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Romantic Irony

by Parachute Words

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1.
Hold Hope 03:16
I know I can't feel it without you And she tries in a heart beat But I mascaraed myself completely And recall a heartache portrait Oh press on, she tells me Don't backtrack on what we've agreed And hold on to your heart As it has some worth Oh please don't forget that Hope hope is all she is and Hope hope will help me As I feel lost A lot of the time and she helps me Brighten up I can't wave my hand so she holds it up for me For when she leaves I slip completely and fight for space in my body Oh get up she tells me Dont forget what we've agreed Bring back your heart As it has some worth Oh please don't forget that Hope hope is all she is and Hope hope will help me As I feel lost A lot of the time and she helps me Brighten up Higher than hope Higher than this town Lower than hope Lower than the ground High above me Low below you I don't know what's going to happen Help me with this lonely feeling I can't feel it I can't dream Something going to happen To me now
2.
Twist My Arm 01:44
So she slips away As I trip along Oh break my face (help me now) With my foolish ways (show me how) Right now So I'm broken down As I judge myself Oh hold my heart (help me now) Can't you feel it sweat (show me now) Right now Oh help me out (help me now) Don't let me down (show me how) I stare at my feet (help me now) Help me with this ache (show me how) Now I've lost the fire (help me now) As I recoil (show me how) Oh twist my arm (help me now) It works like a charm (show me how) Right now Oh help me out (help me now) Don't let me down (show me how) I stare at my feet (help me now) Help me with this ache (show me how) I hate writing songs
3.
Writing 01:52
I hate writing songs Because they don't work To help me Feel any better It's not just the words It's that it's so hard For them To come out right Should love come so hard? Should it show in the mirror? And I get sidetracked talking about you Because it's easy To think of you I hate writing songs About you Because they don't work No they just don't do I hate writing songs About us Because they don't work No they just don't do But I'll try Anyway
4.
Oh help me out (help me now) Don't let me dive (show me how) I stare at my feet (help me know) Here I go again (show me how)
5.
Dive 02:45
I sink Deeper down The rabbit hole Every time I see you I slip Through the cracks It's a balancing act And I'm not steady I dive I can't seem To catch my breath When I'm with you I reach When you call Stretch up high And struggle I fall Into you See the signs And follow through I feel You and me And you let go I hear What's been told What's a lie And what's a crime I shrink In size As you grow And distance yourself I know How it goes I can see my weakened soul As I lie to my pride I dive back I see And see again Feelings Echoing
6.
Anxiety 02:09
I don't know what to tell you It's coming weather I like it or not I can't stop the feeling It seems to win the fight And it's a lie lie When you come round and I say bye bye when your here And I try try to stop you But I die die every time I don't know what to tell you I need these feelings cut It seems to be growing It clings on to everything As I lie lie on the floor And go by by paralysed As you tie tie Tie me up And I dye dye Everything in red I feel it rumbling I feel it shaking I feel you rumbling I feel you shaking Every time your coming back again now Every time Every time As I lay lay Down my problems To buy buy Buy me some time To get my tie tie Straightened up And roll the die die One more time
7.
Interlude 02:31
Now you know she can't be saved And I can feel that as I'm failing Are you there? No don't go I can't do this without You Now you know she can't be saved And I can feel that as I'm failing Are you there? No don't go I can't do this without You Now you know she can't be saved And I can feel that as I'm failing Are you there? No don't go I can't do this without You Now you know she can't be saved And I can feel that as I'm failing Are you there? No don't go I can't do this without You
8.
I need my body to break At the seams To easy my pain For all to see I need my body to wreck (I can't go home) At the corners (And see myself) To help my thoughts (Looking back) Trail off (At me) I wish I could recall The gentle ways That I Lose myself I can't look up And see myself Looking back At me
9.
Body To Hate 01:49
hate my body and how moves me I hate my lungs as they hold me I weather my storms in silence I trust my tongue to fail me I hate my thoughts as they define me I hate my feet as the drag me I seal my lighting in a plastic cup I trust you to lose me I hate thunder as it sacred me I hate my joy as it betrays me I keep my heart in a plastic bag I hide away from you I hate my voice as it changes I hate my arms as they carry me I test my fate with you I trip slowly back home I love my body and how it moves me I love my longs and how they hold me I weather my storms in silence I trust you to fail me
10.
Rise 00:44
I rise High above My hole without you I crawl Across the floor Help myself to stand up I climb I can't seem to hold my breath And not look down I push Up the stairs Use my legs One by one
