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In The Rush To Build Boxes

by The Gutter Press

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1.
So here we are again You remember, the hell we raised back then We haven’t changed at all With new scenery And the time goes away and these nights bleed into these days Mirror mirror on the wall, do you like watching me fall down, fall down All in all I go too fast, here I go watch me fall down, fall down Look up Breathe in Slow down Hold out Look behind you, look around Find persuasion, find self doubt You say we don’t have time to remember But now we’ve got all night Let’s laugh at all the fights we got into But you say that it’s over, so who’s gonna fight me now Look up Breathe in Slow down Hold out Look behind you, look around Find persuasion, find self doubt
2.
Alright 03:33
You stand by my side, I wish it were alright You stand by my side, I wish it were alright And you know I won’t and you think you will, And altogether, it’s making me ill Start out planning how it ends And every day will die into eternity And every time I run from home it’s you I’m running from Stop it you know you’re going too fast to see this Stop it you know you’re going too fast to see this You stand by my side, I wish it were alright You stand by my side, I wish it were alright And you know I won’t and you think you will, And altogether, it’s making me ill I don’t know where I am And it’s not my place to stick around and find it out And every time I go back home it’s you I’m thinking of Stop it you know you’re going too fast to see this Stop it you know you’re going too fast to see this And I’m the fool for playing these cards again You stand by my side, I wish it were alright You stand by my side, I wish it were alright And you know I won’t and you think you will, And altogether, it’s making me ill
3.
Bicycles 03:46
I’m taking out a table cloth And staying in this parking lot After all the time I slept I burned a hole and I fell through As I fall feet first, I forget which way is up Double back, cross the floor, once again, I’ve lost my touch But I’m not afraid to crawl I’m not afraid to crawl Again and again I wanna grab my bicycle. And ride it down to mexico I’ll throw it on the railroad tracks. And inch by inch I will drag it home. As I fall feet first, I forget which way is up Double back, cross the floor, once again, I’ve lost my touch But I’m not afraid to crawl I’m not afraid to crawl Again and again
4.
1975 03:36
Don’t be frightened Don’t you worry I’ve been here before, this is what I’ve gotten used to Try to ignore it I’m trying to help you Just hold it together, hold it in Well if you think that things are better off here Let me persuade you Have I gotten into your head? every passing word makes me more a liar I know Whisper softly They won’t find me When I’m alone in my head she is screaming And I can’t stop thinking oh why don’t you need me Oh look at yourself, you are the one to blame As I’m making my escape, I hear you asking “Please believe in something” but I'm not the bad guy here we can’t live in black and white I’m gray, a dirty shade of gray Well if you think that things are better off here Let me persuade you Have I gotten into your head? every passing word makes me more a liar I know
5.
The sky is just too windy For kites to fly today So we’ll throw ourselves into it Then run the other way We’ll start heading eastward, under the railroad tracks Only to find that lake is too cold So we’ll draw on the sidewalks, all over, with colored chalk The math that will guide us home It’s so late, and I’m trying hard to stay awake It’s so late, and I don’t want to face the day The silver line is melting On to this picture frame And these shoes are tied together But I can't throw them away Conversations held together by fragments of wire, they lament that the gap is too wide and there are no arguments to muster, no statements of fact That can convince the sun to stay in the sky It’s so late, and I’m trying hard to stay awake It’s so late, and I don’t want to face the day
6.
Intermission 00:25
7.
Go get your coat, and we will get gone I know you like to spend your time getting lost And then realize there’s nowhere to go there’s not much that’s here left to find no one is waiting for you to arrive for now starting to surround you, you're going down but it ain’t that hard, and it ain’t that bad ain’t that bad at all for now go for a drive to get out of your house the wind’s only bitter when you’re downtown and your friends, they remind you of what you know why you left, and why you came home and you can’t find a good reason to go for now starting to surround you, you're going down but it ain’t that hard, and it ain’t that bad. ain't that bad at all for now
8.
I hit the pavement, running too fast, I've got an hourglass glued to the palms of my broken hands See these images that make me cry they're the ones that i pay for, the ones that i take for a ride. When i reach this house I built, I promise myself, I'll clean this thing as soon as I try, but time passes on and I fall asleep It's space between all the sidewalks feels like the sun is soaking up shade from the trees still the concrete scrapes both my knees up I just can’t catch my fall It's the space between all the sidewalks turns the dirt and gravel into beaches still the concrete scrapes both my knees up this brick wall battles me. I hit my pillow, caught in a flash as if nothing's wrong, but I lost my half of my head, it's my better half, the one that I like, It's the that one I pay for, the one that I take for a ride. I take out all my lincoln logs and toss them together, promise myself it'll all stand tall. But I always know the pieces that bruise. It's space between all the sidewalks feels like the sun is soaking up shade from the trees still the concrete scrapes both my knees up I just can’t catch my fall It's the space between all the sidewalks turns the dirt and gravel into beaches still the concrete scrapes both my knees up this brick wall battles me.
9.
From the Top 03:18
I’m self censored, self destructive, self aware I, I know this, I am hopeless, Off side and overdone I, I want to, want to get you When I see your living bravado I’m starting over and I start to think I’ll win this time But I try to speak, my words don’t rhyme Why can’t I be more like you? I, hold on to, this collection, the remnants I lost I’m designed to please you I don’t need you Ready to stand alone I’m self censored, self destructive, self aware. I, I notice, you need this, you feed on the crowd And you start to think, I won’t hear this time, So you try to speak, you try to lie Why can’t I be more like you?
10.
Normandy 03:13
Let’s take a trip down to Normandy We’ll walk along the coast, no one will follow The ruins proclaim the beaches beautiful The ruins, they prove our intentions here To mind them, in silence To bury the hunger Where no one can find And We’ll build an island Leave the empires behind And we’ll laugh as they fall, they crumble Always together, we share the need to be alone Building islands upon islands Are you content with our demise, dear? Is there anything left after all that we took? But if we take a trip down to Normandy I am content to look
11.
Hiding in the piles of leaves you taught me how To see the trees as pins and needles sticking out Go cut them down Step on their bones I can not keep the walking sleep from catching up Staring down the linoleum and plastic cups Follow through, I’ve been waiting here for you Welcome home, if only for a while Sink into all the things I never knew Follow through, follow through Bullet holes and goldfish bowls with teapot spouts Take control and tell me what to live without Take what you need Sleep by the sink Moving past and getting through is all I’ve known Try to take the blinders off of me Follow through, I’ve been waiting here for you Welcome home, if only for a while Sink into all the things I never knew Follow through, follow through
12.
Smile 04:41
I wanted to stand up, stand tall I wanted you, that’s it, that’s all I’m out of words I’m out of luck I haven’t learned I’m here, I’m stuck
13.
I was always sure of my lines secure in all of things I heard But my ears stopped working a long time ago And it bothers me more than it should Cuz I like you more than I’d care to It’s not the end of the world, but it’s not what I think I’d prefer It’s not the end of the world, but it’s not how I thought it would be Will you please just stay where I can see you The doors always open and lights stay on And it’s so hard to dance when my timing’s always off And it bothers me more than it should Cuz I like you more than I’d care to It’s not the end of the world, but it’s not what I think I’d prefer It’s not the end of the world, but it’s not how I thought it would be

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released June 18, 2011

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