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8 Minutes
02:47
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8 minutes once the sun burns out
Til the last light hits and we start to count down
When all the solar panels lose their charge
And the core of the earth stops spinning in my yard
Slow, time, slow
How long, for the fossil fuel
Burning day and night, running over time
A cold planet will produce no wind
The stasis will not let our mighty turbines spin
Glow, stars, glow
The city light pollutes the milky way
Even eternal night is only gorgeous up state
The CFCs will finally do good
They'll blanket in the heat, and keep it close to home
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Rush Limbaugh
03:26
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Standing beside my fake balcony
Letting the air in disturbing my family
Hearing the click of the old thermostat
I'm heating the outside, I sound like my dad
The sun had the guts
Or even the decency
To show not it's face
That pitiful once to me
If you're gonna hide
The whole afternoon
Then slip into night
Without making a scene
Some politician died
I know things never change
Still I'm an optimist
Those flags are halfway up
I know it won't happen at this rate
I don't ask for much, don’t need to be head of state
I just want when I die, my obituary
To bring a cruel hope like rush Limbaugh did for me
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Challenger Deep
03:33
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I should never have looked at the depths in the ocean
But there’s so much written on this huge Van Der Grinten,
It should get shallow near the shore,
But the drop off is steep and my heart sinks as two digits turn to four
Do the mental math, multiply by three
Over and over
Is it fear of the unknown or just the ocean?
I know what that toilet roll is for
Half used by your headboard
It's for my girlfriend's tears, would you rather we drown?
I have nothing witty to say, I cast my eyes down
To my feet on the floor, wet leather of my shoes, they'll be so smelly tomorrow
I have to live with myself, you don't
And I wouldn't recommend it
Is it fear of the unknown or just the ocean?
And you love your naval disasters
Do your deep dives, you should start a podcast
You have so much potential
If you go looking for it don't look down
You don't want to know how far you'll fall if you stop swimming
Is it fear of the unknown or just the ocean?
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You’ll be underwater, and I’ll be up to my eyes
I get drunk so easy, when did I get so thin?
Me, I’m so mean, I just never told you
And you just never caught on
We hated every second of stripping off our clothes
It got so cold, we started feeling hot again
Then we go home, and start cutting deals with ourselves
One more isn’t better than none, but it’s better than four
There is still time for me, isn’t there?
Or let's just get to flaying
My skin never felt right anyway
Come on we can just dance for a little while
Hold your cheek close to mine as we sway in time
Come on we can just dance for a little while
Hold your cheek close to mine as we sway in time
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Worm Season
02:52
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I always get the urge
To enter contests
In old magazines
I've always loved the smell
Dead insects leak
I never thought you'd understand
I practice reading maps
So I can navigate
Some place I'll never go
And you can buy me books
I’ll read to you at night
And I’ll try to pronounce all the words
When I light a match
I always hide it behind
The matchbook in my hand
And then I drive my car
For far too long after the check
Engine light turns on
You take the time to notice things
I didn't even know
I liked about myself
What do you think about
Behind those sparkling eyes
Every time temple's in session?
