Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Produced by Mating Ritual and Chris Zane
Mixed by Chris Zane
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Drums by Dan Bailey
Additional Vocals by Lizzy Land

Pineapple

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Produced by Mating Ritual
"Mixed" by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Scream by Taylor Lawhon

It's Open If I Fuckin' Say It's Open

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Produced by Mating Ritual
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Alone

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Produced by Mating Ritual
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Covered In Love

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Produced by Mating Ritual
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Drums by Dan Bailey

Voodoo No. 2

Written by Sean Van Vleet, Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Produced by Mating Ritual and Chris Zane
Mixed by Chris Zane
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

yeah it’s a fucked up time
you know i think we’ll soon be gone
i say this with a smile on my face
cause we’ll never this place baby

before the lights go out
remember what we look like now
lets try and find a final buzz
maybe fall in love, baby

we’re the last ones left at the old disco
it’s burning down, burning down

lets get a good cheap thrill
isn’t that what life’s about
we don’t even know what’s real
but everything you feel is alright with me

i’m doing neon lines
our hearts are beating way too fast
the future is a scheme of the past
yeah we’re never going back
never going back
never going back

cause we’re the last ones left at the old disco
it’s burning down, burning down

yeah we know where we’re going from here
we’re not goin anywhere
yeah we know where we’re going from here
we’re not goin anywhere

it’s burning down, burning down
it’s burning down, burning down
we’re the last ones left at the old disco
we’re the last ones left at the old disco

Old Disco

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Additional vocals by Lizzy Land


Back doors
In the city
She’s up to no good
Long haul
Lookin pretty
Out of her mind
On a lonely night
A lonely night
She’s puttin on a show
For an empty high
An empty ride

She wants to
Feel real feel real

Black hole
For your pity
Quote unquote misunderstood
Back doors
Do you know Whitney?
She’s out of her mind
On a lonely night
A lonely night
She’s blowing off her love
For an empty high
An empty ride

She wants to
Feel real feel real

Feel Real

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Mixed by Billy Pavone
Mastered by Joe Lambert

Toxins

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Mixed by Billy Pavone
Master by Joe Lambert


Game

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Mastered Joe Lambert

Moonlight

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Written by Dan Nigro and Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mixed by Billy Pavone
Mastered by Joe Lambert
Lady Vox by Lizzy Land

Hum Hum

Performed by Mating Ritual
Written by Ryan Ritual and Suede James
Produced by Ryan Ritual
Mixed by Omar Yakar
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Drums by Paul Doyle
Pedal Steel by JD Carrera
Additional Vocals by Marina

See your life
Inside a frame
Tear it off the wall
Conformity
Forgot to wink
Silence is a crowded place to stay

Faking never takes away the pain
Nothin do
Nothin do
Cocaine never take away the pain
But it almost do
It almost do

Tell me ways
I can change
Tell me lies
Tell me truths
Tell me all of your miserable traits
Value fades
In a haze
Cuz everything you want is gonna end up in the hands of someone else

Patience never takes away the pain
Nothin do
Nothin do
Cocaine never takes away the pain
But it almost do
It almost do

Shangri-blah

Written by Ryan Ritual
Produced by Mating Ritual
Vocals performed by Ryan Ritual and Lizzy Land
Guitars performed by Ryan Ritual
Drums performed by Paul Doyle
Pedal Steel performed by JD Carrera
Mixed by Omar Yakar
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Lyrics: 
Don't wait
For this
To be the way 
That it used to be
You held your head above the water
Ran your mouth until the cash run out

Obviously 
You’ve got to move on
Obviously 
You’ve got to move on
  
I’ll make
Myself believe
That I’m better off in a dream
I'll never say the things that I would say when I’m asleep
Cuz I’m afraid nothing will change

Obviously 
You’ve got to move on
Obviously 
You’ve got to move on

Sitting in a bathroom
Nothings gonna stop me
Every day I wait
Is another day wasted
Sitting in a bathroom

Obviously

Written by Ryan Ritual
Produced by Mating Ritual
Vocals performed by Ryan Ritual, Marina Aguerre and Lizzy Land
Guitars performed by Ryan Ritual
Bass Performed by Suede James
Drums performed by Paul Doyle
Pedal Steel performed by JD Carrera
Mixed by Omar Yakar
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi


