Lyrics
No Chaser - Single (2023)
Give it to me straight no chaser
Don't water it down
Sawdust on the floor pretendin’ we’re in prohibition
Barkeep looking like he was stolen from the past
I’ll choke down a Budweiser while you sip a Bailey’s neat
If another drink won’t make you honest, there’s no more to do
You’re slowin down my lifeline, baby
Give it to me straight no chaser
Don't water it down
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Don't water it down
Here you learn my name and forget it, short-term legacy [short-term memory]
Unlike Justin we’re not NSYNC, we’re goin two different speeds
Pool table in the corner, more fun than your games
You’re wasting my time, I’d rather spend it on myself
You’re slowin down my lifeline, baby
Give it to me straight no chaser
Don't water it down
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Reluctant hesitation, stifled air
glimpses of contentment that seem so, so far away
Longeyes focused only on the road ahead
Like a beer and whiskey deal
You’re what I think I need
But you’ve got a straight to DVD smile and a straight to voicemail heart
You’re slowin’ down my lifeline, baby
Coddle me with honesty, it’s warmer than deceit
Give it to me straight no chaser
Don't water it down
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Don't water it down
Half Wave - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
Uh Feelin’ exhausted again
Wasn’t ready for this again
Desire for normalcy
The need to forget
We’re all trapped in passive inertia
We’re all chasing happiness
It’s all so fleeting
Give up on perfection!
Give up on perfection! (x2)
Some say the one you love
Is who you disappoint most and
It’s easier done than said
There’s no selfish form of love
Ha!
But sometimes dead is better
Beginnings and endings in Irving Square Park
I’m so sick of all this ludicrous shit
I’m done with it!
Give up on perfection
Can’t find perfection anywhere
Give up on perfection
Dare you to find perfection
I’d like to think I don’t need nobody
And I’d like to think I could have some standards
But here we go, riding this wave again
(repeat a million times until the track destroys itself)
Ride this wave, again, again
Waiting - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
My hands are older,
Older than the rest of me
Oscillate between
Instability and normalcy
Winter’s in my hands
Stagnant, no hope or warmth
Hands will linger on
Skin from a naked neck
Can you feel it, can you feel it, won’t you
Can you feel it, the hunger running through your veins
Can you feel it, can you feel it, won’t you
Won’t stop it, this need for something more
The city’s not mine
New York’s a tease for freedom
This quiet confidence
Is arrested by your stare
Solemn solitude
Creativity and loneliness
My hands want it all
And they’re sick of waiting
Can you feel it, can you feel it, won’t you
Can you feel it, the hunger running through your veins
Can you feel it, can you feel it, won’t you
Won’t stop it, this need for something more
And I know
It’s a let down, it’s a let down
And I know, it’s a let down when I come around
And I know, it’s a let down, it’s a let down
And I know, it’s a let down, when I come around
Industry - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
Warm Coca-cola in Dixie Cups
But my body’s cold and numb
Step in the shower and see
If my skin’s still foreign to me
The air is humid and I'm screaming for attention
Walk down 28th to feel right again
Flower District biding my time again
Pander to me
Tell me just who I am
Immortalize me in Mod Podge
Immortalize me in sin
My tombstone reads so clearly
“Here Lies The Next Big Thing”
Buyin’ up all my time, and I..
The industry knows me
Still feelin’ empty
Buy me, buy me up
Buyin’ up all my time, and I..
The industry knows me
Still feelin’ empty
Buy me, buy me up!
Feel like those mystery liquids
You find on New York City streets
Unnamed and walked all over
Steady stilettos walk all over me
Pander to me
Tell me just who I am
Pander to me
Tell me just who I am
Millennial pink, gluten-free
It’s not a lack of interest
It’s a lack of obsession
The temptation makes you look ugly
Buyin’ up all my time, and I..
The industry knows me
Still feelin’ empty
Buy me, buy me up!
Thick as Glue - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
Young woman,
Idolizing,
Heroic Men
Singin' bout heroin.
Tried to keep it cool,
Now it's my turn too.
Who you think you're looking up to?
Oooh Ephemeral
Who do ya think you're looking up to
With that I don't give a fuck attitude?
Write a song for me,
Pose for the camera please,
Skin thick as glue, but leather looks better!
Oooh Ephemeral
Daleko - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
Czasami myśle, że
nie wiem nic o twoim życiu
I tak samo ty o moim
Powiedzieć
Kocham ciebie to smutna rutyna
Wiem że czekasz tam na Rumianej
Ale Malutka ma życie tutaj w Stanach
Jak ja mam poznać ciebie
Jak jesteś tak daleko?
Let’s catch up soon
It’s been too long
Far away, Daleko
Let’s catch up soon
Let’s get a drink
Far away, Daleko
Let’s catch up soon
It’s been too long
Far away, Daleko
Odległość, czas, tęsknota, zapomnienie
Taki jest człowiek, że musi iść do przodu
Złamane serce, a za chwile zapomnienie
Dlaczego odległość nas zawsze musi dzielić?
Codzienny czas, codzienna rutyna
I o tobie już tak często nie myśle
I ty o mnie Tak często nie myślisz
I ty o mnie Tak często nie myślisz
Let’s catch up soon
It’s been too long
Far away, Daleko
Let’s catch up soon
Let’s get a drink
Far away, Daleko
Let’s catch up soon
It’s been too long
Far away, Daleko
Daleko
How can I know you?
How can I miss you?
How can I love you?
When you’re so far away
Jesteśmy tak daleko
Jesteśmy tak daleko
We’re so far away
We’re so far away
Jesteśmy tak daleko
Jesteśmy tak daleko
Poor You - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
Can’t go to Harvard
Kicked out of your band
Now you think god’s eating out of your hand
All you are is what you hate and
You know so much about me
Teach me something, wise old boy
Give me answers
Tell me lies
Speak the loudest so no one doubts you
You’re more dangerous than you know
If you’re so smart think you’d get away
You’re just unlucky
You’re just unlucky
No consequences
No boundaries
Make an example out of you!
Poor you!
Riding the pretense of the life you led
What’s the score? That’s the price you kept
Raise your voice to gain some trust
But you’re part of the problem
Low-brow artist Oh so modern
Ramble on, Find your audience
How can you act like you know it all
When you know nothing about me
If you’re so smart think you’d get away
You’re just unlucky You’re just unlucky
No consequences
No boundaries
They’ll make an example out of you!
Poor you!
I wanna know so much about you
(You don’t know)
You think you know so much about me
You wanna know so much about me
Nothing ‘bout I wanna know nothing about you
(You don’t know)
So much about you!
Nothing about me!
Teach me something, wise old boy
Give me answers and tell me lies
Speak the loudest so no one doubts you
You’re more dangerous than you know
Lonely Dog - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
Chargin forward
when you know the stop is soon
And you know it will hurt you
Stopping if you have to, barely
Using his body to remember another
What happens in the interim space
Between his heart and his mouth
Between his heart and his mouth
I want you to be more than a lonely dog, yeah
Validate me loudly, support me kindly
I want you to be more than a lonely dog
Validate me loudly, support me kindly
There’s a secret in the fury
Winds try hard to find their voice
A pair of lonely headlights, pleading
Everything the light touches finds a glow
but my flesh
it stays the same
it stays the same
it stays the same
My heart sleeps at the foot of my bed
Panting, like a lonely dog
Fumbling and repeating
It crawls back through the night
Let me wander
Let me be here
Why won’t you be more than a lonely dog?
I want you to be more than a lonely dog, yeah
Validate me loudly, support me kindly
I want you to be more than a lonely dog
Validate me loudly, support me kindly
Want you to be
want you to be
want you to be more than a lonely
want you to be more than a lonely
want you to be more than a lonely dog
Human Again - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
Like a dog I consume the world through my mouth
Anticipate nostalgia, don’t give a fuck
Dozing off, hinting the change
Stall and squirm cuz I,
cuz I don’t wanna be awake
Don’t wanna be awake
Now a phantom seatbelt wrapped around my waist
My to-do list lives to see another day
Killing time at Anyway Cafe
I'm back and I,
and I don’t wanna be awake
Don’t wanna be awake
Separate emotion and energy
Lash out at these feelings of home
Give in to entropy
A restless air, tempting sound
Stressed in a reverie
I think about it now and then
And try to feel human again
Cuz I don’t wanna be!
