300 Pianos

by Andy Suzuki & The Method

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Produced by Andy Suzuki and Andrew Underberg

All songs written by Andy Suzuki

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released 01 May 2009

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Andy Suzuki & The Method are pushing the boundaries of today’s singer-songwriter genre. They capture the energy of Sara ... more Bareilles’ memorable piano melodies, Ben Harper’s thoughtful lyricism, and Dave Matthews Band’s virtuosity, garnering rave reviews through the power of their live show.


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Track Name: Better Man
i don't know exactly how i got here
but i got here
and i do not belong
i've never felt like such a stranger
every time i look into the mirror i find something wrong
it's something about the way
i keep getting in the way of
words that i should have said
and beds that i could have slept in
but there's a place for me
somewhere in between
friday afternoon and sunday morning

i don't wanna recognize myself tonight
i don't wanna have to fight that same old fight
i'm tired of being trapped alive in my own mind
but somewhere out there somewhere i can be a better man
somewhere out there somewhere i can make you understand
somewhere somewhere out there

the days are getting colder
the winds are growing bolder now
so i sleep away the morning
and nap away the afternoon
can anybody hear me
is anybody near me
it's like everybody fears me
i'm tired of searching for that something that they know, but i can't see

i don't wanna recognize myself tonight
i don't wanna have to fight that same old fight
i'm tired of being trapped alive in my own mind

can you take me, take me back home
somewhere between this bar, and the last
i lost track of my home
we don't even have to kiss
i just don't want feel alone
so can you take me, take me back home
somewhere between this bar, and the last bar
i lost track of my home
we don't even have to kiss
i just don't want feel alone

but somewhere out there somewhere i can be a better man
somewhere out there somewhere i can make you understand
somewhere somewhere out there

i don't know exactly how i got here but i got here
Track Name: 300 Pianos
father, father forgive my fear
and forget i'm even here
father, father 50 years
and finally a tear
father, father take my hand
let me be the stronger man

it's just me and my brother just my sister and mother
not to keep each other standing tall
but to give us a reason, just to give us some meaning
and to give us the strength to stand at all

300 pianos couldn't wake you
but 300 pianos i will make you
300 300 300 300, 300 pianos

father, father when we were small
we would run to you down the hall
into your arms, we'd always fall
your suit your smell your laughing call
but father, father most of all
i miss the most of you that's gone

i am my father's son i am my mother's youngest one
and i am running from
but ready for and looking toward that closing door
all while learning more
and making sure i'm bracing for the pain to come

300 pianos couldn't wake you
but 300 pianos i will make you
300 300 300 300

and i know that
every chord i've used before and every broken metaphor
can't bring me closer to the man behind the door
he hardly whistles anymore pour my piano 'cross the floor
no other way but for a keyboard to save the day
somehow

i wont leave
we're all that he's got
i'm all that he's got

300 pianos couldn't wake you
but 300 pianos i will make you
300 300 300 300, 300 pianos
Track Name: Ask Questions Later
we've been holding on to each other for dear life
i know i met you just last week
but when i think about you i get weak
do me a favor
forget about your hesitations
ask questions later

i've been watching you all night
and you've been trying to look away and do what's right
i know you got a man
but don't worry about him cuz he can't do the things i can
forget about your man tonight

just remember
there's a reason
that you're still standing here
just remember
there was a shadow
hanging over your smile before i got here
i'm not tryina pressure you
i just wanna be with you
and i know a good love comes before the lovers do
so do me a favor
do yourself a favor
do us both a favor

ask questions later
Track Name: Enough
something sweetly over and over again
whisper something sweetly in my ear
and when it's too much
your touch melts too much into my just enough
we have come to a place where kissing isn't close enough
and when distance comes between us
i miss your i wish for nothing at all but your lips
and the warm blanket of your hips
to resist, oh it's a waste of bliss
this can't last forever cuz new love is measured in pleasure

when you take me and trap me in between the sheets i'm free
to explore the possibility of you and me
it seems like lately, love sleeps comfortably
cuz finally this bed is big enough for the both of us to sleep

you sing lyrics in my mouth
when love approves, poetry crushes all my doubt
oh i never, thought i'd ever, witness your walls come crashing down
when you wrap around it all falls down, oh we're screaming now
lyrics transform into shouts
this can't last forever cuz new love is measured in pleasure

when you take me and trap me in between the sheets i'm free
to explore the possibility of you and me
it seems like lately, love sleeps comfortably
cuz finally this bed is big enough for the both of us to sleep

i can't remember when we fell asleep last night
it seemed to last all night
Track Name: Love Indeed
i, i cried myself a thousand cries
and i washed myself in salty lies
of love in need, is love indeed
but you're out to sea
swimming alone under the undertow
out to see,
why a girl has to give up the world
to learn that love in need, is love indeed

so tell me how come the last thing i did to you was leave
when little july was in every word i speak
who is this stranger sleeping next to me
when love in need, is love indeed

i sing a little stronger now
just to hear your name out loud
shower to stay warmer now
and naked never seemed so proud
i walk a little faster now
to find a face to join a crowd
cuz love in need is love indeed

why and how could i
when, and where was i
how, did i when did i why did i
when love in need, is love indeed
i guess i needed to breathe
i always think i know what i need
i know to need now, i need to hear how
love in need, is love indeed

so give me freckled faces i used to know
sunday morning well take it slow
give me december ill make it grow
cuz love in need, is love indeed

i sing a little stronger now
just to hear your name out loud
shower to stay warmer now
and naked never seemed so proud
i walk a little faster now
to find a face to join a crowd
cuz love in need is love indeed

my throat still hurts, from the night before
use the sunlight for sure
to prepare me for one last tonight once more
put on my smile and walk out the door
and ask for forgiveness my drink is my witness
i adore her at least well i think that i'm kinda sure
as i show her the way to the second floor
show her the way to so much more
and ask for forgiveness my drink is my witness

love in need
is love indeed

i sing a little stronger now
just to hear your name out loud
shower to stay warmer now
and naked never seemed so proud
i walk a little faster now
cuz love in need is love indeed
Track Name: New To Me
you bite your tongue and smile at me
when you say goodbye to me
although you take my breath away
i never let you know you make me feel that way
your pent up kisses bite
you won't spend the night
you always put up a fight for a hug
i mostly dream in you and me
but mostly baby i can't sleep

cuz you and me feels new to me
but pride keeps me waiting
for someone who makes me feel
stronger but the longer i stay in your arms
the more i struggle to keep from going under
the more i struggle to keep from going under

freely flowing flowing freely
cuz you and me it feels so new to me
that's exactly how it needs to be
just freely flowing flowing freely
and then you'll see
how easily you and me become we

one thing is true
i won't be around if you make this much harder
i'll search for another and she'll have to
do the things that i want you to do
i'm not gonna beg i'm through
i'm sick and tired of the chase
your rain comes from clouds that shoulda never been there at all
in the first place

but i can't look away from your face
no more can i say

cuz you and me feels new to me
but pride keeps me waiting
for someone who makes me feel
stronger but the longer i stay in your arms
the more i struggle to keep from going under
the more i struggle to keep from going under

freely flowing flowing freely
cuz you and me it feels so new to me
that's exactly how it needs to be
just freely flowing flowing freely
and then you'll see
how easily you and me become we
Track Name: Fool
i scream and sing out your name
still i get nothing
cell phone rings three times a day
i'm hoping for something
tell me if i'm crazy
cuz you were supposed to mine
i guess i'm just a little confused
cuz girl you ain't even that fly

please tell me so, and i'll go
but just so you know
a couple things before i hit the road

i never shoulda let you steal that first kiss
i'm not the kinda guy you add to your list
cuz i won't ever let you make a fool out of me

let me tell you something
and let me try and say it nice
you ain't worth the fight
and I ain't got the time
to play these games with you
listen to what i'm saying to you
this is our last goodbye

ok, you win
i quit, the end
good luck my friend
i wish you the very best

i never shoulda let you steal that first kiss
i'm not the kinda guy you add to your list
cuz i won't ever let you make a fool out of me

don't feel bad for me
cuz you'll be sorry when i am on mtv

i never shoulda let you steal that first kiss
i'm not the kinda guy you add to your list
cuz i won't ever let you make a joke out of,
make a mess out of, make a clown out of,
make a fool out of me
Track Name: For The Taking
if love is for making and hearts are for breaking
then words aren't for faking and time's not for wasting
give me a minute tonight
cuz i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes

whether it's, over under rain or thunder makes me wonder
if i will discover another act of love, an act of living
my lack of life it needs forgiving
even when you force yourself to lay down with me
you keep waiting for phone calls and better things
you keep looking for someone you're not looking for me

if love is for making and hearts are for breaking
then words aren't for faking and time's not for wasting
give me a minute tonight
cuz i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes

you only come visit at three am
you get me drinking again and thinking again that drinking again's the
only way for me to get back in
it's not what i say or what you say it's what he says to you in his bed
he never tells you what you want to hear
and thats what keeps you there

if love is for making and hearts are for breaking
then words aren't for faking and time's not for wasting
give me a minute tonight
cuz i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes

say yes
and let our bodies say the rest
let me make my body make your body let me make it say yes

if love is for making and hearts are for breaking
then words aren't for faking and time's not for wasting
give me a minute tonight
cuz i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes, i'm for the taking yes
Track Name: Little July
a little july now we got some space now we got some time
a little july my lips betray my mind stealing a taste of
a little july just half past our last goodbye and eyes open wide i'm still praying for the sunrise
to feel her next to me, to let her get the best of me

