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Nice Try

by Nice Try

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1.
Waves 01:58
seems like this bus might never stop. just drive and drive without a thought. motion can be all I need when everything's suddenly not easy. just me and my bag embracing everything but sad. can I sit by you? can I sit by you? ten hours south, stepping off. did I arrive if no one saw? let the voices of your friends lift me up. hope I don't come down again. dinner on the steep roof, singing songs that I wrote for you. running to the ocean's mouth. I'm alive and I can tell. waves and waves and waves. there'll always be more waves.
2.
Pearl 01:45
I only thought of myself until I thought of you as well. what's mine is yours is mine. breathe deep and you will find, it was rough but we grew (although I never learned how to talk to you). fall asleep in the breakfast line. why do these people suck all of our time? I need a friend to share her thoughts on what strange path led us here. I don't feel malleable, yet so constantly so susceptible to just about anything.
3.
Talk Tonight 01:39
lunch with you for the millionth time. if you want more just blink twice. I'm sure, so are you sure? I'm starting to think you're able to feel how I feel. I feel like loving you for real. they play guitar and ignore me. I think everyone else is boring. I usually move so slow. suddenly I can't slow down. you are on the road, pointlessly floating from town to town. if you follow me outside, know I'm tired of listening. only wanna talk tonight. would you talk to me tonight?
4.
Soft Rock 02:22
wade and talk. you like soft rock. we can barely swim but we spit and kick and then I am floating, barely noting anything at all. just my chest's slow rise and fall. and I am taking this all in. I feel the world sink in to me skin. walk down the beach, wind in the trees. the air was dry and the thunder hit so many times. watching it all changing from your carefree attitude. I could learn a thing or two. and I am taking this all in. I feel your words sink in to my skin. inevitably the internal shout, "am I good enough for you or anyone else?". pushing my feet deep into the ground, who knows what's true? we'll just have to find out. wade and talk. you like soft rock. it was really nothing but the feeling was resounding.
5.
Northwest 02:52
stare at the floor. stare at the sky. someone was there and they’re not anymore and that’s fine. I felt like dirt for a year and then I finally let it die. crossed the bridge to your room most night. engraved in my mind are all of the soft lights. that walk. my mind would race with thoughts but by the end only feel calm. I always hold on for way too long. til every last bit of good is gone. I always think the next call might just be the one. tell me about all of your boat dreams. they’re mine too now. oh, the northwest in spring! the docks... on the docks it’s easy to imagine a future where we’re both better off. stare at the floor. stare at the sky. someone was there and they’re not anymore and it’s fine. it’s fine. I felt like dirt for a year but then I finally let it die.
6.
Angry 01:07
am I allowed to feel crazy? am I allowed to get angry? if I told you how I felt - if I told you everything - would you hate me? just wanna yell sometimes. feel like I'm gonna die sometimes. I'd say "I don't need your permission to speak my mind" but if I did I'd be lying. and I don't know how I feel about anything. I don't know if I can do anything. sometimes I'm scared I wasn't made for anything better.
7.
Smart 01:56
Shut my mouth for nearly a year. When I shared how it felt, you said it was weird. I believed it yet knew it wasn't true. What else is one human to do? Never learned how to say no. I didn't know, I didn't know. Always way too careful and my head is too full. Cannot rest in my own bed because someone put these dark thoughts into my hollow head. I know that I'm destined to do something so smart if I could just push through. Never learned how to say no. I didn't know, I didn't know. Always way too gentle and my head is too full.
8.
Micah 01:43
micah's got a new house and two jobs. she's even thinking about getting a dog. what do I have to show for the past year? I'm older and wise but I'm still just right here. walking home last night I thought that I saw you heading towards me, but it wasn't true. I should have know better than to expect you here. you prefer your other friends. you've made it quite clear but if you tell me (if you tell me) that you need me, I will tell you (I will tell you) that I need you too. if suddenly (if suddenly) you ignore me, I'll be happy to (so happy to) ignore you. I really like you. I like you a lot. maybe I'm just clueless but maybe I'm not. what do I have to show for the past year? if I'm older and wise then why am I still here?
9.
No Good 01:23
I wanna call you every night. hear all about your thoughts before I ever mention mine. I wanna see you seven times a week. you say you love a song, I fall asleep listening to it on repeat. and your stomach hurts 'cause you are lonely. you say you're literally aching for love. I wanna tell you that I'm here for you but I don't wanna scare you or seem too dumb. oh, I wish I had a better way of controlling how I act and what I say. oh, I wish I had a better way of controlling all the things I do - the stupid things I say.
10.
Nauseous 01:41
too much sun on my back. lean forward in the seat so i don’t feel it. I don’t know why I make the same mistakes even after a hundred times. it gets hard to think about the times I only though about a person (a person) besides myself (oh besides myself) and only end up hurting or feeling unworthy. you take the gas, I’ll take the wheel. makes me nauseous but it’s still a thrill. hair and window down. no one else we know for miles and miles around. I try not to think about the parts of me you just shut out. ignore them, ignore them. I try not to think about the parts that have all faded out. I try to be myself but I don’t always know how. too much sun on my back. lean forward in the seat so i don’t feel it.
11.
Relax 02:17
I’m in your car, nervous in the back. I’m at the grocery store. see you in the aisle, I rush to leave. I’m at my house thinking of the times I wasnt at my house or there with you. I don’t have much to say. I say it anyway and it is dumb. you laugh at me but I don’t care because I am just happy to be somewhere I don’t feel like I am wasting most of my time. I love the way the ground feels and I love the way your voice sounds and the way life can go so fast and suddenly just slow down. how I talk fast when I’m nervous. can’t find the words when it’s important. in my room, crash on the floor. I’m back at school. not sure what I’m doing. I could walk you home or wave to you across the road and either way it goes I’ll be satisfied to know our paths are in line and I am just happy to be somehwhere I don’t feel like I am wasting most of my time.

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released October 19, 2018

guitar / vocals - Madeline Robinson
drums - Kahler Willits
bass - Jake Alexander

recorded and mastered by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording in Bloomington, Indiana in the Winter of 2017

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