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Canary
03:00
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Canary
Verse 1
What can we say in this town of ghosts?
The lights they burned out so long ago
When they turned off the heat we lit the coal
When they turned off the power we lived by candle glow
When do you decide it’s over?
When do you decide it’s time to go?
Chorus
Walk away, let the darkness take this place
There's no guilt
Abandon hope, it led us astray
Verse 2
Roads aren't closed but there's nowhere to go
Living here has made me old
Dawn came and went, but nothing rose
All traces soak into the dusty earth
We gave away control, was it worth it
There was a battle cry, but we forgot the words
Chorus
Walk away, let the darkness take this place
There's no guilt
Abandon hope, it led us astray
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2. |
Phoenix
04:16
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Phoenix Lyrics
Verse 1
It's stuck in my head / that it's all my fault
My tiny studio doesn't feel like home
Sip my fancy coffee / sleep on the floor
Living month to month, it's all I can afford
Pre-Chorus
You say we just don’t understand
(It just cant be done)
But someone's gotta try
(You're too naive)
We've had to grow up so fast
(When I was your age I'd already packed my parachute)
Chorus
You asked me for a chorus as (Disappointment)
You slipped the knife into my lung (Listen here, kid)
Then questioned my commitment (We gave you everything)
When no melody was sung (But you wanted more)
We were set up for failure (Expectations)
Your gilded age came at the cost (You want it handed to you)
Lost and broken homes (Didn’t your parents)
prosperity we'll never know (Ever tell you no?)
Verse 2
We'll set our course / despite your tempest
We're carving out a place to call our own
You keep your judgments. We'll prove you wrong
When you say things are never gonna change
Pre-Chorus
You say we just don’t understand
(It just cant be done)
But someone's gotta try
(You're too naive)
We've had to grow up so fast
(When I was your age I'd already packed my parachute)
Chorus
You asked me for a chorus as (Disappointment)
You slipped the knife into my lung (Listen here, kid)
Then questioned my commitment (We gave you everything)
When no melody was sung (But you wanted more)
We were set up for failure (Expectations)
Your gilded age came at the cost (You want it handed to you)
Lost and broken homes (Didn’t your parents)
prosperity we'll never know (Ever tell you no?)
Bridge
Instrumental
Chorus
You asked me for a chorus as (Disappointment)
You slipped the knife into my lung (Listen here, kid)
Then questioned my commitment (We gave you everything)
When no melody was sung (But you wanted more)
We were set up for failure (Expectations)
Your gilded age came at the cost (You want it handed to you)
Lost and broken homes (Didn’t your parents)
prosperity we'll never know (Ever tell you no?)
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3. |
Human Resource
03:37
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Human Resource
Verse
Got some news today, the overtime it just ain't coming
The check’s a little light this week, dear
Bank account is getting close to nothing
If corporate slips again we'll all be seeing pink
Coming home I can't relax. This job is taking over
My soul can't take much more
I know we've got them bills to pay but this just ain't worth it
More human than resource
Chorus
You don't own my dinosaur brain
Debts are coming due
The rock and the place I can't squeeze through
No choice but to break break break
Verse
Coming home I can’t relax, apprehension keeps me static
I’ve got too much time to think
Let's chase the good life across Nebraska, our arm out the window holding the door shut cuz it's all fucking broken
Chorus
You don't own my dinosaur brain
Debts are coming due
The rock and the place I can't squeeze through
No choice but to break break break
Bridge
Instrumental
Chorus
You don't own my dinosaur brain
Debts are coming due
The rock and the place I can't squeeze through
No choice but to break break break
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4. |
American Travesty
02:48
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Verse 1
A Shutzstaffel of privilege for the digital age
Ingrained for generations
To serve and protect our original sin
Some hide in plain sight in pale armor
Some hide in blue lights and Kevlar
Two shades of color, two brands of justice
Chorus
Tears bring only canisters to fill our eyes again
His breath drew only emptiness
An innocent lost life reflected
In the kaleidoscope of shattered glass
