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Chasing Airplanes

by Matthew Alexa

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Going Viral Productions
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Going Viral Productions An excellent CD. I receive demo CD's and tracks by the dozen everyday. As a result I do not often get a chance to explore other new artists but not only did I check out Matthew Alexa after an email but also bought the full CD here right away. EXCELLENT! Favorite track: Not Sorry.
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Words & Music: M. Alexa © Matthew Alexa 2013 There you are making this seem so hard When it could be easy All untied saying I’m not your type I know that you’re jaded afraid of letting go Even though Even though You still know I’m a risk worth taking Chasing airplanes all your life Flying across the open sky Trying to convince yourself that There’s no better time than now Chasing airplanes you should know Will leave you nothing left to hold So, don’t waste all your life Here we are haven’t we come so far Further than yesterday Don’t hold back forget about all the past You know that you need me Feel it letting go Cause you know Cause you know That we’re so We’re so good together Chasing airplanes all your life Flying across the open sky Trying to convince yourself that There’s no better time than now Chasing airplanes you should know Will leave you nothing left to hold So, don’t waste all your life Chasing Aeroplanes Wanting the next best thing Will never take you the places I could So let them go Oh, cause you know Cause you know Cause you know that We’re so good together Chasing airplanes all your life Flying across the open sky Trying to convince yourself that There’s no better time than now Chasing airplanes you should know Will leave you nothing left to hold So, don’t waste all your life
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Words: M. Alexa/Music: M. Alexa & E. Patton © Matthew Alexa 2013 Lay your cards on the table if you’re willing and able Tell me why you wanna push me away You say love in the fast lane left your heart in the cold rain Now you’d rather be right than wrong If you think that it’s killing you You should know that it’s killing me too Who’s gonna save your soul? Who’s gonna catch you when you fall? Who’s gonna hold you when I’m long long gone? Who’s gonna save you? Who’s gonna save your soul? You’re the beautiful, broken, hurricane I awoke in Turned my world around the upside down All you need are your reasons justify why you’re leaving You can step off the ledge anytime If you think that it’s killing you You should know that it’s killing me too Who’s gonna save your soul? Who’s gonna catch you when you fall? Who’s gonna hold you when I’m long long gone? Who’s gonna save you? Who’s gonna save your soul? If you think that it’s killing you You should know You should know that it’s killing me too Who’s gonna save your soul? Who’s gonna catch you when you fall? Who’s gonna hold you when I’m gone? Who’s to say who’s right or wrong? Who’s gonna save your soul? Who’s gonna save your soul?
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Words & Music: M. Alexa © Matthew Alexa 2013 Now and then you cross my mind Reminiscing about the times we spent together Two young kids thought it’d last forever Late nights, breakups So many times that we’d make up That was your favorite part When I think of you now I still remember Trying to figure it out All I remember Is picking the pieces off the ground And asking myself Did I let you down? Summer break brought distant skies Driving through so many miles to be together So in love, I couldn’t wait to get there Black dress, blue eyes Sneaking downstairs to say goodnight That’s what I miss the most When I think of you now I still remember Trying to figure it out All I remember Is picking the pieces off the ground And asking myself Did I let you down? All those years I left behind All those pictures in my mind Take me there All the dreams drawn in the sand All the love we thought would last Take me there When I think of you now I still remember Trying to figure it out All I remember Is picking the pieces off the ground And asking myself Did I let you down?
4.
Not Sorry 04:58
Words: M. Alexa/Music: M. Alexa & E. Patton © Matthew Alexa 2013 Won’t you listen to me now I don’t want to cut you down I just have to live my life I don’t have the words today That will ever make this change It doesn’t matter anymore Cause nothing you can say Will ever take away This new beginning It’s hard to say I’m sorry Living out this story I’m not to blame for everything Your words they have no meaning It’s the way I’m feeling And I’m not sorry for anything When I look out at your house I see the glass is breaking down From all the stones you like to throw And I know there will come a time When your steps will follow mine That’s the day you’ll understand I know that you will Cause nothing you can say Will ever take away The way I’m feeling It’s hard to say I’m sorry Living out this story I’m not to blame for everything Your words they have no meaning It’s the way I’m feeling And I’m not sorry for anything I know this for sure Some things are worth fighting for Well, I know it took some time But, I’m glad that I found mine And, I wouldn’t change a thing It’s hard to say I’m sorry Living out this story I’m not to blame for everything Your words they have no meaning It’s the way I’m feeling And I’m not sorry for anything Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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Forever 03:40
