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Twenty​-​23

by ZeCoop

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The Fishermen & the Priestess
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The Fishermen & the Priestess An album packed with so many amazing songs from awesome artists! It's the perfect album, from start to finish. Favorite track: Lucy and the Lioness (ft Huan-Hua Chye).
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Nadine Hard to pick a favourite on this mulit-genre and multi-collab album. So many talented artists here. Favorite track: Love You More (ft Glorious Disaster).
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1.
Above the Acropolis The sky's as blue as blue can be While down below the hill The people fill the streets of the city I'm glad you're with me I'm glad you're with me here I'm glad you're with me I'm glad you're with me here To feel this sun and taste this air together All the cats are smiling The statues laying down their heavy loads And all the mopeds singing As they kiss the road At the museum We saw spears and pots and jewelry from old tombs But none of those ancient treasures Was half as interesting to me as you I'm glad you're with me I'm glad you're with me here I'm glad you're with me I'm glad you're with me here To feel this sun and taste this air together All the cats are smiling The statues laying down their heavy loads And all the mopeds singing As they kiss the road All the cats are smiling The statues laying down their heavy loads And all the mopeds singing As they kiss the road Above the Acropolis The sky's as blue as blue can be
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time goes so slow when you're walking on coals and the world keeps on stoking the embers trying to get past the pain and regret but there's always someone who remembers you try to block out the light you consider giving up you try to throw away the memories but bins have a way of filling up stopped at the door by a figure who's sure that your name is not there on the list a frown and a fine, to the back of the line to consider whether you really exist you want to shout your name find somebody else to blame before you're trapped in this prison of resistentialism you think you recognise a face but it fades without a trace and your reflection eyes you as you pass malice through the looking glass and of course you know that it can't be true but it feels like the fates are being spiteful and you're only pretending that the tunnel is ending when you're back at the start of the cycle you try to block out the light you consider giving up you try to throw away the memories but bins have a way of filling up
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You’ve never seen a single thing on TV Even if you had it would be too easy And if you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be You came here, you invited me I never said you’re gonna like what you see It won’t be me in the mirror but the mirror is me If you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be I want to suck the words right out of your brain I want to see how they taste All the little flashes of fame on your face Do you ever pretend not to see what you see Yea you do can you explain it, explain it to me And if you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be You came here, you invited me I never said, i never agreed I’m only asking if you’re asking what you’re asking of me If you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be I want to suck the words right out of your brain I want to see how they taste All the little flashes of fame on your face I want to eat the universe in your mind I want to know what it’s like All the little bites at a time, all mine I want to be alone I don’t want to be inside I want to be a person not a person you like I don’t want to be awake I want to be alive I want to be alive I never said you’re gonna like what you see It won’t be me in the mirror but the mirror is me And if you’re scared it’s ‘cause you wanted to be
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V1 I only wanted to feel whole Crying fix me, fix me Thought you were made of solid gold I would worship at your feet I only wanted to be yours Crying take me, take me But you can't change me with your love And I know now I want to be mine V2 I only wanted to feel safe Crying please protect me from all the shame and consequence of this frail, flimsy flesh I only wanted to be yours Crying please complete me But you are not the one I need And oh how I need to be mine Br I’ve been so unkind The hate in my mind Lashing out at the mirror But I finally see things clearer And I know now I know now I need to be mine V3 I only wanted to feel proud Crying praise me, praise me I thought if you were by my side I could face this whole damned world I only wanted to be yours Crying love me love me Thought you could reach inside my skin And heal me from within V4 My sweet messiah, you are not Just a man who sees me No living god, no angel powers Just a mortal mess like me Now I don’t need to think I’m yours But I’ll walk beside you I love you better since I fell in love with me And learned to be mine I love to be mine, love to be mine I need to be mine I want to be kind, love to be mine I want to be mine
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one foot on the bow one stretched to the promised land yon is that a storm or a rover? far from port she was carrying ore, she'd been sunken twice before the Bad Luck Barquentine going down alone as the Union sailed on by the crew of the Nucleus left behind they hailed, they were denied bad luck barquentine, bad luck barquentine sleeping like a bear on the floor of the big lake the load that broke their backs and their shovels there's no gold or captain's bones they left her on her own the bad luck barquentine left her on her own
