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1. |
I can't look
04:45
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Chorus
When I leave please don’t cry for me babe. I’ve not been having the best of days. Remember the times I had a smile on my face. It may not of been often but remember the same. These busted rings and battered knuckles tell stories like books. Of fallen angels my friends and all the chances we took. Trepidation stays looming and it leaves my brain shook it makes me scared I’m so scared I’m too scared to look.
And I can’t look
Verse 1
I can’t handle these problems I swear I got issues. Constantly thinking if you die they won’t miss you. You know it’s just your demons that are trying to trick you. But what if they aren’t lying and you find out it is true. Dealing with this life has proved to be a fruitless task. When peace of mind and joy is all that you’ve ever asked. I want to know who you are when you rip off that mask when you go out with friends and put on that act. Like I’m OK I’m fine don’t worry I promise. But I see misery and pain with sorrow as a garnish. mixed with a life so rusted and tarnished I will give you every bit of love that I can harness
Chorus
Verse 2
Verse two
This shadow that’s attached to me I can’t seem to shake. I’ve lost all care for anything that I’ve had at stake. Like what’s the fucking point of going on each day when you’re just watching your self and all of your friends decay. They say my friend it gets better I swear. You know they don’t know that but atleast know they care. Cause all we can do is stiffen up our upper lip. And keep pushing just keep pushing just push through that shit. Don’t give me excuses cause I’ve heard them all. Even used most of them through every trial and fall. Ones like im sorry. I’m lonely and I just can’t seem to help my self. But my favorite is don’t leave me I don’t got nobody else.
Chorus
Chorus 2
Chorus2
When you leave we will cry for you babe. Maybe not the same exact way that you think. We’ll be crying because of how much we miss you as we hold on to each other and pretend that it is you. Your busted Rings are the only relic we own. We cherish everyday to imagine your home. We shoulda headed the words that you said we wish you were here and not in that dirt bed
I can’t look 4x
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2. |
Drive
02:15
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Chorus
I don’t have the drive to get out of bed
I just wanna sleep all fucking day
I don’t have the drive to drag myself to work
I don’t care about the pay
I don’t have the drive to contact anyone
Sorry but I wanna stay at home
I don’t have the drive to even drink myself to sleep I just wanna fucking be alone. Leave me alone
Verse
I’m so fucking sorry for all the things that I said to you I promise it wasn’t out of malice or hate. I just get so caught up in my own fucked up reality that I can’t tell the nights from the days. Well fuck music and fuck this song fuck everything I’m always wrong I wish you could forgive me for what I’ve done. But I understand and I’m not deserving of a second chance when does sobriety get fun?
Bridge
I have lost. That same drive I had when I was younger
And I don’t have. That same motivation and hunger
And I have lost. That same drive I had when I was young.
And I miss the days. Back when I was ignorant and dumb. Ignorant And dumb
Chorus
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3. |
I'll take the bus
04:27
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(First verse)
I won’t tell you that I will change in a day
Just like you can’t tell me you didn’t do the same things
That I did almost every single night
When we would come home drunk and maybe start a fight
But most of those times were the best memories
And since they were with you I wouldn’t change a thing about them
I feel like this can all be mended in time
I know I’m bad at communicating so I’ll give this a try
(Chorus)
And I’m sleeping with the gun again
It’s getting so hard to pretend yeah
That I’m gonna be okay
Cause I know my self and I’m afraid
Can some please come rescue me
My mind is not the place I wanna be
I just need a cigarette
Or maybe for a bus to hit me yeah
Verse 2
I’m so fuckin sorry for all the shit I put you through
I want you to know that I was always true in
Everything that I said and I did for you
I tried so fuckin hard but I guess what can I do
I can’t believe the words that I just read
In that letter that you wrote to me I would rather be dead
Than to re read those words that break my fucking heart
I guess I should have figured that I would fuck it up from the start
Chorus
(Break down)
Im not saying that I am crazy
Cause that would be an understatement
I’m just trying To tell you that I’ve been the very best I could be
I’m not saying that you’re crazy
Cause you’re not I promise but baby
Have you considered maybe that you’ve been so mean to me lately
And you’ve been so mean to me lately 8x
Chorus
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4. |
Within a devil
02:31
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First verse
My brain has been running on empty.
Just as discarded as the trash.
Heart as cold as 1000 winters
Thawed out and eaten by the rats
Chorus
Wooooooaaaaaa. 4x
Second verse
Why can’t the sun just blow up already.
This is all too real
I can feel the cold of death breathing
He’s gnawing at my fucking heels
Chorus
Woooooaaaaaa 4x
Break down
Where do you go in a place so stagnant and hellish
Do you go with what’s comfortable and fun.
Do you try to fix your life and be better
Or just bask in the devil you’ve
become.
