We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Shores of Emptiness

by the Castaway

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €9 EUR  or more

     

1.
Sickness Woke Up 05:28
lyrics
How he hates this face seen everyday The one from which he can't run away Again he feels the knife digging forward Softly once the sun went down So much dirt to clean, he could only crawl He made his chains, he fell in thrall The little he is still Is shattered down and now he's paying the bill And the doubts we sowed Got all the time to grow In every spaces made By things left unsaid No you won't take it in stride Sickness woke up inside Isn't it a bit late to care? He wasn't at his place, he disappeared All in all he was his own trace Left in an invisible maze All things done and mostly not done It may be a blast but he was already long gone And the doubts we sowed Got all the time to grow In every spaces made By things left unsaid No you won't take it in stride Sickness woke up inside A wrong blood is boiling and getting cold by the same time Shaking and teasing the turmoil lurking inside You'd better step aside Before it all collides And the pain we sowed Got all the time to grow In every spaces made By things left unsaid Can't take it in stride Sickness woke up inside You can't run away Feel the knife, fall in thrall Pay the bill and disappear You're a trace in your maze You're already long gone Sickness woke up inside
2.
Fear the Creatures 03:33
lyrics
Voices turning to screems by night Calling back the ghosts who couldn't fade in the past Born from the seeds our deepest dreads have been throwing down Fed by the tears our own world is spitting out Questions freed to dispel all light Burning my guts like little shards of glass Born from the seeds our deepest dreads have been throwing down Fed by the tears our own world is spitting out Fear the creatures tearing appart the shelter of my head Shadows of vultures turning around the remains of my aims Fear the creatures tearing appart the shelter of my head Upcoming rupture finishing off a soul slowly maimed Creepers dancing a noxious rite Grinding the bounds of my sanity down to dust Born from the seeds our deepest dreads have been throwing down Fed by the tears our own world is spitting out Fear the creatures tearing appart the shelter of my head Shadows of vultures turning around the remains of my aims Fear the creatures tearing appart the shelter of my head Upcoming rupture finishing off a soul slowly maimed
3.
Procrastinate 04:03
lyrics
Yeah I don't give a damn I do on my own plan My time is not for rent Should make it my new trend Ain't that fine to procrastinate your life? Ain't got no schedule to follow Just slow down and ease your mind Wait! You should do that tomorrow Procrastinate your life Ain't got no schedule to follow Just slow down and ease your mind Wait! You should do that tomorrow Think I sould give a damn Most days are short and bland Never a dime to spend I start to feel the scam Is that fine to procrastinate your life? When the alternative is a no-go Your whole being stuck on stand-by Let's think about it tomorrow Procrastinate your life When the alternative is a no-go Your whole being stuck on stand-by Let's think about it tomorrow Yeah now I give a damn Go find out where time went I've ditched out all my friends I became my own sham Who said that's fine to procrastinate your life? Wake up empty and hollow Feeling fucked-up and resigned Always pushing back the morrows Procrastinating your life Wake up empty and hollow Feeling fucked-up and resigned Always pushing back the morrows
4.
Realm of Remorse 03:36
lyrics
Is this desire on your face? Or just liquor in my head? Who remembers odd summer haze? Stars were smiling upon our fate And all this time you were building this realm for me When we both know that I'm not the kind to bend a knee And all this time you were building this realm for me 'Cause you're something good enough to cry for Is this mocking there on your face? Or all my remorses in disguise? When life strikes like a mace Stars are laughing upon our demise And all this time you were building this realm for me When we both know that I'm not the kind to bend a knee And all this time you were building this realm for me 'Cause you're something good enough to cry for I'm many stories no mouth could tell As dawn rose empty of promises Since I've kept trying without a yell To pull your sword outside my chest And all this time I was building this realm for me When we both know that I'm not the kind to bend a knee Still all this time I was building this realm for me 'Cause you're something good enough to cry for 'Cause you're something good enough to cry for
