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Come Back From Zoo Camp

by The Alcoves

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1.
My skin is shedding My claws are dirty My home is cold now So turn on my heat
2.
My Song 5 02:54
Meandering around muddled messes doesn’t make them disappear And stomping steep holes destroys nothing but dirt So why bother And can’t you tell from a certain age when all is good and well I hope I can I hope I will And suddenly All my dreams will come true But that’s not real life Wanting something so badly isn’t enough You have to suffer for the happiness you think you deserve Is it ever enough? There’s always someone better There’s always someone more willing Can I skip tomorrow? (Can I skip tomorrow) There’s no point in tomorrow There’s no point in that day I like the silence I like you anyway Can I skip tomorrow Maybe something suddenly will happen
3.
Oh so I started to choke On the last words that you left with me And I stay awake for 12 hours You keep saying that I live in half days And that a quarter of my life’s already gone I wish I knew what I wanted So then I could control what I wanted I wish I’d started earlier Maybe by now I’d be a bit better Late late late late late late late late late late You’re late again What’s your excuse this time? What’s your reason for absence? I’m sorry, I’ll come up with one next time And that’s all that I did yesterday so Don’t be surprised if I don’t get much done today What’s the point in pointlessness What’s dull in dullness I’m so null, unit And I’m hanging, and I’m through And if I were a fly Just how long would I live Would I last through the day or the night I better lay some eggs tonight Tonight I’ll stop being useless I’ll start putting half of every paycheque away I’ll stop picking at last week’s scab Every single second stabs your spine I want you to have mine Good morning Good evening Good night
4.
Elbows 05:25
I don’t know what to do when I’m not around you And it makes it so much worse when we’re not together Half of me tethered I wanna feel those stitches again And the warmth of your face against mine I could be naked with you, I could be anything you want to be But that wouldn’t be and I couldn’t have it any either way Picture books remind me of you now I’ve never felt this feeling but I want it to devour me whole I love your elbows And the shape they make I miss your moles They don’t mind that I’m cold I miss your everything And I miss you
5.
I met you last week and I'm afraid we'll never meet again I was lucky once, but it's over now Isn't it funny how each day things come and go You lose a limb then watch another grow You lost your girl to the howling moon But golden apples don't fall too soon This I know And I'm afraid of what's to come And it's all pushing me further up the wall Anytime you call my name, love I feel a glow deep in my heart, so And if I find that I'm wasting my time On another romantic climb Just to be declined so Someone tell me why why should I try Some passerby going to pass me by Bye bye My love's a pretty rose Thorn's thicker than a sunken seeping sister's sorrow Let me borrow Your poignant party gown to get my style of a clown further down Down down And as far as I can see You were meant for me You Were meant for me Yeah you Were meant for me And if we were split into two I'd be the half that's you
6.
Zoo Camp 02:44
Come back from zoo camp, melody
7.
Banjo Song 03:48
8.
My body is stirring And yours is cracking under mine We’re uncomfortable but happy And sharing shivering spines Our lips touch and blood rushes red I’ve never missed someone until I missed you And I’ve never kissed someone until I kissed you I love your legs and I love your arms I need a pair of shoulders to rest my bobble head on And your shoulders they fit mine I’ve never liked someone like I like you now I’ve never adored anyone
9.
Interlude 00:59
10.
I heard the sound it’s just like a hound howling inside a sarcophagus Or maybe I'm bound to lie with the lopsided love lost with Lolita who leapt on the bus So please don't apologize you don't know how many months I've been mesmerized rattling thoughts wrinkle my brain inciting all this useless shame When I come crawling closer I can feel my heart glowing Perspiring palms pull But I can't hold on to anything I thought that I killed you And willed you out of my thoughts Yet here you lie Holding a flashlight to my flaws I’m sorry I don’t admire smoking cigarettes Applying pimple cream perpendicular to my anxious dream and when I wake up they’re still there Get out of my dreams now I’d rather have a dozen other people But when I come crawling closer I can feel my heart glowing Perspiring palms pull but I can’t hold on to anything And if I could’ve known If I could’ve known And if I could’ve known
11.
I’m digging a hole To find an empty bottom And there’s something staring back at me And I’m pretty sure it’s you And if I could’ve known To dwell in shame stained bliss Why don't you see me anymore, miss Like a kinda kindness bargain bin Bending the warped insides again And if I could’ve known Stare and stare Straining words on thinly strung gum Digest me Digest me Sweat stains seep through my clothes
12.
Furnace Room 01:51
13.
i wish that i never met you i just want to undress you you put your finger to my tongue then said that i am not the one you left me in our dearest time you shined a light upon my love then pulled all the electric plugs only stay with me if i do enough drugs she said she's into dealers and that she wants me to deal i said that's not me and that i should be now you walk me down through all the stairs there was something strange filling up all the air a puff of death black smoke whatever it takes to depress your old folks well it's over now because of a mistake i made somehow it'd be worth all of my while to turn back the hands on your sundial she said she's into dealers and that she wants me to deal i said that's not me and then she said that it should be i want you i want you i want you i want you there's no way to love politely there's no way to love quietly there's no way to love silently

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Recorded between Feb 2017-November 2017 in Brendan's basement and a little bit in Nolan's basement. Lyrics by Nolan except the first song by Tristan.

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released February 19, 2018

Nolan Jakupovski: Vocals, Guitar, Accordion, Harmonica, Banjo, Trumpet, Euphonium, Glockenspiel, Mixing
Tristan Jacob Sousa: Lapsteel, Trombone, Keyboards, Synth, Mixing
Brendan Andrew Cooke: Drums, Percussion
Adam Parker Brennan: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Cameron Ellis Leslie: Bass Guitar, Violin, Theremin

Sarah Nur Aisha Johnston - Vocals
Anita Kurobasa - Artwork
Sophia Kayla Chavez - Artwork

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