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Wait of the World

by Atombender

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1.
[Verse 1] This year went by so fast, another holiday But I was kind of hoping somehow in some way That last time would be the last time And this time you would stay But once again I'm grounded here While you flew away [Chorus] I feel a numbness in my legs I feel my heart skip every day And I forgot how to believe that this was happening to me Flying from another state You said "Ccome find me if I wait" And I think I found the place that you were waiting [Verse 2] Everybody looks like you from far away And in everything I do I'm reminded of the day We closed our eyes At the same time for the first time We realized we'll go a long, long way [Chorus] [Bridge] Seasons change and I was frozen The leaves changed and I was buried underneath the tree I'll stay buried here, I'll stay asleep For a little while longer I can wait ‘Til you wake me [Chorus] You are crossing borders And my compass is broken Still I know I will find you
2.
Amputations 04:07
[Verse 1] I read the doctor's story late last night in bed Of the preacher and the teacher and the prostitute I never would've seen myself in her shoes But the list of all the things she's done rang so true [Pre Chorus] I am the luckiest one I've faced no fire and I've faced no gun So why do I still feel like I'm so far gone? [Chorus] A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain We all need to start over again Without a past but with an amputation [Verse 2] It's hate, deceit, and cancer, it's the spreading of disease Past and present, thieves and liars, now and formerly It's the greatest lie ever told in the greatest story ever told And it makes my soul sick, but my body is weak, so it's killing me [Pre Chorus] I thought I was bulletproof once so I tried the taste of sin on my tongue just a little bit, then a little more, and I was gone [Chorus] A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain We all need to start over again Without a past but with an amputation A cleansing fire, a cleansing flood To wash both of my hands of your blood I need to see what forgiveness really means Another sun, another day A chance to start all over again So awake my soul with the sunrise (Awake, awake, rise up!) [Bridge] There's no way I understand completely I'm streets-behind even knowing one percent of it About birth and death and birth again and all these earthly things I've bought into lies with my life not well spent
 [Chorus] A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain We all need to start over again Without a past but with an amputation A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain We all need to start over again Without a past but with an amputation A cleansing fire, a cleansing rain We all need to start over again Without these past lives, without these limbs Without these past lives, without these limbs (Hallelujah, hallelu)
3.
[Verse 1] Let's get back to the basics now Back to when we knew how To do things right (the first time) Let's cut off all the excess talk Because weekends gone and writer's block Will slow us down enough [Chorus] Do you know why we do this? It's not for us Do you know why we do this? It's not for anybody else because The flame inside my heart ignites in my lungs So you know to look up [Verse 2] Let's get back to the way things were Because I don't know what you'd do for her You know I think you’re crazy Let's get back to the way it was This doesn't start or end with us There's more to this story [Chorus] [Bridge] Let’s get back to the basics Let’s get back to the basics Some things didn't matter when I know that we've all changed since then Some things didn't matter when I know we'll probably change again But I'm asking this to stay
 I’m asking this to stay
4.
US Hwy 30 04:17
[Verse 1] I could have crashed, I should have burned I'm off the track that's what I am And this road ran me just short of empty And it seems I've lost my way [Chorus] I am only half the man I should have been one full year ago I hold in my hands all the things I should be proud of So nearly nothing at all [Verse 2] I could have died, I should have died tonight From what I lack, from what I am But I plowed forward and the road turned With lessons I drowned in but never learned [Chorus] I am only half the man I should have been one full year ago I hold in my hands all the things I should be proud of So nearly nothing at all I am only half the man I should have been one full year ago I don't clearly see all the things that should be working So nearly blind to it all [Bridge] I've faced my fears a million times before But every time I seem to come up short I come up short but I see a light Ahead me every time night falls And I am glad to see anything at all Anything Anything at all I am only half the man I am only half the
5.
Sinkhole 03:57
