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We can't see where the road forks
And we're too old
And too fucked up to care now.
No family to hide behind.
No children to hold in front of us.
Unbridled freedom and true accountability is beyond humbling isn't it?
Except death
At this point death will never want us.
I've been through hell with you.
Near arrests,
Loss,
And our grip on reality being ever so slippery.
(for Paul, Sean, Peter, Chellow, Devin, and Susie
this song is about friends who even though you butt heads and argue its of no consequence and you respect pretty much endlessly and look forward to seeing.)
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Lung Roast
00:48
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Morons
Dipshits
Lungs on a spit with tar and shit
Blowing lines of dust in an attic is probably less damaging.
Do you just need a ritual?
Are you not done acting angry at mom and dad?
There's no excuse for it.
Slow drag
Slow burn
Slow death
Slow to learn
You smell fucking disgusting.
(this song is about how dumb cigarettes are)
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Work Weak
01:15
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I spend five days locked away
In a prison of piss scented snow and
Some mixture of blunt guts and shit
Trying to shake some demons while
I throw bleach down the fire escape
But peace does not come quick
I'll shut my eyes and let
The smell burn my sinuses
Hands bound in razorwire
Less is more
Every torrent of thought
Is worse than before
My brain is eating me for living this way
The release of friday is bittersweet at fucking best
Face first in a mountain of frost
To forget why I'm here
To forget that I'm lost
And I'll drown myself in firewater
(but)
The chain on my leg
Has fused to my bone at this point
I'm always rebreaking my limbs
Taking leaden strides
To where I end up never wanting to go
I should know: I'm not free.
(this song is how a jobs can break a person and make you fall into some pretty strong vices, in my case it was being a groundskeeper/laborer in a very dangerous place)
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The wind feels like water on my face
Stuck between truth and illusion
Like a flickering neon sign
Struggling for breath
I
Rend.
I
Only
Need this
As
A reset.
I WILL THINK LIKE A FUCKING GOD
To remove these mood swings which cut like a knife
To a throat undeserving
Show me the demons
Gestating in the pit of my stomach
Lucy in the sky within fucking ruins
Honestly, for real, fuck John Lennon too
Continuously retching out my bad memories from within
They burn when I vomit them like this
They were stewing for years in there
I don't wanna be around anyone
I just don't care
Thankfully this shit was the camera zoom
Out of perspective I needed
I don't wanna be around anyone
I just don't care
Unseen needs
As:
A reset // respawn
(this song is about how psychedelic substances are incredibly beneficial and a good trip can reset your brain for the better)
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Twenty Years of Dust
03:11
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I never took you to have weaknesses
You were always the only stoic asshole who called me you
I can still feel my face pressing against the kitchen table
I can feel the radiator on my back
I couldn't wait for you to leave
(Somewhere) along the line I forgave you
You weren't ready to be a father; you didn't know how to
I'm okay with that now.
I'm not so different in that respect
I love you much more as my friend
And you almost left us
For good
I'll never forget what I saw that morning
6 AM
Stitches fresh in your chest
Never had any idea just how depressed
Twenty years of dust
The same layers in my head
Twenty years of mistrust
Rectified when you're dead
AND WHEN YOU GO
ALL I'LL HAVE IS YOUR NAME
ITS DEAD
ALL I'LL HAVE IS YOUR NAME
NO NEED TO SEE GOLD. SO STAY
ALL I'LL HAVE IS YOUR NAME
I'M JUST FAKE
UNDESERVED
AND
ALL I'LL HAVE IS JUST YOUR NAME
NOTHING HAS WORTH
DOOMED
A THIRD:
FAILURE
AND HOPEFULLY THE LAST
(this song is some ultra personal family shit. realizing your elders suffered mentally just like you did growing up and how you come to forgive them and love them and in the end you still hate yourself)
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