1. |
Perfected Time
05:35
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I wanna go back to a time when the world was fine
and everyone could see I was fine
I wanna go back to a time when the world was mine
and everyone could see it was mine
I wanna go back to when I never thought about time and
learn why I never thought about time
I wanna go back to when I didn’t know I would die and
learn why I never thought about dying
I wanna go back
I wanna go back
I wanna go back to before I got too old for the stories
and the stories got too old for me
I wanna go back to before I even knew they were stories
like before the stories needed to be
I wanna go back to before I had to know what I know
and just know then what I didn’t know then
I wanna go back but still know what I know in my bones
and avoid the things that caused me to know them
I wanna go back to some perfected time
I wanna go back to some perfected time
It all began long before you were born
you’re the things that you learned
you’re the things that they learned
it all began long before you were born
you’re righting your wrongs
you’re righting their wrongs
it all began long before we were born
and we try and we try and we try and we try
and we try and we try and we try and we try
and we try and we try and we try and we try
I want to go back to when I wanted the things that I needed
and learn not to want the things I don’t need
I want to go back to before I learned to want so much more
and just be satisfied with meeting my needs
I wish I were fine and just boring and happy and normal
like other people seem to be
I wish I could find and just be fully satisfied by the normal
kind of lives that other people lead
I wanna go back to some perfected time
I wanna go back to some perfected time
I wanna go back to some perfected time
I wanna go back to some perfected time
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2. |
Maybe You're Right
02:53
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I doubt that you could like me
I hardly like myself
I doubt that you could like me
I hardly like myself
I know you’re right
maybe you’re right
and it’s not too late to try
I know you’re right
maybe you’re right
and it’s not too late to try
I doubt that you could like me
I hardly like myself
but I’m thinking you’re alright
I doubt that you could like me
I hardly like myself
but I’m thinking you’re alright
I know you’re right
maybe you’re right
and it’s not too late to try
I know you’re right
maybe you’re right
and it’s not too late to try
so let’s fly
let’s sell all this shit and let’s kiss kiss it all goodbye
the money’s no good but we’ll make it last a while
get up up and go before we can change our minds
let’s fly
let’s fly
so let’s fly
let’s tell all our friends and let’s kiss kiss them all goodbye
get up up and go before we can change our minds
if we leave right now we can maybe escape our lives
let’s fly
let’s fly
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3. |
It's a Test
03:35
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It’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
It’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
if you just stay cool
and you don’t say anything
then he won’t run away
then he won’t run away
if you just stay cool
and you don’t say anything
then he won’t run away
then he won’t run away
oh tear it down
let it go
let it go
oh tear it down
let it go
let it go
if you keep real still
and you stop breathing
then he won’t run away
then he won’t run away
if you keep real still
and you stop breathing
then he won’t run away
then he won’t run away
oh tear it down
let it go
let it go
oh tear it down
let it go
let it go
it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
it’s a trap it’s a trap it’s a test
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4. |
Most Permanent
04:24
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you leave the lightest of impressions
lipless laugh and rubbing hands
an unmistakable loser
thinning hair and sagging pants
you love a corner for protection
if they can’t see you they won’t ask
you’re such a solitary loser
dry as air and nervous laugh
and even though we know they say you never know
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
and even though we know they say you never know
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
your words are clumsy and unknowing
you speak them soft and keep them tame
you’re not helped by your education
in fact I think that it’s to blame
you leave a lingering impression
your face is sweet and full of flame
you’re saving bits of conversation
you know they’ll later turn to shame
and even though we know they say you never know
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
and even though we know they say you never know
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
but you stick round
cast concrete/strong strapping
most permanent
but you stick round
cast concrete/strong strapping
most permanent
but you stick round
cast concrete/strong strapping
most permanent
but you stick round
cast concrete/strong strapping
most permanent are you
(hush now my agony