Or just bask in the devil you’ve become
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5. |
Still broke
02:48
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Verse 1
I got nowhere to start
I’m so exhausted in my heart
I can’t bear to think
What’s gonna happen next
And who am I
To tell people what they shouldn’t do
When I oh I. can’t follow my own advice
So I’ll walk right out that door.
And maybe come back with more
And maybe then everything will be alittle better
Verse 2
I am not alarmed
Most days life is hard on me
But that’s just fine
Better me than someone else
Cause I haven’t done a lot
Nothing to offer anyone
Except for tears, beers, disappointment and maybe a few songs
So I’ll see how much money I can make.
And ill play till these strings fucking break
And maybe we can eat today
And maybe tommrow too
Cause I’m still broke
I still can’t cope
A misanthrope
Give me the rope
And I’ll bum from all my friends
Till the very end
And I will feel bad
And I will still ask anyway
I’m still broke 4x
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6. |
Small chapters
03:42
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Verse 1
I didn’t think I was a bad person
But then again I’ve been wrong before
This is not the first time that my selfish actions have left me crying on the floor
You never cared about my gender
You never cared about the makeup on my face
All you really asked me is to not use you and I couldn’t even do that I’m a disgrace
I’m causing my life to fall apart
And apparently I think it’s a race
I can’t seam to hold anything together i need some glue OR some mother fucking tape
Chorus
You go far and I’ll go farther and
we’ll make it threw the night
This is just a small chapter in our lives
I’m so sick and tired of always saying Things I don’t mean out of spite
maybe in the future we’ll both be alright
Verse 2
I’m not afraid of fucking dying
I’m afraid of going on without you
But giving the kind of person that I am I guess it makes sense that you would be afraid too
Cause who knows what I’ll do?
I’m so fucking suicidal yeah
But givin these current circumstances it’s getting hard for me to care
Well I’m trying my best not to lose it
I’m trying my best to be tough
But I know the only sure fire way to fix this is for me to just grow up
Chorus 2x
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7. |
The P.O.S. song
01:17
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Chorus
There’s no need to be a fucking piece of shit. There’s no need for you to be a piece of shit. There’s no need to be a racist being homophobic is outrageous and all you xenophobes are the real immigrants.
Verse
it’s so god damn annoying when scumbag of a human being would justify ignorance in anyway. They’ll tell you that that twas how they were raised or that it’s heritage not hate and I’m amazed at the amount of bullshit they can spray.
Chorus 3x
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8. |
Shower beer
01:41
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Chorus
shower beer you never let me down.
Shower beer you never make me frown
No matter what kind of day I’ve had just turn on that water and pop that tab. And instantly my day is turned around.
Verse 1
Well my patience is wearing thin.
Disappointment never ends. Despite all the things I’ve done.
I really can’t rely on anyone.
Chorus
Verse 2
Cause I hate to put myself in any kind of situation where I might have to come out of my shell. I just want to take a shower drink some beer in there for hours and not think about this fucking hell
Chorus
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9. |
Kill your boss
02:40
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Well The boss man took my last dollar. Along with my pride and dignity. Now my family will go hungry. Unless it’s him that we decide to eat.
Well you stupid mother fucker what the hell gives you the right. For you to sit back and tell me what to do when I bust my ass all day and night.
Well I gave my life to the shit hole. Blew out my back and both my knees. Working everyday with no break in sight while you sit back and take my money
I don’t see why we should take this it’s all of us versus a few of them. It’s time to overthrow it’s time to Cause a riot it’s time for us to win.
I’ve been working on the railroad all fucking day. I’ve been working For a Shit head slaving my life away. I Ain’t got a Dollar in my pocket. My boss never learned my name. But today’s the day that I kill him. And things will start to change. 2x
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10. |
Dysphoria and you
04:03
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Verse 1
I told you I was feeling strange
In a daze in my own head lost in its maze
You said it’s okay
I said what the fuck am I anyway
I thought I’d pour my heart out to you
That was a mistake I see. I see And this is the last song that you’ll ever get out of me
Chorus
After all this time and money gone and 2-3 stupid songs I have to say I’m really aggravated.
And you’re no better than me we did the same stupid things and right now I just have to say I hate ya
And maybe I don’t mean that and I’m just talking out my ass but right now I don’t got nothing to lose
My depression and anxiety have transcended new peaks in between dysphoria and you
In between dysphoria and you
Verse 2
I can’t say I’m really that surprised
After all it’s what I do I build relationships
And push them away because I don’t know how to be brave
Because what the fuck does that mean anyway
I’ve never been scared I’m terrified cus Relationships are pointless just like most things in this life and it makes me wanna die
You make me wanna fucking die
Chorus 2x
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Austin Possum Knoxville, Tennessee
Austin Possum is an alt folk artist from Knoxville Tennessee. Bringing a one man band guitar/banjo, percussion combo, with the occasional harmonica lead slipped in there. Austin Possum writes songs about the struggles with depression, alcoholism, and some touching on subjects like dysphoria, anarchism, loving your friends and the day to day struggle of existing. ... more
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