Get all 32 Random Records releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Fault Lines, Fast Cars...Fast Women (2023 Remaster), Bedroom Productions (2023 Remaster), Loose Beginnings, Being A Stranger (Instrumental Album), No Dancing - Remastered, Hat Trick - Remastered, Being A Stranger, and 24 more.
1. |
Exploited Devotion
03:24
|
|||
|
We’re only living in the shade of a feeling
Making imaginative use of what’s wrong
Recapturing the splendor of first attractions
But there’s a deeper part of me not quite right
Exploited devotion
We used to fall so deep
Lost in your body language
Somewhat amorously
Opaque excitement when we kiss like we used to
Those looks are still affectionate something’s off
Exploited devotion
We used to fall so deep
Lost in your body language
Somewhat amorously
We’re silhouetted against empty spaces
And in my guts I get a phantom sensation
I swear I can feel how you disremember me
It’s an impression that stuck with me
We used to fall so deep
|
||||
2. |
Being A Stranger
03:49
|
|||
|
You’re wasted and beautiful
Dirty impressions convolute my mind
A distillation of your desire
Struck by that husky mood in your eyes
Wound up I feel the comfort of being a stranger
All the flaws and rough edges make it hard to grasp the beauty
And nothing even matters
There’s a dreamlike quality to everything today
Everything seems strange
Everything seems strange
Liquor dreams on your hearty breath
Alter the nature of how we connect
Maladaptive strategies
Surreal things you said are going to my head
Wound up I feel the comfort of being a stranger
All the flaws and rough edges make it hard to grasp the beauty
And nothing even matters
There’s a dreamlike quality to everything today
Everything seems strange
Only sweetness I’m thinking of
|
||||
3. |
Sleepless
03:35
|
|||
|
I‘m falling into pieces
All I need is the comfort of your arms
But there’s a visceral sense of desperation when we kiss
Sometimes dreaming is not enough
But it's all I got with you
Accomplices in separation
I just want to crawl inside your dreams
But there’s a constant shift in the texture of reality
Sometimes dreaming is not enough
But it's all I got with you
Sometimes dreaming is not enough with you
|
||||
4. |
High Strung
03:38
|
|||
|
My happiness lied in the palm of your hand
And it always came back to this
In retrospect it’s amusing and strange
I was trying to make excuses for obsessing over you
High strung in your absence
You always left me wanting
The concept of closeness became more abstract with you
My interpretation might not be accurate
But it‘s slightly more intriguing than the truth
The inconvenience caused by you
So elusive you turned into a blank space
I took your affection with a grain of salt
As an afterthought it‘s not of concern
But making amends would only be a phantom gain of sorts
High strung in your absence
You always left me wanting
The concept of closeness became more abstract with you
My interpretation might not be accurate
But it‘s slightly more intriguing than the truth
The inconvenience caused by you
Strung high
Strung low
I’m holding on to something
A subliminal response
|
||||
5. |
Radiate
03:11
|
|||
|
It all started with your dreams
They were bold and immature
Building castles in the air
On the verge of remote ideas
You never really knew
How you would captivate a room
Remarkably remaining mute
It radiates from you
Peculiarities
You’re never quite at ease
But things seem magnified
If only in your mind
Isolated lost in thought
Your heart swelled with happiness
But words belied your inner needs
And some things just won‘t translate
You never really knew
How you would captivate a room
Remarkably remaining mute
It radiates from you
Peculiarities
You’re never quite at ease
But things seem magnified
If only in your mind
You never knew
|
||||
6. |
Casual Touch
03:37
|
|||
|
The way we connect is slightly bizarre
But one thing’s for sure we’re not strangers no more
I’m stating a fact a skeletal truth
For quite some time I kinda have a crush on you
The closer I get the more I gravitate
Towards your ever pleasure-seeking spaciness
The taste of a kiss from sleepless nights
Took me out of the gloom and got my senses wired
There’s something restless [Something]
About the way [the way]
We casually touch [we touch]
It’s present in the shades [the shade]
It’s present in the shades [the shade]
We can’t sit in silence not more than a minute
As we touch what we fear we follow our instincts
Only sometimes I struggle with the language you’re using
Distracted by your physics words are but a nuisance
It’s never enough
Never enough
|
||||
