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A living nightmare having episodes
Resist, resist the urge to claw out your wrists, that's enough
We had something but it set sail
Afraid to move on in case we somehow prevail, it's enough
Call me a saint 'cuz you're an anchor made of blight
A dead weight I can't let leave the light, I knew at first sight you'd be my vice
I tried to move on, I wanna' stay
I wanna' help you but I can't let you get your way
Break me down, so we might see eye to eye
You know it's been a really long time since I felt we could hold on
I might just lose your grip, you're falling nothing short of sinking further in this quicksand
And the sweat is starting to pool in our hands from the pressure of every single person around me
Telling me to let you go, but I couldn't sit with that guilt
And if it doesn't show, I'm not alright
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Riot
01:19
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Bullet in a gut, and now you're nothing but
Another hoodlum fuck with fingerprints on the gun
Got a little too familiar with the boys in the blue
Been led to living in a life that's full of poison in truths
And you flew too high, too close to the sun
And your future dies, and your back-up's gone
You chase a lie that things will work themselves out, but I've a little less faith in that
You can't just sit still and stay quiet
You call for riot, call for standing up and fucking up this place
I told you time and time again; take it easy
I told you time and time again but you just wouldn't listen
Now that you're down my throat, and you popped my float, and your voice is catching fire
Now that you're overboard, my barrel's choked, I just can't pull the trigger
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Your Type
02:28
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I had a feeling you were fucked right from the start
You had the grin of a dog gone feral
Make one wrong move and then you'll fall from the summit to the bottom of the barrel
Step back, man, I know you're one to play the game
You'll be forgotten but 'til then you'll drag my name
I've had to deal with your types all of my life and I'm about to pop just like every other time
Are you in it to win it? 'Cuz you've already lost
I assure you you might have to turn around, begone
I'm not trying to argue but lately it seems you just
Turn away your friends for fame, but now you're just their memory
I'm so sick of this, sick of you and your crew
Your fake smiles, fake hair-do's and your fake tattoos
Your charm, your wit, I see through all of it and see the fraud pulling strings, hiding underneath
Step back, man, I know you've done this before
Feigned chivalry for cheap sex back at her dorm
I've seen your types walk in and out of my life and I'm about to explode
Just like last time
Are you hearing this? 'Cuz this is all about you
Don't avert your ears 'cuz you know it to be true
You sad excuse for a man with your dick placed firmly in your hand
Do you even remember her name? You fucked her just last night
...and when you're splayed out front, you'll be done
When your secrets come undone, when your secrets come to light
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CITYWAVE 198X
03:08
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Where are you when the lights go down?
The dark gives way to common ground
No basis to fall on, you shephard forward
Looking dissheveled, what you running for?
The hours are deadly and so is your roar
Your jacket hides the body of a manticore
And so far
I'll pick you up where you are
Light your cig in my car
You got the breath of the bar
I'm weak and you're addiction
The distant yells are punctuated by your heels
The tires screeching comply with the agony I feel as I left my life behind
To ride with a demon in disguise
No need to shout, I know my rights
Ignorant of the warning signs
Fuck it
Douse the car in gasoline and burn down the only thing left of me
You're the only voice I get when I pick up the phone
I curse your name into the dirt when I know I'm alone
You're the only voice I get when I pick up the phone
I guess you're better than the dial tone
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What A Fuckin' Waste
00:43
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What a fuckin' waste, another shitty day
Something's gotta' give here, something's gotta' change
I'm sapped dry, knocking like a rusted faucet
Wanna' fly, flare up like a kamikaze pilot
Pierce the sky like a rocket, man
[...]
