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TIME​/​SPACE

by Charlie Lim

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1.
Intro 00:48
2.
I wasnʼt exactly alone when she left me Figured I wasnʼt unhappy to live with my own world I tend to make my mountains out of molehills Iʼve always made my goddesses out of you girls And Iʼve always had the chance to say That I never got to scream when I drowned in your sea You know Iʼve always been lonely so I guess I just got used to it But I guess I got used to dragging you down with me So my sandcastle has been waiting for the waves I carry lost love like some tragic disease And I wonder why she never came back to put out the flames But when I called her this was what she said to me "It makes more sense to stay underwater Itʼs not that hard to sing about being hurt Itʼs kind of lucrative to write a love song Because everybody else just canʼt get enough Itʼs always easier to be victimised Always blame the one who got you burnt Itʼs kind of funny how things turned out for ya Because everybody knows The truthʼs just not enough for the show Because everybody knows The truthʼs just not enough for the show" Well I'm aware I'm gonna die someday So I might as well go down crashinʼ and burninʼ Oh my Lord, can you help me out here? Oh my Lord, why didn't you just pick up the phone? Oh my Lord, why did you forsake me? You know I carried my cross, I was bound in sin's chains Oh my Lord, you just not listenin' But when I was on my knees this was what He said to me "It makes more sense to stay underwater Itʼs not that hard to sing about being hurt Itʼs kind of lucrative to write a love song Because everybody else just canʼt get enough Itʼs always easier to be victimised Always blame the one who got you burnt Itʼs kind of funny how things turned out for ya Because everybody knows The truthʼs just not enough for the show Because everybody knows The truthʼs just not enough for the show"
3.
Choices 03:15
4.
Bitter 06:25
Lately Iʼve been sleeping alone on my own again Just me in an empty room on a single bed Iʼve been trying all this time just to see All the reasons you had given just to leave Why am I so bitter about you babe I donʼt understand Was I trying to cash in the fantasy without the reality check But I never wanted you to lie to yourself about happiness When all you were was just a little lonely Latching on to love like a moth to flame But what are we gonna do when the embers start to fade I donʼt mean to mess with the master plan But when you put out the fire Iʼll just start it again I guess Iʼll have to keep my distance for your defence Pull me out of focus keep me in the queue Iʼm a tired lover wilting hours in the waiting room Embrace the silence when thereʼs nothing left You got no room for demons when youʼre self-possessed Why am I so bitter about you babe I donʼt understand Every time youʼre out in the sunshine Iʼll just sleep through it But I never wanted you to lie to yourself about happiness When all you were was just a little lonely And all you wanted was the company Whyʼd you let me go When you still wanna know How much I care, if Iʼd still be there Whyʼd you set me free If you need the sympathy Come as you are, my tongue is undone Was I spoilt for love Have you had enough Wait out the danger You donʼt have to ask This maudlin moment Will soon come to pass
5.
Tiptoe round the wreckage of desire No harm no foul, just hear me out Staring blankly ahead across from me The water’s calm, she reels me in Deep in the night Is that where you are Hand to the sky I’ll grab a fistful of stars Deep in the night Have we been thirsting by the fountain side Come settle down, no room for doubt We’ll cherish every night in our crooked sleep The years go by, the light breaks in Deep in the night Is that where you are Hand to the sky I’ll grab a fistful of stars Deep in the night Pour out all your sorrow Were you waiting for a sign Only breathing just a little And calling it a life Will we have each other To watch the world pass us by Tell me your despair and I’ll show you mine Tell me your despair and I’ll show you mine
6.
Conspiracy 04:01
I beat myself up For letting you down Wish things had gone my way Counted my blessings Not sure what I'm missing Too young to be tired of change Did I miss a beat Of this conspiracy I'm done with digging all the dirt Denial's my disease This plot I made believe Keep hitting me where it hurts Why do I keep on trying to fix what ain't broken I'll bend us to break just so I can feel some emotion And all I ever wanted was a sweet distraction But you stayed long enough to turn into my only obsession Pinning shadows down I get worse when it gets darker The light is too bright I'm exhausted by the colours of you Of your golden hue Leave the bulb alone and Let the flower bloom Keep my sticks and stones Don't trip over the fuse but I do Because of you Did I miss a beat Of this conspiracy I'm done with digging all the dirt Denial's my disease This plot I made believe Keep hitting me where it hurts Why do I keep on trying to fix what ain't broken I'll bend us to break just so I can feel some emotion And all I ever wanted was a sweet distraction But you stayed long enough to turn into my only obsession
7.
Knots 04:18
I’m not fishing for an answer Just untie the knots you knead Does it always take a stranger To snatch you out from the deep So helpless in the half-light When you’re not a man of faith Wish you’d wrote it all on water Watch it all go to waste So help me understand why Why you wanna go back Still running to your past life When there’s nothing left And when you hear the silence ring through your bones His shadow’s waiting to give up the ghost So help me understand Why you wanna go back How many times did you let the devil through your door Don’t wanna test the consequence of letting go So helpless in the half-light When you’re not a man of faith Wish you wrote it all on water Watch it all go to waste So help me understand why Why you wanna go back Still running to your past life When there’s nothing left And when you hear the silence ringing through your bones His shadow’s waiting to give up the ghost So help me understand Why you wanna go back Don’t you think it’s for the best That we don’t always get what we want Oh how easy we forget When we could’ve had it all
8.
Darling I’ve been trembling from your love all this time Even when the ashes have faded it’ll be on my mind I’m not praying for a miracle to get me by There’s nothing more cruel When the words are baited like a victimless crime Am I growing up too fast Or did I have it easy all this time Was I paying the cost Being cast in a role with no reprise When all my fear surrounds me Come on cut through the bone so I can see The weariness I live in From trying way too hard to make believe Darling I’ve been trembling from your love all this time Even when the ashes have faded it’ll be on my mind I’m not praying for a miracle to get me by There’s nothing more cruel When the words are baited like a victimless crime When cowardice is medicine Have we been wired to feed off jealousy Addicted to the turbulence By my maddest edge you’ll define me Darling I’ve been trembling from your love all this time Even when the ashes have faded it’ll be on my mind I’m not praying for a miracle to get me by There’s nothing more cruel When the words are baited like a victimless crime So this is what we do to the ones we love; Was it better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission? Passion is poison, and success Will take a man where his character cannot sustain him If true love takes true independence Then there is no method to this madness Blind faith and childish reason When the body cries, the spirit listens Nightmares and nosebleeds You’re the actor and the audience Blow by blow, frame by frame Silence begets silence
9.
I only tell the truth because I love you But all my words kept pushing you away Remember the time when all the terms were simple Holding out the doubt for better days You can never know if you've tried your best When you think you've still got time So I stretched my sorrow across the cracks To see if we'd intertwine Every night I'm terrified of losing A war we never won And life keeps spinning Like a broken record But I won't catch you if you let go I'll pick apart the things you let fold If that's what you want I guess we'll move on I'm sorry I only tell the truth because I miss you But there you stood so many worlds away We'd scale the walls just before they crumble Put it on the line just to reel it in You were tempted by the devil's flesh I was jealous as a God So omniscient yet helpless In a life out on your own And while you sparkled in a different scene I tunnelled through the hours Replaying the past Just like a broken record But I won't catch you if you let go I'll pick apart the things you let fold If that's what you want I guess we'll move on I'm sorry I'm sorry
10.
Outro 01:27

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released June 2, 2015

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