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Hero Isle

by Wonderboy

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1.
You can read the news for a laugh I read it when I need a good cry Something so sad so predictable Is known as just the bottom line You can label me to be ignored Dismiss me and my attitude But I'd rather be forgotten Then be anything like you So I lock myself inside my room until I go insane Disappear inside some crowd cuz we all look the same Call me pessimistic cuz I'm being realistic I don't like this world I don't pretend to I don't like this world I don't intend to That's the bottom line I'm more than bored I'm beyond restless Nothing ever changes I go the message But that's no reason to be apathetic No reason to pretend everything's just fine I know what's expected of me is called the bottom line Follow rules don't as questions live the normal lie Call me pessimistic cuz I'm being realistic (Chorus) So I lock myself inside my room until I go insane Disappear inside some crowd cuz we all look the same I know what's expected of me is called the bottom line Follow rules don't as questions live the normal lie Call me pessimistic.....
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What if aliens came to earth and all they saw was Sting Thinking 'wow they're pretty serious' And they might go away Why's the one who's getting hitched So inappropriately named If the bride has found her only one Shouldn't it be the best man's wedding day I've been spending too much time with myself Too much time to think about the stuff that sits up there I've been spending too much time with myself And you've been spending too much time away It still perplexes me why there's nothing in a hole You'd say cuz there's nothing there And I'd go yeah i know but why I close my eyes hold my breath Put my head under the sheets I have this sick curiosity for what it feels like to die Blinders on Going to a movie Blinders on Eating out again Blinders on She's good looking It's getting dark in here. I've been spending too much time with myself I can't quiet down the riot that is raging in my head I've been spending too much time with myself And you've been spending too much time with Pat
3.
Glass Cage 04:08
She wears her blank expression like a mardi gras mask Throws out some useless someone And fits you nicely in her past It's over before you know and you never say her leave And when you ask her where you fit in She tells you somewhere in between When your feeling out of place here You've got a lot of company You're trapped in a glass cage You tear out all her pictures from this month's magazines Pour some salt into the wound Before you twist the knife in deep You're not thinking clearly but everybody else can see That you got what you paid for If the sticker price was free You're not crazy Everyone's laughing at you Chorus You thought you were invisible Trapped in a glass cage Oops Here comes a tour guide The whole worlds your stage Folks what your looking at here Is this years biggest mistake
4.
Skidmarks 02:28
Did you have tyo use the exact word There's nothing like that combination of letters And I'm disturbed Did you have to put so succinct as that The sound of hellos goodbyes And longing sighs And photostatic mistakes Where history won't cooperate Sometimes I leave skidmarks This is probably coming out all wrong Speaking with my weekend lips the rapier quips That are stringing you along You say maybe not now I say say maybe not Seems I come complete with memories of concrete Bitten to the bone The comfort it brings when you're all alone Sometimes I leave skidmarks I'm gone so fast Sometimes I leave skidmarks If there's time to get away Sometimes I leave skidmarks If I don't i drop and pray That finally this one's different My heart and mind will separate Accelerator here we go Did you have to leave as quick as that? Hey not so fast this reverse deja vu is leaving Skidmarks in the sand For once they're not left by a man Another set of skidmarks the jury stands Sometimes I leave skidmarks Not some little kid marks Sometimes I leave skidmarks I'm gone so fast
5.
I've got this image in the back of my head And this girl looks like every vision of heaven Oddly enough she looks like you You probably gathered that form the facts I've given And I've been meaning to say this to your face But Words Escape me Not always but usually Words escape me What a curious habit my tongue has Of going on strike when I try to be glib and clever Believe it or not I'm usually Very intelligent and...um....stuff You see this always happens When I try to get to you But As usual Words Escape me Not always but usually Words escape me When I just want to get to you.
6.
Tracy Young 03:59
Tracy Young towels off and dries her hair She walks down stairs her mom is setting there She says good morning through the paper She'll be late from work she'll try not to wake her Tracy's late for school she says and runs Tracy's not the girl she used to be Thinks too much stuff about the grownup things she see Drinks margaritas and stays out late If her mom found out what she did last week Tracy Young has nowhere else to go When your soul won't change from winter And the world start looking small And your childhood dies with a whimper Angels have farther to fall Nowhere else to go Tracy Young just got the news today The boy said he'd pay for it But he blames her just the same Tracy looks so grownup in her taffeta dress Father Connelly looks so nervous as she starts to confess Tracy Young has nowhere else to go When those pains stop being frightening And PBS starts making sense When you don't cower form the lightening And you miss your innocence Nowhere else to go
