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Shimmer
03:12
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A little shimmer of life then it’s gone from your eyes
I keep these thoughts in a plot off the coast of my mind
A little break, maybe more, for me might just be so nice
The permanence of it all can just cloy for me sometimes
Guess I’m just looking for ways to feel like the old me
While you’re looking away, I’m just counting them off
All of the ways I could make it right but don’t
And all of the costs
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Staring Me Down
02:21
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Maybe my life’s a waste
Maybe it’s mine for wasting
But I’ve been burning days
Like I can recreate them
And I could write this off
I could hesitate
And say, “what’s lost can be found”
But I know it’s staring me down
So baby, give me all your wine
You don’t need it like I need it
And sure, I’ll give you all my time
I don’t need it. I don’t need it
And yeah, I’ll give you all my pride
I’ll just leave it. I don’t need it
I don’t need it. I’ll just leave it
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Bottom of Things
04:18
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So if you’ve really gotta tell me something
Tell me something I won’t remember at all
Cuz I’ve been getting busy at the bottom of things
Eye contact. I practice everything
Except sleeping - I don’t do that much these days
Cuz I’ve been getting useless at the bottom of things
Tell me the time and I’ll tell you my weakness
Tell me a time and I’ll tell you what it meant
I don’t remember the crimes, I don’t remember the deeds
I don’t remember the time that it stopped making sense
I don’t know. I don’t know
It’s the wrong way
It’s the long way
(I don’t know what I’m doing here)
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Even
03:26
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Am I wound up just to feel it?
It’s just heady but it might be enough
To get me through it. I’ll just construe it
Cuz it’s too late to call our bluff
And the waves will just keep crashing
And the darkness will keep rolling in
But if you’re not asking, I guess I’m not asking
And it’s too late to start again
The car is running, hun, and we’ve got to go
Cuz I don’t want to be late
It’s a party, hun, I know, but we’ve got to go
Cuz we just can’t relate
Once they’re out of your arms are all things even?
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Scared
03:43
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All I’ve ever known is this madness
I can’t help it, I can’t help it
If I’m scared. And I’m scared
All I’ve ever wanted is for this sadness
I can’t help it if I just want to
Disappear. And I’m scared
I’ve had these dreams now for most of my life
And I know just what they mean
You’ve had these feelings now that things aren’t right
And I know just what you mean
And maybe it’s that much worse at night
But I don’t hold that against me. What’s that got to do with me?
Just lately, I’ve been thinking about death
And lately, it’s been thinking all about me
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Superstitions
03:00
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Don’t think I know where I’m going
But if I’m lost then I’m too far gone to ever find me
You’re saying something to calm my nerves
But I don’t hear a word
And if I’m running from something
Then it’s moving so slowly that I never saw it coming
You’re staring at me, eyes pleading
But I won’t say a word
I know, enough with all these superstitions.
I know, enough with all the repetition
I know, enough with all the grand traditions
I know enough
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Low
02:57
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So how do you get so low?
How do you get so that everybody’s talking?
How do you get so low that you don’t come around?
So what if I like it alone?
So what if if I don’t feel like hearing all their talking?
So what if I stay so alone they don’t come around?
I never know what to say to you all anyway
So how do you get so low?
How do you get so that everybody’s talking?
How do you get so low that you don’t come around?
So what if I like it alone?
So what if if I don’t feel like hearing all their talking?
So what if I stay so alone they don’t come around?
I never know what to say
And even if I did, I’d never say it anyway
Quiet, lonely, yeah
I wouldn’t have it any other way
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Full Shook
03:01
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So it can con me once with the promise that it’s nothing
These fatal returns have got to lead to something
The second hand ticks, so the minutes keep moving away
You’ve had a crisis of faith. My crises, they keep coming
Crises cardiaques, the emptiness of nothing
And you can’t say if she’ll even make it through the day
I guess I just picture a scared old woman trapped behind her eyes
Full shook. Tongue tied
I’ve been thinking - no, I guess I’m resolving to
Steady hands, a calmness just to see it through
I owe that much to you
I’ve used my distance to weigh in undecided
And I can live with it but some nights I might regret it, too
I owe so much to you
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In My Mind
03:41
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So I’ve got these things I’ve felt
And I’ve got these things I’ve seen but I could never tell
And I’ve got these things I’ve done
Oh, lord, what have I done?
And the words stuck in my throat, so I never made a sound
A fire in the attic would burn this place down
And the words stuck in my throat, so I never made a sound
A fire in the attic would burn this place down
How’s it in my mind? How is it in my mind
In spite of everything, it’s inside of everything
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Bodies
02:44
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These human bodies. Such beautiful acts of betrayal
And you’re maybe worried about girls again
Meanwhile I’ve been thinking about all the space in between
Everything and how seldom I see it
These human bodies
It’s not the tightest ship
In fact there are holes
You said, “you’re bleeding from the lip.”
I thought, “it’s spilling from my soul.”
In fact, I’m taking on water
And whatever it is that kept me afloat
Is smelling like burnt wick
Is feeling like frayed rope
These human bodies, such dutiful vessels of faith
And you’ve got one eye on your phone again
Meanwhile I’ve been thinking about just how fragile it seems
And about what the spectre of emptiness means
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Fall
02:38
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This fading light a stand in for our fading dreams
Afraid the cracks have started at the creaking seams
And things will just unravel at increasing speeds
Until it all falls down
Until we all fall
I fear we’re all just fated to these capsules of time
Like memories of pure bliss beneath these sky-tall pines
And either that’s all that’s left, or even those leave our minds
And then we all fall down
And then we all fall
Yesterdays (leave it all to)
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