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Bad Blood

by Stag Baron

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1.
Bad Blood 05:08
Cant you keep it together, cant you take it in stride? Cant you give me the time of day even if its just for one night? Well we got bad blood, bad blood and i aint sure how Maybe i'll start coming around again when you start to come around You don't make it easy Why don't you just take it easy On your friends you know we tried To understand and take your side You grin and bear an awful grudge I'm blushing for the both of us Now hold your course don't hold your tongue We're all listening. Now where's the kid, the kid I miss Who could take a joke just like he took a piss? Drop your guard and drop the act No one's talkin back. Now where's the kid, the kid I miss Who could tell the truth and make it stick? Was there ever a question was there ever a chance We could shrug it off and blame it all on circumstance Well we got bad blood, bad blood and i aint sure how Maybe i'll start coming around again when you start to come around But you don't make it easy Why don't you just take it easy On your friends you know we tried To understand and take your side You grin and bear an awful grudge I'm blushing for the both of us. now hold your course don't hold your tongue we're all listening. now where's the kid, the kid I miss who could take a joke just like he took a piss? drop your guard and drop the act no one's talkin back. now where's the kid, the kid I miss who could tell the truth and make it stick?
2.
Larry's Song 03:28
won't you come and meet me, meet at the border somewhere in between what each of us believes let your sweaty palm soak right through to my shoulder tell me there's no time. say there's nothing here to grieve right now right now you were not the first one. i know that these things happen you held my like a father i tried to play my part i'd give my sense of humour just to hear ytou laughin i'd give me ear to hear you laughin at this breakin heart right now right now this is just the whisper, this is just the whisper now when the fever breaks don't you ever let it break it down this is just a shadow this is just a shadow now when the fever breaks don't you ever let it break it down you know i try to keep, to keep from feeling lonely but even when i am i call andrew when i can you were proud of that kid you were proud if only you could see the man, if only you could see the man right now, right now crying in the back of a baltimore cathedral, staring at his hands he's just staring at his hands thinking about you and a loss he knows is evil if god were a man maybe she would understand and how and how this is just the whisper, this is just the whisper now when the fever breaks don't you ever let it break it down this is just a shadow this is just a shadow now when the fever breaks don't you ever let it break it down
3.
You're all decked out in your leather and chains Another morning chasing down the train You travel north by northwest, tell me I can't guess Why you'd get so lost in someone you just met In the back of the silent car. We miss our friend, we miss our friend When you're here you're always half past gone We heard you laughing with the maker At the mark, cause you miss you missed the mark. We miss our friend, we miss our friend When you're here you're always half past gone. We know you're wrapping Your bony fingers around the locks. Who's gonna take your dog out for a walk And pick up after your friends passed out in the park Not me, no not me the world has got me worried Much to worried now About how the world looks after dark. We miss our friend, we miss our friend When you're here you're always half past gone We heard you laughing with the maker At the mark, cause you miss you missed the mark. We miss our friend, we miss our friend When you're here you're always half past gone. We know you're wrapping Your bony fingers around the locks. If you were here, we'd shave our heads and paint them green And ride a tandem bicycle through the crowded city streets But great minds drink alone, great minds drink alone I heard that great minds drink alone, only great minds drink alone. Wish you'd come out from that four foot crawlspace Wish you'd come out and meet us for that drink You are the sugar cube in my absinthe You are the dirty dollar jammed in the juke box machine. We miss our friend, we miss our friend When you're here you're always half past gone We heard you laughing with the maker At the mark, cause you missed you missed the mark.
4.
Go on grab your metal detector Go on grab your cheap plastic shovels We're gonna drive down to the harbor And float off our curses in green glass bottles. You can see Our conversation is in need You can see Its gonna take some heavy lifting To get you up on your feet. We're gonna get down to the bottom of this I'll be your friend, I'll be your wreckingball archaeologist We're gonna get down to the bottom of this I'll be your friend, I'll be your wreckingball archaeologist So go on on grab your jackhammer Go on, grab your jack and generic cola We're gonna pregame the party and never show, never show Tear the street down and build it over You can see Our conversation is in need You can see Its gonna take some heavy lifting To get you up on your feet. We're gonna get down to the bottom of this I'll be your friend, I'll be your wreckingball archaeologist We're gonna get down to the bottom of this I'll be your friend, I'll be your wreckingball archaeologist You gotta trust me, you gotta try Its just lost love, it will be nothing in no time. You gotta trust me, you gotta try Its just lost love, it will be nothing in no time.
5.
Caving It 04:03
Kid you really got it bad this time. The hounds tracked you down the twisted bruised bloodlines. Your jaw has been cracking in your sleep. You've been tock tock talking like a broken clock Through some flat gray cliche movie set day dream. You're stuck in Stop motion again The feeling's got you down The feeling's got you down But are you ever coming out? It's pulling you apart and pushing you around But are you ever coming out? Kid you dug your foxhole far too deep With your dirty fingernails and nervous teeth. You say tomorrow is strung out whisper thin And you see nothing you see nothing But frayed wires spitting sparks on the other side of it. You're stuck, stuck in Stop motion again The feeling's got you down The feeling's got you down But are you ever coming out? It's pulling you apart and pushing you around But are you ever coming out? You built yourself a muzzle, you wear it like a medal As if your silent courage could somehow make you better You built yourself a muzzle, you wear it like a medal As if your silent courage could somehow make you better The feeling's got you down The feeling's got you down But are you ever coming out? It's pulling you apart and pushing you around But are you ever coming out?
