1. |
Fake Meat/Real Friends
01:35
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in a Grey Lynn backyard
for once I can see the stars
with no mediation
completely open and hoping out loud
wrapped in jackets close to dusk
with words too intensely felt
we can see you overflowing
come of age but keep growing
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2. |
It's been a rough year
02:52
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Resilient you’ve got this right
Don’t listen to parent’s advice
You’re in control
You’re not alone
They’re getting old
Surpass them all
You’re in control
You’re not alone
They’re getting old
Surpass them all
Setbacks hard times
Ahead and behind
Power through this shit
Give yourself credit
You’re still here
It’s been a rough year
You’re still here
It’s been a rough year
You’re still here
It’s been a rough year
You’re still here
You’re in control
You’re not alone
They’re getting old
Surpass them all
Resilient jaded and sore
Don’t listen to them anymore
Resilient you’ve got this right
Don’t listen to parent’s advice anymore
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3. |
Home Again 2
03:10
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What do I call home
What do I call home
Where do I call home
I am I am I am I am I am
Not giving this up
I just I just I just I just I just
Enjoy it too much
Playing with my favourite bands
Going to Disneyland
Making friends around the world
Escaping the New Zealand cold
What do I call home
What do I call home
What do I call home
What do I call home
Where do I call home
Who do I call
(I am I am I am I am I am)
I am not giving this up
(I just I just I just I just I just)
I just enjoy it too much
You want me to settle down
Find a job, make money
Stop fucking around
You want me to settle down
Find a house, a husband
Have a child
All these expectations
(All these expectations)
All these expectations
(All these expectations)
(I am I am I am I am I am)
What do I call home
(I just I just I just I just I just)
What do I call home
(I am I am I am I am I am)
Where do I call home
(I just I just I just I just I just)
Who do I call
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4. |
Man Says
02:14
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Anything but ordinary
I’m not like the others
Convince them I’m different
but pretend I’m not coloured
Blend in, but stand out
Be tough, but stay soft
Be one of the boys
Get hurt playing guitar
I’ll assimilate
I’ll fit around you
I’ll blast hybrid theory after school too
I’ll bleach and straighten
Get a fringe
I’ll even talk back to my parents
Can’t wait to grow up
Work in a vintage store
You wouldn’t even recognise me anymore
Nikki has been waiting patiently
To turn seventeen
To get out of south Auckland
Find her true calling
Blend in, but stand out
Be tough, but stay soft
Stop me I’ll act out
Tell you to get lost
I’ll assimilate
I’ll fit around you
I’ll blast hybrid theory After school too
I’ll bleach and straighten
Get a fringe
I’ll even talk back to my parents
Can’t wait to grow up
Work in a vintage store
You wouldn’t even recognise me anymore
Stand on my bed
Yell out my heart
Pray my accent doesn’t blurt out
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5. |
Nicole's Express
02:45
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not leaving my routine I might break
I’ll work on my resilience today
twenty-six and overdone
hard enough to even learn where I’m from
forgive yourself a break
take a moment it can wait
forgive yourself a break
sometimes learning’s the best thing you can do today
only half a page, seven coffees deep
scrolling constantly, don’t forget to breathe
absorbing everything I’ll stay awake
might not get it straight away
grow in moments, glowing screens
I’m not ready to take the lead
but I’m here I’m listening
take a deep breath before I scream
don’t forget to breathe
don’t forget to breathe
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6. |
Ma
03:26
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of her sheltered youth
she tells me
everything she never knew
about the world
about men
I hope that I’ll be able to dance as proudly and deliberately as her
I hope that I’ll be able to laugh as proudly and deliberately as her
I laugh when she writes on my band’s page,
how proud she is
she wants me to sing at her 80th birthday
if not, her funeral
I’ll make sure that I’m there before that
that I don’t show up, hungover again
late fresh off a plane, walking foolishly
towards her empty casket
I hope that I’ll be able to laugh as proudly and deliberately as her
I took her for granted
she cleaned my teenage room
she never said much I try not to think about her
I wish that I had the chance to talk to her as an adult
I really sucked as a preteen
I wish that I had the chance to talk to her as an adult
I really sucked as a preteen
as a preteen
we’ll never know
she refused to tell
we urged her to write down our family tree
on her deathbed
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7. |
Overcompensate
01:51
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teeth falling out for a second time
what a prank, human life
I still repeat mistakes I made at 17
getting older, getting wise
is being content as your body dies
getting older, getting wise is
being happy as your body slowly dies
but meeting teenage dreams
a decade late is still satisfying
not exactly what I want now
pretty funny that’s how it turned out
I just overcompensate
overcompensate
overcompensate
I just overcompensate
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8. |
Annual Leave
03:26
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In the articles, I've read
common thought on the deathbed
wish i didn’t work as much
55 sick days in the bank
sorry you missed my 23rd
I’ve heard
you're pretty busy 40 hours a week
I spend Monday mornings alone at the beach
maybe see you at the next anniversary
all the things you wanted to be
buried under a 40-hour work week
with everything you wish you could see
25 years at a fixed rate
sorry but Glenfield’s not that great
your coffee capsules save 2 hours a week
you're always catching up on sleep
maybe see you at the school jubilee
out of alignment
out of alignment
out of alignment
in the articles, I’ve read
common thought on the deathbed
wish I didn't work as much
all the things you wanted to be
wish I didn’t work as much
with everything you wish you could see
wish I didn’t work as much
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9. |
Extended Family
01:35
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In a rural front yard
I couldn’t climb that high
Carved my initials in the side
that tree is still alive
I only see you annually
Live with your stories all the time
Rum and coke at the jazz show
Goodbye at the airport as you cry
I only see you annually
Live with your stories all the time
A moment you’ve already been
Same setting sun forty years between
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10. |
Mitimiti
04:26
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In this new cycle
Leaving these islands
Routine overseas
We don’t go away
to get away
We don’t go away
to get away
Frost and fog won’t stop a swim
the misty forest calls us in
playing with our food
and these ever-changing moods
frost and fog won’t stop a swim
taharoa calls us in
amalgamate all our best parts
thanks for giving me a chance
the smiles we exchange
full of teeth, reserved only for real friends
frost and fog won’t stop a swim
taharoa calls us in
amalgamate all our best parts
thanks for giving me a chance
swerving through gravel roads
crawling through small towns
this wild west coast
yelling songs out the car
dargaville before dark
people who mean the most
gather on stolen land
a few days unplanned
on this wild west coast
giving me a chance
to learn who you are
people who mean the most
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