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Cassette Dive

by Roy

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1.
Deeply 05:40
So I wait What am I s’posed to do? Sit around like a little kid so someone can complete my jigsaw So why do I feel bitter When I know the reasons why she left And I knew that she would have to go And I think myself asleep at night And spend my time alone I know she’s not waiting for me And even if we tried to plan We could not fight this twisted situation If you look too deeply everything breaks your heart Don’t let it tear your life apart I know I’m wasting time for her and I know that it’s unreal So I don’t tell her how I feel I call her when she’s not around And I hear her talk on her voice machine But I never leave a message I know that’s being clandestine But if I had the guts I would leave her rhyme and song Well I could sit and drink to understand To make sense of it all But why do it if she’s not waiting And I’ve lost more things than she’s given me But it doesn’t help this twisted situation If you look too deeply everything breaks your heart Don’t let it tear your life apart I know I’m wasting time for her and I know that it’s unreal So I don’t tell her how I feel If you look too deeply everything breaks your heart Don’t let it tear your life apart I know I’m wasting time for her and I know that it’s unreal So I don’t tell her how I feel
2.
One on One 04:07
With the lights down low You almost look like her With my eyes closed You almost feel like her Cover me Take it all off All these cares Take them all off I want some one on one Don’t wanna play no games And it’s no fun When you act strange Wear these clothes They were her style Wear your hair that way Smile that smile Sugar me Cos I’ve been sour For so long Sugar me. I want some one on one Don’t wanna play no games And it’s no fun When you act strange (Trust me) I want some one on one Don’t wanna play no games And it’s no fun When you’re strange You can trust me (take me down low, where I can forget her Take me down Way down low With my eyes closed…..)
3.
Wise 04:27
I stayed off the highway Stayed in at night Never talked to strangers Or accepted their rides I stayed out of trouble Whenever I could But I still took your poison And it did me no good Cos there was a time I could have ended it all And I was losing my mind But you, you didn’t care at all Dont be stupid or too wise Learn to see their traps and lies Always follow good advice It won’t help you in your life The minute I saw you I knew I was lost Like a child in a toy shop Doesn’t know what he’s got You were a fatal addiction Eating me alive I still stumbled towards you Offering all I could give Cause there was a time ` I could have ended it all I was losing my mind But you You didn’t care at all Dont be stupid or too wise Learn to see their traps and lies Always follow good advice It won’t help you save your life You you didn’t care at all Dont be stupid or too wise Learn to see their traps and lies Always follow good advice It won’t help you save your life
4.
She’s a beautiful loser And I’m a hopeless gambler I can’t get odds on her just breaking my back And blowing my stack She believes in beauty And I believe in lies She’s got me tangled up and tantalized and mesmerized She thinks she keeps on winning Gotta keep my head from spinning Gotta stop me wanting her around But she always me crazy Always made my days seem hazy Took my heart and gave me broken love She swoops to conquer While I wait to surrender She walks on hallowed ground Where she keeps me down where I’m gagged and bound She comes home in whispers And fills my life with wishes I wait here for her blessing and Wonder if I can still get by She thinks she keeps on winning Gotta keep my head from spinning Gotta stop me wanting her around But she always me crazy Always made my days seem hazy Took my heart and gave me broken love Broken love
5.
Blue 04:29
So I slammed the door and drove away I would have only begged you anyway Without a reason left to make me stay I just disappeared I think about you every now and then and if you'll ever change your mind again Well I don't understand what changed before You just disappeared I'm coming out of the blue again I never thought I'd see you again But I miss you when I'm sleeping I can't let it go Going into the black again Never thought I'd be back again I remember when we were closer friends I can't let it go What was it we used to talk about In the middle of those lost evenings When we couldn't admit we could live without Each other All the evenings when your phone rang out And all those nights when we would hang about And all those days when I just couldn't live without you Till I just disappeared I never used to dream at night that much Until the two of us fell out of touch Then all the lights went out I don't remember much you just disappeared I'm coming out of the blue again I never thought I'd see you again But I miss you when I'm sleeping I can't let it go Going into the black again Never thought I'd be back again I remember when we were closer friends I can't let it go What was it we used to talk about In the middle of those lost evenings When we couldn't admit we could live without Each other In the evening at your parents house On your knees and turning round to me The moon below your eyes was haunting me Till I just disappeared I'm coming out of the blue again I never thought I'd see you again But I miss you when I'm sleeping I can't let it go Going into the black again Never thought I'd be back again I remember when we were closer friends I can't let it go What was it we used to talk about In the middle of those lost evenings When we couldn't admit we could live without Each other
6.
Big Wheel 05:16
