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There's a Yeti on My Couch

by Opa Yeti

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1.
tear the curtains from your eyes let the morning light inside swing your feet onto the floor walk yourself right out the door don't slow me down I think I finally figured something out for myself it doesn't take pure novelty to notice something's changed so for now we'll keep hanging around until the sun goes down and then we'll go to bed start all over again sweep the dust off your bones there's a whole world unknown call a friend and go get...scones you don't have to be alone
2.
He walks back into the room nervous cuz they don’t teach how to hold back tears at doctor school. He says two years looks down at the floor afraid for me but even more afraid for himself I drive back home crying the whole way though not sure why everyone knows that one day they’ll die they’ll die they’ll die they’ll die they’ll die that one day I’ll die. I call my family their faces look uncomfortable unsure what to say I don’t want your apologies just love just love just love just love Oh, I just want your love And the only thing that matters is to know you’ll be okay when it’s time to go love liberates the sun, the stars, the sky will still be there for you I know. I’m just scared of what’s on the other side My body’s slowly giving up I’m trying to hold on but it’s so tiresome I’m thinking thoughts I just can’t say them with my tongue I’m trapped in my own body no escape no escape no escape no escape no escape! And the only thing that matters is to know you’ll be okay when it’s time to go love liberates the sun, the stars, the sky will still be there for you I know. I’m just scared of what’s on the other side Today’s my final day I can feel it in my bones this is my last sunrise I remember the times that I would play you Billy Joel on piano and you would dance, and you would smile But this is the last goodbye, though I’m out of words you’ll have to hear me with my mind But I promise you I’m screaming out with all my might I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! and it’s okay, Goodbye And the only thing that matters is to know you’ll be okay when it’s time to go love liberates the sun, the stars, the sky will still be there for you I know. I’m just scared of what’s on the other side
3.
eyes of water gray and flowing watch the black car as he goes to his free life with her flowers she's a man's wife once a lover but not anymore wash the dirt off from your garden scratch the dead skin off your bones feel the warm glow of the red tracks scratched into your narrow back are you adored? not anymore strong hands for feeble plans under-nurtured love who will save her from her static life? maybe some wine or some time to forget
4.
father michael says repent and fear, don't love wrinkled worry sprawls across his furrowed brow headaches mar his days dull pain, "let me slip away" drinking altar wine to find some peace of mind elliott, his son he doesn't know how to pray "this is just one way, delayed, or all some big charade" once he met a boy who toyed with his lust and joy but he doesn't want to rot in hell, who needs free thought?
5.
Spit in the cut once again I know you mean so well. Then say a prayer for all that was lost that guilt’s a lot to bear. Well I got tired of waiting, and you lost track of time. Promised to return then abandoned design. I wouldn’t hold it against you had you been honest the whole time but you lied, you denied, and you held it inside now you ask forgiveness of mankind Well I got tired of waiting, and you lost track of time. Promised to return then abandoned design.
6.
Childish 04:03
How much rent does he pay for all that space inside your head? And all those hours that you wasted on time that could have been so much better spent. I think that we’ve been here before a little child so unsafe and so unsure well I can’t take it anymore and you’ve got better things to do than "mourn" I tried to help you and you turned me down I tried to open up and you shut me out and ever since he left you at the lost and found his name comes up whenever you’re around I think that we’ve been here before a little child so unsafe and so unsure well I can’t take it anymore and you’ve got better things to do than "mourn"
7.
I think that we both agree I should leave but I freeze looking for something more I implore, not the door can't be sure of your words it's absurd but the bird in my heart isn't smart he just starts then departs so I pick up all these plumes in my room, and sing this tune guess that I was wrong oh now now I long for a new song I guess that we both are easy to please but that leaves room for war at the core getting bored oh my lord nothing's cured plus the words that you churned kinda burned there's an art to this part don't play darts with tender hearts now the afternoon just looms like a womb with too much room it's so long, I'm not that strong guess I'll stick with the same song
8.
the actor stops halfway through act two and falls to the ground the crowd, amused laughs and applauds and orders another round all they wanted was a mindless evening, no reminder of life's brevity put off thinking just a little longer and make that drink a little stronger I watch the theater get small now I see the joke of it all life's sweetest with a grain of salt the world keeps spinning 'round after the fourth wall comes down the curtain falls the lights come up a man walks out on stage "the show will not continue, for he reached his final page" you can come for a sense of comfort but you'll still confront mortality separated from the daily struggle no escape from reality
9.
I could read it in their eyes separate beds were soon to come hid behind a playful guise ‘disenchanted’ ‘burdensome’ The young couple across from me talks about the shows they’ll watch when they get home but I wonder if they’re happy or if they’ve just grown really comfortable pretending to be and nothing scares me more and nothing tears me more I remember when your ship capsized still you professed good things to come but it’s so hard to empathize when your defense is to play numb well my best friend smiles at me and my old man always knows just when to call but I wonder if they’re happy or if they’ve just grown really comfortable pretending to be and nothing scares me more and nothing tears me more
10.
The Ride 06:46
half the world is burning 'cause we only learned to fear that cadence that draws near if we only realized that "this is just a ride" we wouldn't have these sides these beliefs are antiquated tainted, and we bent to keep them relevant as the world keeps turning we stay static in our minds with our hands over our eyes one more time, let's realize our tunnel-visioned lives and the actions we're prescribed take it on yourself to rise above the burning skies and the airwaves you can buy

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released January 14, 2016

Paul Tisch - guitar, bass, piano, organ, vocals
Izzy Fradin - guitar, vocals
Chris Neuhaus - drums, screams
Danny Neuson - trumpet on 5

2, 5, 6, and 9 written by Izzy Fradin
3, 4, 7 and 10 written by Paul Tisch
1 and 8 written together

recorded and mixed by Paul Tisch

album art by Daniel Landgren

winter 2015-16

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