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by the poet proletariat

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1.
Mea Culpa 03:24
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Lucidity 04:19
I don’t know what you did to me I lost track of gravity It drove me to insanity But, if you’ll give your love to me And somehow unconditionally Happily I’ll receive And if you’ve looked past my amorality And all my abnormalities And grant me hospitality I’ll let you give your pain to me I think it’s really plain to see That’s what this all is meant to be So when your world is down and out And you need someone to lean on or somewhere to hide out When you want to stay in your bed and turn all the lights out When you’re lost and need help finding the right route I want you to remember what you did for me To pull me from the rubble when my life crumbled chaotically To think you’d flinch a single finger at the fucking thought of me That’s humbling I don’t know what you did to me I lost track of gravity It drove me to insanity But, if you’ll give your love to me And somehow unconditionally Happily I’ll receive And if you’ve looked past my amorality And all my abnormalities And grant me hospitality I’ll let you give your pain to me I think it’s really plain to see That’s what this all is meant to be
 I know I’m not much help Because I’m too busy trying to sort out myself Because I’m too busy trying to sort out my health And I’m not so great at the hellos but I do fine with the farewells But at least I’m not dead And I can still remember every single thing you said The song that you sing is always stuck in my head And all I wanted to do was sing along
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I came a long way to meet you here Miles of ice and snow just to make it very clear That I faced my darkest demons and my deepest darkest fears And tons of shit promoters just to get in your ears I hit the books for too many years Spending my days stressing and my nights as a cashier And now that I got you I won’t be cavalier I’m not here to impress you and you’re not my fucking peers I drift from spot to spot you know me well I’m in all your vices and you’re living in my hell I’m singing like a bell but I’ll go off like a bombshell But sometimes for ill reason since I killed all my brain cells I’ll greet you with some strange smells Strange spells - give you a story that you can’t retell I’ll live in your past like a rumor you can’t dispel I’m pulled into the void and I’m pulling you as well.I’m pulled into the void and I’m pulling you as well
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Dahlia 05:26
This is the season of change So bring on the rains Shed the old callous skin Open up let the air in Take a breath like it’s your last And learn the lessons from your past Never again Will you submit to your pain Going through the motions, cold Tolerant of dead and old Looking for the exit door Trying to even the score Soak your leaves and drink from me Tell me that you will never leave (Water) It runs from you, it runs from me It falls from the sky and settles in a puddle at our feet Longingly, desperately We span the distance with each other’s assistance Finding our ways separately Till I’m with you, and you’re with me I’m floating through the cosmos Collecting dust, feeling incomplete You’re casting your spells So that I may live well Cast away impending doom And find new life outside the womb Use your light to break the gloom The rose gardens are in full bloom Sweet dahlia, my heart And all the peace you impart I’m waiting for you patiently This life for you complacently The tides from the adjacent sea Will pull you face-to-face to me Soak your leaves and drink from me Tell me that you will never leave (Water) It runs from you, it runs from me It falls from the sky and settles in a puddle at our feet Longingly, desperately We span the distance with all our insistence Finding our ways separately Till I’m with you, and you’re with me I’m floating through the cosmos Collecting dust feeling incomplete
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The Jester 05:23
Oh how I wish you were here And I wish your sounds were in my ear I guess that’s the way she fucking goes But you left us too soon So it’s hard to really know If any one of us could have changed a damn thing And this world without your swing, it really fucking stings Because we hear this same story every single fucking day And If I knew that train was coming I would have stood in its way But you were the jester and you always loved your games But HB lost your music and I think that’s a damn shame Maybe all you ever really needed was a sign Cause folks like you and I can’t count on two stars to align And even though it seems like we were damned through design I cry that music couldn’t save your life like it saved mine
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I’ve already looked deep into that hole And I know what kind of damage it could do to my soul To entertain those thoughts even just for a second I’ll be present in this life until eternity beckons And every single day like the old ash tree That sat outside the window singing siren songs to me Lying dormant in the winter and awaiting warmth and light I know I’m feeling lost, but I will not die I know I’m feeling lost, but I will not die I think I’m fucking drowning, Yeah I’m lost out at sea I see the path to salvation out of my periphery The strength to overcome was never guaranteed But you won’t find peace for free and on that we can agree So I will swim through the debris just to get you close to me I never will let myself spiral down that path And disappear so I don’t have to see the aftermath And I can run real far but I can’t outrun my flaws No matter how many times I drive through fucking Omaha And every single day like every stage of me Looking at the binding coils and yearning to be free I’ll make peace with the things that I can’t rectify Cause I know I’m feeling lost, but I will not die I’m feeling lost But I will not die
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Robin 04:50