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I traded caution for a long shot I was deaf to logic I was blinded by hope I stepped out of character And did all the things I keep saying I don't I fell flat on my face Ran as far as I could from the damage I'd done Into the arms of regret I wear my heart on my sleeve Here in the arms of regret Seemed like a good idea at the time To rattle the cages to unlock the doors I thought I knew what I wanted But I wasn't sure what I wanted it for Now I have second thoughts And I know that someday day That I still might end up Back in the arms of regret I wear my heart on my sleeve And I'm right at home Back in the arms of regret Back in the arms of regret Here in the arms of regret You could have saved me I coulda saved myself But you were no different Then anyone else You could have saved me I could have salvaged the rest Before every road led me back to the arms of regret
9.
Here A While 02:24
The mad guy with the shoulder chip is way behind me now The reign of errors dried up with the sun you have endowed Smiling never appeared so simple Sunrise nver appeared a symbol Since you asked my help to kill that bug in your garage We've opened up a can of worms Face the fact and come to terms We're gonna be here a while here a while Better pack a lunch cuz we ain't moving Here a while here a while The state of my world just keeps improving Once I wasn't looking and I got dragged across the reef But now I have renewed interest in brushing all my teeth No more concern for armageddon Cuz I just never met the right one Love is like a good idea I've never had before We can talk about stereophonics or the funnier side of plate techtonics Here a while You give mt attention span extension here a while And other things that i can't mention I'm begging you please Don't make me rhyme this with knees I told you once before and I'll say forever more This is a great way to explore To become a metaphor For all that means forever Surrender flags have come unfurled My wondergirl in my wonderworld Here a while Have Venus charged with aiding and abetting Here a while We can hold hands til our palms start sweating
10.
You said I'm all alone tonight until the morning I said is that some kind of a come on or a warning You laughed a little too hard for it to be that funny Asked is that chicken done I said listen honey You're trolling for trouser trout at this bar-b-que But I won't take the bait cuz of your boyfriend Karmic boomerangs are not my forte It's not a good idea cuz of your boyfriend Then I turned my back and fate slipped out the door You said we're both mature adults c'mon I'll show you proof I said you wouldn't know maturity if it bit you Then tried asking me if I was gay I said my preferences didn't lean that way You still don't seem to get the point bright eyes I will not sleep with you cuz of your boyfriend Why would you want to do an ugly thing like that for What a lucky break for me I'm not your boyfriend Cuz I wouldn't want you any more Well here we are I gave you that ride home you wanted And now you've asked me inside Oh man I'm starting to shake inside Stop running your finger through my hair Don't touch me there Try touching me there Are you sure that he won't be home til tomorrow Lets talk no more tonight about your boyfriend The guy's probably a big geek anyway There's one good thing to say about your boyfriend That he picked tonight to go away He's 250 pounds did you say Headlights in the window Early Grave
11.
Moron Man 02:07
The sign says left And I go right I'm in the fast lane of the freeway And I'm driving thirty five I'm a moron I'm a moron I'm a moron man too bad you're stuck with me Got out of kindergarten Don't know how I passed the test How I made it to adulthood Now is anybody's guess Chorus Pertinent information Sorry did I interrupt Tell it to me one more time so I can screw it up
12.
Girl Songs 03:31
Don't wanna die in some foreign war Too shallow to sing about the plight of the poor People out there who sleep in the streets Why try to compete With Irish guys whose whine du jour Is they still haven't found what they're looking It must be all that weight from carrying around that soap box crate It's a silly little world With my girl songs I'm happy just writing my girl songs They're not all that deep they're just Girls songs I'm keeping this up because girls mean a lot to me Don't want to be a talk show subject How to change the world on a musicians budget Sir Robert Geldorf I'll never be Why try to compete With rock stars fighting censorship Critics darlings putting on benefits It must be all that press That makes the richest the most depressed Its a silly little world... Chorus Rappers leaning on their first amendment crutches Almost stealing the stickers from Tipper Gore's clutches

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Unreleased until now, Hero Isle was Wonderboy's third record, produced and engineered by Christian Nesmith. Due to problems Robbie had with his performance, it sat on the shelf....and sat on the shelf. Now, with nothing to lose, for the first time, in it's entirety....well.....for better or worse, here it is.....

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released February 19, 2018

Produced and Engineered by Christian Nesmith. Mastered by Dave Brow.

Vocals, Guitar: Robbie Rist

Guitar, Vocals: Patrick McGrath

Bass, Vocals: Dave Brow

Drums: Paul 'Wally' Presson

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Ballzy Tomorrow is the ridiculous moniker by which actor/musician Robbie Rist releases his audio projects.

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