Lyrics:
I left money on the street last night
Don’t got enough to chase that high
I got nothin to hide
I told my plug not to meet tonight
Don’t got enough to make it worth his time
I got nothin to hide

Waiting for my check to ride
Far cry from the lower east side
I got nothing to hide
I got nothing
Dreaming of a lust for life
Far cry from the lower east side
I got nothing to hide
I got nothin

Wish I was gettin ripped tonight
Sunrise with Calvin Klein
From 35 to a grave overnight 
Wish I didn't have to think all the time
About the cracks in the wall and the collapse of my life

Waiting for my check to ride
Far cry from the lower east side
I got nothing to hide
I got nothin
Dreaming of a lust for life
Far cry from the lower east side
I got nothing to hide
I got nothin

Are we all just on the same ol slide
Everyone I know is feeling light
Do we try to find a better life
Or do we just find a cheaper high

Lower East Side

Written by Ryan Ritual
Performed by Mating Ritual
Pedal Steel by JD Carrera
Background Vocals by Marina Aguerre and Lizzy Land
Drums by Paul Doyle
Produced by Ryan Ritual
Mixed by Omar Yakar
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Lyrics:

Nail my bones to this bar

Cuz I won’t be selling out

Pour one out for the shark

My love

What have I done

Take me to the ending

Where the nihilists save face

I didn’t get dressed up for nothing

Buffalo Blades

You know I gotta

I’ve got to die a few times

Before I live, before I live

I’ve gotta let the demons win

To live

Hide my soul in the car

Cuz my body won’t be long

Rorschach stains from my nose

My nose

Should’ve stayed at home

Take me to the ending

Where the trophies are for me

I didn’t get fucked up for nothing

Buffalo Blades

You know I’ve gotta

I’ve got to die a few times

Before I live, before I live

I’ve gotta let the demons win

To live

You know I’ve gotta

I’ve got to die a few times

Before I live, before I live

I’ve gotta let the demons win

To live

Take me to the ending 

Where I throw away my keys

I’ve got to die a few times

Before I live, before I live again

I’ve gotta let the demons win

To live

Buffalo Blades

Written By Suede James
Produced by Suede James and Ryan Ritual
Vocals performed by Suede James
Mixed by Omar Yakar
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Lyrics
Put your hands on me
I wanna feel the way I
Used to feel
I just wanna be
The way we used to be
Stay with me

Put your hands on me
I wanna feel the way I
Used to feel
I just wanna be
The way we used to be
Stay with me

Put your hands on me
I wanna feel the way I
Used to feel
I just wanna be
The way we used to be
Stay with me

Hands

Lyrics:
You’re not twenty and detached now
Way too easy to push your chest out
Well I’ve been watching you
From way across the room
I like the way your body moves
They’re pushing like a riot
Acting like you like it
I would leave if I were you

But I won't let you down
(I said) I won't let you down

I wear glasses so that I can see you better 
I put shoes on so that we can walk together
Late at night when all I see are spinning faces
I wear glasses so that I can see you better

Wait, don't just sit down
Here's your drink, come and dance now

I've been watching you
from way across the room
I like the way your body moves
You don't need anyone
To tell you that you're done
You know just what you wanna do

I won't let you down
(you know that) I wont let you down

I wear glasses so that I can see you better 
I put shoes on so that we can walk together
Late at night when all I see are spinning faces
I wear glasses so that I can see you better

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Mixed & Mastered by Jason Suwito
Drums by Rob Humphries
Additional Vocals by Lizzy Land
Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon & Taylor Lawhon


I Wear Glasses

Even though it's cold outside
The fog ain't pushin through my mind
I think I've seen enough of you
But have I had enough of you 

I think it's gonna rain tonight
Cover up the stains with white
Heaven's always new
An unattractive truth 
To choose

You know that I've been broken down before
Now it's just something else I can't explore
I feel like every time, it takes less and less
To move on with my mind, there's nothing left

Now I want more
(I want more those days I want the sun in my eyes)
Now I want more
(I want more those feelings crawling up spine)
Every day I want more of the night
I want more of you  

I've been waiting for you to call my bluff
I can feel the difference, steam and smoke
Clouds in my mind, these bones are dry
You know I've been trying to get it right
Steel between my veins, can't describe
But this fire's nice, these shadows lie

