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Ruiner
00:34
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Maybe it's all in my head
Maybe no one dwells on it
Everyone remembers and they talk about it when I'm not around
I'm sorry I say such stupid things that make our friends squirm in their seats
Next time I swear that I won't speak
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Tectonic Plates
02:55
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My old dark thoughts crash into me
like a jellyfish against kelp
That is to say, not much at all
Vitriolic words I have for myself
hot and red like soy milk in the fridge
That is to say, not even a little
But time grates against me like tectonic plates
That is to say, it's crushing me
Months crawl by and I never find the time
To do the things I enjoy
Creative motivation boils over
Like a kettle in the snow
That is to say, that it doesn't
And responsibility has the same reprieve
As capitalistic misery
That is to say, it has none
But joy comes to see
As often as I see my friends
Rarely
I swear I'm not avoiding you
I know you're just a few blocks away
I just don't have time today
Or any day
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Take Care of Yourself
01:50
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I was ten feet up on a scissor lift at work
Headphone in one ear, just trying to pass the time
Podcast guy signed off the episode
With words I wasn't ready for
He said, "Take care of yourself.
Take care of each other.
Solidarity forever."
And I don't know what my problem is
Tears welling up and a lump in my throat
But you're goddamn right, all we have is each other
So let's have it again, everyone together
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Sitting Still
01:41
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Go to sleep at midnight and wake up at ten
No alarm can sever me from my bed
Four hours on the couch, forty five til I'm on the clock
Every day is one day less
And I don't want to keep on living like this
Sitting still while life flies by
What happened to my motivation
It's like I'm back to treading water
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Renewed
02:13
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Recently I've seen you glowing brighter than you have ever before
Lately I have felt you in my soul like soft moss under foot in Spring
To what I can attribute this renewed love I have for you, I cannot say
But one thing I know is true is that I'll never tire of you
Each day feels new
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Unburdened
01:14
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The day the we can finally drop our baggage
We'll stretch our limbs and shed our skins
Our bloodied masks will fall to the ground
We'll rub our eyes and we will look around
And we'll see the light, and we will recognize
Our inherent worth beyond the value of our labor
And we'll celebrate the day, when by our hands
Every politician and billionaire died
And every hedge fund manager died and every cop died
and every private island owner died
And everyone on planet Earth died
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Going to Galway
02:14
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We got in later than we wanted to
And struggled to find a place to park
We went to the office to get our key
And then we headed down the street
By the time we set our things on the bed
Most everything was closed
But I remember the sunset
And I remember you
We drank tea in a restaurant in Galway
For 2 hours and then went to our room
Wish we could have seen more of Galway
But I remember drinking tea with you
A quiet evening with you in Galway
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Wedge
01:19
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You have a knack for attracting the worst people
And I'm not here to tell you what to do about that
I just hate how they wedge themselves between you and your friends
And you seem to let them
You're destroying every friendship that you have
And I'd hate to watch you go
But if this is it, then this is it
Cause I'm too old for this shit
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Priorities
02:00
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If I'm lucky I'll die in a hospital from a preventable disease
And some CEO will make lots of money off of me
I'd like to die a worthy death, one that moves our country forward
For the holy GDP
Lie me in the bed and ask me if I have insurance
Make me weigh my life against the hell of constant,crushing debt
I wouldn't want to be a burden on your taxes
You're right, we're not worth it, it's cool, we'll all just die
I wanna live til the ripe old age of 35
Have labor break my body in the meantime
Just so long as billionaires get to live the good life
I don't want my health and longevity to sink a parasitic industry
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I feel like you and I both know
That you're using this argument to deflect from your own
Moral inconsistencies that you'd rather not have to address head-on
So you latch on to the first thing that makes you feel better
Without taking a second, like literally one second to think
Of course it's not true
I shouldn't have to tell you
You're a big boy, think it through
Of course it's not true
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All those years spent taking pictures
Documenting our childhood
Tucked away, safe and sound on your hard drive
Now they're gone, lost to time
It's funny how one hard drive shits
And all that memory's wiped
Looking back, it was pretty lame
But we were right when we said
"In 20 years, we'll be glad for these"
It's not a big deal, I'm not upset about it
It would just be nice to scroll through them again
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Wasted Day
01:32
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Had a whole day where I could do whatever I wanted
And I took a three hour nap
Sat on the couch indecisively scrolling
Through all the stupid shows I've seen before
And I made some shitty food and I choked it down
By myself in the dark
Made lots of plans for ways to spend my time productively
And I didn't follow through
Had a whole day where I could do whatever I wanted
And I squandered all of it
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I'm sorry you're there later than you wanted to be
I know this isn't how you'd like to spend your Sunday
But you are the one that's holding it down
Yeah, you keep the ship from running aground
Whether you'd acknowledge it or not
Even if you don't think it's true
It's you
I know it's easy to overlook your own contribution
I've been there myself more than a few times
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Gas Bill
01:08
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This January feels like Spring
And that can only mean one thing
The huge, crazy, burdensome gas bill
That I pay each month will undoubtedly shrink
Well Nicor has a different idea it seems
My amount due keeps rising
That's fine, I didn't want this money anyway
Everybody come and grab a piece
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Filler
00:47
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I feel like everything I've written recently
Sounds exactly the same
Didn't even realize I was writing formulas
And now I can't escape
I never really felt like anything I made
Was great anyway
But I know for a fact, I feel it in my gut
I've made better songs than this
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18. |
Going To Springfield
04:11
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We were a band of mystics
We who joined the caravan
And traveled South
To witness the coming
Of the babe with cloven hoof
Set beneath a single skylight
The rising of Lucifer
On this Earth and in our hearts
We were going to Springfield
If there's anywhere on this Earth
Worthy of Hellfire
It's the refuge of Springfield
How fitting a place
For the return of our master
Than the seat of State power
There begins the cleansing
From which all he's deemed righteous
Shall be healed
The fall of false Idols
The death of man's hubris
Witnessed in Springfield
The rightful balance of nature
The erasure of suffering
It started in Springfield
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