We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Dreamer's Gait

from Early Workings of an Idea by Wrong Life

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Marbled red & black 12" vinyl version of 'Early Workings of an Idea", released by Last Exit Music. Strictly limited to 200 copies. Last Exit kindly sent me the last of the copies. Once they’re gone, they’re gone…surprisingly enough.

    Comes with a full colour lyric sheet and also a free badge and sticker.

    All orders are sent as standard via Royal Mail. If you want your sent with tracking, please add on the relevant amount below and include a message saying "Tracked" at the checkout:

    UK: add £2
    Anywhere else: add £5

    Includes unlimited streaming of Early Workings of an Idea via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    9 remaining

      £15 GBP or more 

     

lyrics

I stayed in bed till the door went
Then I got up and pretended
That I’d been busy for hours
Just a little spaced out
Stood under the cold shower
Remembered about the tiger
Welcomed back each body part one by one

But when I sleep I can’t stand straight
A bad case of dreamer’s gait
So for now I’m best staying awake
But I’ll keep my head firmly in the clouds
That’s where I see you most

I was never the best at singing or talking
Still, there’s no harm in trying
Even if it doesn’t get me that far
Now that I have no bad distractions
I focus on the subtractions
In addition to what divides me from you

Sometimes I think of that other world that brightens up at short notice
Where I’m still eighteen and you’re just the early workings of an idea
I’m only somewhat cracked, you’re not quite cohesive
Then I’m awake again in a concrete dream
The slate’s never quite clean

Oh God, I miss drugs at times like these

But they won’t help me stand up straight
Whether I’m asleep or awake
Someday I’ll have to learn to stand up straight

Untapped parts of my spine form the shape
Of a key to unlock this dreamer’s gait.

credits

from Early Workings of an Idea, released October 14, 2022

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Wrong Life image

Wrong Life Edinburgh, UK

I'm Fraser. I play music under the name Wrong Life. I tried fooling people into thinking it was a proper full band with a somewhat steady line-up but it didn't work, so here we are.

"... somewhere in between heartfelt, life-affirming contemporary pop-punk and smart indie-rock of the ‘90s and early ‘00s." - Keep Track of the Time

"Emo-ish punky bullshit." - me

Photo: Peter Voppmann Photography ... more

contact / help

Contact Wrong Life

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Wrong Life, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now