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Chemistry Night

by Jackpot, Tiger

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1.
Haven't seen this cold of a winter since 1996 In like a lion, out like a lion and you're my little lamb Don't go darling, don't go my darling, don't go darling Don't go my darling girl! Don't mistake my quiet ways for a sad disposition I take happiness far too seriously Don't go darling, don't go my darling, don't go darling Don't go my darling girl! I got the effrontery to cruise down the sidewalk in my best friend's hat, on my father's dime I'll take it all away if you got sunshine and I know you do, yeah I know you do! Give me momentary eternity momentary eternity emotionally and physically momentary eternity Boy it' fast too fast slow down! Blatant imposition is my only mode of battle Now you can take it but soon you will hate it Don't go darling, don't go my darling, don't go darling don't go my darling girl! Our singer quit the band and you'd think that I'd care more Instead I'm watching you play with you cat on your hardwood floor Don't go darling, don't go my darling, don't go darling, don't go my darling girl! I got the effrontery to cruise down the sidewalk in my best friend's hat, on my father's dime I'll take it all away if you got sunshine and I know you do, yeah I know you do! Give me momentary eternity momentary eternity emotionally and physically momentary eternity
2.
Let You Down 03:32
Been over every inch of skin Both the tattooed and the porcelain Scouted and charted every inch Of your coastline. But with every mile drawn to scale From collarbone to fingernail I find no countryside I can claim as mine. Oh, I'm only gonna let you down If I decide to stick around. And it seems with every bridge I cross Oh, it's one more match I strike and toss Over my shoulder As I'm waving you goodbye. And if there's one thing I've begun to discover it's that There's nothing quite so fickle as a serial lover So don't be surprised when he leaves you High and dry. Oh, I'm only gonna let you down If I decide to stick around. So I'll go but you have to take my word That the risk of another heartbreak Is too high for any reward. You call it selfish well I call it safe. I'll be the first to admit this was the cowardly way. You'll move on with little delay. In a month it won't matter how much I say That I was terrified to let you down But I know I should've stuck around.
3.
Good morning night, I'm hoping you'll be kinder this time then when we last left off, but you show no mercy let's take a breath let's take a pause. Who made up this twilight zone where it's ok for you to bring your new partner in bed crimes to my apartment to my only home. And if I have to shake your hand once more! You got no business here, don't you know my friends pick sides. I wanna get in a fight, I wanna get in a fight with you I wanna get in a fight, I wanna get in a fight with you This pen can pack a pretty punch I use the skills I have to make my noise, but you just keep talking as if someone were listening But talking ain't communicating! Your static's louder now, what are you trying to say? What determines the state of your material gaze I thought I had better taste (I was wrong) now I'm crying (I'm still wrong) least I'm trying I wanna get in a fight, I wanna get in a fight with you I wanna get in a fight, I wanna get in a fight with you Not anybody you, not anybody you
4.
I built a city deep underground where no one will miss me I hide in my room sing a dark pleasant tune to keep me away from you Outside nobody's hurtin' feeling no pain and so deservin' Of their mother's praise and the pleasant parade for which I'm just a little too late I like the wind in white, someday I'll be in flight Darling my fears get worse through the years I'm growing down and giving up Find me the good underneath my own hood Break inside and let it out What's the use of projection if I can't see my own reflection? The mirrors a blur and I think you'd concur that nobody knew me today yeah that nobody knew me today I don't need, I don't need to use my name to make a claim All I want, All I need is someone else to keep me sane Darling my fears get worse through the years I'm growing down and giving up Darling my fears get worse through the years I'm growing down and giving up Find me the good underneath my own hood Break inside and let it out
5.
What do you say to that? The mutual agreement that we won't talk about you and me. What do you say to that? The helpful little pointers that you give to only me. Cause it helps sometimes, but it hurts sometimes. And oh, I gotta hurt sometimes. And oh, I gotta help sometimes. What do you say to the rest of our lives? Is it complication, stress relations all along the way. And what do you say, lets quit all of that. Lets remember all these times on fire and forget that there's a highway there. It helps sometimes, but it hurts sometimes. And oh, I gotta hurt sometimes. And oh, I gotta help sometimes. And I never meant to mix everything up. And I never meant to lose my cool. I guess we never wanna appear unhinged. But with you the hinges are gone. With us the door's wide open. And it helps sometimes, but it hurts sometimes. And oh, I gotta hurt sometimes. And oh, I gotta help sometimes. And oh, we hurt each other sometimes. And oh, we need each other sometimes. And oh, we love each other sometimes. And oh, we need each other sometimes.
6.
Hairline 03:59
How can I slow down the race? I'm moving at a traveler's pace against the grain of mother's grace I've run In the distant alleyways the latter saints of former days erupt in laughter set ablaze for fun A bottle for baby, a trigger for lady, then maybe we'll all be fine I'll keep you from sinking if you stop me from thinking this fracture is just hairline Let's never go back baby blue They got all the answers but we got our highway shoes Let's never go back baby blue It's not over never was I thought you knew The package that you found me in is now crumpled up in your kitchen I'm naked and I'm just begging for sleep A dream or two to do me in to slay the demons I begin to know so well they feel like kin to me A body for sister, a window for mister then maybe we'll all be fine I'll keep you from sinking if you stop me from thinking this fracture is just hairline Let's never go back baby blue They got all the answers but we got our highway shoes Let's never go back baby blue It's not over never was I thought you knew Jump the bridge till you feel a breeze, a gentle breeze