[Verse 1] I've slept on every side of this God-forsaken town I've watched it flood, I've seen it burn down I've felt a thousand cold winds roll in from north of here I've felt the heat of the August sun, it burned me this year [Verse 2] I've been down every road, every sidewalk, every street They felt the pressure of my wandering feet I've seen through every window of this old midwestern town It always looks the same but we swear its changing [Chorus] The winds came to pick me up The waters rose to pull me down And all I did each time was run But I never ran quite far enough [Verse 3] And now I feel the need to sail to new lands I'm no Columbus but I think you'll understand Because here I don't ask questions and here I'm sitting still When I return I'll love this place for different reasons [Chorus] [Bridge] There is a sinkhole and it's swallowing And every day I tie another link to this chain And every word I write is a chance taken away You know I'm asking for a compass and some clarity [Chorus]
6.
Night Guard 05:05
[Verse 1] Who will sing the guard to sleep? The one who takes the late watch He hears their breath grow heavy When he’s awake, the camp is still [Verse 2] But who will watch over the guard? The guard who loves each one And would give his life as the price Who keeps him in their embrace? [Chorus] I am weaker than I appear I still hold all those fears [Verse 3] Who will stay with the guard When all the girls grow up? They find new boys and leave As the good ones are left here to die Where are you now? He's bleeding for this empty camp He keeps the ghosts underground So when is his work done? [Chorus] I am weaker than I appear I still hold all those fears I feel smaller than I appear I still hold all those fears [Bridge] I'm tired and I'm losing sleep I'm up all night and I'm praying That angels come and keep you Breathe in deeply Don't think or dream the wrong way of me I'm only here to watch you count sheep Praying angels come down And keep you safe Breathe in deeply (Angels, come down)
7.
Great Lakes 04:16
[Verse 1] A man walks on the beach He stops to think, closes his eyes Waves touch his feet, his well worn feet At sixty years walked many miles [Pre Chorus] And as I watch I try to read his mind How many days does he have left to live this life? [Chorus] Time, what is time to us? You could live for twenty years Fighting without a cause Time, it's simple enough These years that we have Could become a lifetime for us In time [Verse 2] The minutes pass, another man Lost in thought and walking by Waves touch his feet, his well worn feet At sixteen years walked many miles [Pre Chorus] And as I watch I try to read his mind How many days does he wake up from sleepless nights? [Bridge] And when the storms come The crashing waves come You might get thrown around So find a place now Something to hold on So you won't drown And I was there once
 I felt the waves come And I got thrown around But I know now 
I found a place to stand My constant, my solid ground [Chorus] Time, what is time to us? You could live for twenty years Fighting without a cause Time, it's simple enough These years that we have Could become a lifetime for us In time It's simple enough We're all running out of time But we still have a pulse And time is all we have So don't waste your given hours Don't waste yourself
8.
[Verse 1] Every word I spoke just seemed so empty Every conversation came out wrong Everything is better without sympathy But everything that's beautiful is gone All the days I wasted built my burden I haven't felt like living in so long All of your sweet innocence lost influence Now everything that's beautiful is gone [Chorus] So far, it's gone away It's gone away so far [Verse 2] I used to stay awake to watch the sunrise I used to find some comfort in the dawn I used to feel the magnetic pull that's in your eyes Now everything that's beautiful is gone I used to dream of better days and believed in them I used to wake with my head singing a song Now all I hear is emptiness and dissonance Now everything that's beautiful is gone We didn't need constant examinations Of our working parts, our pumping hearts We didn't need constant examinations But everything that's beautiful is gone [Chorus] [Bridge] There's not an ounce of courage in our battery cells And we could change the world if we could change ourselves [Chorus] [Outro] Late last night I heard a faint but clear voice A transmission of someone else's song And when I woke up I still heard it's echoes
 Something that was miserable was gone
9.
[Verse 1] I'll join you on the road to Chicago (It's not quite Chicago) The perfect choice for the scenery change in my mind The story's written out, so quiet on the set For the scene where you reject me [Chorus] Stick to the script Read me your lines And I promise I'll stop wasting your time [Verse 2] And it’s good to know we're going back soon Even if things don't work out as we planned I didn't think I'd play a part in your Act II Between towers, near the lake of this city I hope you feel the height & depth of my love for you [Chorus] You didn't stick to the script You wrote your own lines I never thought you would break the rules this time Stick to the script Read me your lines I didn't think I'd be yours and you'd be mine All mine [Outro] Faint hearts never won fairest maidens This will be my greatest performance (You made my poor heart rich again)
