If Ever

by Radderall

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1.
Said she needed time to herself for a while Patiently awaiting the next with a smile Summer’s shown the last of an outdated style Overcast and sober I’m fucking in Denial I’m lost without you Lost without you Lost without you - You and I We crossed the line Crossed the line Could’ve tried But lost the time Lost the time Love Divine Tossed aside Lost the time - Never is forever for the better we should sever and cleverly remember our divide Never is forever, let’s remember that forever isn’t ever what we should’ve had in mind
2.
If Ever 04:08
All the other girls Looking for their boyfriends at the mall Tell her she’s the one Who’s to tell her that she’s mine at all Everyone’s in love And everybody here’s at fault Everyone’s in love But I’ve got nobody to Call My baby Call my baby Together, together If ever, if ever With you
3.
I feel your hand Trace upon my back Though facing away Is a metaphoric act I know what you want I know I don’t want that I want my love returned To right me on the track Put me back on track I don’t feel what you feel Mistaken welcome over-stayed Ever since her It’s not your fault you’re a downgrade Be on your way Don’t look at me that way - Some ailment forces me to think peripheral people are staring back at me Imaginary audience with one great Absentee Sudden and so clear Your empty seat - Blinded by what was One I’m thinking of Blinded by what was Narcissistic love - Killin’ time like a sundial in shade With you is like tripping down A slick spiral staircase I could be some frozen over sycophant To say I know what you want Just know I don’t want that No harm in spilling it if it’s empty I see the glass is cleared You assume that means we’re ready The second verse could’ve been Filled with so much worse All the exact same You’re not the same as her You’re not the same as her - Some ailment forces me to think peripheral people are staring back at me Imaginary audience and one great absentee Theatre is sold out but for one empty seat - Blinded by what was One I’m thinking of Blinded by what was Narcissistic love
4.
They’re only words Never mean what they seem Overdose I can barely feel my heartbeat A canvas colored earth Obscured Comatose From the isolation of this corded nerve for hurt Slow down and see that lost is an understatement And everyone was better off hiding away in the basement Or catching on to water drops, slipping down a one-way street Wake up away the shade of the past you wasted Or face it
5.
Waterdrops 01:30
6.
Always 04:51
I won’t lie I’m always gonna love you I wish that she could give me the chance I won’t cry I’ll just try to forget you Or find a girl who gives me the past I find it hard To excuse an indifference Regarding anything and Anyone else Im reclusive and accepting And it’s useless to amending The situation’s petty To those who have the Remedies How I long to be A parcel of your time The kiss that isn’t mine The boy on which you lie I won’t lie I’m always gonna love you - I thought I saw you in the parking lot of a supermarket But it was only a ghost Or a portrait painted perfectly To showcase my insecurities I thought I saw you with the boy who talks like He knows what love is As if he’s felt it before The possibility that he’s right and I’m wrong Is definite And it’s definitely breaking my heart I thought I saw you with the boy who talks like he knows what love is
7.
In the Lock 05:00
Some tangled hairs awaiting the brush Meant to happen soon enough Where’s the rush? When he was 18, looked 25 Never missed a shift Must not’ve had traffic on his drives I lost my train of thought in a department store All the while thinking about which things I wanted more Awaiting the brush Happen soon enough Where’s the rush? When he was 16 in the lock You broke the key off a lot Now around 20 or 20-aught He sees more of you than you thought That you would In the lock You broke me off in the lock - In the lock Where you broke off I see ya from here A lot more than I ought In the lock I’m as close as I’m to be You may have missed me In passing In the lock I have found what has been Now could be What’s happening to me? In the lock The one I’m sure you bought My penchant is unwise Waiting in and out your life In the lock Every party is my theme In the lock I don’t dream You dream all of my dreams In the lock I am wild, I am still I have all, I have nil I have all, I have nil In the lock I pretend one of the lot Might drop my name It sounds the same, twists you in a knot In the lock I have seen plenty of shitty things but Of the things you are Those you are not It’s your own fault I have never been caught I’ve never been And I never will
8.
All I feel is lonely Time, it is controlling Had a dream I knew thee Time, it moves so slowly I could see you love me I could make you love me Time, it is controlling In your hands you hold me Whispering you’re only In a catatonic dream In a Catatonic dream In a Catatonic dream In a Catatonic dream In a Catatonic Dream
9.
Sitting pretty Pro ballet dancer Wasn’t a pretty as the dream She could’ve been par pop-star timbre But the dream is petty As is she Somehow it doesn’t make her feel bad That the dream can never be had Though it’s soon to fade away It never deserts the view She’d never give it a second thought If not for you She’d never give it a second thought It’s not for you - Place yourself in The pointed shoes Feel the blood as Knuckles bruise The dream obscured Choosing the wrong moves The pirouette is sloppy From no use Somehow it doesn’t make her feel bad That the dream can never be had Though it’s soon to fade away It never deserts the view - Pirouette Perfectly formed Homesick she’s grown She’s needing the norm
10.
Can’t call it a vacation If you’re always going back home Dialed too fast She picks up the phone Have to postpone Can’t call it a vacation If you never try something new Stupid as this Number I’ve reached Would you like to meet Tonight? - No it’s not a vacation, Joanna Meet me at the club It’s getting late, looking with love Still hesitate Why wait? I don’t think it’s a vacation We made it here on our own I’ll buy you her drinks You’ll buy me his Now we can dream Tonight - I should’ve saved all those upside down Lucky cigarettes I’ve felt it before, let’s try it again Joanna, could you be impressed? Fictional feeling Character in song You have your ways Let’s meet halfway Around the world, in China on Christmas Day We’ll disappear, without distractions from back when to fear - Found something that I wrote a long time ago I feel defeated when the feeling’s un-relatable Young loves know That they can find it wherever they go I saw someone that I loved a long time ago I get depleted but it’s really good to see ya though Oh, and I know That you can find love Wherever you go - So tell me, Jo Are you so Captivated by the chase? And if it works that way, Meet me in China on Christmas Day
11.
I know it hurts a lot And something’s gotta give But it’s not me I’m partial to the countryside Without a love to sit beside And that’s just me I guess what I mean to say is Lying in the pouring rain The pain I thought it would wash away I guess it’s here to stay A slave to what we couldn’t make A walk in the park On a sunny day - I no longer mean to celebrate This constant anniversary Forever insane I should be on my way And you You should be happily In love Forever, and a day
12.
Friend 02:40
I’m only fun when I’m fucked up And overly encumbered Take my number and the covers That you’ll throw on your head While you wait for me to run out Of words that only make sense If we made up over summer instead You’re only fun when you’re fucked up I hope that you remember Take my number have another in so that to forget While I wait for you to grow up The only conversations worth the patience Are the ones in my head I might be young But I’m fed up With asking fucking questions As to whether I’ll be someone Or inherently dead it’s pretty rough, ya know? That when we’re grown up The only real relation I’ve created won’t even call me her friend - Can’t even call me her friend

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Jotted to join memory's slow-paced stroll through each reminiscent neighborhood; dusted off, love-seared and impeccably perpetual.

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Rippling written revelry

Amusement park balladry

Bless the themes, the way back when,

Then return your gaze future-faced again.

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released October 2, 2020

Radderall is:

Zach Taneyhill
Jonny McAllister

'If Ever' was recorded in the reclusive spaces, garages and homes made available by family and friends throughout Canton + Columbus, Ohio

Mixed + Mastered [to a life-altering extent] by Warren Davidson

Photography by Anna Rose Flood and design by Zach Taneyhill

ADDITIONAL ART DIRECTION BY ALEX ELIOPOULOS

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