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All The Points At Which We Meet

by Ryan Lee Williams

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1.
Home 03:15
It's not to say where I am headed It wouldn't do no one no good anyway It's all a crapshoot, just a poor man's gamble Make a guess, nothing to lose, everything to gain Rise with the sun, feel the cold air demanding open passage to restricted lungs Breathe deeper for to let it all in Wide awake, another day has just begun Don't be said, friends, when I leave you It breaks my heart to hear you're feeling alone We'll meet again sometime down the road You're the only thing I want to call home The possibilities sit on a platter not waiting to be chosen, they just exist Pick a piece and let the change unfold The choices are all that matter, they're all there is There's a bar right along the traintracks There's a beach at the end of the road There's red cedar in a swamp in Florence There's something there wherever you go
2.
Departure 03:39
Hey, love, where'd you go, I thought I saw you in that song The key changed with the track, I looked around and you were gone You tricked me over sound waves just so I could hear your voice Our connection cut off when you found what you were looking for I moved on the next morning to another place in time Another stop, we're still connected, just through different lines What changes in the river, changes in both you and I It's flow can't be reversed, it'll do no good to try I play with my own heartache, trace the eyes that make me cry Mischievous desire you concealed could only shine You tried to tint the windows to block the world outside but were betrayed by doors wide open, showing what you had denied Now it seems that you and I are interchangeable And it's strange, I know we'll never recognize it all But like the changing of the river is the changing of the heart You can't see where you'll end up unless you depart So I'll move on tomorrow morning to another place in time Another stop, we'll still be connected, just through different lines And what changes in the river, will change in you and I It's flow can't be reversed, it'll do no good to try
3.
The music filled the air as the booze filled our blood Notes of sorrow, keys of pleasure, flashing like a flood Through busy streets, the people stopped to see things they'd never seen Feelings forged from fantasies to foreign to believe Sidewalks lined with people, some in dance, some in awe Wide-eyed anticipation with each changing of the song The streetlights echoed moonlight while the shadows strummed and screamed Scratching at the surface, breaking through the sheen Oh the possibilities Overwhelming as they seem Dancing in the darkness, thriving in the light Impossible is empty, no, there just beyond our sight The shadows stepped into the moonlight, joined us for a beer The dice, they hit the concrete as time questioned "where from here?" The people kept on moving, soon enough we, too, moved on The drink, the dance, the fantasies, they live on through the songs
4.
It's written on your face, it's choosing all your words It's finding ways to sneak out every time your back is turned You always catch it too late, once it's finished all it's work In red-eyed, lonely mornings when the images return The stand-in says the feelings that you promised not to feel Mixes them with half-truths 'til you can't tell what is real The fear that grips you mirrors now the shame you had denied The emptiness you claimed was full as you sat and laughed at pride Don't feel the fear that leads you down that same old lonesome track Don't chase the cheese that guides you towards that same old loaded trap The patterns that you try to hide will demand of you the truth And you know you never hide it near as well as you feel that you need to Now walking down the tracks again and cursing to the sky As empty and as open as your heart that beats inside you recognize there are stars that shine, accompanying the moon but in these times, these cloudy nights, it's one big empty room
5.
You might no longer notice You might no longer care But that feeling is the fire and it still burns in there somewhere At times I've been the chaser other times I've run away Sometimes I've been the hero Many more, I've been to blame I sat up on that wagon rode through the valleys, towards the hills And then I fell off, tumbled down destroying all I'd built I've outstretched my hand gave myself a kick to help out And then I hid away pretending that I couldn't hear their shouts You all watched me throw the towel in you watched me give up on myself But somehow you stood by me through it all You'll never know how much you've helped
6.
