1. |
Fake Plants
02:06
|
|||
|
Cashing out when your time has come
Lashing out when you know you’re wrong
You push away everyone
And that’s on you
What a lazy life you live
Oblivious to anything
That ain’t at your front door
And that’s on you
It takes time to change
It takes want to grow
But you squander both
A ways away from a human being
Looking down from the ledge you’re on
Double down on shit you know is wrong
Swan dive into oblivion
The joke’s on you
What a shitty life you live
Hostile to everything
That knocks on your front door
But that’s just you
It takes time to change
It takes want to grow
But you squander both
It’s on you
Plastic melts in high heat
It’s on you
You’re not fooling anyone
|
||||
2. |
Upper Hand
02:06
|
|||
|
In case this doesn’t make it to you
I’ll broadcast it through satellites.
I know you’re always in tune.
A conduit for regret.
Just when you thought you had the upper hand it pulls away,
Struck down and out of my control.
Words spoke so much that they lose meaning,
Sometimes I talk out loud to nothing.
Turn myself away
From doorways and daydreaming.
Fools luck runs out just in time to face yourself,
If I act weird, it’s cuz I know that now.
There is still time left to abandon what you were,
And try to focus on beginning again.
See you on the other side
|
||||
3. |
Distinguish
02:31
|
|||
|
Remember schoolyard nights
And bright red swollen eyes?
Watching a fight spill across concrete.
From porch to street,
A beat of recklessness played on
But what do we have to show for it?
Is it boasting or chest beating?
Like that’s even worth a shit.
Is there currency in losing track of time?
Where’s the value in it?
You wear it like a badge but it’s baggage to me
Send me back, I’d do it differently
Don’t be surprised if you see me
Walking the other way
You can hold a knife in the dead of night
But you’re losing every time
Crush up a pill for every second
That you wasted all on nothing
|
||||
4. |
Endeavor
01:57
|
|||
|
Distance is only a measurement
You can run for miles on end
End up back where you began
Time is the culprit of breaking spirits
It tears us limb from limb
Can you see just up ahead?
Dragging a battered sense of self
Fixated on a living hell
A new endeavor, new chance at failure
But maybe not this time
A constant fear of standing on the edge of ruin,
But a glimmer in the dark was shining brighter than the last was
I can’t find a way to let this go
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
<New Jersey intensifies>
|
||||
6. |
For Matty
02:28
|
|||
|
Too much time spent on corners
begging to be anchored
Locked out and the landline’s off the hook
You always stayed until the sun came up next day.
Never stop the brightness you still bring
In dreams where i’m still hoping for a way
To come unplugged and tell you one last thing
(Are you out there? Can you hear me? Are you out there?)
Wish I went to Colorado,
Wish I picked up the phone
I held on to that last message you left
We were young and numb,
We were reeling from the thorns of every day
Tried to bail out on
A war we never won and probably never will
Why won’t you haunt me now?
I keep a window open
Just in case we start again
Why won’t you haunt me now?
Just in case we start again.
|
||||
7. |
Anything Less
02:27
|
|||
|
Enough is enough.
You can keep on complaining,
Or you can offer solutions
That may push us in better directions.
No, here you are spewing shit just like you’ve always been.
Avoiding anything productive.
Just listen back to everything you said,
Tell me you’re not overcompensating.
Just say you’ll never act,
Or decide to start today.
Anything less will just get in the way
Start again, just say when
I stand in my own way, I know the road to hell is paved with good intentions and lack of action
|
||||
STANDOFFISH Queens, New York
If you like STANDOFFISH, you may also like:
featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 18, 2023
go to album
Artificial Bouquet
by Frail Body
New on Deathwish, explosive screamo from this Illinois band, full of scalding riffs and searing vocals.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 1, 2023
go to album
Nothing Moves Me
by Broken Record
Self-described "power goth" band from Colorado goes maximalist with a strident album inspired by ’90s pop punk, emo, and alternative.
go to album
We'll Hide Away: Complete Recordings 1993-1995
by Grain
In the early ’90s, the Ohio band were champions of boundary-crossing Midwestern hardcore.
go to album
Their raw production elevates this Helsinki band's energetic style of emo, packed with math rock-inspired dynamics and charging melodies.
go to album
Earnest indie rock with sparkling touches of emo, shoegaze, and post-rock from Rosegold.
go to album
