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Sanctuary

by The D/A Method

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1.
If you could read my mind you'd know It's not such a foolish crime to go down for With my back against the wall So assured I’ll take the fall Oh… This time will pass us by Lord knows I'll try Not a second to lose I find myself running away Was afraid that I'd leave you some day In the frenzy of flight Well, my thinking’s just clearly not right Trust my luck it’s another cloudy night As I’m hearing you call Nothing can faze me at all I’m too tired to crawl This time will pass us by And all our hopes will die I’ll find you in another life, I will Till the day that my faith's restored, you know You may leave but I'll never follow You’re asking me why I would leave so soon If you'd carry the weight I would stay But all you do is howl at the moon Because I've got nothing to say
2.
All alone I fought them off before My sins atoned It hurts that we must call this place our home Whatever you wanted from me once before I lost it all to them This town keeps stealing from me all I've known It never seems to change What would you know when it's all in my head? What's forgone? Our lives, our will Our strengths, our fears have grown Alright, I know I've said these before Whatever you wanted from me long ago I gave it all to them I keep giving everything I own It never seems to change What would you know when it's all in my head?
3.
You could tell me all you know But you won't ever reveal the things I want Never found someone before Who wanted to steal but not have more Hold up, is it safe to even talk? I think I can hear them calling out They're coming after us all Get on up, it's time to take a walk I think I can hear them closing down Why won't they leave us alone? So If I tell you all I know Would you threaten to leave with all I hold? Would you care then if I go Or would you conceal the way back home? I might sail away to a different place Is that what you fear or is it who I take? Would I have done the same if I only knew But is that my mistake or is it only you? Hold up, is it safe to even talk? I think I can hear them calling out They're coming after us all Get on up, it's time to take a walk I think I can hear them closing down Why won't they leave us alone?
4.
You thought that was life, son Well, let me tell you something else You sure picked the wrong ones Every time I came to sell It pulls you deeper, deeper underground The price is much steeper than what you would've found Here…long ago Surrounded like once before And if you can hold your head so high Why can’t you look me in the eyes? It comes as no surprise to me You’ve never learnt a thing at all That’s why your pride comes to its fall Don’t you see any longer? You know, I can see the forest but the trees are all gone Just like my will it seems the birds, they chose to travel on The wind beneath their wings, it used to give me flight Wherever will I sleep tonight? And if you can hold your head so high Why can’t you look me in the eyes? It comes as no surprise to me You’ve never learnt a thing at all That’s why your pride comes to its fall
5.
Looking back at the things we'd left unsaid Just ordinary lies You throw me out in the deep all by myself Now I'm swimming against the tide Just as I try to reach out for your neck We're breathing out of time And all my flaws are all I saw ‘Cause all I see is what I've wanted to see You’re the one I want to hold And I was waiting for your love Floating out to the sea I'm such a wreck Oh, what a time to be alive! But if I'm out in the rain and soaking wet Can I really blame the sky? Just as I try to free you from my grip You're running from my eyes And all my flaws are all you saw ‘Cause all I see is what I wanted to see You’re the one I want to hold And I was waiting for your love You’re the one I want to hold And I was waiting for your love But I'm still waiting for your love
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Well it seems like we are here again Can I take your hand? I’m facing my fears again But assuming I can't Can I run to you? Tell me why should I let you in my home? For you to use me until you’re off again to roam I think you know Why I run to you... And if I don’t want you to come back What would you have to say? You know I had a feeling you would ask I guess I’ll walk away If I can’t run to you... She won't let me stay the night What would you want me to say? When you’re the one running away Leave me back here on my own I think that you've got me all wrong You trust me to not move an inch Is that why you seem so unhinged I waited for you every day
7.
Just brush me off Like the dust from the shelf No, you’re not wrong I’m beyond all your help Please hold your tongue And stop wasting your breath Leave me, I’m done You know I feel so alone, man But you doubt I can feel a thing Well, I’m not made of stone, man If I could tell you about all the times you’ve been too far away When the sun doesn’t set on this earth why’d you want me to stay? Every time that I tried to escape, I fell into your hands Will my demons still taunt me? They haunt me, they will to the end Just brush me off You don’t need me anymore No, you’re not wrong I'll just keep shutting the doors Please hold your tongue I think that I’ve heard enough Leave me, I’m done You know I feel so alone, man But you doubt I can feel a thing Well I’m not made of stone, man If I could tell you about all the times you were too far away When the sun doesn’t set on this earth why’d you want me to stay? Every time that I tried to escape, I fell into your hands Will my demons still taunt me? They haunt me, they will to the end
8.
Well, how long must I wait? I'm too old and it's too late For the season to change from summer to rain But when it all ends I'll be back here again To thank you for nothing But I'll smile when it's done ‘Cause I've circled the empire While you stared at the sun And I'll bow down to no one Till I have run my course No rivers, no mountains No one can oppose me I know Ooh Lord, don't let me go To the depths that I know Ooh Lord, don't let me go Just can't make it alone So just how long has it been? ‘Cause I feel like I’m ripped at my seams But with all said and done it feels like you've won Cause I'm tattered, I'm torn while you're having your fun I'll leave it to you, this world that I’ve built What more do you want man I’m drowning in guilt I said Ooh Lord, don't let me go To this hell that I know Ooh Lord, don't let me go Just can't make it alone Ooh Lord, don't let me go To the depths that I know Ooh Lord, don't let me go You seem to just leave me alone When I was free I blurred my vision The wise once told me but I did not listen So as I fall down I seek redemption I know my flaws now but I can’t escape them
9.
So far away from home Does anybody know me? I'm travelling too far away I know Would anybody know me? I'm wandering so far away from home Does anybody know me? I'm travelling too far away I know Would anybody know me? Baby, we’re going down this time It’s not what your heart needs but mine