A pretty woman with an ugly mind has got her claws in me I gotta pay for any fun I get cos nothing ever comes for free She’s only ever really happy when she’s got me begging on my knees Says “Daddy I’m just being unkind because I’ve got to make you see That every single one of us got a weak link in our chain We don’t let it get on top of us. Stand or fall on what you feel. Every single one of us has an unlucky number in this game I don’t let it get on top of me I just spin the big wheel.” Got a friend who says he lost his mind when he lost his heart Found a woman who put him back together whenever he fell apart Now he’s doing 90 in his car hoping maybe he’ll lose control. Said he never really thought that he could end up being so cold Cos every single one of us got a weak link in our chain Don’t let it get on top of us we stand or fall on what we feel Every single one of has got an unlucky number in this game I don’t let it get on top of me I just spin the big wheel
7.
Retro 05:40
You infiltrate my dreams And capture all my thoughts Till I can’t think so clear anymore And in between my dreams And your reality I’m drowning in an ocean of doubt And don’t you worry (you infiltrate my dreams) There’s nothing I could do anyway (capture all my thoughts So many miles and no lucky breaks (till I can’t think so clear anymore) But we’re edging closer (and in between my dreams) Under cover of conversation (and your reality) And where we touch my skin is on fire (I’m drowning in an ocean of doubt) Chorus Well you’re hard to forget so I guess I’ll just have to miss you And then you tell me that I’m so retro, Cos I fell in love with you Well I got here too late so I guess it’s true that I missed you You make me act so stupid and reckless Cos I fell in love with you I never said a thing That I didn’t mean But does it mean anything to you? If you would tell me now To come and set you free I don’t know what could keep me from you Don’t you worry (I never said a thing) I’m coming on a train full of meaning (that I didn’t mean) Tell me the number and I’ll be there (but does it mean anything to you?) We’re edging closer (If you would tell me now) Under cover of conversation (To come and set you free) And where we touch my skin is on fire. (I don’t know what could keep me from you) Chorus Well you’re hard to forget so I guess I’ll just have to miss you And then you tell me that I’m so retro, Cos I fell in love with you Well I got here too late so I guess it’s true that I missed you You make me act so stupid and reckless Cos I fell in love with you Don’t you worry, don’t you worry Don’t you worry, don’t you worry Chorus Well you’re hard to forget so I guess I’ll just have to miss you And then you tell me that I’m so retro, Cos I fell in love with you Well I got here too late so I guess it’s true that I missed you You make me act so stupid and reckless Cos I fell in love with you
8.
Dark Side 04:35
Well you came up on my blind side And now with 20 20 hindsight I can see you don’t want me to leave you I was looking for a good time Then you came and blew my mind Don’t believe me? Well come up and see me If I say you’re too good to be true It doesn’t mean I don’t believe in you But sometimes we’re afraid to be happy To sleep perhaps to dream They might just all come true So come on take a ride on my dark side Well you nearly passed me by You nearly didn’t catch my eye Wasn’t looking when you got the hook in You’ll probably see my dark side I hope you learn to let it slide I believe you, believe me I need you If I say you’re too good to be true It doesn’t mean I don’t believe in you But sometimes we’re afraid to be happy To sleep perhaps to dream They might just all come true So come on take a ride on my dark side Sometimes I’m not too easy It ain’t easy to please me But with you on my side Maybe we can escape from my dark side Maybe we can escape from my dark side Yeah with you on my side Maybe we can escape from my dark side Maybe we can escape from my dark side Yeah with you on my side Maybe we can escape from my dark side Maybe we can escape from my dark side
9.
No Words 04:24
I watch her sleep I think about her past It’s another world now I wish I had been there All the things we could have shared as children All the summers playing in the garden I watch her hair Spread out on the pillow I watch her move I wonder what she’s dreaming Well I don’t care today Cause I’m not listening To all the things they say on the breakfast radio There are no words for this feeling I think I must be dreaming Still I wake up and she’s there And then my head goes through the ceiling I just wanna start screaming Kick my legs around in the air I get out of bed And I look out the window It’s morning morning And we’ve got nowhere to be Every now and then Something happens The planets fall in line Or you just get lucky Just out there is a world of trouble And glass is thin I shouldn’t feel so safe I don’t care today I’m not listening To all the things they say On the breakfast radio There are no words door this feeling I think I must be dreaming Still I wake up and you’re there And then my head goes through the ceiling I just want to start screaming Kick my legs around in the air
10.
Seed 05:00
I was a seed that fell on stony ground You were a flower in the desert I was a tree that fell without a sound While you were walking in a forest Don’t you ever say that I don’t want to live my life Don’t you ever tell me how I’m gonna live my life (In any case nobody’s listening) I was waiting for the world to end And you were making all your dreams come true I wasting time on bitterness You were crowding in the hours Don’t you ever say that I don’t want to live my life Don’t you ever tell me how I’m gonna live my life

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released November 6, 2021

All music and lyrics written by Rodric Yates & David Weeks
Performed by Roy (Rodric Yates and David Weeks) with John McNulty on vocals

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Roy Paris, France

Roy is two friends - brothers really - who write and record chiming, guitar-driven pop songs. During the pandemic, they found a box of old cassettes recorded in their youth. Songs powered by love, sadness, joy, beer and wine. David is based in Paris, Rodric in Bristol. They made it work, sending files backwards and forwards until they got the exact feel they needed for each song. ... more

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