I am paving my way through words drawn in wet concrete
I can write this once and read it forever
I could write it twice if we could scream it together
I’ve forgotten my fear of rollercoasters
I'm not so concerned
Just take me up again
Another not-so-good reason
To take the selfish way out
Im gutting a fish like a kid
Who caught his own mouth
It's not so romantic
When the same song plays every day
I'm getting too close too close to an emotionless life
I’ve gotten too close too close for it to stay the same
sorry kelly for ruining your beautiful song with my awful voice!!!!
just did this cover for fun! i wrote an eat my jorts song that ill probably post later!
I didn't think I'd have this for anything less than forever
As soon as I started listening things stopped getting better
And I thought that I'd remember or thought it was a nightmare
But I stopped hearing strings in songs when they're not there
Sing the song you wrote for me about the Times Square weather
I thought it was uninspiring but your imagery is getting better
And please remind me that next time week convene
If you quit your fucking band you'll be dead by next week
I think it's all too much to talk out over lunch
When I see you again will I remember that
I was 17 once
Lovesick at first sight of drawing blood
And watching fires burn for fun
Swaying with my eyes shut
But waiting to cut the cord
If I died in Champaign that'd be fucked
And I think it's also fucked to think it over way too much
I remember when things mattered less and I didn't care when
I was 17 once
Bruised as beautifully as the blue sky
And as ordinary as it too
Minimized and cleaned up
I'm losing weight I didn't gain
Naivety is decaying right now
I was 17 once
I died when I was young
And forever I'll be fucking stuck
i literally havent written a good ska song in over a year. so it feels good to get this one out. i think the lyrics are still a work in progress, but this and the music are nearly done!! i might try to record a demo soon?? this song is about a lot of things but kinda centers in on one or two feelings as a bigger picture. i dropped a lot more f-bombs than i usually do when writing. i dont use swears in songs much, sometimes it feels kinda like a cheat-code. you can literally use the word fuck whenever you want in a song and it will make sense LOL. this song more lighthearted or maybe more fun than other ones, so i think using the word fuck 4 times is okay.
Weren't you seventeen once?
Don't you remember painting the colors of the sky?
My canvas melts from stars that burn too bright
Now it's too hot for me
Are you sure that you're letting go?
Cause I'm squeezing so tight
I couldn't feel safer
And I couldn't feel more alone
i needed to post this "chorus" cause i think about it so much. i love it. this is near the end of the song, and its going to be the last song on this album. i feel so great when i can write something i love. i wrote this months ago, and i still have yet to finish all the lyrics for this song. once i finish ill post an acoustic demo maybe!
Remind me I'm alive
Drain the dread out of my eyes
Hold my arms and break them before I take my life
In this tide I will capsize
Will this show be worth the drive?
What would we do otherwise?
I've stayed at home with Ponyoak at least ten-thousand times
What's left to leave behind?
i just wanted to share this song. a fun thing about this site is that i can share sneak peaks of the music im working on!! i think i started working on this song back in august. my original idea was to have this be an acoustic song, but i kept improving it and it worked too well as a punk song to let it stay acoustic. i recorded this demo last month, im not really happy with the vocals, but its whatever. good enough for a demo. imagine this is the first song on an album, its kinda like the introduction. at least it will be anyways. its a pretty short and simple song but i like the lyrics and i feel like it wraps up a lot of big feelings i have into 2 little stanzas.
i recorded this at home by myself and played all the instruments on here.
i think that being able to post demos like this here will motivate me more to keep working. sometimes i get so stuck with this stuff.