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Transcontimental

by Permafrosh

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Intro 03:00
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Icebreakers 02:34
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SOMETIMES I TALK WHEN I'M ALONE AND PEOPLE THINK I'M CRAZY THERE'S NO ONE HERE BUT I CAN TELL FROM THE WAY THAT THEY SEE ME SO WHY, WHY DO I SAY THESE PHRASES IT'S LIKE I'M A PUPPET TO MY LAZINESS IF THERE'S A SOUL THEN WHO IS SHE? FAR MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ME. SOMETIMES I THINK THAT I SHOULD END IT. I WISH MY FRIENDS WOULD UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY I DO THINGS I TRY TO TELL THEM WHAT I MEAN BUT I'M NOT INTERESTING. SO WHY DO I BEHAVE JUST AS THEY DO MY HEAD SPINS LIKE A TOP AS WE CONSUME THE BEST DRUG OUT THERE IS JUST LIFE BUT NOW I CAN'T EVEN GET HIGH I GOTTA END THIS SICK ADDICTION. GET SOME HELP FIND YOURSELF
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Hate You 04:05
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IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME THAT I'VE SPENT LOCKED INTO YOUR EYES EFFORTS ARE FUTILE, TORTURED AND EXILED I HAVE BECOME WAY BEFORE TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU CALLED WHORES BLATANT HYPOCRISY, NARCISSISTIC WANNABE I KNOW IT'S COMING FROM A TRUTH BUT NOW I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT AND IT INSTIGATES WITH YOUTH YET I'M TOO OLD NOW TO RECEIVE IT I'M NOT BITTER OR UPSET TODAY JUST HAPPY THAT MY LIFE REMAINS STILL INTACT, UNBROKEN BY YOU HERE'S ME I'M JUST SO GLAD I HATE YOU I NEVER LOOKED FOR REVENGE THERE'S NOTHING I COULD TAKE THAT WOULD MAKE FOR THOSE AMENDS AND EVERYTHING USED TO BE WORTHLESS ESPECIALLY ME PLEASE GO AWAY IT'S ALL I EVER USED TO SAY THE OPPOSITE ALSO WAS TRUE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH I LIKED YOU BACK THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BE NICE AND IT'S MAKING ME FRUSTRATED I'M THE ONE WHO'S FEELING SICK BUT WE'RE BOTH SO MEDICATED I'M NOT BITTER OR UPSET TODAY JUST HAPPY THAT MY LIFE REMAINS STILL INTACT, UNBROKEN BY YOU HERE'S ME I'M JUST SO GLAD I HATE YOU I'M DONE WHAT DO I SAY WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE HIM AT ALL I SPENT YEARS PRETENDING GAMES WERE ENDING MONKEY SEE, SO MONKEY DO BRING ON INEBRIATION. IT'S FUN TO SEE YOU LOSE CONTROL AS I RELISH VINDICATION. I'M NOT BITTER OR UPSET TODAY JUST HAPPY THAT MY LIFE REMAINS STILL INTACT UNBROKEN BY YOU HERE'S ME I'M JUST SO GLAD I HATE YOU
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Blister 00:39
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TWEET LIKE A POET AND FUCK LIKE A MINOR I'M NOTHING IF NOT ALWAYS GRIPPED BY DESIRE THESE KIDS THEY ARE DIFFERENT, BUT ALL SEEM THE SAME I WHORE MYSELF OUT SO THEY MIGHT LEARN MY NAME. AND NOBODY NOTICES AND NOBODY CARES YOU CAN'T HAVE A SOUL IF GOD FORGETS YOU'RE THERE I'M DEAD ON THE INSIDE BUT THAT'S HARD TO SEE WHEN PEOPLE THINK "LOSER" THEY LOOK RIGHT AT ME I BEAT MYSELF UP I'M SO ANXIOUS TO FIGHT GET BLACK AND BLUE BECAUSE LIFE'S BLACK AND WHITE.
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Love and Consequence 02:06