Remove the knee pressed to the neck for eight and forty-six
Verse 2
Black and blue in the face of a tragedy, a travesty (A travesty)
A tree and noose behind the badge
A sheep’s disguise, followed happily
We were blind to the struggle of ages
Our eyes open, we fight what they trained us
United colors, united resistance
Chorus
Tears bring only canisters to fill our eyes again
Our breaths bring only noxious gas
A million lost lives are reflected
In the kaleidoscope of shattered glass
Remove the knee pressed to the neck for 400 years
Bridge
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
Don't wrestle the pig cause the pig lives for it
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
They enforce a code but don’t follow it
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
They chose their color, but you exist in it
Don't start no shit (Won’t be no shit)
We formed this hell. You’re living through it
Chorus
Tears bring only canisters to burn our eyes again
(Say their names)
Our breaths bring only noxious gas
A million lost lives are reflected (take back) (these streets)
In the kaleidoscope of shattered glass (we keep)(us safe)
(See a new way)
A choking world resists arrest
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5. |
Out of Pocket
03:32
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Out Of Pocket
Verse 1
Sitting here alone / friends all by my side
Placid at the surface / thick hide that hides the fight
You can’t choose your head / Gotta build a better home With no
blueprint to work from / Pick up pick up the phone
Chorus
Can i just talk. to a person
It's hard enough to ask for help when you're stuck in it again
Short on hours and coverage, long on forms, delays and excuses
I came to you for help but you gave me more bad news
Verse 2
No more patience/patients in the doctor dating/waiting game
Admins seeing golf courses and I’ll never see better
They sold me over the rainbow
under the weather, the road adding miles and tolls
and we’re all outta gold
Chorus
Can i just talk. to a person
It's hard enough to ask for help when you're stuck in it again
Short on hours and coverage, long on forms, delays and excuses
I came to you for help but you gave me more bad news
Bridge
1 in 3 of us will have a mental illness before 24.
Like kids who can't die, we say "not me, I’m too young, too resilient still."
And we are unprepared when it comes. Unwilling to name the enemy.
We struggle to get to a regular doctor; the mind is an afterthought.
Our vault of memories, our most precious. Us.
No golden road, the way’s not even paved. No two maps the same.
And everything is harder being stuck in it. The hill gets higher alone and quiet.
Don’t go alone (repeated) Let’s climb together.
Chorus
Can i just talk. to a person
It's hard enough to ask for help when you're stuck in it again
Short on hours and coverage, long on forms, delays and excuses
I came to you for help but you gave me more bad news
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6. |
The Salesman
04:18
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The Salesman
Verse 1
Dear Mr. Holmes,
I'm writing to express some concern
our courier has informed us
That your last few shipments of lye
And chloroform have gone uncollected;
In the wind and rain on the dock of The Castle
If our current arrangement no longer suits you,
I beg you: please reply
So that we may make alternative arrangements
Chorus
We can't help who we are
Some are just set up wrong
And if your life is long
Enough to let them know
You'll end up dead or locked away alone
I've ever had just one friend
Standing there when I issued forth
The sponsor of my cursed course
He's forsaken me while I face the noose
It's a pointless excuse
Verse 2
I'd also like to offer to you
A variety of products you might find pleasing:
Benzene, butane, powdered lime
It is my heartfelt wish that our partnership continue
Please contact me at your earliest convenience
Chorus
We can't help who we are
Some are just set up wrong
And if your life is long
Enough to let them know
You'll end up dead or locked away alone
I've ever had just one friend
Standing there when I issued forth
The sponsor of my cursed course
He waits for me while I face the noose
It's a worthless excuse
Bridge
Signed: Mr Roland Ellsworth-Smith
Second City Bulk Chemical Supply
Chorus
I've ever had just one friend
Standing there when I issued forth
The sponsor of my cursed course
He cheers for me while I face the noose
It's a wonderful excuse
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7. |
Hangups & Hangovers
05:35
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Hangups & Hangovers