10.
Weight & Sea 03:56
[Verse 1] I wrote you this song to get you off my back Talking of my wrongs and asking for some slack And I was shipwrecked and sunk but I am back to hoisting sails With my attention on intention and the direction of the storms and gales [Prechorus] Life is too short to shut up, too long to suffer through And I have to admit it that I am guilty too But I am past that point now, though not by my own strength Thank God for shattered glass and reflection [Chorus] Weight & sea Your time is coming When you'll be Brought to your knees You will never see me running Away from my purpose and into the sea [Verse 2] This song is for you and for your doubts and your fears I know why you're scared, you've known loss in your years What’s your waking life meant while I have been asleep? There's weight on my mind and a sea at my feet The curse of this world our strength alone cannot meet But when I'm broken down, like iron into rust I am carried on by The Author of Brokenness [Prechorus] Life is too short to sit out, too black and white to see as gray Too long to close my eyes on and try to wish away But I am past that point now, thank God I’m past that point now! Thank God for shattered glass and reflection [Chorus] [Bridge] And I'm waiting for the world to change While the world waits for me [Chorus]
11.
[Verse 1] I've been running for miles, I've run for days I've been here before, I know I've seen this place And I can't see the forest for the trees surrounding I can't comprehend how they could end for me [Verse 2] I have no directions but I want out Each wind could blow me over with the weight of my doubt Poor of heart and lacking in the things I should have known I've heard the ache that says "you've made yourself alone" [False Chorus] No searchlights No ravens No sirens singing siren songs I still can't hear the voice of providence [Verse 3] A darkness hangs over my head Do you remember when life was simpler, was brighter? There is a raincloud and it's hanging overhead Do you remember when the skies were clearer? My eyes are open but I can't see anything Do you remember when the sun shone brighter? I always thought the brightest lights blinded But tonight I'm rendered blind by the dark [Chorus] My body's aching So close to giving up on trying Fears and follies Measured by our own device If someone's out there I'm sorry that I'm still so sightless So take me by the hand and lead me home [Verse 4] It was easy to think I have to find my way I forgot your grace (if "blessed be the weak") And I fell to my knees, nothing left in me The roaring winds carried my prayers around and away I knew somehow that you were listening And I remembered what lies just past this darkness Because I believed, you took everything The scales fell and I could see the stars [Chorus] My body's aching So close to giving up on trying Fears and follies Measured by our own device If someone's out there I'm sorry that I'm still so sightless So take me by the hand and lead me home We will take back Everything we've lost in fighting Hills and valleys We will make it back to glory I know you're out there And I'm sorry that I'm still so sightless Take me by the hand and lead me home Lead me home [Bridge] I will find my way if I follow the brightest star! [Outro] You are the constellations You are the hope for everyone You are the song You are the constellations You are the hope for everyone You are the song we sing The song that's always been sung You are the song that always was and is and is to come You are! (Take us by the hands and lead us home We were once broken, you made us whole)

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released May 11, 2012

Ben Wiedenhoeft - drums
Jacob King - bass
Jon Rohlf - vocals and trombone
Justin Smiley-Oyen - vocals and trumpet
Michael Davis - keyboards
Zach Brenner - guitar

Produced by Atombender
Engineered and mixed by Griffin Landa
Fall 2011 at The Establishment Recording in Des Moines, IA
Mastered by Troy Glessner At Spectre Studios in Renton, WA
All songs written and recorded by Atombender
with special thanks to Andy Lane
Additional guitar by Griffin Landa
Additional vocals by Noah Gildermaster, Bryce Gonzales, Steven Roth, Cyndi Rohlf, and Myles Anderson

Special thanks to 78 people who made this album possible on Kickstarter.

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Atombender Ames, Iowa

Atombender is a group of six close friends from Ames, IA who came together as a band because of their love of music.

Known for their energetic, chaotic live shows and catchy yet hard-hitting punk style with the unique sounds of trumpet, trombone, and keyboards, Atombender puts as much energy and joy as they possibly can into their music and hope to evoke those same feelings in you.
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