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Chase the sun

by Devin Howell

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1.
Make Believe 03:34
Something unexpected comes rushing in It's giving new perspective on everything The future’s something we can't see 'cause Time will twist it endlessly It's moving on so you can't hold it Let the world slip off your shoulders ‘cause What we see Might be our imagining This all could be Just another crazy dream and I can feel it's time to start awakening ‘cause Make believe Make believe Make believe Just might be the real thing People may think everything is ending But beginnings in the background are just blending in The answers seldom we can see 'cause Excitement’s in the mystery so Feel the flow of pure elation Let go of your expectation What we see Might be our imagining This all could be Just another crazy dream and I can feel it's time to start awakening ‘cause Make believe Make believe Make believe Just might be the real thing ...just might be real So do it all 'cause limitation’s only in your mind You will find You might stumble and fall But inspiration's always at your side It'll be your guide...
2.
Postcard 03:26
I don't want to tweet what I'm feeling I think it loses it's meaning Because the html It has no taste and no smell And I won't be changing my status To try and feel like I'm famous And I won't write on your wall If I don't know you at all And you're not going to find me on myspace I don't have time for that rat race ‘cause I have no apps on my iphone So perhaps we can postpone And we'll talk when I see you Because I'm all through with You Tube And I can't handle a Skype call Because my bandwidth is frightful Oh I'll send you a postcard I know waiting can be hard But I'll put pencil to paper And maybe a few days later In your hands you will hold A tiny piece of my soul You don't have to send me a photo Of your vacation in Soho I won't trade your smile for the Digg-its On your photograph widgets You don't have to like me on facebook Or subscribe to my output You don't need to follow my blog posts Because you know what I want most I want to love you and hide it Just keep some of it private I don't want my world on a web page That's not how real friends are made Oh I'll send you a postcard I know waiting can be hard But I'll put pencil to paper And maybe a few days later In your hands you will hold a tiny piece of my Soul held in suspension It's my love in third dimension I could write it on your wall but It wouldn't be the same thing The same thing at all If I have to write one more profile I think I might just get hostile and Turn my screen off forever Until we are together I’ll send you a postcard I know waiting can be hard But I'll put pencil to paper And maybe a few days later In your hands you will hold A tiny piece of my soul
3.
Yesterday the city seemed dressed in shades of gray And everyone I passed was either stressed mad or afraid I was about to run away and join a world behind closed eyes When a strangeness came over me the streets began to shine It was the perfect day I made my world a different place I learned a way to be amazed at all of creation and Burned the page that told me how and what to say On that perfect day I started life again My way Now I see colours in these city streets I've never seen before I see neon jumping from the walls and rainbows on the floor It's like magic started falling down like water out the sky Now flowers bloom in desert sand that used to be so dry And it's the perfect day To make your world a different place and Learn a way to be amazed at all of creation and Burn the page that tells you how and what to say On this perfect day you can start your life again Your way We won't find hopes and dreams in magazines we have to go outside We'll be more complete with naked feet and the sunshine in our eyes ‘Cause it's the perfect day To make our world a different place and Learn a way to be amazed at all of creation and Burn the page that tells us how and what to say On this perfect day we can start our lives again Our way
4.
I stumble down the road not looking for the fight that found me I still don't know what happened to my phone and house keys I'm asking God: "is it one of those lives or one of those days?" I can't find my car but I shouldn't be driving anyway I see two or three but I know there's really only one Just a little less weed and I think this could have still been fun But Friday night's about excess and sensual pleasure We might just die but at least we'll kill ourselves together I don't know the girl's name that slept beside me Thinking slow as nails scratch chalk boards inside me Friday night seems to happened to me without warning I must try remember how I got here this fine morning Morning after this fine morning Morning after this fine morning Morning afternoon It's dark in here but I know outside the sun is shining Just one more beer and a tip to keep the barman smiling I've had a few but I've never been that good at counting I'm right next to you but for some reason can't stop shouting Coffee toast and jam awkward silence on the side She tells me where I am and fills in gaps about last night I tell her how I feel she tells me that she feels the same we both say it's been real but I still didn't get her...
5.
Her heart is open she's letting in the chill Her love is stolen I head in for the kill Disregarding her feelings and her fears The lesson's hard and it always ends in tears But this is only a temporary love I never mean to do the things I do It always seems I never follow through The door is open I'll be leaving someday soon She's always hoping it'll someday be resumed But this is only a temporary love
6.
Every smile every frown every mark every line Paints the story of life and its passage through time There's no shame in the scars being human creates No blame as I page through the tale on my face When the pen or the brush exposes all my regrets All my misgivings that I've tried to forget I hope it will show also truth that I've told Pride that I've swallowed emotions controlled Sometimes we paint life in the colours we choose Sometimes we have only the greys and the blues But my hands will stay fat on the skins of the drum And the land will shake from strings that I strum My heart will be pushed 'til just before bursting I'll drink the well dry and then still I'll be thirsting For silence to carve into the sounds of my soul And wisdom to know all the secrets it holds Sometimes words write themselves into songs Sometimes the page is white for too long far too long But my hands will stay fat on the skins of the drum And the land will shake from strings that I strum 'Cause the work never stops when it comes to creation From the pen of the poet or the stone of the mason There are worlds to unveil in music and verse We must lay open our hearts no matter how much it hurts Sometimes pain gives the strength to create Sometimes to touch someone’s heart ours must break So my hands will stay fat on the skins of the drum And the land will shake from the strings that I strum
7.