Don’t wanna be awake
Critic’s Eye - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
You say it’s me
No ordinary responsibility
Another downfall
A martyr from the get go
So many questions
The papers and press
Obsessed with death
Romanticize, bastardize
The chance you never had
To follow the critic’s eye (x2)
Outrageous, pharmacy pros
we lived the life of raw rock’n’roll
dateline NBC
What is it that you want to accuse me? of
conspiracy... said I was twisted and cruel
But isn’t that just what you
Would expect a jealous lover to do
The chance you never had
To follow the critic’s eye (x2)
One wild night, unraveled girl
fighting inner demons a personal war…
keep on digging
keep on digging
keep on letting us watch from afar
No Hands - Ephemeral Debut LP(2021)
I set out to invade my dreams
My hands in front of my eyes
If I get lost I have this compass
Connects the earth and sky
But it doesn’t give weight
To this passing train
And all the stops along the way
Halt my comprehension of pain
Grinding halt
Screeching stop
I can take my time for a little
Got time to kill
Quick steps backward,
Clocks ticking,
bringing forth the heartbeat
Of this time, this life that
Never slows down but never really seems to start up
Broken, severed elements of past identities
Jokes that fell flat
Guiding me home
Past a faceless clock with no hands
Grinding halt
Screeching stop
I can take my time for a little
Got time to kill
Following no hands
No hands of time
5 Yr Plan - Validated EP(2018)
Was it something you read or a slogan you saw
the seasons they change but I’ve heard it before
Creativity or nonsense?
Do you have the experience?
Gotta have that experience
Do you have the experience?
Gotta have that experience!
What’s out there…What’s out there!
I don’t know if it’ll ever find us
and I’m tryin to follow suit
cause chasing after that sweet green
makes me wonder who rules who
I’m tuned out to the sound of the television
reality’s redefined
distractions to keep us going
and keep me from losing my mind
Losing my mind
Do you have the experience
Losing my mind
Gotta have that experience!
We flick from one thing to another
were we always sick or did the city buy us this?
I don’t think there’s anything better
than this crowded plot of land
…unless I could walk it again
Power By Design - Validated EP(2018)
America was never great
Always been so full of hate
Vicious lethargic charge
Validated by the head of state
No todos somos imigrantes
No existe igualidad
Tus palabras no nos hacen débil
Libertad en América!
I got a question for you, is this just how it is?
Will you sit back and just kiss the ring?
And that’s power by design
And that's power by design
Surprised by bigotry
Lamenting without action
Built on the backs of those
They try to keep down
We found the root of the problem
(Contradiction)
American melting pot
(of inequality)
Maximum power
(Minimum responsibility)
Learn to forget
(Can’t forget history)
Worriers - Validated EP(2018)
This is a tale for the Worriers
So lost and forlorn
Find them digging through the memories
When all hope’s been gone
Dig up piles and piles and piles of dirt
But the map’s been torn in two
Let them float or sink
Float or sink
What will you be thinking of?
Keep keep thinking
I keep keep thinking
and I still have to act tough,
still have to get tough
but it gets hard, it gets hard
thoughts got me thinking
thoughts got me thinking
and I still have to act tough,
still have to act tough
What will you be thinking of?
What will you be thinking of
when the Worriers are thinking of you?
What will you be thinking of?
Cannibal Wave - Validated EP(2018)
I struggle to pull up last night like a haze
My dreams feel like an encompassing eternity
Cutting through reality and spitting me back out again
And to ignore the hours spent underneath consciousness
It only confuses my memory more
When will we stop being bitter,
that we can’t stop the tides of change?
Sink or swim,
Ride or dive,
Tumble in that rip tide,
A dream cuts,
It’s so ripe,
Sharp, warm,
Take a bite
When the moment’s unbearable
Ride that feeling like a cannibal
When the moment’s unbearable
Ride that feeling like a cannibal wave
When the moment’s unbearable
Got that feeling like a cannibal