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Desolate Country

by Petrol

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1.
Pyle On 01:42
Pile on me again And watch the innocent get loud We are right where lost Then found then lost then found that sound Pile on, get ahead Then lose your ground again Pile on, get ahead Then lose your ground again Breath fog in those single file lines And fire drills We are right where we won Then lost then won then lost those thrills Pile on, get ahead Then lose your ground again Pile on, get ahead Then lose your ground again I'm bringing all of the songs I learn to Psychosocial While you dig your grave The distance saves Me from the constant expectation of what trend I should Pretend to be You pile on me Pile on, get ahead And lose your ground again Pile on, get ahead And lose your ground again Pile on, get ahead And lose, your ground again Pile on, get ahead And lose your ground again Pile on, get ahead Pile on, get ahead Pile on, get ahead Pile on, get ahead
2.
Friend / Foe 03:01
Woke up today and felt a pinch inside of my head Woke up this morning and I heard voices, voices creeping in Woke up this morning and the buzz behind my eyes It's like a vice grip, it's like the demons hands rolling shooters dice But then you come in And you help me out I say "hallelujah!", although I don't believe in god I could stand to listen, for a little while Sleep it comes Sleep it goes The work's harder now than way back when I started this I'm a duller edge, stumbling, without a way to sharpen it The fight or flight, that rush of spit before you vomit The sweat that's running down your brow Yet you still take it because you want it. And it's the right idea You gotta take it when it's coming And it's the right idea You'll learn eventually I promise It's the right idea But it can kill you if you want it But it's the right idea I promise Sleep it comes Sleep it goes And I can feel it coming Like the end of the world And I'll be singing, laughing, dancing On the graves of all my foes I can feel it coming It's when my eyes slip closed And I'll be singing, laughing, dancing With all my friends in tow (I won't regret it)
3.
Twenty years in a guillotine Maybe it's the ketamine That put that freeze in his chest Last rights at a funeral Maybe it's the cannibals That put that hole in his head Would they get along? If the roles were reversed Would they get along? Maybe the whole thing's cursed Falling, right back where I melt down, I cry out All of our seams They pull apart so clean Someone come staple them up Those goons that had a chance Reanimate them fast Someone come staple them up Forty years for a quick fix Maybe it's logistics But it's still in my way I never really had a good shot Giving him a safe spot I never really knew what to say Don't fall asleep With the sound so loud Don't fall asleep You're in a lost and found Right brain on Left brain close Follow suit In the spinal column All of our seams They pull apart so clean Someone come staple them up Those goons that had a chance Reanimate them fast Someone come staple them up Right brain on Left brain close Follow suit In the spinal column
4.
When I went off to bed The Promise kept creeping in They'll put my body in a dream They'll never tell me when I sin Just feed the universal truth (no death this size) Surrender will and never grieve (is too big to lie) No, I'll find my God inside a madness Eject the pods and follow the beam (dream) But don't get Lost in space Lost in space Lost in space Lost in space And here it comes again Another ideal, blind All drenched in gold Sweet like a bitter wine A boarding ship won't lie (who protects the king?) 'Bout who went eye for eye (from himself this time?) He's living well past his life So we shot him dead and let his soul get Lost in space Lost in space Lost in space Lost in space Ya got a heart of gold, kid, but never let 'em dictate where ya go Ya got a heart of gold, kid, just leave 'em in knot when you leave the room Floating together in a scene We see the stars were never king
5.
We all feel strong yet waste away I note the fall, that slow malaise I'm not appalled, I'm just ok collapse on us, that slow decay I think it's close Blindly roaming slow Skin and bones We all feel strong yet waste away I note the fall, I mark the date I'm not appalled, but I'm not okay Collapse on us, this history I will always be one of the stronger ones Until I note the fall and then tomorrow comes
6.
i wouldn’t come with those opinions, slack jaw slang; uncanny pose. yr not one in twenty million, you’ll never find yr way back home. but i’m not here right now. i’m riding out. and i’m so high i can’t come down. and i’ve got my own opinions about how my spine should be. talking heads denounce civilians, on static fuzz garbled tv. i’m a ghost inside my house. i hang around. but i’m so high i can’t come down. you manifest all this pain to life the form inverts and contorts to size i find im drawing a line from where i tried to hide, did you try to hide? then that feeling inverts the light; it shines bright, haunts the desolate night. i find i’m falling away from where i’ve tried to hide, but did you try to find? i’m a ghost inside my house. i float around. i haunt this house. i haunt this house. stepped out of the cave, clocked in. stumble around, stumble back to bed. cbd gummy salesman’s spent he’s shuffling out, dealer, shuffle me in. i’m trying to rewire my head glue it down to the boards, into the floor, dead. im missing what i can’t suspect, im flailing around, stumble back to bed. lighten up. overfill our cups. let it swallow us. let it swallow us. cop car lit ablaze, locked fists. a fire alarm, smartphone cam clips. drum and bass, fat analogue synth wires and drums, we dance languageless don’t worry what the government says, it’s all a blackout, the internets gone dead. cbd gummy salesman’s spent, he’s shuffling out, dealer, shuffle me in. out of gas on the backroads, half past midnight. shotgun, unfazed, turns and lends his insight: “get it wrong, or get it right. it’s all work once it’s out in the spotlight.” get it wrong get it right. history repeats despite. get it wrong get it right. history’s a work; ears plugged tight. there are ghosts inside my house, and at my lowest i falter and let them out. now there’s a car on fire but no one’s around. catch a clip with the smartphone to distance yourself. desolate country; no one’s getting out. city on fire, smoke plume blots it out. and i’m so high i can’t come down. all that’s left is a smoke plume, an open mouth. i’m digging tunnels, a network underground. smoke plume, open mouth. and i’m so high i can’t come down. i’m riding out. i won’t be coming down.

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Second release from Philadelphia's Petrol
Courtesy of Free Dive Records

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released October 27, 2023

Petrol is

Sean Brady
Daniel Huppman
Dallas Scott
John Sepcie

Produced by Tyler RIpley
Mixing Engineer: Tyler Ripley
Mastering Engineer: Tyler Ripley

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Petrol Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

four piece indie/punk band. kelly green is a spaceship.

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