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Layers

by Joel Ansett

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1.
Lost for Now 03:27
Can you imagine the panic at the first sunset? Down on your knees begging it not to go Why would you warm up my heart and my skin Just to leave me alone in the end I truly don't know how to make it Now that you're gone Why? Why do you take? Leaving my heart on a limb just to see how it breaks Feels like everything is lost 'Til you hold me Saying it's only lost for now Can you imagine the joy eleven hours later? There's a chorus of birds teaching me how to sing Hard to believe all the people I see Brighter today than they were in my dreams I hear the notes of my pain and you're making a song Why? Why do you take? Leaving my heart on a limb like it's some kind of game Feels like everything is lost 'Til you hold me Saying it's only lost for now Hard to believe what you say Hard to believe what you say But I wanna believe when you say that it's all coming back one day
2.
You throw your arms open wide and I extend my hand I'm running out of excuses not to let you in Call it the burden of the human race My deepest longing and my deepest fear Are exactly the same If you really knew me Could you really love me I keep on hiding out and holding it in If you really saw me Would you really want me I don't know how to let you love me again And I extend my hand I hear us talking around the words we ought to say I'll be a sketch of myself for now to play it safe Still I can feel you pulling on my heart And I could tell you what I want in the end But I'm lost in my head at the start If you really knew me Could you really love me I keep on hiding out and holding it in If you really saw me Would you really want me I don't know how to let you love me again And I extend my hand
3.
Another day in the old world Somebody's pouring it on Just when you get over one thing They send another along I need a minute to go through What I've been carrying 'round But then again there's a lot here And no one showing me how I'm a cluttered soul Bad at letting go And I'm crying out Just a cluttered soul Bad at letting go Can you clear it out? The only thing that I'm needing Is tucked away in the back Under a mountain of old things They say I'm lucky to have If I could throw it away now I'm sure it'd help me to breathe But if I threw it away now I don't know what I would be Just a cluttered soul Turning animal And I'm crying out I'm a cluttered soul Bad at letting go Til you come around I see you giving me one thing Saying it's all that I have Finally sounds like a good thing If it's as simple as that Looking for something that stays true If I believe it or not You say you're making it brand new If I believe you or not
4.
I'll Be Here 02:47
So you're right back in that place Got you mad and that's ok You're not angry with me I just happen to be The closest thing I can hold that Hope you know that I'll be here when you wanna unpack Everything that weighs you down Don't be sorry Put it on me I'll be here with you in the story I'll be here with you while you figure it out With you while you're finding yourself With you while you figure it Out of nowhere memory Got you back at seventeen Couldn't carry it all So you buried it all Now it's always there underneath on repeat I can hold that Hope you know that I'll be here when you wanna unpack Everything that weighs you down Don't be sorry Put it on me I'll be here with you in the story I'll be here with you while you figure it out With you while you're finding yourself With you while you figure it out With you while you're finding yourself And if we never figure it out And you're right back in that place Got you sad and that's ok I'll be here if you need I'm just happy to be The closest thing
5.
Climb up the chair by the window You were looking for your friend Mama said "they'll be here soon" Makes me wonder what's in your head "Soon" that's a tough one All it means is not right now And for you just a couple of moments Are the same as a hundred hours What to do? When all you want is forever away Or maybe it's soon Either way It takes a long time to wait We used to dream by the window Lots of laughter, steady smiles Something pure, something simple Now I can't take a joke and there's dirt in my eyes I've been trying to clean them But there's dust on the other side I see you so dimly right now And I'm waiting I've been waiting for things to go bright What to do? When all you want is forever away Or maybe it's soon Either way It takes a long time to wait Keep a chair by the window For the waiting in the night And we pray for the morning Though we can't find a hint of the light Can you give me a window? Just a glimpse of what heaven is like I've been looking for something But I can't see a lot with these same old tired eyes
6.
Night Sky 02:42