Words & Music: M. Alexa © Matthew Alexa 2013 I’m drifting to the ceiling Reaching for the words to hold onto And I’ve got this sinking feeling That you don’t want to hear the truth I could melt into the distance To forget the state I’m in But instead I’m left to wonder If life’s a string of broken promises But that ain’t nothing new for me and you Cause we’ve been this way forever And we just don’t fit together Our luck has run out on us Down the drain with the trust that we had And we just can’t live this way Forever You’re always the pretender Living in a world of your design But you’re not fooling me anymore Cause I can read you line by line But that ain’t nothing new for me and you Cause we’ve been this way forever And we just don’t fit together Our luck has run out on us Down the drain with the trust that we had And we just can’t live this way forever If I could bring back part of the sun To shine on our darkest days I would But it wouldn’t make a difference To me or you and that’s the truth Oh, that’s the truth Cause we’ve been this way forever And we just don’t fit together Our luck has run out on us Down the drain with the trust that we had And we just can’t live this way no Cause we’ve been this way forever And that’s long enough When we just don’t fit together Our luck has run out on us Down the drain with the trust that we had And we just can’t live this way And we just can’t live this way Forever
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Words: M. Alexa/Music: M. Alexa & E. Patton © Matthew Alexa 2013 The day we met in Vermont I wasn’t looking for love Guess fate had other plans Remember traveling south Taking that bus into town High on our dreams and faith We made a promise to never change But can we get back to that place Before it’s too late? You told me you needed your space for awhile To find that part of yourself you say you left behind But I promise you when you do, I’ll be waiting for you Under this Nashville Sky Nashville Sky Broadway signs shining bright I watch them light up the sky Wondering where you are Old country songs fill the air Stories of lost love again Could this be our last chance? We made a promise to never change But can we get back to that place Before it’s too late? You told me you needed your space for awhile To find that part of yourself you say you left behind But I promise you when you do, I’ll be waiting for you Under this Nashville Sky You left me hanging on your words last Sunday Never knew I could bleed so much But through it all I felt alive for the first time And I’m not giving up You told me you needed your space for awhile To find that part of yourself you say you left behind But I promise you when you do, I’ll be waiting for you Under this Nashville Sky Under this Nashville Sky This Nashville Sky
7.
Only Mine 03:54
Words & Music: M. Alexa © Matthew Alexa 2013 This weathered life Story of lessons Writes it’s broken end And no one knows better Cause I should have never let you go Such foolish pride To have all the answers Thoughts all turn to rust And I should have listened When I saw the distance between us grow And if I ever made you cry Can you forgive me? Cause you were the best part of my life And the fault it was only mine That leaving smile Words that fall apart One foot out the door Oh I wish I’d said something Cause you were the one thing worth fighting for And if I ever made you cry Can you forgive me? Cause you were the best part of my life And the fault it was only mine This weathered life Story of lessons Writes it’s broken end And no one knows better Cause I should have never let you go I never should’ve let you go And if I ever made you cry Can you forgive me? Cause you were the best part of my life And the fault it was only mine
8.
Disconnected 04:32
Words: M. Alexa/Music: M. Alexa & E. Patton © Matthew Alexa 2013 You’re lost inside the world you live Watching those around you losing grip It’s hard to know what to believe You punch the clock, there’s bills to pay But the more you give, the more they take It’s like you’ll never get ahead Days turn to weeks and you start to feel Like you’re losing yourself It’s alright to feel a little bit Disconnected Everybody feels a little bit Disconnected Disconnected sometimes So you stare into your coffee cup And you wonder why things ended up Not working out the way you planned Through the cracks and lines it starts to show Cause deep inside you wanna know There’s more to life than all of this Days turn to weeks and you start to feel Like you’re losing yourself It’s alright to feel a little bit Disconnected Everybody feels a little bit Disconnected Disconnected sometimes It’s no secret that everybody wants to be loved But they don’t know how to say it yeah You’re no different from everyone else You wanna be young and not grow old To burn those lies you’ve been sold So, it’s good to know you’re not alone It’s alright to feel a little bit Disconnected Everybody feels a little bit Disconnected It’s alright, It’s alright to feel a little bit You're alright, it’s just life disconnected It’s alright, It’s alright to feel a little bit You're alright, it’s just life
