amidst delusions of grandeur
and self righteous pandering
and me barely managing
to find reasons to justify
holding my breath windowside
you always say what you mean
when you never mean anything
and i figured it all on my own when i was you
i can’t seem to let this go away
standing at this altar of circumstance, preaching my empathy to a fault
defined by misguided wanderlust
live lost, i’ll carry on
our lives in hypothetics
were immune to my ennui
the caveats of dreams
understanding all that id concede
all the things that i’ve owned
all the things that you don’t
if only you’d stopped flailing
i’d have pulled you from the water
but you chose to hit the bottom a martyr
a martyr to selfish indifference
but who am i to judge
the actor or the penitent
you handed me the gavel
if only you’d stop
penning these sympathy symphonies
cant see forests from trees
self deprecating script veiling lessons in modesty
if the first step’s admitting it, then the second cant be out the door
cause then what’s it all for?
so come down off the ivory
start digging out of that bitter hole
so come down off the ivory
lacking time and a word
for reaping all the shit that you sow
The latest album from British indie rock band is filled with pared back tracks recorded in various countries while the band was on tour. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 23, 2020