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I'M SICK OF PRETTY ALCOHOLICS I HATE THAT WORDS DON'T MAKE A PROMISE ALL THE CHANCES TO LEARN A LESSON AND IT'S ONLY MYSELF I QUESTION WHEN YOU LAID YOUR HEAD DOWN NEXT TO SOMEONE ELSE DID YOU THINK MAYBE TALKING MIGHT HAVE HELPED IT'S TOO LATE; OLD ACTIONS SPEAK IN PRESENT TENSE YOU'RE PLAYING THE GAME OF LOVE AND CONSEQUENCE. SO WHAT AM I, YOUR LONGEST REBOUND? I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS MORE THAT WE FOUND THE SAND GETS QUICKER AS TIME PASSES TO BROKEN HEARTS AND EMPTY GLASSES IT'S EASY TO OUTSOURCE CONTROL FROM YOUR LIFE IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S JUST YOUR BOTTLES OR YOUR KNIFE I NEED YOU BUT I'M REALLY ON THE FENCE I'M PLAYING THE GAME OF LOVE AND CONSEQUENCE YOU SAID NEVER AGAIN. YOU'RE RIGHT, "NEVER AGAIN". WHEN YOU LAID YOUR HEAD DOWN NEXT TO SOMEONE ELSE DID YOU THINK, BABY, TALKING MIGHT HAVE HELPED? IT'S OVER, AND A NEW MATCH COMES HENCE (BUT WITHOUT YOU) OF PLAYING THE GAME OF LOVE AND CONSEQUENCE
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I Never Asked To Be Anywhere 04:40
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CALL IT QUITS I NEVER STARTED THE WAY I WANTED AND I CAN'T WAIT TILL I DECAY AND I HEAR HIM SAY "BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME" EVERYTHING'S AGELESS AND THIS WORLD IS TASTELESS. JEALOUS OF DYING, I LIVE AND KEEP BUYING. IT'S A VANITY FAIR! I'LL MEET YOU THERE! ZILLIONS OF ATOMS FLY THROUGH SPACE I LIKE THOSE ODDS BUT I GET THIS PLACE?! OUR POPULATIONS DEHUMANIZED OUR JUDGEMENT DAY UNRECOGNIZED. IF I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THE GUN I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITH ANYONE! YOU SAY I'M UNGRATEFUL? LIKE FUCK I CARE… I NEVER ASKED TO BE ANYWHERE. NOTHING CHANGES BUT THE LINES ON OUR FACES TILL THEY REPLACE US. AND I CAN'T LEAVE THEY'RE LISTENING NOW THEY'VE BEEN SEEN… "NEW WORLD MCCARTHY". EVERYTHING'S AGELESS BUT THIS WORLD IS SHAMELESS. JEALOUS OF DYING I LIVE AND KEEP TRYING. IT'S A VANITY FAIR! AND NO ONE CARES! THE TIDE IS LOW AND THE BEACH IS EXPOSED THE LIARS HAVE TOLD US ALL WE KNOW CONTENT WITHIN OUR SCRUTINY THEY FEED UPON OUR JEALOUSY. THIS IS ONE MACHINE THAT CAN'T BE FIXED WE'RE ENGINEERS AND HYPOCRITES I'D RATHER BE LOST WITHIN THE AIR BECAUSE I NEVER ASKED TO BE ANYWHERE.
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Fox Without a Face 03:13
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AND I'LL NEVER LET THEM GO IDEAS I'VE HEARD BEFORE ALL THE PAIN I'LL NEVER KNOW WISE WORDS WASTED OR NOT ALTHOUGH THEY NEEDED SPEECH IT'S NOT THAT THEY CARE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO REACH. SO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND YOUR FEET YOUR THOUGHTS DISTRACT YOU FROM THE BEAT MOVE WITH HER BUT DON'T UNDO HER LACE YOU MIGHT GET TO HOLD HER HAND BUT YOU NEVER WILL UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DANCING WITH A FOX WITHOUT A FACE. SHE'S YOUR SEXY SPECIAL FRIEND LIKE YOU'VE NOT MET BEFORE JUST ONE NIGHT BUT NOT AGAIN AND SHE'S GOT MONEY. YOU WOULD RAPE HER IN THE CROWD. AND IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY NO ONE MAKES A SOUND. SO WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND YOUR FEET YOUR THOUGHTS DISTRACT YOU FROM THE BEAT MOVE WITH HER BUT DON'T UNDO HER LACE YOU MIGHT GET TO HOLD HER HAND BUT YOU NEVER WILL UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DANCING WITH A FOX WITHOUT A FACE. ELEGANCE. IGNORANCE.
