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Hello Anxiety

by The Burning Lights

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1.
Ride or Die 02:43
Crazy messed up kids Young and wild and in love Sending signal flares Falling sparks from above I can feel my heartbeat pounding out We're fucking riding all night Gonna smash all the lights We'll get lost in the haze and the stars and the sky In a late night drive at quarter past midnight As the air hits my lungs and I feel so alive I can feel the shock from the lightning I can feel the friction from you starting up I can feel the love in your eyes My ride or die, two burning hearts tonight Lighting fires in the dark Get repaired, fall apart Take a shot at the bar Hit the jukebox hard Stumble back towards the wall Silhouettes in the hall As my nerves explode and my brain overloads Drifting in slow motion... I can feel the shock from the lightning I can feel the friction from you starting up I can feel the lust in your eyes My ride or die, my suicide I can feel the moon pull me closer I can sense the addiction starting up I can feel the dream winding down A race through time I lost my mind again You're a criminal stealing my heart Born cynical, fucked up from the start And the power lines they sway and they spark Until they all fall down and lie alone in the dark I can feel the shock from the lightning I can feel the friction from you starting up I can feel the fire in your eyes My ride or die, two burning hearts I can feel the shock from the lightning I can feel the friction from you starting up I can see the desire in your eyes My ride or die, getting lost with you tonight I'm lost with you tonight I'm lost with you tonight
2.
Caffeine and graffiti Sex and drugs Dancing in the city lights Light another fire Watch it burn Please just stay with me tonight Spinning in the lights, getting lost in the glare Breathing in the smoke and the midnight air Saw you standing there at the corner bar In your black stilettos with your eyes like stars Caffeine and graffiti Sex and drugs Dancing in the city lights Light another fire Watch it burn Please just stay with me tonight Pink and black graffiti on a back alley wall Writing our initials in a bathroom stall Kiss me in the stairwell in your leather jacket Take me to your bedroom and let's make some racket Caffeine and graffiti Sex and drugs Dancing in the city lights Light another fire Watch it burn Please just stay with me tonight Lost in an endless wave of chaos I fear I won't make it out alive When my body starts to shake and shiver Everyone in my heart just hides Take the next train out of here Tonight I wanna disappear Caffeine and graffiti Sex and drugs Dancing in the city lights Light another fire Watch it burn Please just stay with me tonight Caffeine and graffiti Sex and drugs Dancing in the city lights (Please stay with me tonight) Light another fire Watch it burn Please just stay with me tonight (Won't be an oversight) Caffeine and graffiti Sex and drugs Dancing in the city lights (Alone at midnight) Light another fire Watch it burn Please just stay with me tonight
3.
I’m waiting for the dream to start The clock is ringing in my mind My ego is my counterpart The paranoia shines Cardboard signs and neon lights Trying to make sense of it all I’ve got the curse of a bleeding heart But I won’t stop and I’ll never slow down Walk out the door, sunglasses on I’m fashionably lost Ride the vibe to oblivion Keep my fingers crossed Could we be wide awake and dreaming? Dancing in the rain Angels casting shadows Drinking off the pain Watch another sunset Drink another beer Kiss another stranger Wash away your fears Black coffee and a cigarette Or whiskey on the rocks Make my way to an ATM Standing at the crosswalk Yellow lights and flashing signs My heart is pounding out of my chest Take the cash and leave the receipt And gamble under house arrest Could we be wide awake and dreaming? Dancing in the rain Angels casting shadows Drinking off the pain Watch another sunset Drink another beer Kiss another stranger Wash away your fears Are you afraid to die? Are you afraid of being alive? To lose your heart? To be alone at night? Forever learning, always waiting Burning stars are circulating Periwinkle blossoms and an orange sky Jam along to Petty just to feel alive Punk-rock singalongs for lullabies It’s the ebb and flow, it’s the wave of life Could we be wide awake and dreaming? Dancing in the rain Angels casting shadows Drinking off the pain Watch another sunset Drink another beer Kiss another stranger Wash away your fears Could we be wide awake and dreaming? (Are you afraid to die?) Dancing in the rain (Are you afraid of being alive?) Demons casting shadows (To fall apart?) Drinking off the pain (To drown in black and white?) Watch another sunset (Forever yearning) Drink another beer (Always fading) Kiss another stranger (Burning stars are circulating) Wash away your fears We are just wide awake and dreaming
4.
I’ve been falling through the floor again And sinking in the pavement They all try so hard to understand But I just can’t explain it Tears roll down my face While I’m up on the roof as the sunset fades And the wind crawls through my bones Nostalgia takes hold and time can’t slow down Stay young Stay wild Driving in the dark at midnight Getting lost under the moonlight all night We can dance, we can run, we can fight You can count on me to let you down I’ve been falling to the floor again Collapsed from the weight and Been wandering inside my brain too much Undressing all this pain and Cameras flash and fade And the smoke in the air is a serenade My heart rings out in the night Like an ambulance, like a battle cry I’m out of touch Out of my mind I only think about you all the time Driving in the dark at midnight Getting lost under the moonlight all night We could dance, we could run, we could fight You can count on me to let you down Kiss you in the dark at midnight Blinded by the car headlights I could follow you home or I could leave you alone But you can count on me to let you down Count on me to let you down You can count on me to let you down Driving in the dark at midnight Getting lost under the starlight all night Driving in the dark at midnight Getting lost under the moonlight all night We could dance, we could run, we could fight You can count on me to let you down Kiss you in the dark at midnight Wrap my arms around you tight I could follow you home or I could leave you alone But you can count on me to let you down Count on me to let you down You can count on me to let you down You can count on me to let you down