I was taking time out on the road when a girl I thought I didn't know came and sat down on the floor right next to me She said did you ever believe that real love was something that you were capable of If you opened your heart and mind you would see It’s not as hard as you think it is if you let yourself feel tenderness It will walk right in if you give it room to breathe It's never too late to turn around if you trip and fall and hit the ground 'cause life will give you everything you need And there will come a time when you will see that all your pain and misery will vanish in the blink of one blue eye Just a powerful clear intention will lead right to your destination you could have anything you want if you try She said: How long will you play this game with yourself and everyone The broken hearts left in your wake were they only just for fun? I'm sick of watching you self destruct but there's nothing I can do 'Cause at the end of the day when you shift the blame it will all end up on You Her words took me quite by surprise How could she see through my disguise And where did she find out those things she knew about me? 'Cause I never believed that real love was something that I was capable of I never opened my heart and mind to see She said that I could make a change But the choice was mine to stay the same Forever thinking there must be more to life I was too afraid to look at first At the things I knew would surely hurt So I kept pretending everything was fine But how long will I play this game with myself and everyone? The broken hearts left in my wake weren't even all that fun I'm sick of watching myself destruct it's a hard thing to see ‘Cause at the end of the day when I shift the blame it will all end up on I never saw her again But my soul won't forget her I never caught her name But I know that doesn't matter I know now who's to blame when things could be better And everything has changed since the day that I met her And now I believe that real love is something that I am capable of I opened my heart and mind now I see that I don't need to play this game with myself and everyone With an open heart I'll make a change and when all is said and done I'll flip the switch I'll break the chains so the whole world can see that At the end of the day when there's no one to blame we'll all start living I don't need to play this game with myself and everyone With an open heart I'll make a change and when all is said and done I'll flip the switch and break the chains so the whole world can see that At the end of the day when we give up the blame we'll all start living Free
8.
It seems like only yesterday I thought the road would never end Familiar was so far away The unknown was my only friend I was stuck without a plan But I knew I never needed one I’d leave it all up to chance And a cold and hopeful outstretched thumb A bag of smiles is all I'd bring I’d pass them round each chance I'd get Another town another fling Another girl I can't forget I remember when I chased the sun I remember when I chased the sun The leaves would fall that's when I'd run I'd find a way to chase the sun That bag of smiles is lighter now There's not so much to go around A part of me got lost somehow And I hope to God it's never found ‘Cause I know it's still out there somewhere Freer than I'll ever be And I won't forget that time we shared And that bag of smiles and memories It seems like only yesterday I thought the road would never end Familiar was so far away And the unknown was my only friend Now I'm stuck here with a plan Even though I never wanted one I long to leave it all to chance...I'll find a way… I'll find a way to chase the sun
9.
We'll leave the shore of knowing And fight the waves together The unknown winds are blowing and The space goes on forever Night after night we'll go Beyond what we used to know We'll love our way to God And find ourselves Tonight This sensation It will provide Your salvation The storm lights are flashing We'll lose sight of the land And the ocean's crashing Turns resistance into sand Night after night we'll go Beyond what we used to know We'll love our way to God And find ourselves The wind and the rain Try put doubt into our soul Wild hurricanes Try and question our resolve We can't sit and wait For a break in the storm We must go catch the waves ‘Til our dreams are born
10.
Believing 03:46
Spring time we go rushing by Our steps are large our heads are high Faith is sparkling in our eyes We live as though we'll never die Oh believing everything's as it should be Oh believing believing Summer time goes flying by A tale in every tear gone dry Our memories immortalized In photographs and songs we write About believing everything's as it should be Oh believing believing Oh believing we'll know ourselves eventually Oh believing believing Autumn makes our shadows long We can't believe the summer’s gone We fake a smile pretend we're strong Count the scars and carry on Believing everything's as it should be Oh believing believing Winter and we lose our leaves The branches bare but still we see The spring time flowers vividly As they paint the lanes of memory Oh believe me everything's as it should be Oh believe me believe me Oh believe me we'll find our place eventually Oh believe me believe me We watch our children rushing by Their steps are large their heads are high Faith is sparkling in their eyes They live as though they'll never die. Oh believing everything's as it should be Oh believing believing Oh believing it will all make sense eventually Oh believing believing
11.
I can't find the poetry inside of me for sorry I don't know what I said I was seeing red and my memory gets so blurry I didn't think I'd ever see the day that I was hateful Now I understand that energy for angers only wasteful And I’m hoping I can put things right before the night is over I can't expect your full respect I'm just trying to find some closure The spoken word so quickly turns Into broken worlds spinning in reverse A sentence hurts and paragraphs can burn I fall face first 'cause I never learn My hasty words had intent to hurt it's a web of lies I've woven And now I don't feel right inside after all the shit I've spoken I wish I could rewind this track erasing yesterday But the words I said behind your back are pacing through my brain And it's gonna take a miracle to clear it all away If you let me in forgive my sin I swear I’ll do the same
12.
I've been looking around For a little meaning Trying to write it down To share this feeling I'm losing myself Finding something deeper Emotions I've held Just disappear It's kinda like falling It's a little like falling It's just like falling It's like falling In love love with everything Just stop breathe it in I’m in love love love... love love love With everything I cannot describe I don't have the words This feeling inside Is from another world I'm losing myself And living a day dream And theres nothing else But endless amazing It's kinda like falling... In love love with everything Just stop breathe it in I’m in love love with everything The autumn wind and birds of spring I’m in love love love Love love love Leaving it all behind Breathing for the first time A feeling I can't deny Like dreaming is real life I'm in love love with everything Gonna take this life and breathe it in I'm in love love with everything The autumn wind and birds of spring I'm in love love with everything just stop Breathe it in

