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Short, Bitter, and All Over the Place

by NPK

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1.
These days I get to lay in bed Do nothing degenerate Are the best days of my life Only because the others Are always so full of Hatred and spite For the boss, for the man For anyone who tries to tell me What I cannot or can do With my time or with my life, And any body Who tries to do the same shit to you Because the only thing working for us Is us working together There’s so many more of us than them They’re light as a feather We’ve just gotta get everyone On the same page And it’ll all Get better I’ve gotta get out in those streets, But I’m trapped beneath these sheets And there’s only one way out that I can see When the people thinking that it’s fine ‘Cause everything is cheap to them See that none of us are free And that the only thing working for us Is us working together There’s so many more of us than them They’re light as a feather We’ve just gotta get everyone On the same page And it’ll all Get better I’m trying to calm these shakes, trying to calm these shakes So I can get out of this bed ‘Cause while I’m sitting here and quivering, I can’t get up and deliver My boot to a neck So while I wait for the rest to wake, I’ll pack up a bowl, sit here and get baked So I can get out of my head ‘Cause while I’m sitting here and shivering, I can’t reach for the gun’s trigger And we all know it’s easier said Than done We are containers for souls and our eyes Others would rather us just be disguises We are containers for souls and our eyes Others would rather us just be disguises We are containers for souls and our eyes Others would rather us just be disguises We are containers for souls and our eyes Others would rather us just be disguises We are containers for souls and our eyes I know what I’ve seen, and frankly, I don’t like it I hear the horseman of war trotting nigh Screams of the innocent ring on horizons As if they didn’t right now in the night They try to push us towards comforting silence I told myself that my Nois would change lives Vacationing from, resorting to violence When the world gets colder, we’ve gotta keep each other warm When the world gets rough, we’ve gotta keep each other from harm When the world forgets trust, we have to hold up the front lines The same way that we hold our souls and our eyes the only thing working for us Is us working together There’s so many more of us than them They’re light as a feather We’ve just gotta get everyone On the same page And it’ll all Get better
2.
A defaced piece of art Hangs above our heads A scar across The face of the earth Mass graves For the dead Their chances for life Taken at birth Thrown out Into the dark, Sightless night I stumble down To the shore A body Broken and shaking I collapse, Don’t have To struggle Anymore That’s not the point You know what you’re doing You know what it means And you’ll repeat it The sentiment is there Take it or leave it But when you dig down deep Do you really believe it Thrown out Into the dark, Sightless night I stumble down To the shore A body Broken and shaking I collapse, Don’t have To struggle Anymore Thrown out into the dark sightless night, She stumbled down to the shore, Her body, broken and shaken, she collapsed, Don’t have to struggle anymore, I watched as she let go of her hope, Couldn’t leave her just to drown at sea, Helped her up and we walked through the dark, sightless night, Because she would do the same for me That’s not the point You know what you’re doing You know what it means And you’ll repeat it The sentiment is there Take it or leave it But when you dig down deep Do you really believe it That’s not the point You know what you’re doing You know what it means And you’ll repeat it The sentiment is there Take it or leave it But when you dig down deep Do you really believe it
3.
Well it’s a good thing You can’t smell me through your TV Yeah it’s a good thing The black shirt makes it so you cannot see The sweat accumulating All over me I’m gonna grit my Teeth right down to the nerve And roll my eyes Back into my head so you can See the white Then I’ll be free Truth be told, I don’t know If things could get Much worse than this But I’ve got my hands Tightly balled into fists and Blinders on both sides Because that’s the only Way I know I can survive With my chin held up so High Well it’s a good thing You can’t smell me through your TV Yeah it’s a good thing The black shirt makes it so you cannot see The blood accumulating All over me
4.
I’m 19, and I Still spell my name wrong I walk into the wrong rooms And get funny looks from strangers and My routine Depends heavily on My outlook, mood and Ability to confront behaviours ‘Cause I’m stuck Living in a burning building Condemned long ago, no, If it had a choice it would Not let me Call it my home And if I did You bet your ass I’d be Gone in a second So if you’ll excuse me Just know I will Not be different my person will stay the same This will just let me grow and I’d rather pass a legend on Than a name I’d rather pass a legend on Than a name I’d rather pass a legend on Than a name Than a name It’s been a long time Coming, all this hope I won’t let you take it from me Based on what you think When I know I know That this decision Is mine alone to make I may not survive, So I just cannot take No compromise ‘Cause I’d rather pass a legend on Than a name I’d rather pass a legend on Than a name
5.
Stay Away 02:40
This day’s already shitty and it's only 2 am I can't seem to get any sleep but I can’t get out of bed Suffocating in room filled with smoke and tar I honestly can't believe I've made it quite this far By now the clouds are turning grey Don't take away my shine I'd be lying if I told you I was fucking fine It seems like everyone in life has tried to shut me down Fuck you to those I'll carry on until I'm in the ground Some days I wish this world would end I need an escape from myself And somewhere on the other side of the earth There's a place where I won't be found So cry me a fucking river You deserve the worst But there's one thing I need from you Just stay the fuck away Some days I wish this world would end I need an escape from myself And somewhere on the other side of the earth There's a place where I won't be found So cry me a fucking river You deserve the worst But there's one thing I need from you Just stay the fuck away
6.
Back, and forth I’m pacing ‘Til I carve Lines in the pavement There forever A vandal’s defacement Leaving them marked Like walls of this basement In one place I’m waiting For now I Am saving The best for last This is just a test This is just a test This is just a 1, 2, 3 Tonight we’re gonna violate The hell out of the N.A.P. Comin’ for that silverware, Teacups, and mugs too Just ‘cause it’s there And just ‘cause I can Fit a clawhammer in each hand I’m going to Smash your shit all up Burn your gadsden flag And ceramic display case, too 2 Because of You there is no more Earth to carve into It split apart Carved in two Rotting halves This cored apple Is all that we have

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released May 12, 2018

Madeline Rees - Vocals, banjo, guitar, bass on Stay Away

Cass Drury - Vocals, bass, guitar on Stay Away

Nicky Dreslinski - Percussion, vocals


Cody Avdek at Countersong Productions - Mastering

Lizz Eiffe - Front Cover Art

Sara Eads - Back Cover Photo

Kelan, Theo, Ash, Lizz - Stomps, claps, gang vocals

Brittney Glogowski - Wrote the breakdown in "This Hideous Martha Stewart Vanity Lighting Fixture"

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