The Year We Cancelled Our Cable Subscription

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God, He said to me, there is a land that is free Where I can safely raise my children Between shining shores there lies a platinum land Where all of our sins will be forgiven So we stowed on silver ships and set sail for the dawn But it turns out that god, He was lying For leviathan rests just beneath the ocean waves Now my brothers and sisters are all dying And now I don't know if I'm allowed to come home... Our captain was a man who said he was Christ He swore that his Father had blessed us But when the ship sunk at that sea monster's hands It came out that he was only named Jesus And now here we stand with our hearts in our hands Trapped in the limbo of asylum Nailed to our crosses, set out to sea Forsaken by e pluribus unum And now I don't know if I'm allowed to come home...
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I wake up and the sun is not yet rising Tossing and turning worrying about the price of insulin And other assorted prescription remedies The problem is I don't know who I can talk to Living happily in liberal tragedy Dying of preventable disease Climb out of bed and the mirror is very frightening You never know who could be watching Every wet dream out there on the internet Recorded through a taped-over laptop camera I wake up and the sun is still shining Is 2pm late enough? I don't know I'll get back in bed Captain America takes a swing at Doctor Strange They've gotten quite confused At who's side they're supposed to be on anyways You see Moriarty's back and as we knew he would Is causing trouble in your neighborhood So buy up every war bond to put bullets in your best friend's gun! Captain Planet takes a shot at Dick Cheney And Dick returns the firing act in a way that's very friendly But I've seen this one before Yes I know how this one ends No one held accountable for all these damn reruns of Friends How am I supposed to keep myself fed When everything I touch is a carcinogen And I'm told it's only an issue of attitude There's traitors in blue and devils in red While I'm just trying to get out of bed With waffles in the shape of your favorite Sunday morning cartoons Joseph McCarthy aims his sights at Lucille Ball Screaming, "this one's because I don't like you very much at all!" But how she got away still shocks experts to this day Another fallen woman, disappointment to William Hayes Wile E. plants a trap that meticulous coyote Trying to catch someone in the act of admitting that they're lonely But I don't think I'm supposed to be The one who calls the cavalry That's for a nation under God With a born-again fear of atomic bombs Would you like to understand Where this whole damn mess began? You see the Office Space crackerjacks were bored Things were going a bit too well in their 401k prison cells And they couldn't seem to take it anymore So when Y2K came and went Without so much as a clock reset Chaotic dreams no longer kept I swear they all fell down and wept Then I looked inside myself And I saw an empty wishing well I thought it would be better than before I was born September 12th The year we took the batteries out And lost what was once but never lost before The 2K12 came and well Nobody was judged or sent to hell So we got up for another round Then shut up by that ringing sound Then it all comes crashing down It all comes crashing dow-ow-ow-own And I don't care If God was really there Can't be bothered To get out of bed At all
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Pacing 02:23
I can’t help this pacing So hard to be somewhere I’m getting so tired of lying still Complain about changes But its all just loose talk Without bringing action out of will The world outside is broken So what does that make me? You wanna be outspoken But you can’t keep your room clean Instead of sitting ‘round smoking I might finally do something But first, gotta get back on my feet It’s right back to waiting Just staring at the door It’s better than lying to myself No I don’t need saving but I sure could use some help To get the hell out of my sheets The world outside is broken So what does that make me? You wanna be outspoken But you can’t keep your room clean Instead of sitting ‘round smoking I might finally do something But first, gotta get back on my feet I can’t help what they say But it don’t mean its all wrong I’m not alone feeling this way
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Keep your horse at bay Make him sleep all day~ Neigh!
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Self Care 03:12