6.
Shortcuts 02:57
It's been a long time since I've seen you, Since I've seen you at your best We're getting older, so much older now Becoming more of ourselves But you know you You're just becoming less, just becoming less Who knows, who knows how much we wasted? Who knows who knows for how long? We thought we had all the shortcuts right but The address was wrong You're leaking secrets that you only tell When you won't remember what you've said Go to the kitchen and compose yourself Give all those promises a rest Well you know you You'll just believe them less, just believe them less Who knows, who knows how much we wasted Who knows who knows for how long We thought we had all the shortcuts right but Even when we wanted to stay in control You know we never could, you know we never could If it all fell apart or if it all fell into place You know it never did us much of any good Even when we wanted to stay in control, You know we never could, you know we never could If it all fell apart or if it all fell into place Never did us any good. Can we forget about last weekend And call it quits on what we owe? The world gets bigger every morning We need our lies, we need our friends they've all gone home.
7.
Guarantee 06:03
Typical saturday evening You're splashing your neck with cologne Flexing your arms in the mirror, Putting on a burlesque mirror show Your eyes, your eyes escape out through the window Your eyes your eyes just said it all I know that look, I know that look I know just what you're after I know it all, I know it all All too well Scan the bar through an empty glass Man, check the girls coming in from the rain You're shaking hands in your lap Just trying to think of something charming to say Your eyes, your eyes retreat under the table Your eyes, your eyes, your eyes just said it all I know that look, I know that look I know just what your after I know it all, I know it all All too well It's an easy guarantee It's an easy guarantee Your beer clumsy fingers fumble With all the keys wrapped on your chain Slump against the front door Pretend that the locks never change Your eyes, your eyes sink a little further Your eyes, your eyes, just said it all to me now I know that look, I know that look I know just what your after I know it all, I know it all All too well It's an easy guarantee It's an easy guarantee
8.
Crater 05:19
When the beer cans win the war And they take over your bedroom floor; When the spine on your sketchbook starts to crack Will you stop drawing faces on the shadow of a man? Who took nine years away, Away from you? Don't search the mouths of thieves When you're searching for the truth. If there are lies in this house You let them crash too many nights on your couch. You always let your lies crash too many nights on the couch. You were a volcano, man You were a volcano, man You were a volcano, man But you're just a crater now, Just a crater now. When the cop car swallowed you whole You bore your teeth like you'd never bare your soul Eyes red as warpaint glistened like two crystal balls, And you glared through the glass like a kicked and kenneled dog. If you had your way I know that you would blame us all As if we were the links in a choke chain Rubbing your neck raw If there are chains in this house You let them crash too many nights on your couch. You always let your lies crash too many nights on the couch. You were a volcano, man You were a volcano, man You were a volcano, man You were a volcano, man Its time, it's time That you light the escape fires now Outrun the trees Outrun the trees before the forest burns down. It's time, it's time That you make all those plans you been talking about Outrun the trees, Outrun the trees before the forest burns down, down Take my hand I'm reaching out.
9.
Undertow 05:53
When I hold you Up to the light, the light I can see right, Right through the bullshit spite You've been flashing like a switchblade. I miss the messy nights we used to know, We used to know I can't keep chasing your reflection down in the undertow. You know i want to fall in with your flood You know i want to follow But you're washing all your bridges away Don't make me watch you dam yourself up You know i want to fall in with your flood You know i want to follow Can't you understand my reasons Can't you understand? I want to keep you, Keep you honest with yourself, With yourself But i can't help, can't help but notice A brother means as little as anyone else I miss the messy life we used to know, We used to know I can't keep chasing your reflection down in the undertow You know i want to fall in with your flood You know i want to follow But you're washing all your bridges away Don't make me watch you damn yourself up. You know i want to fall in with your flood You know i want to follow. Can't you understand the reasons That we can't understand each other these days? Go on go on, use all my old lies on me. I'm counting the months. You're counting your drinks like prayer beads. Go on go on. Play that game of sharks and minnows. Outrun your friends, outrun your friends, Just to outrun your devils. Go on go on, use all my old lies on me. I am your friend, iI'll be waiting longer than you want me. I am your friend, I am your friend, I am Whatever that means I am your friend, I am your friend, I am Whatever that means

credits

released July 7, 2013

All songs written and recorded by Stag Baron 2012

Chad Murla: guitar and vocals
Paul Willson: guitar
Chris Harrison: bass
Eric Godsey: drums

Recorded and mixed by Lance Koehler at Minimum Wage Recording
Mastered by G and J Audio
Album Art "Adventurer" by Mike Moore
(www.miketmoore.com)

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Stag Baron is a Richmond based indie rock quartet devoted to crafting catchy pop songs that are both heady and heartfelt.

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