanity and Beyond
03:19
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I wanna be where you are in the night sky
So take me away to the stars, in my mind’s eye timeline
Stealing the light from the sun in my fantasies
So let’s see how high I can run, to insanity and beyond
Living on Earth gets me feeling kinda spacey
So get me out, take me anywhere
I want everybody telling me I’m crazy
So I can tell them I don’t care
I thought that being human would show me what I’m doin' here but that’s too hard to navigate
Now standing on the sun seems a little more fun, 'cause the rays of light just radiate
I’m not tryna run away from all my problems, I’m just running to explore
This place has too much bugaboo already, and I ain’t waitin' round for more
So sayonara, capybara, I’ll be searching for nirvana 90 million miles away
But if you listen really close you’ll hear me talking to the ghosts, and this is what I’ll say
I wanna be where you are in the night sky
So take me away to the stars, in my mind’s eye timeline
Stealing the light from the sun in my fantasies
So let’s see how high I can run, to insanity and beyond
I wanna be where you are in the night sky
So take me away to the stars, I wanna fly away
I wanna be where you are in the night sky
So take me away to the stars, in my mind’s eye timeline
Stealing the light from the sun in my fantasies
So let’s see how high I can run, to insanity and beyond
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3. |
Help Me
06:01
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I just want someone to hold my hand and tell me I’m brave
I just want someone to look me in the eye say it’s okay
I just want someone who knows what I’m thinking, so I don’t have to say
It’s been a rough day today
I wish that someone would ask me how I’m doing and mean it
I wish that someone would tell me that they love me and believe it
I wish that someone would hold me tight, when I can’t get to sleep
That would mean so much to me
Oh hell, help me
Help me
I’ve been really strong, though this year's been so long, I just wanna belong to someone else
So help me
I’ve been so friendly, there’s been so many times that I’ve laughed
I’ve been so happy, now it’s time I got a little bit sad
I’ve been so good so I know I should be fine with some bad
But I guess a hug would be kinda rad
Oh hell, help me
Help me
I’ve been really strong, though this year's been so long, I just wanna belong to someone else
So help me
I just want someone to hold my hand
I just need someone who understands
I just want to be recognized
I just need you to look me in the eyes
Oh hell, help me
Help me
I’ve been really strong, though this year's been so long, I just wanna belong to someone else
So help me
Help me
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4. |
Build Me Up
03:33
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If a tree falls in the forest
And no one’s there to hear
It’s still deforestation
So don’t go chopping down trees
When nobody’s there to see
Cause you still cause the same devastation
And in my own rainforest
I can cry when I’m alone cause my
Tears are like precipitation
But when my heart fell in the darkness
You didn’t listen
All I needed was a little patience
Now the word “Alone” is just an understatement
Talking to myself in my own conversation
You couldn’t hear me when I needed saving
But now we’re wrapped up in a situation
So can you hear me now
I’m screaming but I’m on my own
Even though you cut me down
I need you cause you’re all I know
Talking to myself is tough
Cause I know I’m not enough
I needed you
To build me up
So when you cut my tree down
You know I tumbled to the ground
Cause gravity will take its toll
But I’ve spent so much time falling
I got used to it all and
Now this falling feeling’s getting old
I got so used to doing what I’m told
I can’t remember what I did before
It isn’t all that hard to be ignored
But I can’t think on my own anymore
So can you hear me now
I’m screaming but I’m on my own
Even though you cut me down
I need you cause you’re all I know
Talking to myself is tough
Cause I know I’m not enough
I needed you
To build me up
You know I want you to hear me
Cause I need to be needed, but you don’t want to be near me
You planted seeds that deceived me
Then the weeds grew beneath me while you walked away easy
I’ve been all complacent, prayed for validation but never trusted myself long enough to ask for it,
Pacifist, taciturn, acid rain, acid burns,
Feel the pain, let it in, hurts the same, heal again,
It’s my fault, you can’t hear me, you can’t hear me, you can’t hear me!!!