be still my agony)
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
we’re falling down and we’re giving up
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5. |
What Do You Know
04:27
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you get in the car and you drive and you drive it fast
windows open wide to the scent of the smoke that drifts past
you tear down the wide open road with your foot on the gas
you start feeling fine don’t know why but you hope it will last
you drive to the park down the hill and you sit on the grass
you lie in the lee of the willows and shadows they cast
you think of the ghosts and remind yourself past things are passed
and just like the ghosts the green of the trees will not last
you’re alive and you’re fine and you’re in control
oh what do you know
oh what do you know
you get in the car and you drive and you drive it fast
it’s the height of the hottest of months but you know it won’t last
and the salt in the air stings your skin as the wind it whips past
and the heat of the sun on the road makes it shimmer like glass
you’re alive and you’re fine and you’re in control
oh what do you know
oh what do you know
oh what do you know
oh what do you know
you’re alive and you’re fine
you’re alive and you’re fine
you’re alive and you’re fine and you’re in control
you get in the car in the night and you drive it fast
thinning leaves in the trees reflect flashes of headlights that pass
in the dark of the night what is time when the road is this vast
you’re just seventeen but already you live in the past
you’re alive and you’re fine
you’re alive and you’re fine
you’re alive and you’re fine and you’re in control
oh what do you know
oh what do you know
oh what do you know
oh what do you know
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6. |
Dream On
03:48
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in your final sleep did you simply dream on
in your final sleep did you simply dream on
in your final sleep did you simply dream on
in your final sleep did you simply dream on
oh the oh the lost ones we loved
oh the oh the lost ones we loved
oh the oh the lost ones we loved
oh the oh the lost ones we loved
in your final sleep did you simply dream on
in your final sleep did you simply dream on
in your final sleep did you simply dream on
in your final sleep did you simply dream on
we’re coming too it’s just taking us longer
we’re coming too it’s just taking us longer
we’re coming too it’s just taking us longer
we’re coming too it’s just taking us longer
dream on
dream on
dream on
dream on
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7. |
Ride
03:21
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I gave it all I had
I never cared about your name
I gave it all I had
I never liked you for your fame
I gave it all I had
I never cared about your name
I gave it all I had
I never liked you for your fame
I gave it all I had
I gave it all I had
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I gave it all I had
gave up the high ground to your claim
I gave it all I had
and for my trouble took the blame
I gave it all I had
gave up the high ground to your claim
I gave it all I had
and for my trouble took the blame
I gave it all I had
I gave it all I had
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
and so we ride on and on and on
and so we ride on and on and on
and so we ride on and on and on
and so we ride on and on and on
and so we ride on and on and on
and so we ride on and on and on
and so we ride
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
I can never let it go
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8. |
Send Me Away
03:16
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I was only saying things we say
to keep our hate from sweeping us away
the smile was me giving you a break
a favor you’d do well to replicate
still propelled by incandescent rage
a searing thread that burns on to this day
I move this fast so I evade the flame
if I should stop I’ll surely melt away
what you are/and what I am
what you are/and what I am
send me away send me away send me away
put me away put me away put me away
at times it’s hard to see the justice in my rage (since)
I know I struggle less because I have this face (and)
sometimes I wonder if I earned that insulation
the way that people do believe in what I say
and is it fair to entertain my hates (when I know)
it’s my contempt that fuels the conflagration
they say forgive so others do the same (but)
if I do that the fire goes away
what you are
and what I am
send me away send me away send me away
put me away put me away put me away
must I relinquish scorn to pay for your embrace (or is it that)
a light defanging puts me in my place (I’ve grown convinced)
that people want to see my toothless face (they want)
to tally all the things I’ve said in haste
so I’ll just smile and say I’ll never change (then)
you’ll hold your face but say that you’re ok (so)
I’ll claim I didn’t mean to make you break (but)
I’m getting tired of trying to act my age
send me away send me away send me away
put me away put me away put me away
