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Life Burns

by Gab De La Vega

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1.
Some call it panic I just call it my alarm clock it wakes me at every hour I just wonder what the rush is sirens in my head go wild Howling like mad wolves all night I drag myself out of bed Still wondering what happened My brain's trying to tell me “man just pull yourself together” (but I'm) deaf till i hear it crack Blind till I see warning signs Sometimes I know what's wrong, sometimes I know what's right But i just gotta do it my way I hit the wrong places and make mistakes But all I've ever known is how to do it my way That's the way it goes The world just matches your condition It spins out of control you can't fix it all Go with the flow in this situation When life's out of control Put these thoughts aside To live is to survive (sometimes) Just ‘cause it's your life Doesn't mean that you can always drive Put these thoughts aside To live is to survive (sometimes) Voices call at night To remind you that you're still alive alive alive That's the way it goes The world just matches your condition It spins out of control you can't fix it all Go with the flow in this situation When life's out of control When life's out of control When life's out of control
2.
Off My Chest 03:11
Something you need to know It's time for me to come clean about this The truth is gonna hurt It's not my fault We've come to this Where have you been so far? The veil's been lifted in the end It made it clear For me to accept And comprehend Years spent blaming myself Doing my best to grow up to be a man On my own Like a parasite in my blood it spread I grew up like weeds on the lawn Gotta take this off my chest Right off my chest The kid I used to be The man I'll never be Off my chest Right off my chest The kid I used to be The man I'll never be is in front of me Hello, is anyone there? These words come from love and not hate But I just can't pretend that nothing ever happened I chased after something I knew I was lacking It's me, it's me, oh it's always me Thank god I found ways to cope with it While everyone around me kept saying "it's ok" But all I could see were the mind games you played And you didn't know the damage you caused I gathered my courage and spat it all out And my insecurity now has a name I'll say it out loud, I'll take it off my chest Right off my chest The kid I used to be The man I'll never be Off my chest Right off my chest The kid I used to be The man I'll never be is in front of me
3.
Rock Bottom 03:23
I, I'm lost and find myself Alone and directionless Afraid to see what's next And I'm speechless and confused In the dim light of this parking lot tonight Life ain't been treating me so well To the point I cannot tell What is black and what is white What is wrong and what is right Here I stand What the hell am I supposed to do right now? Rock bottom, this is getting familiar Rock bottom, I keep coming back to you Rock bottom, can't get lower than this Another day with zero reasons to live Oh no, when it all goes wrong Just think: then what else could go wrong? Get up and fight It ain't so easy to do when life ain't bright But at the same time you know all the hits you took You're standing here, you're standing strong One more thing, there's just one way to go All the way back to the top I slide No matter what I do and how hard I try I keep getting back right here And the weight of life is dragging me Deeper in a dark pit with no way out Rock bottom, this is getting familiar Rock bottom, I keep coming back to you Rock bottom, can't get lower than this Another day with zero reasons to live Oh no, when it all goes wrong Just think: then what else could go wrong? Get up and fight It ain't so easy to do when life ain't bright But at the same time you know all the hits you took You're standing here, you're standing strong One more thing, there's just one way to go All the way back to the top All the way back to top There is no reason to stop Nothing can really get in your way Now you can leave it behind Get up and climb All the way back to the top
4.
He's been staring in the mirror all this time Scrutinizing a stupid face he can't recognize, somehow Every inch of it looks quite familiar Every word comes with a question mark at the end Trapped in a perpetual loop he finds Revelations he can't quite grasp On the outside a stranger, on the inside A flood of words without rhyme or reason chants Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Every morning pours a cup of coffee Welcomes people in his shop "Are these the size you're looking for? I've got some more" Every night a book on his bed stand Filled with tales of pirates and exotic lands "I must have read this one before Can't tell, maybe, who knows"
5.
These beliefs became preconceptions The flame is burning low And the strength of our new perspectives It got lost, among priests and rituals We were supposed to be a threat But instead we just gather to re-enact the past In our comfort zone We can build a bridge to something better Let's not sit in trenches like Verdun I won't stand right next to you Preaching to the choir We can build a bridge to something better Bridges not walls Easy words, easy goals, can't you see yourself Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir! Something new, something more, I don't wanna be Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir! No it won't be the elite who change the world Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir! Think again, a new direction to break down the walls Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir! Preaching to the choir, nothing to think about Preaching to the choir, you missed another chance to be heard We can build a bridge to something better Let's not sit in trenches like Verdun I won't stand right next to you Preaching to the choir We can build a bridge to something better
6.
Miles ahead The horizon seems to dive into itself A gaze inward A universe impossible to explore, her own Silently Ready to step out and roam this world, to the north She stands up, leaves everything behind and no one knows She's gone Off she goes Wandering alone On and on and on and on Solitude Riding by her side On and on and on and on and on If only someone cared to see what she'd been going through Life became so complicated, she didn't know the rules How to find her place, how to stand out No one ever told her it would have been like this forever Off she goes Wandering alone On and on and on and on Solitude Riding by her side On and on and on and on and on Somewhere beautiful Somewhere they won't know Somewhere she can trust the world again Somewhere she can start to live again
7.
