Get all 5 Alpha Cat releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Venus Smile ....retrograde, Venus Smile, Venus Smile, pearl harbor 2020, and Thatched Roof Glass House.
1. |
Venus Smile
02:53
|
|||
Venus Smile
These days it doesn't seem it ever mattered if
your sea was green or eyes were blue
last time I looked my eyes were clear
and you were wiser than you knew
you hide behind your irony and words that mock your depth
and when at last your heart is broken know
there's more to you than this
Everyone asks the same question
When will Venus smile on me?
Too bad it took so long to find your voice
it still hides now and then but if you keep on showing up
then you have found that you can trust those words to something baby, that ain't you
You told me in another world
you needed something more
then you asked for me to wait for you
and you didn't even come
Gotta believe that you called me for a reason
you bust into my world swing that carrot on a string
if everyone believes in fate
then what is taking it so long
to finish what it started then
and bring you home to me
So I ask myself why do you shadow me?
I didn't ask for this
a long time since I've had to love, well, anyone but me
then the cards say it is matter
secret forces leading those
whose lives belong together
but it's so hard to believe
Everyone asks the same question
when will Venus smile on me?
Everybody wants to know the answer
when will Venus smile on me?
You told me in another world
you needed something more
and then you asked for me to love you
and you didn't even come
you hide behind your irony and words that mock your depth
and when at last your heart is broken know
there's more to you than this
Words and Music by Elizabeth McCullough © 2021 The White Peacock (ASCAP)
|
||||
2. |
Wichita
03:53
|
|||
Wichita
Somewhere past Wichita
that girl caught up with you
invisible wire
with no strings to bind
floating past mountaintops
I fell in love with them
hearing them in your voice
reflected in mine
A cellular connection
electricity finds you
that girl from Wichita
using up your time
Two days from Wichita
your past caught up with you
you heard your own cry
sing in the wire
A cellular connection
electricity finds you
that girl from Wichita
using up your time
and the horoscope spoke of a new kind of lover
seeing the world through another one's eyes
back then I'd hoped there was still a chance
you would see
the mirror she broke
but she never did lie
as April snow drifts down
you spoke two thousand miles
weeds tumble back again
you just roll by
weeds tumble back again
you just roll by
Words and Music by Elizabeth McCullough © 2002 The White Peacock (ASCAP)
|
||||
3. |
Orbit
05:55
|
|||
Orbit
What I wouldn't give
to be closer than this
I fall from dreams
to covers that are
drenched in tears and sweat
ten light years or a lifetime
if we could only see
how dark is
the space between us
not so far now as then
We roll 'round the same sun
reflecting the same moon
you're in my orbit
you're circling my head
why I wouldn't choose
to stand there in your shoes
we close our eyes
to complications
both generous and true
At first I didn't see you
and you there all along
I wind my watch
the wrong direction
and pray we'll meet again
We roll 'round the same sun
reflecting the same moon
you're in my orbit
you're circling my head
it's an infinite rotation
whatever time you bend
can we be in the same place
as we are of the same mind
as opposites can mend
there's a curious appeal
the shock of something real
a hazy picture
of promise wasted
we’ve tried so to forget
synchronous engagement
the physics of attraction
something greater
separates us
and pulls us back again
We roll 'round the same sun
reflecting the same moon
you're in my orbit
you're circling my head
© Written by Elizabeth McCullough 2021 The White Peacock (ASCAP)
|
||||
4. |
All In Your Head
04:51
|
|||
All In Your Head
Be quiet now
pay attention
you do know how
to break the tension
it’s underground
it’s on the surface
so elusive
so pervasive
It’s all in your head, it’s all in your head
No reality
it’s what you make it
no future
only the present
It’s in front of you
It’s beside you
It’s your mother
It’s your lover
It’s all in your head, it’s all in your head
It’s a crooked road
it’s a mountain
it’s a riptide
it’s a river
It’s all around
it’s all inside you
so mixed up
so perfect
It’s all in your head, it’s all in your head
It’s all in your head, it’s all in your head
Written by Elizabeth McCullough
The White Peacock Publishing (ASCAP)
|
||||
5. |
Armor (Live)
03:32
|
|||
Armor
I guess I see no reason
for you to trust me
and to be honest
I wouldn’t trust me either
But I think now might be the time to start
I guess now’s as good a time as any
now our armor gives us no protection
don’t you see now - might be the right time
You say that something’s missing
and you give no good reason
you think you know what love is…
but that’s a misconception
Don’t you see now it wasn’t what you thought?
think it’s time you changed your definition
now our armor gives us no protection
don’t you see now - we’ve got a good thing
Always on your guard for any imperfection
you push so hard - for me to keep my distance
I’ve got a few good questions - for which you have no answers
is that an indication - it’s time to change your position?
Don’t you see now it wasn’t what you thought
think it’s time you changed your definition
now our armor gives us no protection
can’t you see now - might be the right time
might be the right time
might be the right time?
might be the right time
© Written by Elizabeth McCullough
The White Peacock 2021 (ASCAP)
|
Alpha Cat New York, New York
How do you take the image of a black hole and make it positive? According to Alpha Cat, "When I wrote the song I'd read how astronomers had determined that you could escape a black hole, but only by going all the way through and out the other side. And that leads to this worm hole theory, where not only do you avoid annihilation, but you arrive at a place you might never have reached otherwise. ... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like Alpha Cat, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp