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Owen Radford

by Owen Radford

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1.
Pitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter, SMASH What lovely sounds coming from outside as he threw rocks at our glass He moved in three weeks ago and he trespassed right away And he still comes over uninvited every single day He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, oh what a nightmare He stole the plants right from our garden, he waged herbal warfare He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, oh what a nightmare He pisses on our happiness, he really doesn’t care Breaking fragile little locks on our home’s basement door Stealing from our humble home and returning later for more Hotwiring father’s car and driving into a hole Conveniently destroying everything from us he stole He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, what a living hell He knocked on our door endlessly, after breaking our doorbell He’s the boy next door and he’s never leaving, what a living hell He gets away with everything, he hides himself so well With a Zippo lighter clutched firmly in his hand He made our home a brighter place, into something very grand He laughed long and hard after ruining our lives Well personally I’m just glad that we weren’t the ones inside He’s the boy next door and now we’re leaving, it’s all thanks to him We’re gonna live where we’ll be happy since he made our life grim He’s the boy next door and now we’re leaving, all because of him We’re gonna live so far away, in a place he’s never been
2.
Willy 03:42
Well as he walks along And he writes his own songs He’s the king of the indie disco As he sits on his throne He’s so hip and unknown And he’s got such charisma and gusto He’s the saddest little boy that the world has ever seen He’s got diamonds in his left head Can you believe he’s only seventeen? Oh Willy, where are you running off to? Oh Willy, you know that we don’t care about you Well his fans all agree He’s the best he can be He’s got everything he desires But on this wild ride He feels nothing inside So he wants to walk into the fire He’s a seventeen-year-old with an album that’s topped the charts But no one really knows how he feels or how it ever starts Oh Willy, where are you running off to? Oh Willy, you know that we don’t care about you He has worlds in his hands And no rock n roll band Yet he conquered the whole world over And yet his heart is black And he never went back Once he stood at the white cliffs of dover By his second record Everything had been heard And his teenage appeal had run dry Oh he wanted to shout As his fame had run out And he wrote his final goodbye He went from prince of nothing to king of all in sight But once he found how cruel the world was he snuffed out his light Oh Willy, why’d you make the critics’ words true? Oh Willy, the world won’t be the same without you
3.
She’s always in my head and she’s always on my mind I never thought the world could birth someone who’s so thoughtful and kind Whenever she’s around I think my problems will all melt away And a feeling wells up in my heart when I see her every day Wake up now my only love We’re getting closer every day And when I tell you how I feel Will you please not run away? This is a love song This is a love song I wrote for you This is a love song And I want you to know it’s true Oh this is a love song You’re the only one it’s for Oh you power my existence So please don’t walk out the door When I came into her life she was so shocked, she could not speak And she never even told me why she always had to weep Whenever she would write her own thoughts down, they’d read less like a song And more like a bleeding epitaph that showed how I was wrong Wake up now my only love Things get worse from day to day And when I show you how I feel Will you please not run away? This is a love song It’s the best thing you’ll ever hear Just when you think the hurt is over It keeps ringing in your ear Oh this is a love song It’s a subversion of the truth Just when things were well between us It turned into wasted youth She and me could be together til the end of time If only i could take her heart as she had taken mine When I hold her closely in my arms it feels uncomfortable How could I let her cold blue lights just throw me in a hole? Wake up now my only love There are no more words to say I don’t even know where you are But I keep pressing replay This is a love song And it’s why I thought that I loved you Why did everything I think was right Turn ugly shades of blue? Oh this is a love song It’s the words I never say You are everything I live for But you disappear by day
4.
Internet Boy 07:57
His skinny fingers press the rainbow buttons As the text unfurls he indulges his sick sins Writing up essays all about his own needs And finding some children to accomplish his deeds He pretends to be a politician Preaching to his brainwashed legion He’s a sad excuse for a human being And he’s got an army of people on a string He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, his life’s spent on an app He analyzes all the ones he follows while he posts nothing but crap He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, he’s stuck posting in a thread He types away as the years go by and he’ll be a hologram when he’s dead His mental health is going down down down And he hunts down his haters like he’s some sort of hound He’s dating a girl from Amsterdam But little does he know she’s an elderly man All across the web he’s got lots of lives On one he’s a poor man, on another he thrives He’s a man and a woman on different sites And on one he participates in every fight He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, his life’s spent on an app He analyzes all the ones he follows while he posts nothing but crap He’s an internet boy, an internet boy, he’s stuck posting in a thread He types away as the years go by and he’ll be a hologram when he’s dead (x2) He’s in a world that’s all his own But when the screen turns on, he’s not even home He’s the top of the leaderboards in his games And for all of his actions, he feels no shame He’s an internet boy He’s from a family that’s broken and cracked And once he types in his password, he’s never coming back He feels no empathy for what is real Only ones and zeroes that he thinks he can feel He’s an internet boy He’s an internet boy, and he’s slipping away He’s an empty shell With nothing to say He’s an internet boy, and he’s slipping away He’s an empty shell With nothing to say He’s an internet boy
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4am Thoughts 05:53
If I died in my sleep Would anyone I know even cry or weep? Is my life laid out in a long straight line? Or does it rot when I can’t make up my mind? 4am thoughts As I’m lying in my bed I might wish that I was dead I might drown in a sea of words from my head And when the sun sets The fire burns again And the joy comes to an end While the rain falls and I lose another friend When she left where’d she go? If I’m human why does my loving heart not show? Why’d they have to leave my life so far behind Why do these thoughts always break into my mind? 4am thoughts As I’m lying in my bed I might wish that I was dead I might drown in a sea of words from my head And when the sun sets The fire burns again And the joy comes to an end While the rain falls and I lose another friend Does god even exist? Why do I have these wounds that I can’t resist When I wake will I still feel dark and dead Or should I never even leave this deathbed 4am thoughts As I’m lying in my bed I might wish that I was dead I might drown in a sea of words from my head And when the sun sets The fire burns again And the joy comes to an end While the rain falls and I lose another friend
6.
No Strings 03:55
You’re just a puppet with no strings You tell the truth like a dead bird sings You just sit down by the sea Chopping down your emotional tree And in the end you’re nothing more But a physical strain and a mental bore You stay far away, you’re so remote With you aboard, no ship can stay afloat You’re just a puppet with no strings And you want way too many things When you die it’ll be without me And maybe then you’ll finally see
7.
A spider trapped me in its web of lies And it led me to my own demise It threw me in a hole that was twice my size And it buried me right up to my eyes I genuinely thought it would do me good As my vision was impaired by a thick black hood As I dreamed of bliss, like it knew I would And it filled me full of poison just cuz it could Oh love, without love It’s a dangerous game but you can play it for free It’s an entrance to suffering that you won’t see Love, without love You can try to dig out from the grave you’re in But it won’t make a difference when you’re buried in sin A scorpion buried me deep down below And it picked me apart just like a crow I faced my friends and I faced a foe And I suffocated with my lungs in tow As the temperature dropped I breathed my last breath And I felt myself getting closer to death It felt as if my soul had moved out west Made its home in a worn out watery nest Oh love, without love It’s a horrible creature that’ll kill you cold It’s a man that’ll shoot you if you aren’t bold Love, without love Better go hide in your mountain shack Cuz if it comes and gets you, you won’t come back And then I dived deep down into a well And my body started melting, oh I could tell They were heating up the fires deep down in hell They were singing their songs and ringing the bells The devil emerged and he spoke to me He said son why did you do it I just can’t see Why did you let it control your philosophy? Pull you apart and sell the pieces for free? Oh love, without love Oh I can’t believe I ever followed it And I can’t believe I drowned in my own shit Love, without love You can stand and let it take hold of you Or you can run away to see your whole life through
8.
I’ll always be alone That’s what I’ll be I push people away Because that’s just me My heart doesn’t feel love Affection’s never shown See, even when I’m in love I’ll always be alone Yes, even when I’m in love I’ll always be alone

