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Forget The Dark

by Jason Matkin

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    The Forget The Dark CD Eco-Wallet package includes the CD plus a twelve page full-color booklet with all song lyrics from the eleven tracks on Jason's debut album. Lyrics are artfully interspersed with photos from the Matkin vault from Alaska to Australia. We hope you enjoy it!

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    The Forget The Dark CD Eco-Wallet package, Personally Signed by Jason, includeing the CD plus a twelve page full-color booklet with all song lyrics from the eleven tracks on Jason's debut album. Lyrics are artfully interspersed with photos from the Matkin vault from Alaska to Australia.

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1.
Tides 04:39
City lights glow dim * In the dark we held on * You tugged on me like the tides * Mist hides the smiles between the true and the fake * But trust is only in our eyes * Yet time flies by like the pelicans glide * We’ve waited around for a long long time * The ocean wells up and it falls on the rocks And seaward whispers escape from our thoughts * Your cheeks were frozen by the icy winds * Lips were cut and raw and broken * Still our eyes shone bright, they gleamed like the sky And as it fell down around us We danced like flames in the night * Glacial melt and rivers cut through canyons of stone * We stood apart on different sides * Led by the sheen of starlight, the moon was our guide * And as the sun rose we were blind * Yet love builds up like this half empty cup * And sitting alone doesn’t help enough * But trust will be worth it all in a while * As months become years through the shifts in the tides * Your cheeks were frozen by the icy winds * Lips were cut and raw and broken * Still our eyes shone bright, they gleamed like the sky * And as it fell down around us we danced like flames in the night * Your cheeks were frozen by the icy winds * Lips were cut and raw and broken * Still our eyes shone bright, gleamed like the sky * And as it fell down around us * And our cheeks were warmed and thawed By the morning sun * Lips were healed by dew drops dripping one by one * Still our eyes shone bright, they gleamed like the sky * And as it fell down around us we rose and fell like the tides * And as it fell down around us we danced like flames in the night
2.
Dust 05:37
The dust settles on the ground * That’s all that’s been left since you’ve been around * I’m thinking it’s time to give up soon * So I’m stuck as the dust falls with open wounds * And there’s one thing on my mind * And I’m falling far behind * And I can’t see what’s in front of me * And there’s one thing on the line * And these thoughts they make me blind * And it’s not clear * I guess the dust just picks up and settles here * Just picks up and settles here * It’s late in the afternoon * The sun is high, the sky is blue * You speak, I whisper things to you * If only you knew the things that I’ve been through * And there’s one thing on my mind * And I’m falling far behind * And I can’t see what’s in front of me * And there’s one thing on the line * And these thoughts they make me blind * And it’s not clear * I guess the dust just picks up and settles here * Just picks up and settles here * I guess it’s enough to know that you’re nothing more than some dust I must give up, the life I had * Reach for the hand that pulls you further under* And there’s one thing on my mind * And I’m falling far behind * And I can’t see what’s in front of me * And there’s one thing on the line * And these thoughts they make me blind * And it’s not clear * I guess the dust just picks up and settles here
3.
Fear 03:56
Lately you’ve been becoming something I fInd so hard to recognize * I’ve been asking you to see it * But you won’t wake yourself up and realize * This painful grudge that you’d been holding against your past has prompted you to cling on to all these ways that aren’t accepting * They’re condescending, and it eats away at you * And you won’t come home as you walk down your lonely road * And you won’t come home * No you won’t * Fear is what’s pushing your whole life around * Fear is what’s pulling you and dragging you down * You’re floating away * Put your feet on the ground and go back to who you were again * It seems you haven’t smiled since then * Change is often a good thing when you’re changing for reasons bigger than you * The winds bring change and the seasons rearrange * But you were better off just staying how you were * And you won’t come home * As you walk down your empty road * And you won’t come home * No you won’t * Fear is what’s pushing your whole life around * Fear is what’s pulling you and dragging you down * You’re floating away * Put your feet on the ground and go back to who you were again * It seems you haven’t smiled since then * Loss of clarity, of who you make yourself out to be * Fear is what’s pushing your whole life around * Fear is what’s pulling you and dragging you down * You’re floating away * Put your feet on the ground and go back to who you were again * It seems you haven’t smiled since then
4.
Hide Away 04:41
As a wandering child I couldn’t see what the world could offer * Just broken seams and empty laughter would fill up this half empty cup * So I stumbled around, hope hope hoping that I wouldn’t meet the end * Push push pushing away all my closest friends, if I had any at all * And after all this time I’m finding that life floats away like a message in a bottle from the one we love most, that drifts off into the haze * Silence is a virtue because the things we say are untrue and the honest were the ones who rose so high * Rose so high * And we play this game, making stories to help us fit in * Words like high ceiling halls and nothing within * Just a photograph of what we strive to be * It’s not worth the fame * Maybe what we need is to just run away * Forget the dark we fear and things we hate * Society was wrong to judge us like that * And after all this time I’m finding that life floats away like a message in a bottle from the one we love most, that drifts off into the haze * Silence is a virtue because the things we say are untrue and the honest were the ones who rose so high * Rose so high * Making a home in the woods out of sight from all who talk could stop this war that we face every hour of every day * So we find a place to hide away * and after all this time I’m finding that life floats away like a message in a bottle from the one we love most, that drifts off into the haze * Silence is a virtue because the things we say are untrue and the honest were the ones who rose so high * Rose so high
5.
Parkside 03:55
I’m sitting on the park side, waiting at the bus stop * Trying to make some loose change working at this small shop * Hoping that one day everything that had happened would all add up to something I wanted * Like a drug I wasn’t taking and this novel I was making * A few more days and it’ll be a story * Turn the pages * You’ll be sorry * And I just keep losing * But my life just keeps moving and these wrong directions seem to bring me closer to the greater things * Sitting on the park side writing down my deep thoughts * Fumbling on my word choice, stumbling on the main plot * Forgetting the bad things * Rain clouds can blow away * Sun can come out and musical notes will play * Like a drug I wasn’t taking and this novel I was making * A few more days and it’ll be a story * Turn the pages * You’ll be sorry * And I just keep losing * But my life just keeps moving and these wrong directions seem to bring me closer to the greater things * Falling faster in this hole I’ve dug myself * But when you fall you come back up and these coffee shop dreams will fill in the seams * And the rest will follow after * I’m sitting on the park side * Walking on the sidewalk * Wanting to turn ahead time and speed up the clock * They tell me to give up * But I’ll make it happen * If I fall down I’ll get back up laughing * Like a drug I wasn’t taking and this novel I was making * A few more days and it’ll be a story * Turn the pages * You’ll be sorry * And I just keep losing * But my life just keeps moving and these wrong directions seem to bring me closer to the greater things * And these wrong directions seem to bring me closer to the greater things * I’m sitting on the park side