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Sanctuary is the third and final full-length album by Pakistani progressive rock band The D/A Method.

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released March 27, 2022

The D/A Method are -
Usama Siddiq: Vocals, guitars
Umair Dar: Guitars, backing vocals, synths, engineering
Talha Alvie: Guitars, backing vocals, mellotron/piano/organ, synths
Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey: Bass, backing vocals, synths, engineering
Istvan Csabai: Drums

Guest musicians on Sanctuary -
Ameer Shaheed: Percussion on Hour of the Wolf
John Nipe: Piano on August’s Song
Eivind Opsvik: Upright bass on August’s Song

Sanctuary was recorded at: A for Aleph in Karachi, Pakistan; Virtue and Vice Studios in Brooklyn, New York; Odic Records in Fort Mill, South Carolina; and Mauerfall Kollektiv in Berlin, Germany between September 2018 and April 2021.

Mixed by Chris Sheldon
Mastered by Robin Schmidt
Album artwork and layout by Sana Nasir
Photography by Humayun Memon
Additional artwork editing by Zahra Hassan Shah
Additional audio editing by Adeel Tahir

Produced by The D/A Method at A for Aleph

Copyright © The D/A Method 2022

For their help in creating this album we would like to thank: Chris Sheldon, Robin Schmidt, Sana Nasir, Humayun Memon, Adeel Tahir, John Nipe at Odic Records, Ameer Shaheed, Eivind Opsvik, Anthony “Rocky” Gallo and Ng Jun Yang at Virtue and Vice Studios, Asma Humayun, Anas Alam Khan, Saad Dada, Ahsan Ghulam Haider, Ayaz Sheikh, Irfan Ali Taj, Zain Peerzada and the rest of the boys from Takatak, Ali Suhail, Rebecca Rapoport-Cole, Zahra Hassan Shah, Alex Deturk, Mia and the cats at A for Aleph, our families, friends, and fans for their unwavering support, and God, without whom none of this would be possible. To whoever listens to this record – we hope you can find sanctuary in it.

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The D/A Method Karachi, Pakistan

The D/A Method was a progressive rock band from Pakistan. Over their ten year career, the band released three full-length albums 'The Great Disillusion' (2015), 'The Desert Road' (2017), and 'Sanctuary' (2022) along with several EPs and singles.

All sales on Bandcamp will be donated to charities in Pakistan.
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