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Refractions

by Frogcodile

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1.
Home 03:21
Did you notice when I left? Or am I still there? You and me are miles apart But yet so close And I feel so paralyzed When I see your eyes And I feel finally arrived When I see your smile Lie awake can’t find no sleep Am I on her mind? She’s locked up behind closed doors But still I knock And I feel so paralyzed When I see her smile And I feel finally arrived When I see her eyes Walking on the road again Couldn’t see quite where it ends Walking on the road again Never been this far from home
2.
Refractions 04:09
Trying to focus but can’t think straight Unable to shut down my mind My head’s too heavy to carry its weight Too many feelings deep inside Filter the essence out of this mess Passing it through a sieve So many questions I wish there were less And so little answers to give Trying to listen to what’s in my head But everyone’s talking at once Could not distinguish what anyone said Too large is the number of tongues My mind is a prism refracting light Spreading out color from within A single light beam colors the night That’s where creation begins Can’t control what I am thinking Endless chaos rules my mind And all attempts to rearrange Just seem to fail One day maybe I’ll let it out And understand The seed once planted has prospered inside
3.
A voice inside of me that tells me I’ll never reach my goal It started years ago, but no one understands how long Hope is where frustration is, hope’s the source of pain and it Seems that the best for me there is, is to never ever feel hope again Please don’t stand so close to me and please don’t ask me why I don’t want to show my hurt, don’t want you to see me cry I don’t think you’d ever expect and if you asked I would deny To keep my urge locked up inside to make it lonely, make it die Hope was what kept me away from true happiness Hope is still the only thing that amplifies my silent screams
4.
Distant Days 03:15
A finger post To your hideaway Narrow ways Feel the empty space Some things will never change, no This I thought Some things will never change, no Now you’re gone Your golden thread Tangled up within Distant days Nights are closing in Some things will never change, no This I thought Some things will never change, no Now you’re gone Deep in ourselves We’re just hiding in a shell Deep in your heart All your love is away Deep in my soul Yes I know, I understand But can’t admit Your loss anyway We cannot run away
5.
You are the drug that makes me high but to consume you is a crime The apple on the tree of knowledge, should I pick you? Should I try? I’m talking to myself inside my mind Trying to believe you maybe might Be talking to yourself inside your brain Only hoping that I feel the same You are the flower in the backyard where I already stole one You are the bird I try to catch you fly too fast for me to run I’m talking to myself inside my mind Trying to believe you maybe might Be talking to yourself inside your brain Only hoping that I feel the same Here I am hoping to find a way Trying to find a reason that makes you wanna stay Though I know it’s hardly possible that you could love me I can’t tear myself away from you
6.
Spin-Tops 04:41
You are the spin-top in my pocket I use to test if I’m still awake And if you won’t stop turning around Am I still dreaming? I am the fear that is making you run And makes you hide in a shadowed space But when the darkness stays too long You even want me to stay Maybe on another day I could be… Maybe at a different time… I am the ashes you leave when you die A square meter of scorched earth Although imagining makes you cry You can’t deny I am real Maybe on another day I could be… Maybe at a different time… Everyday just seems the same Full of things I can’t undo Every night is a place to hide Oh, how I wish that it was true Am I wrong when I try not to love you? Give me hope for another day You know, my thoughts remind me of spin-tops A dream you cannot escape Maybe on another day I could be… Maybe at a different time you and me… Maybe if I wait long enough it is true Maybe in another life I’m with you
7.
Molecules 05:16
How deep, how deep can I look into your eyes Without you noticing the thoughts inside my mind? How close, how close can I get to touching you? I know in fact our molecules will never do This is the voice that calls from deep within your soul Should I ignore or should I try to take control? How long, how long must I wait, must I endure To quit my limerence for you, to find a cure? How loud, how loud are the screams inside my head? Do they stay inside or break through the walls instead? I try to catch you, but you’re slipping through my hands A wave of questions that I try to swim against
8.
As You Go By 04:01
As you go by I’m losing you And I cannot keep up The moment I have found you I knew you wouldn’t stop I hoped one day you would come back But only you can tell I know that you are here today Gone tomorrow right away I’m floating like a feather carried by the wind I know that it don’t matter If I lose myself right now The options are eternal I could never see them all So how could I lose control? As you go by I’m wasting you I’ve got you on my side Or have I lost track of you? I know that you can fly Staring at a ticking clock Waiting for a cue From far away I hear a song Don’t realize it’s about you
9.
Human 04:22
A life on a hard drive Watch me on a screen If you’ve got no number You do not exist Express what you’re feeling In binary code You’re just an illusion Remotely controlled Am I still human? Just consuming? Am I ruled by computers? Apart from your sickness You’re already dead Pretend there are memories Inside of your head I’m a wheel inside a clockwork That keeps running in reverse When you feel your body aching I assure it doesn’t hurt
10.
Green Eyes 04:03
Your green eyes turn out to be valid You walk straight ahead but I float away So I vanish in my dreams And you can’t follow so it seems A longing desire is determining my action Distracting me from what I could rely on So I vanish in my dreams And you can’t follow so it seems Sometimes I remember The time we had Should I waste it all?
11.
You say it’s hopeless, there’s things that we can’t change I know you’re just afraid it’s time to rearrange You say I’m restless I would just waste my time I know you’re lying to yourself Time after time Think of all the suffering On this world we’re living in Raise your voice and don’t give in! Hey now, prevent yourself from dreaming You say it’s just a waste of time, what could I even do? Hey now, don’t you know it’s true And I mean just in case it’s only time I waste, I just want to waste my time with you! You say I’m longing For goals beyond our way I know you’re panicking yourself Day after day
12.
Is anybody listening? Does anybody care? My adrenalin grows and rushes up to my head If anyones in need of a song to sing along? Well, I’m standing right next to you! If anybody’s listening at all? Hey Mr. Tambourine Man I’m sleepy can’t you see? Just wanna go my way, stop playing songs for me How could your love unfold, if my six-string didn’t weep And all the stories told of beauty and of creeps When the inspiration is found I can’t wait to see you around My guitar is plugged in Can’t wait to begin And I almost feel safe and sound Is anybody listening? Does anybody care? My adrenalin grows and rushes up to my head If anyones in need of a song to sing along? Well, I’m standing right next to you! If anybody’s listening at all? Who sais that we’ll be neither heros nor a king? Man, it don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing You know, I like it, ’though it’s only Rock’n’Roll And where the rain gets in, there it can fix a hole You might be saying that our lives have just begun Well, that’s because the songs you play have already been sung Don’t catch attention we can only stay and stare But in the sense of music I ain’t going anywhere

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released January 28, 2017

Frogcodile is:
Dennis Kresin – Vocals / Guitar
Markus Kresin – Guitar/ Backing Vocals
Mario Smida - Bass
Lennart Richter – Drums

All songs written by Dennis Kresin
All songs arranged by Frogcodile
Backing vocals on „Talking To Myself“ by Jan Röttger
Recorded by Frogcodile and Dennis Eisermann
Produced by Frogcodile and Dennis Eisermann
Mixed by Dennis Eisermann
Mastered by EROC
Cover artwork by MCFSWV

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Frogcodile Wuppertal, Germany

FROGCODILE can easily cast a melancholic and hypnotic spell over the listener or put him into a feeling of joyful ecstasy right in the next moment.

Desperately seeking for sense and drenched with an inquiring loneliness the introverted lyrics flow through echoing guitars und buzzing synthesizers. A dark and yet colorful soundscape, that escapes from habitual song structures time and time again.
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