11.
Higher 03:29
Higher than hope Higher than the ground High above you High above me I can't keep my gaze from shifting away Your holding me from today High above you high above me I know it now its here to stay My hands are melting I feel so far away My head underwater I pushed my thought So below me Asend higher and wave I don't know what to do anymore Lower than hope Lower than the ground Lower than you Lower than me I don't keep my thoughts all in place You keeping me from tomorrow Low and behold me Low and behold you I forget now, its gone away My feet are shaking I feel so removed My head underwater I pushed my thought So below me
12.
Say Goodbye 01:32
don't mind A stab in the back A whisper in the dark A ransom of my mind A thoughtless goodbye A sunburnt stole kiss But from you it all changes I missed you deeply I loved you so steeply So Please don't tell a lie Please don't fade away Please don't forget me Please don't say goodbye For only you can fix me Spins my broken mind Hope hope it's all that's left and Hold hope for all that's worth As I feel lost right now She used to help me Feel Ok
13.
Beach 02:22
take my shirt off Oh no I don't forget Is this how you walk Is this how you talk Oh quick there's water Oh quick there's the sea And I dip dip dip As I sink I hide hide hide I hide From view I walk out and I'm wet Oh no I didn't forget Is this all that its about Is this all that stops me Oh quick there's cover Oh quick there's a towel And I rub rub rub As I dry I hide hide hide I hide From view And there is something that I can do But I'm too sacred to admit it to you I feel it when sit I feel in the wind I feel it when It's hot and I don't have much on I feel it when I tuck and I feel it now
14.
Ghosts 02:55
I'm so tried of singing to ghosts Of singing to you I want to break your heart To let you see that I can break hearts too I want to Show you mine Show my pride Even though I've lost it And I still picture you in bed with me quite asleep While I'm wide awake Thinking about it all Thinking about you Slipping outside that night The day it all changed To you I stayed the same I tried spending my time Thinking about not thinking at all We could have shined We could glow We were mountaintops Now an albatross And we break We crack, We fake, We lie I tried and now I cry And I still picture you in bed with me Quite asleep while I'm wide awake
15.
Singing 01:06
I like singing songs Because they sometimes work To help me Feel a little better About you And me And how it wasn't meant to be You and me Meant to be
16.
Three of Us 06:33
The three of us are hurting each other The three of us don't like one another (id) And we despise ourselves (ego And we don't trust each other The two of us are fighting each other The two of us don't see one another (id) And I don't like you (ego) And I don't trust that you will be there for me I'm sacred of you I'm sacred of ego I'm scared of my body weakening Oh help me I don't have pride I'm coming down and feeling so upset How can I go on like this (Higher than hope, lower than the ground) (I sink deeper down the rabbit hole every time I see you I slip through the cracks it's a balancing act and I'm not steady I dive I can't seem to catch my breath when I'm with you I reach when you call stretch up high and struggle I fall into you see the signs and follow through I feel you and me holding hands as you let go I know whats been told what's a lie and what's a crime I shrink in size as you grown and distance yourself) (As I lay lay down my problems To buy buy buy me some time And you tie tie tie me up And I die die one more time As I lay lay down my problems I bleed bleed all over I plead plead for help And I need need a way out As I lie lie to you and I bleed bleed all over I plead plead for help As I need need a way out)

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Romantic Irony is a 16 track song cycle that works as a seamless single musical piece. Each song transitions into the next, referencing each other by sharing lyrics, melodies and constantly recalling one another.

The album in many ways is the culmination of all of Parachute Word's past work. It was recorded between December of 2017 up until late February of 2018. But unlike the bands previous bedroom releases it was recorded inside a practice space near North London with Martino still writing and playing all the parts.

Olie Cox has proven to be the record's George Martin, helping out with recording drums and providing bass on Higher.

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released April 18, 2018

Written and played by Martino Gasparrini
Ollie Cox plays bass on Higher and telephone vocals on Beach

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Parachute Words London, UK

Indie rock from band London, UK.

Martino Gasparrini on vocals and guitar, George Harvey on guitar, Rosa Fish on violin, Lea Francis on drums and Ralph Heseltine on bass.

We write and record our music in the small spaces we can find along the way.

Started out as a solo project by Martino in 2016.

Feel free to send me an email if you wish to contact me directly.
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