5.
Mad Sometimes 04:53
lyrics
Dim Light, must fade all sounds Lie in the dark and sigh Feel the call along your spine Burn all bridges or fry Memories of faces are striking me down A dull reminder of all weaknesses and letdowns From which you managed to born and rise Guess we can't run from all longings and lacks implied So come on, please me now Put some fire in those useless lonely deeds Like some illusion of fulfilled needs A fake scar on all that bleeds Don't fit, escape the mold Sort out what you've been told Strike the match 'till it goes wild Burn all bridges and fry Visions of mundane are driving me mad A poor sequel to all failures and trials In which I managed to sink and drown Jeez! the lies we rot in when fears rule our minds So come on, please me now Put some fire in those useless lonely deeds Like some illusion of fulfilled needs A fake scar on all that bleeds Leave all guilt aside It's good to be mad sometimes They won't shut their mouths We'll keep it for us and hide But I never felt as alone as I do now Staring the filth that results from a swelling lie So come on, please me now Put some fire in those useless lonely deeds Like some illusion of fulfilled needs A fake scar on all that bleeds Leave all guilt aside It's good to be mad sometimes They won't shut their mouths We'll keep it for us and hide So do your crime It's good to be mad sometimes They won't shut their mouths We'll keep it for us and die
6.
Strayed 05:11
lyrics
Strayed! Far away complaint of the thunder So bring it on, I unleash the demon I'll just lay down here in the dust Let it carry me up to you lord The air is thicker than tar And the moist adds to my sweat Turn off the light, Choke on the mist Let the spirits creeping in and mess with my own So bring your lightning now It can't compete with this storm in my head Strayed! (No you can't compete with this storm in my head) Strayed! I hear your bells behind my steps Like a dire laughter in my many heads I'm as many sins I wouldn't dare Your horns can rip me up, I do not care I get used to all this pain to here from there Until it stopped to be a price So bring on your lightning now Strayed! (And I'll pay it anytime) Strayed! Let your winds blow my thoughts away It's much more weight than I could bear So come on bring all the lightning you want There will be no scream, There's nothing left to hide As you descend to slash this cage of flesh Just swing down your scythe And open me up until I have bled her out Until I've bled her out Strayed! (Until I've bled her out Out of this callous heart)
7.
Bound to the Night 04:35
lyrics
Been a cold, dark and a lonely way The path is scattered with bones and nails Yet blackness gently lighten to a soothing gray You'll fade in the morning Because we are bound to the night I'm halfway out of this mourning Guess I've stopped begging you somehow Just die and vanish with the dawn Long took the first glance out of this redoubt A pale horizon found its way to these dry eyes Seems like the endless maze evaporates out You'll fade in the morning Because we are bound to the night I'm halfway out of this mourning Guess I've stopped begging you somehow Just die and vanish with the dawn But on the other hand I'm still halfway in And you're pulling me back Gotta keep the head out of the mud Yeah I'll stop begging you somehow Just die and vanish with the dawn
8.
Torn New Day 02:28
lyrics
Lives are meeting and you're always one step behind A new life is rising and now two steps behind Now life is leaving and for that... You're ten thousand steps ahead There's those days if you give me a trigger I won't smell the burnt powder This whole mess is no game So stop to find it some winners (And one loser) Don't send no wishes on this torn new day Pity is no redeem for disdain
9.
Hammer and Woodlouse 05:10
lyrics
Careful, here comes the kick An untold problem meets a well-known prick Cheap wine and discounted suit You could even raise a pinky that would be cute And I couldn't laugh as loud as I'd like if I would To slam it down won't break its shell The crawler is prouder than you could tell Climbing its way limb after limb Far above your little parvenu's whims Sharp tongue and acid grin An unmasked disdain taken on the chin Stoicism to face the plight But if I could deal with that I guess I wouldn't write No I don't have enough of two middle-fingers for you To slam it down won't break its shell The crawler is prouder than you could tell Climbing its way limb after limb Far above your little parvenu's whims To slam it down won't break my shell I am much prouder than you could tell Fighting my way limb after limb Way above your little parvenu's whims
