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1.
Leaving 02:26
He’s making fun of your brother And my T shirt is my favorite cover He’s lashing out at the color You never knew but he always bugged her to shit when she’s trying to study, would bore her to death when she’s trying to be funny I’m leaving for the summer, and she isn’t too happy about it. It looks like I don’t but I do give a shit. I wanna make an escape through the front door with my head sore From the liquor store when you bought for me two bottles two days before I turned 21 Now he does his laundry every week He takes a hit and lets it steep He’s turning corners way too fast He’s answering when no one asks. And now he’s playing this song straight You’ll never know it when he breaks Even if there was something good going, he just has to let it live elsewhere outside his cut up, fucked up limbs it’s a necessary feeling in his guts where the attitude starts, and his heart doesn’t love him anymore But nothing settles when he’s feeling rough Takes himself to the park to let it run Doesn’t think that his love would last He breaks himself he breaks it fast
2.
Hear Me 02:02
You are so right, time is fleeting Gonna move some around then I’m leaving I’m a sinker in a swimming pool I’m a thinker but it doesn’t make me cool It would feel so damn good if you could hear me It would feel so damn good if you could steer me Up the coast, now I’m alone in a city Where I know no one, what a pity But I’ve got something jotted down on this receipt begging when are you going to love me? It would feel so damn good if you could hear me It would feel so damn good if you would hear me I wouldn’t fuck this up if you made me It would feel so damn good if you could hear me Scoops is upstairs getting ready Meanwhile I’m downstairs getting lost in my head, yeah I can’t keep this one steady. Because it wears me down and all I think abouts how It would feel so damn good if you could hear me It would feel so damn good if you could hear me I’m running way too fast for the feeling It would feel so damn good if you could hear me It would feel so damn good if you could hear me (It would feel pharmaceutical) It would feel so damn good if you could hear me (It would feel like bionicles) I wouldn’t make a mess if you trust me (It would feel super magical) It would feel so damn good
3.
White Rabbit 03:05
Follow along if you want to sail away White rabbit song slowly fading into grey And the trip is long while we sit in outer space But when you come down I left a light on in my place I’m sorry for the lack of information I’m looking for something we can both do I’m sorry for sour communication I’m building something bigger than us two Crowds go blind to a cardboard sign when the little yellow lines run out And the blue light rays from the store displays get louder until they shout Speak your mind / undefined Hang ‘em high / Realign When it's grey at the end we’re repaid what we spent Want it back now, I want it back now The lobby’s marble tiles Your sort of sleepy smile The window’s flowerbeds And sometimes wishing I was dead The busy riverwalk It’s still too soon to talk The staircase wit you hide on seven hour impulse drives I was so wrong until you put me in my place. Want it back now! Want it back now! Turn the lights out, I want ‘em back now! Falling off track! Start to flashback! Falling off track! Flip the switch back! Crowds go blind to a cardboard sign when the little yellow lines run out And the blue light rays in the store displays get louder until they shout White rabbit song slowly fading into grey
4.
These are the thoughts that keep you afloat From an early age you wait and hope These are the thoughts that keep you awake Know I’m never coming back to this place So say goodbye to orange skies And hang ‘em high inside your mind And subway trains escaping rain Your sly disdain / familiar pain A reminiscent symphony of inefficient energy A flies life will fly by like amoeba eternity The flashlight that fell off the bed table last night shattered and scattered the roaches rejoice The lawnmower’s long moan / the right voice, the wrong phone The words that come out when it’s just us alone The insomniac’s artillery: a pint from the distillery “Tomorrow, tomorrow, we’ll all kick tomorrow”
5.
I’m coming to terms, maybe I handled it the best I could And it makes me feel a little warmer when I think that hey anybody anywhere could feel this way, but I guess the chemicals set up shop in my brain stacking all their books and tables in the way, oh yeah you haven’t cracked just yet / your happiness it isn’t fake Don’t tell yourself to take steps because you’re already there And I don’t want to take that away / don’t wanna be the one who brings you pain But I wanna go to the safest place in the world I wanna get lost until I wanna hurl I feel like I was a fly / the one you shooed away Cause I probably buzzed too much / told myself it wasn’t enough Buzzed some more and fucked it up But I wanna stand on top of the world with you I wanna stand until I wanna hurl I wanna say something right here but I don’t know what And if I was a train running down the tracks next to the highway I’d crash and burn big and bright And if the sky would let me have this one thing one time, it could save me And it makes me feel a little warmer when I think that hey anybody anywhere could feel this way But I guess the chemicals set up shop in my brain stacking all their books and tables in the way oh yeah It makes me feel a little warmer
6.
