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Even If It's Nothing, It's Something

by HEELS

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Hide your booze in the toilet tank A pack of smoke for rainy days and hope your wife collects your thrown out songs I can't remember much these days It's alcohol or faulty genes, Sometimes I forget that I'm twenty-shit years old And I ain't done, at least not yet So play your songs in a different key And hope that there's a god that sees You're trying, even though you know there ain't. The option held to run away Was gone the second you heard her say "I will" outside of that holy Nashville stage Force yourself to be brave Suck it up old friend We're nowhere near the end At this point there ain't anyone to hold you down The rats are having children now I never knew I could be so proud The boys are shining brighter than the sun So drink a shot and smoke a bowl for the ones we used to think were old But now we see they're the ones who got it done They're younger now than anyone Well I'll crush my fears like a shotgunned beer Wear my doubt like a shining bandoleer To intimidate the ones who seek my end Now's the time to quit your job Use your voice as a divining rod and spit in the face of those who wish you dead Off with their heads Suck it up old friend We're nowhere near the end At this point there ain't anyone to hold you down I'll crush my fears like a shotgunned beer
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Vermin 03:28
Sit up in the rafters, God I know you think you've got this in the bag not that you should care or me for that matter I'll drink to smoke leaving my good friend dead tubes coming out of a fragile neck but he quit before he died, a free man he died free I hope I die with that much self respect I hope I die with your hands around my neck $50 for the friends who kept me safe when I had all but trashed every friendship I had earned from any human being I'll drink to the rats who sift through trash and poison what we eat there once were two of your own kind who taught me what it really meant to be a man You are my brothers, the vermin in the street All that I can offer is my flesh for you to eat Here under the stars Right where God left us Our tears mean so much more My intention was to weep, but fuck it. I can't weep no more. Here under the stars, right where God left us.
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1982 02:48
Rabbits have their secrets holes are buried underneath grounds that men that think they're someone use to save from snowy trees All the vegetables they eat themselves before we get a taste so I'll shower them with poison that'll teach them to behave and if you think you will escape, you're wrong my friend Pine trees wait for Christmas, standing there with bated breath Praying to their vengeful tree god that their child isn't next watches tick away in hopes that their new batteries don't die now the trashcan is clock heaven, phones now occupy our time and if you think you will escape, you're wrong my friend Sing now little children yeah there might be something left once your parents drop you off in life and run off to their death there's a power in each word you read and every song you love so raise your hands and hope that is enough.
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The mountains of Virginia have a sweet and smoky taste or so I'm told from songs of old that drift upon my face I'll never see them as long as I live I hope your new man treats you right I hope he's not like me embodiment of everything I ever tried to be City boys in cowboy boots we ride in Astro Vans and soak up all the blue ridge country shit we possibly can while flipping over those Darkthrone tape cassettes The powders white and brown are still not quite enough to block the tidal wave that broke the key that I kept in every lock Cigarette burns upon my arms ain't quite enough to block the tidal wave that broke the key that I kept in every lock
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Furniture 03:24
All hands on deck, ashtrays here to collect all the spoils of one night alone I can't be trusted to keep talents dusted I'd rather drink on my own to create is to fail and I'm over it now being someone's overrated I prefer a paycheck over free beer and pity tips I don't need them to approve All I need is you and a steady flow of cash, cigarettes, and booze honey all I need is you You don't know the copper taste of blood until you have been punched in the mouth all these kids talk of sellouts like they've ever had a choice or made something that they could sell I'd be remiss if I stood here like this saying I would go down with the ship I know I'm a coward but I sure ain't a liar it's the only thing I have left All I need is you and the knowledge that you'll be okay when I'm gone honey all I need is you
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Ingrown 04:26
Raised to sleep at night knowing I would be just fine breathing air that god had made for me there ain't no need to worry now I stare at screens knowing I don't have to move all the pain is worlds away and nobody is out to get me I don't know if I can keep spitting on the world that way we were all in this together I think Just cause I don't know you that don't mean you ain't the product of my labor I will keep looking away as I kill your mothers, drag your fathers through the streets while I empty out your pockets taking everything I see So long as I'm comfortable I will suppress change Just remember all the pain is worlds away

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released November 30, 2015

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