she's five feet tall but you'd never know
and she kisses like the movies and she wears your clothes
makes you jealous and you tell her so
but she won't change for you no she makes you grow
she loves like she's never been hurt before
oh she loves like she's never been hurt before

my little july

a little july my fingers sing the secrets of the pillowed places and freckled faces i used to know
a little july you shake your head no just to feel the wind blow
a little july memories dressed in angels wings give me strength to turn my back when the telephone rings

she's five feet tall but you'd never know
and she kisses like the movies and she wears your clothes
makes you jealous and you tell her so
but she won't change for you no she makes you grow
she loves like she's never been hurt before
oh she loves like she's never been hurt before

my little july
Track Name: Stronger Than She Knows
i wonder why i wonder why
the last thing you said, is the first thing on my mind
you call and i'll come, you ask and i'll run
lips and tongues, they struggle to smile, you're armed to the teeth
a laugh conceals a sigh as i try to protect the girl underneath

when what you have to do is undoing you
but our faces fit like our hands do
am i holding me, am i holding you
i guess i'm holding two

you've seen so much more than you ever wanted to know
you live and learn, you crash and burn, you put your life on hold
we've crashed on half past july, august opens its doors
another day another memory thrown away, september once more

when what you have to do is undoing you
but our faces fit like our hands do
am i holding me, am i holding you
i guess i'm holding two

life is easier when the person you love the most is the strongest person you know
and she is stronger than she knows
Track Name: California
today was a good day
if you know what i mean
today was a really good day
but good days ain't quite like they used to be
cuz if the music doesn't hurt
then the music doesn't work
and the music isn't worth the work for me

i think a lot about california
i think about leaving the east
i guess i'm done with new york city
at least i think new york is done with me
so i'll go to

somewhere in san diego i can finally get some sleep
somewhere in san francisco i can learn to dream
but alone in new york city, where no one else can see
i'm singing out loud, just trying to be me

been noticing some changes
i hardly even recognize where this place is
i see a lack of friendly faces
and if this is how it's gonna have to be
i'm gonna have to start taking care of this heart
i'm gonna have to start looking after me

it's just one thing after another
brother killing brother
and sons disrespecting their mothers
i spent my whole life living outside of cities
i guess it's time i tried to leave
so i'll go to

somewhere in san diego i can finally get some sleep
somewhere in san francisco i can learn to dream
but alone in new york city, where no one else can see
i'm singing out loud, just trying to be me

the prettiest girl i never knew
she tried to hide it
but her red hair showed right through
another broken umbrella
another night somethings not right
but well make do
with a sword in the ground
and paint in the sky
providence i'm coming home to you
but until then

somewhere in san diego i can finally get some sleep
somewhere in san francisco i can learn to dream
but alone in new york city, where no one else can see
i'm singing out loud
somewhere in san diego
somewhere in san francisco
somewhere in new york
Track Name: Feathers & Bones
motionless, the room it sits in silence
there is hope in this, for we have found some peace in the city
trust this space, and let our tears turn into rust
show that our might should be a must
forget the years collecting dust

weeks can hurt and months can even be worse
with the city comes graffiti looking for space to grow
but we can be the reason
something for the city to believe in
to give a little meaning
to all the honking and the screaming

feathers and bones
we are feathers and bones
and thanks to broken wings, we have no where else to go
the only song to sing, the only place i want to know
feathers and bones
we will never be alone

aching hands and sleepy bare feet
find a place to heal in our nest above the concrete
let this voice be heard, not just another piano song
cuz part of being strong, is learning to find some one

this is me, and i am my history
this is us, and that was you falling to one knee
please all you here today, it's not the flowers or the rings
but two people who share a dream
and give themselves to make a better thing

feathers and bones
we are feathers and bones
and thanks to broken wings, we have no where else to go
the only song to sing, the only place i want to know
feathers and bones
we will never be alone

we have a place up in the sky
we have a place up in the sky
Track Name: Next Saturday
freely flowing flowing freely where i need to be going
but do you know when
a life melts by like that
when we start to compromise our lives you know you'll be surprised
before your very eyes
another 356 is gone and then you know your gonna be alone next saturday
i'm coming home next saturday

oh its saturday don't-worry-it-don't-matter-day
procrastinating-now-it-will-get-better-on-a-latter-day
look at what you've done to me i'm standing by your tree
just thinking
the tears they fall they flow they know but they don't touch the ground they're waiting for next saturday
they're gonna fall next saturday

i close the door
and i open my eyes
to the pain thats sure to come
it'll come next saturday

what do i have to do what do i have to say
to sing you to heaven and make sure you get there in one piece in one day
now that you are gone only questions remain
they're torturing my brain
like while you were in the air, did you think you were flying, did you know the end was near that you were dying
did you hear us singing, did you hear us crying, sweet lullabying, you down to sleep that saturday
we sang to you that saturday

i close the door
and i open my eyes
to the pain thats sure to come
it'll come next saturday