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No Excuse 03:22
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SAY MY NAME AND THEN YOU CAN GO YOU WEREN'T MINE BUT HOW WAS I TO KNOW? FOREIGN PLACES I'M NATIVE TO YOURS WAS THE HAND THAT HELPED ME FEEL BLUE I'M ASHAMED AND INSULTED AT WHAT I'VE BECOME I LANGUISH IN HEARTACHE WHEN REASON'S NOT FUN. BUT YOU SIT THERE JUST TRYING TO FRACTURE MY DREAMS AND I'M GONNA KEEP GOING IF YOU'VE NO EXCUSE FOR ME. CURSE ME OUT, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR BREATH I AM THE DEMON THAT SAVED YOU FROM DEATH. AND IT'S FINE THAT THERE'S NO THANKS I HEAR I'LL JUST STAY ALONE AS HIS BEDROOM YOU NEAR. THERE'S A REASON YOU PREP SO MUCH JUST FOR ONE LINE EACH TINY SPEED BUMP'S A ROAD TO LOST TIME YOU'RE A JOKE AND A JUNKIE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE BUT YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL AND YOU'VE GOT NO EXCUSE FOR ME.
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Bloodstain On My Polo 02:59
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THERE'S A BLOODSTAIN ON MY POLO FROM THE DRIP THAT BROKE THE DAM THERE'S A FACE I'VE NEVER SEEN ON THE FLOOR THERE'S A CHURCH UNDER THE STAIRCASE FOR ONE LAST SPECIAL SAVING GRACE AND EVERYTHING IS CHANGING FOR SURE AN ANGEL'S BEEN APPLAUDING SINCE I SENT THE DAJJAL TOPPLING PAST THE DRUNKEN MIRRORS INTO THE DIRT NO ONE CAME TO HELP HIM AND THIS HERALDED THE END EVERYBODY STARING AT THE STAIN UPON MY SHIRT THERE'S A COSTUME IN MY CLOSET STALE, COLLECTING COBWEBS I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN IT IN YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN A WHILE IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF STYLE SO I'LL JUST REPLACE MY SMILES WITH SNEERS ONCE IMAGINATION UPGRADE TO PREMEDITATION AND COMMENCE YOUR OPERATION TO STRIKE THE BLOW SEE HIM IN THE CLUSTER LET HIM SEE YOU SO HE WONDERS WHY TOWARDS HIM YOUR FIST THUNDERS IN HIS CLOTHES THERE'S A BLOODSTAIN ON MY POLO THERE'S A RUMBLE IN THE CROWD THERE'S A DYNASTY THAT'S DYING AND IT'S LOUD THERE'S A STORM AND IT'S APPROACHING THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR A MESS THERE'S AN ANGRY AND IRONIC WAY TO DRESS SO POP YOUR COLLAR AND WATCH THE HEM CUZ IT'S JUST LIKE THEM.
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In My Head 02:25
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TEARS ON YOUR CHEEKS AS MY MONSTER'S RELEASED YOU COULD SEE MY THIN SCARS BUT YOU DIDN'T REMARK NOW I CAN'T EVEN SCREAM CUZ I'M CAUGHT IN BETWEEN MY OWN HEAVEN AND HELL AS THE FEAR STARTS TO SWELL I'M ALWAYS ALONE EVEN IN MY OWN HEAD I'M ALONE I'M LOWER THAN DIRT CUZ IT'S YOU THAT I HURT TRY TO TURN TO MY FRIENDS BUT I LOST THEM AGAIN MY MOOD BLURS AND SWAYS AS MY SANITY FADES WANT TO TELL YOU I'M WRONG BUT YOU'RE ALREADY GONE I'M ALWAYS ALONE EVEN IN MY OWN HEAD I'M ALONE THE DAMAGE IS DONE AND MY EGO HAS WON GOT MY RIBBON IN BLUE "FIRST IN: TORTURING YOU" BUT THE TEARS ON YOUR FACE HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED AND I'VE FOUND MY NEW HOME ON MY PODIUM, ALONE
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She 01:04
