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For Dreaming

by Roxanne Potvin

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1.
The art of perception is an abstract creation reality takes a backseat to fancy In love's science fiction there's quiet deception as we casually trust the storylines we hear After some time our tattered clothes soften and take the shape they've been worn in Pay it no mind, it's somewhat comfortable the restlessness an itch under your skin I thought I'd miss you that night in December when you walked out in the snow but now it's summer I still haven't missed you I feel better than I've ever felt before Summer's a good time to part with the bad times the air is sweet with apple trees in bloom I wish you the best I have no regrets except Maybe for not leaving you then It must be the new shades that aren't blue my new love paints me orange and pink such changes have come in just a few months so in love I'm afraid to blink
2.
First steps out of the cold Riding out here without someone to hold If I had everything I still wanted more So I'm leaving it behind be the first one to go Last night I slept on the train Dreams as calm as the plains Wish I could exist and not feel anything Like out here it's only flat earth for days Woken up by the Prairie sunrise Eyes wide open and the ice just cracked Played out of memories I didn't realize My heart was frozen over like the train tracks Out here with nowhere to go Follow the rails til they get me home Suddenly beams in my eyes came on Tracing the darkness from my window Last night I felt no pain Through the snow and through the rain Wish I'd see your face when it's time for bed I thought I'd gotten used to this loneliness Woken up by the Prairie sunrise Eyes wide open and the ice just cracked Played out of memories I didn't realize My hear was frozen over like the train tracks
3.
That shitty thing he said to you I'll remind you why it isn't true Expired ghosts who pull my toes are quick to scatter when you show After your latest flame leaves you flat I'll call you to say you're better than that cause Love makes us want to Help each other out When life feels like a vacant store front You'll be looking in to wave me out Cherry blossoms, pizza sticks chicken noodle when you're sick When Tinder's the only thing going on We'll go out to dance and let our hair down cause Love makes us want to help each other out It's a privilege to dry your tears if you felt safe enough to cry them here You'll tell me when I'm messing up I tend to do that a lot No matter how much I wanna say you're wrong I'll shut up when you just need me to listen cause Love makes us want to help each other out No matter the day, no matter the hour if you need me call my number
4.
This heart is a shrapnel bomb The first spark can set it off Sudden tides of emotion swell It doesn't usually end so well For every love I leave behind Pebbles on the path, relics of the past To touch with a tip of my finger There's a little piece of me that lingers Like the stars in a constellation Tell their stories in weird patterns My little heartbreaks they shine Scattered across the night sky Bite-sized to swallow Sometimes I wonder how my chest's not hollow Tiny bruises like bee stings I've been a hive for these things Another tear in the fabric Another patch in the patchwork I've become the seamstress who Can have a drink and thread her needle too
5.
There's a hole in my chest like a cave with bats And beetles no sun only shade 
I don't know what it means 
But it's there when you leave Let's keep it light-hearted and dumb I'll secretly hope you stick around Keep an eye on the door 
Hang out where you might show It's forbidden, a confidential fact
 I want you but I wouldn't tell you that In my mind I pace the floor hope you'll call Read between lines what's not there at all
 I can't own up to it
 You're my shady habit Because you say you can tell me everything
 And it's me you wanna see when your girl's off her hinges Soon this crumbling shell
 Won't hide my secret so well It's forbidden, a confidential fact
 I want you but I wouldn't tell you that There's a hole in my chest like a cave with bats And beetles no sun only shade 
I think I know what it means 
So I really should leave It's forbidden, a confidential fact 
I want you but I wouldn't tell you that
6.
The March 03:35
Hard rains at dawn Here I go again Leaves dead on the ground What unlikely friends Freedom stings It's a pain I know But this time tears Make it burn much more Stop your march my restless heart Take me back to his loving arms But if you stop I may never know What it was you were searching for Demolition starts When the walls grow thick Love me to the door Love me through the brick Passion dims And I thirst for more But leaving here Bleeds me to the core
7.
Have you figured out your ex Have you figured out dependance Have you figured out the times You've been rejected How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out Have you figured out your pain Have you figured out depression Have you figured out the ways Your brother condemns you How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out Have you figured out your plans Have you figured out the way Have you figured out the keys To your escape How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out Have you figured out your mother Have you figured out your father Have you figured out how f*&cked you are Cause of them How long are you gonna spend figuring it out Have you figured out your needs Have you figured out the years Have you figured out the reason you don't like it here How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out Have you figured out your boss Have you figured out your friends Have you figured out how scared you are To disappoint them How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out Have you figured out your fear Have you figured obsession Have you figured out the habits Of your protection How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out Have you figured out your grievances Figured out your blame Have you figured out the curses You wish upon them How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out Have you figured out your love Have you figured out regret Have you figured out why the two Get along so well How long are you gonna spend Figuring it out
8.
Sur un madrier au-dessus de la ruelle une gymnaste saoule, sans rien qui ne la retienne la nuit est moîte et les bars sont fermés je danse pour ne pas céder Pour ne pas crouler sous ma peine j'ai peur de tout, mais ici je suis reine joie illicite, artificielle loin au-delà des maux de la ville Joindre les surfaces du néant dans cette trance je ne remarque pas je m'éloigne des bordures ça m'est égal L'ivrogne se croit intouchable Toi qui m'a glissé entre les doigts pendue à un câble mal fixé un harnais qui n'a jamais existé je virevolte, en larmes détachées Des passants au sol me supplient de descendre que c'est dangereux mais j'les ignore J'invite le danger, je défie les remords, les regrets J'les emmerde, je veux respirer Toi toujours droit, tu ne t'aventure pas À la lisière de l'espace Tapis dans le confortable, le concret Le cérébral, le sécuritaire Le vent se lève j'ai musique à mes pieds Et je danse le rythme désarçonné Mes bras ouverts grand battent l'air Plus mon corps penche par derrière Puis mon pied glisse et perd la poutre j'accepte le vide, j'accepte tout étalée au milieu de la rue Sans douleur, ni peur, ni toi non plus
9.
For Dreaming 04:06
I left school at 17 to see the country's coast that meant more to me than fancy books smart people wrote I wish I were a renegade but most the time I'm just afraid I met my boyfriend getting coins at the laundromat We live in a three room apartment and we fight a lot some nights I stay up hoping he won't be coming back Can't stop a bird from singing Can't blame a girl for dreaming I never had much ambition I like to sit around While everyone's running mad trying to get shit done I noodle on my guitar eat peaches at the park To my mother I'm a failure, daddy don't care either way But at the end our street I know the homeless man's name I always say hello, hope it brightens up his day Can't stop a bird from singing Can't blame a girl for dreaming One day I'll have a kid and I'll show her the things I know about kindness and taking time to enjoy whats in front of us I'll be proud of her I'll be a good mother Listen to the wine talking I must've lost my head to go home at closing time with a travelling man when we leave this place tomorrow could I come with you instead Can't stop a bird from singing Can't blame a girl for dreaming
10.
Lying on my back staring at the ceiling fan Regrets kicking me like an empty beer can Sleep is busy sedating everyone else And I'm replaying things I shouldn't have said It scares me to death when we fight like we did We get so small close tight as a lid Each time we agree to climb over that wall what if one morning you don't want to anymore So I stay awake watch you drift exhale the hurt away from all this hope you believe me when I say I didn't mean it reach over and kiss your lovely cheek and the moon takes her bow and the sun comes up the skin will be tender but we'll work it out I don't wanna wake you but I wish you would the sunrise is especially beautiful