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VERSE 1 I was filled up on fan fiction and you, you were on the page there is nothing quite like friction it burns, then slowly fades away CHORUS reasons for tryin’ for walkin’ for flyin’ reasons for dyin’ and livin’ and lyin’ VERSE 2 we were barely past our primes, love but we could somehow still make haste and there were reasons for our crimes, love but we, we managed to escape BRIDGE i’m not sure that batman knew the way to remove all of his shame so he punched his way right through the wall i can’t say, if he did it wrong or did it right won’t go down without a fight so he spent his cash on tech and wings and pissed off dark and scary things and maybe that’s just his thing but maybe he was wrong yeah maybe he was wrong VERSE 3 caves were not just built for hiding sometimes they can be to retrain our thoughts can often be misguided and needs a place that knows their name
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Creeping In 03:23
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As we walk the same path we can't always see a direction to take us the way we feel We keep looking backwards at times gone and been Navel gazing shows an ego need Dream on let doors open the universe lives in you and me Through the dark nights when all seems hopeless something hides inside that you can\t reach with letting go and eyes wide open follow signs that make no sense for me Rough winds hold you back they can't always last sit with them so still swallow that one red pill Dream on let doors open the universe lives in you and me Dream on let words unspoken touch the soul then we're truly free
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I, thought I could conquer life Alone without a tribe I, a mythic figure On the mountaintop I’d climbed Scared to surrender control I, eggshell ego My opinions all nailed down I, felt so much safer Thinking I had figured it out I, an island In the ocean of my pride I, a lake of longing to belong Stuffed down inside Scared to open up to anyone One by one we crawl Yet two by two stand tall Three by three we’ll stride Together side by side But one by one we’ll fall We, friends, family Hope-fueled singing loud We, dance together make a joyful, fearless sound We, spirit siblings See us glow like fireflies We, began as ripples Now there’s waves of love on the rise Empathy is a superpower Saves us from ourselves One by one we crawl Two by two stand tall Three by three we’ll stride Together side by side One voice lost at sea Yet two make harmony Come let’s make a choir Let's set this world on fire I don’t think I can make it on my own anymore I don’t wanna make it on my own anymore
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Clickety-clack away from the platform Lucy dozes and dreams of the great parade Where once she waved From floats on holidays Yeah, once she played To sold out shows every weekend Yeah, every weekend Lucy mumbles her bright recollections To the empty seats across the aisle Sometimes a smile Crosses her face as she quietly mentions Her days as a star of stage and screen A gilded dream Lucy and the lioness Roamed the Burbank movie set Between the pirates and the heartthrobs Breaking hearts like shattered flashbulbs Lucy knew she'd be remembered With her curls and liquid eyes Long after the lioness Grew old, grew weak, and died The Lucy on the movie posters Is not the same as the Lucy who went gray And faded away The Lucy who the world remembers Is not the same as the Lucy in the mirror Who one day appeared Outside the windows of the train Lucy thinks she sees a lion Running on the interstate On the shoulder of the busy highway Lucy knows it's just illusion Cardboard carried by the wind But for a moment it looked just like an old friend Clickety-clack away from the platform Lucy dozes and dreams of the great parade Where once she waved From floats on holidays Yeah, once she played To sold out shows every weekend Yeah, every weekend Every weekend Yeah, every weekend
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Conbini run Sign like a setting sun Chu-hai and fried chicken I am reborn again Men like ghosts Lined up like a piece of toast Dream of a pretty coast Beyond the concrete sea Conbini run Conbini run My work is finally done Snacking and endless fun I am reborn again Conbini run Conbini run Sign like a setting sun Chu-hai and fried chicken I am reborn again Conbini run
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I try to hold you but it's no use there's nothing there but the same crooked smile I have known you but only so much just enough to make me shudder Another world calls and you're gone once again sometimes you fly away like the wind I am happy with only a glance and I know I'm fooling myself Ooo you're a heaven sent hideaway ooo my little secret stowaway It's nightime when you call for me daybreak and you're already gone I don't know that you feel for me yet still I feel you're my own ooo you're my heaven sent hideaway my little secret stowaway my heaven sent hideaway my little green stowaway I get jealous sometimes, of your extra life I'm so earthbound I can't fly away with you, to stay with you Well here's my routine again bed's empty so I walk outside I know when I'm missing you I feel you in me, when I look to the sky
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My husband once found a black spider Crawling in the dirt In the garden And sure enough she had the tell-tale Red hourglass on her abdomen Now I’ll never go near the roses again And I know spiders exist To play a vital role in the ecosystem Whatever that is Whatever that is So I try to let them be But if one gets too close, ultimately It’s gonna be it or me It’s gonna be it or me I can’t help it And I avoid reaching into the corners Of closets Or into anything that’s been left Undisturbed for more than a month But I have a friend who was bitten by a Brown recluse in her sleep You do what you can to stay safe But in the end can only do so much And I know spiders just Act out of self defense And even the venomous Ones aren’t truly malicious Or so they’d likely tell us Still I try to let them be But if one gets too close, ultimately It’s gonna be it or me It’s gonna be it or me I can’t help it One early spring morning after you left I sat outside with my coffee and wept Until my skin and lips dried Along with my eyes In the pale orange light That caught the strands of a web And the thread from a spider Hanging over my head And I didn’t flee I stayed and watched her instead And I thought of abandoned things Covered up in cobwebs But then they aren’t really abandoned, are they? Spiders have made their homes in them So if losing love is like a window Then let this spider be a symbol And at my heart’s sill leave her gift: This subtle change in perspective