I’m fickle like the breeze / breaking sticks as if they’re trees And peach colored clouds like at my grandmother’s house We’re losing light everyday / sit watching it fade away Pushing memories to the back of my head To stay level horizontal in my bed I can make it warmer if you like It’s everything to me that you enjoy tonight You stay in my mind but out of my sight I can’t lay blame for keeping things so light Listen to this cognitive dissonance I never got to know your parents: preferable We haven’t talked about it since: regrettable Drain your house of everything now, let it take the paintings down Eternal screams for else / living out of & turning into hell Spring like your favorite novel pours out what winter bottled Seats are filled but no ones hear, said nothing but the message is still clear See / hear / learn / forget
7.
Monday Night 03:53
Drink my beer on a Monday night I know it ain’t good for me Sleep till four on a Tuesday right Ya know it ain’t gonna last I’ve got ticks crawling in my bed Those suckers are jumping ship I’m gonna buy me a minivan You know it ain’t gonna last Oh You’re gonna notice me this whole time Alien smiley taking what’s mine And if you notice me this whole time Maybe you’ll pick up on my alien smile Now I’m thinking bout my mom’s dad And how he used to work downtown Leave his car and walk the ten blocks there The only parking spot that was free Did any of that rub off on me He’s willing and he works for his kids now I’m gonna buy me a minivan but I know it ain’t gonna last Oh You’re gonna notice me this whole time Alien smiley taking what’s mine And if you notice me this whole time Maybe you’ll pick up on my alien smile
8.
Love Yeah 01:41
Even though I’m thinking bout The people going out and kissing I still don’t wanna think about the fun and all the other stuff I’m missing When I tried to find what pulled me down I realized It’s love Yeah I’ve never shown myself that stuff Never shown myself that stuff It doesn’t feel like it belongs Though it might be good I’m convinced that its wrong It’s not the thing that’s been there all along Yeah Love I never show myself enough And when I’m feeling thin Still won’t let it in God I know I’m sinkin And all I wanna do is what I wanna do And what I wanna do is talk it through But I can’t I’m scared I’m incomplete And now I’m feeling so ashamed I’m bawling on the interstate I’m slowing to a crawl when all these cars are wizzing past And I’m feeling like I’ll never change And so I’ll try to break this same Sick cycle in my head that chucks me up And smacks me down
9.
If You Want 04:05
Now I don’t want you to stop till I’m bloody Recognizable but less ugly Watch me crumble in the cheap seats I won’t say I don’t want to stay here I’d never tell you I don’t feel safe here It’s a mess but you make it home But would you be so cruel to me And the big screen At the rest stop screams It keeps telling me To stay in my seat But the world it turns So endlessly I can’t stay here But I can’t leave You got me trapped feeling like I’m gonna snap now I’ve got the codes but you’ve got the keys and you’re taunting me it’s not like anything else I’m breaking apart You keep cracking my heart I want you I want you to call me whenever I’ll do anything I’ll deliver even if it’s making me quiver it’s ok if I’m up late I was getting high with the neighbors Using as a sort of eraser Tried to force you out of my thoughts but it just don’t work like that And the big screen at the rest stop’s whispering It keeps telling me to stay in my seat but the world it turns so desperately I can’t stay here but I can’t leave You got me trapped feeling like I’m gonna snap now I’ve got the codes but you’ve got the keys and you’re taunting me it’s not like anything else I’m breaking apart You keep cracking my heart So if you crack it deep enough It’ll run down to the bottom floor And if I’m still feelin rough I’ll crack it myself, a little more And if this change aint radical Then what was any of this for If I’m laying down, then I’m dying now
10.
Air Guitar 00:40
It’s 1 AM and I gotta work at 8 but I’m standing in the shower playing air guitar to a song that I wrote in the seventh grade it’s not that good but I have fun when I play it on my air guitar air guitar air guitar nananananananana I’m just really glad I asked you on a date you didn’t say yeah but at least now I can say that I got off my ass and I made some waves I add it to the ocean in a little way I couldn’t hear you I was looking up daydreaming about spilling coffee cups and how maybe one day I’ll be happy when you are laughing at me while I’m playing you my air guitar
11.
Living off daylight Sunny happy demons Staying out of sight Rose colored reruns I once thought of you Like my daydreams were true But someone took the stop out of the drain The apple of my eye Now rotten chasing highs Cause someone turned the lights out in your brain A letter to myself I just need a catchy melody I’ll sing for someone else I think I’ve had about enough of me The road ends at your door But no ones there to greet me And on your kitchen floor I’m finally pleased to meet me A sea of shipwrecked plans The boat never made land Cause someone took the stop out of the drain The summits where we hide From a life that you denied Cause someone turned the lights out in your brain A timestamp of my health I just need a better remedy A glass of bottom shelf I’ll stay sedated for eternity

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released April 2, 2020

Pictures of Vernon is…
Daniel Gorham - Vox / Guitar / Drums
Page Ragan - Guitar / Vox
Brody Rogers - Bass / Vox

Produced by Nick “Scoops” Dardaris around various rooms in upstate New York
Additional vocals by Aurora Case, Kory Gregory, and Joel Ragan
Keys by Daniel, Page, and Scoops
Auxiliary percussion by Daniel and Scoops
Harmonica by Brody
Banjo by Nathan Hanner
Layout & Design by Dave Sagan

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