We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Desperate Storyteller

by For the Sake of Brevity

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
Defenestration and the Fine Arts 02:41
lyrics
buy track
Well, if the good die young and time heals all wounds I'm not sure what that says about me A lot happened in two years in that neck of pine woods And after ever-greenery A lot of regret for shit said and done A promise I learned how to keep And I find myself thinking, if I hadn't been moved If the inside of my skin would finally feel clean I spent a lot of thirteen thinking how to stop my hair from growing Because change is a scary thing, but it's supposed to be good And by July I'd be gone from the first place I ever grew into a person So I tried to stop time and any of its signs, short of refusing to move So I put my beanie on and I kept it there for months I couldn't bear to look t my uneven tufts Or think about how just the act of existence kept me impermanent So I put my beanie on and I kept it there for months Displacement turned the culprit and I played the victim But our roles got flipped And I lost my fucking mind for eight months or nine And maybe I'm still not fixed (you're never fixed) And I'd like to think the downward slope that swallowed last year Is far enough out of view I'm not much of a believer, but I pray to whatever blind god That "out of sight, out of mind" rings true So I put my beanie on and I kept it there for months I couldn't bear to look t my uneven tufts Or think about how just the act of existence kept me impermanent So I put my beanie on and I kept it there for months And it's always the people you don't want to be like Who recommend self-help books Like that orange one, I forget what it's called But I know there's a swear in the name (fuck) Fear of change that made me feel like a mess for all these years Turned me into a fuckup And I'll live with that for the rest of my life But I don't have to live like that for the rest of my life So I put my beanie on and I kept it there for months I couldn't bear to look t my uneven tufts Or think about how just the act of existence kept me impermanent So I put my beanie on and I kept it there for months
2.
I Used to Be a Nihilist, Not That It Matters 03:35
lyrics
buy track
Sunday morning Church bells shake the attic from next door I'm getting used to it Hoping it gets harder to notice than to ignore I get that Headache in my chest And the heartbeat in my brain Just reminders of empty words The fear and shame I felt when I still cared About a man in the sky Some eternal flames I'll burn in forever Well, I hope the devil pays his gas bill on time There are some things I can't explain Even more that I can't change But don't you dare give me A design on life The liars, the cheats, the hypocrites And the monster that our parents fell for Preaching to the choir But it feels like they're kind of off key And they'd hate their heroes if they ever met them But what's it even fucking matter? No-one can seem to remember what their words Were even supposed to mean I don't believe in the world I believe in the story of us And there's nothing you can do to take that away And this goddamned genealogy has gotten us this far More or less unscathed And I think we're fine deciding our own fate There are some things I can't explain Even more that I can't change But don't you dare give me A design on life There are some things I can't explain Even more that I can't change But don't you dare give me A design on life

about

Songs about things.

credits

released June 11, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

For the Sake of Brevity image

For the Sake of Brevity Vilnius, Lithuania

Fake emo from Vilnius, Lithuania.

contact / help

Contact For the Sake of Brevity

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like For the Sake of Brevity, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now