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True To You
03:37
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Remembering us in full swing and laughing all the time
It’s sad to see regretfully our paths no longer wind
Our journey from these days has gone to take another ride
I’m overcome, I can’t go on, I need you by my side
As with everything you’ve come to bring me in the past you’ve tried
To soothe me with your calming words and reinstate my pride
So thankfully, I’m glad to see how time has kept us true
This loyalty means all to me, I owe my life to you
People calling out to you
People falling down for you
People who will see you through
People who are true to you
Those times when darkness shines more so than light in our short lives
We’ve proved to be security upon which we both thrive
So whether we’re together or a thousand miles from view
I’ll overcome, I will go on, I owe my life to you
People calling out to you
People falling down for you
People who will see you through
People who are true to you
Like a bird on the wing it’s a wonderful thing
I’ve been longing to sing about you my friend
Whenever I please, I see you on the breeze
I know that you’ll be there right till the end
Ain’t it just so, with the way that things go
How our fate will just flow, make us rise then descend
Fortunate though, through this living rodeo
Certain to know that we’ll always depend
People calling out to you
People falling down for you
People who will see you through
People who are true to you
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I Don't Smoke
04:59
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Stuck behind an unseen wall
Distinguishing nothing at all
Outside the boundaries of my barrier
Who knows who could be a carrier
Of a social disregard
Cause I feel as though it’s hard to deal with
Slam right through my unseen wall
But still I leave unseen your call
Persevere with your attempting
To steer me from my venting
Of your social disregard
That I feel is oh so hard to deal with
Sorry for not obliging, these streets are a joke
Recurring expectance, I don’t smoke
Getting to know you, now I sadly revoke
My misdirectness, you don’t smoke
A tragic scene you soon unfold
A wasted dream is all you hold
Of all the things in life you’d rather
Had surrendered but your father
Who died alone and cold
By the tree beside the road
To think behind my unseen wall
Had I left unseen your call
You’d have walked the streets for hours
For a place to buy some flowers
For the funeral this afternoon
With an added sense of lonesome gloom
Sorry for not obliging, these streets are a joke
Recurring expectance, I don’t smoke
Getting to know you, now I sadly revoke
My misdirectness, you don’t smoke
Were you lost inside, indignified, the world’s ignoring
With foolish pride I stepped outside to hear your story
To be blown away with what you say, anticipating
You to provoke me for a smoke, so irritating
I don’t smoke. You don’t smoke. We don’t smoke.
I don’t smoke. You don’t smoke. We don’t smoke.
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Live As Two
04:17
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Been thinking to myself lately
I’m losing my identity
Cause I’ve turned into you and you to me
And it worries me now I can see
You’re acting like it’s meant to be
That I’m so much of you as you are me
Do you ever wonder how as one we’ll survive?
I never should have loved you, you’ve acquired my life
I have always been a part of you
I exist the way you want me to
Independence don’t come into view
Maybe we should try to live as two
I’ve longed for your intimacy
Appreciate your company
But you’re becoming way too much for me
I fear that you’ll eventually
Completely take my liberty
That’s why I must selfishly ask you
Do you ever wonder how as one we’ll survive?
Wouldn’t it be better to regain our lives?
