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Detached Summer Vibes
02:56
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Someone / please turn the lights off for me
We buried 2 in a year right next to him
I carried the caskets away
And never dropped the weight
Never dropped the weight
A dead man
Walking on a tight-rope
A t-shirt and a pack of smokes
Left me with dog tags
And the pack I've smoked
I stay away to feel no pain
I stay away / I fade away
My Mother said:
"Your Father's dead"
He left us for the heavens
I look away
I feel no pain
His headstone reads:
“See you on the other side, man”
It must be nice to believe it
But there is no heaven / no hell
And I don't believe in your gods
I'm a cynical and negative person
I look your way and I feel your pain
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Lock You Out
02:23
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A platform for more private security
A disciple of Christ
A lover of violence and hostility
I don't know anything
We were not created by a god
We are the amnesiac history
Of bad story telling loaded with fallacy
I don't know anything
When I'm dried up
I will put my hand in yours
Then I'll show you no mercy
To make you know it well
Because there is no hell
There is no god
Just a pack of blood thirsty men
We weren't created by gods
We created them
This is why I lock them out
This is why I lock you out
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Summer Of 85
01:55
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A dead man
Found hanging
Swaying in the wind
The scene of a crime
Or the sight and site of a suicide
No closure in my mind
I close my broken eyes
This is the song for the summer of 85
This is the song for the ones who survived
A dead man Found hanging
Swaying in the wind
The scene of a crime
Or the site and sight of a suicide
No closure in our minds
We close our broken eyes
This is the song for the summer of 85
This is the song for the ones who survived
This is the summer a belittled boy's father died
Oh / that summer of 85
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Need To Bleed
04:10
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I broke a window to see into your lives
I choked up when I saw the pain in your eyes
I never knew
I've never known
Your broken homes or tales of broken bones
I wish I could take you all away
To a beautiful place
A calming river
A mountain range
A still frame of a loving memory
Things aren't always what they seem
Sometimes you need to know
You're not the only one that's fucked up
You're not alone
We're not alone
A token of love for those in need
A broken nose for those who need to bleed
A touch of clash for the ones with too much class
"Get the fuck away from me"
Is the anthem of us all
And we're headed for the end of your world
A place where no one walks to
A place where you can only crawl through
Things aren't always what they seem
Sometimes you need to know
You're not the only one that's fucked up
You're not alone
We're not alone
Sometimes you need to bleed to figure it out
Sometimes you need to bleed to share the pain
I’m still here for all of you
Even if you’re not here for me
My gift to you from me
Will be returned eventually
You were never alone
We were never alone
Sometimes you need to bleed
I’m still here for all of you
Even if you’re not here for me
My gift to you from me
Will be returned
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5. |
Trash Me
03:33
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If I fall you step right over me
Maybe it's the past
Catching up to remind me
Of the bad things that I’ve done
I don't know
I don't like anyone
It's nice to feel anything at all
You were born to trash me
So trash me
You were born to trash me
So trash me
Throw me away
It’s nice to feel anything at all
Consider me next time around
You were born to trash me
So trash me
If I fall you step right over me
Maybe it's the past
Catching up to remind me
Of the bad things that I’ve done
I don't know
I don't like anyone
It's nice to feel anything at all
You were born to trash me
So trash me
The more I know
The more I know nothing
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A little boy breaks his skull
On a bunk bed
As the step-monster screams
And the Mother struggles to survive
Lonsdale Ave had a dirty little secret
For 3 years
3 years of beatings
3 years of blow
And enough drink
To drown a town's worth of feelings
I know a dirty little secret
There's no life left in your eyes / boy
Everything's too heavy and I'm ready to die
He (John Matthews) was a hunter
An ex-military man
The truest sheep
In wolves' clothing
With a kind and warming way
I watched her face get smashed
Countless times
With the back of his hand
The same hand
That punched me
And tossed me like a rag doll
There's no life left in your eyes / boy
Everything's too heavy and I'm ready to die
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7. |
Peter Pan Syndrome
04:51
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I think I'll stay here
In my own world for a while
I have learned to loathe yours
And I don't see why I should stay
Brain vacations are a mild relief
But it's still not enough for me
I'm seasoned to taste
I'm weathered to waste
Ageless in an ocean state
Where the water's been rising
So live the life you love
No age waves
To wash over me
I hold on tight
As the tides take
The life you love out to sea
Pain vacations are a mild relief
But still not enough for me
I'm seasoned to taste
I'm weathered to waste
Ageless in an ocean state
Where the water's been rising
So Live the life you love
The world owes me nothing
The world owes you nothing
So live the life you love
Without me
Brain vacations are a mild relief
But still not enough for me
I'm seasoned to taste
I'm weathered to waste
Ageless in an ocean state
Where the water's been rising
So Live the life you love
Without me
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Irrational Bandages
01:28
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No bandage for the severity
Of a bond severed
By the hands of loud talk
Under the influence of imposters
And forced roles
In a place that I call home
Where I no longer feel safe
No bandage for my wounds
Or the future of
Blood thirsty / lust loving
Fake it till you make it
Fair-weather friends
Who want to guide me
Through their half-truths
And garbage self portrayals
Of perfection
Fuck you
I’m a survivor
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Super Inflated
01:50
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I'll cut your head off
If it gets super inflated
I'll put my trust in you
If you really want me to
We get together
We work together
We get together to keep it deflated
I've got some worries
I've got some doubts
I hold onto some vices
Because I can't go without
We get together
We work together
We get together to keep it medicated
To feel nothing at all
I feel nothing at all
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10. |
Get Down
02:58
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We identify with the beggars
The borrowed
And the loved ones living in sorrow
The confusion of youth
I've seen the trash
Where the street meets the curb
Where the tips of bullets are hollowed
A town down to drown in heroin flirtations
Apathetic dealers / blow fiends
Or whatever pill that can be swallowed
Join me and get down
Or Join them and stay down
Teetering the poverty line
When you're trapped living seven to seven
Where broken bones can't exist
We have no time for this
An Injury equals months to years
Of financial recovery
A debt ceiling
to high to reach
While the outbursts of
"What the fuck did I do to end up here?"
And "When the fuck will this end?"
Stop giving you comfort
And start alienating your friends
Join them and get down
Or Join me and stay down
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You're next in line
The sweet summer's kind
A loving season
Black out
Or pretend you didn't see it
You tell of love less than lies
Deep red blinds block your eyes
The failure in disguise
You tell of love less than lies
You set fire to the giving tree
We set fire to the giving tree
Old age creeping up on you
A young face hides a withering heart
You fake it / you take it
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12. |
Can't Stay Here
04:01
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It's very nice to be here
But I know I can't stay here
I'm coming back home again
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