1. |
Lover's Quarrel
02:39
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She was a great piece of art
That he could never finish
He didn't understand
the depth of her sadness
Initials carved into cement
Emblazoned there since '86
The road could take her away
but it could never bring her back again
A little white lie turned into a double life
She was a daydreamer who trusted too much
Now there's nothing left to touch
and there's nothing you can do
So thank your lucky stars you're not in love
He keeps his secrets on his sleeve
She keeps a tear-stained photo in her locket
And all she ever wanted
Was the truth
A little white lie turned into a double life
She was a daydreamer who trusted too much
Now there's nothing left to touch
and there's nothing you can do
So thank your lucky stars you're not in love
She reaches for him, and she starts to cry
Her world is over, pair of young lovers left to die
And now the stars don't shine
Quite like they used to
Her wings are ready, and so am I
A pair of young lovers left to die
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2. |
Runt of the Litter
02:49
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I used to look through windows, just to see the people inside
Glimpse at a better life I'd imagine while life passed me by
I was always such a lonely child, silence couldn't calm me down
A cancer cornered in this house
Trying to be an escape artist
Repeating there is
Nothing broken about this home
About this home
Runt of the litter, the shit beat out of her
Echo of the past that continues to linger
The runt of the litter, runt of the litter
Growing up with a nervous disposition, less than single-digit friends
Tried my best not to hurt you, there's only so much you can expect
Needed support but I got silence
Four crashing walls slowly caving in
Trying to be an escape artist
Where did you learn to hate yourself this much?
Repeating there is nothing broken about this home
Runt of the litter, the shit beat out of her
Echo of the past that continues to linger
The runt of the litter, runt of the litter
Runt of the litter, the shit beat out of her
Echo of the past that continues to linger
The runt of the litter, runt of the litter
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3. |
Fatima
03:47
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Come on baby, let's go see god
Let's find out who we really are
What's keeping you up at night
Can't stop thinking about mortality
Inevitability, oh yeah
Do you believe in lost spirits?
Cuz I've got one crawling on my back
Waiting for something
To bring it back to life
Skin on my neck is getting frayed,
sucking away for days and years
I want it, but does it matter?
I need it, but does it matter now?
Broken spirit, drunken wonder
My heart breaks with the sound of failure
I want it, but does it matter?
I need it, but does it matter now?
Broken spirit, drunken wonder
My heart breaks with the sound of failure
Still hoping for sanctuary
From what ties us, binds us up in knots
A life ordained in tragedy
Faith wasted on what's left to come
Still painfully numb, oh yeah
I want it, but does it matter?
I need it, but does it matter now?
Broken spirit, drunken wonder
My heart breaks with the sound of failure
I want it (I want it)
I need it (I need it)
Broken spirit, drunken wonder
My heart breaks with the sound of failure
Failure
Failure
Failure
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4. |
Die Young
03:14
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The cops are outside, it's all come undone
People are terrified of another "341"
Ashes in the heat, blood pools in the street
Papers will be blunt, "two youths with a gun."
We've lost our way, we've got no future
Sound of our hearts is a red alert
Remember when we wanted to die young?
World around us is dirty, they say it fucks our brains
Not like it really matters, what isn't killing us these days?
What if we woke up, it was a bad dream?
Fragmented reality, plastic island floating in the sea
We've lost our way, we've got no future
Sound of our hearts is a red alert
Remember when we wanted to die young?
He took me by the arm, what a time to be alive
Powers that be took spirit, body, and my peace of mind
I used to wonder
If things were as bad as they seemed
A blasted landscape, hellbent on depravity
We're all dying young
We're all dying young
We're all dying young
We're all dying, dying young
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5. |
Poplar Street Bridge
03:35
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You got the heart, you got the brains
You got it all, but what a shame
Because you're lost in the system again, fading away for good
We want your name, your full address
15 referrals, 5 years of experience
We want your love, your loyalty
Your first born son,
Nights days and weekends free
Or you'll be lost in the system again
Fading away for good
I know that you don't want me
Unless I'm down on my hands and knees
I know that you don't want me
Any other way
Thanks for your time, we'll be in touch
We'll let you know when something opens up
Until then, drive for an app
Sell all your stuff, beg strangers online for cash
Because your time is winding down
When you're truly lost and desperate
Is when we'll come back around
No longer lost in the system again
Slaving away for good
I know that you don't want me
Unless I'm down on my hands and knees
I know that you don't want me
Any other way
I hope that you can see me
When I jump off of the Poplar Street Bridge
I hope that you will be there
When I blow my brains out all over your front desk
I hope that my ghost haunts you
And you never get another moment of rest
I hope that you can see me now
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6. |
For Lease Navidad
02:46
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Some say that heaven has a set pearly gates
If you re-finance your home, I can get you a good rate
Highways lined with abandoned strip malls
but I resolve to keep the faith
Market always finds a way to sell us out
History don't repeat
But it always echoes
Hear it ring off of the ruins of Pruitt-Igoe
Bank tellers, chip readers, account codes
Forgotten passwords, compounding misery
I stop to read every single billboard
On my way to an 8 to 9
Making 7.25, but I don't mind
Subject to a downsize
We're on the winning side
Hear our anthem ring off the ruins of Pruitt-Igoe
Build a paradise, just to watch it rot
Once a land of opportunity, it's now a vacant lot
Now the bugs and rodents are all that can live
Nature coming back to reclaim our hubris
And I don't know
If we'll ever make it out
Watch cities turn to drought
Stuck in our own way, it's getting worse here every day
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7. |
Wildfires
03:57
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I pick white flowers in the garden of my childhood home
Stuck searching for an answer so I can finally let go
Still haunted by my past, with no future left to show
A wildfire burning through my fleeting strands of hope
Say that I'll get better, but all I can do is plead
Here comes the panic and there's no reason why
I should keep on trying
Here comes the wildfires, and they're burning me alive
Alive
I sit and dwell on awful things, filled with buyer's remorse
For a life likely forgotten when the inferno runs its course
Nothing seems real anymore, stuck in phases of a dream
Still begging to wake up, scorching incandescent screams
Say that I'll get better, but all I can do is plead
Here comes the panic and there's no reason why
I should keep on trying
Here comes the wildfires, and they're burning me alive
Alive
Life reduced to ashes
Fragments dust to dust
Phases of a nightmare
Begging to wake up
Here comes the panic and there's no reason why
I should keep on trying
Here comes the wildfires, and they're burning me alive, alive
Here comes the panic and there's no reason why
I should keep on trying
Here comes the wildfires, and they're burning me alive
Alive
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8. |
Lavender Sky
04:09
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I see billboards illuminated against a Lavender Sky
Lawyers, pro-life coalitions, waiting for the afterlife
Smiling faces on a worn-out sign, now seems so blasΓ©
Repeating taglines mistaken for our mores
Have you met your needs?