So can you hear me now
I’m screaming but I’m on my own
Even though you cut me down
I need you cause you’re all I know
Talking to myself is tough
Cause I know I’m not enough
I needed you
To build me up
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5. |
Lost a Friend
03:47
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Uh-oh, I lost a friend again
Like a couple of kids who never met
It’s all because of the things we left unsaid
Gotta couple regrets, and I’m kinda upset, cause I just want my friend
Uh-oh, it never turns out right
Seems like friendships can end at any time
I’m sorry for darkening your light
Yeah we both like to be kind, and so we tried to be fine, but couldn’t hide it inside
Ohhh
All this trouble
Caused by loving yourself
When the best of intentions could never end well
I run for cover
For my own mental health
Outta sight, outta mind, so I’m hiding like hell
Don’t wanna think about it
But I’m a bit surrounded
It had to end so awfully
But you’re my friend, I’m sorry
Hello, it’s bad to see you, too
Quietly hiding anxiety, tryna stay light like a lifelike enactment of "keepin' it cool"
And I know that you’re doing the same in your brain,
Can’t escape all the pain, but that’s lame and I want it to end
Cause I can’t pretend anymore, break the trends and the norms,
Make amends and I’ll soar back to you
They say time mends all incurable wounds
So please just lend me a hand, I’ll pull through
'Cause you’re my friend in the end, me and you
Ohhh
But all this trouble
Caused by loving yourself
When the best of intentions could never end well
I run for cover
For my own mental health
Outta sight, outta mind, so I’m hiding like hell
Don’t wanna think about it
But I’m a bit surrounded
I’m gonna miss you dearly
And all the happy feelings
But if you don’t forgive me
I guess I’ll keep on living
It had to end so awfully
But you’re my friend, I’m sorry
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6. |
Vicariously
06:17
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I breathe in slow
For you
Confine my flow
For you I wanna be
A different me
I only want to see
Vicariously
Looking through your eyes
It’s how I hide
Fitting in your mold is so achievable
I’ll just try a little more to be believable
And with every word I wonder why
It’s so easy feeling left behind
I’m a shallow shadow in your light
But I’d rather live through you than die
I’m scared to breathe again
Cause you are always seeping in again
And again and again and again and again I’m trying oh to hold on
To myself
And I am flying solo
I keep on trying don’t know
Where to begin
I’ll take a spin in your skin
Try it on for a bit
Fitting in your mold is so achievable
I’ll just try a little more to be believable
And with every word I wonder why
It’s so easy feeling left behind
I’m a shallow shadow in your light
But I’d rather live through you than die
I
Want to try
Figuring out a way out of this mindlessness
Light causes blindness but my eyes still squint at you
Trapped inside
Your patchwork mind
But I can escape all it takes is some kindness
Time and time I’ve been spineless but I can define this my own goddamn way
I can’t be defined
Though I’ve tried and I’ve tried
It’s time I accept that and you accept that and we acknowledge the possibility of a human, being one of a kind
I can’t be defined
So I’ll stop reading your lines
And I’m sorry I tried to be you, that was too unkind
So with every breath I’ll hold on tight
And my voice might break but I won’t cry
You can’t protect me though you’ve tried
It’s all on me, no more living life
Vicariously
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7. |
Stop Pop Culture
03:22
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You wanna vibe with the homies
Getting drunk, feeling lonely
You say we’re totally compatible
But I don’t even think you really know me
You tell me all about a twitter feud
Or another celebrity interview
They’re all fighting over scraps like vultures
But I just wanna stop pop culture!
