Conceited Little Prayer

by The Venus Cult

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

lyrics

Summer evening hit and run,
I meant every word—
Won’t change your mind.
Still, I wanted to be heard.

If I was a charming man,
I’d pretend I’m well.
Hide my defects
With a pithy anecdote I’d tell.

A fading signal:
He calls your name.
A fading signal
Dies in the air.
A fading signal: He calls your name,
While I swallow my conceited little prayer!

Pass our troubles back and forth
Beneath a broken light.
Blew it again.
Don’t apologize when you’re right.

A fading signal:
He calls your name.
A fading signal
Dies in the air.
A fading signal: He calls your name,
While I swallow my conceited little prayer!

A fading signal:
You know you will. In the predawn vapors,
You’ll find him there.
A fading signal:
You know you will.
So, here’s to that great would-be affair!

Imagination, expectation,
Strangled on my hope:
Habits die hard.
Desires indexed on a tattered note.

A fading signal:
He calls your name.
Skies rip open,
Rains breach the tear.
A fading signal:
He calls your name.
A fading signal
Dies in the air.
A fading signal:
He calls your name.
While I swallow my conceited little prayer!

credits

released October 16, 2018
Music and lyrics by Steven Sean Laing

license

about

The Venus Cult Brooklyn, New York

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact The Venus Cult

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

The Venus Cult recommends:

Live Crust
by Chat Logs

You will never be more grateful to get irreversible hearing damage. The Venus Cult
go to album

If you like The Venus Cult, you may also like:

Record
by Breeze

Delightful, freewheeling noise pop where clouds of guitar encircle heavenly, far-off vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 30, 2017
go to album
Lemonade
by The Seams

Toronto's indie supergroup returns with a single of wistful jangle pop about Facetiming. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 27, 2017
go to album
Meet The Seams
by The Seams

Jangle pop just like REM used to make from a Toronto indie supergroup. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 27, 2016
go to album
Wish - Wish
by WISH

When not playing bass in Beliefs, this 23-year-old Toronto resident makes rowdy & roughed-up, dreamy psyche pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 26, 2014
go to album
Mjölnir
by Cinema Cinema

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 21, 2023
go to album