1. |
Goodbye 25
04:23
|
|||
|
Every day goes down the same drain
whether I'm kickin’ back or goin' against the grain
So give me a fantasy, tease my soul
show me an opening and I'll fill the role
Take me away from what makes me mundane
and open me up to the glamor of pain
I clamor for heat, I'm pinin' for more
I've known defeat, but that was before
Goodbye 25, I've got my whole life left to keep my dreams alive
Goodbye, it's fine, I've still got time
From here on out, it could be all uphill
I could build a massive dud and have to foot the bill
So my biggest payoff better come from within
Cuz' there will be chaos, better thicken my skin
Whatever I've got is goin' in
I'd love to be sweeter, like what you see in theaters
but I'm pent up, it's built me, of this I'm proud and guilty
I'd love to be sweeter, a walking winter heater
If that's not me, I'm sorry, hope you'll see past this folly
That I'm a captive of the curvature of lines
and of the feeling I've been chasing all my life
Goodbye 25, I'll leave the past behind
Goodbye 25, I'll leave the past behind
Goodbye 25 I've got my whole life left to keep my dreams alive
Goodbye, it's fine, I've still got time
|
||||
2. |
Codependence
01:23
|
|||
|
She works hard for her money
And you take it for granted
With the way you spend your money on beer
And cigarettes and weed
And she buys the groceries
And she makes sure you eat
And most of the time she pays
Her half of the rent
And it might not be on time
But it’s hard when you make less
Than $300 a week
Not a penny you can keep
Even when you split the rent
See this city it ain’t cheap
So the least you can do
Is hold her till she falls asleep
|
||||
3. |
Capture
04:05
|
|||
|
An arrow in the air
I’m caught within your snare
And dragged back to you
I cannot get away
But I don’t know if I want to
I’m hunted by you, dear
I run then you appear
You track and pursue
An arrow in the dark
A hunter hits her mark
If you capture me,
I only ask you hear my plea
If you release me,
That I might live in liberty
In the woods
In the bar
In the car
Under hood
In the thick of it all
In the brick of your wall
If you capture me
A foot steps in a trap
A rifle at your back
My back to you
I surrender
If you capture me
If you capture me
If you capture me
If you capture me
If you capture me
If you capture me
If you capture me
If you capture me
|
||||
4. |
Who's in Charge
03:41
|
|||
|
Working at the bottom
For the promise of ascent
It’s distance so close
But blurred by the smoke,
you’re dreaming
Of getting high as the stars who’ve died
Gotta have some ambition
What else you got to show?
A degree that don’t pay
On your resume, say
you were at the bar
Tryin to forget where you are
You hit that breaking point, quit
vow to spend
What’s left of your credit
On making amends
But bills are due
And options slim
And soon the cycle starts again
Who’s in charge here?
Where can I leave a complaint?
Who’s in charge here?
It’s systematic
systematic
Dissatisfaction
I’d like to speak to your manager
Been waiting here forever
But hey, look on the bright side
At least your work’s not all for naught
You know someone’s living it up
While we rot
Oh yeah? So what?
It’s none of your business
And now you want
All that you hate
But if you got it
Nothing would change
Who’s in charge here?
Do I control my own fate?
No
Who’s in charge here?
Shoulders shrug
Empty handed
Fingers point
Up a ladder
Without rungs
What’s the matter?
You the cat or are you the tongue?
It’s systematic
Systematic
Once a pusher, now an addict
Scapegoat slaughtered automatic
Hell, you and I eat it up
|
||||
5. |
Ruiners
04:16
|
|||
|
Did you beat the other boys
At your silly game?
And did the girls care?
The people you want to care
They don’t always consider it a win
See everything you care about
Is foolish to somebody else
And you convince yourself you don’t mind
Pick your battles, bide your time
Win the people you can to your side
But what will you do with your allegiances?
Do you really care what happens to you?
Can you honestly say, “it was out of my control”
And feel ok?
I guess we hold dear to our fantasy
And it’s very specific
And it doesn’t exist
And yet it manifests
I hate to be so vague
Buti don’t want to make myself clear
And give myself away
As soon as they know what I want
They know what they can take
Ruiners, all of us
So much easier to be a roadblock
Then get out of the way
So slow, so dull, so manipulative
Feigning ignorance
It’s fucking pathetic
And we’re all to blame
Holding dear to fantasy
Telling others to get real
Finding any excuse to cut and tear
And claim you’re fixing a problem
We should know by now
The fix is a lie
But they’ll fall for it
You can always find support
Especially when you’re full of shit
So did you beat the other boys
At your silly game
And did the girls really give a fuck?
