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Views From The 516
02:14
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Driving through
Garden City and Hempstead
Easy to see who
The state cares to invest in
Whose schools look just like mansions, while The Others look like rotting sheds
As the county cuts the programs for finding new jobs
As the cops round the block, all around the clock
Have you seen enough yet?
Are you not disgusted?
Dividing lines, in black and white
Our whole lives
Born to endless class war,
From the town bar to the schools board,
We’ve gotta win with more than wishful thinking
Driving through Floral Park
“A Great Place to Live”
At least the sign says it is
Strange; they were forced to integrate their schools in the late ‘80s
Explains why their kids my age express the same thoughts lately
“A great place to live”
All that “listening and learning”
Now put some work in
Are you standing by for action?
Or just bystanding
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2. |
No Problem
02:25
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You look so surprised
And you get so offended
to hear the word “racism”
And how it’s ended our friendship
Defend the killer cop
demand the kneeling stop
Well, is that ignorance coincidence?
Well, I’m not losing shit.
No problem, no problem
All you ever wanna hear from me
No problem, no problem
The anthem of model minorities
Don’t want me heard; just seen
Colorful scenery
Until I don’t agree
That’s your problem
That’s your problem now
You ask me again:
“Why [I] get so offended?”
“It’s not like you’re one of them.”
“Besides you know what I mean, man”
“Look I’m not racist but”
“Hey, man, my dads a cop”
“Look,We’re all equal now, get over it”
I know just what you meant
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3. |
It Never Ends
02:54
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Y’know I’m starting to think
That the CO-EXIST bumper stickers
Really ain’t doing much
As bigots with a badge get righteous
They call protests “riots”
So I don’t think we’re winning with “love”
How many times can they break our necks?
We shake our fists till they do it again
Divided, depressed,
disarmed, dispossessed
I fear for where we’re heading
Where we’ve always been
Another futile round
Where we’re told how
“Ya gotta be peaceful!”
PBA, our stolen wage,
prescriptions raised
Killed daily by the state
But “Ya gotta be peaceful!”
Desperate times breed desperate men
Dying for anything different
Just mockingbirds
Learning the language of violence
So sing it back
I guess it never ends
So yeah, I’m starting to doubt
What I was taught until now
What use is morality in a duel?
Hard not to want to give up
The choices that they give us:
Accomplice or target or just disregarded
Lately I’ve struggled to find any worth
To cry out for change with the limit of words
The system just does what it’s been designed to do,
A proper response feels long overdue
It never ends
It never ends
It never ends
It never
[Chorus]
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4. |
A New Title
03:08
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Used to be the one-foot-out, one-foot-in champion
Run straight into the wave till it breaks
Then head back to shore
But ever since we met, you washed all that ambivalence
Left me feeling so at peace, yet always wanting more
Couldn’t be happier drowning since
Finding out your eyes are oceans
I’ve forgotten how to swim
There’s a calmness in my limbs
The lightness of letting you sink in
Peace was the weekend spent in Providence
Pleasure was the paycheck spent day-drinking down on Coney Island
And every grain of sand tracked back to our apartment
Was a souvenir of summer love that’s lasted years
Oh, what a relief
In a sea of uncertainty
To know who I wanna float with
I’m drowning
I’m thinking (I’m drowning!)
