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Better This Way

by Lights Over Bridgeport

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Chris Huston-BandGeekRecords
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Chris Huston-BandGeekRecords Having a love-hate relationship with Chicago, Lights Over Bridgeport are one of the things I love. From the opening energy to final hints of the grand fade out at the end of this recording, this is one of the best from LOB.
Favorite track: The Worst.
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1.
I'm moving on without you and i'm doing fine some days that's my truth, some days just my line those mornings in april were some of my best so much of this since has felt more like a test-ing can you hear me? am i breaking through? don't let the fire inside me die a dozen cups of coffee, a half a dozen more another heart is broken but who's keeping score? Midwest morning glory you're welcome to stay hold onto what i can, come whatever may-day can you hear me? am I breaking through? don't let the fire inside me die never let it die don't fail me now press on somehow I swear I'm starting to feel the same but you took a piece of me and I'm not sure if I'll ever be whole but i don’t think i need the pieces you stole and i swear i'm starting to feel the same
2.
Soot Black 02:51
was that a dream? was that euphoria like i had never seen? maybe euphoria is not a state of peace like a stray bullet that my heart had to release breaking away where i can see your emptiness in light of day and how you never back up anything you say it's up to me to cut the loss and call the spade but it's a long way up it's a long way up... I'm trying to wake up I'm trying to forget the way you messed my thinking up messed my thinking up was that a dream? your little character is not quite what it seems you play the victim and the martyr to a T selling to anyone who'll submit to the tease it’s not about your shame it's about a heart that couldn't get back what it gave and not using that to make excuses every day about everything and everyone that's in my way but it's a long way up it's a long way up... I'm trying to wake up I'm trying to forget the way you messed my thinking up messed my thinking up I'm trying to wake up I'm sipping on this soot black cause i'm tired of feeling stuck tired of feeling stuck, yeah yeah I'm shedding the victim for problems i choose what good are your words when i never have you my handful of shit's surely filling it up first and the hope in my other hand sure feels the absolute worst I'm throwing this thing in reverse I'm trying to wake up, trying to wake up coffee my strength to carry on
3.
The Worst 02:43
lost inside my mind, anxious all the time not sure if you're coming or you're going flat insane trying to maintain any sense of control with the things i do and do for you you bring out the worst in me and when you go there's left a person i don't wanna be struggling to stay ahead, the best within me numb and dead yeah, you bring out the worst in me this is where it ends, there'll be no amends there's zero use in telling you of all i tried to do, it's meaningless to you my kindness isn't weakness and I've had enough your time is up you bring out the worst in me and when you go there's left a person i don't wanna be you're used to getting your way but my tomorrow starts today cause you bring out the worst in me what's it like to be empty?
4.
there's fancy lighting on the walls high end tequila at the bar I'm feeling good – a little stressed I'll spill burrito on your dress it rained so much that we almost had to swim here band tee soaked but now your dress it sends me straight into space still kinda wonderin’ what the hell I'm doin’ in Naperville, in Naperville... if you hang with me i'll drive out from chicago I mostly moved here to be close to el milagro the coffee shop and lance's gym, phil's pizza on Sundays you can hang with me on the southside one day it’s getting late now and I don't wanna stay here this hotel works, and we can even dance in the halls I’ll smell your hair, and we won’t have to listen to singalongs of cover songs I’m awake now, I promise that I’ll call you Italian flag right next to your name in my phone I won’t forget, I’d even recommend that you make a thrill…in naperville… if you hang with me i'll drive out from chicago I mostly moved here to be close to el milagro the coffee shop and lance's gym, phil's pizza on Sundays you can hang with me on the southside one day you’re so great Antonia, little heartbreaker-onia one day…
5.
Transparency 04:27
6.
Little Devil 03:13
I wanna drive home, home to Chicago my sweet and my sorrow I know will be waiting for me there, there where she’s lying it feels like I’m dying when I don’t know what to believe there are many places that I’ve come back from and I can’t relate to everyone but I tend to take a road I’ve always traveled well my back turned to the love that’s behind me arms open for the sadness to find me accessory to arson in my private hell I wanna drive home, home to Chicago my sweet and my sorrow I know will be waiting for me there, there where she’s lying it feels like I’m dying when I don’t know what to believe it isn’t that the dark is where I wanna be I can point the finger when it’s chasing me sometimes it’s just that I want to feel something at all but you don’t have to burn it all down just to feel somethin real from the sound there’s room enough in here without the need for a wall i wanna drive home, home to Chicago my sweet and my sorrow I know will be waiting for me there, there where she’s lying it feels like I’m dying when I don’t know what to believe I wanna drive home, home to Chicago my sweet and my sorrow I know will be waiting for me there, there where she’s lying it feels like I’m dying
7.
i've been spending so much time thinking of words that i could say you were always by my side from start to finish every day maybe some day i'll accept that there are things that words can't do like the beauty of your grace and kind of love i learned from you i'm feeling down and lonely since you left my one and only sadie you're the best no matter what i'll keep you in my heart until the end, until the end i'll always have our sunday evenings and those best times that we spent and regardless of my singing people won't know what it meant i thought that i was helping you but you were looking out for me just to have you my best friend made me the best guy i could be i'm feeling down and lonely since you left my one and only sadie you're the best no matter what i'll keep you in my heart until the end, until the end but i don't want sulk and hang my head just glad we were together in the end the fact it's not forever is the reason we hold on not sure if my heart will completely mend or if dogs go to heaven in the end but wherever you are i hope that you can hear this song i'm feeling down and lonely since you left my one and only sadie you're the best no matter what i'll keep you in my heart until the end, until the end
8.
Back Pocket 04:12
i am buried by design, but i know that i'll wait for you i'll interpret any sign, i'll carry any weight for you i'm alone but we're both in it, until you want the game finished i am buried deep inside, every shiver every shake for you i know you're scared i know you're scared so run away you can put me in your back pocket and take me out when it feels right you can warn me but i can't stop it and i won't drop it even though i've tried always love the way you lie to me in the morning light with your hips pressed into my side just right give me a reason to go do you even know what you're apologizing for? is all of this noise you need? and all of the nothing that i'm always waiting for I guess this is how you leave i know you're scared i know you're scared so run away you can put me in your back pocket and take me out when it feels right you can warn me but i can't stop it and i won't drop it even though i've tried always love the way you lie to me in the morning light with your hips pressed into my side just right give me a reason to go nobody knows of the places you go, or whether you mean what you say I swear to the sky if you’d meet me tonight then I’d vow to stay out of your way i've had too much of the burn from the touch but i can’t get enough of the taste it’s such a waste, and I can’t escape you can put me in your back pocket and take me out when it feels right you can warn me but i can't stop it and i won't drop it even though i've tried you can put me in your back pocket you can warn me but i can't stop it you can put me in your back pocket and take me out whenever it feels right
9.
Bitter End 03:10
10.
California 03:24
this is home, but I’m ready to go take the red line to the blue move fast, o’hare is tedious – soon enough, underneath us I can’t wait to be with you we can ride down to the cove, pretty lady i’d spend a summer life with you i miss my friends in California i miss the water and the waves no time apart can weaken us, they all would kill to be with us southern california saves ride along and sing to 80s songs and i’d fight for your honor, too chicago has my sanity, but now i’m with my family laughing til our face is blue we can ride down to the cove, pretty lady i’d spend a summer life with you i miss my friends in California i miss the water and the waves no time apart can weaken us, they all would kill to be with us southern california saves yeah – i miss the waves yeah – take me away I miss my friends in California
11.
Same Heart 03:55
he’s got the post just right he’s gonna be famous got the perfect light and he’s smiling at the lens he’ll let em know, alright about the pain that he came from and all the reasons why his story should be told should be sold but you and I have the same heart and whether anyone knows it beats the same on your island as it does here in the snow one of them can do the saving while the other’s taking the blows you and I have the same heart together wherever we go in your darkest night in the hardest moments when you’re feeling like there’s nothing left to give I will pick you up and put you on my shoulders and tell you who you are, just like you did for me did for me but you and I have the same heart and whether anyone knows it beats the same on your island as it does here in the snow one of them can do the saving while the other’s taking the blows you and I have the same heart together wherever we go

