1. |
Raptured Trax, pt. 1
04:03
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I realized I had tinnitus in North Carolina
Said you were coming to the show, but I couldn't find ya
By now, I shoulda grew thicker skin
I said it wouldn't affect me again
But it did and it does every time (every time)
I say, "don't feel obliged," but
It hurts every time in the end
Yeah, you could say that I entertain
As if anyone is entertained
When I play loud songs in a hot, dark room
Can't tell if it's for me or you
Pretend that this isn't selfishness
Try my best to be more honest
What do these power chords prove?
I only live to feel approved
I don't wanna go back home
To the boy that I despise
He treats me worse than all the
Fancy colored vinyl that he buys
I need a better man
Not this self-righteous disguise
Wake me from this awful dream
I'm waiting
You know some day it's gonna fall
How many years exactly do you need?
The ceiling's gotta cave in sometime
You're hurting you, you're hurting me
You know some day it's gonna fall (fall, fall)
The bills are stacking up so rapidly (fall, fall)
I've waited long enough for sold out shows
And summers when you're home with me
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2. |
Raptured Trax, pt. 2
03:11
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Act like your latte is a business expense
Sponsor Facebook posts instead of paying rent
You’d sound so much better without all that
Noise, kids wanna dance -- we wanna dance!
You’re not Mac DeMarco you dumb shit
You won’t make it big in this cesspit
That you try to call a music scene
Running out of time
Said you never would
Said you’d rather die than reach a day
When jamming didn’t feel good
Spend another grand
Spend a couple more
Relive the cycle every year
Another dead-end tour
I never told you what I thought of you
When we first met
I never told you what I thought of you
When we first met
I never told you what I thought of you
When we first met
I shoulda told you that I hated you
When we first met
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3. |
Wet Mulch
04:24
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No more slack, you're an adult
You can figure it out on your own
No one cares your little dream
Couldn't sustain itself
Happy - you said you would be
Fulfilled - you should be doing this for yourself
Grateful - oh, sure I am
I’m grateful that they left me on the shelf
They're going drinking
They're gonna leave me
They're gonna find someone new and better
I'm disgusted, I'm repulsed
Your jeans are covered in wet mulch
Get off the ground and don't give up
Get up, you said you’d work for true love
Wasteful - what will your kids think
Useless - when someone lets them know
Childish - they could've had it made
But dad was in the studio
Pissing - his future away
Acting - like everything was fine
Like it wasn't all crashing down
Before his very eyes
They're going drinking
They're gonna leave me
They're gonna find someone new and better
They’re gonna trade up
I wanna give up
They’re gonna find someone new and better
I'm never getting older
I'm gonna stay the same until
It all goes up in flames I'll still say
I'm never getting older
I'm gonna stay the same until
It all goes up in flames I'll still say
I have something to prove again
I have something to prove again
I don't know if I proved it the first time but
I got something to prove
You’re going drinking
You’re gonna leave me
You’re gonna find someone new
You’re gonna trade up
I wanna give up
You’re gonna find someone new and better
(screams)
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4. |
Scrimmage
03:18
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Were you sick of me
Before you went to leave?
Were you hiding it,
Thought that I couldn't see
How wrong it was,
How long it had dragged on
Were you over it by
Month 7 or month 8?
Could've ended things,
You found it best to wait
Until we slipped from heights
We once stood on
There were hundreds of photos from the year
I memorized them all, thought I was in the clear
But I haven't seen this one before
And we're already back to my eyes on the floor
Projecting a different time against the planks
The pictures help fill in the blanks
What was wrong with me
That made the river change
From effervescent drift to
Rapids in the rain?
Should I have taken notes along the way?
And when you love again
Will it be the same?
Will it be for real
Unlike our little game?
A practice run, a scrimmage; just moving chains
There were hundreds of photos from the year
I memorized them all, thought I was in the clear
There were hundreds of photos from the year
But I haven't seen this one before
And we're already back to my eyes on the floor
Projecting a different time against the planks
The pictures help fill in the blanks
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5. |
You'll Never Know
02:59
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I don't know what the hell to do about my brain
It keeps on gravitating toward eventual pain
And I keep walking through the door
These machinations in my mind keep me from sleep
The way your skin's all over his, it makes me freak
And I can't say without a doubt I deserved more
You had nothing to want me for
And I can't put your name in song
Without coming off all wrong
So you'll never know I care
But you can't tell me what to feel
Whether this fire burns for real
As if you'll ever know
I'm white knuckling on the freeway once again
I'm phasing out, donate my body to my friends
They'll drug me up, I hope they confiscate my phone
Just take me anywhere but home
I keep on running in and out of the same drain
Humiliating myself in almost every way
And if there's such a thing as love, please let me know
I wanna know, I wanna
And I can't put your name in song
Without coming off all wrong
So you'll never know I care
But you can't tell me what to feel
Whether this fire burns for real
As if you'll ever know
And I can't put your name in song
Without coming off all wrong
So you'll never know I care
But you can't tell me what to feel
Whether this fire burns for real
As if you'll ever know
But you can't tell me what to feel
Whether this fire burns for real
As if you'll ever know
But you can't tell me what to feel
Whether this fire burns for real
I guess you'll never know
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