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Cocktails & Revelations

by Calum White

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Coming Home 04:45
Well I was your captain once, but then I sank your ship Left the passengers all on the rocks I went looking for a different ship and sank that too I guess I just wasn't cut out for this job And head over heels, and heels over ass I went looking for the future, but only found the past Just another mistaken, that cut too close to the bone And when you coming home, when you coming home? When you coming home? Well I built your castle once, I built it out of sand Until the turrets touched the sky I went looking for your face to show you our new home But then in came the tide And turrets over towers, towers over balconies I stood and watched our home be washed out by the sea Just another mistake, if only I'd have known And when you coming home, when you coming home? When you coming home? I was your officer, but I corrupted myself Left my morals at the door Traded in my badge for a petty thief And you don't want me anymore Head over heels, and heels over ass, I keep making the same mistakes that I made in the past I keep looking for another job and someone to call my own Cause you never did come home, and you ain't coming home When you coming home? Well I was your captain once but then I sank your ship And those passengers are still on the rocks
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Revelations 04:24
Hey there put a song now on the jukebox, girl It's sobered up enough to play your favourite riff And the boy with the guitar swears that he's a god What a shame that everybody here is an atheist And what a shame it is to spill angels' blood And draw a smile on the page And what a shame it is to clip angels' wings And keep them in a cage You keep them in a cage You lean in closer to me and you whisper softly "What do I do when I get to the door? 'Cause I have faith but I swear that Jesus mocks me Who do you pray to when you're praying there's a god damned God?" And what do I do when I get to those pearly gates And what if there's no room What if Peter goes outside on a cigarette break And what if there's a queue? What if there's a queue? What if they've employed a 'one out - one in' system? "It's nothing personal, you just should have got here earlier" Do you think you could put a word in for me, Mister? And why is death on my mind, I've never been happier I've been happier And all the shelter that you give to those who can go without Have you any room left for me, to hide me from my doubts? 'Cause I've been sleeping in the river when my heart's on fire Crushed by the revelation that my whole live is a lie When it all gets too much for me I swear I'm falling apart I retreat back to the water, put out the fires in my heart When it all gets too much for me I swear I'm about to die Atleast it makes me feel alive. God knows I want to feel alive I want to feel the presence of cold air in my lungs I want to feel the grace of prayer on my tongue I want to feel the doom and gloom of those funeral drums I want to make my mother proud I want to see what life is like on the other side I want to know if I'm in the good books before I die I want to hear somebody tell me I've not lost my mind I want to know what Revelations is all about I want to make my mother proud What's Revelations all about? I want to make my mother proud What's Revelations all about?
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I don’t suppose there’s much reason for me to apologise Cause I know that you're not listening anyway I must have sorry thousands of times I don’t suppose you feel like listening today I placed some flowers at our grave And I did my best to walk away I don’t know why I’m singing this, you already know I had much luck at letting the little things go And I just wish that you knew What it’s like trying to get over you And I wish that you knew what it’s like But you never will You never will Well I don’t pay much mind to getting drunk all the time And I really perfectly fine with losing the war I slipped in lower gear in the last part of last year And I sipped a Virgin Mary through a straw I got my knuckles bruised, I had my heart broken There’s not much you can do once you’ve been forgotten I got soaking wet, I cut myself shaving Tried to convince myself that you, you’re the one worth blaming I placed some importance on our grave Just a slab of rock and an unconfirmed date I don’t know why I’m telling you, I know that you know I never had much luck in letting you go And I just wish that you knew What it’s like trying to get over you And I wish that you knew what it’s like But you never will I just wish that you knew, what it’s like Trying to get over you in the loneliest night Of your life, when your friends have all moved on And the memory is all that remains And escapes’ so far away So far away You're so far away
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Trees are swaying Leaves are falling down And I question everything When this time of year comes around But I get it now Thanks to cocktails and revelations Long drives with no destination Proud mothers with no redemption But I never meant to break your heart Last night I dreamt That we were strangers, and we started all over again But it never works like it does on television There’s some things no one ever mentions Cocktails and revelations You must be an angel, maybe you’re the devil You must be on your way to heaven or to hell If you are an angel, swear to me with you If you are the devil, well I’ll go with you as well Did I always feel hungover Sometimes that’s all I remember And I don’t want to go outside today Last night I dreamt, but I swear I was awake When your ghost approached me I just looked the other way At a certain point, there’s nothing left to say And I never thought we’d ever reach that day You must be an angel, maybe you’re the devil You must be on your way to heaven or to hell If you are an angel, swear to me with you If you are the devil, well I’ll go with you as well You must be an angel, maybe you’re the devil You must be on your way to heaven or to hell If you are an angel, swear to me with you If you are the devil, well I’ll go with you as well

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This is my third solo EP and was recorded between May and July 2014.
The songs cover topics such as relationships, faith, life, death. All the big ones, really.
Hope you enjoy and give me a like over at Facebook
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released July 23, 2014

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Calum White West Linton, UK

My name is Calum White and I'm a singer-songwriter from the Scottish Borders. Influences include Springsteen, Dylan, Frank Turner, Gaslight Anthem, Frightened Rabbit, Lucero and Counting Crows.

Previous bands include Black Beard's Beard, Neon Helicopter and Stacks.

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