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Ballet of Bullshit EP

by Thurkettle

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1.
Rabbit Holes 03:19
Is it too late to fuck it up? You can say no. Is it too late to go down rabbit holes? If you think back to “ready, set, go” is it too much? Do you think that looking back is losing touch? Just follow your broken heart, it leads to the best part. Is it too hard to see me? Too easy to see through Is it too hard to go back for something new? If you think back to better times, was it good luck? Do you think when we’re thinking back we’re getting stuck? Just follow your broken heart, it leads to the best part. When you see through, what you need to, the new will cut through the now When you see through, what you need to, the new will cut through the now When you see through what you want to, the new wins anyhow Everyday it’s the same nightmare Wake up and decide that you don’t care. Yeah When you want to meet halfway, but you’re caught in a ballet of bullshit And maybe it’s for the best, a baby bathed in darkness can never fade away Just follow your broken heart, it leads to the best part. When you see through what you need to what you want to
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It hurts my soul to know that I'm not the reason you cry I thought I could thread that needle’s eye My memory gets fuzzy when I think you said goodbye And I’m thinkin’ it’s funny, can’t life my eyes And I’m thinkin’ it all over And I’m thinking it all the time And I’m thinking ‘bout how you’d love to get back together And I’m thinking ‘bout all the ways that’s a lie Can’t stand up by myself anymore I’ve got twelve good reasons to stay on the floor And there’s no chance of mirrors, no glance at lightbulbs And nothing is clearer than staring at ceiling tiles And nowhere nearer than faking smiles (vacant smiles) And constant dwelling on what you shoulda said Blacken my eyes for disguise and I never looked better Gotta laugh at yourself Do I know you? No? oh, that’s my mistake I’ve just stared at you over and over and Sometimes my mind gets the best of me Sometimes I’m living in the clouds And I don’t know how much time I’ve got left ahead of me But you’re gone and it’s getting too loud
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I see you standing behind your hair I was hoping you’d be here tonight But seeing you now I’m not prepared Because my kindling heart it might ignite, oh no When I listen to my head, it keeps me scared and lonely When I listen to my heart, it’s only lies, only lies When I listen to your words, it’s a breakdown and runaway Can I listen to anyone? Gonna say hi and wait on the dance floor. Let the music melt the ice inside I know I’ve said this to myself, before But tonight I can’t can’t can’t run and hide When I listen to my head, it keeps me scared and lonely When I listen to my heart, it’s only lies, only lies When I listen to your words, it’s a breakdown and runaway Can I listen to anyone? You make me feel too much, too much And that’s too much to put on anyone, yeah. But I can’t scream anymore, to myself, to myself. If you see my misery, tell him to call me Call me anytime. If you see my happiness, tell him to wait in line It’s gonna be a long time. It’s gonna be a long time. I’m gonna wait forever and ever… When I listen to my head, it keeps me scared and lonely When I listen to my heart, it’s only lies, only lies When I listen to your words, it’s a breakdown and runaway Can I listen to anyone? I’m breaking down When I listen to my head, when I listen to my heart When I listen to your words, it’s a breakdown, breakdown, breakdown
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Slugs 03:45
The trail the slugs leave behind leave hold tangible memories of the places they’ve been Airplanes circling the sky are running on batteries, and brains, and bad skin Look at the same spot over again. It’s never the same. Take the easy way now and then and remember my name Coffee rings and crumbs from dozens of yesterdays and songs that went nowhere Books with big ideas and bent pages are left in armchairs Listen to last words over again and then they’re never the same Take the paper to pen; your friends remember the game Yet the stories come out differently depending on how much they’ve drunk But it’s almost always my fault The insignificant can carve away a mountain and leave a hole behind far more beautiful Lines across horizons showing me where you’ve gone, and where you’re coming from Lines across the page, showing me what you thought, and where you’re coming from Take the easy way now and then when you can’t take the blame Listen to last words over again. They’re never the same.

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released June 20, 2022

All songs by Joel A. Machiela with special guest Ben Thede

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