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well the world's a bit much right now
an endless tidal wave
and we all try to make it work
but we swerve and can't go straight
no cooperation
only frustration
it's not how it's supposed to be
well the world's a bit much right now
well the world's a bit much right now
oh
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when your heart relies on air to breathe
and the world won't stop spinning around
do you need to find a sense of peace
to hold you over?
do you feel inadequate?
do you feel like you're a shipwreck?
well that's not true, that's not true
but it sure feels like it is
when your lungs are filled up with some bullshit
from a corporate structure
do you feel like you can never speak your mind
and you're just a robot?
is this just my destiny?
is my mind playing tricks on me?
"shut it down, let's go home"
send me to a quiet place where i can relax
and be in the present
and take a break from the hell i create
it's all my fault
the hell i create
it's all my fault
the hell i create
it's all my fault
fault
the hell i create
it's all my fault
the hell i create
it's not my fault
there's just more to it than that
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Catastrophe
02:29
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catastrophe's a state of mind
oh catastrophe's a state of mind
i made up my mind
i've convinced myself i'm a catastrophe
everything is the worst
i've been convinced myself it is the worst
catastrophic thought after crippling thought
i wish i could buy some time but it was already bought
smoke clears
turns out a lot of those thoughts were lies
turns out a lot of those thoughts were lies
i've made a return
if only i could burn that way of thinking
one more time, one more time
turns out a lot of those thoughts were lies
turns out a lot of those thoughts were lies
i've made a return
if only i could burn that way of thinking
that way of thinking
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Adapt
04:26
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thinking about how we got here
how do we survive?
how do we make it through day by day?
what makes you slip?
what do you get caught up in?
what makes you slip?
what do you get caught up in?
phase out, fade out (x4)
we're a resilient species
we learn to adapt
one day you're on cloud nine
but the next you can't get back
one day you're on the moon
but then you can't get back to earth
how did we get here?
how do we survive?
phase out, fade out (x4)
if this is where we are
and the place that we will be
i get caught up in shit
but about what it beats me
i am resilient
you are resilient
i will adapt
we all adapt
we all adapt
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victory is sweet
chemistry is neat
i've been lying across this island on a golden sea
nothing ever crosses my mind
i admire the landscape and think of the other places that i could be
could i be in mulitple places at the same time?
refrain for the last time
we reign for the first time
it's hard to pick yourself up
but you figure it out
and then you start again
and then you start again
i've been lying across this island on a golden sea
nothing ever crosses my mind
i admire the landscape and the waves of the water and the sand at my feet
i'm in multiple places at the same time
we reign
we reign (at the same time)
we reign (at the same time)
we reign (at the same time)
fuck
refrain for the last time
we reign for the first time
it's hard to pick yourself up
but you figure it out
and then you start again
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Shift Key
04:17
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days turn into weeks
weeks turn into days
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
the truth is it's not that different
the truth is it's so much different
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
got your back got your back got your back if you've got mine
we've been helping out each other since the beginning of time
got your back got your back got your back if you've got mine
the only way i wouldn't have your back is if you threw me on the street
left me out to dry
left me out to dry
left me out to dry
left me out to dry
how's the ol grand experiment going for ya?
writing a song is an experiment
ya hey, ya hey
the truth is it's not that different
the future is so much different
the future it's not that different
the future it's so much different
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
got your back got your back got your back if you've got mine
we've been hanging with each other since the beginning of time
got your back got your back got your back if you've got mine
the only way i wouldn't have your back is if you threw me on the street
left me out to dry
left me out to dry
left me out to dry
left me out to dry
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
am i losing my mind or is my mind going insane?
shift key
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In a Funk
03:04
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in a funk i guess
in a funk i guess
around and around on a merry-go-round
in a funk i guess
in a funk i guess
around and around on a merry-go-round
well i guess i'm climbing up a hill
man that hill is steep
i'm fighting off the noisy bees
even in my sleep
in a funk i guess
in a funk i guess
here we go again
nobody here can console me
not even a friend
well i guess too many people talk
sometimes people suck
i guess too many people have opinions
and sometimes those opinions suck
in a funk i guess
in a funk i guess
around and around on a merry-go-round
in a funk i guess
in a funk i guess
around and around on a merry-go-round
well i guess too many people talk
sometimes people suck
i guess too many people have opinions
and sometimes those opinions suck
in a funk i guess
can't get out of the funk (x8)
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summer air, summer breeze in my face (x4)
i used to think that summer was such a bummer
and now i think i can't get enough
july to august, so fucking modest
you go back to school and you get even hotter
now in pandemic, the system's systemic
august springs eternal into a fall of false hope
winter is coming, the birds are humming
the world is warming, and i'll just swim (never sink)
summer air, summer breeze in my face (x4)
anxiety approaches, it hunts and torches
the souls of those who enter august
humidity's burden, the heat index rising
A/C is cranking, the people are cranky
the days are longer, i pace i wander
i walk, i hope, i accept, i give up
i soak, i sweat, i cringe, i collect
inspired i become one with the warm hot wind
summer air, summer breeze in my face (x4)
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Meditate
02:58
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meditate.
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Stress Head
03:11
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stress head, ahhh
how do i work it out with you?
stress head, ahhh
you're playing me for a fool
what's the point
when no one's listening?
i know that i'm better than that
i know that
answer me
a question, too many
a problem
it's a better to have something than nothing at all
believe in yourself
that's what i tell myself
you can make a difference
go get yourself some noise-cancelling headphones
so you can
cancel out the noise (x8)
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took a ride, took a train
it doesn't matter either way
fighting gravity, killing time
when there's so much on the line
i will
pretend everything's okay (x4)
another meeting, another hour
notification, drowning, drowning, drowning
i come up for air
there's so much happening up here
but i'm just scratching the surface
pretend everything's okay (x4)
hold my breath, and go back under (x12)
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