I'm much more well adjusted Than I used to be in high school Don't break down more than once a week And I barely even cry And I have been rotating Between Tylenol and Advil So I'll still have a functioning liver By the time I reach 35 And I'm rationing out the weed 'till the end of the week Then I'll take a T-break for a couple hours at least Only taking more NyQuil 'till I actually fall asleep It may not be too obvious But I really am very healthy Never broken a single bone And my blood pumps normally Plus I take days off sometimes To look out for my sanity Don't wanna risk cathin' a cold When I'm almost out of codeine And I'm rationing out the weed 'till the end of the week Then I'll go out drinking to celebrate that sweet release Only taking more NyQuil 'till I actually stay asleep Come on! Yeah pick it! Don't you worry about me I've got things under control now Always try to get 8 hours of sleep Though that only works sometimes I have taken the advice that My therapist has written down Cut toxic things and people out of my life Out of sight, but still in mind And I'm weening off the weed 'till the end of the week Then I won't by a gram more for another week at least I'm running out of NyQuil and I'm afraid of being left alone with me Yee-haw!
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I want to see where The ocean meets the sky They say there's a land there Where the dead are still alive And there's a lion waiting for me Living in his gold and free country Across cerulean where the rabbits go to sleep at night With all the friends I used to see Cradled in the arms of Persephone Scanning all of the skies for disappearing satellites But now I know that The ocean marches by The sky doesn't notice They're just parallel lines And there's nothing waiting for me Living in the cold reality Never gonna know where the rabbits go fall asleep at night With all the people I used to be Trying to explain away mystery There's still nothing I can say for disappearing satellites I buried my compass In the dust pile on the shelf No picture in a spyglass Can save me from myself Can't save me from myself
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Flip the channel over he's at his bullshit again He's got the number one house band and famous friends He'll fluff you up for ratings then tear you to shreds He's a wendigo stealing someone else's skin He's the one who tells us we're insane Insists we're morally the same Except we're worse because he knows He's Late Night Jimmy and he's full of it Late Night Jimmy he's a hypocrite Late Night Jimmy and he's going to fuck you up It's not right He's alright He's alright efdjkaewnafrsf
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They say that earth is really dying! Well what do they know, I say everything is just fine Miami's going underwater! But that's okay, we'll just swim while the earth gets hotter Atlantis lost no more And I call dibs on being crowned king Namor Sounds like some terrible dream But I'll be fine living in a private submarine Won't you please Come stand with me And keep our oceans Safe and green Let somebody Know you’re there Let cries ring out Through the atmosphere! They say the water’s full of plastic But that’s alright you see that humans are a hearty race Just need a mental gymnastic If the water gets to warm we’ll just go into outer space! Elon, save a spot for me! Elon, save a spot for me! Elon, save a spot for - Just realized I’ve been lying I think we’re almost out of time Won’t you please Come walk by me And keep our beaches Nice and clean Let the planet Know you care And save a home For a polar bear!
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Children go to war every single morning Waking up at 5 am The world is weighing heavy in the backpacks on their shoulders They don't have a moment to breathe in hell Sleeping in first period dozing through the second Barely even woken by the sound of guns Hearts are beating quickly in the face of their mortality So you just pray that this will be the last one Don't listen closely or you'll go deaf baby Cuz we're all Columbine kids now We're all Columbine kids now So send those kids to war I'm sure that they'll be grateful That you think about them so damn much Stress and pain and acne and Girls and boys and track team Isn't hard enough already Without being passed over for the National Rifle Association Kill them once with words then kill them twice with bullets Kill them one more time with neglect and drugs Bless the ones who stand up and say We aren't the problem Or video games or culture Just your pockets full of money stained in blood Don't listen closely or you'll drop dead baby Cuz I'm gonna be loud I'm gonna be loud I'm gonna be loud I'm gonna be loud I'm gonna be loud I'm gonna be loud I'm gonna be loud I'm gonna be loud Last night I went to bed the whole wide world was broken in my arms