7.
Here comes a girl in the form of a storm and you better beware- you better find hiding. Here comes a girl in the form of a dream and you better beware- you better find hiding. Cause she looks like truth and she looks like a castle. But she's burning inside trying to figure out the hassle of it all, of it all. Here comes a boy in the form of the night. Oh, you better be beware- you better find hiding. Here comes a boy in the form of a light. Oh just shut your eyes he'll be gone in the morning. Cause he looks so fearless and looks so nice, but he's hiding behind the weekend nights. He's not for you, he's not for you. And I don't like words. I want to see them. I don't like words. I wanna feel them. You're like an old shirt I don't care if you're stained. And the clouds are getting bigger- look at the rain. It's falling. Sometimes we all do. Why does it take a hurricane to play tricks on you? Cause you're either a drug or just a bad habit that I wanted to quit, but I couldn't not have it. And fighting's not, not for me. And until these rivers turn into lakes- I'll still be the biggest fake. Can you take it? Can you fake it? No I'm not like you. No I'm not like you.
8.
Let's point our shoes down the avenue While the moon makes tracks above. And let's lose ourselves in the sounds of a city That's busy falling in love. And I never once no I never claimed to be The man anyone dreamed of But, oh, I hope Yeah, I hope that I'll do for now. Right now. See now I'm aware that I may lack that swagger That all you college girls these days seem to be after. But in the din of the bar amidst the shouting and the laughter Oh, face to face, I will make my case to you somehow. Well, I bet you get this song and dance from every other guy. But, oh, the way you cut those bangs and how you frame those eyes. You've got me like Oh, goddamn. I think I'm done for. Now every minute I spend trying to talk to you fills up with missed opportunities. Cause after all I'm just a boy who seems to talk about more than he achieves. And you're just a girl at a bar beset by gentlemen thieves All saying sweet things and plotting schemes to steal your heart. So I'll stumble and I'll stammer Get a little shit-hammered Trying to think of how to break the ice. Well here's the trick you can't come off like a dick But no one's going home with the nice guys So I'm like Oh, goddamn I think I'm done for. I'm gonna get her This little hipster. Lean in with a cigarette And whisper something eloquent. This tall drink of water's Just been sweating on the counter Waiting for someone to come along And show a little ill intent. I ain't a pro But I'm not new to the game. Never learned to speak the language But I read it okay. So if you could just ignore The stupid shit that I say And focus on the sentiment. How'd I end up here again? I'll never understand. I mean aren't girls supposed to dig you When you're standing at the front of the band? Oh, goddamn. I think I'm done for.
9.
Living in the ligament between summer and fall it seems I'm familiar with this certain strain of breeze The scene before change, the pavement before the rain The sun melts my skin, but now I can smell the cold coming closer at a rate I've known before and don't, don't you know I'm not afraid anymore My new home is a lot like the one before, buried beneath the floor. I still need help to open the door Will you be my cane, a body to keep me sane contract my disease, your body my canvas please You'd ask me what your expiration date is for and don't, don't you know I don't do questions anymore I never pay my dues on time I'm abusing all of the same lines No mercy on myself I wring my neck until it's broke Black hole coming, toilet scrubbing lonely months ahead Plaster drilling, monsters living underneath my bed Make time to repair the bullet holes inside my head and don't, don't you know I'm still afraid Yeah a monster lives in here (stay clear, stay clear, stay clear) Yeah a monster lives in here Yeah monster lives in here (stay clear, stay clear, stay clear)
10.
Placeholder 03:42
The only crime I can see is you were too good to me We slept through summer heat, we never claimed defeat Fighting through hunger pains together we kept sane I'll never leave you in the rain I'll never leave you Afraid to show myself to anybody else Now that you're not around everyday is halloween You wanted more of me, but what else could I give except for my bones and teeth, there's really nothing left And if you're hurt I will And if you're hurt I will And if I hurt your will to love Then I will go Now that you're not around your face is glowing gold There's not a place to hold, there's just a giant hole
11.
9th St Blues 03:47
Once met a prophet in the park He disappeared into the dark Told me to watch for the wolf in sheep's clothes I threw his words out on the breeze I just want a mind that's free from the rattling of ghost and babies Once met a lover in the rain Yeah her name was Mary Jane She said keep me warm and I'll keep you sane So I did until the thread of her jacket ran with red I said sorry but I think you should go But you don't know the heavy load the drags me under And when I see the dangling light I won't stop swimming I took the bus to Boston town To escape from New York Ground The whole time I was dreaming of puget sound Nobody else will ever known I'm worse than Edgar Allen Poe I'll hide your body underneath my own But you don't know the heavy load that drags me under And when I see the dangling light I won't stop swimming Goodbye Routina, Goodbye Goodbye Routina, Goodbye I'll never beat ya, but I can leave ya I walked under the willow tree Smelled familiar potpourri That same man was waiting Waiting for me He never looked me in the eye I could tell by his sigh Yeah the world it never dies Just you and me Goodbye Routina!

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released June 8, 2012

All songs written by Jackpot, Tiger
Produced & Recorded at Let 'Em In Music, Brooklyn NY
by Alex Kahn, Drew Guido, and Amar Lal
Mixed by Amar Lal and Drew Guido
Mastered by Eric Xu, JPEX Productions, LLC

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