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1.
Looking at my phone I see a call from you and I listen to your voice for the first time Staring at your back As I call out your name And you turn around And I found myself thinkin about the future I don't really think that it will be better I don't think that I will be wiser But I think that all of it won't really matter I want you to be the one to break my heart Oh I want you to be the one to break my heart Watchin the words flow From your lips and crawl into my ears I fear that memory forms in an imperfect consciousness I hope I'm not sleep deprived or I'll be dreamin with eyes wide In somno veritas And I found myself thinkin about the future I don't really think that it will be better I don't think that I will be wiser But I'm sure that all of it won't really matter I want you to be the one to break my heart And I found myself thinkin about the future I don't really think that it will be better I don't think that I will be wiser But I'll bet that all of it won't really matter I want you to be the one to break my heart Oh I want you to be the one to break my heart Oh I want you to be the one to break my heart Ooo I want you to be the one to break my heart The one to break my heart The one to break my heart
2.
I love you but you're a mess You seem to fear basic consciousness I can't do anything constructive You feel like you have control Fear might just play a supporting role Then one night, you'll be filled with regret And worse yet I just can't stand To look at you now All I can see Lost possibilities Lost possibilities Got a complaint? Just take a pill But love ain't something you can inhale Show restraint or you'll find yourself lost I'm certain you have a choice Believe in the sound of my voice But somehow I'm beginning to see That you is me I just can't stand To look at you now All I can see Lost possibilities Lost possibilities Lost possibilities Lost possibilities If this song doesn't teach you a lesson And if these words do not help you see something Then I give up You won't bring me down with you You won't silence my judgement You won't make me feel smaller You won't You won't I just can't stand To look at you now All I can see Is history repeating Lost possibilities...
3.
Late at night and I needed a friend Shouldn’t be surprised I’d find you again Lost control and I needed an ending I guess I’ll stop pretending, stop lying to myself Afternoon and I still haven’t slept Why are you surprised I have nothing left? Forgive me I am not a machine I say what I mean, I’m no longer seventeen She’s the cool girl of my dreams Whatever that’s supposed to mean The cool girl of my dreams Late at night and I’m not thinking clear Shouldn’t be surprised that I’d find you here Artificially mesmerising But is it just advertising? Not that I’m criticizing She’s the cool girl of my dreams Whatever that’s supposed to mean She’s the cool girl of my dreams Whatever that’s supposed to mean The cool girl of my dreams
4.
My Universe 03:01
I never expected it to be morning, whoa-ooh-oh-oh I never expected it to end I always assumed it would be all the same forever I never thought that I would Wake up and it’s four years later Light the matches, I’m a traitor Music’s the only solace for me My universe just got a little smaller And I doubt I’ll see a future with any color to it I never assumed it would be easy, whoa-ooh-oh-oh I never said I wasn’t a fool, ooh-whoa-ooh-oh-oh-oh You never told me you were super cool And I should know cause I’ve been Left out in the cold air waiting Thank you for participating Now I close our final chapter here My universe just got a little smaller And I doubt I’ll see a future with any color to it My universe My universe My universe My universe Modern man works miracles Modern man is easy to deceive Not to be cynical, but Modern man is both cure and disease Modern man works miracles Modern man is easy to deceive Not to be cynical, but Modern man is both cure and disease Modern man works miracles Modern man is easy to deceive Not to be cynical, but Modern man is both cure and disease My universe My universe My universe My universe My universe Just got a little smaller And I doubt I’ll see a future with any color to it
5.
So Long Ago 03:11
It wasn’t so long ago that you needed me It wasn’t so long ago that you still cared It wasn’t so long ago that you would tell me everything It wasn’t so long ago It wasn’t so long ago that something like this wouldn’t happen It wasn’t so long ago that I was a part of you It wasn’t so long ago that you felt the same about me as I do about you right now It wasn’t so long ago I guess that a picture Of you and your new guy Is worth a thousand tears It wasn’t so long ago that I, I, I I can’t even say what I wanna say I’m so upset and angry and jealous It wasn’t so long ago that you’d listen to me and I’d sometimes hear you Say that you love me, and say that you needed me too I guess that a picture Of you and your new guy Is worth a thousand tears La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la It wasn’t so long ago, that this song would have mattered La la la la la
6.
Everything I say is the wrong thing, I feel so stupid Not sure I should stay here If not today, soon you will find my presence unwanted Come soon what may be Sometimes when I don’t feel no good at anything You help me see that it’s a lie Cause i’m so good at making you cry There’s nothing I can do, I am doomed to repeat the past again And never know how you feel I don’t have a clue how I can mend our fractured partnership Or if this love’s true Sometimes when I don’t feel no good at anything You help me see that it’s a lie Cause i’m so good at making you cry If I could cry I would cry right here beside you If I could cry Maybe I would understand you If I could cry I could for once feel the same as you If I could cry Maybe I wouldn’t do this to you Sometimes when I don’t feel no good at anything You help me see that it’s a lie Cause i’m so good at making you cry