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Our unoriginal sin Just want to live But the worlds about to give Tell us we’re going to hell We know too well No one dreams in a prison cell You all dressed in white, Don’t really have to put up a fight Spend all night washing your hands forget your clothes, the walls, the water runs red Catch me running out of time And you know why Can’t spend my whole life inside Don’t worry about no one else Gotta help yourself You got your own problems to quell You, you call yourself right but you don’t have to watch out at night Do you really think that this shit is fair Its easier to pretend you’re scared You wake up in the morning Put on your suit and tie Kiss your stand-in wife and then tip her a five Don’t you work too hard Or your hair will get thin We need you looking spiffy For the swamp that we’re in And you (all dressed in lies) barely coherent enough to testify And you (god knows you’ve tried) Can’t pull the wool o’er everyone’s eyes (Captain Plastic so fantastic) Please don’t wrap me up in your cellophane (So ecstatic and semi automatic) Write me up as a statistic and then store me away Don’t worry about The failing public health You can feed them with McDonald's From your personal wealth Just stay out of trouble And you’ll be just fine They say their favorite color’s Among red blue and white You (what can you say) Stow all your loudest problems away Smile (over amber waves of grain) and God bless the USA! God bless the USA! God bless the USA!
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Saw you floating on the corner with a quarter of grass I didn't think, "very enticing" but I did notice your ass Hike my skirt up high so you can see I'm still something that resembles alive Though I'm sure you're quite impressed Well we both know we're just here to get high Now your wings are getting caught in between the arm rests Halo's shining light into my eyes from the sunset I'll gladly do this driving but don't you expect anything coming your way hun Cuz I'm not trying to love you I just wanna cum I'm not trying to love you I just wanna cum I'm not trying to roll over into a ditch Someone else is playing Caesar Someone else is writing Gita Someone else counts up the bets while I'm trying best to please ya Someone else please be Mark Twain I don't wanna feel the shame Some random with a pistol asks for cash outside the 7/11 But no one brings you home from upstate heaven The exits don't have numbers so I just try my luck The street signs don't have names so it looks like we're fucked While you're just sitting pretty under your gown hides Something that looks an awful lot like a gun But I never seem to notice so I'm taking every day as it comes The pearly gates were closed so we're taking a detour The GPS won't help and the astrology won't either Toss the tarot deck out of the window on the passenger side Cuz I ain't much one for living but I don't wanna die Ain't much one for living but I don't wanna die Ain't much about 84 that keeps my attention Someone else is playing Caesar Someone else is writing Gita Someone else counts up the bets while I'm trying best to please ya Someone else please be Mark Twain I don't wanna feel the shame Some random with a pistol asks for cash outside the 7/11 But no one brings you home from upstate heaven No one brings you home No one brings you home No one brings you home In upstate heaven there's so much to know There lies a lamb who waits for you to show It cries so gently as time marches on its way to you Count the missing sections of the fence And talk to yourself like there's an audience Your angel watches as you lose control its true Then you drive off the cliff like a TV star In your favorite pass-time 'till noon Dozing off with eyes fixed upon That Sunday morning cartoon Oo-wa-la-la shang-a-lang Oo-wa-la-la shang-a-lang Oo-wa-la-la shang-a-lang Oo Last time on Dragon Ball Z our champions were fading Confused by the American dream they began to be self-hating But the seven seals were all dressed up swell Like Monopoly money in a wishing well So pay your respects when we reach downtown heaven Cuz we're never getting past --------- ------ Captain America please hear my prayer I haven't felt safe in months and I'm getting kinda scraed Don't pass over me I've been as good as I can be So when I die before I wake Please promise me you won't forget my name
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無常感 04:17
