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Sometimes our shadow gets in the way

by Icarus Phoenix

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1.
Shelbyville 04:44
I'm alright, I'm okay cause I know everyone will have a chance to say You're okay, you're alright and you aren't alone though you feel it more than slight Everybody struggles with their failures in the past but comparing doesn't help and it won't last We all think we're special but we're really not unique existential apes with too much self-esteem And it's alright, it's okay, spinning circles running treadmills everyday And it's okay, it's alright if it helps you sleep much better when it's night We all fit so differently inside this vast machine we're all bouncing balls inside a waking dream Experiences adding to our combined DNA, nature nurtures every push in different ways So we're alright, we're okay, though there's some things that I wish that we could change But we're okay, we're alright, I'm not one to judge nor do I have the right I'm totally interested in your point of view, till you cover me in all your blanket truths Different clothes fit different people regardless of health, but your truth applies to you and no one else. And I know, it's scary facing the unknown
2.
Rebel Girl 03:37
We spend so much time on those gone wrong, I'd prefer to learn much more about Carol DaRonch And focus on her bravery, focus on her strength on how she face mortality and fought through its embrace To be a Rebel Girl, to live a life so brave to fight how Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was made But we're so busy being entertained, cement won't dry in time for a foundation to be made Violence is to create an other self, when we define you & I as being someone else But I'll accept survival over shame, cause when it ends it all ends in tears anyway If you want to change their mind, then first you empathize and you listen with your heart
3.
Sometimes I don't even like being alive and sometimes words seem useless to my brain It's not a contest, the frame's not ready but when it is you will be the first to know I wrote these words as a quest to find answers within but when they spilled out I couldn't make any sense at the time So in the future when I look back I'll see myself as a circle spinning round feeling pent up, feeling low, cannot stay but cannot go the things I make you take as yours connecting through these open rooms Sometimes I can't seem to get enough of life and sometimes I lean back and let it cover me By the river, sitting with friends. Knowing people who know me for myself feeling open like I glow. Loving ups and loving downs. The good and bad is all the same, my lungs keep breathing either way.
4.
You had a bow I had a big mouth but was yellow And when the ghosts would come we'd always have to run It took us time to come to grips, our life was nothing but the pits But when it's all you know it's all you ever want We couldn't cut corners or find respite for wanting The clock made jest of our plight as we struggled on So over time we gave up trying, another round another night (fight? time?) Success and failure's both the same when we're all dying. So we run mazes with the glass between our maker (but) We've not a digit to display up towards the sky And like the organ grinder's swing, his dancing monkey in between It's such a waste to think about or analyze And at the end of all of this it has a meaning
5.
What the hell's going on in my mind? Why am I feeling my friend die? Chained to this distance still conversing. Didn't you deserve love yourself? Demons claws they grip so deep and when there's no floor underneath... I can't blame your departure. I can't blame your departure. Will you be my crow? My Black Dragon? Help the unseen get a bit more. Disperse black clouds and soot in corners. Lifting up shades, carry a torch. Feeling your pain miles away. Saying goodbye as you fade. Feeling your childhood friend die. Feeling them commit suicide. Heavy silence. See you on the other side. Dear God whatever you are, couldn't you have been more kind.
6.
Meeting 03:31
Did you hear the song? The one he wrote for us. What did it mean to you? Tentative but sure, two artists with allure, the beauty in the fade. A heart so good and kind, friends separately aligned but intertwined in soul Vibrations frequency, a heart placed in between two of the beautiful. Could it be he's up above? Is there something looking out for us, in the ether? A frequency or kind vibration I can't love everyone and I've been hurt so much over time. When I let go of pain it comes around again with its hooks and knives Could it be he's up above? Do you think we can learn to love? Everyone?
7.
Is your happiness dependent on another? Is your source of joy causing others pain? When I express love is it perceived as poison? Is there right and wrong or is it different taste? ooh...and I'm not sure if love's a solid thing. So it gets complicated where we place our boundaries when I want good for you but also good for me. And when I need some time alone are you offended? Do we accept each other as we're meant to be? ooh...and I'm not sure just how we're meant to be. ooh...and I'm not sure there's truth to anything.