You know that I've been broken down before
Now it's just something else I can't explore
I feel like every time, it takes less and less
To move on with my mind, there's nothing left

Now I want more
(I want more those days I want the sun in my eyes)
Now I want more
(I want more those feelings crawling up spine)
Every day I want more of the night
I want more of you  

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Produced by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mixed and Mastered by Jason Suwito
Written by Lizzy Land, Taylor Lawhon and Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Drums by Rob Humphries

Cold (ft Lizzy Land)

I wrote this song/ A thousand times/ Cuz all the messes that I make are getting difficult to hide/ I take my life/ I box it up/ I light a match and take a breath and watch the flames do what they want

When I was really young my father taught me that a fire cleanses everything/ A fresh set of your dreams/ But now the smoke is filling up my lungs and I'm suffocating 


I know what you did/ I can't believe you right now/ You had a second chance you fucked it up again oh no/ I love what we had/ But I don't need another friend/ I got a second chance to make it I’m jumping off the ledge

I wish I knew/ What people felt/ I wish that I could hear what you do when I open up my mouth/ I thought by now/ I'd know who I am/ But maybe growing up is realizing you'll never understand 

When I was 21 I'd waste my nights gettin drunk in a Tustin living room, my mattress on the floor
But now I need something stronger just to get me there and I'm disintegrating 

I know what you did/ I can't believe you right now/ You had a second chance you fucked it up again oh no/ I love what we had/ But I don't need another friend/ I got a second chance to make it I’m jumping off the ledge

This is my this my last / This is my this my chance/ This is my last second chance to prove/ This is my this my last / This is my this my chance/ This is my last second chance to prove / That I’m not you

I know what you did/ I can't believe you right now/ You had a second chance you fucked it up again oh no/ I love what we had/ But I don't need another friend/ I got a second chance to make it I’m jumping off the ledge

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Produced by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mixed by Billy Pavone
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Second Chance

I laid on my back / An echo of silence / Floating on top a shallow pool of self awareness / Or a lack there of when I saw your face and I knew / That you were drunk

I laid on my back / An echo of silence / Floating on top a shallow pool of self awareness / Or a lack there of when I saw your face and I knew / That you had just cum / And you were far from done

All we want to do is to be something, be something we're not / But all we really need is to have someone to hold us when we're drunk

It's more than just sex / It's more than our bodies / It's more than a movement made from self loathing and irony / But I don't know what to call quite just yet / So I'm gonna shut up / Cuz I'm so far from done

All we want to do is to be something, be something we're not / But all we really need is to have someone to hold us when we're drunk

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Produced by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mixed by Jason Suwito
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Drunk

Thief

Lyrics

Sneak like a ghost
Tiptoe-in feet
A broken home
A broken dream
But you
Oh you
Can see right through me

It’s not a joke
I wanna change
I tell myself that every god damn day
I stay the same

It feels good to be living a lie 
It feels good to be somebody else tonight
It feels good when you open your mind
So you and me will never die

I’ve got a host
Stuck in my brain
Pulling the levers, controlling what I say
He won’t go away

I got a notion
The more I take
The more control he has over what I think
Guess that’s ok

It feels good to be living a lie 
It feels good to be someone else tonight
It feels good to open your mind 
cuz you and me will never die

It feels good to be doing it right
It feels good but my throats getting dry
It feels good ignoring advice
Cuz you and me will never die

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Mixed by Billy Pavone
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Drums by Dan Bailey
Additional Vocals by Lizzy Land

U + Me Will Never Die

Lyrics

Gonna light myself on fire baby
Gonna light myself en fuego hunny
Born with two feet runnin bunny
Gonna light myself fiya ya ya ya
 
Haven’t hit rock bottom yet 
But I can rock this bottom
Tet a tet
Turn the tv up real loud
So we can hear those mating ritual sounds

Hear my voice up on the screen
Sold my soul for that tv

Oh Oh Oh I’m broke
Oh I don’t wanna be
Oh Oh Oh I’ll light myself on fire super cheap
No no ain’t no joke
No I’m a beauty queen
Oh oh I just need a fire burning under me

Gonna light myself on fire baby
Gonna light myself en fuego hunny
Born with two feet runnin bunny
Gonna light myself fiya ya ya ya