I have always been a part of you
I exist the way you want me to
Independence don’t come into view
Maybe we should try to live as two
Live as two, yeah
I have always been a part of you
I exist the way you want me to
Independence don’t come into view
Maybe we should try to live as two
I want to say to you, I want to say to you
That you’re drowning me, I can’t get out away from you
Cause you’re constantly beside me even when I want to hide me
And I really can’t be spending every day with you
I’ll be adding to my vanity but saving from insanity
Cause baby it just cannot be this way with you
I really wanna feel for you, but in the meantime we just need to
Live as two
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Don't Want To Know
03:50
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All the people in the street
That you fraudulently greet
A psychological defeat
But I don’t want to know
Still you get ‘em everywhere
Rope ‘em in without a care
And count the profits that you share
But I don’t want to know
Don’t tell me so
Too many times your word’s been spoken
Paper, TV and radio
Now on the street the ice you’ve broken
Need to move on, you’re hesitating
Keeping me here for all I owe
Business has gone, cause I’m not waiting
Well I don’t want to know
So don’t tell me so
There’s a hundred deals a day
With the strategy you play
You’re on a working holiday
And I don’t want to know
But I’m betting deep inside
All you want to do is hide
Your integrity will slide
So stop with your show
Cause I don’t want to know
Too many times your word’s been spoken
Paper, TV and radio
Now on the street the ice you’ve broken
Need to move on, you’re hesitating
Keeping me here for all I owe
Business has gone, cause I’m not waiting
Well I don’t want to know
So don’t tell me so
Too many times your word’s been spoken
Paper, TV and radio
Now on the street the ice you’ve broken
Well I don’t want to know
Need to move on, you’re hesitating
Keeping me here for all I owe
Business has gone, cause I’m not waiting
Well I don’t want to know
So don’t tell me so
And stop with your show
Cause I don’t want to know
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More Than I Can Handle
03:35
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Romantic movie
Where you said to me
That everyone must chase their heart
Not like that movie
You prove right to me
That my acting doesn’t suit the part
Although I’m ever grateful for all that you’ve done
I’ll wait till you say I’m the one, it’s you who I adore
Thinkin’ bout the time we’ve spent is more than I can handle
But I’ll not be dampened that you drew the line
Everyone and everything I meet will never make my life complete
Until the day where you’ll be mine
Now that you’ve moved on
And you’ve found someone
To give your love to every day
But if that someone
Should ever move on
Serendipity will come my way
Hope you’re ever grateful for all that I’ve done
Why can’t you see that I’m the one, it’s you who I adore
Thinkin’ bout the time we’ve spent is more than I can handle
But I’ll not be dampened that you drew the line
Everyone and everything I meet will never make my life complete
Until the day where you’ll be mine
Thinkin’ bout the time we’ve spent is more than I can handle
But I’ll not be dampened that you drew the line
Everyone and everything I meet will never make my life complete
Until the day where you’ll be mine
Until the day where you’ll be mine
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Comfort Zone
08:25
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Your careless days were not to stay
Your childhood has flown away
As you begin another day
Of work that you can’t stand, but the money in your hand
At the end of the day, you only do it for the pay
The weekend comes, how glad you are
But happiness still seems so far
You drink alone beside the bar
Thinking back on times you regret you left behind
For security of home stuck here in your comfort zone
Left here once before, couldn’t take no more
I don’t understand what drove you back again
Sad and all alone stuck in your comfort zone
Makes no sense to me that
You’re living your life where you don’t want to be
Now bury your fears and fight to break free
You pack your bags up once again
Assured that this will be the end
Get your life back on the mend
Move to what will be your place of destiny
New job, new life, new soul, whole new opportunity
The road looks tough from here but at last your dreams you see
And if you survive your fears, you can call yourself free
Left here once before, couldn’t take no more
I still don’t understand what drove you back again
Sad, bored, depressed and hey you’re all alone
Stuck here in your comfort zone
Now you clearly see
You were living your life where you don’t want to be
You buried your fears, you fought to break free
Life can offer so much more, now
Take that risk and leave your comfort zone
Once you step outside that door, now
A world awaits to call your home
A year has passed, you’ve reached your goal
Of work and friends and life and soul
Out of your shell, out of your hole
Thinking back on times that you’re glad you left behind
For security of home in your brand new comfort zone…
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Dan Schaumann Toronto, Ontario
Acoustic storyteller Dan Schaumann returns with his latest musical release, I Wish I Lived In Canada, available now on all
major streaming platforms.
From lost love to found feet, toppled dreams to open doors, Dan’s attitude to life is as infectious as the songs he draws from it. His artistic creations speak of an extraordinary journey into the experiences of a contemporary traveler.
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