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Together

by Velvet Vision

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1.
Comfortable 03:05
There’s a curve-billed thrasher that lives behind my house And the little-r birds follow her around There’s a Tesla with vanity plates driving up my street The driver and I will probably never meet Counting down the days again Counting up the ways that we are comfortable We’re so comfortable We’re so comfortable We’re so comfortable Went on your roof to watch the sun go down Talking about how you’re thinking of leaving town Got a passion that makes you enough to eat If it was different you’d be outside in the middle of the week Counting down the days again Counting up the ways that we are comfortable We’re so comfortable We’re so comfortable We’re so comfortable
2.
Swimming 04:04
Approach everything with logic Getting together to indulge in gossip Testing my limits I wanna scream Is what you’re saying really meant for me? Reading too much into things Sometimes it’s rigid but I’m feeling seen Met your eyes and I was beaming Friend love is the real thing Next time think before you act, I know Heart always takes the mind off track, I know But I was having dreams we were swimming Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming In my room we were being honest Traded an unspoken promise Sometimes it feels so easy Wanna feel you next to me When we see eye to eye The lonely space we occupy Tell me you don’t have a plan Living the life of a modern man Floating in ambiguity, I know Sunsick and needing time to breathe, I know But I was having dreams we were swimming Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming Yeah I was having dreams we were swimming We were swimming We were swimming We were swimming We were swimming
3.
Good 03:40
Have I always been a fool? Believed in my own lie Told myself it didn’t hurt Told myself that it was fine The sweetness we exchange And the tender words we write Left it for California Gonna build a whole new life But this is good, we’re all good This is good, we’re all good This is good, we’re all good Every time I thought Maybe if I hadn’t cried Or if something different happened Would we see another light? The news took my breath away Asked what she’s like anyway These are things I don’t want to know If you asked I would’ve stayed But this is good, we’re all good This is good, we’re all good This is good, we’re all good The wave it leaves the shore Cloud passes through the sky If someone could make you happy Why couldn’t I, why couldn’t I?
4.
Trespasser 03:50
I’m peeling back the paint Trying to see the red But now I feel a bit nostalgic Still searching for a trace In these chipped plaster ceilings But I know it’s all gone Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? It was a slow shift I’m not placing any blame But suddenly it’s not the same I’m a stranger a guest at best No marks I’ve left here I’m a trespasser Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? Am I on the outside? I’m a stranger a guest at best No marks I’ve left here I’m a trespasser
5.
Together 05:58
Learning how to make mistakes We’re dancing through the cityscape I hear what we have is rare To come back once we’ve parted ways I’ve been drifting out of touch Days are weeks and weeks are months In my dreams it’s not so much We’re together through the dark We’re dancing in the dark And I get sentimental often But in case if you forgot You’re not alone, we’re together I might roam but it’s forever On the phone or on your doorstep I’ve always got your back When I got out to the desert Heard your name in small town lore How’d I have this luck again? I feel like we’ve met before Have we met before? Playing music, cigarettes Coordination through group chats You're there when I’m at my best When I’m down, when I’m depressed You are always there Will it always be this way? If you ask I’ll say that You are not alone, we’re together I might roam but it’s forever On the phone or on your doorstep I’ve always got your back Never thought I’d get this close To soulmates and the bigger love That everybody talks about Same destination different route You’re not alone, we’re together I might roam but it’s forever On the phone or on your doorstep I’ve always got your back
6.
I don’t hate you miss cool Born without a silver spoon Just an LA opportunist Who did an interview Maybe I’m just bitter At a bear catching salmon in a river Felt guilty for thinking “it must be nice” When you talked about your life Your life I don’t hate you miss cool Born without a silver spoon Just an LA opportunist Who did an interview Maybe if I could make it I wouldn’t feel so jaded But would there be people thinking this? If I was no longer grinding for a paycheck A paycheck I don’t hate you miss cool Born without a silver spoon Just an LA opportunist Who did an interview I don’t hate you miss cool Born without a silver spoon Heard about you from my friend Who said he once knew ya
7.
Are you going out tonight? And do you need a ride? Or we could walk while it’s still light There’s a few things going on Should we try to do them all? I don’t think I’ll get too tired On the way now Outside, come out Is it too loud? Might get shut down There’s a party at Sal’s house Heard she bought a disco ball UPS coming up the street With a bigger one, this one’s too small They told everyone we know Might miss out if you don’t go We’ll be dancing that’s for sure Went and thrifted this new dress Looking good, feeling my best Couldn’t ask for too much more Locked eyes in the crowd Want to see what you’re about Tongue-tied, what now? Hands up, jump around There’s a party at Sal’s house Heard she bought a disco ball UPS coming up the street With a bigger one, this one’s too small There’s a party at Sal’s house Heard it’s going all night long Grab a friend and move your feet Dancing to our favorite songs
8.
Quit 03:58
Alarm goes off and I’m up with the sun Wish I was asleep or on my way to have some fun There’s a bunch of stuff around my house I could get done I know I’m being whiny and I’m not the only one Forty hours is too many to Be at a place you Don’t want to be Can we at least do a four day work week? I want to quit my job I want to quit my job Don’t wanna join a meeting where we talk about my goals This isn’t what I want to do while I am growing old You’re paying me for labor but you’re chipping at my soul Say you care about employees but I think it’s all for show If universal income was a thing we’d all be Living with less anxiety Struggle in the name of greed I want to quit my job I want to quit my job I want to quit my job I want to quit my job
9.
Make the bed, coffee brewed Not the way that you would do Laundromat, grocery store You’re in the perimeter Tie my shoes, on a run Wonder if you’ll see this one I know that you’re far away But you cross my mind most days Hope you’re doing well I think of you often Send my demos to a friend they don’t say what you would’ve said You preferred just my guitar to versions with the synthesizer Do you still write everyday, or work the job you seemed to hate? I wonder if you wonder too or miss the things we used to do Let’s catch up sometime I think of you often Think of you when I’m in town want to let you know when I’m around But I want to do what’s best, give both of our hearts a rest There are days it feels hard, roses still on my dashboard I’m sorry that I made it end, I was all break and no bend I wish we were still friends I think of you often I think of you often
10.
Just so you know when you approach thirty You’ll still be figuring all of this out There’s so many ways to exist in this world You don’t have to do it like anybody else Even if your identity isn’t as loud You know who you are you can trust yourself You’ll even be surprised to find There’s some rigidity to the counterculture side But when you find your people it’ll all feel right They’ll be patient and honest and kind And you’ll be able to talk to them about Things you never felt comfortable telling anyone else You are doing it (right) You are doing it (right) You are doing it If you’re happy with the art you make And the things that you do and the way that you are It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks Keep your head in the clouds and your eyes fixed on the stars And the things that you like are valid interests You don’t have to call it a guilty pleasure And you can do the things you think you can’t Even if it doesn’t always go as planned And it doesn’t matter who approves Even the people you always thought were cooler than you And sometimes everything feels tough But by being alive you’re more than enough You are doing it (right) You are doing it (right) You are doing it You are doing it (right) You are doing it (right) You are doing it

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released June 30, 2023

Together was written, recorded, and produced by Velvet Vision in her apartment in Santa Fe, except the
vocals for “Comfortable”, “Swimming”, “Trespasser”, “Party at Sals”, “Quit”, and “You’re Doing It”, which were recorded by Theo Krantz


Mixing and additional production by Theo Krantz
Mastered by Ben Clary


Album cover photo by Donny Garrett

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