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My Hallway of Inadequacy

by Rhys Tranter

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1.
V1 Back in Bougainville A local murdered a woman and child I rest my head on the ground The memory still sickens me now A roadside bomb and my second tour down Half of Corporal Anderson don’t exist now Bridge You don’t get it, do you? Should you? Chorus In the laneways of Melbourne I lost my mind My heads spinning; a moment frozen in time I see your face and you bring me back I give myself to you Middle 8 And it’s moving on slowly, These heavy days, It seems to drag on forever, For my fatigued brain V2. I face a different challenge now Mortgages, bills, and a furrowed brow My wife don’t take our kids I swear I’ll adjust to this Bridge You don’t get it, do you? Should you? Chorus In the laneways of Melbourne I lost my mind My heads spinning a moment frozen in time I see your face and you bring me back I give myself to you
2.
Haze 04:31
V1 A painted face, a lonesome grace I watch you stare into the face of the revolution A toast to the façade, of a banker’s charm That’s not to say you agree with their solution Bridge Don’t you smell the blood and the greed? Doesn’t the thought bring you to your knees? I’m ashamed of what is real Is it that their logic has appeal? Chorus You should wait, we should hope, I should throw myself on to you V2 A saintly glow, a corporate show That’s not how we seek evolution You raise your sign, like a relic of time From your eyes I can see you’ve found resolution Bridge Don’t you smell the blood and the greed? Doesn’t the thought bring you to your knees? I’m ashamed of what is real Is it that their logic has appeal? Chorus You should wait, we should hope, I should throw myself onto you Middle 8 It was a crazy thing to do, to throw myself onto you The thought of me challenging them right now is pushing me past the point of despair, of despair Coda It coddles you, cause it’s righteous and needy, it fills you up cause it’s righteous and needy, brings you down cause it’s righteous and needy The haze survives
3.
Fox of Truth 04:18
V1 Every day, I drive down the same damn road Every time that fox stares at me, it’s a carcass I know Chorus Every time I drag myself down You’ll be there to pull me back in My oldest friend, I’m graceless and hollow Graceless and hollow V2 Every night, that fox is in my dreams A road kill of truth, some immemorial goo Chorus Every time I drag myself down You’ll be there to pull me back in My oldest friend, I’m graceless and hollow Graceless and hollow (Instrumental break) V3 A month later, it’s withered down, just skin and bones Then the thud of tyres brings my wandering mind home Chorus Every time I drag myself down You’ll be there to pull me back in My oldest friend, I’m graceless and hollow
4.
V1 You sidle up and whisper not now Wearing that expression that makes me wonder how How can you see what I choose to ignore? Especially those feelings I see as a bore Bridge Stamp on that low feeling, it takes me away from you Get off that high horse, brings me nothing but misery Get on that loving feeling now Chorus Let the rain wash away our sins V2 Take a breath and swallow the fear Let’s settle down and turn this ship around Those stormy seas are getting so near Bridge Stamp on that low feeling, it takes me away from you Get off that high horse, brings me nothing but misery Get on that repentance journey now Chorus Let the rain wash away our sins
5.
V1 I’ll retreat to the solitude of nothing, an impetus of naked ambition Cause I’m still waiting on the man The politician stood in an empty room, with clarity of mind he spoke My aspirations have changed nothing Cause I’m still waiting on the man V2 The drones fill my head with a strange song, of doubt and dread Guess I’m waiting on the man My anxiety and shame is a tangled web, of a hollowed notion I’m still waiting on the man I’m still waiting on the man I’m still waiting on the man I’m still waiting on the man Bridge Try as you might, you won’t escape He’ll come up to you in the dead of night Cold and sweat pour of your brow Such is the terror of your traumatised ego I’m still waiting on the man
6.
Beth 07:31
V1. Another day, another quiet day watching as you slip and fall Foiled again, as I try and pull you out of the hole But you never reached for my trembling hand, as it slowly withers into a pile of sand V2. Another change, another hopeless moment as I slowly blame my rising desperation In the end, what were we apart from friends? And I watch your face, cold and colourless; like those dolls of china, wishing, waiting that we could talk about it Bridge Spoke about it Chorus And I don’t want to hear you pray And I don’t want to face today And I wish I had your way And I wish you were here to stay V3 Another lie; another time to cover up the demons inside Look at you, so big bold beautiful, and out of touch What remorse, aren’t we happy now we know we lost? Bridge Know we lost Chorus And I don’t want to hear you pray And I don’t want to face today And I wish I had your way And I wish you were here to stay Coda Sometimes, it don’t go the way you planned Oh no, it just ends up breaking And aren’t we the ones that should put it right? Don’t walk out on me without a fight You were the one to made me see the light Now I’m nothing but blind sight So give me some sympathy A little hope, and empathy Cause I’m lost without your dignity So glad I can no longer see ‘Cause all it took was a forsaken look, Smoke cigarettes and drink wine all day Take love like its no right to me Now I need you to be Don’t say we’re too different to be right, ‘Cause anytime day or night, when you’re too alone to know how to fight, I’ll be there; I’ll be there So anytime I’ll come running, pick you up from the mess that you’ve made I’ll be there; I’ll be there

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Over the past 6 months I have recorded one of the most challenging and confusing projects I have ever attempted. I decided to play all the instruments, apart from percussion, as well as obviously being the composer. I spent countless hours trying to make it work, and I am completely indebted to Sam Smith, the producer and mixing hero; without him this wouldn't have been possible.
He helped with the frustrating parts, sat with me through my annoying questions and continual pestering regarding mixing & doing overdubs.

I also need to give a shout out to my muso friends, who are credited helped with the vocals and inspiring me with confidence to complete this thing. Sawtooth Studios also were kind enough to lend me their place for a few days where we tracked the drums, vocals and acoustics. It is some of the most personal bunch of songs I have written, and I have put everything in them - I hope you get something out of it.

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released February 4, 2017

Nick Harvey - drums and percussion
Sam Smith - audio engineer and producer
Deanna Rose - back up vocals
Lennie Tranter - back up vocals and 12 sting guitar on Waiting for the Man
Milli Casey - back up vocals
Rhys Tranter - bass, guitar, synthesisers, piano and vocals
Sawtooth Studios

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Rhys Tranter Newcastle, Australia

Just another musical nobody doing my own thing.
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