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XOAN
Greenhorn album cover

Greenhorn

2020

Produced by Alex Bolpasis

About This Album

XOAN’s debut album — a coming-of-age record that stubbornly refuses to come of age. Eight vibrant tracks driven by vulnerable yet visceral songwriting. Scrappy, guitar-led indie rock with melodic urgency.

Tracklist

  1. 01 Yellow Fever 3:45 LYRICS

    A stormy scene is the perfect sidekick It follows you where you go A wicked tale of a long-gone time key Submerged in bottles and pot Safe, on a bee's ride Volition unknown Slave, for a piece of Material world I see the truth We faked it We creep up through the lines I'm barely here I'm chained here I fade in The color grey is a healthy liar He's always under, he's scared When there's a rational thought he hangs tight Death gripping shit out of stone Waste is a lip tight Articulate gold Strange, for a beehive To cast the first stone I see the truth We faked it We creep up through the lines I'm barely here I'm chained here I fade in A background waits It's jading That distant ship arrived The frame is set You made it So fade in

  2. 02 Saw the Sun 4:21 LYRICS

    On the bright side Wind blows again But all I ever do is spit against him She talks in all tongues Well I must be deaf Beneath the earth I only catch a trace yeah When light crawls through the cracks Blinded eyes well don't mean much Cause we saw the sun And we heard his song We won't be held inside no more But the bright lights And the shades they cast Are large enough to swallow up the street lamps Breathe slow breath out fast In clouds of dust In hummingbirds and dragonflies she dwells now I won't go back below I'll keep on clinging on this world Cause we saw the sun And we heard his song We won't be held inside no more I'm more than a grain beneath the earth More than a hindrance to myself And I'll be damned If I don't turn around the spell we're under She doesn't know she She doesn't know she does She doesn't know she makes the trees shake when she walks Cause we saw the sun And we heard his song We won't be held inside no more

  3. 03 A Night or Two 3:17 LYRICS

    I took a ride where the flames begin I took a ride with a seabird calling my name It was all in my head I knew the warmth when the morning came But I knew the dream and from the nightmare is minutes away Seconds away Honestly, I'm so relieved I kind of felt a thing or two about it Can't deny I spent a night or two awake and wondering about it I wouldn't mind if we shared the shade I wouldn't care if you nest safe somewhere away I'm too on my way But I know a place where the crowd won't go Behind the isle with the cabins open the door We'll sleep on the floor Honestly, I'm so relieved I kind of felt a thing or two about it Gratefully I'll land my feet and keep the warmest things I thought about it

  4. 04 Subliminal Interactions Between Underwater Species 3:53 LYRICS

    Throw me the bait tonight You know that I won't bite it Well nothing wrecks me not this time I'm stepping off that ladder These shallow lies Sometimes they taste so stale We all deserve what we became It seems I'm used to Shutting this away The weight of that insistence Won't keep me awake Sell me your broken parts You know that I won't buy them Well, there's no game of down and up These circles just don't matter These shallow lies Sometimes they taste so stale We all deserve what we became But it seems like We were both alive Melting into the same person Meanwhile We forgot Who we were Where we go Sing me all the lies that you sustain Stories about a love that never fades A bond that is so strong that never breaks The same old story with shiny new mistakes Not this time baby I'm going my own way So throw me the bait tonight You know that I won't bite it Well nothing wrecks me not this time I'm stepping off that ladder These shallow lies Sometimes they taste so stale We both deserve what we became

  5. 05 Door 4:07 LYRICS

    All the forgotten Found no relief in the shade A door once wide open Leads to a maze fables say Well from out here it seems wide shut We're making peace with the fact that we're bored We blame the time frame as what keeps us all floored What if it's backwards? What if the maze is this place Tales of darkness Made just to keep us contained Well from in here it still seems shut In here all passion is fashionably late We follow guidelines we climb up the scales We're making peace with the fact that we're bored We blame the time frame as what keeps us all floored I'm running out of patience these days They slip through my fingers my better years I'm running out of faces and games Still heading straight for those barriers See beyond lend me your eyes Hear beyond lend me your ears Charge Break it down and see what's beyond Charge I'll break it down and see on my own

  6. 06 Line 4:02 LYRICS

    Give me something to distract myself I got a terrible noise ringing in my head again Draining the meaning from what makes me grin Made his bed deep inside my brain When I see with his eyes I see shapes behind a veil Cause he's never leaving, never leaving now Do you feel like you're choking? On words that you once knew Do you feel like you're drowning? In waters that you knew Yeah blame on me your cowardice and dread All the wonderful plans are a case for ignorance They keep you awake and they make your skin itch Chagrin covers everything my friend Even if you take off Well the train keeps going fast And you cannot change this So what do you crave? A line that's always straight A flat path to follow through I'll keep you restrained And there you will remain Till I see the light in you Do you feel like we're choking On words that we once knew Do you feel like we're drowning In waters that we knew So what do you crave? A line that's always straight A flat path to follow through I'll keep you restrained And there you will remain Till I see the light in you

  7. 07 Dirt 3:57 LYRICS

    I know Buried in the sternum like a tree Something's throbbing within I know Crooning as the fragments drift astray It takes the edge off the ache Lately Everything seems further from my grasp Maybe Dirt just might be all we've ever asked Above Calculating what the weather brings Countless meaningless things But I know Floating through the river we called time Glory shines like a dime Sing me Elegies of lives I've never lived Sink in Dowagers can teach you how to swim Maybe Golden coins will cover up my eyes Maybe Definitely that's what's peace of mind

  8. 08 Stranger 5:25 LYRICS

    Wait up she said Wait up it's getting way too real To believe it In any bed The void is keeping me awake I can't relieve it Vain I can't shake this feeling I want to believe it I want to believe it all With feet stuck on the ground Time doesn't heal a thing yeah I want to believe it I want to believe it all With feet stuck on the ground In solid state The concrete holds me way too well To release me An empty stare A numbing veil just keeps me still And I can't lift it But if tides keep swelling I need to change sight And in fights with comfort I need to pick a side Yeah, I can't shake this feeling I want to believe it I want to believe it all With feet stuck on the ground Time doesn't heal a thing yeah I want to believe it I want to believe it all Feet stuck on the ground Stranger