about

The culmination of 5 years worth of the best times of my life! "Chase the sun" has been travelling with me in my back pack next to my guitar and my juggling clubs through countless adventures waiting for the right moment to be brought to life.

I have never worked so hard, been so excited/frustrated/amazed or more alive as I have been through every phase of making this album. Every song has a resonance deep inside of me of situations and places that I have been blessed to experience.

"Chase the sun" has stories of the road, the heart, the bedroom, the morning after the night before, the letting go of blame, the blossoming of trust, the promise to stay at it no matter what, the lessons I learn over and over, the way we communicate and falling in love with everything.

credits

released December 8, 2013

Devin Howell: Vocals, acoustic guitars, piano and keyboards and flute

Lujeanne Brand: Vocals

Texito Langa: Drums (Courtesy Ancient root productions www.ancientroot.co.za)

Roger Hobbs: Bass

Jonathan Crossley: Electric guitars and soundscapes

Byron Howell: Percussion

All songs written by Devin Howell

Produced by Devin Howell

Mixed by Jonathan Crossley - Zoolu Productions
(except With Everything - Matthew James @ Sound and Motion studios Cape Town)

Mastered by Rogan Kelsey


Album cover layout and design: Alexis Aronson
Album Photos by Aurélie Lamour

Recordings done by:
Andrew Ford - Nut House studios
Carel Burger - Sound and motion studios
Deema Maghalseh - RSICA studios
Texito Langa - Ancient Root productions
Jonathen Crossley - Zoolu Productions
Devin Howell - On my mac


www.devinhowell.com
devin@devinhowell.com
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Devin Howell Cape Town, South Africa

Devin writes songs that convey the message of life in all it's colours. Aural pictures of the serious, the comical, the sexual and the spiritual aspects of our world.
With Pertinent musings and infectious groovings, Devin's introspective philosophy combines with catchy melodies and feel-good rhythms to create an uplifting journey through our spectrum of emotions and heart vibrations.
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