FAWM 2025

I was hoping
You’d lead me to the ocean
And I could pull you under there
It’s always been
Sink or swim
I was hoping
You’d render an emotion
 How terrible it must be
To be concerned 
All the time
About time
Time

Every chance is your last
Put some muscle in it
Put your goddamn
  
Back into it
Feel the freedom of your obligation
Back into it
Held in place by the skin of your teeth
It would take a machine
To put the fear of god back into me

I was wretched
A little lie
A  sacrifice
I took what’s forsaken
Into my hands
You understand
I was letting you know
That the useful thoughts
Are the first to go
The rest  are waiting
For me to call t time
Because it’s about  time
About that time.

Every chance that you get
Bash your skull into it
Put your goddamn

Back into it
Feel the freedom of your obligation
Back into it
Held in place by the skin of your teeth
It would take a machine
To put the fear of god back into me

How cruel that they coddled you
It would take a machine to break the news
How cruel that they coddled you
It  would take a m machine, construction fee’s on me


Back Into It

I found some comfort in letting it slip away
I took what  i needed and  called it an escape
I needed someone to hold me down and explain
It was always meant to be this way
The childish stories we tell about ourselves
Worrying that I’m worrying someone else
I wanted someone to ask if I’m okay
So that I’d admit to anything

So many ideas
You could build a graveyard  here
I was spurned by my
Lust for life

You know there’s little that can sate my appetite
But I didn't come here merely to stuff my face
But if the table’s set
And a  spot is open
And it looks inviting
I’ll keep my jaw agape

I made an altar but it was disposable
I  made a promise not to let you sleep
But now  the sun is out
And your eyes are open
But there’s no one  home
Hey, are you awake?




Lust For Life

Lost my brain cells in an experiment
You think i’d regret it
But I can’t remember because
I’ve got it all
Lost my train of thought by accident
now I can’t assure myself that I exist
But I’ve got got it all

Fiction can 
Slap the hands of providence
Leave me wanting what i have and more
Function
Orders every element
Vacuum of the evidence
Abhorred

Found an easy way to distract
Until the me that is that train of thought  is dead
I’ve got it all
He had it all
Researching myself on the internet
Learned that I might be eating when I don’t know that I am
I’ve got it all

Consumed
What was put in front of me
Like scarcity is someone else’s chore
Exhumed
Markers for uncertainty
The fire of stochasticity 
Will keep me warm


I've Got It All

Lately I’ve been holding  up
A semaphore  
And hoping you could read me
Tired arms that hopefully
Are pointing in the right direction now
Nasty work  if you can get it
I’ve thrown out my back
Like I’m supposed to
In case of emergency
Just hold the biggest parts of me aloft

I wish that there was time
To wither on the vine
But I am waiting for the words
To do their job

 Lately I’ve been tapping toes
And blinking eyes like I’ve been taken hostage
Crushed under a century of
People who knew how to make a point
And I’ll admit when I am wrong
I thought that if I packaged it all nicely
That I would be immune
To the pitfalls I excel at pointing out

I wish there was a way
Meaningfulness could stay
But the vessel that I’m on
Is taking off

Flaghoist
A voice
Too long
Wind breaks
Attempts
At song


I wish I had the thought
Back when when the line was taut
But the respite that I earned
Is leaking out
I wish that you could sense
The meaning that I meant
But meaningful semantics
Have run out.


Semaphore

It’s an accident
I’m  sure that’s what I said
And you’re believing it
Can’t you see the lines across my face?
Arrogance, necessity both have their place
I’m a self-styled expert in these things

I might wander the streets but
I’m not going anywhere

I can abide
The terror of the fire
If it keeps me dry
There’s movement.

It’s a consequence
Of falling at velocity
I hope you land in it
Braced for inevitability
Marred by bruises
Formed by natural conclusions
They’re not natural to me
And I’m an expert in these things

I may fall out of favor
But I won’t fall through the floor

I can abide
The terror of the fire
If it keeps me dry
There’s movement.

The path is unchanging
I Stand in the wake of  it
I cast with my burning hands
An ember into the wind


Abide

I’m up to my neck
In counteroffers
I’m splitting open
I feel excluded
When I am reading
The future
I do this all the time
I’m tired of your warnings
An omen tells the time
You think I wouldn’t notice

The cycles were already  built in
You should have taken note  when you filled in

I’m already automatic
Don’t know who I am or what I did
But I know that I tore these walls down with my god damn
I don’t want to fight about it
I built a war machine and it gets hungry for me
It’ll beat you with its god damn
If you belonged then you would know
If there was any danger
Don’t  wanna get aggressive
But if I’m cornered I still know that it’s an option
I’ll beat you with my goddamn
Fists.

Dodged a nearly fatal
Encounter
With monsters invented to suffer
I get erased when
Replaced with
A  favorable model
I do this all the time
I’m tired of your warning
The battery ran dry
The gears are barely turning

But you didn’t see me kick the gear shaft
I’m patiently waiting for what’s left

I’m already automatic
Don’t know who I am or what I did
But I know that I tore these walls down with my god damn
I don’t want to fight about it
I built a war machine and you are not invited
It’ll beat you with your god damn
If you belonged then you would know
If there was any danger
Don’t wanna get aggressive
But if I’m cornered I still know that it’s an option
I’ll beat you with my goddamn
Fists.

And braver men than me
Never know that they’re machines.

I’m already automatic
Don’t know who I am or what I did
But I know that I tore these walls down with my god damn
I don’t want to fight about it
I built a war machine and it gets hungry for me
It’ll beat you with its god damn
If you belonged then you would know
If there was any danger
Don’t  wanna get aggressive
But if I’m cornered I still know that it’s an option
I’ll beat you with my goddamn
Fists.




Fists

Even now
I’m thinking about how I could use you
I might have to sabotage myself
Hey, didn’t we used to make music?
The bones in my ears
Are swinging back and forth
And back and forth
They think that you should hear this
Hey, didn’t we used to make music?

I’m confused.

Because what is the point
Of what we make up?
What is the point?
Is there something in-between us?
What is the point
Of what we make up?
Is the philosophy stuck in our teeth
Just a way to stave off eternity?
(Yes)

Even now
I’m trying to bastardize myself
You probably shouldn’t let me do this
Didn’t we used to make music?
The bones in my ears
Have never afforded me a decent sleep
They think that you should hear this
Hey, didn’t we used to make music?

Back and forth and back and forth and
Back and forth and back. 

So, what is the point
Of what we make up?
What is the point?
Is there something in-between us?
What is the point
Of what we make up?
Is the philosophy stuck in our teeth
Just a way to stave off eternity?
(Yes)

What is the point? 
What is the point?

So, what is the point
Of what we make up?
What is the point?
Is there something in-between us?
What is the point
Of what we make up?
Is the philosophy stuck in our teeth
Just a way to stave off eternity?
(Yes)


The Bones In My Ears

Control was the
Only goal
For awhile
I spent my time
Waist deep in
White knuckles

And for following
Every rule
For every mile
What i received
Was a nod
And a smile

And nothing could have ever been good enough
I think that that’s something that hope does to us

Made it a point
To remember
Every word
So easy to
Disappoint
“I don’t remember
What I meant”

And for following
Every rule
For every mile
What i received
Was a nod
And a smile

And nothing could have ever been good enough
I think that that’s something that hope does to us


something hope does for us (demo)

I’m older now
Than you will ever be
I keep expecting
What came for you to come for me
I never eyed
Longevity
But I keep expecting
Inevitability to 
Comfort me

To comfort me
To come for me

A gunny sack
Filled with gasoline
I don't think I should close my eyes
I don’t think I should close my eyes
I don’t think
I don’t
It’s the other side
A necessity
I keep expecting something new to rise and
Comfort me

To comfort me
To come for me

It’s a warning sign
For depravity
My chest is tight
And now the time has come
I need you to
Comfort me

To comfort me
To come for me


comfort me (demo)

Simple math
It’s a simple test
They’ll cut the leg from under you
You were using it to rest
Terrified
Bloodshot eyes
Shot in the back, beat in the head
One too many times

Until you realize
The machinations of life
Reality’s a joke
The truth can sound contrived
Sometimes

I hope
That you are comfortable
And i hope
I can learn to get comfortable
Way too many nights
Laying on my side while i hope
I can learn to get comfortable

Too abstract
To mark on a map
You’ll wander so incessantly
And not know if it means anything
Mollified
Internal cries
The phantom pain of losing everything
When you haven’t yet lost anything

Dig deep and throw
The excess from the pit
I promise you the rest of us
Are all expecting it
Dig deep and throw
The excess from the pit
Everyone displaces dirt
The first to dig was scared at first
And everyone believes it’s them and them alone
Digging out a hole to make it home


the truth can sound contrived (demo)

Steam Powered Giraffe is in another video game!
9 years after the band did music for the video game SteamWorld Heist, they did more music for SteamWorld Heist II!

The album Music From SteamWorld Heist II features 15 new original full-length songs written and performed just for the game! That's right! It's a full album-sized album of brand new songs! But wait there's more! The album is also has special instrumental versions of every song! 30 tracks in total!

For this album, we've got songs by Rabbit, Zer0, and The Spine with a quasi-nautical theme and of course a plethora of tasty vocal harmonies! We also had Lacey Johnson (our newest live concert backing musician and singer) contribute her instrument and vocal abilities to some of the songs on the album too!

Ruminating Rays

Sparks Will Fly

You've got the perfect disguise

I live a box in your spare room

You look away politely

I can tell I'm embarrassing you

You have let-me-down eyes

And I knew how to take a hint once in my life

I'm gone if you need me

I'm gone if you need me gone

I tell impossible lies

And you are glutton for punishment

and I'm a fool

and you're a fool

and we're locked in this forever

You've got the perfect disguise

I found it when I wandered down here

And I was hoping you could put it on

Or maybe not

Or maybe I could

Or maybe I could?

perfect disguise

I barely noticed
You sprang the dark of the forest
If I hadn’t moved my head
I surely would be dead!
And I would have barely noticed

I barely noticed
The sharp your fangs on my throat and
If I hadn’t lost my step
There would be nothing left
And I would have barely noticed

I barely even noticed
That control lost the war to focus
If you let me catch my breath
I would have inhaled by death
And I would have barely even noticed.

I barely even noticed
Your claws were retracted on purpose
If you never caught my eye
The spell would never die
And I would
And I’d barely even notice.


Fists

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