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Gravity Road

by ADDER

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1.
THE LONG CRAWL Woke another day with my head smashed in My memory of you died with me on the floor Never again will I let this happen Who wants to guess how many times I’ve said that before? It’s gonna be a long crawl Holes in my story weren’t nearly enough The spirit had to be spilt from the horse’s mouth And after it’s long dead, I’ll still beat it up But we can still make small talk if I keep having doubts It’s gonna be a long crawl Honesty hasn’t quite dazzled me like this Impenetrable to light until I flipped the switch I, the executioner and I, the savior Sharing my one good mind’s eye One good mind’s eye One good mind’s eye One good mind’s eye One good mind’s eye It’s feeding time again, Like a moth to napalm It breaks my legs in good fun and lays me down right where I belong These are just words, But only maybe These are only words, Just for you baby Isolate and adapt or give me to the ground What use is a trail of tears if I can’t gather enough to drown? These are just words, But only maybe These are only words, Just for you baby One good mind’s eye One good mind’s eye Took a detour just to come full circle Everything seems to end once I learn the curve A graceful dance can become a spiral I’ll just hope I land softly upon my return It’s gonna be a long crawl
2.
A SPADE IS NOT A SPADE Heaved onto the operating table We went to work and fell so deeply in love with each other’s scalpels The only difference is my guts are in technicolor, and yours are a 1930’s horror film Yeah yeah yeah yeah These days my spine is like a tightrope And while you try to find your footing, I’ll be waiting for you to choke I long for the day when you’re a thorn in my throat no more, My tourniquet is getting tired of working overtime Yeah yeah yeah yeah I’m so sorry, but I’m not sorry, no I’m so sorry I’m so sorry, but I’m not sorry, no I’m so sorry But I’m not sorry I’m not sorry
3.
Blue Necktie 06:24
BLUE NECKTIE I've been wishing you well, while quietly hoping you fail My words dance on marionette strings, dancing on strings Call me selfish and such, but my intentions should mean much more than my actions surely sing, surely sing This isn't about you, baby I found myself handcuffed to what may or may not be love One way or the other it was doomed, so doomed We can pretend we know, and put on a hell of a show This curtain call is for an empty room, an empty room This isn't about you, baby Dead at the doorstep, Let's just call this what it is Buried in the backyard, Sorry for the inconvenience Sorry for the inconvenience I will find comfort in this, the way I always do I'll wipe your name from my lips, as soon as I forget you If I forget you This isn't about you, baby
4.
We Are Dirt 10:33
WE ARE DIRT We are dirt for the bedding Bone dry earth that’s bored with bloodletting A waning thirst in despondence Let’s us disperse no matter what happens We are smoke through grinding teeth Dragging ropes toward clusters of barren trees Hang all oaths which were once gold They must choke before they can erode You won’t feel a thing, You won’t feel a thing You won’t feel a thing, You won’t feel a thing Never forget that we are dirt We are rust in brand new joints All locked up to define a proven point Long enough that it’s hopeless For both of us to be anything but finished We have peaked at our valley Bound to sleep underneath wisely I can’t feel a thing, I can’t feel a thing I can’t feel a thing, I can’t feel a thing Just always know that we are dirt Lungs like horizontal hourglasses Gasping to help direct a rolling mist We have peaked at our valley Bound to sleep underneath wisely We are dirt
5.
I'm On Fire 04:21
I’M ON FIRE Lend me your eyes so I can get a good night’s sleep I’ve been deprived and treading blind, hoping you’ll collide into me So let us drink to how wonderful I appear I dress myself in designer smokescreen and try to be sincere Spitting gasoline at my fading embers Extinguishes me for now, at least The hotter it gets, the wider I’ll stretch my grin I would dig myself a grave but I’ve learned that holes are for pigeons So let us throw glass in stone houses for days on end And when I start getting tired, I’ll just borrow your eyes again Spitting gasoline at my fading embers Extinguishes me for now, at least Burnt to a shell The little things are all I need to remind me I’m just sad, sad, sad I’m on fire, You’re on fire, We’re all on fire Maybe we’ll be admired I’m on fire, I am on fire I’m on fire, You’re on fire, We’re on fire Maybe we’ll be admired I’m on fire, I am on fire He’s on fire, She’s on fire, They’re on fire Maybe they’ll be admired They’re on fire, They’re all on fire I’m on fire
6.
A Lost Heart 06:33
A LOST HEART A lost heart can never be stolen It wanders far from dried up gardens Even though I spit you out doesn’t mean I don’t like the taste Just another day before the next predictable disgrace Thrown down a well A trembling anchor A lost heart is never under siege It carries not one secret to keep I’ve avoided breaching trap doors ever since the bad old days Just another day spent comfortably smothered in empty space Into orbit A hollow grenade Many moons will march in mourning Along to silent serenades The only signs they read are warnings Even while they’re not on display A lost heart will never stand on trial It wears the mark when it’s back in style Only for so long can my chest keep stopping runaway trains Just another day in the life that I’ve been dying to sav
7.
Some Body 04:08
SOME BODY Her vessel has always been an animal head Impaled on a swivel at the foot of the bed Keeping close watch, Eyebrows raised over wild eyes Interpretive and hungry to be wide with surprise I’ve been bound to a chair, On the run from a wolf With teeth only used for smiling and stripping flesh off Leaving my bones is the only hope, Something in the air tells me that she won’t What’s the point of the hunt if you let your prey go? It’s just some body holding me tightly Grasping me closely, Trapping me madly I might as well wait it out, Eventually you will fall Then I’ll lift you back up so I can mount you to the wall It’s just some body holding me tightly Grasping me closely, Trapping me madly
8.
THE ENDLESS MOUNTAIN From a cityscape to flatline It was slung back and shot like an arrow in my hide I knew I was on the right track When I walked away with a target on my back I’ve met the perfect match this time This endless mountain, I’ll no longer climb The sun will set on top of us We must choose between the dirt or the settling dust I could very well let you down But I’m done digging trenches in the common ground I finally learned the catch this time This endless mountain, I’ll no longer climb Sure as shit not brave, but I’m trying hard We keep taking the bait and putting our necks on the same guillotine every time I can’t close a chapter in which every death sentence has a question mark A hero will only be measured by the lengths his villain is willing to go I’d build a staircase but a wise man would say where there’s a will, there’s hell to pay There’s hell to pay There’s hell to pay There’s hell to pay Counting curses in a purple room, Wrapped in arms like prison bars Laughing all the way to the tomb, It’s only real if we play the part The landslide campaign now unfurled How can I restore balance in such a crooked world? Must I reflect on the mountain I need only look at how my head has caved in I’ve met the perfect match this time This endless mountain, I’ll no longer climb Sure as shit not brave, but I’m trying hard

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released September 16, 2017

Ron Marchini - Vocals
Jeremy Russell - Guitars
Dan Marchini - Guitars
Justin Carrico - Drums
Nick Detsis - Bass

Recorded and Produced by ADDER @ The ADDER House
Mixed by Dan Marchini
Mastered @ Gradwell House Recording
Cover Art: Lauren Joy Slocum

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