The air is a little more plentiful now Yet lead lines my lungs and keeps me from reaching The weight of reality shakes me awake I blink and I wonder who made the mistake The rivulets run down your face anyhow These cracks in your skin as emotions are leaching Can we pick ourselves up and fight till the dawn? (Or is it) hard enough remembering who is gone? Oh, the wind blows hard anyway, No, pine trees aren't green every day, I heal no faster than I forget to pray, For you It wasn't what you said that set the wheels a-turning, The candles of our lives will never stop burning, Just remember me when I said I would be the best for you Time heals all wounds, except for those who feel it, and people try their hardest to forget what is real, it's difficult, but someday, we'll all disappear too, So let me do this for you I'm nervous, alone, and there's ice in my veins, I barely remember what happiness feels like I look up to God as the world spins to black, The choices I made, and I cannot go back But the last thing I see, amongst all of my pains, Is the brightest of smiles, your face almost dreamlike I send thanks to God for giving me you, And perhaps when I'm gone you will save someone too Oh, the wind blows harder anyway, And no pine tree can be green every day, I heal no faster, but I still try to pray, For you It wasn't what you said that set the wheels a-turning, The candles of our lives will never stop burning, Just remember me when I said I would be the best for you Time heals all wounds, except for those who feel it, and people try their hardest to forget what is real, it's difficult, but someday, we'll all disappear too, So let me do this for you You were the greatest thing I've ever cared for I watched you grow faster than I had prepared for You've taken my place, so I must let you go To do the same things only parents would know Pick yourself up, you've got family waiting You're not alone, your light isn't fading Promise me now you will fight 'til the end And so I shall go, but I'll always be your friend And I know Though I go You will grow
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It was 2016 when the world went to shit We were all sting young, healthy and hip Now we all just fade away A generation lost in time We don't like to vote or smoke or fall in line Unless we're dealing with pot We all seem to really love pot We're desensitized to love from too much porn We're all bleeding out but we're still warm At least I think this is my blood We're violently depressed we believe Our planet has regressed But we still got Late Night Jimmy on our side How are we supposed to fall in love When you're prone to static shock From the hilltops we hear freedom ringing You can hear the people singing "Don't you dare dance to this song You aren't meant to live these lyrics You're forbidden from singing along Don't you dare dance to this tune If you've ever felt afraid lying awake at night This song is not for you" Well its 2020 now and the world is still shit And I don't remember whose fault it is Probably everyone's We've shut down every circus and zoo Sure there are kids in cages but at least we freed Shamu And your conscience too We're all burnt out from this legal weed All choked up from all the possibilities Drag me ashore Now my life is almost over And there hasn't been a single song worth getting fucked up over I'm so bored You just wanted to have a good time Did need neo-fascists in your face From the hilltops we hear freedom ringing You can hear the people singing "Don't you dare dance to this song You aren't meant to live these lyrics You're forbidden from singing along Don't you dare dance to this tune If you've ever felt afraid lying awake at night This song is not for you" And I get it I fought too hard I know what its like to be a fallen star Drowning in what's beyond control The gravity Hold me close and dance real slow We don't know what tomorrow knows Or what it was supposed to be The gravity The planets are all misaligned We're falling through a broken time Dragged down by something we can't see The gravity This isn't what we were meant to be I don't - Lay low and Don't you dare dance to this song Don't you dare dance to this song "Don't you dare dance to this song You aren't meant to live these lyrics You're forbidden from singing along Don't you dare dance to this tune If you've ever felt afraid lying awake at night This song is not for you"
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(Credits) 02:27

credits

released February 28, 2020

Valentine's Day is:
Captain Frogmouth - vocals, guitars, additional synths, additional organ, ukulele, "tape effects", melodica, engineering
The Cowboy Dropout - vocals, piano, synths, organ, mellotron, "tape effects", engineering
Mr. Millennium - guitars, trombone
Scooter - vocals, bass
Brownbeard - drums, engineering

Featuring:
Eli Kane - saxophone (12)
Leah Chanen - cello (13)
Peirce Robinson as Late Night Jimmy
Perry Letourneau as the Narrator, additional voices
Miriam Arrey as the Warning Label, additional voices
Anderson Stinson III as the Well Adjusted Cowboy, additional voices
Aaron Stone as Derek Brown
Alex Wofford - engineering

Album art by Kyu Cho
Recorded at WBRS, Waltham

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