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Be Yourself
01:38
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She walks the streets at night
Well she really shouldn't, should she
What did she expect in that mess
Wearing a short, short skirt on a short, short dress
Her mum taught her the lesson early on
To filter out the voices on the pavement
She said "Don't listen - ignore their calling
"They can't do anything to you my darling"
Look at her face and look at her clothes
She was asking for it, don't you know
I can't be what I am, I can't be what I know
Since when was my body not my own?
Judgements are made and criticisms run high
Clip the wings of the youth so they'll never fly
Escape from the patriarchy escape from your life
You'll be so much more than someone's husband or wife
I can make my own destiny, I don't need no one else
I'm not a stereotype, I am my own self
I can be who I am, I can make it alone
Because my mind and my body are my own
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I was never the first to back down
Too stubborn for my own good
And I know you're only trying to protect me
But I don't think you should
Well not to that extent anyway
My heart and chest suffocating
And really, it must be hard for you to love me
When the only thing I'm good at is hating
Did the scars on my skin and my mind
Worry you much
I didn't pay attention at the time
Too focussed on my self-interests
Maybe I was too harsh on you
When you were only trying to care
And when my fear of closeness comes into play
Was the rejected affection too much to bear
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Understanding
03:41
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Breathe in
Smoke dancing in my lungs
Breathe out
The form convulsing in the night air
Relief hung
On the cigarette
Balancing between
The rungs of my fingers
The insomniac stars
Screaming and glistening
Dead for all I know
The trees whistling
A long forgotten tune
In the ancient winds
Obscured by the sirens
Modern life brings
Silent streets filled with nothingness
And the biting chill of the breeze
Well, at least I can feel
At least I can feel
A thousand and one thoughts racing through me
And not one of them making sense to the people around me
I try to explain all the feelings inside
You tell me to 'open up' so I just curl up and hide
But I'm not a book, I've already put it away
Am I alienating you and you're just too polite to say?
I didn't mean to shout and now all I feel is guilt
It's hard to open up you see, in this prison I've built
Silent streets filled with nothingness
And the biting chill of the breeze
Why do I have to feel
Why do I have to feel
The hail falls hard
In the biting cold
So lets wait under the trolley point
In Tesco
You're trying to understand
It's hard for the both of us
But wait under here with me
And that'll be enough
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Regret
02:41
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The buzzing in my head
Clouds my sense of judgement
And I'd give my life to be in bed
Sleeping in forever
I don't expect you to understand
Stepping foot in someones foreign land
And honestly I can't stand
The silence between us now
The clock ticks by, I'm sure it's slower than usual
And I wait for your reply with regret I ever told you
The clock ticks by, I'm sure it's slower than usual
And I wait for your reply with regret I ever told you
Intoxication permitting
I let you have a sit in
On a life so dull and mundane
Yo'll probably never come round here again
I wouldn't blame you
I wouldn't hate you
If you hate me
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Mr Bergstrom England, UK
Mr Bergstrom are an anti-folk outfit hailing from Pompey and currently residing in Coventry. Influences include The Smiths, Billy Bragg and Crywank. You can expect songs about love, substance abuse and the melancholic sadness surrounding the declining quality in own-brand alcohol, working through emotions in song lyrics rather than actually addressing them directly through therapy xoxo ... more
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