10.
Inexistence 04:20
lyrics
Can't remind where I forgot myself Was it days or months? My skin can't tell Will this ceiling ever pour down on me? I swear through it soon I'll can see As long as there are four walls I can be free Free to dwell in this self-loathing spree Inexistence invades me, I am the remedy and the disease The disease In how many parts did I divide myself? Was it zero? My reality can't tell The clock's company gets louder and louder As this mind-space grows creepier each hour Will this brain ever release my chains? Are they even still there or is it just a weight remain? Inexistence invades me, I am the remedy and the disease No, I must be the remedy This silence shouts you "run!" but the feet are nailed While hands fight the gun and the thoughts are jailed You flee the morning and its dead gray light Consuming your ills after midnight And you've been nothing but a closed chapter When a last time comes you know it years after This hole is way to frail for a proper grave You are no-one else but your own slave Rise up and blow this hell! But it takes some guts to defeat yourself
11.
Clean my Bones White 03:37
lyrics
Grind me, grind me bits by bits Every little pieces you can itch Rip 'em up and rip 'em out Endlessly as red turns white Cryptic signs witnessed by my back Burn through my skin And clean my bones white Dry me, dry me tear by tear Every little drops to salt the meat Lick 'em up and lick 'em down Endlessly as red turns white Twisted impressions leaving their mark Burn through my skin And clean my bones white As you hunt down every last traces of peace in this husk of mine Blindness becomes the only means to endure what we can't fix But lingering in stale water won't wash the stain just spread the dirt And erase the thin line between sarcasm and damage done Did you like it? Trash me, trash me day by day Any twisted lil' game you wanna play Try it out, wear me out Hopelessly I'm long gone, Bye! Cryptic signs witnessed by my back Twisted impressions leaving their mark Burn through my skin And clean my bones white You all clean my bones white
12.
Devil's Way 02:26
lyrics
Injuries are part of us We watch them open up and close Anytime we care enough to fall Neither sense or reason give applause Time makes me feel Like I'm on some Devil's way There I walk Alone on my Devil's way Outshined by so many empty souls Drowned in all their nonsense unfold Incipient confusion cut ourselves off Either blood or water will explode They all make me feel Like I'm on some Devil's way There I go Alone on my Devil's way
13.
Shores of Emptiness 08:34
lyrics
Can you hear the leaves dying? As they shrivel down into mud Like a bone melts within soil and rust Can you hear? Nothing gets as loud as this silence You ain't no weight in the great balance Have you ever lost your way girl? When there is no life along the path And its length makes no sense Have you ever tumbled in spiral? I'm afraid the snake has bitten his tail When I stood between both ends And if this void has any shore This is where might roam my shadow Have you ever seen love bloom girl? And stared at it until your skin froze While your heart chokes in its lonely flesh Have you ever felt terror looming over? 'Cause I'm dragged through a flooded pipe And my breath rips my lungs out of my chest And if this void has any shore It must be where is waiting my shadow 'Cause I've been swallowed by its depth (And there is no bottom to it) Now can you hear the leaves dying? 'Cause I make the same sound as them Torn between dead calm and mayhem Would you blow me away from my trouble? For no destination, just the travel Can you hear the leaves dying?

about

First album by songwriter solo artist "the Castaway", Shores of Emptiness was written and produced between 2015 and 2018. Exploring themes such as solitude, introspection, social alienation and lassitude; the Castaway aims to bring some sick, dark and jaded colors into a mainly acoustic guitar driven music.


Album review : www.divideandconquermusic.com/indie-music-album-reviews/the-castaway-shores-of-emptiness?fbclid=IwAR1AAJLV8_DHnFv8YL7tCSSQepNqpAi1YBtYbRX5pSDTDZlURatqSuOS_Cc

credits

released September 9, 2018

All music and lyrics written by "the Castaway"

2024 Remaster

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

the Castaway image

the Castaway Belgium

Self-produced solo artist.

Influences : Mark Lanegan, Jerry Cantrell, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, the Melvins, STP, Days of the New,...

contact / help

Contact the Castaway

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like the Castaway, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now