I trip, I parachute. I sit alone all day
I lie to myself and then I’m okay
So stop, you’re asking too many questions
And if it works for me, that’s all that really matters
My friends always tell me I worry far too much
About the things that I can’t change or the people I can’t trust
It’s gotten to the point where I’m not motivated enough to tie my own shoelaces up.
I often go nights without rest in the fear of my own death
The night would grab me in my sleep, and my parents, they would weep
So I’ll deny my fate and wrap it in a blanket of insecurities and self doubt.
I can’t stand modern man and modern man advances
I can’t force myself to keep up with this false promise of hope
Everyone is so goddamn apathetic, these days
We have the means, we have the knowledge, but lack the will
So if you think your passive activism is really doing shit
I’ll be the first to tell you that your screen won’t save the world
So if you strive for change,
Why don’t you get off your ass and try to make a difference
Now I’m not saying that I am the exception
I self-medicate to escape my grim reality
I’ll continue to sit in my room all day alone
Deny my past, as I do my future
So I’ll wrap my sweet denial in my concealed oppression
Wash it down
And parachute.
credits
from Damaged Goods,
track released September 27, 2013
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