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Things Are Strange

by Karrot Kake

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1.
Intro 01:01
There are many trucks out there on the road And all those many trucks are carrying many different loads I'll probably just sing aloud of stuff I don't care about Buried alive they shout get out, get out, get out Get out with all-encompassing momentum Speeding down the road, the last American cowboy In his eyes are joy and mechanical malfunction When the brakes give out and you need an oil change I regret to inform you that things are very strange But if you manage to pull over it'll be okay
2.
Hey man, please refrain from using such hurtful language You wouldn't want to end up just like my other friends You know what happened to them now don't you I reported every single one of them And if you don't watch it you're next on my list You fucking nerd, look at what you've done I might have to call the authorities because You might be in some sort of physical danger And I can't have that happen to any one of my friends You know what happens when you're reported right If you're reported I basically just fucked up your life If you're reported you go sit down in the corner and cry If you're reported you're probably just gonna die If you're reported by me and not some other guy
3.
I don't know what I can do I feel alone and I feel confused I'm not what you think that I am Cause I'm the goddamn elephant I'm not like you, not like you at all Baby why can't you understand Maybe I'm just terse, maybe I'm not a man Please baby don't run away from me I'm just an elephant can't you see I'm not like you, I'm not like you at all Baby why can't you see my point of view I've been enlightened, now I see the truth We're not the same, we're two different animals You're human and what I am's not tangible
4.
Track Star 02:23
I'm in love with a track star And she's quicker and faster than you are And in two months she'll be gone Yeah in two months she'll be gone If you just slow down and let me in I promise you won't regret anything So what are you running from yeah what are you running from So we'll just watch these movies in silence Before you go away to school and leave me behind Those precious hours will mean more to me And the seconds will mean everything I'm in love with a track star And she's packing her bags and she's driving on far And I'm pretty sure she knows how I feel And I'm like 80% sure she knows how I feel Never gonna see her again I'm in love with a track star And she's quicker and faster than you are And in two months she'll be gone Yeah in two months she'll be gone Cause I'm in love with a girl who's really really fast When she's coming in first I'm finishing last She's a runner and I'm a fighter But I'm not really much of a fighter
5.
FAQ 03:28
Too scared to say something Too frightened to speak up On track to derailment Off of the beaten path Set fire to the forest I think they're beginning to like us Send out the emergency signal I think I'm beginning to like you Make your way to the fountain, child Make your way Travel only by way of moonlight Travel only by night I think we should turn back I think we should move on To the ends of the Earth we go I'll push you right over the fall I'm a cancerous tumor Nestled cozy inside of your head Operation commencing Boring holes right into your skull Turn back while you still can Turn back But don't turn your back on me Don't turn back
6.
The benevolent exterminator shows up at your house He doesn't kill the bugs, he just lets them out He sets them free on to your warm suburban streets Do not tell a soul, the masked man beckons me Keep me tethered down and tied to normalcy I'd cross a river for you, an ocean, well we'll see Waking up, 3 PM, on the beach I'm here again When the horizon sparkles, the sea's my only friend And then the horizon comes to seize my only friend
7.
Overgrown 02:41
And if you need a bodyguard I'll be happy to oblige I'll serve as your protection and for your sake get into fights I might look a little scrawny I might look a little weak But no one's gonna mess with me when I'm wearing a sleeveless tee And it's 6:00, 6:00, 6:00 on a Monday night And it's Friday night, Friday night It's always Friday somewhere right And look, she's overgrown And if you need a bodyguard I'll be happy to oblige I'll serve as your protection and for your sake get into fights I might look a little scrawny I might look a little weak But no one's gonna mess with me when I'm wearing a sleeveless tee Tone-deaf cop, a tone-deaf cop says "Say one more thing and I'll lock you up" And it's a basement rock, that basement rock That sedimentary basement rock in the cemetary, the cemetary, cemetary No that's all right And on a Tuesday night, a Tuesday night I said it's always Friday somewhere right Said "11$ for a large lemonade and slice" I said I'd better get my money back or I'll cut you up real nice Now how about we leave the house sometime and make our way to SeaWorld Cause the only thing I'm catching here is cabin fever
8.
The Beach 02:17
Summertime on the lawn, counting cars and making bons. Nihilism is climbing trees, I am going to the beach I'm going to the beach, got my sand and my shovels and I'm ready to build I'm going to the beach, got my swimming trunks and I'm ready to catch some sharks At the beach there are ladies so I can see them in their bikinis Which is kind of inappropriate but I'm a teenager so it doesn't matter I'm going to the beach, there's old men who need to have a shirt on Cause I'm going to the beach, hopefully the tide's in so I can do some surfing with the people at the beach Don't know how they like it but I'll do it anyway I'm going to the beach, with tropical fruit punch and other things that are like the beach Let's play some beachball No let's go swimming No, I just ate, I need a half an hour before I swim again so I don't get a cramp
9.
The Sad Song 02:30
I wanna leave my guitar and a couple of index cards To write down all the shit that cheers me up Sad thing is, haven't left my house in a couple of days And I can't keep still Railing Adderall off of my bedside table I'm feeling kinda sick from my knees up into my eyeballs I am a freak, melancholy and insensitive boy And I try to sleep, can't get to sleep Cause I don't sleep anymore I walk outside, it's fucking cold but you know I don't mind the weather outside Haven't talked to a person Do you think that my cat can hear me Not socially active, hey man, I'm not even active
10.
Outro 02:09
I know a lot of things have changed But did you also know a lot of things are very strange Like 30% of Manx cats die Before they ever even see the light I'm sorry baby, but I know you'll last the night Yeah baby, I trust that you will be all right I'm an asshole by and by and fair and square You are not, but you are fair and you are square enough Let me out of this bind, there are some people need to be entertained I've told you once, I've told you twice Things are very strange But it's getting better for me anyway
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karrot kake third album was recorded entirely inside the san andreas fault line
too get that real underground sound
warm like the earths core
dirty like the dirt on my shirt
we do nott condone violence but we are the embodiment of violence itself
walking contradiction since 2010
garlic bread

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released August 30, 2014

Kale Mendez-DeMello: Vocals, Guitar
Jon Fridmann: Drums, Keys, Horns
Mike Fridmann: Bass

All songs and lyrics by Kale Mendez-DeMello except lyrics on "The Beach" by Liam Rankin and Kale Mendez-DeMello

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Mike Fridmann

Cover art by Jon Fridmann and Charles Darwin

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