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The Daily Reminder Of My Failed Folk Career

by Roman Candles

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1.
When we fight You always win When I’m wrong I always am You can call your sister For some advice But you still go to bed angry At the end of the night And when it hurts It fucking stings But you’re the only one Who puts up with me So I’ll stick around If you’ll stick around Cause when we fight You always win And when I’m wrong I always am
2.
I Miss You 01:48
I miss you the most When you’re the closest Tired and angry Stubborn and tetchy I miss you the most When you sleep on the couch I love you more than I love myself I miss you the most When you don’t feel like talking I miss you the most When you leave the house I miss you the most When you won’t hold my hand I miss you the most When you don’t understand If it was easy to apologize I’d say sorry almost every time I miss you the most When you’re the closest Tired and angry Will you ever forgive me?
3.
You took me by the hand Said, “Have you ever been Up on the roof?” Up on the roof That’s where I fell in love with you Stuck on the roof As it started to rain You zipped me inside your jacket As the storm rolled in Up on the roof Up on the roof That’s when I knew That I was in love Or falling in love with you You kissed me hard On the mouth You whispered, “everything’s going to be so much better now.” Up on the roof Up on the roof That’s when I knew That I was in love Or falling in love with you
4.
Teenage drunk on the swings again I’m making out with my best friend You’re my blood brother My best friend you’re my favorite lover My blood brother We slit our wrists And pressed them together We held it tight so it would count forever You’re my blood brother My best friend you’re my favorite lover My blood brother And when we got too drunk to drive We brown paper bagged our beers that night Holding hands on the bus My heart explodes I’m so in love You’re my blood brother My best friend you’re my favorite lover My blood brother When everybody else was gone And I was drinking all alone You came back to let me know That you would stay with me till I was good to go You’re my blood brother My best friend, best friend forever
5.
Falling 01:47
When you were falling I did my best to pick you up off the ground When you were crying Well I made sure that you could cry out loud But now I’m coming home And I’m not going to leave No, I’ll stay right here Till you get what you need Till you get what you need from me Till you get what you need from me When you were fighting I did my best to have your back When you were hiding Well I made sure Nobody noticed it But now I’m coming home And I’m not going to leave No, I’ll stay right here Till you get what you need Till you get what you need from me Till you get what you need from me Till you get what you need from me Till you get what you need from me
6.
Samantha 01:52
You fell hard for Samantha When you were only a kid She turned you into something That you wish didn’t exist Samantha broke your heart But she’s not a heart breaker Samantha broke your heart Cause Samantha’s a cheater And then you started drinking Cause you got sad But now that you’re sober You can feel your heart beating again And the last time they saw you Did it feel like it used to? Samantha broke your heart Cause Samantha’s a cheater Samantha broke your heart But she’s not, she’s not, she’s not A heart breaker
7.
You were crying over breakfast You were sad but couldn’t help it Cause you broke up Yeah you called it off It’s the hardest thing When you’re still in love But when the taxicab Came to pick you up You knew eventually You would be better off But right not you still Feel like shit And you’re wondering When this is going to end. You were moving back to Georgia You were friendless in Atlanta You started thinking all about Athens But you knew you couldn’t stand it And all your friends are married They’re already making babies And you, you’re still as confused As you were when you were eighteen Down in the parking lot Still getting high Down in the parking lot Still wasting time Down in the parking lot You were crying while unpacking All of those old things from your boxes But there’s a couple gems that you couldn’t touch Because you knew right then they’d really fuck you up And so you built the brave to fold your clothes And put them away inside your dresser drawers While listening to fifties pop Oh, The kind of songs that really break your heart And on the back deck of your apartment Where you were holding onto something You bought a fresh pack of smokes and a new pair of shoes While you were practicing for some interview Trying to move on to some place that you could stomach While all your friends were scattered all over Georgia Oh Jamie, when are you going to come home and kiss me? Oh Jamie, Oh Jamie, when are you going to come home and Kiss me? Because I know deep down you miss me Oh Jamie
8.
Barbara 02:31
When you get sick Just go to bed I’ll rock you to sleep Like a little kid And in my arms I’ll take care of you Oh, you can count on me Through and through And when the springtime ends And summer starts I’ll wait for you to get off work And we can hop in the car Or we can drive to the beach Or we can sit on the couch And just watch T.V. Oh Barbara, You can count on me To love you for eternity On rainy days When we’re stuck inside I’ll cheer you up To help the pass the time When autumn comes And the leaves start to change Well I’ll love you The very same way And on holidays No, I won’t forget That you love tulips They’re your favorite And when we get old As we’re bound to do I’ll always remember Why I fell in love with you And when times get tough As they’re sure to get I’ll be the one to hold your hand And when the nights get dark Like the winters long I’ll be the one To always keep you warm And when the music queues And the drums kick in I’ll be the one To ask you to dance So we can travel the world And we can do what we want Cause we’ve got love on our side And that’s more than enough Oh Barbara, you can count on me To love you for eternity
9.
Spent the whole summer Pretending to be married Took you for granted But now I’m nothing but lonely But after awhile It lost its romance I lost my footing And I started to panic But when I dream, I dream of you Nothing else counts as a dream And that’s the truth I’ve got a couple more summers Of feeling young and pretty Before all my summers Turn old and ugly And when I dream of kissing you Cuts to me getting stoned Another summer passed me by Sitting on the couch alone But I still hold on To that one summer Where all my dreams of you Will bloom forever
10.
Are you scared that we lost our window That we waited too long Are you scared of what would happen If it happened again Are you scared of feeling pressured Are you scared that you won’t love me Are you scared of waking up And never being happy Are you scared of the pain The fear of being blamed Or are you scared of what’d it mean To never want to try again Are you scared of being scared Or are you scared of the truth That you were eating for two And now it’s just me and you Are you scared our time’s run up Are you scared our clock’s run out Are you scared of what it means To never want to leave the house Are you scared of feeling guilty That somehow it’s your fault Or Are you scared that you might blame me When it’s all said and done Are you scared that if it works But it turns out it’s not healthy That this was all a sign That we shouldn’t make a baby Are you scared being scared Or Are you scared of the truth That you were eating for two And now it’s just me and you

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Thanks to Madison Woodward, Garrett La Bonte, Maxwell Riech, Jeremy Leasure and Evan Schaid for playing on the record.

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released September 29, 2023

The album was mixed by Colin Knight at Paradise in Anaheim, except Tracks 3 and 4 mixed by Madison Woodward at Paradise. Tracks 5, 6, 9, and 10 initially mixed by Garrett La Bonte at The Elysian Valley Lodge in Frogtown. Mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air. Artwork by Michael Ryan Reinhart: bobbynobbit@gmail.com
Layout by Garrett La Bonte

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