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The Novel Ideas

by The Novel Ideas

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1.
If I start from the beginning I'll start from when I was a child And how I grew up always thinking that love, it is measured in miles ‘Cause my mother worked that hard so we could have a nice life I'm just hoping that her blood runs in my veins tonight ‘Cause oh I'm trying to let you go But it feels right even if I should know that it won't I've heard enough and I've seen so much But I'm not waiting love Well you know that it's backwards when you feel much more than you say And I've been keeping my distance but I don't wanna push you away I wouldn't say that I love you but I'm pretty sure that I did And I wish I could say I'm surprised that I chose to walk right back to him Cause oh I'm trying to let you go But it feels right even if I should know that it won't I've heard enough and I've seen so much Now I'm staring at the future but my eyes they won't adjust He'll stay the night but it's you I'm thinking of and I'm not waiting love
2.
I'll Try 04:49
They’re always talking But I’m not listening at all No I’m not listening at all And I think about you But I don’t want to tonight No I don’t want to tonight So I’ll try To pick up my life Yeah I’ll try To pick up my life And when it hits you You won’t feel nothing at all You won’t feel nothing at all And I’m finally looking for love I’m finally feeling all right I think that it’s about time That I try To pick up my life Yeah I’ll try To pick up my life Maybe if I let go I’ll never feel this cold Get back to the place where I’m from But then I’ll leave my friends Look at the road it bends These are the means that I want but not the ends Oh damn I’m feeling lonesome again So I’ll try Yeah I’ll try You know I’ll try I swear I’ll try
3.
Old Ways 05:05
Goodbye to the old ways The old ways are gone I’m waiting for daybreak And the morning light to come I can still feel your arms wrapped around me But I’m scared ‘cause I’m not sure you know That what happens this fast is not destined to last Now I’m leaving, I’m ready to go You don’t need me, I’ll just disappoint you Yeah I’m sure you’ll be fine on your own Even better in fact, I am quite sure of that ‘Cause I’m leaving but I’m not going home Wasn’t it nice to know the truth? Wasn’t it nice to know how well I treated you? When you wanted to wave Goodbye to the old ways The old ways are gone I’m waiting for daybreak And the morning light to come Everyone in the front row is singing With their hands held over their hearts And that sweet melody wraps itself around me And it’s nice but we know it’s not ours And I’m trying to be a good person But I don’t think that trying’s enough When I’m drunk by myself, and I miss you like hell Well I guess that without you I’m stuck Wasn’t it nice to know the truth? Wasn’t it nice to know how well I treated you? When you wanted to wave Goodbye to the old ways The old ways are gone I’m waiting for daybreak And the morning light to come Damn did it hurt to know the truth If I could take back what I know of Those things that she did to you Yeah you know I would wave Goodbye to the old ways The old ways are gone I’m waiting for daybreak And the morning light to come Hello sunshine Where have you been for so long? I miss you sometimes I don’t know where you go when you’re gone
4.
Broken Glass 05:30
Can you hear me? Can you feel me? I’ve been waiting here for you to come home ‘Cause I’ve been afraid for you have made a fool of me so many times before Like it’s crazy how you won’t allow me to even hold your hand It’s in your eyes, some disguise, a person I have never known But even now I say what you’ve been, it’s what you’re bound to be You say you have not lived girl ‘cause you’ve been bound to me Now I’ve been up late every day thinking on what you’ve said to me Yet all the while I can’t reconcile the truth I know and what my heart Would have of me I’ve heard it said that all this too must pass But tomorrow bends her knee to the ever-present past When all our hopes and all our dreams crack like broken glass Will we see it through when the fractured truth says it was not meant to last? I have waited here, waited dear for you to come home ‘Cause we have waited years through the tears we fought our fears so long And now you’re gone I say what you’ve been, it’s what you’re bound to be You say you have not lived girl ‘cause you’ve been bound to me
5.
I wanna know what I don't understand The wants of a man and the places we go Come baby please wont you shine for me My heart’s like the sea, it ebbs and it flows But the things I couldn't say Yeah the words get in the way Don't tell me that's enough ‘cause I need a strong love No more of that weak stuff, it's time to make a change So tell me what I wanna know I've been afraid of the things I might find What I've left behind and lost on the road But I wanna know the things I can't bear And the people who care, will they stay or go? But the things I couldn't say Yeah the words get in the way Don't tell me that's enough ‘cause I need a strong love No more of that weak stuff, it’s time to make a change I'm sure I want to, I just can’t handle the sad truth That damn I might need you too much to walk away So tell me what I wanna know ‘Cause I can't do this on my own Don't tell me that's enough ‘cause I need a strong love No more of that weak stuff, it’s time to make a change Lord knows I want to, I just can't handle the sad truth That goddamn I might need you too much to walk away So tell me what I wanna know
6.
Well my mind's still limber but my heart's grown old From the time I left the only place I know And it makes me happy we didn't get let go I couldn't stand to see our love just decompose Now I've been walking home nearly every night And here's to everyone I ever loved but had to leave behind For the one thing I can't find though I've been looking half my life And it's damn hard to explain but I will try it if you like If you ask me once I'll tell you so That the blue between us never felt so cold And I miss the folk singers from the days of old When a three-chord song could save your soul And no I'm never on time least that's what I'm told So why's everything feel like it moves too slow? And if I were scared I wouldn't let it show ‘Cause if I die tonight I'm not going home Why's it seem so wrong to miss the town you love? When there's just one state that you cannot stop thinking of I wouldn't say I'm patriotic but I think that's what I've become Sometimes it takes where you are not, just to remember where you're from Was it my fault that I meant every single word I said? When I told you it was not the end And if everything goes wrong, I hope we can get along If I lost you I would lose my best friend And now we're weathering the storm, side by side we're looking on It takes a certain kind of love to bear this load But it's not the tired romance of the open road
