Some Light

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released 21 May 2010
Written from September 2008 - April
2010.
Recorded and performed in
apartments and houses in Chicago
and Pennsylvania from May 2009 to
April 2010. Mixed from
April - May 2010.
Front cover photo taken in the
Spring of 2008.
Back cover photo taken in the
Winter of 2007/2008.
Layout/artwork designed in
Spring and Summer 2010

By Seth Engel.

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tags: rock indie rock math pop seth engel Chicago

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Options began in 2008 as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Seth Engel. He writes and plays all the instruments on studio releases and usually plays with a 5 piece band live.

Seth's eighth release, Come Down, will be out HERE on Bandcamp on 10/30/12. Check out optionstheband.com for more information. ... more

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Track Name: Static
So how much longer will I keep on staring
Into the sky and the cracks in the pavement?
I’ll get lost in the notion of you and then wonder
Where the weeks and the days went
Well we've all got our vices,
I'm well aware of mine.
But sometimes it's hard to feel like
things are almost perfect, things are almost fine.

I’m unsure if you keep pretending you want me here.
I never liked static, so won’t you make the signal clear?
Maybe I don’t deserve you, or you just aren't interesting.
Speaking realistically,
I only wanted everything
probably will never be
wish you could give anything
just want to stop wondering

I’ve been staying up too late/ly
But only I can save me (and I’ll keep singing )
“Let’s just forget
Everything we never said.
Don’t let your dreams get to your head.”
Just put things in perspective
They say “If there’s a will there’s a way”
But that’s not true of all our days.
Track Name: Bullshit
I pretend I don't need this
but I guess I probably do
it's just been ages since
I felt anything true
if there's a chance I'm making
sense, then i still know
sometimes, well life's best fruits
just take so long to grow

but I know I can't give up
cause it's better than it ever was
It took a while, but I've learned.
Maybe this is just my turn

Fast friends never ever last
or thats how it seems to me
the road ahead's been the same as the past
i've tried for oh so long to leave
but it follows me where I wanna go
yeah, you're on my mind
I hope someday that things will change
and i can leave it behind

I'm not scared that I'm fucked, cause its rare that I'm not
and, well, I didn't think
that i'd have what i've got.
Not afraid myself,
just cautious of the past
and how history repeats,
I guess I won't look back
Track Name: I'd Rather
I'd rather be lovedrunk than just drunk
but I'll take either one.
I'm tired of feeling so self-defeatist,
I'd rather feel numb.
Every night I'm fighting sleep,
come morning, I battle light.
And when I finally get up
I'll spend the day wishing I was alright.

Well, I can almost hear you sing
"you were made for bigger things"

I feel like a 1950's movie
and I'm yelling now
because I've gotta sink or swim or drown
well impact is relative
and now, I'm too loud
because volume is relevant

Well, I can almost hear you sing
"You were made for better things"
Track Name: I Can't Help, But Think
I can’t help but think
On the outside
What are we anyway?
Skin on top of bones,
Or hair, eyes, and clothes?
But sometimes it seems that's all you ever care to know

I told my friend, "You can grow up, but don't forget what you love."
He tried, but he couldn't seem to live for what he really dreamed of.
Well I promise, I swear I'll drop dead before changing myself to blend
So don't try, just do, and remember you just need yourself in the end.

Sometimes, I can’t help, but I can think.
Well, It's something. I guess it's a start
I'll hold on, I'll hold on,
This time I won't let let go
Or at least this time,
maybe I'll try.

But the way I look, the way I speak,
Are what they see when they see me
I've always travelled longer roads,
only because that's where my heart says to go.
But it’s the people we know, not the people we don’t
Who make our lives worth living, and let us know we're not alone
And if I can patiently wait,
I just might eat what I always yearned to taste.
Track Name: Where've You Been?
I wanna kiss you on the mouth
but I'm afraid of where its been
I wanna show you how I feel
but that time's long gone, my friend.
So its okay if I never hold you,
and I understand that you never wanted me.
I know, its just a foolish wish
but sometimes its too cloudy to see .

It's hard to keep my head straight
and its hard to stay up this late
finding faults over nothing
so i'll leave behind, so soon to find
to feel normalcy in anything
is like quitting your dependency
it wont work when it's worthless
but now I don't know if I deserve this

I know i'm not quite of your caliber
but what's wrong with just tonight?
Is it that I don't look the way you want
or is something else not right?
Well i know it'd feel so good
but the voice inside my head
says I shouldn't all along.
Of course I follow in the end.

I wanna tell you all about this,
but you should tell me where you've been.
before I make assumptions
and start this thing all over once again.
Track Name: The Best Part
Not a coward, still afraid of seeing things through all the way.
Wish I could soothe my restless mind. These nights are longer than I'd like.

The odds are against me, but I press on
and I won't go down without a fight.
the world is such a heavy place,
and I'm still just trying to find some light

So when it seems it's over,
know you should never quit.
And hold fast hope that someday,
you'll be better than this.
So now please just hold on and
it will be over soon.
Every day'll be worth the weight.

See the past but live the now; pick yourself up when you're down.
No longer letting it consume everything I say and do.
Track Name: Bears Only Hibernate Sometimes
I lusted after you;
I was seeking comfort
In the front seat of a car driving off a cliff.
Oh, girl. With your hair in tangles and knots
and your brain in a perpetual fog.

And in this state of “__________.”
I become the bear, or maybe the possum, once more.
Oh, it’s so cold again, it’s so cold again.
The rain will freeze this ground and I will have no defense.
Vulnerable again.

So for the meantime let’s go
dream in these winter coats
Go numb but we're trying to survive
more to life than just being alive.
And they won’t give a damn
if they’re as alone as I am, and I am.
So I'll wait it's right
then swing for the fences and hope someday they'll see the light.

The springsummer seasons may come back
Life goes on, evolves, things change.
But will I be the same?
Will I have a new face or new name
Come next year, will I still be here?
I’ll still be here.