more from
Blue Élan Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Moth To The Flame

by Natalie Gelman

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD  or more

     

1.
Photograph 04:11
I feel like a photograph like I’m almost real Life all around me not a thing I can feel Caught in perfection, but none of its true A moth to the flame it melts into I feel like a memory fading away I’m torn at the edges starting to fray Loosing connection I’m trapped in the past Frozen in time like a photograph But in your eyes I come alive All of the gray gives way to beautiful light When I’m in your arms it’s written in stars Is everything real again? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me like I want you tonight? I feel like a photograph still in a frame Yearning to touch you and here I remain I hold it inside so it never shows But when I’m with you I feel so exposed Love is the rush the risk that I take If you can’t feel the pain then there’s nothing at stake All of my heartache seems frozen in time The past isn’t past unless you leave it behind ‘Cause in your eyes I come alive All of the gray gives way to beautiful light When I’m in your arms it’s written in stars Is everything real again? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me like I want you tonight? You’ve got a thousand ways to capture my heart That gives you a thousand ways to tear it all apart But when I’m in your arms it’s written in stars Is everything real again? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me like I want you tonight? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me tonight? Do you want me like I want you tonight?
2.
Stronger 03:24
When you don’t know what it is that you’re running from You run faster than your legs can carry you Suddenly the thing you fear becomes The thing that just might pull you through Don’t know what I’m worthy of But I know that when I love It makes me stronger, makes me stronger To face all my demons till they fade away Makes me stronger, makes me stronger If I give up there’s hell to pay I’m gonna have to live Oh, I’m gonna have to live with myself everyday When you wind up in a place you’ve already been And it’s further from the truth you’re looking for Will you let go of the limits you’ve been living in? So your heart becomes an open door Don’t know what I’m worthy of But I know that when I love It makes me stronger, makes me stronger To face all my demons till they fade away Makes me stronger, makes me stronger If I give up there’s hell to pay I’m gonna have to live I’m gonna have to live with myself everyday Every answer comes undone When you realize there are none It makes you stronger, makes you stronger To face all your demons till they fade away Makes me stronger, makes me stronger If I give up there’s hell to pay I’m gonna have to live I’m gonna have to live with myself everyday
3.
I think I'm moving, but it feels like I'm standing still I think I'm loving, but it feels like I lost my will Under other circumstance No one could have taken me apart quite like you It was just a game of chance You were holding all the cards like you do Heavy, heavy heart Sinking like a stone Stop before we start Going it alone Have a little faith You know what we are Living in this world Of heavy, heavy hearts We both want something that is always out of reach We both want everything, but never what we need Every time you hesitate I shut down and give myself away just like you Careful what you speculate Every day you overthink the truth like you do Heavy, heavy heart Sinking like a stone Stop before we start Going it alone Have a little faith You know what we are Living in this world Of heavy, heavy hearts Everybody’s waiting, everybody’s waiting For a little bit of saving just like us We leave the way we came in, leave the way we came in Leave the way we came in on a cloud of dust Heavy, heavy heart Sinking like a stone Stop before we start Going it alone Have a little faith You know what we are Living in this world Heavy, heavy heart Sinking like a stone Stop before we start Going it alone Have a little faith You know what we are Living in this world Of heavy, heavy hearts Hearts, woah oh oh
4.
The Answer 03:03
Life made me some promises it never meant to keep Set me up to break me down in places where I’m weak Held me up against each day hope on the soles of my feet But life made me some promises it never meant to keep Love took my heart before it wandered off to find Something prettier and lovelier then what it left behind It didn’t mean to break me, that’s just its design Love took my heart before it up and left me blind And I had never known Just how strong my soul had grown Just how wild my old dreams had become Till I gave them all away And forgot who I was yesterday No longer held to the place I’m from The answers come more often than the questions you seek If you’re giving when it’s hard when life has got you beat Maybe what’s important ain’t the truth or the lie But to hold up your words and look them in the eye To know yourself through and through so on the day you die Your love becomes an answer we can all live by Your love becomes an answer we can all live by Your love becomes the answer we can all live by
5.