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My debut album of original material, featuring 8 brand new songs.
This collection is pretty sparse from a musical and production standpoint, being similar to the "Got You Covered" album in that the album primarily features piano and voice, with only the occasional appearance of other instruments. The album is split into two distinct halves, with the first four songs being “story songs” written from the perspective of characters, and the last four being more personal, reflective songs.
All songs were recorded between July and September 2019. The first 7 songs were originally written in November 2018-July 2019, while the last song was originally written in May 2016.

I'm happy to finally be sharing some of my own songs with all of you, and I'm endlessly proud that I've finally written songs that I love as much as these ones. Enjoy.

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released September 27, 2019

All songs written, performed, produced, mixed, and recorded by Owen Radford.

Special thanks to...
Caleb, Haley, Alex, Alex, Ian, Cooper, Reese, Max, Nolan, Hoshy, Thorin, Ava, Ava, Jebb, Josh, Andrew, Matt, Tanner, Beren, Alana, Zaria, Stella, Beezle, Alfie, Braden, Ember, Eli, Beth, Devin, Andy, Leon, Danny, Diana, Brian, Graham, Declan, Joe, Elton, Bob, John, Neil, Billy, Damon, Jarvis, Stephen, Noel, Liam, Burt, Roger, John, Paul, George, Ringo, Simon, Dad, and Garfield.
This album is dedicated to my Great Aunt Jill, and Daniel Johnston; two very important people in my life, directly and indirectly, that unfortunately passed away shortly after the recording of the album.

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Owen Radford Dayton, Ohio

Singer-songwriter from Dayton, Ohio.
Solo artist, frontman of Dr. Deceptive, and the man behind Fly’s Eyes.

Link to the Dr. Deceptive and Fly’s Eyes Bandcamp pages are below, as well as my social media pages.

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