5.
Empty street in the pouring rain Dancing in the middle of a hurricane A heart of gold that's laced with cocaine While I'm lying in the shadows of a windowpane I fall apart as I fall asleep Making noise so the quiet can't creep My body's shaking in between the sheets Two suitcase lovers and a lonely heartbeat I'm going crazy tonight Won't you please be by my side? Partners in crime Hopeless romantic stuck on Eastern Standard Time A vagrant heart and a paperback Stuck in the middle of a panic attack Think I was born an insomniac You've got your safety net, I've got a new soundtrack Cigarettes and the midnight air Tangled in the darkness like a love affair And as I took off her underwear I felt a shiver down my spine and saw a signal flare I'm feeling hazy tonight Won't you take me for a ride? Your eyes meet mine Lost in enchantment, stuck on Central Standard Time I've been so lost without the touch of your skin Your glow and your spin and I... I feel like a helicopter losing control Don't ever let go ‘Cause I’m a ghostwriter Neurotic to the core My heart is dripping from my sleeve onto your bedroom floor Whoa-oh-ho-ho I’ve been so broken lately I’ve been so tired baby So please just stay here with me So please just fucking save me Consistently inconsistent dear If you’d just give me a minute I could make things clear You’ve got your ticket to the world premiere First row seats to my breakdown But I know everything will be alright Our hearts are burning and the flame is bright And as we sit at this traffic light You put your hand in mine and you squeeze it tight I’m in a chase scene tonight Always running out of time Just get a grip, don’t slip And get on with your life
6.
You get lost in the bright lights You get lost in the sound You get lost inside your head when you're all alone and there is no one around You get caught up in a moment You get caught up inside your mind So take a deep breath and just hold it, there is nowhere to go to hide I've been daydreaming of a car crash Been searching for an exit to get out I feel like a stranger on these streets My satellite heart is a black cloud You get lost in the chaos You get lost in the crowd You get lost underneath the stars in the nighttime sky of a fucked up town Stumbling through a nightmare Waking up to the sound of silence And the sound of all these sirens has you at the bottom of a bottle tonight I've been daydreaming of a car crash Been searching for an exit to get out I feel like a stranger on these streets My satellite heart is a black cloud Is there a reason I should go back? I can't tell Running 'round in circles in a wishing well Searching for an answer on a carousel I've got a satellite heart tonight And even in this superficial society I won't let them take what's left of me I won't let them get the best of me And I've been lost without a reason in my mind So breathe in the magic and get lost in time I'm a dedicated addict and a mastermind I'm handing out electric valentines Because my satellite heart is never far behind I've been daydreaming of a car crash Been searching for an exit to get out I feel all alone out on these streets My satellite heart is a black cloud I've been daydreaming of a car crash Been searching for an exit to get out Now I don't have a reason to go back My satellite heart is a black cloud Is there a reason I should go back? I can't tell Running 'round in circles in a wishing well Searching for an answer, baby, can't you tell? I've got a satellite heart tonight Tonight
7.
Watch the lights fade in and out To the beat of my own heart Insomnia and kerosene Takes up all the space between these walls My words are echoing through the halls I feel so stuck inside my skin Let out the darkness, let the light back in Pin myself against the wall Up all night to hear your call I just need to fix myself oh I don't wanna let you down again I get so lost inside my head Dancing on a cloud in a nightmare Riding a Ferris wheel in a cemetery In my own private sanctuary Nostalgia is a pretty heavy burden to carry Keep it cool, stay collected Pretend my brain is not infected Confetti lines the driveway But I'm falling faster like a sinking stone Tell me all the things you wish I'd change My heart beats fast and oh so strange I'm addicted to the mess that is my mind I don't wanna be alone in the dark or get left behind Pin myself against the wall (I'm losing sleep, losing my mind) Up all night to hear your call (So damaging, I'm vanishing tonight) I just need to fix myself oh I don't wanna let you down again I get so lost inside my head Saw the stars burn in the sky Saw the light in you and I I won't let you down again Saw the sun light up your face Felt the warmth of your embrace I can't let you down again Pin myself against the wall Up all night to hear your call Pin myself against the wall (I'm losing sleep, losing my mind) Up all night to hear your call (So damaging, I'm vanishing tonight) I just need to fix myself oh I don't wanna let you down again I just need to take control and Shut out all the voices in my head Apologies wrapped in misery oh I don't wanna let you down again I get so lost inside my head
