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Hindsight (2020)

by Tenement Gentleman

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In My Dreams 01:58
You and me we never go to work in my dreams You and me punching every jerk in my dreams You and me dancing in the rain You and me are drinking champagne in my dreams. You and me never went to school in my dreams You and me are hanging by the pool in my dreams You and me get everything for free You and me can make ends meet in my dreams. Forget all of the other stuff that came before There’s not a thing about you that I don’t adore and you are the only one for me. You and me we never go to sleep in my dreams You and me we never disagree in my dreams. You and me are the greatest of friends You and me until time ends in my dreams. In my dreams.
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Tell me something that I don’t know. How could you just let all this go? Oh, you never change. You’re ashamed to feel loved. But you denied me the life that you said would be mine. I reside as the ghost of your words, never seen, seldom heard, lost to time. Tell me something that I need to know. It’s not that easy to be letting go of you. Everything I once had is now gone.
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For Shame! 02:55
You said I was your perfect lover but I guess you said that to all the others. We vowed to never stray but I guess you didn’t want things to be that way. But why’d you put on the blame on me? For all the things you chose to be? For shame! For shame! I never asked a thing from you but I’m asking you to tell the truth for me. For me. There’s a hundred things I could mention here but I won’t bore you with the details, my dear Just run and spin your lies while I cross my heart and dot the whys. Why’d you put the blame on me for all the things you wanted to see? For shame. For shame. I never asked a thing from you but it’s not that hard to tell the truth to me. To me.
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Split 01:16
I conjured up the demons for you, my love (my love) I sank the ship they launched for you, my love (my love) A tapestry of treachery but no love. Your love. No.
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The Grass 01:51
I never dreamed that you would be the one to be so cruel. I never suspected a thing. Such a fool. The love we had it turned to steam. Teardrops on the glass. And if you want me again my heart is in the grass.
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The Oak 02:56
My father sat under the big oak tree He said, “remember your ma, if you don’t remember me”, I said, “don’t worry, Dad. I’m coming home next year”, He said, “a long way back I told my Daddy that but that was 1923”. I wrote postcards and letters from the diners on the road but the drink and the women and the drugs they took hold when I thought about home I’d just sink another beer. You tend to forget your kin when you’re living in sin and your heart is filled with fear. It’s no kind of life when you steal and you fight and you isolate yourself in the city at night. A man grows tired of keeping bad company. I’d think of old friends and how I loved them to death and pray they’d remember me. I’m coming home. The bus rides were a long time to consider my pain, if you ain’t got a ticket you ain’t getting on the train. I might not have wheels but I still got my feet. I’ll busk and I’ll borrow in the hopes that tomorrow will be the day that we shall meet. My mother lay under the big oak tree. He said “there’s no longer your ma, but you still got me”, I said “don’t worry, Dad. I won’t be leaving here”, He said, “I too am a rat, so don’t give me that, I’ll just wait and see.”
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Johnny's polishing a written-off Cadillac, Blasting a refurbed Wurly that plays CDs. He's wearing drainpipe jeans with impeccable seams that a dead man's wife gave to charity. Now the weekend's here it's time for karaoke He puts the 'king' into working man's club every Saturday night. Dorothy cries every week as he sings that he loves her tenderly and a fight breaks out between suspicious minds. So, go Johnny go! You're not Elvis but everybody knows you've got the best quiff in Yorkshire and that's something. Guess he'll never make it to Graceland Rotherham's not even that close to Tennessee. Working in a vinyl store, cash-in-hand though they'll probably give him discount off the Paul Simon LP. So, go Johnny go! You're not Elvis but everybody knows you've got the best quiff in Yorkshire and you're the king. Sure you're 23 Stone born in Totley still living at home never been beyond Leeds. But in a badly-lit room to a crowd with bad eyes you open your mouth and the king is still alive. So, go Johnny go! You're not Elvis and everybody knows but you've got the best quiff in Yorkshire and that's something.
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You expect me to write you a love song but I’m just dying to prove you wrong. It’s not because I can’t but you just get everything you want. I’m not trying to be cruel. I just think you should know disappointment too.