All the time I’m seeing ya
Post on social media
Bout something in the news that’s been deceiving ya
So many external lies
Hard not to internalize
Tragedy’s becoming somehow normalized
You just wanna be a little better
Posting pictures from when it was nicer weather
Somebody help me cause whenever we’re together
You’re forever in a never-ending search for trending treasure
You act like you wanna be in magazines
I’m just tryin’ to be human and understand who I wanna be
You wanna vibe with the homies
Getting drunk, feeling lonely
You say we’re totally compatible
But I don’t even think you really know me
You tell me all about a twitter feud
Or another celebrity interview
They’re all fighting over scraps like vultures
But I just wanna stop pop culture
But in a world where everyone is longing
For something that they have in common
I guess it can’t hurt to live and to learn
And to trust that the media won’t make the world burn
All that I know is I can’t stop the flow of culture
You wanna vibe with the homies
Getting drunk, feeling lonely
So I’ll chill with you awhile
And let the night go slowly
I don’t know everything about you
But I still like to be around you
And though we have some different interests
I’m just so glad that I found you
And I think that I can get to know ya
Cause I don’t gotta stop pop culture
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8. |
Shadow Angels
04:49
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There’s no snow outside tonight
It’s seventy four, Fahrenheit
No wintry driveways filled with white
But we’re here outside to play
The sky is filled with satellites
The sidewalks shine with moon’s delight
And everything will be alright
So I hope that you will stay
We can’t make snow angels or a happy snowman
But we’ll make a beautiful night if we can
So come with me now and take my hand
And lie with me on the grass
And we’ll make shadow angels
Shadow angels
We’re here on the ground and see what we’ve found
Shadow angels
So sing with me the angels’ song
Our silhouettes can come along
Painting pictures on the lawn
Of the friendship that we’ve shared
And we can’t fight with snowballs or stomp through the snow
But it shimmers and sparkles wherever we go
Your smile is cozy like firelight’s glow
And your hand fits right in mine
So we’ll make shadow angels
Shadow angels
It’s better together, whatever the weather
With shadow angels
I want to be
Wherever you are
Looking at you
Looking at stars
There’s warmth all around
It’s been there from the start
We’re building these angels
We’re filling our hearts
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9. |
Alphabet Soup
03:39
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A, hello,
It’s been really good to B with you
And C you home, D-lightful when we talk,
It’s just so E-asy, in-F-ably magical
G, you’re smart, and your mind is just so pretty
Take the H from heart and you’ve got some art so nifty
Even I can’t be J-aded, it’s radical
'Cause my mind is like alphabet soup
I get my words mixed up in endless alphabet loops
But you put my letters together and make it make sense to me
You keep it simple like abc
Oh, oh, oh
You keep it simple like abc
Oh, oh, oh, oh
K, I’d been
Feeling just a bit alone out of my L-M-N’t,
I’m so far away from home I miss my mom and dad,
Insomniac, it’s half past 2am again
But O, it’s true,
Out of billions of P-ple, right on Q came you,
'Cause that’s just the kind of human that you R,
My S-T’m is much better teamed with U my friend
'Cause my mind is like alphabet soup
I get my words mixed up in endless alphabet loops
But you put my letters together and make it make sense to me
You keep it simple like abc
Oh, oh, oh
You keep it simple like abc
Oh, oh, oh, oh
And L-O-V-E isn’t just what U C on the TV
It’s a lot of push and pull and TBH, lots of honesty
Promise me, if we run into trouble, you’ll be there on the W X Y Z
So let’s DIY and give us a try… just U N I
Cause my mind is like alphabet soup
I get my words mixed up in endless alphabet loops
But you put my letters together and make it make sense to me
U R A Q-T, N I M N-U-B
N I C X-L-N-C N U
N U L C, OMG, U N I L B OK ASAP
You keep it simple like abc
Oh, oh, oh
You keep it simple like abc
Oh, oh, oh
We're never finished like xyz!
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10. |
I Don't Know!
03:22
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Ohhhh
I’m busy letting go
Cause there’s so many things in this life that I don’t know
Ohhhhh
My heart is like my home
But just how far I’ll go, or just how much I’ll grow
I don’t know!
I've been holding on tight for quite too long
I seek out the truth
Always try to keep sight of right and wrong
What else can I do
I’d been looking around for how to be
Cause I just wanna be good
But then I wiped my brow and now I see
I never really could
I’m scared to fall
But I just don’t know… anything at all
Ohhhh
I’m busy letting go
Cause there’s so many things in this life that I don’t know
Ohhhhh
My heart is like my home
But just how far I’ll go, or just how much I’ll grow
I don’t know!
