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Company
01:58
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And if you quit smoking
Will you just start drinking?
Sober as a stone
My number in your phone
Your mother gets home late
Your father’s out of state
You watch too much TV
You keep me company
Your brother’s old drum kit
Set up in the basement
I’m waiting for the day
I get to hear you play.
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Your mother wanted to name you Aaron
But her body built you as a different man
My friend if you want me to
I’ll call you Aaron
I can
You sing your song with your back turned to me
Your body shaking voice sturdy and still
If closing my eyes will help you
Turn around Aaron
I will
The water’s warm but it still stings your shins
When you are wading in
It’s worth the swim
I feel so weightless
Rid of our bodies
Come and float with me Aaron
Your father wanted to take you shopping
For something to wear on his wedding day
When I saw you standing there
With your shirt tucked in
I caved
The water’s warm but it still stings your shins
When you are wading in
It’s worth the swim
I feel so weightless
Rid of our bodies
Come and float with me Aaron
You live your life with your back turned to me
Your body swaying voice steady in stance
If shutting my mouth will help you
Turn around Aaron
I can
I can Aaron I can
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3. |
Black Friday
03:24
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When I ask if you wanna spend the day with me
You say “Sure I’ve got nowhere else to be”
I’ll take being the last one on your mind
Still squeeze me in, never cared about
Waiting on your line
And I remember the days
You’d break my heart in other ways
Before you said we’d keep in touch
I don’t hear from you too much
If you need to call me
I’m too weak to hold your grudge
When i ask you “Are you seeing the same guy?”
You seem confident he’s sticking around this time
I’ll take being the last one that you call
You’re Black Friday and I’m going to the mall
I remember the days
You’d break my heart with just a face
Before you said we’d keep in touch
I don’t hear from you too much
If you need to call me
I’m too weak to hold your grudge
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I’ve got some bad ideas
I tell you on the phone
I didn’t fear your rain
Until it was a storm
I think I hate my body
Til it’s next to yours
With you I wear the clothes
I’d buried in my drawers
And I’ve won over your mother darling
And I’ve won over your sister too
And I won over your father darling
And I still don’t feel worthy of you
I think I’d better quit
I text you late at night
I’m in the motel bathroom
Staring at my thighs
I remember my body show its
Evils in other’s rooms
I remember the shine of your mouth
As I lay there for you
And I’ve won over your mother darling
And I’ve won over your sister too
And I’ve won over your father darling
And I still don’t feel worthy of you
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5. |
Killer
04:10
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With every step he takes
An evil shakes in you
He’s hauling ass
Feet slapping down your avenue
Fingers tracing the spaces
Between the bricks lining your hall
My weapon’s lick in my hands
My back’s against your wall
I wanna be the one who kills the man who hurt you darling
Just because I feel the devil in your bed
Don’t mean it’s you
When you winced and turned your head
And wept, that’s when I knew
That it’s not enough to run that dog out of this town!
My weapon’s cold in the backseat
Hunt that monster down.
I wanna be the one who kills the man who hurt you darling
Just because I feel the devil in your bed
Don’t mean it’s
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6. |
Where We Live
01:40
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7. |
Bullshit
03:37
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I tried to cheer you up
I tried to fix it all
Instead I think I made you feel broken
Show you a picture of
You that I really love
You cringe and ask
If you're like that in person
What can I do
When all my truth just sounds like
Bullshit to you
Where do we go
When all our truth just sounds like
Damage control
Stand up and your shoulders cave
Tell a joke and the punchline shakes
You’re squirming in a shirt that you outgrew
You’ve got your father’s eyes
You’ve got your mother’s smile
And I’ve got every reason to love you
What can I do
When all my truth just sounds like
Bullshit to you
Where do we go
When all our truth just sounds like
Damage control
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8. |
Sneakers
02:14
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I’m sorry
I’m sorry that you come to me in dreams
Like it’s the only way that you can find to talk to me
When I saw you last
We were fraying at the edges
I never patched it up and now
We’re unwound.
Thought I saw you wearing boots
But knew it wasn’t really you
Cuz you wear sneakers in the winter
Your clearness was a shiver
Slush seeping through your soles
Now your feet are wet
And I can’t wring you out
Oh I’m sorry that you had to see that
I’m sorry that you had to see me like that.
Chest a frenzy when I saw
You working my old summer job
It singed a nerve I thought was lost
Here I was measuring my scars
Envisioning yours twice as long
Your skin was smooth and shining
Like my street when it rains
Thought I saw your feet were bare
But knew you weren’t really there
Cuz you wear sneakers by the seaside
Your silence was a nuisance
Sand sticking to my socks
Now my floors are filthy
I can’t rinse them off
Oh I’m sorry that you had to see that
I’m sorry that you had to see me like that.
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9. |
Urban Drip
02:26
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You got your paycheck
Blew it all that afternoon
On mall sunglasses
Fees for classes
Back to school
And then we drove
You laughed and pointed out the bars where
You had sex in bathrooms wet with urban drips
And you admit, it was gross
But you were having fun
I feel gross
But not the way that you had meant, no
You play your heart
Every Tuesday open mic
Now you’ve got your own show
Name on posters
Friday night
I didn’t realize
How badly I’d been itching just to
Hear your voice
Singing in a quiet room
With no one texting
Or yelling at the bar and being rude
You are music
But not the kind they listen to
You are music
But not the kind they listen to.
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10. |
Stick N Poke
02:25
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Their eyes are glinting
Mouths are twisting
Holding back the gimmick
My knees are failing
Chest is wailing
Shaking in my core
They hold my body like it’s nothing
Pinching, pushing, prodding
There is no winner
I’m left bitter
Hissing from the litter
I was walking by your house one morning
When it hit me
I think I’m due for a shitty tattoo!
I only have these thoughts when I’m missing you!
I sleep in late
It’s such a waste
Passing my youth in half days
Can barely breathe without caffeine
And water’s what I want
My body holds me like a prison
Weeping, wilting, wincing
There is no winner
I skip dinner
They still want you thinner
I drove by and I saw your car on the street
When it hit me
I think I’m due for a shitty tattoo!
I only have these thoughts when I’m missing you!
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11. |
The City
02:28
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My body grows
My city shrinks
I feel her hands around my waist
Not like we’re dancing
Like she’s pushing me away
My shoulders back
My stomach in
I rub my sweat into her skin
It makes her glow but not enough
To keep me in
I ride the busses, take the trains
I squeeze my figure through her veins
I am congestion
I’m the blood clot in her leg
In movie theaters, public parks
In delis, markets, coffee shops
Her organs fold and leave me
Gasping in her streets.
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12. |
In Town
04:25
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At the thought of losing you
My muscles hum familiar tunes
And curl me to a naked ball
Wet on our shower floor
How do I unfurl from here?
At the thought of losing you
I paint my eyes and lips
And as I pull my sharpest stockings on
My ankle gives and twists
How do I stand up from here?
If there’s anything I learned
While I was back in town
It’s that nothing worth loving ever sticks around
But you
At the thought of leaving you
I dig my heels and screech
And like an infant hand
Wrapped round your thumb
I grip you like a leech
How would i let go from here?
If there’s anything I learned
While I was back in town
It’s that nothing worth loving ever sticks around
But you
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13. |
Killer
04:10
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