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Portraits Volume 3

by TWU Students

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1.
When you met me you saw something and I knew that there was a storm a comin So I stepped back and I retracted all the things you wanted But you took that as an invite thinking you could still compete No I never wanted you to be interested in me Well I told you I don’t need you and my goal is not to please you But you seem to think that you’re the one for me And you think that you can bring back everything that we never had But you need to know now that it’s never going to be that way Oh it’s the end of the game Now we’re going our separate ways You can find another chase Just let me be the one that got away Burning bridges shore to shore Flying away to something more Won’t you let me won’t you let me get away Cause I told you I don’t need you and my goal is not to please you But you seem to think that you’re the one for me And you think that you can bring back everything that we never had But you need to know now that it’s never going to be that way Oh it’s the end of the game You built our house with a deck of cards Wasn’t long until it fell apart Cause I told you I don’t need you and my goal is not to please you But you seem to think that you’re the one for me And you think that you can bring back everything that we never had But you need to know now that it’s never going to be that way Oh it’s the end of the game
2.
Where are the blueprints to my heart? I need to look inside Cause it's tearin me apart Runnin through my mind One step behind And I need to get away I need to find my home. Oh somewhere far away Wherever the winds blow Two steps to go. And I'd sail across the sea To the other shore And maybe I'd find me What I'm searchin for Three steps to four I've been chasin after the moon Just to see daylight If shootin stars are true I wish I was alright Four steps to five Numbers they add inside of my head I don't know where they start don't know where they end It's hard to explain what's in my brain so don't try to comprehend So it's back to the start With my paper and my pen To redraw my heart And try this all again One step ahead
3.
The baker wakes up early in the morning She turns on the stove to prepare for her day The smell of new bread entices the mailman Cycling by with his bag of mundane He skipped breakfast again though it wasn't his intent He'd rather sleep in and wake up and be fed So that's what he did like every morning before Six o'clock out of bed six o five out of bed He waves to the milkman slowly plodding along The white collared shirt with the tie tied on wrong He sets down his crystal by the neighbor's front door And he raises his hand to see the sun rise a bit more He picks the glass after leaving a few He looks down to see that he has not tied his shoe And as he bends down the fat cat waddles by It sniffs at the milk and it licks a drop dry This is their everyday life, this is their everyday life Where a note intertwines with another that's rife With its own everyday life, its own everyday life Where the lines become a picture and the colours breathe life into life The neighbor peaks from behind a silken curtain To see that the milkman is plodding away She thinks of his face and his cute awkward tie She wishes deep down she had the strength to say "hi" Her eyes dart across the 7:40 street To see two young schoolboys there scuffin their feet She looked at the time, gasped and left the silken curtain Lest she be late to teach of Nicholas and Rasputin This is her everyday life, this is their everyday life Where a note intertwines with another that's rife With its own everyday life, its own everyday life Where the lines become a picture and the colours breathe life into life The schoolboys are groaning, they were up far too late Concocting a world to which they could escape But as the bell rings they rub open their eyes And they greet all their friends with slaps and high-fives As they enter the school the fat cat races by For the young bright-eyed dog is running not far behind The cacophony is a sign the town is awake And their melody rises for another to take An old man on a porch reminisces upon his life From beginning to the end, every low and every high He thinks upon his dear son far away over seas Over seas he cannot cross, he weeps This is his everyday life, this is their everyday life Where a note intertwines with another that's rife With its own everyday life, its own everyday life Where the lines become a picture and the colours breathe life This is his everyday life, this is their everyday song Where without knowing word they somehow all sing along And though miracles happen and their hard to refuse It's those ordinary things that hurt the most to lose
4.
When we talk One is one Two is One in one And when we love One is two One is none When I'm with you Today I knew That you were gone To be on My mental throne Whatever tragedies we face Please do not replace My comfort for your space Distant star you know your place We are two And I am one Love is three And I am none Love me free Or love me not Love me free Or love me not What ever casualties we make You know I will not break This distance that we fake Distant star you're more than I can take I will I will wait for you I will wait for you I will wait for you Whatever loyalties we stake You know I will not break This distance that we fake Whoever you are you're more than I can take
5.
Funny how time has made such a habit Of getting away from me Or maybe it's maybe I let it go Byin my daydreaming Well you're much like the hands on the clock on my wall Two years, one moment and you're gone Funny how life has made such a habit Of passing on over me Or maybe it's me maybe I'm too caught up in Hoping you'd stay with me Well we're much the same as those dancers who fall In and out of each other's arms But our lungs move on and on And everything will change But I know whether with or without you I wont wither away Funny how you have made such a habit Of slipping away from me Well maybe it's only the rhythm of life Of draw in and release But whoever knew that just saying goodbye To you would could be so hard Now I sit and I stare at the clock on my wall Two years, one word and you're gone
6.
Lately I've been living in my head A world of monochrome that leaves me stuck in bed Seems I just can't find the word to say When they ask me "darlin, do you feel okay?" Somedays every sunbeam turns to rain Like every technicolour dream is tinted grey But I guess a darkened sky's not always grim Even rainy days can bring a hopeful hymn So I dunno where and I dunno when but I'm runnin Just to get somewhere and find out what is comin Someday I'm gonna find it The place the sun is shinin Even when my feet stick to the ground I try to tell myself there's sunbeams to be found Just cause I can't see them here today Doesn't mean it's always gonna stay that way So I dunno where and I dunno when but I'm runnin Just to get somewhere and find out what is comin Someday I'm gonna find it The place the sun is shinin Someday I'm gonna try it And on that day I'm gonna be smilin So I dunno where and I dunno when but I'm runnin Just to get somewhere and find out what is comin Someday I'm gonna find it The place the sun is shinin
7.
The oceans floating leaves as wind blows branches off the trees A storm begin to rise sets out to wet these weary eyes Castles in the sand struck by the oceans hand And all I wish I was is washed up by the tide Wont you be there? Fought it Lost it Could’ve just forgot it But I’m the sea and you’re the moon I’m heaving You’re leaving Harbor safe the feeling That I can see without the moon That I can see that it’s too soon To be sailing back to you Held up by the cold and hoping that these sails will hold You calmed the wind and waves but left them for me here today Don’t know where you are Wondering how you got so far How many times must I keep sinking where you’ve walked Won’t you be there? Fought it Lost it Could’ve just forgot it But I’m the sea and you’re the moon I’m heaving You’re leaving Harbor safe the feeling That I can see without the moon That I can see that it’s too soon To be sailing back to you Wishes you’d stop me Wishes haunt me from the shore they call I don’t need to know Just need to float away from here Fought it Lost it Could’ve just forgot it But I’m the sea and you’re the moon I’m heaving You’re leaving Harbor safe the feeling That I can see without the moon That I can see that it’s too soon To be sailing back to you Guess I’ll sail
8.
Today I learned a hard lesson One I wish I had foreseen To never wait until it's too late To a tell a friend how much they mean Today heaven gained an angel A ray of light from this dark world And while we all still have each other Our hearts will miss that smiling girl I don't know when I'll see you again But I know I will I don't know when I'll see you again But I know I will Today heaven gained an angel A ray of light from this dark world And while we all still have each other Our hearts will miss that smiling girl My heart will miss that smiling girl

