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Cult of Personality
04:11
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Didn't mean to fantasize
Hangin' out behind your eyes
You don't tell me what I'm talkin' about
Couldn't help but complicate
Plagiarize or imitate
You don't tell me what I'm thinkin' about, doin' without
You wanna make it end
But can you let me pretend
I'll see your face up on the other side
You tell me give it up
Humiliations enough to keep me company through the night
Guess I didn't realize
You were everybody's type
Couldn't run or quit, I figured it out
I was pissed when I came to
Underneath your pedestal
You don't tell me what I'm thinking about
Anyhow
You wanna make it end
But can you let me pretend
I'll see your face up on the other side
You tell me give it up
Humiliations enough to keep me company through the night
My body is a burden
And I'm trying to put some weight on you
My legs are heavy working
Can you carry me a mile or two
I have a heavy pressure on my mind
Here are some thoughts to think
My major motivation
Is my cult of personality
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2. |
So Sad, So Sad
03:52
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So sad, so sad
I could never make you stay
Too bad, too bad
I could never walk away
So sad, so sad
I reply upon cliche
To help me explain
Why I will never be the same
Trying to be a perfect circle
Neat just like I take my drinks
A crumb upon my plate leads to a week of crying streaks
I could never walk away...
I could never make you stay
It's such a shame
Even wind knocks me around
It’s not that I don't try
It’s just that I'm better on the ground
What if I gave
My ambition for a brain
Only a fool
Would approve that trade
Trying to be a perfect circle
Weak just like I take my drinks
A crumb upon my plate leads to a week of cryin' sleep
I could never walk away...
I could never make you stay
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3. |
Taken By Surprise
02:58
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It was over by mid October
She had already packed up her bags by then
I can’t remember by mid December
She was desperately trying to leave Michigan
She won’t know she’s made it until she hates it
Excellent taste in terrible dudes
Her five year plan is to get out of the basement
With stakes so low it’s hard to know what to do
I was taken by another guy
You, taken by surprise
I can’t, I don’t like the look in your eye
But you, you were taken by surprise
Not impressed with the time she’s taken
Five years has suddenly turned into eight
The person of interest had always been faking
An interest in everything she loved to hate
It was over by mid October
She had already packed up her bags by then
I can’t remember by mid December
She was desperately trying to leave me again
I was taken by another guy
You, taken by surprise
I can’t, I don’t like the look in your eye
But you, you were taken by surprise
I cannot help you
I can not help you, no
I can not help you go
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4. |
Eye to Eye
04:08
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I wake up, hang out
Wondering if it was my idea
To pass up a handout
Isn't that just like me
You're up in my zone
Making small talk in my sleep
I can't stand to go home
I didn't ask to be here
but as far as I'm concerned it’s only fair
Was I really so wrong not to let you know
but I couldn't find out
I wake up, space out
Wondering if it was my idea
To pass up a handout
Isn't that just like me
You're up in my zone
Keeping myself company
I can't stand to go home
I didn't ask to be here
But as far as I'm concerned it’s only fair
Was I really so wrong not to let you go
But I turn on myself
Eye to eye to eye to eye…
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5. |
Kelly
03:01
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Walk into a circle
Walk into the sun
Our favorite books are all bricks
Our favorite bricks are all gone
Everything I notice
Occupying space
Everyone around me
Falling into place
You don't wanna hear it, do you Kelly
You don't wanna be here, do you Kelly
I didn't mean to do you wrong, Kelly
I'm just trying to tell you that I’m sorry
Why so heavy handed
When we're wide awake
Can you stop pretending
For your own sake
I went onto the rooftop
On my lunch break
Why so heavy hearted
Was it all a mistake
You don't want to hear it, do you Kelly
You don't want to be here, do you Kelly
I didn't mean to do you wrong, Kelly
I'm just trying to tell you that I'm sorry
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6. |
Second Act
04:08
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I made a list of the people who left
And swore up and down that they would come back
It was the length of my body twice over
And over, they told me the distance would make me grow stronger
But mother, don’t worry
Tell your people we’re coming back
It’s not that easy
Why does everyone always leave me
Wasting away
I’m never coming back
Haven’t you said
I need a second act
I’m never coming back
I won’t look back
I’m never coming back
If finding yourself is something that matters
Well me ask me again and I’ll tell you just who you are
It won’t cost anything except your loyalty
Why don’t you promise me
You’ll try not to worry
Every time is a compromise
It’s not that easy
Why does everyone always leave me
But,
Mother, don’t worry
Tell your people we’re coming back, coming back
It’s not that easy
Why does everyone always leave me
Wasted away
I’m never coming back
Haven’t you said
I need a second act
I’m never coming back
I won’t look back
I’m never coming back
But mother, don’t worry
Tell your people we’re coming back, coming back
It’s not that easy
Why does everyone always leave me
But,
Mother don’t worry
Try not to worry
I made a list of the people who left
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7. |
Smash
02:49
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It wasn't right
To start tonight
Dissect my lines
What I was thinking
There's nothing to get
It's only a script
It's only a trip
What you were thinking
I thought a soccer ball could have it all
It made me feel like I was seven feet tall
Hey, no offense
Before you begin
I'm phoning it in
What were you thinking
It was all right
Thought you were bright
You're still a ten
But I'm not thinking
I'm tired and I'm stupid and I think I can't get bored
I'll back you in a corner with extended metaphors
I hate talking about myself and hate to be ignored
I'm out of jokes I’m out of luck I'm out of scores
I thought a soccer ball could have it all
It made me feel like I was seven feet tall
I thought a baseball bat was where it was at
A revolutionary way to fight back
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8. |
Still Apart
03:22
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You don't even know my name
You don't even know the game anymore
You don't even know my name
But you want to
Have a little decency
Stop, stop playing around me
Used to getting what you see
But not this time
I know I shouldn't go out after dark
Hanging around all these cars in my car
But
Was it me or tell me
Are we still apart
Hanging all around my neck
I don't see with her like that
Have a little self respect
Don't you wanna
Follow me around for days
No use trying to dodge your gaze
Have it any other way
I know I shouldn't go out after dark
Hanging around all these cars in my car
Was it me or tell me
Are we still apart
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