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Visitor
03:48
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Not all visitors are invited
But I would suggest that you don't try to fight it
Because I've adapted to latch on
Once I've arrived I'll never be gone
I mean you no harm but accidents happen
Once I grab on my grip never slackens
I know my presence is invasive
And I know my answers are evasive
But I promise to minimize the pain
I don't mean to cause inordinate strain
I need to survive I hope you understand
Though both of our lives have not gone to plan
I'm trying to explain but you won't listen
Too overcome by your new condition
I'm dedicated to making this work
If you'd just refrain from going berserk
I don't want to go through this again
I don't want to lose another new friend
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He Taunts the Harpers
01:31
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He taunts the harpers every day
Screaming out things I'd rather not say
He taunts the harpers every night
He's always looking to start a fight
I don't know what he hopes to gain
He pesters the painters while they're at work
Throwing things at them he's such a jerk
He pesters the painters while they're trying to sleep
Shouting out numbers while they're counting sheep
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Homesick 2
02:05
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I spend hours every night
Alone on the roof
In search of the light
In search of the proof
That I'm not just
An outcast
That I'm not alone
That somewhere
Beyond my sight
I have a home
I browse missed connections
Hoping to find my true kin
I broadcast directions
To guide them in
So someday
They'll find me
And they'll take me along
Far from this
Strange world where
I've never belonged
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Too Many Mystics
04:19
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Too many mystics gathered here
Too many mystics drinking beer
Too many mystics trailing sand
Too many mystics heckling the band
Too many mystics lining the walls
Too many mystics scratching their balls
Too many mystics singing too many songs
Too many mystics telling me that I'm wrong
I don't care what they have to say
But they insist on telling me anyway
Too many mystics here tonight
Too many mystics picking fights
Too many mystics with unkempt hair
Too many mystics with their calloused feet left bare
Too many mystics passed out on the floor
Too many mystics shouting for more
Too many mystics with pissed-stained robes
Too many mystics all over the goddamned globe
I don't care what they have to say
But they insist on telling me anyway
Too many mystics day after day
Too many mystics who won't go away
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Walk-On
02:37
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Faceless shadow at the back of the bar
Distorted syllable from a passing car
Half-faded portrait of a ghost from the past
Badly-etched image on a sunken mast
Is this my destiny
Just a supporting player
In someone else's story
Static figure
Part of the scenery
Deriving my worth from my utility
Just a shell plot device wrapped in skin
No sooner departed than forgotten
Brief diversion to break up the day
Mile marker along the highway
Is my role just to disappear
So that someone can find
Their way clear
Or maybe it's worse
Maybe I've misunderstood
Maybe I'll find that I've done more harm than good
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Walk down by the river
The sky is grey
And I have nowhere
To be today
The trees are alive
With a murder of crows
My own decay
Assaults my nose
Maybe I'll lie down on the grass
Embrace my own end
And become a feast
For all the crows in Portland
Breeze off the river
Brings blood to my face
As I stand despairing
Of this human race
Empty old buildings
A village of tents
Inadequate shelter
Paltry defense
What new misery waits for us
Just around the next bend
I'll blindly follow my guides
All the crows in the Portland
Fire rains down
Half the world away
Children hide underground
Just to see the next day
What use are my words
In a dark and hostile world
It's not much of a message
But it's what I can send
May it fly on the wings
Of all the crows in Portland
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Headless Relatives play songs. These songs feature desperate individuals, bittersweet memories, and ancient Egyptian gods. Some of these songs can be found here.
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