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6. |
Ahead Of The Curve
02:55
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I'm way ahead of the curve
I get it better than you
I'm above the rest of the world
I'm sleeping on floor two
I'm way ahead of the curve
So done with the ground work
Meatheads I'm ready to hate
They don't get personal space
There's nothing to explain to me
Finance bros CEO hacks
Priorities out of wack
Don't ascribe their aspirations to me
Girl bosses think they're the shit
Drone striking syrian kids
Not so complex arms industry
I'm way ahead of the curve
I get it better than you
I'm above the rest of the world
I'm sleeping on floor two
I'm way ahead of the curve
So done with the ground work
I couldn't hurt anyone
Don't want to see your new gun
But I'm conditioned to defend
So I will kill for the man
Fly back and do it again
So school is free to attend
I get what I shouldn't be
There's no one looking like me
worth anything, anything, anything please
I know there's plenty of not
I thought for years and I thought
But look how happy it's make me
I'm way ahead of the curve
I'm looking back where I came
I was right to come this far
But I'm lost and alone
The road ahead is obscured
Bending beyond the trees
I wasn't bad from birth
From here it's up to me
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Aleph-Null
02:18
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8. |
Holes And Stripes
02:40
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I threw out my old socks today
My dresser thanked me
But I didn't thank myself
I could keep dealing with the holes
Where will I find those stripes again
No I'm not happy to hear that
You know I'm not more handsome than insecure
And just because you still like me doesn't mean you won't throw me away
You could deal with my holes
And my stripes are unique
But your dresser will thank you
When you've moved on from me
The doormat and doorframe are never far apart
I'd hate to think you’re asking for support
When you're really showing me the way out
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Decimal Time
04:44
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They started measuring seconds
In hundreds and tens
And it was fake but it still made sense
Now blocks of sixty pass around the world
What we invented is the present tense
I hate being a woman and I’d hate to be a man
Sometimes I hope no one ever looks at me again
Sometimes I hope that when you look at me you want to break every finger in my hand
Masculine and feminine I'll never hear the end of it
There's never any sense in it
Just snap all my ligaments
It’s not self-destructive if it was never me
And it wasn’t invented if it’s always been
Time is realer than clocks are fake
People matter more than words we hate
Sometimes there's use in phoniness
It's time to give up all the rest
Maps on my wall, they get it all wrong
We hate on Mercator but at least he got the shape right
Screwed over the equator but he didn't set out to do
We're moving on despite a semblance of use
There's no projection of me onto words so slim
That get it right without distortion
Drawing a world without her or him
I could stop being lost
Sometimes there's use in phoniness
It's time to give up the rest
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10. |
Strip Mall Vet
03:05
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Your keys are balanced on my thigh
The little scuba fin dangling off one side
I'm in the driver's seat, the engine is still warm
And you're inside with your dad saying goodbye
Today, the dog is dead
I wish I wasn't such a stranger
Thinking in terms of now or later
And how I'll be irritated later on
But if you want
Then we can talk about it
I'll hold my tongue
As long as I can manage
Your mother should have been here too
If she were she'd bring the center of her world
It seems to travel where she goes, right now that's wasting time at home
Like six years are so easy to forget
She has her talents on display
In a contrast sharp and clear
Thank god that TV's up upon that wall
Better than time spent thinking bout a dog
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Cat Vomit
01:50
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Well you pulled off your sweater so it wouldn't get stained
And we ate dinner while the candle strained
And the cat threw up on my satchel bag
I couldn't do but laugh and gag for the rest of the night
Is there more to be said about how we kiss and it feels just right
And how you like that I'm taller except when you give yourself a little more height
It breathes
It feels good
It burns like wax letting off soot
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12. |
Spring Time
02:14
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Spring time, funeral time
Your grandmother, my uncle
Who died too soon both of them
Is there anyone who doesn't?
Except for the queen and maybe some presidents
He sits typing in the other room
I'm leaning over to tie my shoes
Running on time for the first time
Some old Korean man died in these in '82
And they cut me
I should have tried them on first
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13. |
Yellowstone
03:25
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Yellowstone is overdue
And we’re all watching from too close to run away
It will destroy us, there’s a certainty in that
And I’m desperate to leave some evidence of me
I’m just hiding film in my shirt
I’ll curl around it so it won’t burn
A friend of mine told me she’d like a funeral before she dies
I’ve been thinking about it since
I’ll admit, it’s something I’d thought about before
But hearing somebody else say it, it feels less selfish
I’m just dying to leave a trace
I’ll eulogize right to her face
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The Madeleines Annandale, Virginia
The Madeleines are an indie rock and folk group from Annandale, Virginia. Their debut full-length The Old Man The Boat came out in August 2022.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Turquoise & Gold out March 2023.
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