I need you
To pull my river strings
Telling me to care enough
And finish my whispering
Listening to everything
I’ll ever sing
Not liver wasting
But forgiver facing
Forever force me to see
I need visions of you and me
In your dreams
Cause I feel you inside
Putting words in my mouth
But I know it feels right
And I can’t force you out
Will you stretch me to stride?
Can you push me around?
Or I’ll fall down
I breathe you
Like you’re oxygen
Turning all of my blood red
Spread out through hollow limbs
Crawling under razor-thin
Paper skin
I’m physically sick
When ripped from your twisting arms
I cannot move
My gut is an empty room
The bile is you
Cause I feel you inside
Putting words in my mouth
But I know it feels right
And I can’t force you out
Will you stretch me to stride?
Can you push me around?
Or I’ll fall down
You hold
Me together like bionic bones
But you’ll know
That I’m human when stripped of my clothes
I’ll show
All my colors like open windows
And I’ll grow
When I learn how to be all alone
My mind’s broken
But I will open again
I am broken
But my mind’s open again
The verse "Can't even buy a coffee without exploiting someone" got me. It really hits hard. For the entire length of the album it felt like the end of the world.
But to be perfectly honest, it's just how life is these days. And it's fucked up. szczur
A concise little EP on a barebones vinyl. This album touched me very differently than their previous works; I was in a different space, but it also doesn't seem to lean so heavily on ideas about relationships, breakups, and loneliness (returning to those notably in a cover of Cher's "Believe" as the closing track). Guest Room, the title track, deals with death, aging, and adult responsibilities, which are ideas much more close to me. jammingdevice
Classic emo sing-a-longs trade blows with tormented post-hardcore passages on the Brooklyn outfit's powerful sophomore LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 3, 2024
More feel-good indie from Brooklyn's A Great Big Pile of Leaves, all bristling guitar tones and expansive choruses. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 18, 2021
Been following Somos for many years, feeling that they had an opus in them...well, here it is. Driving pop-punk sensibilities lend an upbeat tone in contrast to the grim lyrical proceedings, and they absolutely pull it off. Evocative music that's been on repeat for me all month long. RIP, Phil PaintedDogs