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Cartography

by The Field Effect

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1.
Ogunquit, ME 03:14
Oh my God I think I'm falling feel my feet off the ground Listen closely and I swear you'll hear my heart pound We were perfect lying underneath the Maine sky My rye smile and your endless blue eyes In the moment when I leaned in for another kiss I knew that you were something special I was gonna miss The ocean waltzing back and forth with the coast line We both know this is borrowed time That's when you turned to me and said "I feel like I'm in heaven" So lets go anywhere but home I don't know these roads my dear But I don't really care We're invincible My stupid grin as I'm driving over state lines Note for note and word for word I'm singing Maritime Boston breaks and I'm breathing in the skyline It reminds me kid you know it's not the last time But in the morning when I didn't want to let you go Although I know your heart belongs in San Francisco You best believe it I'll be coming to the Left Coast To do it all again, we do this all again You'll turn to me and say "I feel like I'm in heaven" So lets go anywhere but home I don't know these roads my dear But I don't really care We're invincible I fell for you like rain Like an empire, like a king What was I to do? I fell for you like rain And I thought you felt the same What was I to do? So lets go anywhere but home I don't know these roads my dear But I don't really care We're invincible
2.
What If I 03:17
What if I would say you were the holiday I needed and nothing more than a song to pass the time? You got up in my head I crawled right in your bed And you took just what you wanted as I tried to drown the love that haunted me And I used to drink for fun Now I drink just to get by An empty bed and a ghost By my side, oh what if I? Now I walk these streets Awake and in my sleep And the whiskey dreams come nightly As I toss and turn with my pillow tightly And if you would say I was your great escape Then I guess I'd be alright But until then it's head down cut these corners I used to be my mother's son Now I barely know my name I swear to God I never though That I would change but what if I? And I used to drink for fun Now I drink just to get by And empty bed and a ghost By my side oh what if I?
3.
A weekend away So I can get my head on straight I'm falling fast asleep But waking up it's always bittersweet Yeah it's make believe Every morning give or take And I need need need Something to change in me A chain smoking car Margot hums on the stereo I fell asleep in her arms On an apartment floor Then I slipped out the back door To drink with your friend's mom Was she hitting on me? Did not know what to think But I never never felt more alive Than I did that night So wait for me on a balcony of clouds With your hair the same color And if you fail to see not to bother with the little things Beneath your skin I know you're still in there You're somewhere I bet you never heard me sing About the Norther Lights and your skyward dreams But they were oh so real to me As real as you, as you and I could be So wait for me on a balcony of clouds With your hair the same color And if you fail to see not to bother with the little things Beneath your skin I know you're still in there You're somewhere
4.
Headwrecked 02:32
Let's get our heads wrecked A nice distraction for our heavy hearts We tear this town apart You throw one back I'll go two more, it's on tonight As they're lining up outside I could be anywhere in the world but you're here with me Good morning Boston You don't look the way you did last night But you know I, I don't mind We were a whirlwind We were a flash pan bright and alive Like the eyes of a child And I could be anywhere in the world but you're here with me
5.
The Ghost Of 03:27
"Here I come!" Spring lets on A sea of sundresses, a flood I fall in love with everyone that walks by This isn't what I thought I'd be When I left her I must have left with her The best parts of me I don't know what I should do With the ghost the ghost the ghost the ghost of you From this fractured family tree Limbs keep falling at my feet You're there to pick them up But me I had to break your heart Just to write a song I love What the fuck does that say about me? I don't know what I should do With the ghost the ghost the ghost the ghost of you And if I confess you're better than the rest Would you let me be? Would you let me let me sleep? They are echoes you're the wall Bounce right off you and they fall I don't know what I should do With the ghost the ghost the ghost the ghost of you And if I confess you're better than the rest Would you let me be? Would you let me let me sleep?
6.
The halls of my head are lined With the still frames of you in that purple dress In a city of lights caught by your eyes And your smile bright, the way I like you the best If not for this cartography I could wake up at your feet So I turn back my clocks to feel closer to you Strum a few simple chords, it's the best I can do As for now you are dancing with earthquakes On a bay guarded by a golden gate On these nights when I'm waxing nostalgic And I just can't sleep, wish you were here next to me But I know that these thoughts are foolish, contrite and naive We could never be And if not for this bar keep my glass would be empty The rocks waste away to naught So pour one more round, yeah this whiskey goes down Like it's water that my body needs So I turn back my clocks to feel closer to you Strum a few simple chords it's the best I can do As for now I'm dissolving with Summer My skin is burned but it will get better. At least I think...
