#WERKITOUT

i’m not a monarch, i’m a dirty little dog, 
and i would eat right through your heart 
if you would get me close enough.
i am cold, and i want out of this place.
i don’t care where else i go.

how to

the bottoms of my jeans are frayed
and the hem’s coming undone 
i’ll never break this cycle, babe
the apple fell straight down 
so break my fucking ribs and 
i’ll work you ‘till you’re sore
so we can experience that funny feeling 
of losing control 
(riff that i stole from mom jeans, shhh) 
mom says i should fix my posture
but i don’t wanna be tall
cus the world just feels so big
and i just feel so small
and my eye has a little twitch 
and you’re the only one that noticed
but you noticed her little skirt
and decided that was worth it

leaves are falling, 
i’m falling with them
spending all my time at the gas station
buying things i’ll never need
a can of redbull and a magazine 
i’m driving down a country road
getting lost then going home 
i’m sleeping in my car at night 
wake up feeling less than alright 
(mom jeans riff)

gas station song

i ate a fig newton 
then went to an antique store
but it was closed down every sunday 
just like all antique stores are
so i sat in the parking lot
and warmed up in the sun 
and i aired out my sweat-soaked shirt
and wasn’t seen by anyone 

i went on a hiking trail
though it really wasn’t much of a trail at all
because the path had been covered
up by leaves last fall
so i waded through the oranges, 
the yellows, and the reds
and for once in my entire life 
i felt more alive than dead 

last night i drank a glass of syrup
then another one, then another one 
till suddenly i couldn’t feel my face
the bug man came to kill the bugs
but i didn’t like his suit 
so i said he should probably just go away 

so last night i slept next to the bugs 
the cockroaches, the spiders, and the ants 
they finished off my syrup
and they finished off my sandwich 
but i guess i can’t complain about
my friends as black and buggy as they are
because at least now i have friends

bug man

call me a sisyphus 
call me a stranger
if that’s what’ll make you 
feel a little bit better
i know you read that book 
at the beginning of march and
you haven’t been the same way since 
you say, “what the point in doing
if all i ever do is do things?” 
and, “what’s the point in being
if all i’ll ever be is somebody?”
so call me unenlightened 
i know that makes you feel smart
and tell me all the great things 
you’ll do with your degree in art
you’re minoring in communications too
though you don’t like to communicate it
you want catharsis, you want emotional release
though i don’t think i can provide that
in a way that will please you
i’m not all that familiar with my inner self
i would rather not communicate it
i would rather not communicate it
i would rather not communicate it

communicate it

blue, gray
a melancholy way of living.
the nuclear dream's
so close to blowing up.
i feel like an apparition
walking through the halls.
i feel so close to falling,
but it might feel nice to fall.
i never stop feeling guilty,
no, i never stop feeling guilty.
trying to do the right thing,
but it never feels like the right thing.
god won't save you
she packed her bags a while ago,
but i still cry every time i pray,
and that's why i don't pray.
"sh'ma yisrael," or whatever,
but i don't think they're listening
cus how could they do such a thing?
how could you do such a thing?
and i never stopped feeling guilty.
no, i never stopped feeling guilty.
trying to do the right thing,
but it never feels like the right thing.

a melancholy way of living

it’s nosebleed season, and i’m bleeding out my nose. 
guess it goes like this every year, but i’m still caught off guard cus i still don’t know how to know when i can’t take anymore. 
i make the same mistakes every year, and i never learn.

i never learn

This is a sample of the instrumental hip hop tracks I'm working on. You can hear Kirby Bland on the drum kit and percussion, and I'm playing bass and electric guitar.

Sample Beat

"Elephant", a Tame Impala cover, as performed by Jordan B. Grubbs (me). This was recorded at my studio using only a Vanguard V13 and a Ribbon mic and 2 channels of Looptrotter SATurAMP 500 Series preamps on each instrument. The Bass guitar and electric guitars were DI'd through the preamp.

"Elephant", a Tame Impala Cover

Mastered by yours truly, Jordan Grubbs.

Please follow this link to support and purchase this awesome EP by Wax Mistress! 

https://waxmistress.bandcamp.com

From Wax Mistress's page:
"A brief exploration of modern psychedelia. Verbed out soundscapes to garage driven energy. Contemplating the genre's several emerging styles as well as paying homage to its past, and attempting to fuse them into one cohesive EP, Hello Beautiful is a love letter to psychedelia in all its different forms.
credits
released May 1, 2019 

Vocals - Brandon Rhodes 
Guitars - Michael Deano, Brandon Rhodes, Braxton Foster 
Drums - Brandon Rhodes 
Bass - Curtis Johnson 
Synths - Michael Deano 

Production - Michael Deano, Brandon Rhodes, Braxton Foster 
Recording - Michael Deano, Brandon Rhodes 
Mixing - Michael Deano 
Mastering - Jordan Grubbs 

Special thanks to The Sound Shelter"

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