Verse 1:
Here we go - once again - feeling alone with my friends
How can I feel so empty inside - inside
Here we go - once again - drink in hand
And I’m thinking of her, and I’m thinking of her - tonight
Chorus:
I'm not drinking alone
My friends are all here by my side
We're gonna go all night, if that's what it takes to survive
I'm taking back my mind
Verse 2:
Here I am, I'm moving on, the day's still dark, but you've been gone
And as those memories fade I feel less stuck in my haze
Until that one night you're the girl of my dreams again
But more like a ghost who haunts me, reopens all the wounds you caused me
This dream is more like a nightmare
Because when I wake up, I lose you once more and just want to die
Chorus:
I'm not drinking alone
My friends are all here by my side
We're gonna go all night, if that's what it takes to survive
I'm taking back my mind
Bridge
I'm done with missing you,
I miss who I could've been
I’m trying to get away but I only get down
I miss my favorite bar
Please don't come around no more
I'm hanging out tonight trying to heal my scars
Chorus:
I'm not drinking alone
My friends are all here by my side
We're gonna go all night, if that's what it takes to survive
I'm taking back my mind
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8. |
It's Just A Curse
03:47
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Verse
Conjured speed out of the breeze
He’s rattled to his bones
Taking flight ‘neath pale moonlight
Wishing only to get home
A crack - a snap - what sound is that? (HE SHOUTS)
“My god what have I done?”
For in his pack - dare not take it back
A witch’s cursed totem
Chorus
Run, run, fast as you can
Nowhere to hide from her gaze
Night nor light of day
In sleep she stalks your dreams
The eyes of folk know what you stole
Fly, you fool or you'll be damned
Horn feature
Verse
He sees her now, he don’t know how
She’s haunting through his mind
Can’t find sleep and long-lost peace
He fears he’s out of time
She’s here! She’s close! His heart goes cold (HE CRIES)
“Oh god I’ll give it back!”
Her face of stone, wicked eyes say, “no”
He prepares to die
Chorus
Lie, lie perfectly still
A sin that can’t be righted
No chances left to try
No such luck, an empty cup
Consumed by looming doom
No mercy from the merciless
Bridge
Verse
A cackling laugh, full witch’s sass
She looks through hooded lids
She holds his gaze, there’s no escape
His freedom she forbids
The cost. The debt. And such regret. (SHE SHOUTS)
You'd be lucky to be dead
You're now so vexed and this little hex
Will keep you locked in your own head
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9. |
Here's The Thing, Winnie
04:22
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Here's The Thing, Winnie
Verse
Like Giles Corey before me this weight is always pressing me down,
Got a debonair smile but when I get home that mask cannot be found.
Chorus
It’s scratched into my arm to remind me that life is worth living sometimes I forget.
I can't be your self-help book, I still struggle some days it's not so bad but I'm not there.
I'm just a lost boy waiting to grow up, my advice ain't worth much, but I'm still here
You can stand there and criticize me but I'm still standing laying my soul bare.
Verse
I got some hang ups but I'm still functional, you can't say I'm not trying, not getting by.
You don’t know my pulse and you can’t feel my vitals so just hear me out.
It's all I can do to get out of bed, what more do you think you deserve?
You don't know my answers can't feel my pain so just hear me out.
Chorus
It’s scratched into my arm to remind me that life is worth living sometimes I forget.
I can't be your self-help book, I still struggle some days it's not so bad but I'm not there.
I'm just a lost boy waiting to grow up, my advice ain't worth much, but I'm still here
You can stand there and criticize me but I'm still standing laying my soul bare.
Breakdown
My playbook is flawless, I got home field advantage
but these extra innings are begging for a mistake
Keep on searching your paper man you won’t find my name,
Keep on looking you won’t find my dates
Let’s break through the stigma yeah we’ve gotta talk it out.
Just hear me out.
Chorus
It’s scratched into my arm to remind me that life is worth living sometimes I forget.
I can't be your self-help book, I still struggle some days it's not so bad but I'm not there.
I'm just a lost boy waiting to grow up, my advice ain't worth much, but I'm still here
You can stand there and criticize me but I'm still standing laying my soul bare.
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