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Whatever's Chasing You

by Val Emmich

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1.
I don’t know what you’re going through I don’t pretend that I have a clue We’re all on edge in our little pens We are careful babies, we have no friends Let’s start our own club, talk about stuff We can leave when it starts to get dumb If you need me I’m in my own head Always screaming, even when I look dead Molly comes in her flowy dress thing Could be J. Crew, but I’m only guessing Don’t want trouble, just want a calm night If it happens, well, that would be all right It may look like I have it easy But I had an old life long before you met me What goes high up, then it comes way down Same is true the other way around I want to hang out, but I don’t know how Never knew how to relax Never was a natural act This life is moving too fast Maybe less future than past Jump in and make a big splash
2.
I’m here to help you if I can Seems like your demons struck again You just want to make it on your own You are a rookie learning fast Don’t need assistance, take a pass You just want to make it on your own Nobody makes it on their own There’s an attitude that’s taken hold These kids don’t listen when they’re told They just want to make it on their own People in the know present the facts But the rest of us still don’t react We just want to all be left alone Nobody makes it on their own I was a bachelor Nobody could tame the animal in me I tore the city up alone But now I’ve got myself a crew Two little daughters and then you Takes more than one to fill a home Now I know. . . Nobody makes it on their own
3.
My home’s in disarray Dead flowers in the vase Blue birdies flying by I’m sequestered inside I’m lagging so late I’ve got a slow connection I’m frozen in place I’ve got a slow connection My vision’s out of whack I see ninjas on the attack Watch myself on a TV show I’m still someone no one knows I’m lagging so late I’ve got a slow connection I’m frozen in place I’ve got a slow connection Same problem, different day Every song I sing sounds the same Slow down, kid, don’t forget You can’t rush things Remember what you said I’m broken, can’t change I’ve got a slow connection Been waiting all day To speed up this slow connection
4.
It’s taken four years since I met you For us to finally speak You have a steady, but you’ve been waiting For me to set you free We’re falling in the shadows No one even sees We meet up in the darkness Behind the seminary Want you in my bedroom Close as I can get you, please Out in public, we avoid eyes Our friends can never know We’re undercover, but getting reckless It’s hard to dim our glow We’re falling in the shadows No one even sees We meet up in the darkness Behind the seminary Want you in my bedroom Close as I can get you, please No one here suspects a thing Until one day in broad daylight You’ve got your hands on me My ex-girlfriend, she is watching She will blow the whole thing
5.
I got the call on my Friday drive They didn’t think you’d make it through the night I stopped the car ‘cuz my head felt light Dizzy like I’d been in some kind of fight I almost lost you Didn’t know what I was gonna do I almost lost you I almost lost me, too Honey, I love you Sayin’ it now don’t make it true But I’ve always loved you I hope you always knew Made me think twice ‘bout all my complaints I never knew the real meaning of pain No time for God till the day my luck changed I’ll say anything now if it’ll make you stay I almost lost you Didn’t know what I was gonna do I almost lost you I almost lost me, too Honey, I love you Sayin’ it now don’t make it true But I’ve always loved you I hope you always knew
6.
Every single night I go to bed Remembering the nasty things I said My temper always gets a dozen steps Ahead of me. I’m so sorry The kids are picking up everything I do See the worst of me gets in them too From 0 to 60 way too soon It’s killing me. I’m so sorry Bedtime regrets The other choices I should’ve made instead Bedtime regrets The woulda coulda shoulda has me obsessed Bedtime regrets Tomorrow I will try my best once again At least once a day I lose my cool Do a cannonball in an empty pool I jump before I even read the rules Silly me. I’m so sorry I’m raising my voice but it’s not to sing Man, I get so critical ‘bout everything The opposite of what I’m intending I shouldn’t be. I’m so sorry Bedtime regrets The other choices I should’ve made instead Bedtime regrets The woulda coulda shoulda has me obsessed Bedtime regrets Tomorrow I will try my best once again When you wake up better not forget How you feel right now ‘Cuz you feel like shit ‘Cuz you don’t like it
7.
Keep thinking things will change Keep thinking things are gonna change Somehow they never do Somehow they always stay the same I see so much in us I see so much in us to love When is enough enough? When is enough just plain enough? I know I shouldn’t bother . . . but I gotta I was too young to see How complicated it could be How people once so close Could someday turn to enemies Somehow I still believe It’s not your fault that you’re so mean Yes, I should walk away Either I’m too sick or too naive I know I shouldn’t bother . . . but I gotta
8.
Back Me Up 02:59
Ten of them and one of me Would you back me up? Strangers are enemies Would you back me up? You know I can’t do the dance Would you back me up? At the funeral I wear white pants Someone back me up I’m gonna make a fool of myself I’m gonna do it better than anyone else But if I see your face in the crowd I can pretend there’s no one else around Would you back me up? You can’t make it there on time I could back you up Insult the host about her wine Let me back you up Too scared to come outside I will back you up All alone and out of lies I can back you up You’re gonna make a fool of yourself You’re gonna do it better than anyone else But if you see my face in the crowd You can pretend there’s no one else around I could back you up If you back me up
9.
I go out at night, shake those hands Try to own it I try my best to fall in love In the moment You’re the only one who knows Where my heart is I raise my arms in a victory pose I’m gigantic I wink and nod, smooth and suave Inside I’m frantic You’re the only one who knows Where my heart is They wouldn’t like what I’m really like
10.
Now that you’re so far away The whole thing seems so trivial All the back and forth we did That there was no blood’s a miracle Never said what I meant to say When it counted I was pitiful If you were here again I couldn’t call you a friend All I ever wanted from you Was a little itty-bitty thank you All I ever wanted from you Was just a little something to prove That you cared too All my life you looked through me As if I were invisible I would try to make you laugh When you were just so miserable I was still your biggest fan When the whole world got so critical I stayed by your side When you felt you needed to hide All I ever wanted from you Was a little itty-bitty thank you All I ever wanted from you Was just a little something to prove That you cared too All I ever wanted from you . . . A thank you.

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released August 11, 2016

Written & Recorded by Val Emmich (Pezeaters Music, BMI)
Mastered by Tom Ruff @ Asbury Media
James Stahon played guitar on tracks 5, 8, 9, 10
Christina Alessi sang on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6

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Val Emmich Jersey City, New Jersey

Singer-Songwriter / Novelist / Actor

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