The former
One-foot-out-one-foot-in champion
Is in need of a new title
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5. |
Opposite Way
02:18
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I’m pathetic,
Let’s get that out the way
Tried to be mature,
But as you walked
through the door
The facade breaks
I know I’m in my no place
To care where
Or who you’re with
These days
But please, please, please
Please, don’t fucking do this to me
Don’t know what to do
When I’m in the same room as you
Give me a map, tell me which road you choose
I’ll go the opposite way as you
Ask how I’ve been
I’ve been living in the past
When I thought we were for good
Not just good while it lasted
But it’s time to move on from
The house inside my head
A future unrequited
That I cling to as it passes
All the time
We spent in love
Was just one big
Vacation from
My miserable life
Telling lies that I’m fine
As the ceiling engulfs my stare
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6. |
If Only
03:11
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See it on your face
The last thing that you need’s
another cliche
Of “how to be brave”
Or “maybe there’s another place”
Heard that it’s enough
To just be there
For one’s deepest, darkest days
As I see you in utter despair
I wish I had more to say
If only I could
Find some source of healing
I’d share it with you
For the rest of your life
And maybe for a moment
Find solace through the sorrow
Enough to finally fall asleep at night
Linger on in the shower
Knowing what awaits
Hang my head in shame
As I make amends at a wake
Learning how to cope through
now-one-sided anecdotes
The joy infinite
Gone in an instant
It always hurts like hell like this
I’ll
Do my best
To make myself useful
I’ll
Do my best
To pass along the beautiful
As the tragic becomes the usual
If only I could sleep tonight,
I’d maybe find some peace alive
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7. |
Enough Pictures
02:39
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Shouldn’t take a eulogy
For me to show some gratitude
I’ll spare the long-winded critique
I know affection is decades overdue
Don’t think I have enough pictures of you
Thinking I’ll go and get a tribute tattoo
As a testament to the influence so permanent
‘Cuz I’m afraid how memories fade
It’s just the family way
Through all the darkest times
We always could find laughter
Tiny sparks of joy
Became a trusty lantern
Thanksgiving Popeyes
Ocean Loop long drives
Letting me watch Billy Madison
When I turned 7
Bright spots through hardest times
I know they happened because you tried
I know I always focus
More on thorns than roses
Feeling so much shame for
Fields of love I’ve felt
But I don’t show
More than photos,
More than ink
Gotta make more time
To tell you
Thanks for everything
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8. |
Party's Over
03:37
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Have you cleaned the confetti yet
From the low-bar parade
That you still somehow celebrate
Cuz the kids are still caged
And the ocean’s ablaze
Yet you still go on as if Mission Accomplished
The enemy of my enemy
Could never be my friend
Get me the fuck out of this tent
With what little decency I have left
The party’s over
Almost took you at your word,
While you waited on hors d’oeuvres,
That you’d come off of the sidelines
But care was just another gimmick
You consumed till you felt finished
Your team won, thats enough, you’re satisfied
Until you see solidarity
As more than a seasonal hobby
Get me the fuck out of this tent
With what little time I have left
The party’s over
Lucky you
Lucky
The luxury of the phew
The Luxury of the phew
When the crosshairs not on you
That greedy exhales gotten stale
Don’t you say?
As you’re chanting USA
We cant agree to disagree
With ignorance so damn deadly
Get me the fuck out of this tent
With what little hope I have left
The party’s over
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9. |
Thanks For Listening
03:14
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Wonder what the point is
To all this noise
I end up disappointed
Or just destroyed by
The inaction of well-intentioned
People like my friends
Who seem to be supportive
Of the good fight
But when it’s time to take the streets
They’re rarely by my side
And I’m left wondering
What I’m doing
That never breaks through
Thanks for listening
It hardly shows
Thanks for hearing
as my heart implodes
Always gotta display
Our starkest truths
Is it just a bored game?
Trivial Pursuit
With questions asked,
more time passes
But nothings really learned
It’s been such a struggle
To stay aware
Trying to stay hopeful
That people care
Perhaps seeing me
so unwell
Is not a selling point
But then again
You always keep me in check
Even when I’m so damn trying
So thanks for that
I’m glad to have
your ear to
spill out
all my fears
So thanks for that
I’m glad to have
your ear to
spill out
All my fears
Thanks for Listening
It hardly shows
Thanks for listening at all
Thanks for listening
My heart implodes
At the looming thought
This is all
For naught
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10. |
21,000 Questions
03:13
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Stayed up too late again
watching I Think You Should Leave
Now you’re fast asleep
And I’m left with my thoughts (Oh god)
You’re the one thing keeping me from
Panic! At the dystopia
lucky that the love that found us
Isn’t easily lost
You are the answer
You are the end
To the 21,000 Questions
As the day gets me so unglued
I’m kept together by the thought of you
No question how I’m getting by
It’s always you, every time
Heading home from Sunday errands,
you’re in the passenger seat
Happy, hand in hand, and then I go
And think of “What Sarah Said”
Get morose and obsessive
Thinking of what love survives
If we are lucky enough
I hope it’s an endless ride
I don’t forget
Back when we met
Didn’t have a pillow under my head
So fortunate,
To be so restless
yet never have a doubt on
where I’ve made my bed
As the world
Engulfs in flames
I’m whisked away
As you talk about your day
Worst case scenario
I’ll dance
At the end of time
With you
It’s always you
Every time
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