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Bummed
03:17
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i know i’ve been kinda bummed
but do you want to come with me to that basement show?
been thinking about our record
at every show that i've been to
from the glitterbox to the ninth ward
jealous that i could be playing,
instead i am displacing
out a few hundred miles in buffalo
its causing issues,
all my friends in philly are confused
as to why i never called them
or tried to tell them anything
i didn’t want them to know
that i was trapped inside a dark cosmic hole,
i apologize
i know, im really sorry
so lets talk, but make it quick
i’m going to a basement show
where i can be stupid
and forget about feeling useless
as quarterbacks play in the attic
in elmwood
didn’t expect it
that night was good
as i drove home alone in the jeep
on the skyway,
had the top off
didn’t want to stay awake
wondered
what’d be like
if i crashed
a shattered sight
like falling backwards into a pool
to land face-up on my bed
staring at the ceiling until summer ends
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Malkmus Haircut
01:46
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finally back in familiar territory
looked stupid in the mirror and got a haircut yesterday morning.
thought about calling coleman
so we could laugh at inside jokes and references to pavement
but then i made you feel so uncomfortable
you said, “you’re getting weird, yet predictable”
and if i was standing next to you, i don’t what i would do
if you didn’t like my haircut, would you let me know?
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3. |
Stuck at Home
01:03
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do you want me,
do ya feel me?
insecurely
topsy turvy
i’m stuck at home
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4. |
Sry, Harry
04:12
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i fell right through the floor
down to staten island or the shore
jersey was alright but i felt a little alone
then i stood in the italian neighborhood
brickwork, patch of grass, max is barking could
i last another three months?
wound up sick at harry’s house
had too many drinks to wanna talk about
i threw up on the door trying to leave
i’m sorry, i can clean myself up
sry, harry
maggie told me i’m not used to it,
reminded me of the time when i bit
the pavement right there next to the baseball field
i’m sorry, but i can’t clean myself up
please help me, i can’t clean myself up
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5. |
Bandwide Forgiveness
03:26
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mark and julie need to make up
when they fight i feel unloved
like a divorced kid from a broken home
please don’t make me have to play that solo show
mark and julie need to be friends
so i never ever have to jam with corning instead
if we ever have to share the seats
on a tour bus headed down east
i don’t wanna have
to sit in-between
in a worst-case scenario
the social media post that i wrote, in advance
will read “local onlys are dead and gone,
torn apart by lovelust and a song”
torn apart by lovelust and a song
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6. |
Sunday
02:42
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felt like a sunday
thought about rolling up
to the convenience store in the dark
i was just coasting
hoping no one would notice,
just a cop in the old high school parking lot
he asked me son, “what are you doing? would you want me to pull you over to the other side?”
i said, “alright,” then he drove away
leaving me longing for something so far,
far from my fingertips
shelly, i am so lonely
i know i’ll be back shortly
but things will definitely be weirder than before
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7. |
Ode to North Philly
01:57
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i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go back to north philly
my summers’ lean,
devoid of happy fortune, kat’s n basil’s, local onlys especially mark and julie
feelin’ left out like a kid on the swings while everyone else is living in the city 7 hours away
feelin’ so alone all my friends at home
they all forgot about me
we’ll never sleep
but now i just feel so much sicker than before
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8. |
2777
03:45
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my throat hurts
i’m tired
fritzy’s puking
can’t feel my eyelids
crazy kate is punching mark,
dancing in the dark
ambulances and temple shows
i’m on the outside looking on
first semester jitters are good and gone
i’m no longer the stupidest one in the room, yeah you know…
golden boy’s gotta fall sometime,
the golden boy’s gotta fall
remember
that golden girl?
came before fritzy
now she’s crashed and burned
she’s got a poster of
the 27 club
kisses it each night when the days good and done
i’m on the outside looking on
first semester jitters are good and gone
i’m no longer the stupidest one in the room, yeah you know…
golden boy’s gotta fall sometime,
the golden boy’s gotta fall
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9. |
10 Min Song
04:33
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JAKE’S SIDE
post show
we drove
wanted to melt
on the scuylkill going west
i laid in the back
face on the window flat
mark had a cd constructed so perfectly
while i waited for the final lokos from steins as i fell asleep
JULIE’S SIDE
after the show
and you know
it was a mess
a simple test
to see if you would crack
and jacob sat
trying not to see
how awkward we can be
TOGETHER
mark didn’t want to listen to frankie with us
a tectonic shift as he left
so i went to the japanese tea garden all by ourselves
JAKE
do you want to listen to 10 minute songs with me
i promise it won’t be as long as it seems
and ive been thinkin
and ive been wishin that you’ll agree
come on julie
with me
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4am
03:42
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did ya call me last night?
cuz i don’t remember… anything from last night
i got stupid, it was alright
while you were driving north out of sight
at four in the morning
it felt good to be back
for awhile
i wouldn’t say you snapped
but you came close
austin told me about his life
and how grassroots metro sounded really tight
soundtrack to his summer which wasn’t so nice
a hard hitting bummer
toking late last night
made me think of
the idea in the corner of my brain
napping patiently
“we’re all tortured in a way”
but we’ll be okay
you’ll be okay
cuz i never do anything wrong
i never do anything wrong to you
but if i did, i don’t remember anything from 4am
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11. |
Ben's B-Day
04:41
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the world is based in symmetry
that’s why things level out eventually--even maggie
she saved some cake for me on ben’s birthday
a lil detail that i recorded
i had forgotten that a release doesn’t mean you have to part ways
even when things don’t feel the same
reminds me of those cascos days
i stayed sober the other night
listenin’ to belle & sebastian circa ‘95
waited up for a long time
suddenly i was reminded
of the shallow space that resides
in-between my two front teeth
gap toothed smile just to see
if you’ll smile back at me
but you’re at a party on uber or something
while i’m playing in a living room on lambert
waiting for you
praying that you
like the same music that i do
i don’t wanna go back home
everything shifts when i am gone
and i don’t want to be alone anymore
so i guess i’ll go on tour with the band
we’ll capture it on film
cuz when we’re older and have jobs & kids
& the real weight of the world.
but for now, lets enjoy the weather
cuz me, mark, and julie are together
& i love ‘em forever
but for now, we’re just waiting for january
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Local Onlys Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A three piece that finds themselves jamming in the La Salle chapel for the sake of a drum set.
COLLEGE ROCK N' ROLL
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