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Before It Begins

by Compass & Cavern

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Norman Rainboots This record is fucking fantastic! Quality writing, well produced, and perfectly released in time for summer fun! If you don't buy this you'll be missing out on some of the best times of your life - and likely you won't meet your future spouse, or have those future kids, or close that future deal to allow you to retire by 40. Just saying ... a lot is riding on this. Favorite track: Morrissey and the Wormhole.
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1.
The sun is out almost every day My job is glorified child's play Most parts are working in my brain I can't complain I can't complain Hey! Hey! Hey! We can find some good in everyone Some will make us smarter, some help us have fun A few will do us harm, but be glad we're not numb We're the fortunate ones I'll take the tough times that are thrown my way I'll learn my lessons from the pain It isn't always fair, but at least I'm playing the game I can't complain Chorus: I just want you to know That I am grateful for every rise and fall I want to show That I am thankful to be alive at all To be alive at all Post Chorus: I can't complain 'bout the life that I'm given With the ups and the downs, I'll be happy that I'm livin' And I'm swimmin' in the river of my possibilities I'll build a boat to stay afloat and sail out to the sea We can take our time to get where we need to go Everywhere there's traffic, at least there's a road And if we're late because of a broken down car Well, I bet we wouldn't walk that far Give me a blizzard and I will make a fire A windy day will only take me higher I can put my hood up when it begins to rain I can't complain Chorus Post Chorus (2x)
2.
Good Enough 03:43
I don't feel jealousy I don't feel envy This is normally more unhealthy for me Could that mean something? Ooh So far I'm patient So while you date him Keep in mind that it's your time you're taking away Could this be something? Ooh But to tell you the truth I don't know if he's good enough for you Chorus: You are bright and captivating I don't find that every day Laughter and joy you're radiating Turn the cynical away If you could see the world the way I do I think that you would find that I'm exactly what you need We talk for hours The sweet and sour I can't deny you hold some kind of power over me Could that mean something? Ooh You've kept me chasin' Anticipation Is only giving me more motivation to stay Could this be something? Ooh But to tell you the truth I don't know if he's good enough for you Chorus While I admire your bravery Don't say to me he's for you While I admire your bravery Don't say to me he's for you But to tell you the truth I don't know if I'm good enough for you I am flawed and far from perfect And I fight it every day I try to change, it might be working But it's never right away If I could see the world the way you do Then I'd be through with pining For more than silver linings And I would keep on finding you're exactly what I need
3.
Cosmic Dance 02:54
I am what you see The rest lies in the shadows and the halls of dreams Or so it seems You might call this free But the shackles hide in your mind and your memory Your memory Guilty is the past for the damage it leaves In the wake, a mistake, a misstep, A misfortune it can't receive, you won't believe The effect that it has on you and me On you and me The ripples of suffering spread beyond what we can see An emotional scar, the pain incorrectly named Works like a disease And the only cure is to let it be But it's not easy I have given you All that I can do This is more than chance The cosmic dance has other plans For me and you Oh, how can this be? We were born to fight the struggle of vitality It's what we breathe But why should the fault of another be burdening me? Forget about balance, fairness, justice, rationality If not our thoughts, what holds the key? What holds the key? When did you abandon sanctity? Is it us? Could it be? That we can't Comprehend your harmony No melody or tale of old can speak of thee At least not truly I have given you All that I can do This is more than chance The cosmic dance has other plans Though we argue We are guilty, too This is more than chance The cosmic dance has other plans For me and you The cosmic dance has other plans For me and you
4.
Foster 03:07
Place your face against mine I know it feels like it's been a long time Just you and me And if I said I loved you Would you even know what my words were pointing to Could you for me? Chorus: I thought that I could handle the end But I didn't know the pain of decline Ooh It breaks my heart to see you fall If you don't stand again I might lose it all For you and me You are barely eating And no one here is sleeping tonight Not you or me Chorus Your decline Your decline Your decline Chorus (2x) I thought that I could live with death But I didn't know I'd struggle with dying Ooh
5.
I sit here in the same old house The same old rooms, the same old doubts Creeping into everything I do I need to Change the routine, the scenery The repetitive life isn't one for me Not when it seems to be incomplete I need you I sit here in the same old home The same old couch, the same old phone I use to keep myself connected to A world I once knew Now the taste of solitude is stale My own thoughts and moods, they pale in comparison To a real muse Chorus: If I could climb If I could choose I know I'd be on top with you And lose the self I want to lose If I could run If I could move I'd go beyond my faded days To something new Ooh I need you If I believe love's all we need That it can heal, it can set us free Do all the starved hearts carved in trees Confine us to being unhealthy? I've tried reflecting on the space Projecting purpose, granting grace But nothing replaces your face Chorus I sit here in the same old house The same old rooms, the same old doubts Creeping into everything I do Chorus Ooh I need you
6.
