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Why Can't Earth Have Rings?

by Bleach Balta

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1.
I don't feel bad, at least not right now Kicking a habit, correcting a slouch I don't want to think, so distract my mind I live in a building that wants to be climbed Say it again like it's supposed to be sad Say i don't know, say I don't know Let everything melt your brain now and then Say I don't know I've finally grown into my place I am quite fond of stacking my plates Give me a call, play with my hands I want to share all the love that I have Say it again like it's supposed to be sad Say i don't know, say I don't know Let everything melt your brain now and then Say I don't know Say I don't know Say it again like it's supposed to be sad Say i don't know, say I don't know Let everything melt your brain now and then Say I don't know
2.
Yellowing of a page made to keep its ink from bleedin Roofs won’t mute the rain, walls won’t keep our words from leavin What gave it away Sometimes I’m not quite functional Won’t get in your way So long, I’m gone, got cruise control Trouble after dark we have to keep the boat from sinkin You’ve been working hard You deserve a long vacation What gave it away Sometimes I’m not quite functional Won’t get in your way So long, I’m gone, got cruise control What gave it away At time I’m so emotional Won’t get in your way So long, I’m gone so long ago I’m gone so long ago
3.
NAP!! 03:33
Carving into a trunk “No, not this, not again” I’m missing everyone from the shadow of the garden I feel a nap coming on I feel a nap coming on Broken lights on lightning bugs give them insomnia Bitter pills never end up on the sweet side of my tongue I feel a nap coming on I feel a nap coming on I’m okay, nothing’s wrong I’m okay, nothing’s wrong Something split that worm in half I don’t see it moving Maybe it’ll all grow back I’ll check it in the morning I feel a nap coming on I feel a nap coming on I’m okay, nothing’s wrong I’m okay, nothing’s wrong We are, we are alone We aren’t, we aren’t together We are, we are alone We aren’t, we aren’t together I feel a nap coming on I feel a nap coming on I’m okay, nothing’s wrong I’m okay, nothing’s wrong We are, we are alone We aren’t, we aren’t together We are, we are alone We aren’t, we aren’t together
4.
Camouflaged, who needs a mirror High enough, who wants a future Suffer a couple more deaths when you’re young All that I’ve learned, I’ve unlearned, or forgotten Wish I could just do it over Take a breathe and listen better Suffer a couple more deaths when you’re young All that I’ve learned, I’ve unlearned, or forgotten Camouflaged, who needs a mirror High enough, who wants a future So long may it lie, let it die Long may it lie, let it die, let it die
5.
FRAGMENTS!! 03:31
Box shaped mail And a ring around the sink Don’t hurt yourself It ain’t funny as you think Broken reception I’m only heard in fragments now Bored and so anxious, slow down Don’t pretend Being honest never works Dogs are your friends Every cat’s an ice breaker Why does it take me so long Broken reception I’m only heard in fragments now Bored and so anxious, slow down Broken reception Stuck in the basement hangin out Made me feel ancient somehow Why does it take me so long My brain is a glacier from thousands of years ago I don’t know how to respond Even when innocent I feel so criminal
6.
YELLOW!! 04:06
Welcome back Where do you go when you’re gone I’m dying to know what’s wrong Are you overwhelmed Like I am overwhelmed? Look around Who can you really trust? Starving bears eat their young And the sun in the sky Might be how everyone dies I wish my house was yellow I wish I had a house Something with some style Held up by a magnet on the fridge Held up by a magnet on the fridge If you were me What would you keep inside The amazon box of your life Would you throw it away? Better to throw it away I wish my house was yellow I wish I had a house Something with some style Held up by a magnet on the fridge Held up by a magnet on the fridge Sad news You didn’t land the part I think you’re still a star I feel sorry for them I feel so sorry for them I wish my house was yellow I wish my house was yellow I wish my house was yellow I wish I had a house
7.
Oh I can see in the mirror Your cards on the table Oh I can smell it from here Like rain on a maple And you bide your time Like clothes on a line No, I can’t fight it myself If I don’t recognize it Oh it’s a hard pitch to sell And you’re full of surprises And I bide my time Like clothes on a line I bide my time Like clothes on a line
8.
Assume all nervous laughter precedes a grin wider than any danger you could be in It’s not in a cryptic message It’s not in the cracks of your shell It’s only for your enjoyment If you hide it you hide it so well You’re gonna make this season forever last Black and white cars spin out on white candle wax Sun sets over the planet another day Moon rent up for discussion Let’s move away It’s not in a cryptic message It’s not in the cracks of your shell It’s only for your enjoyment If you hide it you hide it so well
9.
COME OVER!! 05:22
AKA fear of death!! Where’d you go? Don’t wanna ruin the moment You could catch a cold and think you’re gonna die tomorrow Prove me wrong I’m gonna expose a weakness never felt before I’ve seen it crushed by doors slammed open The clown in the shower, the angel in the room I’m over every fear except my fear of you The clown in the shower, the angel in the room I’m over every fear except my fear of you Nests are built with alien dedication at the strangest times It makes me miss outside, and mornings I’ve got time to ask some stupid questions Why can’t earth have rings? And why won’t you come over? The clown in the shower, the angel in the room I’m over every fear except my fear of you The clown in the shower, the angel in the room I’m over every fear except my fear of you
10.
Enemy memory I feel like I am still haunted Like a sponge in the mud I wish I wasn’t absorbent Every loss I cage never does escape Sobered up home for once My routine had no defenses Candle light through the night I’m gonna burn down my apartment Show and tell after hell on earth is finally frozen When I’m asked again What you have been doin Go out back, look at that I’m growing wild garlic When I’m asked again How have you been? Go out back- I did that I’m growing wild garlic

credits

released April 2, 2021

All songs written by Mikey Trieb except tracks 8 and 9, written by Mikey Trieb and Ryan Stakes

Lyrics by Mikey Trieb
Produced by Ryan Stakes and Mikey Trieb

Recorded mostly by Mikey at Mikey's house, with all the drums and some additional gtar and bass tracked by Ryan at Ryan's house!!

Mixed by Ryan Stakes
Mastered by Bill Niebuhr

Artwork by Kelly Latimore

"I DON'T KNOW!!" MUSIC VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVU6_TRBzII

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