Did you hit your mark?
Have you become god?
Manic depressive paragon
I was born into a storm against a Lavender Sky
Given a name and a number and a fleeting deadline
An insignificant part of a passing moment
Only connected by a silent, all-seeing eye
Did the valley flood?
Did you lose your job?
And what will be left when everything is finally gone?
A scream in the night
And I'm not coming home
Made this decision and its all my own
Met the age and chose to ignore it
Voices calling through the static
I did what I was told and fell in love with a lie
Self-actualization is not something I can buy
I'm left with the pieces, and all I can do is sigh
Lost among the messiahs, waiting for a Lavender Sky
A scream in the night
And I'm not coming home
Made this decision and its all my own
Met the age and chose to ignore it
Voices calling through the static
A scream in the night
And I'm not coming home
Made this decision and its all my own
Met the age and chose to ignore it
Voices calling through the static
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9. |
Cruel Summer
03:48
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Sorry I am nothing like my zodiac
A perfect version of me, that I like to keep intact
Made myself a birthday cake and I threw it in the trash
Pious, never break a fast
Say the world, and I'll be gone
Sweet, pristine, and sick right through
Fresh fruit rotting in the sun
So call my name and I'll come back
Home to you
I'm your dime-a-dozen, dollar store lover
Caught in the haze of a cruel summer
We're always down, this seasons' got our number
Kiss and a promise makes it forever
Lined up against the wall, behind the baseboard
Standing all alone, feeling tears well up inside
Cheap make-up running down my face in skin
Too big for my bones
Cut with scratches I can't hide
Say the world, and I'll be gone
Sweet, pristine, and sick right through
Fresh fruit rotting in the sun
So call my name and I'll come back
Home to you
I'm your dime-a-dozen, dollar store lover
Caught in the haze of a cruel summer
We're always down, this seasons' got our number
Kiss and a promise makes it forever
I'm your dime-a-dozen, dollar store lover
Caught in the haze of a cruel summer
We're always down, this seasons' got our number
Kiss and a promise makes it forever
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10. |
Uncle Amero
02:43
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Another day, another sigh
Another hand in face as our hope slowly dies
"No empathy! Give me a break!"
You passed us the baton, then snatched it back away
Well I know what you're trying to do
I know what you're trying to say
I know what you're trying to do
You're pulling one over on me
And I'm not satisfied
With the lowest common man
Not gonna win if we run this back again
A corporatist, a realist
The party and Nate Silver think that you're the shit
Won't beat far right with mediocrity
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
I know what you're trying to do
I know what you're trying to say
I know what you're trying to do
You're pulling one over on me
and I'm not satisfied
Not gonna win with the lowest common man
Not satisfied, not gonna win
With the lowest common man
And I hate how it feels like this is out of our hands
And I hate how it feels like we've got four more years of this shit on our hands
I'm not satisfied, we're blowing our chance
We're playing it safe straight into the grave
I'm not satisfied with silver today
Cuz second is last in the game that we play
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11. |
Auld Lang Syne
03:44
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I've been thinking, waiting
For my new reckoning
Tarot cards singed with hope
Finding new ways to cope
Loving memories pinned up on a string
Last year is worlds away
Oceans apart from where we used to be
I want to go there
This place is slowly killing me
I can't take the distance
Everything spun out of my, spun out of my reach
Drinking on the kitchen floor
Wanting what we had before
Driving on empty roads
Nowhere left we can go
A muffled voice came over bedside radio
I forgot who I was just a couple hours ago
I want to leave here
This place is slowly killing me
I can't take the distance
Everything spun out of my,
Spun out of my
Spun out of my
Out of my reach
Out of my reach
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12. |
Here Come the Pretzels
02:48
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How could you pretend that I was never really there?
What did I do wrong, to have laid myself so bare?
There was once a hint of a notion of a life I had before
And it feels like fiction now
Victim of my fear and my false memories
I look in the mirror to see what's left of me
I live my life like I was never really there
Falling back down to earth,
choking on humid air
There was once a hint of a notion of a life I had before
And it feels like fiction now
Bad luck, bad upbringing
All the burdens we bare, overwhelming
Lucid dreaming, always waiting
For something that will never appear
I was never really there
I was never really there
I was never really there
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