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Thanks Dad E​.​P.

by Graders

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1.
write another line with a little quip turn another page, it's the same old shit might as well work for hallmark lately think i lost it on that last subway train have 'em throw a left, and then another right maybe i'll kill 'em off, then bring him back to life 'cause he's too good to stay there oh man, i wish i was him yeah i'm falling from leaping off the top of the highest ceiling maybe you'll come down here and save me from this feeling and what's up up with this process where it ends up killing me? have another one to forget my lack of longevity maybe you'll come down here and save me from this feeling and when i become ashes will you sprinkle me? will you reach over the water and pretend i'm watching? yeah i'll be watching you yeah i'm falling from leaping off the top of the highest ceiling maybe you'll come down here and save me from this feeling, now
2.
Mousecar 02:42
nice hair good suit you can skate right through this you'll never hear this song and that's fine there's nothing we'd say that you haven't heard before drive your mom's car to hell the five-oh, the five- oh's comin' the five-oh, they ain't gonna gitchya boy!( the five-oh, the five- oh's comin' they ain't gonna get you what attitude got you this far? she's still got your riddlebox drawings on her wall she still loves you even though you still pull this shit i barely know you, so all i do is scratch my head and watch you peel away scorch the road then decay as i wonder, if there's a chance that you thought of all of your plans that you made up as a little child to walk the streets of gold, then some and when your own blood runs through your hands will you notice that your friends all left? and all your folks will gather crying thinking it was all their fault or something but you had it good i haven't seen much better yeah you had it so good and you could give a shit less but they're still right there for you nice hair good suit you can skate right through this you'll never here this song and that's fine there's nothing we'd say that you haven't heard before drive your mom's car to hell
3.
you follow, but don't understand you gotta make a move here or you won't find the other side you'll just stand behind it the doctors and all their friends could never quite explain this there's no experts on the things that we do while we're sleeping you got away again another accident you could never stay here so get the fuck out they called on an ambulance, but it ain't ever comin' 'cause they all know what happens here so lay there or change it you could adapt and rebuild become the cause of the end but first you have to dig your claws in me you got away again another accident you could never stay here so get the fuck out sharpen those nails, baby sharpen those claws i want to see our blood spatter the sidewalk now bear those teeth, baby give me a smile i will die happy knowing i created you, son i've got you, this time there's nothing left to take and now it's my turn to make precise incisions the surgery begins i'm out of anaesthetic oh, i'm sick
4.
Coffee 03:52
sitting, and drinking coffee on this couch staying there until i can't stand the shakes forfeit everything 'till i can find a way to be useful again can't you get a better forecast for me? can't take this, i'm freezing there's gotta be a better way can't you get a better forecast for me? 'cause being dormant is suffocating been out for so long, just waiting to go i've got the feeling that i might explode another day, another crisis and nothing left here to show for it something's out of place and i can't get hold of it i pay my rent, i do my best this is wrong and i don't want a part of it get me out of here, can't trust in this deliver me now and i'll repay you i don't know how, but something's got to give can't you get a better forecast for me? can't take this, i'm freezing there's gotta be a better way can't you get a better forecast for me? 'cause being dormant is suffocating i'm still right here, can't you hear me? please? am i fading? don't you dare release if i am i want to come back to you all these dreams have to bear all their fruit for me and you for me and you
5.
Sprinkles 03:12
i've got nothing left in my bank it's february time to pick up the phone and speak to lie yeah i took it all for myself so take it from me come and grab what you can find could i ever turn and face the lines i'm drawing when i leave without a trace to die? will i regret the mark i've made? will i care at all? will i be glad i simply tried? i tried to make a difference but it's not up to me so why did i spend so long, blowing everything? i'll wash my memories, and work at moving on it seems like all that's left, is fucking moving on yeah i'll keep moving hey mister dead man, you heard me! chew with your mouth closed, and listen i've got no answers, you'll go now i am so tired of being haunted i have made progress, acceptance, of all the things that i have done wrong so put your fingers down and tell me what i can do to fix up everything
6.
Diag 03:18
did you understand? you couldn't, you couldn't but i could hear you from the other side of town don't try and change it, man! you wouldn't, wouldn't 'cause i could break your neck without a single sound and in this present mind i shouldn't, i shouldn't but i will 'cause i'm tired of standin' round while you flap your mouth but now you're in control, aren't you? you're cradled in the arms of arrogance yeah now you're in control, aren't you? aren't you? oh, did i comprehend? i didn't, i didn't i was too busy lighting fires, and firing rounds no, you can't have it, man! i'll take it, i'll take it i'll throw it all away just to ruin everything you have made but now you're in control, aren't you? you're cradled in the arms of arrogance yeah now you're in control, aren't you? aren't you? yeah, you keep on calling but i'll never show up for you(4x) but now you're in control, aren't you? you're cradled in the arms of arrogance yeah now you're in control, aren't you? aren't you? yeah, you keep on calling but i'll never show up for you
7.
i can feel it like my own there's a process to find your own way out can't you feel it on your own? i could fall off the face of everything i know i heard you you're foolish so out of touch with my heart you got it so selfish i'll eat your knowledge for this i can feel it like my own there's a process to find your own way out can't you feel it on your own? i could fall off the face of everything i know i've been maimed i've been torn but nothing quite like this shit i've fallen for all this for the last time, i swear this now it's time, to apologize(4x?) to me all these dreams in my heart, they were stolen from the start you can have what you find, but you will never have my mind

about

This is our first E.P. "Thanks Dad". Thanks for listening and checking us out. We're a band from Ypsilanti Michigan. We started playing music together sometime in January or February 2011. Shows, Pictures, Video, etc can be found through our links below (Facebook or Tumblr pages). This album is free to download while you can also donate if you please. Any donation is appreciated as it'll go straight to making tangible copies of our album as well as t-shirts, stickers, recording, fried chicken, etc. Thanks again and enjoy. Also feel free to contact us about booking any shows. Keep in mind we'll be loud as fuck, but we can always promise a good time.

-Graders

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released June 28, 2011

Graders

Brad Hale- Guitar
Kyle Thornhill- Guitar
Josh Arutoff- Drums
Chris Lalonde- Vocals
Steve Bowman- Bass

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Cold War Studios in Grand Rapids, MI by Rick Johnson.

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