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When I see your smile It’s the best damn thing Like a bright warm day My winter melts to spring When you draw me close Every nerve it sings You’re still my everything I know I can be darker than a storm cloud And twice as gloomy too I find it hard releasing all the tension of these tempests that I can’t see through But when I see your smile It’s the best damn thing Like a bright warm day My winter melts to spring When you draw me close Every nerve it sings You’re still my everything It’s true we aren’t the giddy kids we once were The years have soaked our skin Yet every time you grin it’s the beginning of this ringing joy all over again When you smile With those eyes I’m a child Drives me wild When I see your smile It’s the best damn thing Like a bright warm day My winter melts to spring When you draw me close Every nerve it sings You’re still my everything
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the paths that you have taken with the people that you’ve met through winding curves and rolling hills, we will not soon forget may the road rise up to meet you here at your journey’s end we’ll keep our legs pumping so the wheels can always spin may the wind be at your side and the heavens be your guide we've crossed rivers and valleys, but now our paths divide with every passing milestone, you take it all in stride … dear friend, enjoy the ride …
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Too many waves this time Salt water stings my lungs Too tired to wave goodbye Blue green oblivion You’re telling me, you’re telling me, You’re telling me “It’ll all be fine” You’re telling me, you’re telling me, telling me “Place a bet. Don’t give up just yet.” oh-oh Stop telling me, stop telling me Can’t you see I'm helpless kelp on the tide? Stop telling me, stop telling me, telling me Cant you see Can’t you see I’m a fool who swam too far and now I’m all but done, I'll never reach your lifeline The ocean’s almost won You’re telling me, you’re telling me, You’re telling me “It’ll all be fine” You’re telling me, you’re telling me, telling me “Place a bet. Don’t give up just yet.” oh-oh Stop telling me, stop telling me Can’t you see I'm helpless kelp on the tide? Stop telling me, stop telling me, telling me Cant you see, can’t you see that I can’t breathe? I can’t breathe And I can’t tell up from down and I can’t see I can’t find my way out I see you on the shoreline So far from where I’ll drown Your words have lost all meaning A distant hollow sound You’re telling me, you’re telling me, You’re telling me “It’ll all be fine” You’re telling me, you’re telling me, telling me “Place a bet. Don’t give up just yet.” oh-oh Stop telling me, stop telling me Can’t you see I'm helpless kelp on the tide? Stop telling me, stop telling me, telling me Cant you see, can’t you see I’m treading water Treading water, trying to hold on I’m treading water I can’t breathe water
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Walking on a lamplit path walls of green on either side follow green into the dark inspiration makes a spark snowy tunnel soft and deep leading down to winter's sleep burrow deeper look within light and dark are constant friends build a home, a ritual let it grow like coral, bone light and dark are constant friends
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There are days when I feel blue But then I remember that I've got you The world is hard at times it's true But through it all I've still got you Every day and every night I'm so glad to hold you tight You'll never give up on me And that is what gives me such glee Your love is true Your love is sure When I feel down Your love's the cure Your love is true Your love is sweet You make me complete There are times when I might complain When this old world's making me insane But then I think of what you give And once again I delight to live On the long dark winter's eve I never have cause to grieve For you hold me in your arms And delight me with your charms Your love is true Your love is sure When I feel down Your love's the cure Your love is true Your love is sweet You make me complete Your love is true When I just don't have a clue It's then I'm glad that I've got you There are times I don't know what to do But then I remember that your love is true Whatever might become, it's true That you've got me and I've got you A happy man I'll always be Cuz I've got you and you've got me Your love is true
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I know there's times that you're not sure Just where you stand with me, baby But you need to know you're my only girl I know there's times I'm gone for months On the high-class jet plane tours But you'll always be my only girl I love you more than my guitar You'll always be my superstar I love you more than rock and roll You're in my heart and in my soul I know you sometimes wish I could Be around a little longer But you know I gotta play my songs I know you sometimes dream of when I'm off the road for good, baby That's coming sooner than it should I love you more than my guitar You'll always be my superstar I love you more than rock and roll You're in my heart and in my soul I love you with each breath I take You're in every song I make I love you more than my guitar You'll always be my superstar You're my superstar

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Here is my latest collection of brand new music, written and recorded in February, 2023 as part of February Album Writing Month! 21 tracks written with amazing collaborators around the world, plus 9 more awesome bonus tracks if you buy the album! Two albums in one! :)

Here's a video for one of the bonus tracks, written with three other artists
youtu.be/nxiS1C9KeSI?si=xQ8jtnUmBdSCZl0n

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released June 1, 2023

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ZeCoop Kalamazoo, Michigan

I love playing music and keep learning new instruments. My songs are in a wide range of styles, from indie-rock to surf, to folk to rock to electronic... I never know. I record at home in a studio I put together in a spare room. I work (via the web) with a lot of vocal/lyric collaborators from all over the world.

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