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Animals Have Gods

by The Hearing Aides

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Sunday Guns 04:34
Away in your attic, beneath the raincoats You left me here drowning, but I've learned to float Your world looks so small up above the haze of frustration And consequences fade in the light of a new-agey morning Off somewhere there's piano, like a single-note redemption But I don't want to hear about it Not today and not ever again Because I've already been around it And I've seen how it ends Don't be so traumatic, the knife went in clean I found my way out of the door before she even knew it was me And your Sunday guns are ringing, they're calling out to me Yeah, I don't want to hear about it Not from you or from anyone else Because I've already been around it So I'll see you in hell Oh I wish I could be something more than me A poet, or a doctor, or a saint, but I probably wouldn't like it much anyway
2.
Lately I've been thinking that something needs to change Before we lapse into a coma from this living day to day Over the moon, under a streetlight we stand passing a bottle of blues Because tonight's the night we live, and even if we get caught Shit man, we'll have a great story Mind over matter, is that really all that matters? When faced with disaster everywhere Head over water, but I still can't see the bottom And it's so easy to drown when you don't know how far you'll sink Lately I've been dreaming, though I never get to sleep I'd think I was going crazy, but that's not how crazy thinks Pulled one over the moon, I can't believe they bought that And only a bottle of blues was enough to win all the right friends And even if we get caught, shit man, we'll have a great story
3.
Silly Things 02:23
I'll often think about silly things Rain washes out all these silly words I choose to speak There isn't anyone who can put it into frame Only this one here who seems ready to die any second now It's gonna blow, oh, she's gonna blow, oh, he's gonna blow it away And then she'll go, oh, then she'll go, woah, now she's going away I don't want more of your silly things Glances and nods, no one has the gall to say I know you It wasn't very long that this wasn't me at all The things you can learn when you're ready to die any second now No one wants more of your silly things
4.
Susie 03:33
School's in, pick up your pencils and pass in your dreams Cold, blue, inside this tunnel I set my mind free "Hello!" She pokes her nose into all of our games Bell ring, and her grin is silencing my glare Gone away, and twisting arms Dispose of you and all your charms I read you now, Susie please Don't go away to stay Alone is something I've known with all of my heart With you is wishing stronger that I'd fall apart Gone away, and twisting arms Dispose of you and all your charms I need you now, Susie please I've gone away to stay Die clutching those used-up sermons Bleed for all and bloody you Fall into a perfect union Ease those sails, men, pull her through Back to shore
5.
I'm a wrecking ball headed straight for you Any second now I'll blow my cool So look out, if you can, for the next falling strand It just might be my love song falling fast for you Make pretend is such a dicey game Practice smiling in a window pane Cause who knows what it is? What I seek, I can't admit It just might be my love song burning me in two On my radio, you will never know, you're in stereo So look out, if you can, for the next falling strand It just might be my love song falling fast for Be my love song falling fast for Be my love song falling fast for you It just might be my love song burning me up Be my love song burning me up Be my love song burning me in two
6.
Intoxicate 02:08
It's later than it seems outside and colder than you're letting on Running 'round in circles trying desperately to make a sound There's nothing there to prove, not like you never knew Drowning out the question with so many small apologies How intoxicated will you be before you'll look at me And say the words in your head And still remember what you said When you roll out of bed A stupid, sorry mess? It's killing me, this waiting, I don't know if it's just nervousness I'd like to think I'm falling when in fact I'm still just standing here Sloppy shards of hope, a reason to still cope Frustration melts to anger when confusion's all that you can taste Partially disgusted by my self-absorbed despondency I'm hanging on to you 'Cause there's not much I can do And despite all you do I think that I'm in love with you I'm hanging on to you There's nothing much that I can do
7.
Waking up to these same four empty walls Today's the day I'll change it all, I swear When I get there, if I get there, and you're there I'll have so much to try to say to you If you only knew, but you've probably already guessed I feel like a fool, but that's the way it goes, standing on my toes I don't know what to do, my brain feels like glue, and I'm thinking up more excuses For why you did what you did, and why I can't be a man and just buck up and ask you Driving off with my heart stuck in my throat It wasn't supposed to go like that, I swear Promise myself that I'll make up another excuse To come back tomorrow and finally tell you If I only knew what you wanted me to do I know I'm a fool But that's the way it goes, awkward and alone, hiding in a corner, it's gnawing at my soul I don't know what to do, my brain feels like glue, and I'm thinking up more excuses For why you did what you did, and why I can't be a man and just buck up and ask you All about the things you like to do and do you like me too And would you like to get to know me better Oh well, maybe tomorrow
8.
Talking a walk around this party, it seems Everyone sees right through me, not into me Stealing a look at all these pretty little things Sipping on chardonnay and gin, they take it in I could maybe stay a while, try to get one of them to smile But she wouldn't be you Now every Thursday, it's the same routine Though it's been weeks and weeks and weeks, I still believe That I'll walk in and cash my check and see you smile And everything fades out for a while, and I'm fine There's a million fish they say, cut your losses, find another way But it wouldn't be you
9.
Wishing Hell 04:27
All her memories laid bare across the driveway Underneath a tent with price tags attached In a moment, the neighbors will crane necks To see if he even stepped outside If only they'd listened to the doctor before But God, she said she felt great, she felt fine It snuck up so slowly that they could only wait for news To see if there was any hope at all Is wish time over? I don't think I much believe you So grit your teeth and make pretend that no one leaves you Now he's in the bottle most mornings and nights The neighborhood is slipping away And every night, before he drifts into a dreamless sleep He makes sure he remembers just in case Is wish time over? I don't think I much believe you So grit your teeth and make pretend that no one leaves you I've felt this overwhelming urge to be forgotten But even reasoning with madness has a purpose I only want to hold you one last time
10.
My Time 02:24
They're all saying I'm wasting time And deep down, I know they're right Keep seeing things, I'm not there To discern what is and where So I'll waste my time Until I find Something I like To waste my time For me, for me God, why do you look like that? I'm not looking, I won't react So keep thinking that one day comes And bleeding out your one good lung So I'll take my time Counting the lines Some things I'd mind If I had a mind For my time, my time

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The final Hearing Aides album.

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released May 14, 2015

Brian McElhiney: Vocals, guitar
Mark Adamo: Drums
Christopher Dayton: Bass

All songs written by Brian/arranged by The Hearing Aides.

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