It was your biggest day
It was your, biggest mistake
But damn did you look good

You wanted a moment to have for yourself
All the attention and nobody else

You wanted a party without a partner
A cake with no nuptial structure
And now we're all standing here, in this musty pew 

And there's a Moose-Lodge-Legion-Hall-Mason promenade 
With their badges and their bars disarrayed and ironed on 
I pay my respects to the vets that left the bar
They all came for the wedding but stayed for the mason jars

The whole town came out from their homes
For the joining of two of their own
Souls mates who met in grade school, or so they say
And years ago, we would have laughed
At a slideshow, set to a soundtrack
At the notion of being complacent with our scope

I'm still waiting for your eyes to find me in the back of the room
Desperate to reconnect with that part of you
Who shrugged off this whole town and said I just want more
Cuz if you're happy here, what the fuck did I leave for?

All the secrets that we kept
Were forgotten when I left
And half a secret is just a dirty clue

So I'll leave just how I went 
Pretending I was a part of this
Pretending I effect something by being gone

I keep waiting for your eyes to find me in the back of the room
Desperate to reconnect with that part of you who 
To let you know, that you are not the one who got away
Cuz were did you get to this is nowhere anyway
Cuz were did you get to, this is nowhere, anyway

Mason Jar Wedding (Solo) (Backyard Session)

Still Together (Cover - Mac Demarco)

Consume Me

How do i count the days?
When every passing feels like years gone by
Clocks all seem to unwind
But when they ask to take my turn, I say in my own time

I wonder what you do now
Whose picking daisies for your latest wild flower crown
Where does mine now reside?
Did you give it back to mother earth, or is it safe inside?

Press it in a book, hold it a while
Pick a page that always makes you smile
Forget for some years, then find it again
And crown me as your lover back from the dead

Magic suits me well
Or are you dreaming? Or am I? Let's try our secret tell
Whisper it in my ear
Confident I stay but vacillate I disappear

Will me back to life, but don't use your tears
The memories that flood can drown or heal
You forgot for some years, but please for me try
You crowned me as your lover, this is regicide

When flowers are in bloom
I'll appear brand new to you

When flowers are in bloom
I'll appear brand new to you
When cold adds hues to leaves
You will have had enough of me

And from where I was exhumed
I'll return and fill my tomb
With my regalia
Petals to pyre
And crowns to wreathes

Flower Crown

Ratatat Ripoff (Solo)(Original)

I love the idea of a devil who lives vicariously 
through me
Who's jealously telling my stories like it was him 
and not me
Cuz if I'm his vessel I've no need to wrestle with the guilt 
of what you see 
And I can proceed to just let hate and greed destroy 
Our unity 

Cuz I'm restless and reckless I'm restless and reckless
A feeling I soon will despise
But for now it feels good to be misunderstood 
And a burden on your life

I hate the idea of a being that has dominion over me
When someone holds all the power love cannot be
Unconditionally
And you will contend and I will defend that Salvation's 
What I need
But the tenets you preach to keep me within reach is just false
Hope for the weak

Cuz I'm restless and reckless I'm restless and reckless
Despite all your efforts and prayers
And exhausted, worn down, with your blood on the ground
I will learn to live without you there

But a body at motion must come to rest
And when shapes form from blurs
And everyone word you hear strikes a nerve
Then you're covered in fear
And nobody's near 

I've lost the presence of a person that's concerned 
About where I've been 
And if there is no structure for judgement who can absolve 
All these sins  
The battle for balance to end hate and malice 
Absorbs entirely 
But who could expect for a travelers guide when their is
No light to see

Cuz I'm restless and reckless I'm restless and reckless
From the greatest trick God ever played
By convincing his son that the devil had won 
When he just had himself to blame

Over Me

Everlasting Light (Cover - Black Keys)

One of these days, one of these days
I'm gonna love you like it was ok
I'm gonna love you like I don't need permissions too
I'm just gonna love you

And one of these days, one of these days
I'm gonna put down my pen and paper 
I'm gonna show you that I am able 
To just hang around 

Oh but until then
I'll just keep dragging on
Oh but until then
I'll just keep playing this song
And oh, not for nothing
But I've gotten pretty far
With brain that leaves nothing
For a starving heart

One of these days, one of these days
I'm gonna lose all my inhibitions
I'm gonna show you what you have been missing for all this time

One of these days, one of these days
I'm gonna show you the way back home
I'm gonna show you that you and me we never have to be alone

Oh but until then
I'll just keep dragging on
Oh but until then
I'll just keep playing this song
And oh, not for nothing
But I've gotten pretty far
With brain that leaves nothing
For a starving heart