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I SEE HIM THERE IT HURTS MY HEAD AND I KNEW WHAT WAS BEFORE IT WAS SAID AND YOU STOLE MY EYES SO I BROKE MY HEART BUT THE FEELING GROWS AS WE GROW APART. WE WERE MIXING WORDS WHILE YOU MIXED WITH HIM NOW THE SILENCE HURTS CUZ I UNDERSTAND. AND THE PICTURES PLAY STUCK ON LOOP FOR ME WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES ALL THAT'S THERE IS SHE.
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Alvanley 03:01
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YOUR UNMADE BED THE LIES WE SAID MEMORIES FROM LAST WEEK IN MY ACHING HEAD THE BARRIERS WE BROKE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING JUST BEFORE YOU WOKE NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY MIND AS WE END THIS YEAR I'M GONNA KEEP YOUR FACES CLOSE AS THE END BEGINS TO NEAR THE SHIFTING SHAPES AND MURMURS FADE ECSTATIC AND SAD THAT'S WHY I KEEP THIS JOURNAL FOR THOSE FRIENDS THAT I ONCE HAD WE KNEW IT COULDN'T BE FOREVER WE WERE JACKASSES BUT CLEVER AND ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T WANT TO OUR BONDS WE HAD TO SEVER AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY FORGOT ME THEY JUST REALIZE IT'S NOT ME SO THEY KEEP UP THEIR FOCUS AS THEY CARRY ON WITHOUT ME NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY MIND AS WE END THIS YEAR I'M GONNA KEEP YOUR FACES CLOSE AS THE END BEGINS TO NEAR THE SHIFTING SHAPES AND MURMURS FADE ECSTATIC AND SAD THAT'S WHY I KEEP THIS JOURNAL FOR THOSE FRIENDS THAT I ONCE HAD WORDS AREN'T ENOUGH BUT GOODBYES ARE TOO MUCH
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Mr. Meerkat 01:34
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MR MEERKAT WHY ARE YOU SO EVIL? BUT I SEE YOUR BLOOD RUNS RED. DID THAT BIRD OF PREY STEAL SOMETHING OTHER THAN SOME SKIN FROM YOUR HEAD? I SEE YOU CRYING YOU'RE SO DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS BUT WOULD YOU BE THE SAME? ARE YOU MISJUDGED? WHAT'S YOUR MOTIVE? MAYBE YOU'RE JUST STRANGE. MR MEERKAT SHOULD I HAVE FAITH IN YOU AND DO YOU HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF? IT'S PARTY-TIME! IT'S PARTY-TIME! DO THE MEERKAT! THE MEERKAT!

about

A collection of songs I wrote during high school and my freshman year of college.

Because of how long it took to get everything mixed, I had plenty of time to write notes about each of the songs, which you can read if you click on the individual bandcamp tracks. No real reason to do this, but they're informative, and probably decent bathroom reading material.

There's a bonus track if you download the album.

credits

released December 8, 2013

Guitar, Bass, Vox, Lyrics - Jake Spies
Drums, Goodness - Jonah Wolfson
Guest Vox on "Mr. Meerkat" - DJ Randy

Drum and Bass tracks recorded by Nick Sonuga at Sonik Sound Studios in London

Electric Guitar tracks recorded by Jeremy Sklarsky at Threshold Studios in NYC
Acoustic Guitar and Vocal tracks recorded by Mike Wuerth at Threshold Studios in NYC

Mixing by Nicholas Sonuga @ Sonik Sound
Mastering by Jack Braglia @ Vital Mastering

Special thanks to Mike Wuerth for advising me and being a chill dude.

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Permafrosh London, UK

Freshmonic, moronic, occasionally demonic. Permafrosh wants to lay its musical eggs in your ears.

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