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Alterity

by Ennui

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1.
Alterity 02:56
We're all theory and no action.
2.
//24/7 365 Never in my life have I picked a fucking side Watch as I ride passed the bandwagons Until I can fly and avoid them completely It's easy to defeat he who doesn't acknowledge losses But it's hard to defeat me because I learn from my losses I stay on topic I disregard the boss shit My logic is awesome You can call me a prophet You slave to the profits Fuck your right to speak You lost it you novice Your voice is a coffin I'm just watching, waiting, exhausted //The sunset is best right before it ends Reset the darkness so I can try again //I'm just a nineties baby choking on the twenty-first century It's gonna be the death of me obvi But I ain't looking for no sympathy Because mentally I'm on some too advanced shit And when I learn to control it Imma share my gift And me and my Giraffes are gonna drive that whip That metaphoric whip to the top of the cliff That metaphoric cliff Not to look down, but to gain some perspective Not to get high, but to teach you a lesson It's time for some progression //The sunset is best right before it ends Reset the darkness so I can try again
3.
//The plants don’t take advantage of their living status. If given the chance to shake off this dust I would embrace my surroundings. If given the chance to unplug myself I would rule the planet. The old man sits and looks at the world with his tiny eyes. His back is against the wall and he knows not what he holds. Apathy is cultivated; it does not emerge suddenly in the night. If only he knew what he holds. If only I could tell him. If only I knew. //The control room is lit by an image of the moon Solitude looms, I'll be taking off soon I'd bring you with, but my ship can't lift Your 80 inch plasma screen bullshit //Talent shows, egos, and big bright lights That's what I'm leaving behind Big mouths, bright sounds, and ugly little words That's what I really don't like Ugly fame, little brains, and too many lies That's what I'm leaving behind 2 sides, many lives, a misguided people I'm headed for that hype free life //I'm counting down the days
4.
//Tonight I’m a nihilist And imma file all my feelings away and defile shit I disregard the hieroglyphs, religion, history and sciences I am sick of all the biasedness I will not comply with it Tell me what is worse, acting like you care, or being up front with it. I find no comfort in acting like a mannequin, smiling thought panicking The lights are on. There’s no static in your attic, But you’d rather be a fraud, Because it’s easy just to nod The thoughts that you got keep you up at night Because it’s hard to rely on another life Conversing is disturbing because it’s hurting you internally //Stop the bleeding //And I’m afraid that I can’t my hands are tied back Insomnia attacks as my lips turn blue If only I could breathe these thoughts into you I could come to And these colors that I drew would vivid again I could live it again It’d be simple again But worst of all is the personal Because I don’t have the balls to tell it to your face To erase these doubts I got these dark thoughts that would scare the neighbors But the only way to drop them is to write them down on paper Behavior, absent Savior, absent //Stop the bleeding //Coagulate my brain and let me find a place inside where I can sleep at night.
5.
//Hello. Hello. My name’s Ennui I’m a bottomless pit and I don’t really give a shit about most things I was handed this gift that I wish I could kick I got this knack for noticing hypocrisy and noticing the bullshit My mental is mocking me, my mental is the culprit Where are my emotions? They’re buried under snowdrifts I cannot focus This life is a board game, but I will not fold it The heaviest of thoughts are the most potent I keep going back to that same old trick Ignorance is bliss (but you're a smart kid) I keep going back to that old bullshit Ignorance is bliss, and you can kiss my dick. //Burdens, burdens, so many burdens, but are they only burdens because I recognize them? //The folks in the front might as well get their money back The hype got the best of them and I’m just spitting on their hands That’s twenty grand, funny man Pull it from your money bag The running back is running bad And I don’t have a back up plan The line out is long, but I’ll keep you company You won’t breathe comfortably Because nothing’s free, except the truth But you don’t trust it because it’s got old shoes But it’ll run up on you And fuck the glass tube Because camera crews Pick and choose what’s news When in reality I’m reality Ugly human news //I’m choking on cold air, because I don’t believe in ghosts It’s hard to quit drinking when you need to raise a toast Cynics laugh the hardest, but we also hurt the most
6.
//Every time I close my eyes I am taken by surprise If you put me on blast I’ll change the cast If you put me on blast I’ll change the cast so fast //I was sipping on a Mick getting well pissed When the Nuggets beat the Knicks Number seven is a bitch For that orange and blue squad I ain’t talking Elway. What? You well payed? Well, I’m self made You got 2 Chainz in your driveway? I got Wu Tang on the highway Third forty, pass it to me please Take a big drink until it’s ninety degrees Alcoholism, that’s a disease But alcohohol with them, that’s what I need Giraffes, we’re long in the neck So we can see past you and your set And that’s the difference between you and me I spit the truth and you got fake teeth That’s the difference between you and me I spit the truth and you lie through your teeth //Every time I close my eyes I am taken by surprise If you put me on blast I’ll change the cast If you put me on blast I’ll change the cast so fast //Flags at half-mast when you fuck with my Giraffes Prepare a life raft Flags at half-mast when you put me on blast Prepare two life rafts He exploded through the front door like C4 I knew I’d seen him before, probably from the seafloor “There’s about to be a double homicide in your momma’s ride Point blank through the driver’s side Two life sentences, that’s a comma splice And it’s all fake drums like the drummer lied When I come alive people die.” My head is a gun and bullets are the message If you suppress it, I’ll get defensive Not to mention, I don’t even know you, dude //Every time I close my eyes I am taken by surprise If you put me on blast I’ll change the cast If you put me on blast I’ll change the cast so //Fast

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I hope you can relate to these six songs.
Above all else I was trying to be honest.
These beats and words are my attempted cure for the human condition.

Empathy could save the world.

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released December 2, 2012

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