STARVING HEART

Don't
Face this alone
You're the first one to leave
But the last to go home

You're pedal, it's already down
Man you're not being chased
You're just driving around

A lonely boy drifts out on the open road
Ignoring all the good advice he was told 

Don't believe what you see
Man you've misinformed
By others vanity

You think you're two steps from through
Man there's ten million more 
They're just waiting for you

An idle mind screams loudly through gripped hands
Just a helpless conduit
To it's demands

And those things that you carry
So unwilling to change
Art just nothing but ghosts 
Rattling their chains
And in the light forgiveness 
And in the darkness of shame
You will leave here 
And We'll
Carry the blame

Don't face this alone
You're the first one to leave 
But the last to go home

BLAME

He was a trailer park bastard
Born under blue-trap rafters
Five kids three beds and a truck parked in the yard

Raised on Mountain Dew, poverty, child abuse
He was told he'd have to struggle to survive
But when he dropped out of school
With no societal use 
He worked in the mine his daddy had carved out

All the while, a man is counting cards
Of all the souls looked down upon in disregard
Biding time and waiting for his cue
To unleash his master plan on you 

La da da da da / La da da da da da 

So his angry swelled 
Found others mad as hell
An army of deplorables march on 
Told to step in line, that their time had come and passed by 
A people desperate not to be left behind 

And feeling marginalized with numbers swelling in size
One man stood ready to profit and proselytize 

He was a master of manipulation of 
poor white men across the nation who
Felt like they got a raw deal from 
the closing mines of coal and steel and
When the final vote was cast and 
Those in the know who wept and gasped they 
Asked their bastard brothers why and
With their fists clenched they cried 

La da da da da / La da da da da da 

It was the guilt of the heartland
It was the ghost of your Grand Dad
It was Custer's bastard's last stand 
It was the innocence of fear

And didn't want this man in charge but
There are wives and kids wife and zero fucking jobs and
It's like we've been saying all along
We just need a little bit of hope

And we didn't want this man in charge but
There are wives and kids wife and zero fucking jobs and
It's like we've been saying all along
We just need a little bit of hope

Custer's Bastard

I was trying to find a way
To ease your trouble, to ease your pain
But there's only so many hours in the day
And to spend 'em this way, it's a goddamn shame

Now all your friends have left you alone
They quit calling because you won't pick up your phone
Well whose to blame, well damned if i know 
But you gotta stop and turn the poison into medicine 

You have let the world seep into your bones
And this house you cannot call a home
Cuz a home is just a place you want to be
And these walls are suffocating and dingy

You gotta live your life in spite of war and strife 
And turn the poison into medicine 

And know you're gonna say that it's not me 
That I'm different in a way no one can see
But if you take my hand I'll make you see, and believe

I can turn poison into medicine

Poison into Medicine

Open your eyes lazy people
Inside the church and under the steeple 
I will open my hands and you will all come dancing out

Don't let the hatred defeat you
Beware of those who to try to deceive you
If they act like they've got it all figured out
They're a liar
And a coward

And fill your head with notions
Uncover the facts and challenge devotions
It's the most rigid tree that breaks when the wind starts to blow

There is a reaper called doubt
Who smothers your thoughts and covers your mouth
To stop you from saying those things on your mind
Soon enough, they'll wash away over time

Leave all your chips on the table
Ask yourself if you're willing and able
Do you have the guts to spill 'em all out on the floor?

Stand up because you need to
If someone's not yelling then somebody push through
The barriers won't collapse from the weight of it's own

There is a reaper called doubt
Who smothers your thoughts and covers your mouth
To stop you from saying those things on your mind
Soon enough, they'll wash away over time

And the world doesn't need any more politicians
And when was the last time anyone made a difference?

It's been a long time 
It's been a long time
It's been a long time

Doubt

I am the fucking King of Africa
From the South Cape down to Arabia
I drink the wine while they all drink the blood
I am the fucking King of Africa

I am the Emperor of old Japan
The feudal system yeah they work my land
When I drive through the fields i make them stand
I am the Emperor of old Japan 

Masters and Plans
Masters and Plans
Masters and Plans of Attack

I am the Pope of all religions
and to me God gives all his riches
There's no ego when Divines within 
I am the Pope of all religions

I am the Master who pulls all the strings
When I hear discontent it's like they sing
For whom the bells tolls yeah well, I. am. him.
Omnipresent and all encompassing

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Philly indie rock band rooted in folk punk songwriting on a suitcase drum.  Lyrical story-telling being both delicately served to you and aggressively shouted into your ear, packaged with intricate drums, dissonant bass chords, and face melting guitar solos.

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Geoff Naiberk - Lead Guitar
Will Schwarz - Bass
James Udinsky - Drums

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