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It's Been Ringing
01:22
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Bolt cutters
Thick plastic tubes
An absolute commitment
To what you know is right
A willingness to place
The luxury of relative comfort at risk
In another scenario
Maybe it could be me
But it wasn’t, was it?
And it wouldn’t be
I am not strong
I do not have your courage
In the deserts of Rojava
On the runways of Stansted
We like to tell ourselves that if the fan got really shitty
We would answer the call
Well, it’s been ringing
It’s been ringing
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2. |
Edge of the Pavement
01:42
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Sometimes when I’m on my way to work
walking mindlessly down the street
I look into the road, and I think about how tired I am
I think about my inability to say no
and my refusal to turn down offers of plans
I think about how I could really use a break
Nothing too serious, maybe a tibia, or a fibula
Something to put me on the sidelines for a couple of months
to slow down, to regroup
I don’t really want to hurt myself
and I don’t want to die
I don’t want to worry my friends and my family
I just want to back away quietly into the hedge, unnoticed.
But what would that really achieve?
What would be the outcome of that?
Sure, I can take a couple of months off,
it’ll still all just be there when I get back.
I’ll have worried my friends and my family
become a burden on them
I’ll start to feel bored and I’ll start to feel lazy
I know what I need
I just need a break
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My body is not in the best shape
I don’t think my body is in the best shape
And I’m ageing
One day my friends will tire of me
One day my friends will drift away
I’m ageing
Sometimes I see the sky is blue
Sometimes I see the grass is green
Sometimes the bushes shimmer
With the brightest colours ever seen
But take a look and it’s just rubbish
Thrown from some slow-moving traffic
Plastic bottles, old crisp wrappers
Blooming from the undergrowth
It’s far too late for anything
There’s chewing gum beneath my seat
There’s something poisonous in the water
It’s no longer safe to drink
You said it gets darker before it gets light
I don’t know if we’ll still be here by that time
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4. |
I'm Important!
01:07
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I am more important than you
I’ve got things to say, and I will say them over you
I won’t adapt
I won’t react
I won’t just stand at the back
I need to lead
I can’t concede
There’s just no end to my greed
I’m surrounded by people that don’t hold me to account
Can’t you see? It’s all about me!
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Celebrate achievement
Without acknowledgement
Present your success in isolation
Whose shoulders are you standing on?
Whose faces are they stamping on?
But it’s alright
It’s alright, you earned it
It’s alright
It’s alright, you worked really hard
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6. |
You Benefit
01:28
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You benefit
You betrayed my trust
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7. |
The Size of the Universe
01:16
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8. |
Oh, Pangea
02:40
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All the land masses
Slowly drifting away
Did they know what they were doing?
How could they?
Oh Pangea, you weren’t the first
And you might not be the last
The things that fall apart
Can sometimes drift back
But I can neither place the blame or my faith on tectonic plates
I am on an island, on a tiny little island
That wants to pull itself further away
That wants to cut itself off to spite its face
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9. |
Settle
00:56
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I can’t settle
Can’t settle down
When there’s so much to be unsettled about
I’m going to start placing bets on things that I don’t want to happen
I expect to win big
I hear stories that should keep me awake all night
But my back is made of feathers
My back is made of down
I hear stories of people who are content
And if they are true
What is their secret?
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10. |
Return to the Ocean
01:03
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Hope is important
But that doesn’t mean I really believe in the things that I’m hoping for
Sometimes I wish we could just crawl back into the water
There’s nothing left for us on land any more
I don’t mean de-evolve necessarily
Like dolphins did it
And turtles as well, I think
But if we do go down there
And they just stay up here
It’s only a matter of time anyway
Until the ocean fills with plastic
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11. |
Entropy
02:30
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As I understand it everything gets messier
As I understand it nothing lasts forever
And whether that’s a downer
Or a source of reassurance
Just depends on where I’m at that week
Entropy!
Is this the end for me?
It doesn’t take that much to make me feel small
A word, a look, or the way you seem so sure of yourself
And I guess you could add the size of the universe to that list
But not in a bad way
As I understand it time only moves forward
As I understand it everything will change
But if moments never ended would they be appreciated?
I’m glad that band I love broke up when they did
I still can’t plan three months ahead
Much less comprehend the time it takes
For the light from all those dead stars
To reach the earth
Entropy!
Is this the end for me?
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