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The Cool, Sweet Smell of Snow

by The Stoffs

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1.
A man my age has a lot of things to ponder But a man my age doesn’t have the time of day He’s a man with his so-called future wide open He’s got dreams to chase and profound things to say There’s heartbreak to feel from the women that you fail to charm There’s things to stand up for and things to pass by There’s timing to master, mistakes, and memories to be made There’s a God out there that you’re dying to find And a lady my age has a lot of thing to reflect on Some doors will open, some windows are closing fast A lady my age has so many reasons to rejoice But a lady my age doesn’t see them ‘till they have passed There’s passion to find if you’ve got the time There’s moments it all makes sense There’s plenty of people to prove yourself to There’s the void inside that only family can fill When independence has run its course There’s a voice to project What’s a man my age to do? We keep trying to put a price tag on experience By placing it higher than high But there’s nothing that can’t be learned outside of a book No matter how hard those pages try The cool, sweet smell of snow
2.
Calm Me Down 03:10
Pick up my phone and search for your name I pray that you’ll be there I pray that you ease my pain You answer my call; I hear your digitized voice I’m already halfway there My heart, my soul rejoice Calm me down Won’t you just try and remind me Why everything will work itself out I’ve never needed to know that promise Like I need to know it now Won’t you just please try And calm me down? Once again I've fallen subject to my nerves I'm foolish, I'm human I'm sorry; I never seem to learn How many moments have I wasted this way? I won't worry myself sick anymore I'm letting go today
3.
We fell in love we were both wearing coats I twirled you outside my car To say goodnight, I brought you in close and I still wouldn't dare try to break your heart Scarves and gloves and zippers zipped tight We fell in love despite layers of clothes It was 20 below but even you didn't know I've seen you cry at brief exposures to cold For us, winter nights have a different past One that's etched into the frosted windshield of our memories In the cold, clear air I'll fall in love again My beating heart won't ever freeze
4.
If I 03:02
If I speak out of love but my actions don’t line up, will you love me? If I get out of line and I choose to fall behind, will you forgive me? If I lose sight of the light and I stumble every night, will you keep hopeful? If in the morning I believe ‘cause the night caused me to grieve, will you accept me? ‘Cause you know that I’m hopeless And I don’t deserve forgiveness If you call out my name and claim things won’t be the same, will I listen? If you provide my daily bread and excuse what I have said, will I notice? If you turn water into wine and give yourself for all mankind, will I trust you? If you’re a stranger at my feet begging pleading, “please,” will I help you? ‘Cause I know that I’m selfish Even so you provide all my wellness
5.
Turquoise and white My body took flight From the smooth ocean floor I was tossed back and forth The rhythm was mindless The strength was relentless But that peace left me When I left the sea Ageless and timeless and true That salty, cool blue
6.
Ugly Side 03:21
I know you'll see my ugly side I know you'll see my faults I know you will, just give it time They don't stay hidden for long September never happened but that's one more month down. The leaves have started giving up & are getting pulled to the ground. Did they ever stand a chance? Or was it their life-long dream to become a temporary decoration for a simple season's scene? Did they know it must be done so they did it with all their hearts so that future leaves may stand a chance to be more permanent works of art?
7.
Nothing more than a thought Nothing more than a feeling Nothing left to communicate No wounds that need healing Let's not over-think it now Let's not over-analyze All that I need to know Is I'm your reason to rise Something less than a gesture Something less than breathing in fresh air Something right under our noses Someday soon we will need to care But that day isn't today We still have time to be free My deepest fear is that we Will be too anxious to see Bahh bahh badahabahhabhabahhh
8.
Moonlight on the wing As Phoenix fell below I felt the ache of trust hit hard as I left you to travel alone In that fleeting moment With the idea of us in view I saw my life can't revolve around But it must involve you Strangers on my left The night sky on my right You fill my mind's potential Though you're nowhere in my sight The city sparkle has faded Far below the clouds Two weeks of Seattle Two days 'till Indiana We've done it before But Lord, I dread it now
9.
Come the rising sun and the break of dawn I’ll be gone While one tries to break me out of my shell The other tries to keep me inside They ran off together and left me behind Broken-hearted and hung out to dry I thought I’d laid claim I thought it was understood I truly felt like she stole But that’s what I get for assuming my desires Would get in between her and her goal But it wasn’t my fault I never got a fair chance How could I be to blame? Everyone I talk to agrees I’m the victim And I can’t help but feel the same And they thought I ignored But I couldn’t make myself look It just hurts to see them so in love Lord, I know that this jealousy is not of you So please help me shed what’s not from above Far enough away to gather myself But not so far that I’m overwhelmed I need a change of pace Not a whole new race A new life is outside my realm If I had any confidence left I would use it for evil So it’s probably a blessing I don’t It’s just so incredibly hard To make a fresh start And I can’t look back so I won’t Lessons learned and the seasons have turned Here I am with a new home Though the tale I tell Sounds like a personal hell It’s showed me that I’m born to roam
10.
We all have been and that can't be undone It's concrete and defined whether we've lost or won It's over, it's happened made us who we are Whether we like it or not we all have been scarred We are in the moment We're living it out With the freedom to choose in the here and now Presently connected to what eternity is We're coming to learn exactly what reality is Tomorrow's not here it's where they block out All realistic thoughts all the flickers of doubt Optimistic it seems but it's also how they tempt us to believing tomorrow will be different than how today was dreampt

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Lucas Winkler did me a huge favor in recording, mixing, and mastering all of this stuff for free, but I'd love to have some money to pay him with, so I encourage you to donate a few bucks if you can.

Also, I encourage you to click on the song titles. I've included some description about the writing and recording process as well as lyrics.

God bless!

And Jason Stoff is awesome for letting me use his photo for album art!

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released April 10, 2012

Janie Brooke Welge- female vocals
Sam Pellock- drum set
Nick Italiano- organ
Lucas Winkler- all things technical and bass on "A Man My Age" and "Nothing, Something"
Eric Stoff- songwriting, guitars, whatever else

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We make music from an RV as we travel the United States.

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