1. |
Margaritaville Pt II
03:15
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I got a haircut
For a job I didn’t get
I’ve been trying to take care of myself
And I know that's just
How that cards are getting dealt
I just wish we were playing
Something else
Cuz time is a slippery creature
That fucker
Will wriggle through your fingers
And sometimes it feels
Like I spent the last decade
Stuck in an elevator
I thought
I was marching towards
A brighter future
In a pair off brand new sneakers
But nothing has ever felt more wasteful
Than when I use them
To smash spiders
In my mother’s basement
Cuz cash is a strange bouquet
Its petals provide such cruel comfort
And I’ve let this last decade
Disfigure me
Just trying to get it
I haven’t seen the ocean since Christmas
Still sleeping next to boxes in the basement
But in my dreams I’m wearing jeans on the beach
While somewhere Deacon Blues plays softly in the distance
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2. |
Dead Batteries
03:48
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I’ve surrounded myself
With elegance
Broke the bank
Just trying to blend in
But every time I try
And speak their language
I just come across
As a little kid
I’m knocking on the door
Of a future
That won’t let us in
Cuz every hand shake
In this city will cost ya
And arm and a leg
And I’m all out of limbs
I’ve been surrounded
By elegance
Let the vultures
Tie knock offs around my neck
They claim they’re going
To lift you up
As they circle high above your head
But they’re really just waiting
To pick apart the dead
I’m knocking on the door
Of a future
That won’t let us in
Cuz every hand shake
In this city will cost ya
And arm and a leg
And I’m all out of limbs
I’m just trying to make something real
Cuz I am so sick of feeling
Just like I’m only
Dead batteries
Empty calories
Just a handful
Of useless things
Like a prayer for the president
Or a letter to your congressman
Just a quarter in a broken machine
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3. |
Delicate Creatures
04:43
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Jackie is a delicate creature
Covered up in tattoos
Of tougher ones
Ain’t it weird
How its in our nature
To desire
To be dangerous
But just cuz
You have an image of a switchblade
On your shoulder
That don’t make you a killer
You had gone off leash
Well beyond your boundaries
And just like every other wild thing
You will be punished
Just for existing
Jackie spent the last decade
Digging her fingers
Into the clay
Just hoping something gorgeous
Might take shape
To prove that she
Exists
Her brother the astronomer says
“We are all just tiny comets
Up against one big rock
We can’t do much damage
But together
We just might
Make an impact”
You had gone off leash
Well beyond your boundaries
And just like every other wild thing
You will be punished
Just for existing
And sure
You can howl at the moon
Or break bottles against
The concrete
But it won’t make a difference
If no one else is listening
It’s hard to stay soft
When you feel
Surrounded
By such sharp teeth
It’s hard to stay calm
When you feel
Just like fresh meat
You had gone off leash
Well beyond your boundaries
And just like every other wild thing
You will be punished
Just for existing
We are all just tiny comets
We are all just tiny comets
Up against one big rock
And I hope
You make an impact
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4. |
Heavy Eyes
02:24
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It’s been awful night
So we are drinking awful wine
From the best coffee cups
We stole
From those all night restaurants
Back when we still had
Occasions
For celebration
You look breathtaking
Dancing
In your ex’s underwear
No I don’t care
How you came to me
Cuz you look gorgeous
In barely anything
I know your eyes are heavy
But please stay up with me
Cuz the dreams that are coming
Have me terrified
And I could use some company
To help me
Make it through the night
You look breathtaking
Dancing
In your ex’s underwear
No I don’t care
How you came to me
Cuz you look gorgeous
In barely anything
It’s been a while
Since any of our rituals
Have had an effect
On anything
So turn up those speakers
And let's see if we
Can at least summon the courage
To keep going
You look breathtaking
Dancing
In your ex’s underwear
No I don’t care
How you came to me
Cuz you look gorgeous
In barely anything
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5. |
Tide Pools
02:47
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I get itchy when I get anxious
And I’m trying to find a better way
To scratch it
But in the meantime
I bum a cigarette
From a stranger on the beach
And I know there are
Worse demons then this
I think to myself
As my ashes mix into the sand
I used to find so much comfort
In the fact
That next to the ocean
I’m insignificant
But now how small I am
Mostly just bums me out
You once embroidered
Me a picture of a seashell
That looks just like
The one I’m holding
So I return it to the tide pool
From where I found it
Then take a moment
After I realize how easy
It would be for me
To kill everything in it
I used to find so much comfort
In the fact
That everything is connected
But now that mostly
Just freaks me out
Cuz I don’t want to do any damage
But even my footsteps
Can be cataclysmic
And I don’t want to hurt anyone
But even saying goodbye
Stings like a motherfucker
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6. |
Bandits
03:19
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We’ve got a blanket on the window
To keep the cold out
We’ve got a record on the table
To cover our breathing
We’ve got this small spark
That we’ve stolen from the heavens
We could hide here all winter
Or until the ceiling caves in
My dear you have no idea
How dire I can be
I’d set fire to my diary
Just to try and summon you
With the poetry
Of the smoke rings
There are decisions
That test your nervous system
Worn out t-shirts
That determine
What future you end up in
And it twists my stomach into knots
Thinking how unlikely it is
Our paths have ever crossed
My dear you have no idea
How dire I can be
I’d set fire to my diary
Just to try and summon you
With the poetry
Of the smoke rings
There were nights
I would lay awake terrified
That you might be
The love of my life
You still freak me out
And you still freak me out
My dear you have no idea
How dire I can be
I’d set fire to my diary
Just to try and summon you
With the poetry
Of the smoke rings
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7. |
Bunnies (Limping Away)
03:25
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Tell me what were we thinking?