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released March 18, 2016

Olivier Fairfield: drums
Mark McIntyre: bass
Dave Draves: Böhm drum machine programming
Recorded by Dave Draves at Little Bullhorn Studios
Bed tracks produced by Dave Draves and Roxanne Potvin
Christine Bougie: Electric guitar, lapsteel and trippy ringy sounds
Recorded by Christine Bougie at home
Roxanne Potvin: lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, tremolo guitar on For Dreaming, electric
guitar solo on Help Each Other, piano, synth, percussions, handclaps, accordion
Sarah Morasse: background vocals on Little Heartbreaks, Prairie Sunrise, I Thought I'd Miss You, Help Each Other
Andréanne Alain: background vocals on I Thought I'd Miss You, Little Heartbreaks, Help Each Other
Recorded by Roxanne Potvin at home
Chris Gestrin: organ
Recorded by Chris Gestrin at home
David Perreault: bass clarinet
Pascal Lafrenière: french horn
François Viault: bassoon
Written and arranged by Antoine Gratton and Roxanne Potvin
Recorded by Roxanne Potvin and Marc Pérusse at Studio Divan Vert
Leah Dolgoy: harp
Recorded by Roxanne Potvin at her home

Produced by Roxanne Potvin
Additional production and arrangements: Dave Draves, Antoine Gratton
Mixing: David Laurendeau at Cerantola Studio
Mastering: Harris Newman Grey Market Mastering
All songs by Roxanne Potvin
Photography: Maxim Morin
Design: Rodney Bowes

Executive producer: Roxanne Potvin, with the invaluable help of FACTOR, Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada
Special executive producer credit and thanks: Michael Younger

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Roxanne Potvin Gatineau, Québec

From the bright, candy-striped grooves that lure us in at the outset to the darkling lavender hues of mélancolie that infiltrate the album like stiff spirits in our pink lemonade, she reminds us that, not only will she always carry a stash of R&B to hit us up with, but she also has a few other tricks up her sleeve. ... more

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