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Rot in Bliss
05:37
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I can’t find the words
that I can live by—
I just edit the script
when it goes awry.
It’s okay, it’s alright,
we’ll find our way tonight–
and tomorrow we’ll undo
everything we said we’d do.
But something will have to
take root someday soon.
Can’t make up my mind.
What is worth my time?
No, we will not fail,
though our plan’s derailed–
redirect the sail,
calibrate the scale.
It’s alright, it’s okay,
there’s always another way.
Before you die, what’ll you miss?
What’ll it take to rot in bliss?
We can be the buffer
between what we’ll suffer–
we can soften the blows
so it’s not all dread and woe
and misery–
I have already
wasted so much time
harping on the grief.
“It’s okay” is just what we say
when we’ve lost our way.
Can we take the reins?
Is it all in vain?
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Driving myself crazy
trying to decide lately.
Toss it about, you’ll figure it out–
living in a limbo of profound doubt.
I don’t want to open that door,
closing all the others forever more.
Sooner or later you’ll have to choose
or someone else will do so for you.
Before you die, what will you miss?
What will it take to rot in bliss?
Toss it about, you’ll figure it out–
living in a limbo of profound doubt.
I can’t get it right–
think I might toss it,
make it end, start again.
I can’t wait it out anymore–
I know what I got
and what I want.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Driving myself crazy
trying to decide lately.
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
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This is How We're Living Now
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In Your Bones
02:49
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You can never let it go–
it’s in your bones,
it’s all you truly know
Feel it like most every night,
sometimes randomly
and sometimes when you need–
subtly underlying
in everything that you desire.
Like the sun it’s the only one
that remains constantly,
center of your gravity.
Fading youth, facing truth–
however bright or dimly,
your light shines on enduringly.
Deep bogs of brain fog
swallow whole swaths of time–
when you’re lost in the weeds
and lost track of the seeds,
it will find you
and remind you
that it’s time to go.
It’s the roots underground,
the channels unseen,
the marrow of the matter,
it’s your reason to breathe.
It’s the wavering hum
of cicadas in the sun–
the crying of new life
that’s just begun.
Subtly underlying
in everything that you desire.
However bright or dimly,
your light shines on enduringly.
That voice you know
that calls you home,
you can feel it in your bones,
beckoning you
and coming into view,
inching nearer,
becoming clearer.
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Dredging
03:45
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I can feel it brewing and breathing,
something palpable in the ether,
as it draws nearer and nearer–
what’s nebulous soon becomes clearer.
Exorcising the beasts inside of me—
tame them and frame them
to save them from the abyss
that they came from.
Digging through the depths of the archives—
searching for some old ghosts to revive.
Quantifying and eulogizing
everything you once would’ve died for.
Apathy creeps in and consumes me–
I’m paralyzed by my desire
to frack and mine my mind.
I can feel it brewing in the ether,
the cause and remedy of this fever.
Dredging up a bitter-sweet mixture,
converting what’s hurting into an elixir.
Exorcising the beasts inside of me—
tame them and frame them
to save them from the dust
that they’d become.
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Whalesong
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6. |
Clip Art Rose
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7. |
Gondola
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8. |
McBushwick Strut
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Someday, When It's Over, You'll Fly Every Morning
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10. |
Laugh Lines
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11. |
Complete Contentment
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Grampfather Kingston, New York
Grampfather is an indie-psych rock band based out of Kingston, NY, whose material traverses a variety of rock genres, such
as indie, garage, punk, psych, chill, and thrash.
James Kwapisz: vocals, guitar, synth
Tony DiMauro: drums
Andrew Blot: guitar, keys
Jake Offermann: bass
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