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Lights Over Bridgeport - Better This Way

John Hamlin - Guitar and Vocals
Kevin Jamroz - Drums
Miko Ramirez - Guitar
Kurt Miller – Bass

Guest Vocals on The Worst by Denis Buckley.
Cello on Same Heart by Ian Legge.
Additional background vocals throughout Better This Way by Nick Diener.
Additional instrumentation on Little Devil by Nick Diener.
Synth on Back Pocket by Nick Diener.
All Music written by Lights Over Bridgeport. All lyrics by Johnny Hamlin.
All Music and Lyrics © Lights Over Bridgeport 2020. All Rights Reserved.

All drums recorded by Mark Michalik at Decade Studios in Chicago, IL, May 4-5, 2019
All other instruments and vocals recorded by Nick Diener at Oneder Studios in Chesaning, MI, June 2-9, 2019
Produced by Lights Over Bridgeport, Nick Diener, and Mark Michalik
Engineered by Nick Diener and Mark Michalik
Mixed by Nick Diener
Mastered by John Naclerio
Album Artwork by Mikaela Jane

Thank You to these wonderful and amazing people for helping us make our record: Nick Diener, Mark Michalik, Denis Buckley, Ian Legge, John Naclerio, Bryce Mata, Taylor and Everson Diener, Piper and Bo, Mikaela Jane, Todd Freaking Randall, the incomparable Matt Berling, Daniel Walsko, Travis “Young Lithgow” Brown, Joe Tagler, Michele Berling, the entire 350 Brewing Family, OTA Productions and Crew, Beth McBride, Jerry and Michelle Moore, Kelly and Matt Baer, Tony and Kelly Meier, and the one and only Ms. Renee Porter. Thank you for believing in us!

Thank you to our dear friends and families and to everyone who has supported our band, it means so much for us to share this music with you.

This record is dedicated to the memory of Sadie and Mona.

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released May 22, 2020

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