We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

You Frack Like a Cylon

from SeaKings by SeaKings

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The full album with all the tracks and full-color liner notes with all the mouthwords!

    Includes unlimited streaming of SeaKings via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    7
    releases

    Get all 7 SeaKings releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Absolute Fun, Live at Davey's: 10-6-16, Dregs, KJHK Sessions: April 2015, SeaKings, Split w/ Lzbnz, and The sEaP. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $8.80 USD or more (20% OFF)

     

about

The first part of this song deals with selling out in a sense. You have so much potential, and you end up doing something like hotel art or commercials. On the flip side, you can eat, so… I guess it also kind of comments on growing up in general now—yeah, I miss A LOT of shows, but I’m working the job I want to work and I don’t chain smoke cigarettes. I’m okay with that, but there’s certainly some regret at the same time.

The second part is talking directly about my mother’s long, long fight with cancer—that she obviously eventually lost—and my friend’s father’s suicide. I had a million occasions to say goodbye, and I only used about 1,000. Death was welcome at that point.
My friend, on the other hand, didn’t get that chance. Not in the least. It came as a shock and I’m sure added to how fucked up she already was.
So my question, of course, is what’s better and what’s worse? Is there really even an answer? Prolonged pain versus quick, shattering pain. It’s like the band-aid effect.

The end of my part and Collin’s part deal with this asinine ideology called “CrimeThnk” (or something), where stealing from big companies is a way of “sticking it to the man”. Newsflash: if you get busted (and you will, you awkward thief), you’ll be losing out even more than before. Is a stolen Milky Way at Hobby Lobby really worth it? Moreover, who steals food from Hobby Lobby anyway?

lyrics

You were an artist that I failed to recognize
But now I see it, you’re strewn up in hotel bedrooms
Your art sells, but so did your soul
If I felt so compelled, I’d bring it back to earth
Right in front of you so you could see it

What is tragedy anyway?
A slow death over a long time, or a quick one without goodbye?
Or the relapse of an economy
Because selfish kids couldn’t catch a break
Sometimes it’s best just to let things boil down and soak them in.

Is this what you call changing the structure?
Just because you cheat and steal, doesn't mean that you know
What it's like to be working class. I could lie awake
And try to think of a better way to stop and reanalyze my life.

credits

from SeaKings, released January 3, 2014

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

SeaKings image

SeaKings Kansas City, Missouri

A post-coital band from Kansas City, Missouri.

contact / help

Contact SeaKings

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like SeaKings, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now