7.
Was our love ever a lie I think it always You ruined every single one of my good old days Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Ah-ha-ha-ha Not enough to snuff the candle out you set me ablaze She's too afraid to get back and get her degree But not too afraid to tell me exactly just what's wrong with me Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Ah-ha-ha-ha Please allow me to reassert and relocate middle C Did I really wait for this Did I write about this in my dream journal Did I, did I pray for this I don't remember Oh no I don't remember You won't get what you want just to paraphrase I couldn't decide so in the end I picked Mayonnaise Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Ah-ha-ha-ha I'm in love with your wonderful D-D-D-DNA Did I really wait for this Did I write about this in my dream journal Did I, did I pray for this I don't remember Oh no I don't remember Was our love ever a lie I think it always You ruined every single one of my good old days Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh Ah-ha-ha-ha Was our love ever a lie I think it always was
8.
I'm non confrontational, not particularly emotional I'm haunted Representational, no longer i'll abide the vitriol Not wanted This is not aberrational my love language is conversational A controlled pout My life's improvisational held tight by forces gravitational Gets a shout out Hey hey hey, la la Hey hey hey, la la Hey hey hey, la la la la You're my Taylor Swift Chords girl With you i feel totally comfortable I hope you never change I hope you'll stay Don't make me pray My Taylor Swift Chords girl Some hazards occupational but ultimately transformational New reality For you love's rotational and i have nothing navigational You'll come back to me Risk is computational all sectors now are operational I feel that Investigational, not technically unconstitutional I feel glad Hey hey hey, la la Hey hey hey, la la Hey hey hey, la la la la You're my Taylor Swift Chords girl With you i feel totally comfortable I hope you never change I hope you'll stay Don't make me pray My Taylor Swift Chords girl My Taylor Swift Chords girl I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me now Flew me to places I'd never been So you put me down oh You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye And I got that red lip classic thing that you like And when we go crashing down, we come back every time Cause we never go out of style We never go out of style Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet Are we in the clear yet? In the clear yet, good Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess It's a love story, baby, just tell me You're my Taylor Swift Chords girl With you i feel totally comfortable I hope you never change I hope you'll stay Don't make me pray My Taylor Swift Chords girl My Taylor Swift Chords girl
9.
A New Way 04:09
I thought bad stuff never happened To anyone you know, and you know me I always get melodramatic, everything out of proportion I don’t want much I don’t want to change the world I don’t want happiness I just want to be sad a new way, that’s why I met you I never thought anyone listened To anything I said, or anything you said When you look at the big picture, you can feel so helpless, helpless I don’t want much I don’t want to change the world I don’t want happiness I just want to be sad a new way, that’s why I met you No lying to myself this time I’ll be upfront for one No false intentions I’m giving up from the start I don’t want much I don’t want to save the world I don’t want happiness I just want to be sad a new way I just want to be sad a new way I just want to be sad a new way, that’s why I met you I don’t want much, I don’t want much
10.
Undiagnosed 03:47
Everybody told me there’s no escape from freedom Break the chains I never really knew you I just told you my lifestyle Live in shame Well you have got me just a little bit angry And I won’t let you control how I’m feeling You have got to stop believing your own lies Cause my eyes aren’t blind to them A hundred thousand people come to say it’s too crowded Truth be damned I know I always wear a mask I just want you to know Who I am Well you have got me just a little bit angry And I won’t let you control how I’m feeling You have got to stop believing your own lies Cause my eyes aren’t blind You can read whatever I write You can read my horoscope, if you wanna But if you read into my mind, please tell me Cause I’ve been trying to do that for years Well you have got me just a little bit angry And I won’t let you control how I’m feeling You have got to stop believing your own lies Cause my eyes aren’t blind and baby You have got me just a little bit angry And I won’t let you control how I’m feeling You have got to stop believing your own lies Cause my eyes aren’t blind, no

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released September 3, 2019

Jim Cordes - Vocals, electric guitar, 6-string acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric bass, upright bass, acoustic piano, Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, handclaps

Jacob Walsh - Drums

Travis Egnor - Electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9)

Dusty Wojtas - Banjo (track 7)

Dave Drago - Handclaps



Produced by Dave Drago



Album art photo by Melissa Anne Perella



Special thanks to Sean Barna, Bill Danoff, and Andrew Grossman



All music and lyrics by Jim Cordes.

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