7.
Cotton 04:25
Summer sun sinks slow Behind the leaves; color whiskey You crept into my dreams And now I can't get you to leave But even if I could Why would I even try? Air mattress on the floor Our limbs entwined With every rise and fall You body screams goodbye Goodbye... Oh, this was more than you could take. I'm not there when you're awake There is nothing left to say We were a beautiful mistake Cut corners, draw a line Hands move, we die With every note I breathe Repeat I'm fine, I'm fine I'm fine... Oh, this was more than you could take. I'm not there when you're awake There is nothing left to say We were a beautiful mistake We were a beautiful mistake We were beautiful This was more than you could take This was more than I could take We were a beautiful mistake We were a mistake.
8.
Limb 03:51
On the Queen's royal boat You fell under a spell The sea did it's job And damn it did it well A starry eyed choice A lover's demise You felt this was right It was life for the first time Seventeen months The longest of your whole life Things were just fine Till He made you his wife That's when the buzz wore off The true colors shown Two became one You never felt more alone But you are you are a limb Yeah you are you are Now a picture frame With well wishes hangs above your bed Lately the real hanging Has been done by your head This isn't your fault No matter what he says No this isn't your fault No matter what he says Cause you are you are a limb Yeah you are you are a limb So lets hit that bottle we both know it won't be the last time Just know that these roots are planted no they're not coming up this time And we won't let you lay down and die with the leaves no you'll see That you are you are a limb.
9.
Seven days to a week and I am counting eight What to do when all the trees grow over the only path to take This sea is getting rocky and I think I'm jumping ship But I'm too afraid I'll slip, yeah I'm too afraid I'll slip And I should have known better Than to take in the weather With a good girl like you A good girl Silver clouds they lace the sky the moon is hanging low From a tiny room I contemplate the tragedy of snow Oh, it falls and falls and piles up and then it melts away Holding on it tried to stay holding on it never stays And I should have known better Than to take in the weather With a good girl like you A good girl like you well Some would call me stupid But I swear it's something you did To leave me this way Now take it away go on take it And I should have known better Than to take in the weather With a good girl like you A good girl like you well Some would call me stupid But I swear it's something you did To leave me this way Now leave me just leave me just leave me This way
10.
Some nights I walk to where the side walk ends Open my lungs and take the atmosphere in If I should die if I should die before I wake Know that I lived to love until the dying day If you're going my way, hey tag along And if your your singing, sing loud and long I know you know I never meant for all of this As the tears streak your cheek their taste stings on my lips Your eyes are wide as we say our goodbyes Just know my love we're always under the same sky If you're lonely this one's the one for you I've known you for so long now And you're all I've had since then So sink with me on a saltless sea Hold your breath till I say when Someday not far away you know we'll be okay When the states disappear and all of those miles fade If you're lonely this one's the one for you I've known you for so long now And you're all I've had since then So sink with me on a saltless sea Hold your breath till I say when
11.
Porcelain 05:22
Porcelain, stretched over an ivory frame A sea of green washing gold straw away We're tired we're hot, we're overexposed From all this heat and humidity But it's been raining for days Inside this fever dream Poor Marie, you're far too sweet to be with me This rock in my gut should tell me more than enough Maps retraced and one too many calendar days I've been losing sleep swimming in uncertainty and sheets Now my hands shake my head aches I feel it in my teeth I can't bare to know you hurt because of me Lie my love, tell me everything is okay Cause I don't want to wake up with this sickness another day (You'll always be my love) You were the skip in my step You were the beat in my chest You were the rain at my window You were the loudest crescendo You were the crest of a wave You were the start to my day You were everything to me.

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released December 18, 2012

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The Field Effect Boston, Massachusetts

With a shared respect for well-crafted songs, TFE packs a collective punch; spiked with introspective lyrics, infectious melodies, and ferocious rhythms. An antidote to the seemingly endless movement of aloof, lo-fi indie music, The Field Effect reclaims the genre with their passion for lyrical honesty, musical ability, and a fearless plight to make music for “the many” and not just “the few.” ... more

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