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by Adventure Medical Kit

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1.
There’s still one way that works to get over a mistake and it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever Last night you drank and Flirted with the horizon But that move might Not be a wise one Your friends are frantic They’re always whispering over You when you pass out On the sofa You say it’s a vacation But they know it’s home invasion And they’re running Out of patience While you keep on trying hard to know what most people don’t even need to be told But there’s still one way that works to make it through a day Still one way that works to mend the things you break Still one way that works to get over a mistake And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever You always were the One who went a bit too far Drag your friends Off to one more bar But when the cops came calling You were never scared to answer Drag them down a dead end And warn whoever they’re after You were everyone’s bartender Therapist and moneylender, When we had nowhere to go. But you had all those imaginary walls and you never built an imaginary door But there’s still one way that works to make it through a day Still one way that works to mend the things you break Still one way that works to get over a mistake And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever Now you see how they look at you Every single night And you don’t know what to say You’ve run out of songs to write But all your old songs Haven’t disappeared They ran away to the woods, And made up little songs of their own Now they’re out of control Running round, singing themselves To themselves, And you’re losing tracks Maybe people will always see That you’re just a local From a place no good real Estate agent would go So turn up the volume Of the voices that still love you, Until they fill up Your heart and your headphones, You left a dollar on the table It was bluer than the ocean Denser than the big bang I don’t know if I care about you but I care about caring about you But there’s still one way that works to make it through a day Still one way that works to mend the things you break Still one way that works to get over a mistake And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever Still one way that works to get over a mistake And it’s to write a song about it and sing that song forever
2.
I don’t know why I can’t forget What we have disappears when I look at it But it comes back every time I turn away I don’t know why we thought we could pretend It was just an innocent game of spin the bottle between friends Your turn left me turned around I’ll never learn And I’ve been holding up the truth for so long But it lies behind every line of this song I tell myself I don’t need you I put myself on a ration I only get to think about you right before I go to sleep So every night when I brush my teeth I look in the mirror and I think I wish you were here to brush your teeth too I only see you once a week A shooting star that’s so far above me Your timing means you never have time for me But when you heard me come in you turned around and you smiled Maybe that’s not much but i think it's a pretty good smile
3.
You always say that the things that seem to happen to everyone else they never happen for you Well you're a bit weird but I gotta say there's something about you that someone out there is just gonna love But i don't like the way he holds you back You could do so much better than that He's just a bedbug So get him out of your head, love I know he's always suckin' out your blood But I think you've had enough He's under your skin even though you don't remember inviting him in, Now you gotta get rid of him You wanna go out with your friends, but they're always worried that you'll bring him along So you gotta stay home alone You think he's gone but he always comes back a little bit later You need an ex-terminator But i don't like the way he holds you back You could do so much better than that He's just a bedbug So get him out of your head, love I know he's always suckin' out your blood But I think you've had enough He's just a bedbug So get him out of your head, love I know he's always suckin' out your blood But I think you've had enough
4.
Emily (x4) You're a vegan and I'm a vegan too But i think it means something pretty different to you We both don't eat meat but on everything else we disagree Emily(x4) I buy food that is locally grown And I use recycled papers when I smoke You do a lot of cocaine and I'm pretty sure that's not fairtrade Emily (x4)
5.
13-30 (how many did you remember?) https://www.benfarrer.com/post/list-of-songs-with-ages-in-them?referral=business-feed
6.
I'll Find It 02:07
There's nothing left in this house to remind me of being innocent Never have i ever been innocent i thought i was a late bloomer but i was just in early decay i ate fast food from a brown bag when i thought it was ok Can't you tell from my face that i've been crying Don't you wonder what else i've been hiding There's a book i've been meaning to read and when i die i'm gonna get to it There's five bucks in one of these pairs of pants and when i die i'm gonna find it There's nothing left in this life to remind me of being who i could be Never have i ever been who i could be Sometimes people ask me why i never touch anything that i love Well it's because i'm the worst human being that i know Can't you tell from my face that i've been crying Don't you wonder what else i've been hiding There's a book i've been meaning to read and when i die i'm gonna get to it There's five bucks in one of these pairs of pants and when i die i'm gonna find it
7.