Robin, Robin Creature of the summer and the spring And with all the songs you sing You know you’ve taught me lots of things Robin, Robin I can hear you struggling through the night I wish you’d follow the seasons And I wish you could take flight Robin, Robin We know that you’ve sacrificed it all And you shaped the earth beneath us So that we could stand tall So listen now Take a breath and gather all your feathers Because for things to get better you gotta fly through stormy weather Robin, Robin We know that we’re dealing with the best The one who took broken branches And built us a nest Robin, Robin I know that you never lacked faith You gotta follow this long road as it winds so many ways It’s a fucking maze Robin, Robin Creature of the sun We’re not calling it done Because you’re stronger than anyone So listen now Take a breath and gather all your features Because for things to get better You gotta fly through stormy weather Robin, Robin You know that I love you in your heart And I’m sorry for everyday We have to spend apart Robin, Robin Dark are the woods where you now roam You’ll need every bit of your strength to fight your way home Robin, Robin Hard are the struggles you fight through But if anyone can handle it I know it would be you So listen now Take a breath and gather all your feathers Because for things to get better You gotta fly through stormy weather
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Fixed Idea 03:39
You You’re like a melody that I can’t seem to shake loose I can’t stop thinkin bout You And everything you are and every single thing you do You You got me singing like I ain’t got nothing better to do You To be with you I’d repeat everything I have been through I don’t know How you make me feel so alive I don’t know How the lights seemed brighter when you arrived
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I’m eating ash again I’m eating cash again I’ve crashed at the bottom of my stash And I need some friends I guess it just depends If I can just pretend The whiplash that hit me in a flash Will find a way to mend And I just realized that I can see The ending of this story waiting there for me For now I’m feeling low Low on that totem pole With unreturned intentions being cast from a broken soul Keep my gaze on the goal I’ve never had control My whole life in a pane of glowing glass And I can’t be consoled And I just realized that I can see The ending of this story waiting there for me I can’t throw this away I’m living day by day Finding balance in between what people do and what people say My living is delayed My thoughts have gone astray I’m digging through well meanings seeking truth And I feel betrayed And I just realized that I can see The ending of this story waiting there for me
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awerfs 04:30
If you know who I am You know I’m fucking terrifying But if you really know me You know I’m probably fucking lying Cause when I get anxious I speak At speeds that are damn-near breakneck Praying that all these words Will supplement my weak-ass paycheck If you know who I am You know I emanate confidence But if you really know me You know I sorely lack competence It’s this duality of my being That stops me from ever seeing A meaning to this madness when none of it really means shit Because maybe none of it is real And maybe I’m already dead In my head I keep these thoughts close When I’m lying in my bed And it’s the bed I made Tucked in with dying dreams With lullabies of ostinato non harmonic screams This old hag is on my chest But maybe it’s for the best Cause I take one step closer to death With every desperate breath And the pain it never ends It grows and manifests Into thoughts and feelings that are never properly addressed I know I’m dancing like the words on my tongue And seeming clueless I know I’m wandering around in endless circles Being useless I know the world can come at me in waves And be quite ruthless I know I can expend all my efforts and still end up fruitless If you know who I am you know I’m as sharp as a knife But if you really know me You’d know I need to get a life Sitting aimless in whatever spot I call home But the world is ending soon So who’ll collect my student loans If you know who I am You know I move with skillful tactics But if you really know me You know i’m severely out of practice Living on a check that bounced Ten years ago Recollecting on my failures As I stumble down Arapahoe I know I’m dancing like the words on my tongue And seeming clueless I know I’m wandering around in endless circles Being useless I know the world can come at me in waves And be quite ruthless I know I can expend all my efforts and still end up fruitless I know I’m dancing like the words on my tongue And seeming clueless I know I’m wandering around in endless circles Being useless I know the world can come at me in waves And be quite ruthless I know I can expend all my efforts and still end up fruitless If you know who I am you know I’m leading the team But if you really know me you know I’m living in a day dream Doing what will suffice until I run home to my vice And to be precise I’m full of free bad life advice If you know who I am you know I’m overflowing with passion But it seems that giving a fuck has really fallen out of fashion So I’m sitting here, confused, getting lost in the twirl Laughing my own way to the end of the world
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No. 44 04:20
I don’t Know where I am but I’ve been here before And I know When Dr Jekyll comes knocking that I’ll hop to the door I’ve grown To find peace in the cross chatter brought on by the fungi Cause I know That true peace of mind is really hard to come by I once Caught a glimpse of the future when I glared through the window And it was That man sketching in your neighborhood that childhood friend you know I knew I had to fly far away to flee the pull of that gravity Cause it’s true That I try to mean well but I also love depravity I am A transient state and a figment of my daydreams And it’s clear That I struggle with reality more than it may seem But I know If I get out of bed and put my feet in the right place That I will Be prepared for the next time that I surely fall from grace
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released October 5, 2019

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