Maybe one day I'll die on stage Like a true legend of rock'n'roll Maybe one day I'll tour Japan Packing clubs with crowds who know all my songs But I'm here, playing chords To which no one knows the words Small town boy, hype is low My own struggle And I just can't let it go The accent when I sing, I know it belongs to me The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams It's too late to decide to just stop and say goodbye The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams Save me from myself The accent when I sing, I know it belongs to me The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams It's too late to decide to just stop and say goodbye The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams What you do with your life will eventually define you The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams The music keeps on playing so I might as well just dance The bitter taste of dreams – the bitter taste of dreams Save me from myself
8.
Immortal 02:29
The clothes in my wardrobe Seem to tell a story An adventurer that dove in battles drenched in glory But, where will I go when this is over? Photographs became something we don't possess Memories of dirty crimes we won't confess But now, where will I go when this is over? One day, where will I go when this is over? Like heroes in our dreams Immortal, we will be Like those who live forever Forever they will sing our odyssey Where will i go when this is over? One day, where will I go when this is over? One day, where will I go when this is over? One day, where will I go? One day, where will I go? One day, where will I go when this is over?
9.
Rabbit Hole 03:11
I feel torn, feel whipped around I feel tossed from side to side I unravel this rope only to find more knots And solutions turn out to be Bigger problems that weigh on me I'm the jailer, the convict and the judge here And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole Trapped in the mesh of my intricate self When I try to escape from the rabbit hole I get lost once again, one more time Whoah, I'm going down Whoah, I'm going down Whoah, I'm going down Come with me, we'll disappear In a maze of doubt and fear Please don't lie, don't tell me you can't sympathize Evverybody knows the taste Of the poison that sets your heart ablaze Ii bet you know exactly what it means when I say That I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole Trapped in the mesh of my intricate self When I try to escape from the rabbit hole I get lost once again, one more time Whoah, I'm going down Whoah, I'm going down Whoah, I'm going down And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (slipping right into the rabbit hole) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (I'm going down) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (slipping right into the rabbit hole) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (I'm going down) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (slipping right into the rabbit hole) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (I'm going down) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (slipping right into the rabbit hole) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (I'm going down) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (slipping right into the rabbit hole) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (I'm going down) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (slipping right into the rabbit hole) And I'm slipping right into the rabbit hole (I'm going down)
10.
Let me play this song and you can sing with me Let me play it loud and let those people hear 'cause For everyone who told you this is wasting time There's a soldier of the dreamless army falling in line If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken? Let me play this song so you can sing along You know all the words, magical words, a mantra that you Can repeat day in day out, there's no doubt They never heard such a powerful song 'cause If they're alive and this is a lie Why is my heart Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours? If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken? This sound is yours I just wrote the music and words An adrenaline rush from the beginning of this song Tell me (why?) If they're alive and this is a lie Why is my heart Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours? If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken? Just tell me why If they're alive and this is a lie Why is my heart Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours? If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken? The way it makes me feel Like a hundred thousand blasts from sonic nuclear energy The way it's supposed to be The soundtrack of our dreams If they're alive and this is a lie Why is my heart Pounding like a timebomb in unison with yours? If I'm asleep and this is a dream why won't they awaken?
11.
Claire, it's me, how have you been? Don't hang up, listen to me Ten years ago i was so wrong I made a big mistake I can't go on, now that I know I'd end up in this place Claire, I miss our joking Laughing and smoking On your porch underneath shooting stars Forgive me, I was stupid A coward and a loser I left early in the morning without even making a sound Now I miss you and I talking Of our dreams and I'm walking Alone in the dark Claire, you see, i got cold feet Afraid of myself and the way I felt around you I wasn't sure I was worthy of your love That i could be the one I know how it sounds, the excuse of a clown But trust me, I was in love Claire, I drove by your house Hundreds of times I saw you were happy and in love Forgive me, I was stupid A coward and a loser I left you heartbroken and now I'm crying on the phone I know we can't patch things up I don't know why I called But i'm alone in the dark Forgive me, I was stupid A coward and a loser I left you heartbroken and now I'm crying on the phone I know we can't patch things up I don't know why I called But i'm alone in the dark
12.
Early one cold morning When the sun breaks through the dark Right when everything seems possible for everyone He slips his shoes on, goes outside and climbs in his pick up truck Takes a road he's driven a thousand times before Only this time he knows he will not return Up ahead's another life, another world At Markham city limits he's already out of gas A maxed-out credit card and a little cash won't get him anywhere Ditches the beat up truck, gets to the bus stop on main Any place would do, anywhere but home Any life would do, but what he's left behind And the radio plays and song that goes like Na na na na Na na na Na na na Na na na na Na na na Na na na Na na na na Na na na Na na na Na na na na Na na na Na na na

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released March 1, 2024

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Gab De La Vega Brescia, Italy

I am a singer-songwriter who grew up listening and playing hardcore and punk rock.

Born in Brescia, Citizen of the World.

"Off My Chest" new single out now!
New album "Life Burns" out March 2024 via SBÄM Records, Sell The Heart Records, Epidemic Records, Motorcity Produzioni and Overdrive.
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