1. |
Prepare for Departure
00:39
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2. |
Cauterize
02:39
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I’m hit good and bleeding out
This is serious and more than just cosmetic
Bite down hard, here’s some whiskey for the nerves,
This can’t be real, someone call a medic!
Amputate me quickly!
This wound won’t ever heal
Burn out the infection!
Cuz I don’t wanna feel
Bandage up this misery
So I don’t feel so grim
Leave me with a memory
A phantom limb
Why can’t I just get over it?
Remove my grief with a surgical knife,
Missing appendages, missing you,
What difference does it make, I’ll carry this for life
Amputate me quickly!
This wound won’t ever heal
Burn out the infection!
Cuz I don’t wanna feel
Bandage up this misery
So I don’t feel so grim
Leave me with a memory
A phantom limb
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3. |
Loitering
03:32
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Here comes the long exhale,
Before the bottle pop ritual
Before tossing out the junk mail
Been fighting this all week,
A stupid need in me to seek
Validation in the least important things
So have a drink a laugh a cry,
Anything that helps to hide
The sheer terror of all these expectations
Cuz you know life keeps tabs on you,
And you need something to get through
To that permanent vacation
You been loitering here too long
Wasting all your precious time
I think it’s time that you move along
I’m sure you’ll be alright
Staring down the barrel of,
A gun they didn’t warn you from,
Guess nobody told them how to do it either?
But if you let it get to you,
You know you’re only gonna prove
Right the assholes that didn’t think you were a keeper
You been loitering here too long
Wasting all your precious time
I think it’s time that you move along
I’m sure you’ll be alrigh
A notion nameless
But can’t escape this
Feeling that things won’t be alright
There’s no light at the end of this tunnel
It’s a funnel
And I’m spiraling
Spiraling
So have a drink a laugh a cry,
Anything that helps to hide
The sheer terror of all these expectations
Cuz you know life keeps tabs on you,
And you need something to get through
To that permanent vacation
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4. |
Awkward Moments
03:45
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I find you awful strange,
We’re a lot alike that way,
I don’t suppose it’s awkward when,
I have nothing to say,
When the party starts to die,
And everyone goes home,
Do you think of awkward moments,
When you’re sitting all alone?
I don’t deserve the time,
Rent free inside your mind,
Certain you’ll forget our chemistry
When you close your eyes
And all my friends will say,
It’s better off this way,
When we’re all dried out and we’re
Standing in the light of day
I find you fascinating,
I’m questioning myself,
Are feelings reciprocated,
Worrying myself to death
Was the laughter out of pity?
Or a genuine connect?
I’m sure you’ll change your mind,
When you see my lack of self respect
I don’t deserve the time,
Rent free inside your mind,
Certain you’ll forget our chemistry
When you close your eyes
And all my friends will say,
It’s better off this way,
When we’re all dried out and we’re
Standing in the light of day
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5. |
Heavy Conversations
03:19
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These creatures of habit
They’re makin’ my skin crawl
These creatures of habit
They’re making my skin crawl
But the heaviest of conversations
Make everything feel small
I suppose it would be worse
To float around this universe
Holding out hope for a way to break our curse
And if we go our separate ways
Then we might get lost for days
In this endless nightmare, that would be a first
Tempted by the promise of my
Horrific fantasies
But I’ll be damned if I give up,
We’re done with making enemies.
I suppose it would be worse
To float around this universe
Holding out hope for a way to break our curse
And if we go our separate ways
Then we might get lost for days
In this endless nightmare, that would be a first
And I promise we’ll regret
All the things that we ain’t said yet
Cuz we’re too stubborn to admit
That we can’t forgive and we damn sure can’t forget
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6. |
Voidsmail
03:25
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Been talking about the things about myself
That I don’t really like,
Self awareness be damned cuz you just never know
When that feeling’s gonna strike
I know it’s just the chemicals in my brain
That make me act so strange.
Cognitive dissonance
Someone make it all make sense
It feels like such a chore
I guess it comes and goes in waves
And I end up in the same old place
I’ve been stuck here before
Been taking stock of all my jealousy
And petty grievances
Wondering if maybe kindness and sincerity
Are still the best defense?
I know it’s just the chemicals in my brain
That make me act so strange.
Cognitive dissonance
Someone make it all make sense
It feels like such a chore
I guess it comes and goes in waves
And I end up in the same old place
I’ve been stuck here before
We’ve been trying hard to reach you
About your failing heart
Giving in to guilt and sin
Must be a dying art
So annoying
This avoiding
Constant catastrophe.
Left on read
Inside my head
Without apology
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Arcane Arcade Tampa, Florida
Arcane Arcade, featuring Matt (bass/vox), Brad (drums/vox) and Jeremy (guitar), pulls inspiration from the 90s melodic skate punk of Fat Wreck combined with a love of stripped down garage-made indie punk and just a touch of the early outlaw country of Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. ... more
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