Sitting tight on the edge of my tongue Silent and ready to burn you like a shot gun If the truth needs an angel or the devil his muse And we’re already lost then there’s nothing to lose Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis Another day in paradise if you keep your eyes closed Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis All just seems to be the way things go The way things go Maybe love isn't what it's all about What does you in is the thing that you can't live without But it's enough to be with you tonight If you don't know what's wrong well then just maybe it's right Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis Another day in paradise if you keep your eyes closed Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis All just seems to be the way things go The way things go Would you come down, would you come down Would you come down and have your way with me? Would you come down, would you come down Would you come down and stay with me? Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis Another day in paradise if you keep your eyes closed Tall tales, loose lies, love songs, alibis All just seems to be the way things go The way things go The way things go The way things go
6.
Better Days 02:56
Underneath the currents I will be an anchor I will plant my feet down Weather the storm Underneath my weakness I keep growing stronger I’ve been seeking high ground Since I was born Better days, better days Who knows what tomorrow brings Cast away, cast away All my sad and foolish things Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray For better days, better days Every breaking wave In solitude and silence Is louder than the whole ocean When it crashes over me It always comes to pass Love will somehow be reborn Never true till it is broken And the heartache sets you free Better days, better days Who knows what tomorrow brings Cast away, cast away All my sad and foolish things Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray For better days, better days I won't wait forever For the best to come Sometimes the parts Are better then the sum Better days, better days Who knows what tomorrow brings Cast away, cast away All my sad and foolish things Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray For better days, better days Hold on tight as the world pulls you astray For better days, better days
7.
Some People 03:27
You told me once you had a room That gets the perfect light in June Put a smile on your face Filled your eyes with grace Your perfect little room I got a letter from you friend Said it’s the beginning of the end You’ve done all you think you can And won’t do it again A broken letter from you friend Well you want more and more and more of things Sometimes more is less it seems Some people are so poor Some people are so poor Some people are so poor All they have is money Remember this when times go bad When nothing was more than what you had You found ways to get by Watching clouds pass in the sky Remember this when times go bad When you want more and more and more of things Sometimes more is less it seems Some people are so poor Some people are so poor Some people are so poor All they have is money You got a roof over your head Got a book you haven't read Got a song that you can play You've got the one that got away You got some sugar for your tea A faithful friend in me The laughter from a joke And just a little bit of hope Some people are so poor Some people are so poor Some people are so poor All they have is money, money, money Some people are so poor Some people are so poor Some people are so poor All they have is money
8.
Summer Song 04:17
Don't you miss the summer? Lord knows I do Throw the windows open watch the wind blow in across your face Don't you miss the summer? Lord knows I do And the thing I miss the most about the summer is you, you, you, you Don't you miss the autumn? Leaves blowing ‘round All the colors falling from the sky in a million pieces All the colors I miss in your eyes in a million pieces And the thing I miss the most about the autumn is you, you, you, you You, you, you, you Don't you miss the winter? Holding me tight Snowflakes slowly falling as we dance in a wind spun lullaby Build up the snowmen till they melt before our eyes And the thing I miss the most about the winter is you, you, you, you You, you, you, you You, you, you, oh Don't you miss the springtime? When I said it first I love you and always will till our hearts meet again It’s awfully hard to wait till I could see you in the end And the thing I miss the most about the springtime And the thing I miss the most about this lifetime is you, you, you, you You, you, you, oh (You, you, you, oh)
9.
Love, love, love let me go Love, love, love let me go I was the last to know I was the last to know Love let me go You decided to put my things into a box You decided one day to change the locks And where was I? A thousand miles away And I asked you why, you couldn't say, you couldn’t say So love, love, love let me go Love, love, love let me go I was the last to know I was the last to know Love let me go You decided I was better off alone You decided what I guess I should've known Things might be easier when you’re too young to understand That things might work out but never like you planned, like you planned So love, love, love let me go Love, love, love let me go I was the last to know I was the last to know Love let me go I want out of your unhappiness Love let me go I see better days ahead Love let me go set me free and I'll be heading west Like a bird you have pushed out of the nest The same little bird you used to hold to your chest Yeah love, love, love let me go Love, love, love let me go I was the last to know I was the last to know Love let me go You decided to put my things into a box You decided one day to change the locks And where was I? A thousand miles away And I asked you why, you couldn't say, you couldn’t say
10.
The Devil 03:16