I love you, spoken softly sitting on your bed Arms graze slightly, fingers slide gently over my head Shining eyes, quiet smile, then everything disappears and I'm left disoriented, tangling memories into fears Are we staring at the same picture, seeing two different things Am I creating stories with warped details and meanings I go back and forth rewriting, trying to make sense but the case becomes more convoluted with each new piece of evidence But I didn't fall in love with you for story or for song I didn't get to check the odds, I just knew where I belonged And I can take the complications, I can deal with the pain but I can't deal with the feeling that my heart has been restrained So if you want me, let me know, don't hide it all away I can't worry about tomorrow, I just want to hold you today and if everything falls apart eventually at least we'll know we opened our hearts, we refused to let them freeze So throw your arms around me or just turn and walk away If we worry about tomorrow, today will be a waste because even if everything falls apart eventually at least we'll know we opened our hearts, we refused to let them freeze
7.
Is it only a matter of time before they all turn away All attempts have been forsaken, it's all too much to take The eleventh hour, come and gone, the second hand just ticks Forgiveness might be finite, something's got to give History's been mangled, stories labelled fiction Details and context skewed or lost with each new edition Warnings and disclaimers have done nothing to set it straight They don't change the content, they just try to shift the blame Honesty still comes around, it just leaves from time to time Over-confidence and despair take their places with resign Anxiety's excuses lure, so quick to run away But catching up is inevitable, it so often goes the same So turn around, meet it half way, learn a lesson for a change It's not simple, overwhelming puzzles need re-arranged Moving pieces, finding patterns in chaotic disarray Amongst the beauty and the poison, life and death must have a place
8.
Blackout 03:36
If I've got five and three quarters, I'll turn it into six When six drains down to zero, my memory forgets Tell me what you may, but know that it won't stick My pockets will be empty, my pride will be missed I've got very little to tell you above what you already know I'm either idling or bouncing recklessly with no sure place to go Romantic possibilities seem infinite as the road But I'm just lying here, feeling the breeze roll in, pretending I'm stuck at home My pay slips out my pockets just as quick as they get filled A day spent washing dishes for a twenty dollar bill At night, you'll find me at the bar behind two googly eyes Saying things I'll soon regret and getting into fights I've got no plans, I'm never sure just what I'll do next Sometimes I feel like I've got the reigns, but then I wreck I just want to wander the world just playing my guitar but theese patterns I've been picking, they ain't getting me too far
9.
I left New Orleans searching home, the one that I'd confused trying to sort out the battles I'd won and accept that you have to lose Care-free days on Frenchmen, wine by the fire at night 'til that fire swallowed my good friend, everything got quiet Then I headed back to Pittsburgh to try to find the ground Put my feet down, figure things out in my old, familiar town Maybe it's just too damn familiar or maybe I confused more than home I still love this city with all my heart but I just gotta go Most days the road ahead of me seems to lead to nowhere Passively walking along, not sure where I'll end up It's the days I realize I lead myself, see through the fog of despair that keep me trudging along when the road becomes so rough From the Greyhound stop in Florence to the idling truck in New Orleans life seemed so new, a different view, I was ready to try again But somewhere I lost perspective, vision skewed through twisted glass After all the times it's happened, I still re-enact the past Well, I know it's not the city, it's the story I create No matter where I lead me, I'm still there, I make my fate I sing a song, tell myself "Don't Quit", and just keep pressing on All I got is time to try 'til all my time is gone
10.
Don't worry too much about me I'll catch up eventually if only for fleeting moments strewn across a length of years our paths will cross, I can see it from here So often I'm too far ahead or oh so far behind looking for something I can't name and I don't know how to find I'm rarely in sync and I often look lost but I'm moving and I don't have plans to stop All the waves that wash the shore, they build themselves and crash Momentary peaks decline, but they also lead you back I've dwelled upon the highs and lows, focused on extremes Only win or loss, I lost sight of what's between So, no wonder I go back and forth, hitting limits every way Never sure if I'm on the path or if I've gone astray I'll just keep wandering through the moments learning from every dead-end and I'll see you when our paths cross again

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This is Ryan's fifth full-length album. It was recorded by Justin LeCuyer in July, 2011. Ryan wrote all lyrics and music for guitar. Justin LeCuyer plays violin on tracks 1, 2, 6, and 9; mandolin on tracks 3 and 8; banjo on tracks 5 and 10; and harmony vocals on tracks 1, 5, and 10. Stephen Goodman plays trumpet on tracks 1, 5, and 10; harmony vocals on track 5. All songs were mastered by Ryan Williams. Front cover album art by Laney Trautman.

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released July 29, 2011

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