Lately, I've been thinking 'bout the end of time And whether I could write a song so true that you'd be Mine, mine, mine It's worth a try My, my mind's been drifting towards the end of days But I can reel it back if you decide you want to Stay, stay, stay No time to waste I don't want this to end before it ever begins​ I've been reading articles that peddle fear Of overpopulation, climate change, the end is Near, near, near Or so I hear Thought the singularity can make me scream I bet your clarity could turn my nightmares into Dreams, dreams, dreams And mend the seams Oh, ​I don't want this to end before it ever begins​ When a life of optimism seems in vain You are the only one I know who keeps me feeling Sane, sane, sane Oh, what a change If our future holds a mass catastrophe I think I'll want someone who's right there holding hands with Me ​I don't want this to end before it ever begins​ ​I don't want this to end before it ever begins​ ​I don't want this to end before it ever begins​
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8.
Ode to AI 04:30
We never knew That we would have to choose We've been on top for so long Look to the skies Invite our own demise Naively think we are strong We don't know We can't know We've tied our arms We try to have it all But never see the fall We only see the climb Using our bag of tricks Working to get a fix Soon we will cross the line With every mystery We meddle carelessly We never read the signs Resort to picking locks Open Pandora's box Release our own design We don't know We can't know ​We've tied our arms Could this be the game that we all play? We try so hard to seize the day But end up holding on too tight No movin' on if we think our plight Is tied to chronic lack of sight What's wrong with a little bit of change? There isn't need to be afraid Of what we cannot understand We cannot expect, we cannot plan Knowing nothing at all shouldn't be so bad Doo I'll keep my eye on you My trust you've yet to earn, but I am through Supplying power to a fear of doom We don't need it! I won't underestimate what we can do Intelligent design is not a ruse We'll call it "artificial" 'til it's true We don't need it! We don't need it! We don't need it! (Make it stop)
9.
"Look for the mood inside" We're told a thousand times Our ritual is to provide With gloves we sacrifice Our spaceship split tonight The crowd enjoys what should be fright The show of sound and light Sent from dimensions wide Is not the same, it's not quite right I fear we can't supply There's no room to ask why It is too late when they arrive Morrissey will you please come with me? No one around our little town is listening We don't have time to save them all We implore, door to door, not to ignore The looming signs of unsatisfied beings in the wormhole We don't have time to please them all We knew, sometime, this would have to fall When life makes you feel like you are pressed down by a spoon In your living room, would you know gloom?
10.
Mamma Mia 04:05
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when So I made up my mind, it must come to an end Look at me now, will I ever learn? I don't know how but I suddenly lose control There's a fire within my soul Just one look and I can hear a bell ring One more look and I forget everything Whoa Chorus: Mamma mia, here I go again My, my, how can I resist you? Mamma mia, does it show again? My my, just how much I've missed you Yes, I've been brokenhearted Blue since the day we parted Why, why did I ever let you go? Mamma mia, now I really know My my, I could never let you go I've been angry and sad about things that you do I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through And when you go, when you slam the door I think you know that you won't be away too long You know that I'm not that strong Just one look and I can hear a bell ring One more look and I forget everything Whoa Chorus Mamma mia, even if I say "Bye bye, leave me now or never" Mamma mia, it's a game we play "Bye bye" doesn't mean forever Chorus Mamma mia, now I really know My my, I could never let you go
11.
A galaxy of goals and dreams But only time for two or three I'm scraping sky a mile high And feeling like I'm burning life They say there's no rest For the weary ​But I can feel it in my chest And it's moving through me Clouded, crowded, and shrouded I'm constantly rerouted Inadvertently diverted And way overburdened They say you need to find The balance within But I'm a two-dimension man Spread paper thin Chorus: My mind is in pieces Divided in so many ways I'm aligning Scattered reasons There's no chance I'll stay Moving at the speed of light Forgetting to enjoy the flight Am I leaving parts of me behind That I hope my friends will help me find? They say you need to stop Smell the roses But it's hard to plant a garden Where the ground is frozen Sift through all the clutter Just to try and find another way To live the destiny I see And use my gifts more honestly They say if it's worth having Then it's worth the wait This is an exercise of patience That's stretching my faith Chorus We're searching for some peace of mind Hoping that we're gonna find Half the time to double down And split the cost of running 'round I see no resignation from this heavy obligation Unless we run that 80/20 Feel that final destination We're searching for some peace of mind Hoping that we're gonna find Half the time to double down And split the cost of running 'round I see no resignation from this heavy obligation Unless we run that 80/20 Feel that final destination Chorus

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Compass & Cavern's first full-length album, Before It Begins, consists of 11 songs written over the two years following the formation of the band. The album addresses a range of topics, from personal struggles to technology-induced paranoia, all captured by a powerful pop sound with a taste of hip hop influence.

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released March 31, 2017

All music and lyrics written and performed by Compass & Cavern
Recorded by Josh Berman
Edited and produced by Josh Berman and C&C
Mixed by Mike Watts at VuDu Studios
Mastered by Mike Kalajian at Rogue Planet Mastering

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