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Don’t let the ones you love carry the burden of all the things you can’t be. Set them free. Don’t let your own mind be the only thing to define how loving you can be. Set it free. Just a pinch of hate sours previous hours so great. All this insecurity, set it free. Don’t you dwell upon the things you ought not to have done. You can’t change history. Set them free. Don’t let your childish heart destroy a work of art be all that you can be and set it free.
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Not Even Her 02:44
I’ve been known to be a good friend now and again. I’ve been known to be a little fun now and then. But it feels like a long time since I was either. But this is a song that’s aimed at no one in particular. Not even her. I am now known as someone staying at home. I have been known to be seen but only alone. I don’t mind if you stay or go. If you just come around, I won’t say no. But this is a song that’s aimed at no one in particular. Not even her.
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Lars 01:37
Faith heals nothing time won’t reveal. I can’t let you be real. I can’t let you leave. I love you more than you can see. I love you more than you love me. How can I let this be? I can’t let you be real. I can’t let you be any more than a fantasy.
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No Homework 02:51
Sit down pretty girl I’ve got too much time on my hands. Stand back up and give me a twirl, you look so pretty when you dance. We’ll borrow your parents’ car. I don’t have anything sleazy planned. We don’t have to go far just turn on the radio and hold my hand. We don’t have to go public, understand. I know that I’m embarrassing. I’ll erase your name from my hand. You don’t have to wear my ring. I’ll borrow my parents’ car. There’s a beach party not so far away. Sit by the fire and play guitar and with a song I’ll persuade you to stay. The weekend’s for us. On Monday we’ll be back in school. I’ll sat at the back of the bus. If you sit at the front, well hey, that’s cool.
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Haunted Blue 02:15
There’s a place I go where you and I still meet, earnestly. There’s a place I go I still look in your eyes and I can see they’re haunted blue, haunted blue. There’s a past I live in where I go by mistake free. There’s a future that you’re living in now without me. It’s haunted too, haunted too. Things will never be the same again. Things will never be the same. Things will never be the same again. Things will never be the same as haunting you, haunting you.
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Funny people walking out of their doors one by one. Funny people taking different roads one by one. Regular Joes without egos going to wherever they go past my window.
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That guitar was once my guitar I know because you told me. That girl was once my girl I don't recognise her now. Now they've been replaced. The memories erased. But I'll never forget the mistakes I made. That house was once my house I don't know who lives there now. That town was once my hometown Thought I’d never get out. And now I've got away I know places aren't to blame for all the feelings I couldn’t name.
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The day we met I placed a bet that one day you would leave and now I’m rich but I don’t care a stitch, there’s nothing to achieve. Some people were born to live in dreams whilst others live the truth. Every sunbeam broke in two when I died of you. Every now and then I forget again that you still exist. But the memories they keep haunting me, of the moment we first kissed. The sky and under, you and I suddenly were new. But everything turned grey from blue when I died of you.
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Lately I’ve been careful to be less of an arsehole but it seems to be in my genes.
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Sweetheart 02:40
Sweetheart, There’s nothing going wrong today. That’s mighty strange. And Sweetheart, hanging around with a guy like me, just wait and see. Though things seem so good right now, I’ll only fuck it up somehow. There’s something going wrong, it’s just not been seen. Faced with a tormented reality upon waking. Replace this, this awkward personality, oh someone please. Thought it once could be said of me, he’s a stand-up member of society, now if something’s going wrong, You’ll find me.
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Dry 01:33
Watching the spillages dry I’ll be here ‘til I die. The barmaid will soon call time when she does, I’ll be broken inside. Oh please, don’t call time. I still haven’t drank this place dry.
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When I’m gone Baby, please move on. When I’m dead just find someone else instead. I’m not coming down I’m not haunting your house I’m not coming back around I’ll just be gone. When I leave don’t you waste no time with grief no one wants a wife married to some afterlife that just don’t exist I don’t want to be missed and while your time’s dragging on I’ll still be gone. When I’m dead. When I leave.
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Melodramas and breakdowns 2005-2020.
Recorded in flats and houses around Sheffield.

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released November 23, 2020

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