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9. |
Not a Believer
05:20
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I used to feel the fear that I would die
as we drove on summer cliff sides
and now that he’s a stranger to my life
the fear comes from the inside
I took the fear and oh I made it mine
took it out to all the parties
I faced my end, I practiced every night
so when it came I wouldn’t be sorry
I took the fear and oh I made it mine
I took the fear and oh I made it mine
I’m not a believer
I only believe in the fear, the fear
I’m not a believer
I only believe in the fear, the fear
I’d like to kill the man who gave me fear
but death comes for him shortly
in truth the fear I know has served me well
beside it life looks easy
I took the fear and oh I made it mine
I took the fear and oh I made it mine
I’m not a believer
I only believe in the fear, the fear
I’m not a believer
I only believe in the fear, the fear
though I try and oh man do I try
I know I can’t outrun it
cause I see so clear the accident of life
mere seconds on this planet
I took the fear and oh I made it mine
I took the fear and oh I made it mine
I’m not a believer
I only believe in the fear, the fear
I’m not a believer
I only believe in the fear, the fear
I used to be afraid that I would die
before I started living
but now the fear’s about time rushing by
and what I might not finish
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10. |
New York
04:49
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I never sought it
because I had it
crosstown light rising
that concrete habit
I never sought it
until I left it
and then I saw it
too late I saw it
you’re what we needed
what we believed in
you were the reason
the bigger meaning
we had our dreams and
we had our feelings
and we had you and
so we had freedom
oh spread my ashes in New York
out on the empty Hudson docks
where we used to walk
oh spread my ashes in New York
where the towers are no more
remember that fall
and I remember
when mine was failing
you were my home so
I didn't need it
and I remember
the friendless sidewalks
midnight and floodlit
I still recall it
oh spread my ashes in New York
chasing the light across the block
a real walker’s walk
oh spread my ashes in New York
the place that made my every thought
and I think a lot
you’re never stable
endless remaking
so we find comfort
in fluctuation
when I’m with you I’m
both past and present
my only nation
and I still feel it
oh spread my ashes in New York
drift through Washington Square Park
under the arch
oh spread my ashes in New York
midnight fries without a fork
on St. Mark’s
can you love places
like they’re a person
and when they alter
does your relation
I can remember
the way I loved it
at times I wonder
do I still feel it
oh spread my ashes in New York
not what it is but what it was
and what I was
oh spread my ashes in New York
remember the place before it’s gone
before I’m gone
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11. |
Follarina
01:15
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lift the catch drop to the ground
a sweetly vococaustic sound
follarina, little clown
it hits you while it’s hissing down
it hits you while it’s hissing down
it hits you while it’s hissing down
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12. |
Catastrophize
05:05
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animatiweirdo
evolosophy
biosemioto
credulexically
we are we’re flesh on sticks that
somehow came to be
we are we’re breath propelled and
yet somehow we speak
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
catastrophize with me
let’s scorn the optimistic for morbid fantasies
catastrophize with me
let’s give up on illusion and mourn what could have been
oddifactaviral
baffleopathy
vertibratisolo
incredulomy
we are we braid our hair and
sometimes show our teeth
we are we’re borrowed cells like
everything that breathes
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
(I’m sure) I liked it once, I liked it a lot
(I’m sure) I liked it once, I liked it a lot
catastrophize with me
let’s let go of the future and what we hoped it’d bring
catastrophize with me
give up on improvement embrace reality
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
I liked it once, I liked it a lot
(I’m sure) I liked it once, I liked it a lot
(I’m sure) I liked it once, I liked it a lot
it gets harder every day
it gets harder every day
it gets harder every day
it gets harder every day
it gets harder every day
catastrophize with me
while it’s hissing down
while it’s hissing down
catastrophize with me
while it’s hissing down
while it’s hissing down
catastrophize with me
living isn’t easy and it may never be
catastrophize with me
release your expectations it’s never gonna be
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Kritters The Bronx, New York
Kritters are Kirini O. K. and Rob Steadman.
They make electro-rich indie with a
subversive streak.
Kirini is a multidisciplinary artist and writer; Rob is previously of critically-acclaimed indie-folk band Stornoway (4AD/Cooking Vinyl).
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