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The Modern Goal

by The DNC

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1.
Choose your vice and roll the dice Play it up and pay the price Present your mask to devil Get your participation medal Bruise your heart Scar your soul Pave your path to the modern goal Right and wrong, good and bad, it’s twisted Fake a smile, give a wave, you’re gifted Choke back tears for all those years done Like a phoenix rising up, we’re gone The mask’s too tight, But it’s covering the shame So the show goes on The mask’s too tight, And it’s smothering my flame But the show goes on So choose your vice and roll the dice Play it up and pay the price Present your mask to the devil And get your participation medal Bruise your heart Scar your soul Pave your path to the modern goal Lie awake, drifting off, drowning newly formed king of fools crowning Take a hold of all your fears, break them Every fox around the bend, take them The masks too tight, But it’s covering the shame So the show goes on The masks too tight, And it’s smothering my flame But the show goes on And on and on! So I'll choose my vice and roll the dice Play it up and pay the price Present my mask to devil Get my participation medal Bruise my heart Scar my soul Pave my path to the modern goal
2.
Cold Strut 03:05
"Sick" Frozen in a trance Wanting to go out Searching for my soul Don’t know what that's about I'm looking in the mirror and I’m trying to smile I’m looking in the mirror and I’m trying to know I’m stuck in a prison of anxiety You built it around me (So I'm still here) Around me in the shadows (And I'm lost in the void) I’m stuck in a prison of anxiety You built it around me (So I'm still here) Around me in the shadows Superficial thoughts Have me tied down Searching for a scar Scouting imperfections out Hoping for the best Dreading it’s the worst God only knows which came first I’m stuck in a prison of anxiety You built it around me (So I'm still here) Around me in the shadows (And I'm lost in the void) I’m stuck in a prison of anxiety You built it around me (So I'm still here) Around me in the shadows I’m stuck in a prison of anxiety You built it around me (So I'm still here) Around me in the shadows (And I'm lost in the void) I’m stuck in a prison of anxiety You built it around me (So I'm still here) Around me in the shadows Every day seems a little bit warmer Even in the pit without a light I’ll try my best to swim and dive In the shallow waters We let the lake run dry But it doesn’t mean it's...
3.
Play the song and rewind Take me back again To all those times at midnight Warm light guide me home "daer dluoc I hsiw I" Play the song and rewind Take me back again Play the song and rewind Take me back again Play the song and rewind Take me back again Play the song and rewind Take me back again
4.
Gary, now I know I was wrong I messed up and now you're gone Gary, I'm sorry I neglected you Oh, I never expected you to run away And leave me feeling this empty Your meow right now would sound like music to me Please come home 'cause I miss you, Gary (Gary, come home) Gary, come home (Gary, come home) Gary, can't you see that I was blind? I'd do anything to change your mind More than a pet, you're my best friend Too cool to forget, come back 'cause we are family And forgive me for making you wanna roam And now, my heart is beating like the saddest metronome Somewhere I hope you're reading my latest three-word poem: "Gary, Come Home" (Gary, come home) Gary, come home (Gary, come home) Gary, come home (Gary, come home) Gary, won't you come home? (Gary, come home) Gary, come home (Gary, come home) (It's not safe in the city) Gary, come home (Gary, come home) (Have you seen this snail?) Gary, won't you come home? (Gary, come home) (I miss you, Gary) (Come back to David) Gary, come home
5.
Hey baby, I noticed that something was wrong Why don’t we try to escape 'Cause I found a place not too far from home It’s like a tropical getaway I know the way from here We can have lots of fun Sip piña coladas And sit in the shade No one said that we had to go 'Cause I found a place not too far from home It’s like a tropical getaway I know the way from here
6.
Pluto 03:05
Isolate Tempted Isolate the problems that you’re facing and cut them out Educated to be easily tempted They’re looking in taking their photos Walking away leaving us for tomorrow Oh, what a sorrow Running away won’t solve all my problems But damn, it’s a start so let’s give it a go I want to be where nobody knows my name Running around lost in the chaos Keep me at arms length but pull on my heart strings Forging a new start and fanning my flame Cast aside by everything and everyone They appear They align and look into my eyes They see the joy I see the sorrow They see the pain and I see tomorrow I see tomorrow Running away won’t solve all my problems But damn, it’s a start so let’s give it a go I want to be where nobody knows my name Running around lost in the chaos Keep me at arms length but pull on my heart strings Forging a new start and fanning my flame
7.
This Wick 02:28
I wish I could say that we’d Be happier if I just shut my mouth But we know that was never a choice It was made so you Could find your voice alone Alone So I wish you the best on your journey I wish I could walk it by your side But I know that’s not a choice that I can make So I’m praying every day That you find in your own way And you know I’m here for you But if your path drifts you away From the path that I am on Well I’d say: I'd close my eyes and Send you away Tears in my eyes Fear in my heart But a joy for you

about

The DNC is David Crume and Noel Cerda
Produced by Alexander Moss
Really Doesn't Matter Records

Recorded/released December 2019

We thank our mothers, the Blind Tiger Coffeehouse, the Moss family, the Harris family, and Nathan Kolbe. We remember David Bowie and Stephen Hillenburg.

© 2019 David Crume & Noel Cerda

credits

released December 6, 2019

The DNC:
David Crume - bass (4), guitar (1, 6), lead vox, lyrics
Noel Cerda - bass, guitar (5) guitar solo (1, 6), piano (7), drums (4), backing vox (2, 4), cover art

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Alexander Moss - keyboards, drums, guitar (3, 4, 7), lap-steel (5), ukulele (5, 6), backing vox (4), D.B. impression (4), bongos (5, 6), egg-shaker (6), production, mixing, recording

and

Chom Su Crume - voice (3)
Maria Cortez - voice (6)

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Two lifelong music-mates dishing out ditties and finessing their way around the Indiana shoegaze indie rock music scene

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