I know we were both feeling broken
Were we really each other’s missing piece?
Or were we just a collection
Of jagged edges?
Something must always be sacrificed
When you are trying to make a new life
I once was a bunny in a bear trap
Now I am limping away
With blood in my teeth
And only one leg
I was born with an iron lung
You were born with a heart of golf
Though we tried, how could we lift each other up?
When we were both born over encumbered from the start
Something must always be sacrificed
When you are trying to make a new life
I once was a bunny in a bear trap
Now I am limping away
With blood in my teeth
And only one leg
I’m sorry I’m not trying to be a broken record
I’m just sorry that you got hurt
I’m sorry I’m not trying to be another teacher
I’m just sorry this is a lesson you’ve learned
I’m sorry I’m not trying to be a broken record
I’m just sorry that you got hurt
Something must always be sacrificed
When you are trying to make a new life
I once was a bunny in a bear trap
Now I am limping away
With blood in my teeth
And only one leg
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8. |
Shovels
02:52
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Hey are you okay David?
You’ve been foaming at the mouth
And you claim you know what will save us
So you better spit it out!
We’ve been talking in circles
With our tongues just like shovels
Hey, I’m very sorry David,
I’ve been planting seeds in the garden
Which nothing good can grow from
Just a thousand thorns
Sprouting from the dirt
We’ve been talking in circles
With our tongues just like shovels
And every word just digs us deeper
And every word just digs us deeper
We’ve been talking in circles
With our tongues just like shovels
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9. |
Hamsters (Guilty Spark)
02:30
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It was the first day
Of the first war
We were ever aware of
When you taught me
A new word
We were both
Afraid of
That’s when I learned
That all my little theories
As to why the world is turning
Were wrong
There ain’t a hamster
In the center
But a thousand cruel
Creatures on the surface
Chasing the weaker ones
It was the last day
Before you disappeared
We were in your basement
Playing Halo with the lights off
When you whispered
Something into my ear
That still makes my cheeks blush
That’s when I learned
That all my little theories
As to why the world is turning
Were wrong
There ain’t a hamster
In the center
But a thousand cruel
Creatures on the surface
Chasing the weaker ones
I dreamt
Of a choir of geeks
Covered in blood
Singing your name on repeat
I dream of you so often
Sometimes I’m too terrified to sleep
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10. |
Caesar
04:14
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They’re paying me
Thirteen an hour
To peel the stickers off
The bathroom stall walls
And I’m grateful for the work
But I can’t tell if they look better or worse
Than when I started
Beauty can be frustrating
All the effort
It takes to maintain it
I will build an effigy
To all the things
That I used to believe
Some ideas look their best
When they are burning
I didn’t cope
With winter well
And now I’m living
In my mother's basement
Again
I found this old photograph
Where I’m dressed up as Caesar
And it's my first Halloween
For a second I was the center of the universe
But I've been spiraling out
Ever since
I guess they should have just
Dressed me up as an astronaut
Instead
I will write a eulogy
For all the things
That I could have been
Maybe it's for the best
Those dreams are dead
Cuz I would have been
A terrible president
And maybe an even worse
Anarchist
Though the walls are closing in
The windows are too
And though the blinds are shut to tight
For the light to get through
Our eyes will adjust to the darkness
And what surrounds us
Will come into full view
When it does I glad that movement
Wasn’t monsters, but was you
So let's sing out the only hymn
That still means anything
We are broken
But we are healing
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