7.
Farm 04:22
Well the winter stayed and the days they got no longer And she ran out of ways to bring the rain And their fields once bountiful and ever-yielding Well nothing grew there they all withered and died Yes they died, they died, they died And when the dust cleared oh all that survived Was their pride, their pride, their pride But even that would soon subside for they had died They died So there was nothing to do then but to sell the farm So they divided their things and they set out at dawn And they came to a fork and they said their goodbyes But he fell to his knees and he began to cry Yes he cried, he cried, he cried And with his head down, bare back towards the sky He said I lied, I lied, I lied Oh I hid what I felt from your eyes I feared that you’d soon despise me for my cries My cries But she took his hand and turning she sang Oh the future’s so hard to define but it will comfort you in time And ten years from now when you’ve left this town And you see me walking by Oh my dear you will be fine
8.
Dena 04:52
Where was I that night In December when you realized That our family wouldn't light eight lights Did you cry? But it was never your fault And I don't blame you For making this hard When we both knew That I wanna talk this through And what could have I done? The second child of your only son But these good intentions, they won't last that long Was I wrong? But it was never your fault And I don't blame you For making this hard When we both knew I get lost inside my mind I’m feeling helpless all the time Did it hurt you? And it was days before you’d gone You always said time marches on Without you I still wanna talk this through So I hope you stay
9.
‘Cause I’ve been there ‘Cause I’ve walked these floors ‘Cause I needed you when you needed me more ‘Cause I can’t find what you found in me ‘Cause I wanted you the way you wanted me to be But if I’d known how I’d feel tonight Would I still do what we did in the early morning light ‘Cause I left you, we were standing there alone But leaving you is all I’ve ever known Can you hear me now? ‘Cause I’m calling you out But if I squint hard and think long enough I can almost remember the city I’m from But I can’t take this, can’t be this far this long Can’t ask forgiveness for the places I’ve gone Can you hear me now? ‘Cause I’m calling you out Can you hear me now? ‘Cause I’m calling you out And honey I could come back down If you want me around I wanna be where you are now Yeah I’m calling you out I’m calling you out
10.
Mountain 04:01
Never have I been so tired As when I came down off the mountainside And though my legs they gave way by the end of the day Oh I still found my way back down Things have been going my way I feel more like me every day Like the person I was Like the person I still want to be Can I now start to see That those long months spent in the summer’s heat Have helped me to grow Though they nearly took the heart of me But never have I been so tired As when I came down off the mountainside And though my legs they gave way by the end of the day Oh I still found my way back down Maybe it’s that time has flown But some times move so painfully slow One thing is clear How much can change in a year As many men have found before There did come another girl You saved my life And oh I love you so But never have I been so tired As when I came down off the mountainside And though my legs they gave way by the end of the day Oh I still found my way back down Though I looked back in the end It’s hard I know when I can barely stand And the snow melts towards the land But never have I been so tired As when I came down off the mountainside And though my legs they gave way by the end of the day Oh I still found my way back down
11.
A familiar hope of my vague intentions Trying to find, to know, understand Oh I may need more than my own interventions Gathering my thoughts like waves on the sand But these words won’t heal Let your tears fall to the ground You asked me to save you from yourself... Where is the heart that was broken? Where is the love that was right? Lost are the hopes that were spoken For they have gone into the night Oh what I can’t feel Don’t you turn away from the sound You asked me to save you from yourself But I can’t help you now And I’m gone to find my redemption I’m goin’ far, I’m goin’ home Oh I’ve asked for things I cannot mention But I’ll ask for peace wherever I go Still these words won’t heal Let your tears fall to the ground You asked me to save you from yourself But I was not around

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Featuring the voices of three songwriters, their upcoming self-titled album, produced by Rick Parker (Lord Huron) and mixed by Ryan Freeland (Ray LaMontagne, Bonnie Raitt), showcases the band at its best. Capturing the spirit of their live performance in recorded form wasn’t easy, but the result is a heartfelt representation of who The Novel Ideas are as a band. Track by track, The Novel Ideas represents a contribution to the country-folk scene that balances love-and-loss melancholy with thoughtful instrumentation and intricate vocal arrangements.

The Novel Ideas are a country-folk quartet of friends hailing from the great state of Massachusetts:

Sarah Grella - Vocals
Danny Hoshino - Guitar, Pedal Steel, Vocals
James Parkington - Bass, Vocals
Daniel Radin - Guitar, Vocals

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released September 8, 2017

Elena Bonomo – Drums/percussion
Eva Walsh – Fiddle
John Waynelovich – Piano/organ
Rick Parker – Engineer/producer
Ryan Freeland – Mixing
Kim Rosen – Mastering

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The Novel Ideas are a country folk quintet of friends from the great state of Massachusetts. Featuring the voices of three different songwriters, The Novel Ideas create a blend of pastoral, harmony driven, and plaintive Americana.

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