9.
Goodbye 04:05
Words & Music: M. Alexa © Matthew Alexa 2013 I wanna forget the afternoon I spent waiting by the phone For your call to come through I could’ve lived without the way it felt When I heard you say the things I couldn’t believe myself You said you don’t feel the same How could your feelings just change? All the words you said, all the feelings that you had It makes no sense, but I’ll try to understand you Baby, how can you let me go and throw it all away? All the words you said, all the feelings that you had It makes no sense, so tell me why you had to say Goodbye I remember the way we used to laugh As we lay there on your bed Time never moved so fast There were so many times I could tell I made you want you want so much more Than you ever believed yourself The thing that hurts me the most Is how you could be so damn cold All the words you said, all the feelings that you had It makes no sense, but I’ll try to understand you Baby, how can you let me go and throw it all away? All the words you said, all the feelings that you had It makes no sense, so tell me why you had to say Goodbye If everything you said was a lie Tell me how you gonna get by in life? Thinking someday you won’t run out of time Out of time All the words you said, all the feelings that you had It makes no sense, but I’ll try to understand you Baby, how can you let me go and throw it all away? All the words you said, all the feelings that you had It makes no sense, so tell me why you had to say So tell me why you had to say Goodbye
10.
How Do I Say 03:43
Words: M. Alexa/Music: M. Alexa & E. Patton © Matthew Alexa 2013 I’m angry at the world today For the cruel place it can be So I’m searching for someone to blame, but there’s no one around
 Not that I’ve found When I heard the news about you I could barely feel the ground Soon my problems and my foolish pursuits seemed suddenly small I know I should call but How do I say? How do I say all the words that I’m so scared of myself? How do I know? How do I know what tomorrow brings? How do I say? Times like these they make you see Just how much you really have I don’t know why it took so long to believe Life’s a gift every breath How do I say? How do I say all the words that I’m so scared of myself? How do I know? How do I know what tomorrow brings? How do I say?
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Words & Music: M. Alexa © Matthew Alexa 2013 The hanging mirrors on the wall Telling lies you start to believe Reflections of another fall Down from grace you can’t even see Your empty face lost in the crowd It’s so hollow that nobody asks The secrets you keep all to yourself Haunting every part of your past You’re falling faster than you know While you’re fighting this war all alone And I think anyone can see That you’re not as strong as you seem I watch you keep the cold inside Trying to hide behind your bravest smile You’re streaming colors off the page Cause the blue is all that you feel It’s spilling down like acid rain Covers everything at your feet You’re falling faster than you know While you’re fighting this war all alone And I think anyone can see That you’re not as strong as you seem I watch you keep the cold inside Trying to hide behind your bravest The pictures painted on the screen Have become your everything Seductive highs that you can’t see Stealing the air that you breathe It's stealing the air that you breathe Oh, you're so far gone you..... You can't see You can't see You’re falling faster than you know While you’re fighting this war all alone And I think anyone can see That you’re not as strong as you seem I watch you keep the cold inside Trying to hide behind your bravest Your bravest smile Your bravest smile

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released July 7, 2013

Credits:

Produced By: Matthew Alexa
Additional Production: Studio Pros (Los Angeles, CA)
Recorded By: Matthew Alexa and Studio Pros (Los Angeles, CA)
Recorded At: Promised Land Studios (Halifax, NS) and Studio Pros (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed By: Studio Pros (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered By: Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters (Arlington, TN)
Digital Editing By: Matthew Alexa
Art Direction and Design By: Jordan Allen at Capture Branding and Design (Halifax, NS)
Photography By: Candace Berry Photography (Halifax, NS)
Shot on location at: Green Goblin Customs (Canning, NS)

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Matthew Alexa Halifax, Nova Scotia

Matthew Alexa’s, self-produced debut album Chasing Airplanes is firmly planted in today’s modern rock, but draws on elements of American country and blues. The album is authentic and organic, relying more on recorded guitars, bass, fiddle, string quartets, percussion and background vocals than programmed sounds. ... more

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