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I Need to Stay Here

by Elliot Maginot

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Float On Now 04:00
I wanna feel like I still know the way/I don’t wanna leave but I don’t know how to stay here  I wanna fall right back in love with the motion/I wanna stare into the eyes of an ocean again    And I hope that you still see me    I wanna know that the world didn’t move on / How could I leave when I’m already gone (I don’t)  Want to ignore what you’re trying to tell me / But it’s not like before and it’s not all that easy to float on now    And I hope that you still see me / as I am / Yeah I hope that you still see me    I wanna sleep like I don’t need the answer / Yeah I wanna feel like a son to my mother   I wanna be quiet and get out of the way / And still be around when the bright blessed day comes again        And I hope that you still see me / as I am  Yeah I hope you still see me as I am / As I stand    I wanna speak like I don’t know how to lie  I wanna grieve and say my goodbyes  I don’t want be blind and outstay my welcome  I wanna be still and make peace with the boredom (again) 
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And then I remembered / I could leave at anytime  I was a pawn in a game that would leave everyone behind     I had walked the borders of my body  stayed alive to tell the story  I had seen the limits of heart  And accepted it would probably start to rain soon     And all of a sudden I knew that everyone would leave   I wouldn’t waste any time to find something to believe in    I had heard the rumbling from afar  Heard the sound of the alarm  I’d seen the shape of things to come  And told myself I wouldn’t run this time 
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Moonlight 02:56
Wait up/Slow down/Been up all night Trying to find my way to you Moonlight/Poison/It’s alright/I’m using A different kind of map to the stars Always a little slower/I’ve been lost before and this is all a vision Always a little darker/came across this false creator and I believed him I still do So go on/tell me I know you see it The weight’s not supposed to be on your shoulder Moonlight golden/eyes wide open I wish this could all be over now Always a little deeper/I’ve caught before and this is all too easy Always a little clearer/Am I not exactly who I was to be It’s not like I don’t know I’m losing/it’s not like I believe it’s true Always known where this was going/yet I still don’t know what to do Breath In/bleed out No end in sight I know I’ll end up staying here forever 
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Wake me from this fever dream love/Pull me out of here  Take it from this dreamer fiend love/ on everything I hold dear  There is nothing here worth living for/ yeah there’s nothing for the living    I turned every stone there is/stared deep into the void  I felt in in my bones and just paid attention to the noise  The time has come to heed the call now/No I can’t hide it (I can’t hide it)    Won’t you go on go on/  go on go on with out me now    My mind is numb and my soul is tired/faith is wearing thin  Where’s my bird on a wire /God please don’t let them win  No more bridge to burn down now/just let me stay here (let me stay here)    Won’t you go on go on/  go on go on without me now 
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I will come clean just give it time  I wouldn’t pay it any mind yet  I mean oh my love    Yeah I’ll be home in a minute  I think I’ll lay low tonight  Oh I’m sorry I said it  You think that you’ll be alright      It’s never as painful as it seems  Always somewhere in between  I mean oh my love      yeah I’ll be down in a minute  My god you’re completely right  I’ll be the first to admit it  I really am losing sight      Of everything that is calm and easy  Of every time it was fair  Of all the days that were slow and breezy  Of every time you were there      Oh what an ordinary life  Not much here to write home about  I mean oh my love 
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Look at you now/what a sight to behold  Never thought that I’d see the day Here comes the rise/let the beauty unfold  Before it is taken away    I’d walk with you through the garden/Just maybe some other day  If I’m not there in the morning/It means something just got in the way    Look at me now/what I am to explore  Now that my world has gotten so small  Wish things could be the way they were before  Guess I did want to stay after all      I’m sorry to make it your problem  I don’t mean to slow down your roll  But really if I’m being honest  I just thought there would be so much more    I’ve seen what you’re seeing /I’ve been where you are  I’ve been torn by the same things that tear you apart  And I know it is different and I know it’s the same  It’s just harder when no one is calling your name 
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Slow down your tears I’m not dying away/I’m not trying to steal your thunder  No I won’t disappear/not today/I don’t plan on going under    I don’t need to be saved/ I just want to be noticed  I just need you to know I’m alive  Now you know that I am no teacher  I wouldn’t dare tell you that you’re wrong but you’re wrong you’re wrong    Make up your mind and drink your water  Drink up your wine if you must and call me later    I don’t feel like I failed when I know I’m still trying  I’m not sure what else I’m supposed to say here  And you know that I ain’t no preacher  I just think it’s alright to feel ashamed from time to time. Pick up your head/and walk like you already know  Either learn to stop the bleeding or learn to let it go  I would do it for you but it wouldn’t be fair   To stand in the way of will happen    Now you that I ain’t no leader  But this time I do know where to go to go  
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I need to stay here/I need to learn to say your name  I need to stay here/I need to learn to say your name    Life is on display here/This is everything I’ll ever be  Life is on its way here/with everything you’ll ever need to see  I’m like everyone here/a quiet ripple on the water  I fear everyone here/The father, son, the brother  Yeah I fear everyone here but    I need to stay here/I need to learn to say your name  I need to stay here/I need to learn to say your name    Where is everybody/There’s too much echo in this place  Crashed my own house party/a generation lost in space  I know everyone here/I know better than to complain  Yeah I hate everyone here/and everyone love me just the same  Yeah I hate everyone here but still    I need to stay here/I need to learn to say your name  I need to stay here/I need to learn to say your name 
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Show Me Love 04:03
Is there a lesson to be learned here/before we pack and carry on  Some kind of tale of ancient fear/on how it’s best to move along  Nobody wants to talk about it/guess everybody’s out of stone   Thought you would find a way around it/ Thought you would make a plan to just    Show me love/give me something I can lean on  Show me love/tell me exactly what you mean  When you say that you now see me for the first time    How come you never seem to notice/such a noticeable tear  How else was I supposed to do this/How much was I supposed to care    Nobody wants to hear about it/ I guess they’ve already heard enough Thought you would do something about it /Why don’t you make amends And just    Show me love/ give me something I can lean on  Show me love/a sea of light that I can drift on  Show me love show me love      I came to you without a doubt in my mind  And I don’t want to explain it  And if it’s true that you’ve been out of your mind  Then you don’t need to explain it 

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released March 22, 2024

Réalisateur: Connor Seidel & Elliot Maginot

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Elliot Maginot Montréal, Québec

It was almost without realizing and despite himself, that the artist soon to be known as Elliot Maginot laid down his first fragments of songs. Elliot adorned his tunes with layers of vocals, a mood reminiscent of small cathedral choir. His first album Young/Old/Everything.In.Between, orbits even more in the atmospheric areas of dreamy pop. Lyrics infused w/ painful love, regrets and dualities. ... more

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