i don't wanna do this that's what i said so get your fucking hands off me but i never seem to feel any real sense of ownership over my own body so if you wanna have me you won't have to try very hard to get me so if you wanna have me you won't have to try very hard to get me i don't wanna do this that's what i said so get your fucking hands off me but i never seem to feel any real sense of ownership over my own body so if you wanna have me you won't have to try very hard to get me so if you wanna have me you won't have to try very hard to get me
8.
You thought you would grow but you shrank And now no-one wants the body you rent, So you’re back at the bar with a hint, Unfold it like a napkin; you ask not to be asked You never found a way to take you hand away from that glass You sit in the corner every night Cleaning up the footprints you left out of sight Maybe everybody gets Some kind of dose of bad luck, and yours is to never find love When you meet someone new your first thought is that they could never want someone like you But you know this is just a cycle; A downward spiral So you try to build some momentum If this is final, go out breaking the silence, with Babababab Everyone goes home with their eyes shut Because this town will hold your hand all the way And if you try to let it go It’ll keep you in tow bone to bone No-one believes you but you know that this is parasite paradise You had such lovely dreams, But every day they get taken away And the songs of yesterday, are tangled and tied up again, Like the streets on a map You wander round hoping someone will love you before you’re lost and found But you know this is just a cycle; A downward spiral So you try to build some momentum If this is final, go out breaking the silence, with Babababab
9.
Chicago 04:04
I’m still checking my phone And hoping that an algorithm Will make all of my decisions hoping that an algorithm Will make all of my decisions Well I left a lot of things in Chicago But I miss my heart most of all To find my way on this drunk walk home Because I’m so lost and so cold All these houses look so warm I spread my life to so many different places But I don’t know how it ended up in pieces Now I’m checking my phone And hoping that an algorithm Will make all of my decisions hoping that an algorithm Will make all of my decisions See the night-grey bones of the snow exposed By the tired lanterns leaning on their poles This city is stranger than these strangers know And there’s no moon and no stars No roads between where we both are I spread my life to so many different places But I don’t know how it ended up in pieces Now I’m checking my phone And hoping that an algorithm Will make all of my decisions hoping that an algorithm Will make all of my decisions Hear the church bell ring over the prison gate And the bank loan search for disinterested fate In a fake british accent someone calls you mate And you know you’ll never know this place It’s where you fell not where you were raised I spread my life to so many different places But I don’t know how it ended up in pieces Now I’m checking my phone And hoping that an algorithm Will make all of my decisions
10.
Amtrak 01:52
Someone waits by the platform edge There’s a story written in your head There’s a ticket going one way There’s a decision gotta be made A thousand miles is a long way to go For someone who might not love you A thousand miles isn’t that far to go Because this might be love But if you’re hoping for Someone to brighten up your life Have you thought about someone who’s already by your side A thousand days is a long time to wait For someone who might not love you A thousand days isn’t that long to wait Because this might be love But if you’re hoping for Someone to make you not less alone Have you thought about someone a little bit closer to home Every ticket that you take at the train station Every hour that you scour the map for new destinations Every second that you spend at tourist information Maybe it’s a dream, just a dream, just a stupid dream Or maybe one day your love will take you everywhere One day you’re gonna go everywhere
11.
Where is the nearest public restroom in the pedestrian mall Where is the best public restroom that I can use? Is it at the university? I don’t wanna go there Their toilets are trigger-happy with the automatic flush No machine is telling me when it’s time to leave I’ll leave when I’m done crying What about the library? I don’t wanna go there Their stall doors don’t go all the way to the floor What if someone’s face appears in the gap? What if someone tries to grab my leg? What if I see horses hooves walking past? Where is the nearest public restroom in the pedestrian mall Where is the best public restroom that I can use? Is it at Cortada coffee? Well theirs are pretty good You get the room to yourself, and I like their gender-neutral signs But sometime the door looks like it’s locked when in fact it isn’t locked Now I can’t go there any more What about Prairie Lights bookstore? Well theirs is also pretty good You get the room to yourself and the lock is like a fortress But there’s graffiti in places you wouldn’t expect Why do poetry grad students always do that Where is the nearest public restroom in the pedestrian mall Where is the best public restroom that I can use? Is it at the Java House? That’s a good option, But once when I was in there washing my hands Another guy used the urinal and then he looked at me And said “I’m not gonna wash my hands. And then I’m gonna touch a girl’s face” I would say, in first place Poindexter coffee at the graduate hotel You are a hotel

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released August 7, 2019

all songs by benf
many thanks to Dana T and Todd R for recording and mastering

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