6.
Mine 03:35
One hand in my pocket, your fIngers around the other * Cold breath in the air, night is dark and clear * Your eyes make me flicker * You’re the bullet I’m the trigger * Lakeshore scent and pine trees billowing up all around me * And I’ll take your heart and I’ll take your hand and we’ll talk of our lives as if we understand * We’ll breathe so smooth * We’ll speak in songs * You’ll forgive me for the things that I’ve done wrong and I will be yours * and I will be yours and you’ll be mine * These things I want to say they come out so easily * Our words they travel down a stream that cut a river to the sea * I want you always by my side * I couldn’t stand to see you cry * When the day begins to die we’re set alight by fIreflies * And I’ll take your heart and I’ll take your hand and we’ll talk of our lives as if we understand * We’ll breathe so smooth * We’ll speak in songs * You’ll forgive me for the things that I’ve done wrong and I will be yours * And I will be yours and you’ll be mine * You’ll be mine * Despite all the rest of them you’re still here * You’re still here * Despite all the past and gone you’re still here * Your’e still here * And I’ll take your heart and I’ll take your hand and we’ll talk of our lives as if we understand * We’ll breathe so smooth * We’ll speak in songs * You’ll forgive me for the things that I’ve done wrong * And I will be yours * You’ll be mine
7.
Well, the summer time is coming and the trees are blooming * And the wild mountain thyme rolls around the blooming heather * Would you go, lassie go * And we’ll all go together, where the wild mountain thyme rolls around the blooming heather * Would you go, lassie go * If my true love is gone, I will surely find another and to her I will sing things that make her know I want her * Would you go, lassie go * And we’ll all go together, where the wild mountain thyme rolls around the blooming heather * Would you go, lassie go
8.
Torn 03:38
I had a dream just last night, that you and I were having the times of our lives * You saw me, you smiled, you said we’re free * That’s when I woke up and saw you weren’t next to me * This never was * This never will * This never has * Is this overkill * And I just wish it didn’t end this way * Now I see you with him every day * Everything seems better when it’s what you can’t have * I’ll appear to be fine but I’m torn in half * Some things just can’t be reversed and some things are better rehearsed * The weight on my back is pulling me down and don’t look up if I see you around * This never was * This never will * This never has * Is this overkill * And I just wish it didn’t end this way * Now I see you with him every day * Everything seems better when it’s what you can’t have * I’ll appear to be fine but I’m torn in half * Just please don’t forget my name * Just promise me you’ll stay the same and I’ll be here until that day when his light dies and floats away * My mind is wrapped around your thoughts and all the things that you’d forgot * That glimmer, that hope, is fading thin like that sliver of sun when the night begins * I just wish it didn’t end this way * Now I see you with him every day and everything seems better when it’s what you can’t have * I’ll appear to be fine but I’m torn in half
9.
Stay With Me 05:04
I know you’re lost * You know I’m found * I know you were waiting for your life to turn around * You think yourself weak but, you are so strong * So get yourself off the floor and prove them all wrong * Stay with me like you did last summer when * Stay with me always * You’ll find me * Stay with me like you did last summer when the ocean breeze picked up and took your life away * You know it’s strange * I remember that night * The one where you lied and said that it was alright * The pain you felt since you were five, like a bullet through the heart that keeps you alive * Stay with me like you did last summer when * Stay with me always * You’ll find me * Stay with me like you did last summer when the ocean breeze picked up and took your life away * The other day I saw a kid walking to school hand in hand with his mother * I swear it was you * Why didn’t I see, just seemed that you’d coped * I did not know their greed when we could have shared our hope * Oh but, still the ends were frayed and the sun still rose the next day and the wind picked up and blew your lights away, took your life away * Stay with me like you did last summer when * Stay with me always, you’ll find me * Stay with me like you did last summer when the ocean breeze picked up and took your life away
10.
Through the streets of San Diego, walked a man with a backpack full of things that he held close to him, his blanket and his toothbrush * Everywhere he passed he had a smile upon his face and he took the time to talk to me * I won’t forget what he said * He said, life is short and I don’t want to waste it * Money kills the society that made it * Life is short and if we don’t embrace it we’ll live our lives just wishing that we did * He told me of his travels, hitched from Albany to Tucson Where the heat was far too much and forced him out towards the ocean * Where he spent his days and nights in a tent the cliffs below him, as the redwoods towered over, dropping needles on his forehead * As he wrote, life is short and I don’t want to waste it * Money kills the society that made it * Life is short and if we don’t embrace it, we’ll live our lives just wishing that we did * So many people go through their whole lives And at the end they wish they’d done it right * Everyone can sing their own song * Be who you are * As we talked along the streets I asked him how he got his food * As he replied, he worked some side jobs at the shelter near the bayside * He said he was growing tired of the city life around him * Just like that he said good bye * And started off towards the East * And I know life is short and I don’t want to waste it * Money kills the society that made it * Life is short and if we don’t embrace it we’ll live our lives just wishing that we did
11.
I’ve seen the sun spin circles around the sky and drop into the ocean as the daylight dies * I’ve seen golden meadows yellow with flowers of spring and watched the winds whip up grass and flow on like the sea * All these things I’ve seen are the ones you’d dream of * Empty roads and scenes, no hands to hold * I was alone * I’ve felt the smooth sand dance beneath my toes and I dove in a lake encompassed by hills and snow * I’ve kept all these words for you inside a box, hoping, that when you read them you’d be there, when you’re not * All these things I’ve seen are the ones you’d dream of * Empty roads and scenes * No hands to hold * I was alone * The photographs can’t capture what could have been your laughter * When I walk alone this beauty seems much weaker and I wish you could walk with me * All these things I’ve seen are the ones you’d dream of * Empty roads and scenes * No hands to hold * I was alone

