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Decent Facsimle - Nice
03:06
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Hello everyone, I would just like to say off the top, that for legal purposes, I am not nor have I ever claimed to be a rapper, bottled lightning, a 3-year-long car crash, your mother's love, the ghost of Kim Shattuck, or anything you might need but sometimes in moments of brief transcendence and clarity I can be a decent facsimile
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It's getting cold so I sleep by venting
Living in glass houses, know that he didn't get expensive
I won't lament it (I'm only venting)
But it's probably worth a mention
that I could throw a couple stones, you know, if I wasn't only renting
It's so expensive. This heightened cost of living
But what they deem the finer things just really aren't worth chasing
Go ahead and hate me, I know I have from time to time (and so have you)
But life is short and for the living so close your eyes, enjoy the ride
And I will be there. Next to you. Screaming hallelujah as I crash straight through your vestibule.
Yes I will be there. Next to you. Or as close as I can get while you're still way up on that pedestal.
Cuz I'm afraid of the things that I don't know
And I'm afraid of the things I can't control
And I'm afraid of the words inside my phone
And I'm afraid even more of the hands that hold
But that's all I know
That's all I need
And I'm afraid of the words inside my phone
And I'm afraid of the things I can't control
And I'm afraid of the hands that I can't hold
And I'm afraid the things that I don't know
Cuz every now and then we all just lose control
I lost my heart, my mind, but not my soul
I'm holding on to things that I should just let go
But sometimes I can't and that's how it goes
And that's all I know
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Bloom/Wilt/Bloom
02:19
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Broken bird, spoken word
Sung from a forgotten perch
Blood was spilling out your mouth
a bright red river down your shirt
felt inert and then afraid
stand up straight and act your age
some things that you get to keep
and others that you just can't save
give and take
and another joins the fray
now the view is terrifying but I cannot look away
take a breath, keep your head,
take a minute, play pretend
and make some severance pay off of that stack of severed heads
while you still can
'cause it's really all you have
you said that's really kinda sad
but is it really all that bad?
looking back I had to laugh
Vexed undressed, you're stressed in your best clothes
Vexed depressed, you're wrapped in your death robe
Vexed undressed you're best when you let go
Vexed, undressed. distressed
That's when I found myself bewildered
like a flower
All bewildered, like a flower, I'll be wilting soon
Next time I see you, hope we're both in bloom
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Bones
02:33
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I go, you go, cue that maestro, oh
I cast barricades to hold off hurricanes
like the ones that you keep pressing in your chest or your brain
Whatever the pressure that lessens the stressor
I don't know which one is more ready, confess it (it's strange)
I go, you go, cue that maestro, oh
Black moon, I fade
I've been catching these wave
but I don't know which ones to save
it's too late
It's so strange
I'm okay
Do I know I'm okay?
I'll take these deep breaths and I'll say
It's strange
I go, you go, cue that maestro, oh
Take the bones they are my own
And out these bones, you build a home
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Theseus (Ship of Fools)
03:15
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Awkward, precocious, with low serotonin
We all just got caught in our own shit
We all feel fucked up or just over, let's try to get over it
When the world is a lifeboat, write raps for the motion sick
(that sound like a lot)
of tangled up bones to pick
(maybe it's a lock)
And I can't tell what the difference is
(your ribcage is open, though)
I'll be here just sorting out calamities
I only split these hairs because I share a chair with Damocles
Damn these knees, aching shoulders, spine
How much of this moment's really mine, its undefined
so you decide to chase a high or ride a vibe
into that black and bitter night
What I'm doing is unsure, I'm sure I'll do it till I die
Like chase a high or ride a vibe into that black and bitter night
What I'm doing is unsure, I'm sure I'll do it till I
Die, vibe, I'm fine
Ice in lovers' veins could cool old passions
but its all so taxing with her hands tied backward
wreaks havoc on the central nervous system displaced
or is it just a penance we pay cause we could never change ways
But we could switch up that frame and make great gains for days
Fell your muscles start to shake as your pupils dilate
can you feel me? or is this out of diegesis
If I replace all my parts, would you still call me Theseus?
If I wrote you a rap song, would you still say life is meaningless?
Because there's not enough air to let breath all my grievances
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Decent Facsimile Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I would just like to say off the top, that for legal purposes, I am not nor have I ever claimed to be a rapper, bottled
lightning, a 3-year-long car crash, your mother's love, the ghost of Kim Shattuck, or anything you might need but sometimes in moments of brief transcendence and clarity I can be a decent facsimile
You can find my main creative nonsense at anxiousink.com or @Inkbirds on IG
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