I’ve been trying to live and give my heart
To make the world better
Cause Planet Earth’s too big to live apart
I say we stick together
But no matter how much I touch the Earth
I can only do my best
So now I’m in no rush, I’ll trust the process
And forget the rest
I’m scared to fall
But I just don’t know… anything at all
When life gets me down, I remember I don’t know
Anything at all
I’ll turn it around, when I’m flying solo
I don’t know anything at all
They say that ignorance is bliss, so I don’t wanna miss it
I’m gonna try
Accepting that I
Don’t need to know
Anything at all
I’ve been holding on tight for quite too long
I seek out the truth
But i think it’s time that I move on
What else can I do
Ohhhh
I’m busy letting go
Cause there’s so many things in this life that I don’t know
Ohhhhh
My heart is like my home
But just how far I’ll go, or just how much I’ll grow
I don’t know!!!
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11. |
30,000 Days
04:31
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Every day my love’s awakened
By the rising of the dawn
And with every breath I’m taking
Another breath has gone
So I count my days and dream away
Every morning that I get
Cause if I live for thirty thousand days
I wanna love with no regrets
I’m gonna live 30,000 days
I’m gonna love 30,000 ways
They say that life is temporary
So live each day like it’s your last
But the future doesn’t scare me
Cause every moment’s in my grasp
So I write each verse like it’s my first
And look sadness in the eye
If I can live each day with love and grace
Then I don’t think I’ll ever die
I’m gonna live 30,000 days
I’m gonna love 30,000 ways
Ohhh, I don’t wanna live forever
30,000 is enough for me
But I wanna spend my time together
With all the folks who make me wanna be so carefree
Every day my hope is shaken
By the promise of the night
Cause with every dawn that’s breaking
There comes a fading of the light
And some nights it might feel hopeless right
As the sunlight fades away
But when the sun goes down, the stars come out
The most beautiful part of the day
The most beautiful part of the day
The most beautiful part of the day
The most beautiful heart…
I’m gonna live 30,000 days
I’m gonna love 30,000 ways
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12. |
Thank You, Moon
06:23
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Day’s been tough, I’m upset
Feels like months since I’ve slept
I’ve been longing for anywhere but here
I’ve been stuck, life is hard
And inside of my heart
There’s a crater that won’t disappear
Feels like all of my dreams up and left me
Now I’m scared that they might just forget me
There’s a million stars in between them and I
So I step outside, my eyes search the sky
I climb a ladder to the roof
Though the night the light shines through
And I say, “Thank you, Moon
For doing the things that you do
Whatever I’ve been through, I’m never losing you
Oh thank you, Moon”
I stay up, sleep too late
There’s so much on my plate
But the moon always stays up with me
Every night, half past 10
She’ll be at it again
With our rooftop duet harmonies
And when all of my dreams up and leave me
She’ll be orbiting space just to see me
There’s a million stars for a million days
But I know that her love never wanes
I'll climb a ladder to the roof
Though the night her light shines through
And I say, “Thank you, Moon
For doing the things that you do
Whatever I’ve been through, I’m never losing you
Oh thank you, Moon”
Every night I’m outside and I see
All the sky so alive flying free
And I know from the size of my dreams
Outer space is the place for me
Oh the moon seems so free
Seeing everything
I just want to get out of this town
So I’ll go and explore
Through the galaxy and more
Where the gravity won’t get me down
Up in space, living large
I’ll go dancing with the stars (Making friends with the stars)
As the asteroids frolic and play
It’s a simpler place
Feeling empty’s okay
Cause it’s all so spread out anyway
Out in space, all my dreams truly happen
And there’s magic more than I could imagine
But for now, all the stars, will be waving goodbye
Every time that I open my eyes
So until my dreams come true
I’ve got my ladder and the roof
So thank you, Moon
For doing the things that you do
Whatever I’ve been through, I’m never losing you
Oh thank you, Moon
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13. |
Walker's Lane
05:12
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I took a walk down Walker’s Lane
Then turned around and walked away
It was too far a walk for me
So I sat down upon my chair
Hoping that you would find me there
