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Dolphin Ape Demo

by The Taxonomists

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1.
If I leave my pieces alone From where my mind had been blown Can I ever get back to a place where I love? And when my body is broken Will the words go unspoken To the song that has turned into my hell? I can’t get off on myself anymore And I feel that I’m sure that life should not be a bore I can’t get off on myself anymore Sometimes there’s nothing to be done Let me sleep I’m trouble for you I keep wrappin’ up ‘round people like you Oh these bones I don’t know anymore Be here soon, I don’t wanna make you mad Close your eyes and meet me when it’s done I never said that, I never said that I can’t stop looking at you You’re too good to be true Oh no, not you I could never do that Keep a straight face all night No not me, no I’ll never hear the end of it Make up and make pretend Where did we meet and how long ago? When my will has returned All this yearning will burn Inside of me to be whole with someone new I can’t get high on myself anymore But I feel like my turn to be needed has finally come I can’t get off on myself anymore Luckily there’s something to be done You’re too good to be true Oh no, not you I could never do that Keep a straight face all night Oh not me, no I’ll never hear the end of it Make up and make pretend Where did we meet and how long ago? Can you be sweet and tell me not to go? Can I be needed and not let you go? I’d give a piece of me away Just to hear you say “I’d open up my mind To meet up with yours” I’d let it flow right through me If only you knew me I’d say these things If our waves were in phase Can our waves be in phase?
2.
I see you’re visibly annoyed You wear it well, I can always tell But I know you’re right only ‘cause I’m right Don’t fall apart, you’re still important but mostly to yourself I’m still awake, just shutting down I still have time to turn around You’re too far in your head, you’ve got to come on out But I’m a step ahead, already out of bed You don’t have to be the center of it all And you don’t have to watch, just go away and call You’re too far up your ass, you need to come on out You give a lot of shits for having none for you But I don’t need to know everything all the time Your life can be a peculiar thing to figure out I don’t mean to dream I just want to fight back But you don’t aspire any higher than a goddamned fool You say I don’t perceive it but I know you don’t believe that I’m gonna push it through your lungs And through your throat and out your stupid face Good friends talk back, a push and pull I might relax if I weren’t so full I’m too far in my head, I’ve got to come on out But I’m a step ahead, already out of bed And I don’t have to be the center of it all And you don’t have to watch, just go away and call You’re too far up your ass, and maybe I am too You give a lot of shits for having none for you But I don’t need to know everything all the time Don’t start talking now I will tune you out We each feel the way we do I’m not a backup singer so don’t treat me like scum I’m not a backup singer so don’t treat me like one I’m not your backup singer and I don’t look like one I’ve got big hands and a big mouth too I’ve got such grace and flawless intellect, don’t lie I’m so polite, watch your manners (I’m not a backup singer... or am I?) I can harmonize by myself
3.
There are some things you shouldn’t see Like horrific violence on a color T.V. But if you think it ain’t that bad, Believe me, babe, just ask around There’s nothing wrong with being wrong Where everyone can see And just because it’s in a song It doesn’t mean a thing We all know what you’re doing here But it’s a shame to call you out You don’t know what to do with fear So you whine, and you moan, and explode Go look at your face It’s there in the fire It’s hiding away somewhere for me to find The patterns have changed They’re barely alive Your planet will wait for you until it’s time All you can eat for some portion control My culture hasn’t caught me yet The mammals reach out But what will they find there? The water’s a great place to escape to Turn me on Turn me back off No more modern games I can’t feel my face now My babies can wait, my babies can wait My babies can wait for us to sort this out There are some things you shouldn’t see Like horrific violence on a color T.V. But if you think it ain’t that bad, Believe me, babe, just ask around There’s nothing wrong with being wrong Where everyone can see And just because it’s in a song It doesn’t mean a thing (Resolve to evolve All the phyla involved The monkey in our minds Will empower us all)
4.
Intel 04:23
If I could not see How would I know where I stand? If the ground beneath me dropped Where would I land? Let it go, I feel good today I’ll feel everything I need Give it all, ‘cause I feel good today And I know I’ll make my mind up someday Someday, they’ll miss the good old days If I could not speak I would still be who I am And I will be everything that you’ll be And something more Give it all, cause I feel good today And I know I’ll make my mind up anyway But if I could read your mind I wonder what I’d find And if you could only see What you’ve got inside But if I had left myself alone How could I have ever grown To be a mind at ease? And when the chords cut out And my feet still walk
5.
Play It Cool 05:21
Everybody’s watching again And no one wants to be your friend And everybody wants you to lose And not a soul could make you choose Take it easy for a while Sit back, relax, let me see your smile Try and act as though no one’s to blame But you know in the end it’s your own shame Up in the trees, they’re having fun I’m making friends with everyone The timing is right, the people are nice Taking my time while it’s still mine Look how we’ve cleaned up Fresh brains in a button-up You wanna go and play it cool? Find those kids Save it all for someone who cares I think I’ve seen you before in my nightmares Don’t you know I’m nobody’s fool? But if you’re scared then we can just play it cool Up in the trees, I’m having fun I’m making friends with everyone The timing is right, the people are high Taking what’s mine while it’s still mine Look how we’ve cleaned up Fresh brains trying to wake up You wanna go and play it cool? Find those kids And if you can’t take it easy You’re gonna give it away Oh lord, what a waste! There is no time for being unreal Take it off your shoulder, give it a rest Stop being so romantic, lovesick, boring, overdone It happens to the best of us Get over it!

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Produced by Andrew Hughes

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released November 16, 2013

Alex Handler - Vocals, guitar, glockenspiel
Andrew Hughes - Bass, percussion
Anna Neumann - Vocals, keyboard
Evan Rees - Drum kit

On "Dolphin Ape Culture":
Mario Epstein - Guitar

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