8.
I had a dream where something I did had significance I had a dream where someone I once knew still cared And though it was just a dream it still meant something at the time And though it was just a dream it healed me of turmoil and it felt very real anyways I had a dream where I was swimming next to a big cliff I had a dream about a place I hadn't been before And though it was just a dream I got there eventually Although I haven't been back I still miss Baltimore and I don't know what's real anyways Many of us think we know where we're headed in this life But I never saw myself here right now with you To live in a world where I can share a song with you Rather than die of some disease after working in a factory. Well if I'm in the Matrix I don't care.
9.
When you said in jest about her and later on I asked you not You brushed aside, too quiet I, I learned to be smolder- -ing. This is my only reaction So I learned to speak, apply more heat. Find ways around these different routes. Some byzantine, some lost between. A one way street, a high noon duel. This is how experiences shape us. This is everything I've been taught.
10.
Come to grips with the things you've done or the trains you have missed Stuck inside with a creaking door and platitudes that don't fix That veneer across the fence such a dazzling array of perfect smiles, constant charm, their insecurity reversed A penny mind, laid across the tracks, fireworks on my tongue Impassioned throng, ragged voices sing a jingoistic refrain Intolerance, I'm so tired. Taking pleasure in one's grief You can't prevent the lightning but you cut down every tree But you cut down every tree. It is the same, when we divide All you see is a reflection, their desire to please Slathering adoration, dropping down to your knees Lonely star, courage lost. Hostile towards any control If love is truth, unswaddled throat. I've no excuses I am bold. I've no excuses I am bold. (3x) When we divide.
11.
I love the way your collar falls and what's that smell? What kind of cologne do you use when you work out? So big and strong, I bet you're really big and long I can't wait to drown in your unborn children I love the way you let me grab your ass in public. And when you tell me I should stop I know you're kidding. You want more and you'll never get enough. You take care of me best when you're on your knees Too many verses in this song, its repetitious.
12.
I didn't see you when you said goodbye and I didn't hear you when you asked me why This juxtaposition forever imposed, unable to value the human unknown I guess it's the way that things always go. We thought what we knew we just didn't know You may not have noticed but I'm standing right here
13.
Life's been a bit humbling, it's a delicate dance So when the rope starts shifting and sharp blades start to advance I'm grateful for this, I'm grateful for right now Some old solutions, are hollow steps I've found Such weightless fantasizing, that brief fleeting piece of joy Hold onto those moments, don't bury the weight with boy I'm grateful for this, I'm grateful for right now Some old solutions, are hollow steps I've found When everyday's a struggle, I need you to know I care I wasted my time wanting, thinking work would get me there I want this to matter, in some way to bring some good But it's dehumanizing to brand yourself into would I'm grateful for this, I'm grateful for right now (Some old solutions, are hollow steps I've found) I'm grateful for this, I'm grateful still somehow
14.
Heavy silence. See you on the other side. Dear God whatever you are, couldn't you have been more kind.

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Nick, Ryan, Will and I spent months preparing for the three day 28 song recording session with Jed Jones at June Audio in Provo, Utah. The last two albums changed my life. This one still might change yours.

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released April 7, 2022

Album Art by J.R. Boyce
Cassette tape design by Eric Edvalson
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Jed Jones at June Audio in Provo, Utah
Additional Engineering by D. Barlow at the house on Strand in Missoula, MT

Jed Jones – Organ Synth Wurlitzer Piano Rhodes Music Box and a bunch of other stuff
Nick Dorsey – Drums and a bunch of other stuff
Ryan Scott – Bass and a bunch of other stuff
Will Pasternak – Lead Guitar and a bunch of other stuff
A.R. Herrin – Vocals, Guitar, Flute, Saxophone and a bunch of other stuff
Josaleigh Pollett - Vocals on Too Many Hands

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Drew Danburry Baltimore, Maryland

Drew Danburry has independently toured and released records since 2002.

He's released over 400 songs on over 20 albums/13 EPs and played 800 + shows worldwide. Including 2 Daytrotter sessions, 3 invitations to Pop Montreal, 1 to Pygmalion Music Festival and 1 to Treefort Music Festival.

He's accomplished this long list of acheivements almost entirely DIY.
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