But it was too hard to believe
Cause you weren’t looking
I’ve looked around, I’ve looked below
But it seems like everywhere I go
You’ve been looking somewhere else
So I will travel on my own
Until we meet someday I know
But first I gotta find myself
Before I do anything
It feels like I’ve been always chasing after something
It’s time I chased after myself
I need to believe that I can really do anything
Go off the road I know so well
Oh what the hell
So now my walks down Walker’s Lane
Have all begun to feel the same
It’s time I tried out something new
I don’t know who or how to be
But I can start by loving me
Instead of wanting you
Or anyone at all
It might be tough to find me so
I’ll put my past behind me though
I won’t let go of who I am
And if you decide to start to care
You know I promise I’ll be there
Cause I’m just doing what I can
To stand up even when I fall
It feels like I’ve been always chasing after something
It’s time I chased after myself
I need to believe that I can really do anything
Go off the road I know so well
Oh what the hell
Chasing, waiting, hesitating, complicating everything
But Walker’s Lane has gotten plain you’re on my brain too much to think
And having just begun at all already so dysfunctional
This road I’ve traveled’s levied battles I’d have never won
Because my innocence is thinner since my ignorance is blisslessness
I need to leave and eas’ly be the willing self-fulfilling me
But doing so is stupid slow too soon to know how truth will go
I’m human though, and super close to knowing where my future goes
I’m noticing I’ve grown to think there’s no such thing as too alone
It feels like I’ve been always chasing after something
It’s time I chased after myself
I need to believe that I can really do anything
Go off the road I know so well
Oh what!! the!! hell!!
And if you come around, down Walker’s Lane you won’t find me
Cause I’ve set off towards anywhere
I hope you’ll find me there :)
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14. |
Chasing Sunsets
02:44
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I guess I’ve been a little lost
Circling the city, my car’s covered in frost
If life is a highway, then I can’t get across
And it’s just too far to walk
I’ve been driving round for days
Searching for meaning in a million ways
Hunting for fire, but I can’t spark the flames
And I know you feel the same
And I know that just won’t change
So I hope that you will join me
On my journey westward into the night
We’ll be chasing sunsets, until we forget our secrets
As we see all the beautiful light
So come on and hitch a ride
Come adventuring with me, and we’ll see what we can find
For today put away all the tears that you’ve cried
And find delight right by my side
And ohh, we’ll travel a million lightyears away
Wherever we go the sunlight leads the way
Come escape all the places where life feels the same
Cause I’m here to stay, as we’re running away
So I hope that you will join me
On my journey westward into the night
We’ll be chasing sunsets, until we forget our secrets
As we see all the beautiful light
Yeah, you’re such a beautiful light
So chase sunsets with me tonight
I guess I’ve been a little lost
Circling the city, my car’s covered in frost
If life is a highway, then I can’t get across
And it’s just too far to walk
I’ve been driving round for days
Searching for meaning in a million ways
Hunting for fire, but I can’t spark the flames
And I know you feel the same
And I know that just won’t change
So I hope that you will join me
On my journey westward into the night
We’ll be chasing sunsets, until we forget our secrets
As we see all the beautiful light
So come on and hitch a ride
Come adventuring with me, and we’ll see what we can find
For today put away all the tears that you’ve cried
And find delight right by my side
And ohh, we’ll travel a million lightyears away
Wherever we go the sunlight leads the way
Come escape all the places where life feels the same
Cause I’m here to stay, as we’re running away
Oooooo
So I hope that you will join me
On my journey westward into the night
We’ll be chasing sunsets, until we forget our secrets
As we see all the beautiful light
Yeah, you’re such a beautiful light
So chase sunsets with me tonight
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Adam Roth Miami, Florida
I spend my free time searching for magic, exploring, plotting, playing, and spreading color as much as I can! I write songs to help me better understand myself and others and the world. I hope you get something out of my music!
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