Yeah I asked if you got laid
Did it make you feel ok?
Did you feel accomplished?
Did it make you feel complete?
|
||||
6. |
Stressed and Depressed
02:23
|
|||
|
How will I satisfy myself today?
Serotonin surges as I see past simple urges
and dopamine detaches me from impending catastrophe
I'll fix my life tomorrow
A better me is on the way I'll tell you now
but I'm not done just chillin' out
I don't wanna see what I could do without
I just wanna fall into the pleasures of the Earth
I'll fix my life
At morning light
Cuz' tomorrow is easier and forever away
and my sorrow is solvable if I come out and play
Oh find me destiny, I'm cold and I'm stuck
Neither chemicals nor miracles are stopping the buck
I get stressed and depressed when I can't see what's next
Then I get all obsessed with what cannot be
When I'm stressed and depressed, my room is a mess
I’ve gotta turn it all around to get back to being me
|
||||
7. |
Lovely Night
02:14
|
|||
|
“Isn’t it a lovely night?”
You’re thinking about your day
And you think you did it right
But if you wanna feel a champ
And not wake up so cold and damp
From another nasty fright
In the middle of the night
You can call my number up
For a real connection,
Take this string and cup
Waiting in the witching time
I’ll be at the finish line
For a weary “hey, you up?”
From the message in this cup
If you feel so goddamn low,
You and I are the same:
Maintain the status quo
We look upon the moon so bright
Connected only by its site
We see each other in its light
But keep our feelings sealed up tight
I bite my tongue and bide my time
Hide it like a violent crime
Til the day our hearts align
When this day, comes to play
We will say “isn’t it, isn’t it a lovely night?”
|
||||
8. |
Hangman
02:56
|
|||
|
(aka “The Hanged Man Reversed”)
You aim for the bullseye
Shoot your foot
Blame the gun and those Washington fucks
Thinking that you got it figured out:
Put your sneaker in the crosshair
Let the hammer slam down
A game of hangman seems fun
Till you’re the one suspended
Stigmatized, losing blood
Running out of guesses
Is everything upside down
Or is that just you?
These days it seems you’re fucked
No matter what you do
Wired to give up
When the answer’s on the tip of your tongue
You cock your ear to hear the words
Resound from god’s paternal mouth
Blooming the knots open like flowers
While out the window
Towers hang over a bottomless sky
Babels descending into hell
This time confusion just propels our progress
Not your problem
Far from a fix
You’re busy pinpointing
Where gold turns to shit
|
||||
9. |
Divorce
04:10
|
|||
|
I just miss having someone to vent to
Even when they weren’t there
I could I have a conversation
With my version of them
It’s become all too apparent
That it wasn’t real
Made up by me
Made up prophecies
I couldn’t have been more wrong
I guess I don’t want to talk to you ever again
I guess I don’t want to see you ever again
Lying to myself
Overwhelmed with anger and resentment
Enough of these distractions
It’s time to eat what’s been eating at me
Even though I find the taste vile
I’m sure it will grow on me
Like an acquired taste
Just like the poison
She was my whole life
And my life was terrible
I can’t take it back
You can’t take back love
You already gave it away
Betrayed and abandoned
I’ve never felt better, I’ve never felt better…
The hurt is so real, the sadness is so deep
I’ve never felt better, I swear I’ve never felt better
Lying to myself
Overwhelmed with hatred and resentment
|
||||
10. |
Epic Love
03:21
|
|||
|
I can't hate the achin' you inspire
There's so much more I could do
And I just can't wait till I'm on fire
I've gotta be better for you
I'll pave the way for your desires,
miracles out of the blue,
Whatever your happiness requires
I can split your sadness in two
And I know what you're looking for
Because of who I'll become you won't be wantin' anymore
I'll be your epic love for all time
At the end of our sentence, there's a beautiful rhyme
Catch me in the rage of my self-made stage
I'll find the key to your lonely cage
You'll believe me when I say you're perfect
So give more than your all to me I'm worth it
I'll pick up on more than who you've been with before
I'll see what all the colors of your rainbow are for
Don't believe what people say
Some pain's not supposed to go away
And that's ok, it keeps you safe
I know how it is I won't ask you to change
Let's go out, I'll give you proof
that life with me is a dream come true
|
||||
11. |
The Doldrums
03:17
|
|||
|
To all my friends drifting in the doldrums
Just waiting for something to happen
I got bad news
It’s all on you
Locked the door,
Won’t pick up the phone
The way you’re heading
You’ll end up all alone
Come on,
Prove me wrong
I’ll be waiting for you
We can go out
Party like we used to
Still got time now
To do the things we want to
Seems like time now
Why don’t we try something new?