Will you sell your soul to the devil When he comes offering his price? ‘Cause it takes the man to break a man Will you even think twice? Will you sell your soul to the devil Will the devil even buy? He’s got bills to pay, he’s got the need To keep the fires high Will you sell your soul to the devil Will you see through his disguise? When he comes to you so beautiful You can't believe your eyes I sing out to empty tunnels Breathe deep in the subway air And the oxygen is almost gone And then I see him standing there   He doesn't want my mind or body But he'll take them just the same And he'll twist me in so many ways Till I don't even know my name Then he'll give me what I wished for Leave me with his business card It reads, "Success is just a call away If you don't want to work so hard" Suddenly I'm somewhere else Playing to ten thousand strong It feels so right here in hell There’s no such thing as “wrong” There’s no such thing as “wrong” There’s no such thing as “wrong” Will I sell my soul to the devil When I’ve used up all I can? Will there be anything left to give him That was here when it all began? All alone with my guitar When the night has turned me in And tomorrow I'll be leaving If this nightmare ever ends
11.
Let me sing you a song that you don’t know It may sound familiar the places I go It’s not about you, not entirely so You’ll see Once upon a time from a big, big city A girl takes a plane and gets lost in a pity Finds herself in your arms, you tell her she’s pretty Enough for you You’re a sad, sad, sad excuse for a man If I could go back to where it all began I would do it without you I would do it without you One minute I’m at the top of a hill for a friend Strumming guitars, songs that he penned For broken hearts so that he would mend Your mistakes I was next in line to be one of them As I picked up the guitar to sing about when Your eyes met my heart it all started then You know That you’re a sad, sad, sad excuse for a man If I could go back to where it all began I would do it without you I would do it without you What were you thinking Was it the drinking or chill? Now I’m future tripping and dream sipping Waiting on all of my life to kick in Without you if it will You lead people on you cheat and you lie You gave me a kiss that I didn’t deny And I felt like it meant so much more to me Than you You were every dream I thought that I had You told me the truth and it all went bad Like the drinks that you pour to survive one more night By yourself ‘Cause you’re a sad, sad, sad excuse for a man If I could go back to where it all began Maybe I would do it all again But, I’d do it without you I‘d do it without you I‘d do it without you
12.
Unloving You 04:14
You fooled me Thought you knew me Thought you wanted What I do It’s careless The way its come to this Watching the things I say In front of you The silence is what drives us mad But we can’t unhave what we’ve already had There’s so much left to unsay So much left to undo So much left to understand Even the truth seems untrue So much left to unthink We never thought it through So much left to unbreak Because I can’t start unloving you Unloving you, unloving you With time I Could go on I Could find reasons To let go Try to fix All this brokenness But the pieces Are all I have to show The silence is what drives us mad But we can’t unhave what we’ve already had There’s so much left to unsay So much left to undo So much left to understand Even the truth seems untrue So much left to unthink We never thought it through So much left to unbreak Because I can’t start unloving you Unloving you, unloving you You fooled me Thought you knew me Thought you wanted What I still do
13.
With each step in you break a little more Turn your back to the pain Leave your judgments at the door We’re all criminals, in here we’re all criminals They will take your pride and me from your side Put a thorn in its place till it’s what makes you feel alive But what is living, when we’re dying everyday? At the bitter ending with your hollow broken heart I could say goodbye a thousand times, each time it breaks my swollen heart Oh, but everyone’s got something to hide Some get convicted before they are tried All the stupid mistakes you did or didn’t make wont matter anymore Everyone’s got some secrets to tell, mine just happen to be yours as well And it won’t matter anymore, it won’t matter anymore When I see your face in those cold bare walls Every tall green tree standing between us all The rocks and the road, the sky I am told they are beautiful And they never seem to make her smile they just stand and lay cold Like they’ve known for a while nothing will change So get used to the pain And these prison walls that hold you in and keep us apart I could say goodbye a thousand times, each time it breaks my swollen heart Oh, but everyone’s got something to hide Some get convicted before they are tried All the stupid mistakes you did or didn’t make wont matter anymore Everyone’s got some secrets to tell, mine just happen to be yours as well And it won’t matter anymore, it won’t matter anymore With each step in I break a little more Turn your back to the pain Leave your judgments at the door We’re all criminals, in here we’re all criminals

credits

released June 18, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Natalie Gelman California

Natalie Gelman is a modern day troubadour, writing and performing songs straight from her soul. Natalie's music is infectious with finely crafted and emotionally raw stories punctuated by her stunning range as a vocalist, spanning delicately emotive phrasing to powerhouse full-voice singing. Her songs linger in the brain and the heart, begging for repeated listens. ... more

contact / help

Contact Natalie Gelman

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Natalie Gelman, you may also like: