1. |
New Hometown
04:25
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Savage days
quick as they come
as quickly they’re gone
no time to stay
where have you gone?
Melt the winter ice to rain
on foreign doorsteps
Just a phase?
or is it all
something that stays
with you for long?
where have I come?
made myself a bit less tame
put a face to my name
Feather out
gracefully
don’t be shy
Weave a new
bag of tricks
head up high
This is our new hometown
a little while away
Welcome to our new hometown
the odd life
City stones
splash in the pond
silence they crave
novelty frays
comfortable tears
to send us on a ship that sways
in no direction
Arctic winds
will freeze your feet
step inside
This is our new hometown
a little while away
Welcome to our new hometown
the odd life
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2. |
Methylphenidate
05:10
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Got a feeling it’s time to stop,
not time to go
Don’t wanna stand in this line
anymore
I find it hard to pay attention when I’m looking at you
I just
missed what you said
Curtains drawn,
I’m wrong to go to bed
Strong like the substance I’m
a marionette
Your outfit is so distracting when you dance that way
I’ve got
nothing to say
Why am I losing focus? This joke is getting older than you
I need a chemical friend to lend a hand with my chores
While you’re making conversation; I’m trying not to feel insecure
Time-wise, I can do with you.
Keep your bed unmade
and your laces neatly tied
it’s a temperamental shift
that sinks in side to side
Your hesitation will make you more inclined
but don’t
worry you’re fine
is there a line?
Why am I losing focus? This joke is getting older than you
I need a chemical friend to lend a hand with my chores
While you’re making conversation; I’m trying not to feel insecure
Time-wise, I can do with you.
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3. |
Hover
03:23
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Not being watched,
so why stand still?
What reaction am I
waiting for?
A chance to taste the water
before I drink
My patience thins but no one knows.
Hover
Over metropolis sprawls
left with nothing at all
Hover
I’m a mouse in a trap
I can’t go back
Can’t clean the slate
with tainted rags
Awake to thoughts
from yesterday
Ignoring urges only
lets them escape
Hover
Over metropolis sprawls
left with nothing at all
Hover
I’m a mouse in a trap
I can’t go back
Hover
Over metropolis sprawls
left with nothing at all
Hover
I’m a mouse in a trap
Caught by these rats
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4. |
Drown
05:53
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Stick around a little longer
Don’t you want to see
the paint dry?
I strayed away but I’ve come back now
My white walls need
the colour
of your skin
again
Oh no
When I breathe it doesn’t fill my lungs
My stone eyes can’t even see the shore
I float
on this pedestal that drags me down
with a platform of defective common sense
Laughing aloud
I try to flood my clouded mind
I’m home
but I slipped in the drink
and I don’t expect you to stay
and watch me drown
No I don’t expect you to stay
and watch me drown
Don’t come in here
I can’t have them
seeing me like this
I need time to
process can’t be
fine when you insist
Don’t
lift me out
I’m in my
therapeutic haze
It’s a mess that
pain(t) can cover
we’ll just have to wait
Stick around a little longer
Don’t you want to see
the paint dry?
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5. |
Don't Wait Up
06:55
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All these
old accomplishments
they told me
just imagine.
Don’t be
so reversible.
We all leave our footprints in the freshly formed dust.
Shall I
cage the circumstance
with eyelids
glued together?
I’ll feed
hungry animals
even though the signs instruct me not to, not to.
So lonesome that you can’t tag along (wait)
It’s only a slight when I am wrong (hey)
On foot in the hallway
My head, hasn’t burst yet
All these hollow words
Never follow through
My feet
stuck just underneath
this quicksand
and it holds me in place.
I'm sinking
so don't wait up for me.
I'll come out and get a grip just when I want to.
Inertia’s a word that comes to mind (wait/weight)
When nothing’s been done in quite some time (hey)
On foot in the hallway
My head, hasn’t burst yet
All these hollow words
Never follow through
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6. |
Last Laugh
03:54
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It’s only there when you’re by yourself
and you’re by yourself a lot in your own head
Please take advantage of
the time it spends to keep you feeling warm
At night you lie awake a while
Searching for a way to smile at it
It doesn’t give a shit
Make yourself an offer and
refuse it every time
No one recognized the closed doors
read between the lines
Sometimes you wish it wasn’t over
Searching for a way to smile at it
Wish I didn’t give a shit
Who got the last laugh?
It’s hard to tell
So hard to tell
And after all’s been said and done
the laughter’s all you’ve won
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7. |
Sit Down
04:25
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crusty eyed, late night morning
sunrise
tongue-tied subway ride
sore thighs
They told me time flies
and while I wasn’t looking
It flew right by
and stole all of my feathers
and turned them into armor
and punched me in the mouth
and said don’t let nobody harm you
it’s alarming when it wakes you at 6.30 in the morning
throws you out the door
you want to ask for more
But still,
it feels like you were born yesterday
and your shackles weigh a ton
and your ears are getting tired.
Strings
are loosely wrapped around your neck.
For now they feel like down
But they’re slowly getting tighter.
Woke up at a pace I didn’t recognize
Bound by haste I groped the walls to keep my place
wait, have I been here before?
Take time, reasons to be
defined
blurred line, summer high
grey walls
no catcher with your rye
I just got off the tit
You tell me not to cry
Outside I can hear the needles
of the drops of rain
Sewing the street to the sky
with their threads of water and dark
And still,
it feels like you were born yesterday
still your shackles weigh a ton
and your ears have gotten tired.
Strings
are loosely wrapped around your neck.
For now they feel like down
But they’re slowly getting tighter.
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Hungry Animals Ottawa, Ontario
Hungry Animals combine experimental elements with lyrics that carry passion and vulnerability, creating an enriched but accessible sound. Walking the line of angst and joy, the 5-piece outfit are devoted to making music with a palpable arc. Don't be scared, they don't bite... except when they're hungry... which they are... always. ... more
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