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VICTORY LAP

by Great Mutations

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1.
I went walking for a while with you Talking of younger days Back when the future that we thought about Felt so far away Still, you say that life is a breeze And it must be a comedy I smiled to keep it polite But inside I did not believe You graduated with your heart set on Nothing and everything Infatuated with an artist’s life But loathe to be suffering Now with no purpose at all How you treasure the simple things Until you’re deep in the ground Gonna see what tomorrow brings Maybe a song to sing Or maybe the phone will ring So how ‘bout another drink Bent on avoiding the stage You were set in your ways from a formative age The hour has passed Now your victory lap fades away Fades away Fades away Fades away Watch it fade away...
2.
One of Us 04:58
I think the things I said were taken out of context When you repeat them, they sound silly But silly words are just enough to make us break up And then you visit Billy And it’s the last thing that I remember Throwing a handful of rice in the air There’s no more school left for you in September You’re one of us now The other place it lacks the grace of where I’m living now But I don’t see you when I need to Twenty four shows to watch with you before the months ends Will Jack and Nina quit the CTU? And is it a mistake that I don’t get your letters? I might have moved but I sent you some stamps Was there a time when things seemed to be better? Sometimes I miss you We can’t make it work We only make it hurt It happens all the time And it’ll happen tonight If I could lift the weight that I keep on my shoulders I’d find a better place for the heart on my sleeve I’m sure to catch a break one sweet day when I’m older Goodbye and good luck, then And it’s the last thing that I remember Throwing a handful of rice in the air There’s no more school left for you in September You’re one of us now
3.
Sun/You 02:38
My sunshine You are mine In the sky How you shine In your light I follow And in the night there's sorrow But then you come back in the morning Pouring in my room With me all day while I work On window panes you loom Always leaving me alone too soon Then there's you I'm your fool Because I call you And I sing for you, too Waiting on your kindness And friends all see my blindness I made you fourteen tapes today Of all my favorite songs You wrote the story of your life It's seven page long And it emphasizes where we both went wrong But the perfect spelling makes me really long for you
4.
My Hedgerow 03:24
I hear you up on the phone Telling your mom we made it home I only make out the tone Return to my stirring at the stove I feel the gravity rays Drawing the distance from my days But wasn’t time once slow? Developing into the unknown (Are you feeling old?) Yeah, I’m feeling old, and I can I still remember twenty years ago (Everybody grows) But I can’t fold, no I can’t fold Then how could I do the things That’ll hit my headstone I say I’m up in the air You tell me baby don’t despair But I have nothing to show You got a direction of your own Adding up all the years Too shy to be Elvis Too dumb to be Shakespeare There’s nothing more to control Surrendering unto the unknown (Time to let it go) I can’t let it go It gets in your head When you’re just so-so (It’s only rock n’ roll) Don’t you think I know? Of course I know But there’s a recurring bustle in my hedgerow It puts me through the paces Sends me to dark places The ones I never mention Arriving at this intersection (Time to let it go) (It’s only rock ‘n roll) (Are you feeling old?) Yeah, I’m feeling old, and I can I still remember twenty years ago (Everybody grows) But I can’t fold, no I can’t fold Then how could I do the deeds That’ll hit my headstone
5.
The simple people here They showed up for their simple decision Their common voices shouting The sum of a long division While we all sighed After a night of holding our breath Now we’ve made our bed And it’s time to lie in it Despite the state of this I don’t wish for things to worsen There’s still a part of me That wants to be a better person And yet I hope their kids Are the ones we send off to war ‘Cause we’ve made our bed But I’m still keeping score But I love you anyway You willful ones I love you anyway You willful ones I love you anyway You willful ones We should be ashamed We shouldn’t be surprised And if we’re so afraid Then we should make it right And we hear paltry consolations As the stars collapse in our eyes And we’ve made our beds But let’s not do it twice Or we won’t play nice next time I love you anyway You willful ones I love you anyway You willful ones I love you anyway You willful ones
6.
Bittersweet Make-believe Planning the escape Reveries Calling me when I’m about to break The vision isn’t giving As much as it will take As they hide Satellites Secretly alarm I think of this While I wish that I was on a farm With my double in my meetings Where he’s met with open arms Every weekday turning on the charm ‘Cause I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun To be there counting sheep Beneath the midday sun Back on the ground Safe and sound In another dimension So still, paying no attention There’s a place Where we came Where we could relate On any day It’s far away And so I feel the same And I don’t need an address, Directions or a name It’s always hidden on another plane I’ll find it anyway When the vision appears And it seems that it’s clear Frontiers on a bright afternoon It’ll hurt to pretend That none of this ends As the daylight descends too soon I don’t need the moon ‘Cause I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun To be there counting sheep Beneath the midday sun I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun It’s silent and it’s sweet Beneath the midday sun I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun To listen to the leaves Beneath the midday sun I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun A blanket in the breeze Beneath the midday sun I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun And dream a different dream Beneath the midday sun I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun To feel that I’m complete Beneath the midday sun I want to fall asleep Beneath the midday sun And everything redeemed Beneath the midday sun
7.
No Canyon 04:28
Help me, it’s no longer familiar here Show me, because I need it near This place, what once was a canyon Now displaced, by another opinion Bright sun, there’s a lot of bands out there You could be in Today, I got locked in the basement Where I stayed until you came home Down there, I made a space on the cool cement Organized a few documents And fell asleep on some cardboard Oh Lord, I didn’t even have my phone My neighbor's living like a king While I was shivering I thought I heard the doorbell ring And I must be getting older ‘Cause these days are feeling colder One by one I wanna put on my Sunday’s best And maybe a vest And march right down the street I’m gonna lead the hit parade And overplay them One by one Baby, I know I’m often hard to love But save me Bring me up above We’re more than a series of yesterdays Our life isn’t a guessing game Let’s give it attention A suggestion Throw a wrench in all we do Don’t leave it up to the stars ‘Cause they don’t have smarts Or any sense of where they are So I’d like to break the tension Manifest all my best intentions One by one One by one One by one
8.
Madrigals 03:06
Sonny boy You got the world Where you want it So don’t be afraid Hesitate or dwell upon it It’ll make you feel bad The madrigals of animals Were once sung by our ancestors And the balladeers of yesteryear Would make you hold back tears The world you never know Would never change Until it does And sonny boy You had the world Where you wanted Now don’t be afraid Before today you dwelled upon it And it made you so sad The madrigals of animals Were once sung by our ancestors And the balladeers of yesteryear Would only make you hold back tears And the world you never know Will never change And then it does Effigies of our royalty Have a hiding place Have a history All the mysteries Questioning, beckoning, this reckoning In a world I can’t explain But I will try To hold you to the light To find the way
9.
I understand that it doesn’t seem right To feel betrayed by your curated life Providing yourself something properly staged Presenting the world something so perfectly framed In ‘86 we had our innocent kicks I spent my days learning bicycle tricks Watching “Rad”’s closing credits scroll in slow motion These days I could walk myself right into the ocean And now what does it mean? Watching the dream display on a screen Oh that could have been me I know it’s not what it seems Or so I’m reminded, blinded I’m reminded, blinded You try too hard, you’re all over the map You broke your stride on your victory lap And said don’t even ask ‘cause I’m doing terrific Just watch as I walk myself right into the Pacific And now, what does it mean? Watching your dreams display on a screen Oh that could have been me I know it’s not what it seems Or so I’m reminded, blinded I’m reminded, blinded

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released July 7, 2017

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Matthew Thouin
Mitchell Masterson
Ian White
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