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Aspirations EP

by Corporate Hearts

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1.
Woke up to new snow on the ground And it felt like 10 steps backwards again Thought I'd better start digging myself out And then said "Fuck it" and went back to bed I guess it's never getting better I guess it's never getting better I guess it's never getting better I guess this is it Called out and never went back in Another chapter ends in mid-sentence And I'd like to think we choose our own adventure But you and I know how this one will end No it's never getting better No it's never getting better No it's never getting better I guess this is it And the actors playing lawyers on commercial breaks Tell me who's to blame and how to make them pay They say, "Act now, before it's too late" But it's my fault and I've got nothing to my name Yeah it's my fault and I've got nothing to my name Went out for the first time in months And it felt like coming back from the dead Only to find that all your loved ones have already moved on It just feels like everyone's forgotten who I am But if it's ever getting better If it's ever getting better If it's ever getting better I guess I better deal with it Because the days are getting longer and the mornings come quick And at night when I should be asleep, it's just me and the 7-Elevens And at night when I should be asleep, it's just me and the 7-Elevens It's just me and the 7-Elevens It's just me and the 7-Elevens It's just me and the 7-Elevens
2.
A change of clothes and a case in the back seat I always sent you a text from the road I used to drive through the arch on Lake Street To a place that I used to call home I still send you messages from the road Sometimes you don’t respond and Sometimes you’re despondent Sometimes you’re reminded that I’m a hundred miles away We cracked the seal and we cranked up the volume Ignored the knocks from the kids down the hall Everything froze in the cold mountain air But we were on top of it all I wonder if you’ll remember this when I call You may not respond and You might be despondent You might be reminded that I’m a two hour drive away One of these nights we’ll have a short conversation and lose touch forever I’ll be so far away that nothing I say will matter when you find something better I spent so much time reinforcing the ties we’d inevitably sever Time doesn’t stop for anyone But let’s turn back the clocks And try to stay young
3.
Advances 02:40
I’ve always been about 3 years behind When it was time to go to school, I was still asleep When it was time to move away, I still wanted to be At home with all my friends When she wanted to be friends, I was by myself When she wanted me to want her, I wanted someone else Well, I know I should be sleeping, resting up for another day I can’t waste time dreaming, they’re all nightmares anyway But everything we regret will fade if we can make this work Everything we regret will fade away Everything we regret will fade if we can make this work Everything we regret will fade away We walked with with her friends all the way to CVS It was a cold northeast PA night, but you couldn’t tell by the way she was dressed She was mad because she smoked another cigarette All the way back to campus, I tried to make her forget 'Cause everything we regret will fade if we can make this work Everything we regret will fade away Everything we regret will fade if we can make this work Everything we regret will fade away I slept through classes I slept through knocks on my door I ignored advances I don’t live there anymore
4.
Cut back my smoking From too much to a lot Downsized my drinking To exclusively shots And I can still sleep through a firing squad Thank God there's no reason to get up And I canceled all my plans So I'd have more time To make plans I can cancel Somewhere down the line When I look up from the TV and 10 years have gone by I'm still magnificently fucked I've resolved to never make another resolution I've proven the pointlessness of self-improvement It's a never-ending exercise in futility And I'm fucking winded Well I never feel good but right now I don't feel well The only difference between the two is this time you can tell Just by looking at me And you're looking at me like I look like hell Well believe me, I believe you, I have seen it for myself Black bags are carrying my eyeballs Like dead bodies from motels And you'd be hard-pressed to identify my body to the cops Without the help Of DNA It's hard to say how far I fell But safe to assume I no longer have my health I've resolved to never make another resolution I've proven the pointlessness of self-improvement It's a million mile marathon straight off the edge And I'm fucking sprinting Well supposedly it's better to burn out than fade away But no one ever talks about spending your life engulfed in flames Or just smoldering and smoking in a dirty bar ashtray Until someone stamps you out And I can tell you what it feels like if you are a masochist It's similar to being smothered under 20 tons of bricks It's a monument to just how bad these last few years have been here Since you left Fairweather friend you almost made it to the end If you're my better half then I'm better off dead I've resolved to never make another resolution I've proven the pointlessness of self-improvement It's a battle to the death between the devil and me And he's fucking winning

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released November 27, 2012

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Corporate Hearts at the Green Lodge in Warminster, Pa., in the summer and fall of 2012.

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Formed in November 2010, Corporate Hearts is a two-piece, mainly acoustic punk rock band from Bucks County, Pa.
With influences ranging from Alkaline Trio and the Lawrence Arms to the Replacements and the National, Corporate Hearts play punk rock with a heavy focus on lyrics, harmonies and rippling Danzig-esque physiques.
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