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The History Of Both Our Lives

by Several Girls Galore

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1.
Get It Right 03:07
It took a long time to lose my pride, to recognize what I do is fine, fine, fine It takes a long while to get it right, I remind myself I need time, time, time It's not what I expected, to get ignored and rejected... so long And I can't even break in to what I always had faith in... I'm wrong I gotta keep it up, keep it up (pretend I give a shit) I gotta keep it up, keep it up (to ensure I'm competent) I gotta keep it up, keep it up (pretend I give a shit) I gotta keep it up, keep it up (to ensure I'm competent) It took a long time to lose my pride, to recognize what I do is fine, fine, fine It takes a long while to get it right, I remind myself I need time, time, time.
2.
No Exception 03:35
It never seemed to apply, what they would tell me to dread So I'd just smile at whatever lay ahead Now with a year in the hole and nothing to show I'm no exception I see the young kids doing what I did Even though I'm still around, on my way down They're taller than I thought they'd be, wearing skinnier jeans And if they feel so old, what does that make me? I see the young kids Doing what I did Even though I'm still around On my way down They're so eager to be... maybe the way I seem What does that make me? Where they are is a thrill, makes you feel real What does that make me? I see the young kids Doing what I did Even though I'm still around On my way down And if they feel so old If they feel so old They feel so old What does that make me?
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When they come to hear the history of both our lives Please don't tell them that the foolish lines were mine And when they want to hear the truth about what happened between me and you Tell them lies When we know some truths and never have to believe lies Blissful ignorance, like everything is fine When what waited here for us wasn't nearly so clear We just needed time.
5.
I biked home in the dark 'cause I heard you'd called Under dead streetlamps and the breath of the sea In the quiet, all alone, everything felt small Just the thought of you and my idle fatigue I lay back and let the water comfort me Closed my eyes 'cause there was nothing left to see I lay back and let the water enclose me Opened my eyes and there was nothing there to see To see To see To see I lay back and let the water comfort me I lay back and let the water comfort me I lay back and let the water comfort me I lay back and let the water comfort me.
6.
Strange 04:12
It seems so strange that we can stand so still Or climb so long, never descend the hill Or feel so foul on Christmas day Simply because we're far away Another time, a different place I'd recognize every shadow on your face 'Cause I carry them with me everywhere I go So I can conjure you up when you're away from home Another time, a different place Another time, a different place Another time, a different place I'd recognize every shadow on your face 'Cause I carry you with me everywhere I go, everywhere I go / Does that seem strange? No, not at all, not at all.
7.
Many More 03:48
Ten weeks became many more And they'll keep coming, I'm sure Just taking in the fall, no complaints at all No need to rush the long haul There's something in my middle That keeps things oh so simple It's locked tight in her eyes To me that's no surprise Waiting for a trip home to sort out things I've not known Though I've seen them on her face alone I'll bite my tongue forever if it'll make anything better And if she wants to talk I'll let her We'll admit we don't know shit That's the trick, isn't it? You gotta keep yourself honest And reap the benefits Are there benefits? Then will we watch our lives go by While we dry our eyes? Will we forget what made us right For the daily climb? For now, I don't mind There's something in my middle That keeps things oh so simple It's locked tight in her eyes To me that's no surprise.
8.
Already missing her before she's gone These are the perils of a too-great love Given the chance, there's not a thing I'd change Nothing out of place, nothing to rearrange How long the wait, how great Never fall asleep before she's home Stay up all night glued to my phone Sweaty summer days that bred restless nights Now it's busy days and the months fly by How long the wait, how great How long the wait, how great.

about

I wrote and recorded The History Of Both Our Lives -- the eighth Several Girls Galore release -- in bits and pieces during the summer and fall of 2012. This piecemeal approach felt different and threw me off at times, but also lent a sort of compositional freedom to the process. I ended up with a concise record about the boring, happy, frustrating, exciting, nostalgic, demoralizing, and ecstatic moments that have made up the last year or so of my life.

credits

released November 12, 2012

Will Vunderink: vocals, guitars (Fender Jazzmaster, Epiphone Dot, Taylor Big Baby), Fender P-bass, drums, percussion. All songs BMI.

Special thanks to Dan Coutant for mastering the album, Brendan Picone for engineering the bass and drum tracks, and Carter McNeil for lending a last-minute hand.

Cover photo by Anna Archibald.

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