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Laverne

by Laverne

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1.
What does it boil down to? Let me know soon cause I've got a crush on Molly Rankin I've been thinkin' about leavin' This whole world behind My eyes And I'm crazy I'm a bit lazy Things are hazy and I'm dumber than you'd think And slowly Thou is less holy I've been feeling lowly As i continue to drink What's on the other side of life A sliced banana that's rotted nicely Precisely what you'd expect Oh I'm a trainwreck Waiting to happen
2.
I am the vine Without its trellis I promise you that I'm Not trying to make you jealous Oh and apropos There are needs that I need That I don't want you to know So here we go There's a moon on the rise, where the look in your eyes no longer affects my soul I am the broken glass That shines like diamonds I'm climbin' out of this hole How stereotypical
3.
Lust 03:45
She looked into my eyes like I had the appeal of a foreigner And I got chills when I whispered her name The neighbors below are sleeping while tree branches sway And despite our neighborliness We made lots of noise anyway This is lust This is a labor of lust This is the nite that we became our true selves Tossing and turning each other like barrels on a dock This cataclysmic event conjured up a roar The neighbors below are brooming the celing But we were so lost, so lost in the feeling So lost In the feeling We could hear drywall fall but we were so lost in the feeling So lost In the feeling For a moment we stopped when we heard the door knock knock knock
4.
I've got such a large palette for love But my heart is much too small I can't stomach big love at all The computer is your alibi For temptation's call I can't stomach big love at all I've been eaten by the monster of love again I've seen the illusion of seein' clearly through a cracked lense I've been eaten by the monster of love again and again I'm my best wingman and my worst friend I've lost out on a year of my life A year of loneliness Yet those memories stick out the best The pain, the strife, the uncertainty, the nascent bitterness Those memories stick out the best
5.
21st Century 03:10
Thinking about who's gonna die next in a fairly casual way Saving any signs of emotion til we get to that day I heard someone was hit by a train I heard the old mayor has died Yet I can't help but hinder the helping hand that I hold inside Apathy is easy Apathy is love We're livin' in the 21st Century with no skies above A man with a hook for his hand gets sneers and teenage laughs We'll see how those pirates smirk when they're old and their lungs collapse Layin' with the women you love while the ones you hate devour your mind Them's the modern qualms that complicate the mechanical human kind Comiserate Or call it a day Beseech the ones you reach Or tell them 'go away' Apathy will eat your heart and stay And apathy's the modern loving way
6.
This World 02:59
Now when I think about the things that fall on deaf ears For years I've been a poor blind boy but now I see this world for what it is Kick me like the mule that guides me. How daft of me to say a lot with nothing It's cruel So cruel How beautifully scary it all can be Now when I wake up the torso rise is so much lighter
7.
Tenterhooks 04:48
Go ahead and jump on your motorbike Watch the seasons fly by quicker than you want We love living on McCarey street The mint that grows alongside the grass in the cracks of the pavement tastes sweet then the feeling is gone For a long time I've waited for you For a long time we've all waited for you On tenterhooks Go ahead and lead with your chin Believe in verbose declarin', it'll get you where you want We love living near the footsteps of Rome The man on the fiddle plays hot but he's cold as stone And the feeling is gone The feeling's been gone
8.
Buttons 03:53
The past is a foreign country They do things differently there I look At old photos And notice a sullen stare A bushel of maudlin memories Kept in a plastic jar Pulled when there's nothing to look towards When you're not going very far Unique sadness Unique hurt Builds and builds til it breaks the buttons on your shirt The future is waking up in different rooms Shaped by oblong fear The rear of the house has cracks in it That only appear when you're near A vase of dead flowers That I'd picked for you Pulled from a field filled with them Where the sky's azure blue

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Vocals and guitar: Cory Clifford
Guitar: Ed McMenamin
Bass: Mike Santana
Drums: Sam Brown

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released March 18, 2016

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Vettraino at Public House Sound Recordings, Chicago, IL.

Art by Kawtar and Andrew Fortnum

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