Something that we’ve never done
That’s how you beat the rut
Don’t give it what it wants
Come with us
It’s gonna be a good time
It’s gonna be a night to forget
You can forget about the promises that you can’t keep
Forget about the person you were supposed to be
You don’t owe them anything just cause you were born
It doesn’t make you a failure just cause you got bored
There’ll be more once you leave this junk behind
Forget about the answers that you can’t find
And the lows that you slum just to come out dry
Think you’ve seen it all, but I bet you’d be surprised
Just how little you can trust your own judgement
Flanked by the algorithms of endless content
So forget about TV
Forget about drugs
Who the fuck you think you’re kidding with that epic love?
Lusting after dreams won’t get you out of bed
And they just rot, if your thoughts never leave your head
Forget how easy it is to detach
Look around
Take a walk
Relax
It’ll get better
|
||||
12. |
All Dressed Up
04:40
|
|||
|
I got all dressed up for what?
To fashion a way out of this rut
This too shall pass? My ass
Not unless I give my childishness up
Another night of blood and ash
Now's the time to break another chunk off the stash
How's about we find a place to bury the past
Wow, I barely blinked and I'm all outta cash but
I don't have it rough
I wish that was enough
I don't have to be tough
So I'm a ball
I am a ball of fluff
But don't think I don't know
Don't think I don't know how good I've got it
Don't think I don't know don't think I don't know
Don't think I don't know this is cush
Mine is blue, until it's red
And then I want whatever gets me out of my head
I get all dressed up to ditch the dregs of the day
But the night has its own to put me back in my place
If I get exactly what I deserve, where do I find the nerve?
When I only get what's coming to me naturally
I could have none of this, and not even have to deal with any of these petty frustrations
I could be done with any of these challenges that I've chosen for myself
There'd be no pain, no anger, no disappointment of this particular variety
I could say no, and make them all go away
And yet for whatever reason, I don't
I wake up every day knowing full well that I could have to take one on the chin again,
and I think what makes it all worth it is that I know people that I can go to, and vent,
and yeah they might even bust my balls a little but for it but you know what? I think that's alright
I think that might even be what we're all looking for
And if that's what we're all looking for
Then I already have it
So don't think I don't know, don't think I don't know how good I've got it
Some days'll be slow, that's when my luck gets so easily forgotten
Don't think I don't know don't think I don't know how good I've got it
No matter where my life goes, I'll keep the memories close, if I can still get all dressed up
I oughta know how good I've got it
|
||||
13. |
Hire Archy
03:12
|
|||
|
Did someone get left behind?
Where will set the next barricade?
Who’s gonna go first this time?
Who’s the first in line to be
The least likely to survive
The most likely to realize
They got chumped
And it happens over and over again
But some get out alive
And live to tell the tale
Who?
I don’t think a cat actually knows
How to control its tail
It’s almost like the tail controls
Manifestations of fear
Archie stay in your bunker
Don’t come out
Archie nobody’s killing people here
We swear
Archie doesn’t know what to do
|
||||
If you like Bear on Bear, you may also like:
The new EP from Cuffed Up is a big, boisterous rock record, with bruising riffs and snarling, hooky vocals.
go to album
Mother/Father + Small Town Kid
by Cuffed Up
A pair of revved-up songs from the L.A. group Cuffed Up with the snarl of punk and the noisiness of vintage Sonic Youth.
go to album
Brooklyn's Groupie make post-punk that is at turns bouncy, scuzzy, joyous, and sharp, with a strong melodic core; this is their debut LP.
go to album
Fuzzy Austin trio follow up their first album in 20 years, released in Spring 2015, with a stomping new EP of noisy rock & roll.
go to album
Our Chemistry is a Tightrope
by porcupine
Hopscotching from jangle pop and post-hardcore to math rock and shoegaze, these Minnesota rockers have a gift for musical multitasking.
go to album
Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book
by Dead Billionaires
Raw and hooky as heck, “Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book” is all classic, ragged indie sonics and rock-solid melodies.
go to album
This Philadelphia act is a revelation: barnstorming songs that thunder and howl, full of tension and manic energy.
go to album
