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Dangerfield

by Hopeless Otis

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1.
Bukowski 03:52
raise your hands above your head i know it’s not what you wanted but it’s what you needed right now we gotta get rid of these god damn ghosts somehow we can wake the dead or just stop acting like them instead heartaches and broken limbs wont help you forget what you need to forget right now we gotta get rid of these god damn ghosts somehow find something that you love and let it kill you let it rip you apart you’re always, you’re always gonna be making money for somebody else you’re always, you’re always gonna be working for somebody else and i don’t know about you but i’m sick of this personal hell it’s bad enough to bea walking clone of a human being a blank stare on a friday night it’s not what i need it’s not what you need right now we gotta get rid of these god damn ghosts somehow
2.
Waves 04:27
what happens when, what happens when you celebrate life instead of death start measuring success by your own standards not your friends there’s a coward inside us all getting so psyched up staring at the wall and i don’t know if i can control that son of a bitch at all you said you wanted to live forever trust me it’s the world’s most ill-advised endeavor but if you manage to defy science, retain all your cartilage and your bones never break please come back for me and pull me out of the fucking ground it all comes to you in waves, ones and twos and threes it all comes to you, it all comes to you in waves you know i find it so damn sad when you let your freak flag fly at half mast. but if everything is gonna be the death of you whats gonna happen when your finally through sometimes these names are written on the insides of our hearts forever and sometimes they get scratched out i know what you said but i don’t wanna feel like a chump no longer
3.
gravity is laughing at you on your way down are we dumb enough to fall for it a second time around you played the victim for so long you finally became one i’m sorry i don’t know what that’s like we complain about the future, we bitch about the past nothing about that seems right who’s been cutting you up again? is it them? are they stronger than me? am i crazy enough to try? i went down at the drop of a hat last time not gonna let it ruin my life will we admit defeat way before we fuck this up hating everything they told us that we would become i can see forever into the future it don’t look good for you and me i can see forever into the future and it don’t look good for anybody but this time aroundlets keep our hearts closer to our mouths not buried in our chests this time around lets not just be excuses for human beings let’s do our god damn best because i wanna know without excuses we could make this the kind of world we want to live in
4.
Brains 04:02
sometimes some nights feels like they got our brains on ice veins locked up so tight constricting the ones we love any head start is a work of art so when i leave i’m taking you with me and i’m raising this glass for you here’s to your sorry past and your shitty future too you’re never born into a mess big enough that you cant clean up. and if struggle means change i’m on my hands and knees because it’s taking everything i always wanted the best out of you because these are the lives we can’t afford to lose i’m gonna turn these nervous shakes into the best dance moves you’ve ever seen hey brooklyn i’m waiting for when this is all over you can retire our guitars on the celing of the Barclays Center
5.
Cool Guys 01:25
COOL GUYS DOING COOL THINGS!!!!!!!!
6.
we all wanna breathe something that’s not dirt so keep your head above water and pray it don’t hurt some things you know and some things you don’t and once you know that it’s easy to cope we can make mistakes on our own with no help from you this is gonna be the longest century without you here but that’s not what i fear the most because i know we’ve spent enough time on our own yeah here comes death, he sure looks bold but to defy him is bolder than you know i know what you think, it’s not what you think i never get tired i never get weak you’re making up these problems in your mind and i won’t subscribe when your problems seem to pile up for weeks on end you can bury them deep down in the dirt again but for once in our lives lets not just say we tried let’s do it right, lets fucking do it right this time let’s do it god damn right
7.
FWYN 03:33
the air around us got so thick so quick i heard the pain in your voice on the phone scraping the paint off the god damn walls i know what happens next could be anybody’s guess not mine i like to coast through the timeline and see what i find are they putting the squeeze on you? are they shaking you down? watching your every move they know folks like us don’t fuck around we dream in the daytime because our nightmares don’t stay nightmares at night they are the stupid thoughts that pile up for miles in your mind what kind of people have been hanging in your tightest circles how many enemies have you been sharing your bed with lately if there’s a cause to join i want to join this one and cut out our tongues because god damn we’ve had enough you want the kind of love that stands defenseless in defiance i want the kind where you never have to think twice about it fucked up with a faded heart. wrong moves false starts the endless repeating between what you need and what you want who’s gonna fuck with you know i never wanna know how much further we gotta go
8.
Say It Again 04:24
i know what you want to say we don’t have to die this way but i know what you really mean we don’t have to live this way searching out their frequencies finding out our enemies i know you’re sick of silent victories and these loud defeats are killing me i know what you think. i’m not that easily replaced but fuck it, i’m out of ideas say it again, i want these words ringing out in your head say it again, anything that’s broken can always be fixed the best years of your life could be in front of you or behind you man i think that’s bullshit, but you can look at it like this: grab every good moment and strangle the shit out of it it just makes sense my heart can’t afford the rent that they raised up in my chest all my life you know i tried to truly live not just survive
9.
oh shit it’s a setup they got us right where they wanted us and i can see the scratch marks in the brick walls where they cornered us last time don’t they know we don’t break so easy these are the moments where we define ourselves and all these things we’ve been afriaid of will learn to be afraid of us we are broken humans trying to correct all of this and after all these things we fought for we don’t get tired anymore we will stay louder for longer we don’t get tired anymore this is the kind of focus that comes when you come to grips with all of your fuck ups and i know it’s easy to get down on yourself and i know it’s hard to ask for help how much more bullshit can you take before we all start choking how much more bullshit can you take before these heads start rolling
10.
Lynchpin 04:17
how long have we waited on breath that was bated how long does it take to feel again i wanna know what to do when i can’t follow through and i’m just piling up excuses but if the planets don’t align and nobody takes a side we’re gonna have to sort this shit out on our own how many vices does it take to stay alive if motivation is something you build up from nothing baby, we’re in debt already i think i got the strength to take on everything but sometimes everything gets heavy these are the places that i wanna be and these are the people that i wanna meet so and i hope you got the thickest of skins for any situation that you find yourself in remember the last time you trusted your gut and wound up on top? i wanna feel like that forever i don’t want it to stop if you’re gonna prove anything to anyone you’re always a somebody to someone

about

Joe Dorane - vocals/guitar
Larry Spahn - bass/vocals
The Edward Kalinowski - drums/vocals/mandolin

This record is about overcoming things. Think of it as a crash course in becoming unbreakable. Bad news: you got problems. Good news: your problems don’t define you, the way you deal with them does. Fear can cripple you but it can also motivate you. These songs are meant to tell you motivation is the better option.

All songs written by Hopeless Otis © 2016
Recorded/mixed/mastered by Steve Leighton
at Sheep Pasture Music Studios in East Setaukett, NY
(sheeppasturestudio.com)

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released April 8, 2016

We would like to thank: Mark and Elizabeth Kalinowski for letting us make noise in their basement for too many years, Lyz "Candy Apple Red", Jukebox Romantics, ENZIGURI, Science Club, Taking Back Queens, Uninspired Records, Paul & Steve from The Stroll Podcast, Matt, Talia, Parker, Kevin, Oscar, Aimee, & Ludo

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Hopeless Otis Queens, New York

From New York City, aiming to bring back positivity to punk rock.

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