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"We believe in creating high-quality art that is an authentic expression of the community at TWU, and the individual artists involved. We want this album to be perceived as approachable, insightful, intriguing, and creative to students. In doing so, we hope that this will inspire, challenge, unite, and empower TWU students."

A portrait, whether literal or symbolic, is a representation of a person’s humanity, a glimpse into their very being. This album is a feast of the original songs that represent these glimpses. While each song represents the humility of the student who wrote it, they all represent the experiences, relationships, and elements of lives we can all relate to. Each recording artist was in charge of choosing their own album art in order to best represent them, as we are simply students portraying ourselves in the utmost original way. No song, no artist, and no student is the same; but that cannot stop us from coming together to produce something beautiful.

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released April 1, 2016

Chief Director & Director of Music: Cheyanne Makelki
Producer: Vincent Clements
Director of Visual Arts: Adriel Carey
Committee Members:
Alice Best, Adriel Carey, Alec Gloanec, Darby Arens

Special Thanks:
Sidsel Richmond for the lovely Portraits logo
Tori Nikkel for initial group shots
The TWU Music Department for letting us use their space
Darby Arens for all her love, support, and guidance

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This project is a brand new TWUSA initiative to create a high-quality marketable album; an authentic expression of the community at TWU, and the individual artists we foster. Our goals are to increase awareness and publicity for all those involved—individual students, SAMC department, and TWU as a whole—and to garner fundraising for our beloved university via the TWU Senior Gift. ... more

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