learn to hold it back, ya gotta curb it or shut your mouth completely
and neatly you fold like a deck of cards, like a mess about to fall apart completely
close the circle, you're letting the cancer out
close the circle, you're not the only one around
no more late-night drop-in check-ups and staying up 'till dawn breaks
i drive home half awake at the wheel, another morning spent blocking out the sweet old sun
blockin' out, blockin', blockin' out
close the circle, you're letting the cancer out
close the circle, you're not the only one around
sorry for not feeling sorry anymore
let's throw contentment out the door
give me something to do, give me something to live against
give me meaning, i wanna destroy you
i'm not here so don't leave a message
i'm not here so don't bother comin' and knockin' at all
i'm not so don't leave a message
i won't read it at all
your words are empty but I still drink it anyway
your words are empty but I still drink it anyway
your words are poison but i still drink it anyway
your words are poison but i still drink it up
It's unfortunate that Marietta disbanded, but they couldn't have ended on a better note. As it Were is a reflection into a lot of youths' struggle with both aging and losing friends to time, and that it's okay to feel those things, even if for a little while. Halfrican Jones
Perfectly encapsulates the teenage experience. Finding this album while still young and in high school was the best decision I've made in quite awhile. charlesjr
i'm no good so i'll let everyone else do the talking abt how great this album is bc i have more important things to talk abt like that it was recorded in my hometown!! i was walkin around a stupid little ten-year-old and they were in the stu makin this album less than a mile from my house!! what!!!!! Elizabeth
Bracing post-hardcore meets festival-ready rock on the Tokyo band's sharp new EP, mixed and mastered by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight). Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 8, 2024