What a waste, what a waste, what a waste
I'll die for my art, I'll bust out my heart
I made it pretty far but keeping up the act that I'm soaring is hard
Another shitty day, something's gotta' give here, something's gotta' change
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With all the odds against us, fighting with our backs against the wall
The last ones to carry this sound, this place is such a trainwreck since you left
Air out your dirty laundry
Move on with the tide
The skeletons in closets make some noise
For boys with complexed, injured minds
Let me see your war face
Let me hear your bark
I'm backed into a corner, and honestly
I don't think we can do much fuckin' worse
You've said your piece, but know it's nothing more than pissing in the pond
There's not a lot to get stoked about
You said it all, you set it off
I'm not a Ghandi and I don't wanna' interfere
But I'd like to see you stick around for another year
Just without that sweater and that posture made for breaking spines
I don't consider myself much but I'm sick of standing idly by without saying
"I wanna' get you the help that you so desperately need"
Stop pretending to be what you think you should be
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Japanese Girl (2D)
02:44
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Set men on fire with a look that could kill
I bite my tongue 'cuz I know that you will
Do my best to parse the unfamiliar echoes emenating from your heavenly tones
Forbidden ink upon your arms and cigarette smoke at the bar
Let's me know that you're not one to hit your head off the roof
Do everything that they won't, par for the course hit the road
I'm on the outside looking in and hoping that you could read my [lips]
Ohayo, hi and hello, I tripped upon the doorstep when I got home
To let you know "Oyasumi" from me to you
The rain makes this city into fiction
The little words I have are proving all but inefficient
And the blood running through my system grew cold when I saw you with him
I hope you haven't done this before, my head will leave me stupid and sore
"I hope you haven't done this before" just sounds all wrong
Ohayo, hi and hello, I tripped upon the doorstep when I got home
To read your note "Oyasumi" from you to me
Don't you go, 20 more minutes and you're out the door, I know
Oyasumi, why the fuck do you have to be 2D?
I guess I got too deep, you'll never be
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I'm no one-man army, multi-purpose fixing tool
To call when things go off the map, I'll go off the record just to spite you
Now lay your feelings on the shelf, now suit yourself or shoot yourself
Now break your back from caving in to weaker men in higher places
Work with the knowing you're disposable
Close down the blinds, the window's too colorful
I don't fit in to these god-forsaken constructs
I know I won't win, I know I won't be okay
You don't listen, it's all in one ear and out the other
What care you're taking in breaking down what makes us human
Just need a second to sit back so I can clear my head, try and avoid distress
That's not too far from tearing me apart
You're testing my patience now
Now leave emotion on the shelf, now suit yourself or shoot yourself
Now break your back from caving in to weaker men with heavy paychecks
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Vagabond
03:59
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Whisper sweet nothings into my ear 'cuz nothing's all that goes on inside your head, I fear
Over indulge in shameless acts that you know could only make things worse
And disappear for days at a time and the few friends left can go kick up dust
In your name
No doormat fitted with the grooves of your soles to call home
Your warped perception of walls is all that you reap
Break in your knees from prayer [is someone there?]
If we let you back, we break a promise we keep in this household
Whisper sweet nothings into my ear 'cuz nothing's all that goes on inside your head, I fear
I fear a sobered stranger on our lawn, give us headspace, just stay gone
I'm guilty as a thief but broken worse than the carlight, conflicted, feeling wrong
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Face For Radio
03:27
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As if I had a choice, I had a choice but I tried to brave it with a grimace
Wish I was just a witness
And I grew that day, the move I made, I regretted the second I saw your face
Mine congealed of broken smiles, dried up and completely fucking fake
A full month of grasping at your every pathetic word
I bust a lung trying to move the conversation forward
Bury the hatchet at the base of your fucking skull
How did we last for so long? Save to suffer some more
A floaty heart lingering around in hopes of hitting up your friends
Should come as no surprise that it'd rather spend it's time spitting vibes with them
Our blatant lack of cohesion never seemed to get to your head
'Til I was sitting at the other end of the theater, counting down the minutes for the movie to end
We gave it the old college try, the whole time, I was ready to die
I start to question his intention for setting us up this way
Did I fail to mention the apprehension that could have stopped me on that day
..Okay, maybe that's too far but I see little worth in
A full month of grasping at your every pathetic word
I bust a lung trying to move the conversation forward
Was probably better off sticking to my own little world
How did we last for so long? Save to suffer some more
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Shakey (Interlude)
01:44
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-instrumental-
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Final Breakdown
05:00
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I got skin like statues in the courtyard, from stone my sculpt was made
Doesn't matter what you see in me 'cuz what you see will surely fade
In due time, we send wills, in due time, we get killed
Treading circles and dead end lines, the tunnels leave me blind
Can you hear my voice?
Lead me off, the clouds will catch me, catch my fall
The water won't have better luck
My tie is on too tight, my feet don't feel the ground and now
I become the night
Such comfort in dreams, an abstract view of reality
A hopeless grip on gravity will have you floating in your sleep
Eyes shut make amends, eyes shut kink out dents
Your ailments heal with rest and mine don't even reach the bed
Wake up, you just have to wake up
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