Why are vet costs so damn high
I don’t want my cat to die

Oh Oh Oh I’m broke
Oh I don’t wanna be
Oh Oh Oh I’ll light myself on fire super cheap
No no ain’t no joke
No I’m a beauty queen
Oh oh I just need a fire burning under me


Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon, Taylor Lawhon and Garrett English
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Light Myself On Fire

Lyrics

this is your call
turn it off, turn off your mind
i wanna know more of you in the light
i close my eyes 
see us swaying side by side
maybe feel a little more alive
feel a little close with you tonight

stop making sense 
quit talking
stop making sense
start falling
stop making sense 
hold onto me
you’re always at your best
when you’re not making sense

no time for words
let em lie, let em lie down
all things we’ve heard
mean next to nothing now…
lets stay up high,
come back down when we like
never running outta time
just leaving our minds behind

stop making sense 
quit talking
stop making sense
start falling
stop making sense 
hold onto me
you’re always at your best
when you’re not making sense

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Sean Van Vleet
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Stop Making Sense

I picked you up in a Cadillac 
Don’t be impressed got it from my dad
He lets me take it when I’m feeling down
Might be the last time I see you around

Picked up the phone 
Put it right down
I tried to make a sound but nothing came out
I called you first
To say it hurt
That you didn’t call me first, baby

You and I were meant to be together
You and I were meant to be more than friends 
You and I were meant to last forever
But I’ll probably never see you again 

You’re like the bottom of an empty bag
I try to quit I keep coming back
I leave your house don’t know where to go
I Might just drive til the fuel is gone

Picked up the phone 
Put it right down
I tried to make a sound but nothing came out
I gotta go
Want you to know
This was never gonna work baby

You and I were meant to be together
You and I were meant to be more than friends
You and I were meant to last forever
But I’ll probably never see you again

Written Ryan Marshall Lawhon, Taylor Lawhon and Raj Jain
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

U.N.I.

Moved to the corners of my mind
Started to suffocate
Lose track of time
I didn’t want to start a war
Something was missing
I wanted more

I need to wash myself of this
Clean up the mess I made
Start again
I don’t care if it’s gonna hurt
I wanna feel something
I wanna feel the burn
 
I walked a little bit to close to the edge
Gave up on my defense 
In the name of love
I told myself that everyone gets the bends
Nothing has to make sense
In the name of love

I know that this is gonna hurt
I know that this is gonna hurt
I know that this is gonna hurt
I wanna feel something
I wanna feel the burn

I walked a little bit to close to the edge
Gave up on my defense 
In the name of love
I told myself that everyone gets the bends
Nothing has to make sense
In the name of love


Written, produced and mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

The Name Of Love

You say that you feel nothing
In your soul
A lifetime being told 
Aggression gets the gold
You don’t have to be violent
You don’t have to be cold
It don’t make you a man to be out of control

Boys don’t have to be boys
(I said) Boys don’t have to be boys
Boys don’t have to be boys
To be boys

This house is full of doors
With no exits signs
We’ve come a long way
But we’re miles behind
So crack open a window 
Grab your radio
You don’t have to be toxic everywhere that you go

Boys don’t have to be boys
(I said) Boys don’t have to be boys
Boys don’t have to be boys
To be boys

No excuses no noise
No more violence no more toys
Boys don’t have to be boys
To be boys

Written and Produced by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Boys Don't Have To Be Boys

I’m flirtin with the line
It’s hard to be the big man all the time
I never have to try
I’m a freight train brakes out neon eyes
Take me for a ride
On the borderline
Every single night I see my sanity slippin
Keep my money right
Keep my body tight
Seal up every crack with solid gold

I’m the king of the doves

I’m on the golden line
In a backroom waiting to see the light
You can try to change my mind
I’m a Mack truck no one’s stopping me tonight
Take me for a ride
Past the borderline
Till I see the light that fills the void deep inside
Time is fading fast
Running out of cash 
Are these the good times I was sold? 

I’m the king of the doves

Take you for a ride
Past the borderline
Till we see the light that fills the void inside
Running out of time
Running out of life
These are not the good times we were sold

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

King Of The Doves

Life is a rhythm 
And you can play it the way you want
Live by the river
Or rent a POS by the beachfront

If you want to 
You can make due
Some mini mansion in Beverly Hills
But if you’re into
What I’m into
Then come on

Life in the bungalow
Can make you feel invincible
It ain’t like life on Rodeo
If you like Tokyo and hate whats on the radio
Come over to the bungalow
I’d like to show you around

Life is a prison
If you live west of the 101
I like my streets skinny
With a mango cart on every one

If you want to
You can make do
As an extra in somebody else’s world
But if you see through
What I see through
Then come on

Life in the bungalow
Can make you feel invincible
It ain’t like life on Rodeo
If you like Tokyo and hate whats on the radio
Come over to the bungalow
I’d like to show you around

Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Mixed by Jason Suwito
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Additional Vocals by Lizzy Land

The Bungalow

Love is like voodoo 
Kiss me like you do
Under your spell tonight 

I waited for you yesterday
I stood outside in the rain
I texted you a thousand times
And every single one’s been “seen”

There must be be something wrong I said
She would never do that to me 
There must have been a accident
Cuz she’d never try to play with me

Love is like voodoo 
Kiss me like you do
Under your spell alright
Love is like voodoo
Kiss me like you used to
You’re playin with my heart tonight

I visited the place we met
I’m tryna retrace our steps
I gotta make sure you’re not dead
You still haven’t got back to me
 There must be something wrong with you
Cuz there ain’t nothin wrong with me
You disappeared into thin air
Like a ghost that doesn’t want to haunt me

Love is like voodoo 
Kiss me like you do
Under your spell alright
Love is like voodoo
Kiss me like you used to
You’re playin with my heart tonight

Love is like voodoo 
Kiss me like you do
Under your spell alright
Love is like voodoo
Kiss me like you used to
You’re playin with my heart tonight


Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Mixed by Jason Suwito
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Additional Vocals by Lizzy Land

Voodoo

The more it takes
The more I wait
I fall for something
I was always late
I took my time
I lost my place
I tried to find
It far and wide
The market crashed my love was in decline
If this is real
Don’t say goodbye

We are just like a seesaw 
Stumble into a free fall
Never for too long
Before ya know it we are higher
Than we were
Just don’t look down

Cuz I’m happy again
It’s unusual that I would feel this way
I’m not too proud to say
You’re the only one who makes me feel something

The more I want
The less I wait
I’m not alright with getting second place
But if it’s time to leave 
We’ll both be fine

We are just like a seesaw 
Stumble into a free fall
Never for too long
Before ya know it we are higher
Than we were
Just don’t look down

Cuz I’m happy again
It’s unusual that I would feel this way
I’m not too proud to say
You’re the only one who makes me feel something

We are just like a seesaw 
Stumble into a free fall
Never for too long
Before ya know it we are higher
Than before
Just don’t look down
Don’t like down

Cuz I’m happy again
It’s unusual that I would feel this way
I’m not too proud to say
You’re the only one who makes me feel ok

Written by Jane Holiday, Ryan Marshall Lawhon and Taylor Lawhon
Mixed by Jason Suwito
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

Unusual

Elastic Summer

Produced by Mating Ritual
Written by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mixed by Jason Suwito
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi
Drums by Dan Bailey
Guitar by Jeff Frantom
Additional Vocals By Xoller

Tell me you don’t love me
Tell me that you’re cool with this
Tell me that you’re better off than before
Cuz right now I don’t remember what went wrong

Tell me you don’t love me
Tell me that it’s over now
Tell me that you’re happy with someone else
So I can kill the possibility of us

I’m not over you just yet
I’m not over you yet
I’m not over you but I don’t want you back
I’m not over you just yet
I can’t forget the problems that we had
I’m not over you but I don’t want you back

So tell me you don’t love me
Tell me that you’re moving on
Tell me that you hate the songs I write
So I can paint you as a villain in my mind

Tell me you don’t love me
Tell me that you never did
Tell me our relationship was a mess
I wanna move on from the idea of us

I’m not over you just yet
I’m not over you yet
I’m not over you but I don’t want you back
I’m not over you just yet
I can’t forget the problems that we had
I’m not over you but I don’t want you back

Will you set me free
Will you set me free
Will you set me free
Tell me you don’t love me 

I’m not over you just yet
I’m not over you yet
I’m not over you but I don’t want you back
I’m not over you just yet
I can’t forget the problems that we had
I’m not over you but I don’t want you back

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