8.
Lost in a dream on a dead end street I'm a porcelain mannequin Trying to be new again I hit the bar and I claim defeat Bastard heart and broken soul Can’t escape and can’t let go Watching Waiting There’s no negotiating Falling Fading Out into the static With the ghosts on Mass Avenue Demons to dance with you Let’s have a rendezvous Up inside my head Clashing like enemies Dissonant melodies I’m searching desperately Please send a remedy Please send me far far away Please set me free from this prison cell I’ve been locked in penitentiary A quarter of a century I’m losing faith and I’m losing sleep I’ll play the martyr in this foolish game Smashing empty picture frames Turning Straying Always manipulating Drifting Burning Ghosts on Mass Avenue My heart is turning blue Let’s have a rendezvous Up inside my head Move down to Franklin Street Lost in the summer heat You take the backseat I’ll drive off a cliff Fifty feet straight to the ground And on the boulevard We’re passing signs and chasing stars And kissing in the rain Getting drunk on cheap champagne Then the signal to my brain Starts to make me go insane And I lose control And my dirty hands take hold Ghosts on Mass Avenue My heart is black Let’s have a rendezvous Up inside my head Dying to make a change Desperate and so deranged Help me to rearrange All of the wires To stop lighting fires Ghosts on Mass Avenue Ghosts on Mass Avenue Let’s start the ignition Let's burn this whole place to the ground
9.
I hear the hum of the lights down the hallway I know I can feel you in my bones tonight Funny how it seems the stars are falling from the sky I know I can feel you in my veins tonight I hear your car pull out of the driveway I know I can feel my heart beat out of time Every time you leave I feel like I'm waking from a dream I know you're in my skin even when the walls are caving in I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain Running through the streets at midnight, I’m so lost out in the rain If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights I keep my medicine in a locked safe My pulse is speeding up as you're racing through my mind I'm dreaming of us in a parking lot "Don't tell a soul dear” We might get caught As you press up against me with fog on the glass I awake in my bed all alone and a mess I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain Smoking cigarettes at midnight, chasing ghosts out in the rain If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights The lights are flickering My body's shivering Your voice is echoing You are my heroine Lost in a tidal wave And I cannot escape I said "I might be a disaster babe, but take my hand, get in my car, and let's just run away” I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain Running through the streets at midnight, I’m so fucked up in the rain If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights I'm buying whiskey at the corner store to take away the pain Running through the streets at midnight, I’m so lost out in the rain If I could get to you you know I would, I’d kiss your lips all night Undress you as the room is spinning and we're dancing in the lights Dancing in the lights Dancing in the lights I'm holding you all night I’ll kiss you as the world is ending and we're dancing in the lights
10.
Let’s dance in slow motion And watch all the lights burn one by one In a black and white movie In the springtime In a parking lot Quarter past one I could hold you all night long I could watch you sleep or sing you a song I could fall apart without you here I would lose my mind without you dear Let’s dance on a rooftop And watch all the stars burn one by one With the sounds of the traffic And “The Sounds in Your Dream” playing Lost in your arms and your eyes and the swaying And I could kiss you all night long I could watch you laugh, I could write you a song I could make you smile, I could make you cry I could drive you away and I would surely die And I would stay a thousand years Learn all your hopes and all your fears Take your pain and make it mine You’re my partner in crime ‘til the end of time You’re my shining star, and my vital signs You’re my dream and my heart and my valentine I could hold you all night long I could watch you sleep or sing you a song I could fall apart without you here I would lose my mind without you dear I could hold you all night long I could watch you sleep or sing you a song I could fall apart without you here I would be so lost without you dear All the love inside my heart You stitch me up when I break apart And make all of my troubles fade away You’re my ride or die every night and day From the midnight moon to the matinee So let’s run and dance and hide away Because I’m always here and I will always stay Because I’m always here and I will always stay

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released September 30, 2022

Produced by Arun Bali, Steve Knecht
Engineered by Arun Bali
Mixed by Arun Bali
Mastered by Mike Kalajian at Rogue Planet Mastering
Recorded at Schematic Studios, Goodlettsville, TN
Lyrics and music written by Steve Knecht
Electric & acoustic guitars, bass, keys, synth, vocals - Steve Knecht
Drums and percussion - Gary Zucker
Additional guitars and slide guitar - Arun Bali
Artwork and photography by Steve Knecht

© 2016-2019 Stephen Knecht (ASCAP)
℗ 2021-2022 The Burning Lights LLC

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The Burning Lights are a supernova of catchy rock and roll hooks and emotional anthems for the lost and lonely. Currently based out of Chicago, the band puts on energetic live performances with electric stage presence. The Burning Lights are currently writing their second studio album. ... more

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