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Big Billy Ideas
03:45
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in the morning
(I've got big Billy ideas)
I'm roaring
(with the lefts and the rights)
got control over my body
(but do I?)
pick a scoop of coffee up, put a scoop of coffee down
mind is running around
how it looks in practice:
I walk and don't pay attention
speed up when I see what I think I need
I just want it hard
she said
(you have a problem with honesty)
I know it
(and I sob and I sob)
it's fine
(if I live like a guy with a life)
hope the gun stays still, hope the gun doesn't move
keep it in a quiet groove
well I've been living like a dog in a cage, wanna
catch a bird in mid-air, get its guts on my face
walk all around town with an empty head,
might as well be dead
but i have ideas
I've got an idea
I know that it's a good idea
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2. |
Dead Folks
02:31
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this is dead people's language
thank god for you, food
without it I'd be nothing
but a sobbing ball of flesh
live to grow and understand
flex a little bit of muscle
could've been a lawyer in another life
which by the way I'm ready for it
whenever you are
but it's okay if you're not
language for dead people
how ya doin, how ya not
in another world
dead folks are talking
I can hang just fine
life is organized
settle in and own your zone
oh my god what have I done
I thought I tucked that open road back in
but it's hangin out my zipper again
everybody laugh beneath their breath
gosh I really thought I tucked that in
you find out when you take some time out
forces you to detonate the grin
in another world
dead folks are talkin'
in another world I didn't mistake
life is organized
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3. |
U Wanted A Change
03:17
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U wanted a change
and you got it
neverending chatter
a life of cool stuff
you can numb as a dumb fuck
bird on a branch
fountain of youth
colors around
try to pay attention and can't
I started to think maybe that things wouldn't fall apart
I started to think I could avoid discomfort all my life
I can walk
there's a fence, it's too hot
need to shit
feel alone
feel unreal
not around
not no now
is no home
try to help
carry trash
camp in spots
read a book
wait for Stu
pick guys up
where to park
how to feel
can I sleep, can I ride
under the radar here and there
too much coffee out of money
I have a penny, walk alone
have no keys welcome here
go for run, pick up tabs
is she hurt am I hurt
am I done am I started
had a life, it has changed
I will walk, nowhere to be
thanks for thoughts means nothing
not even negative, not even sad
not even self-pitying
only here
and half at that
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4. |
Newdaymisticabigrav
03:50
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new day again
I'm hangin' by a chain
not even sure what the function is
shiny roof, metal hat
giant blocks to travel at
and we don't need shoes here,
we don't need much
and I'm still hangin'
inside there's coffee
a busy genius works
and forces love
I can build a fire if you want
stand out in the rain if you want
build a fort and die slow if you want
night will come and go again
the grass is wet
and I notice that
there are birds
and I notice that
but I never quite get to where I wanna be
I want it so bad I fool myself
car is over there
and Jim is over further
I live in the fog of today
spine is straight
clothes are loose and
hair is long
grind my teeth
spit some spit
new day again
be here forever
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5. |
Memory Loss
05:24
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I wipe spilled drink off the table
babbling brook and windswept rock
the horribleness of beauty
without connotation
but how can I blame them or anybody?
you gotta die
sometime
and somehow
at least I can still keep my awesome khakis
and feel abjectly smashing
fill an empty cup
with I forget what
how can you tell you're about to kiss the floor again?
and be like that again?
voltage flowing
through a dead body
"The lights cause memory loss,"
Brian told me.
At the time it felt like a relief
and there is a bosom available to me
and my brothers
and it can cause memory loss
wish I'd lost my memory now
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6. |
White Walls
04:25
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I know a little about white walls
I know about acoustics, man
you pay and pay and it doesn't add up
you shout and shout and it doesn't sink in
all your effort bounces around
and freedom is compromised
some days I walked right through the front door
I live with danger and care
still live inside of every room
some piece of skin must still be somewhere
the fresh start to our time apart
but I long to cling to you
I wanna claw every white wall I ever knew
rip and tear at the air with my whole essence
to reach in with a big fat hand
to reposition every tepid piece
to do better than to stand up,
to celebrate
light shooting out my fingertips.
not gonna rot,
gonna paint with skill
every white wall that I've ever known
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7. |
No Change
05:34
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early in the morning I'm low right off new day every daythey'll be all gone anytime no change no change no change no change no change all full no change every day back of my mind one second of quiet time escape escape no here no now no truth no clouds no clocks no motors no brakes no home no home no home no home no home no change no home
wrap myself as long as I can
live life like I'm bent over ready to pounce
stretch everyone around into an angry knot
never breaks but always gets tighter
every piece behind your face falls out
eyes made of solid cement
life isn't perfect but it's just fine
and like the motor in a clock,
integrity's thriving
we all meet each other every single day
every white cell turns the other way
no melody these days not no fullness
I turned my back on who I could've been
he's still out there somewhere smiling
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