Good behind it all Tell me it's still true Maybe the night sky is the proof Blanket full of blue Every small break Making the light stream on through Devil cut me down Keeping a tight hold Thinking he might have some control Thought by now he'd know All of his plans fail After a dark night of the soul
7.
Plead 03:32
There's more pain in this room than we could imagine We're wearing it different ways There's some on our sleeves And some buried deep And we don't have the right words to pray Tell us the end of the story Show us the glory ahead See how the proud and the mighty have fallen And the broken are lifting their heads There's more shame in this room than we could imagine It's grabbing our joy by the throat With the air I have left I will plead with my savior For the faith I can't make on my own Tell us the end of the story Show us the glory ahead See how the loud and self-righteous have fallen And the broken are lifting their heads There's more life up ahead than we could imagine Our sorrows will turn into laughter again We'll drink wine and break bread And boast in our weakness Talk of the ways we were raised from the dead Tell us the end of the story Show us the glory ahead See how the proud and the mighty have fallen And the sinners are lifting their heads All the sinners are lifting their heads
8.
Why did I say it like I said it? I didn't mean it I was dealing with a lot on my brain Oh what a terrible excuse Love isn't easy and I hate that we're just letting it fade We're both of us to blame And maybe both afraid Together all the same What if we fall What if we try starting over What if our faults don't keep us from getting closer What if we saw what it could be when we're older What if we fall What if we fall back in love My arm around your shoulder I had a feeling I could hold you for the rest of my days A beverage on the sofa It was so easy and I don't know how it started to fade We're both of us to blame And maybe both afraid I want you all the same What if we fall What if we try starting over What if our faults don't keep us from getting closer What if we saw what it could be when we're older What if we fall What if we fall back in love Back in love I don't wanna watch us fade I wanna see us make it everyday What if we fall What if we fall What if we fall What if we fall back in love? Back in love What if we fall back in love?
9.
Layers 03:35
You're talking short 'Cause you're feeling shy But I think it's me so I change all my lines Telling half truths And half of our dreams I wish I would learn how to say what I mean I'd like to know you You like to hide yourself away The second you open up I'm hiding the same Why all the games When it's already hard just to know who we are Wish it was easy to get to the heart I hate all the layers keeping us apart I've been so angry So easily And it's hard to take care of the wounds we can't see I'd like to know you You like to hide yourself away The second you open up I'm hiding the same Why all the games When it's already hard just to know who we are Wish it was easy to get to the heart But I'll find all the layers keeping us apart
10.
Pull 02:45
I've always known where home was But most of all when I'm gone And when I think of you there I go back for a song The moon pulls on the ocean The wind pulls on the trees But the sweetest pull of all Is the way you pull on me Last night I heard thunder Like a river rolling through And the breeze where I was sleeping Took my soul straight back to you The moon pulls on the ocean The wind pulls on the trees But the sweetest pull of all Is the way you pull on me I know the world is better When there's angels in the sky And I know they're here for certain By the colors in your eyes The moon pulls on the ocean The wind pulls on the trees But the sweetest pull of all Is the way you pull on me
11.
Already 03:15
I know it's taken a long time Looking for what we can't see And you stare at the night sky And you ask for relief And it's already on its way Yea it's already on its way What I'm missing is already on its way Yea it's already on its way Already on its way I'll be writing a sad song My baby daughter starts dancing I think she knows what music is for I know I'm missing something All of us missing something And it's already on its way Yea it's already on its way What I'm missing is already on its way Yea it's already on its way And you're making an endless day And it's already on its way

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released May 26, 2023

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Joel Ansett Denver, Colorado

Once an avid open mic performer, Ansett has now begun to find fans all over the country. With more than 32 million streams online and a song placed in Marvel's "The Punisher", he earned the title of "songwriter to watch" from The Huffington Post. His songs combine folk and R&B, and beyond the genre, Artist Review wrote: “This music is soul therapy.” ... more

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