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Debut of Jason Matkin's first full length, professionally mastered album

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released December 1, 2015

All MUSIC & LYRICS written by Jason Matkin (ASCAP)
Except “Wild Mountain Thyme” by Francis McPeake. Chappell & Co. (PRS), Arranged by Jason Matkin
All Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Tambourine & Shaker Performed by Jason Matkin

SESSION MUSICIANS:
Michael G. Ronstadt - Cello & Mandolin
Brian Fitzgerald -Violin
David Whitman - Drums
Rick Schmidt - Pedal Steel
Jason Weiss - Banjo
Mark Phelps - Stand-Up Bass

RECORDING ENGINEERS: Mathew Murphy, Sebastian Rizo
MIXING: Mathew Murphy
MASTERING: Stephen Marcussen - Marcussen Mastering
ALBUM DESIGN & GRAPHIC LAYOUT: Roger Matkin
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jason Matkin, Roger Matkin, Alex Dewart
PRODUCED BY: Roger Matkin & Jason Matkin - Garuda Records
MANAGEMENT: Roger Matkin

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Jason Matkin Encinitas, California

Jason Matkin is a singer/songwriter located in Encinitas, California. He writes and performs music with a mellow yet dramatic and dynamic sound, sharing his inspiring and thoughtful lyrics. Jason's singing voice is deeply soulful, resonant, but soothing and he intends to reward listeners with insight and enjoyment as he expresses his heartfelt feelings through his music. ... more

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