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A Figure In Armor

by Bottom Bracket

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1.
Phantom 03:20
We’re getting ready for the weekend Once it’s time to quit, I’m jumping out of my skin Can’t wait to see old friends But I’m a little anxious about spending so much time cooped up After you blew up in our group chat Lately you’ve really been a fucking dick I’m just trying to have a good time But you’re killing my vibe, now nothing ever seems right It always feels like you’re a phantom Sucking all the life out of the party and Clinging to the backseat with your headphones in again I start to see a pattern You’re slipping outside for the seventh time today I used to always dread when the tour is over But now I can’t wait But we’re not going home for three more fucking days I’m just trying to have a good time But you’re killing my vibe now nothing ever seems right It always feels like you’re a phantom Can’t distinguish if you’re real or avoiding us like You’re walking through the walls, disappearing in the sun Well I don’t believe in ghosts Show me what’s real to you Show me you’re real ‘Cause I’ve got no more reason to believe in you It always feels like you’re a phantom It always feels like you’re a phantom It always feels like you’re a phantom
2.
Sun Singer 03:55
Living life like I’m in perpetual motion Don’t remember the last time I stopped to smell the roses So I grew a garden, sowed some seeds in my backyard Give ‘em lots of water and hope for the best this year Cherry tomatoes and marigolds Once it cools down just a little bit They’ll start ripening And I’ll be harvesting them by the bucket Living life, man I’m just trying to get by Not as busy now but you can’t catch me complaining Saturday I wrote some riffs and watered the flowers Sunday I’ve got no plans, I might ride my bicycle All the way to the Sun Singer The Sun Singer I checked the map Gotta work up to the mileage But if I stay hydrated I think I can make it Remember the night we went to Allerton for the first time? The statue of the figure in armor The color of rusted copper Once it cools down
3.
Fake News 03:30
Shit, sure, you’re dying to go out A table by the window at the local draft house We’ve all got some cabin fever and we can’t sweat it out So tell me how oppressed you’ve really become When you still spend your time drooling over clickbait and no one Will listen while you spout off your crazy theories What can I say to get your eyeballs pried away from your iPhone screen? Can you even think for yourself When you grind your teeth to Hannity Blame your issues on this week’s enemy You’ve got it all wrong And I’m not afraid to call you out I love you but I’m not afraid to speak my goddamn mind You can’t think for yourself Grind your teeth, you can’t unsee You can’t think for yourself Grind your teeth, you can’t unsee Fake News
4.
Safe Code 03:56
Summer nights to Centennial Park It’s really not that far, just be patient Scale the sledding hill and roll back down in the grass We were so young and naive but now all, all that’s past When your eyes won’t meet mine in the County Market checkout line I always knew there was something You couldn’t seem to say And I still wonder every single goddamn day Were you ever okay Blow off school, you say it’s not your flavor You’re rolling blunts with the essay you wrote on looseleaf paper Your masterpiece, cultured critique Cauterized and obsolete Reduced to ashes in a heap Some say it’s a phase But you’re all business You’re all serious You’re not bluffing, not today I always knew there was something Hidden inside your brain A tendency, an inkling to go astray You were never okay I tried to pry but that only added distance Pushed to the side just for trying to be a friend But then they caught you with something in your hand The day you told me to stay home Heard it described over the phone Within an inch of your life Wielding the weapon, a kitchen knife Passed out, body slumping to the right Visiting hours restricted to family Recite the safe code but you don’t wanna speak to me And I still wonder every single goddamn day Was I to blame And I still wonder every single goddamn day
5.
Come stop your crying, it’ll be alright Just take my hand, hold it tight I will protect you from all around you I will be here, don’t you cry For one so small, you seem so strong My arms will hold you, keep you safe and warm This bond between us can’t be broken I will be here, don’t you cry ‘Cause you’ll be in my heart Yes, you’ll be in my heart From this day on, now and forever more You’ll be in my heart No matter what they say You’ll be here in my heart always Why can’t they understand the way we feel They just don’t trust what they can’t explain I know we’re different but, deep inside us We’re not that different at all And you’ll be in my heart Yes, you’ll be in my heart From this day on, now and forever more Don’t listen to them, ‘cause what do they know We need each other to have and to hold They’ll see in time, I know When destiny calls you, you must be strong I may not be with you, but you’ve got to hold on They’ll see in time, I know We’ll show them together

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released February 18, 2022

Bottom Bracket - "A Figure In Armor"

On this recording:
Mario Cannamela - Guitar/Vocals
Tim Recio - Bass/Vocals
BJ Pearce - Drums/Vocals

Drum tracking and editing by Brandon Carnes at Miles T-Shirts in Springfield, IL.

All other tracking and editing by Bottom Bracket at CFP in Springfield, IL.

Mixed and mastered by Adam Cichocki at Timber Studios in Bayonne, NJ.

Bottom Bracket would like to thank: Brandon Carnes, Aaron Shults, Kamila Glowacki, Isabel Skidmore, Mitch Baker, Courtney Collings, Veronica Mullen, Matt Daugherty, Molly Kinnunen, James McHenry, Rob Diaz, Adrian Dabu, Jeff Black, Brian Galecki, Jim Cannamela and everyone who else who helped to make this release possible. We love you all dearly.

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Emo music from Illinois singing about riding my bike all the way to your house.

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Tim Recio - Bass/Vocals
Rob Diaz - Drums

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