7. |
Abandoned To Desire
03:27
|
|||
|
A mind game
An oddness
A sense of acquaintance
And though it’s not deep
An obsession of sorts
It’s more like a contamination of dreams
And if only we kissed I’d know the taste of your lips
It’s not that deep but we’re hooked
Adaptable yet we trouble to connect
Not quite attached there’s chemistry
But somehow it’s harder than it’s supposed to be
Like magnetized objects move closer and closer
No matter how close we just never collide
Your thoughts are like white noise
I try to decipher
My eyes flickering screens
Abandoned to desire
We ghost expectations mask emotions too well
We’re hooked on rejection our needs unfulfilled
It‘s not complicated yet we trouble to connect
We‘re lusty and vigorous in fact such a waste
The frame of your body I casually observe
I’m constantly thinking about potential romance
A dummy for desire based on what I assume
Is a naughty disposition that attracts me to you
It’s not that deep but we’re hooked
Adaptable yet we trouble to connect
Not quite attached there’s chemistry
But somehow it’s harder than it’s supposed to be
|
||||
8. |
Loose Beginnings
02:58
|
|||
|
When I woke up this morning I just knew it would be difficult
To get through another day without some kind of argument
No deep reason for aggravation I’m feeling porous in social clouds
I can’t shake off this nervousness it’s like a headache that lingers on
Absent-minded I start to talk to the void as I would talk to a friend
If loose beginnings are any indication I might lose it again
All my high hopes are turning into something explicit yet it’s a blur
Infiltrated with a slight sense of exposure senses alert
Constant struggle I’m apprehensive but I’m bound to show some grit
Isolated I’m not above it but it somehow feels genuine
Absent-minded I start to talk to the void as I would talk to a friend
If loose beginnings are any indication I might lose it again
|
||||
9. |
Darkroom Tease
04:00
|
|||
|
Drowned by the random noise of rain
A sedative on downside days that never fails to fascinate
Another night shot through with ambiguities
Susceptible to rose-tinged dreams
But things are never what they seem
Then again it’s something I can’t really fault
And without a conscious thought I‘m desperate chasing afterglows
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Obscurities turn into something worth remembering
What really intrigues me there’s nothing usual about this
|
||||
10. |
Good Light
03:54
|
|||
|
It’s quite something
Take in the surreal of everyday life
Obsessed by stories ending
How would I know but you probably tried to sort it out
We hardly got a chance to say our goodbyes
Simple conversations are broken narratives in hindsight
And way down deep you’re an unexpected twist in my dreams
We sternly kept our silence as it seemed all there was for keeps
And no it wasn’t easy for you to share how you feel
When I think of the good light I saw in you
It all seems less surreal
Not for nothing
And somehow the troubles we leave behind
Might strike us as golden on another day in transcending light
Theoretically anything would do to keep me occupied
But nothing’s quite sufficient
Anxieties keep me up at night
And way down deep you’re an unexpected twist in my dreams
We sternly kept our silence
As it seemed all there was for keeps
And no it wasn’t easy for you to share how you feel
When I think of the good light I saw in you
It all seems less surreal
|
||||
Random Records Berlin, Germany
Random Records is the label of musician Snax, showcasing his own work and co-productions. Random also releases side projects: house stompers by Box Office Poison and the sleazy soundworld of Tony Amherst.
If you like Being A Stranger, you may also like:
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 5, 2024
go to album
This debut album from the Chicago art-pop collective brings together their disco, lounge pop, and '70s soul influences.
go to album
Audio Video Disco
by Web Rumors
Smooth, self-aware, and incredibly chill yacht pop jams from Australia. Just wait for the sax solo.
go to album
A Bandcamp Exclusive, Louis Cole & Genevieve Artadi further their delightful and inventive pop stylings on their latest LP.
go to album
I Think Of You
by Kerry Charles
Richly detailed art pop from this New Jersey musician goes from rubbery funk to smoky ballads with ease.
go to album
Self-described revivalists of the “sophistipop” sound, Tenant From Zero write elegant songs tinged with melancholy.
go to album
Brijean are back! Uptempo space disco grooves dusted with soul and R&B on the duo’s latest masterpiece.
go to album
