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Exotic Monsters
03:41
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I try solipsistic recreation
I crave love without abbreviation
I need time to kiss this cup of coffee
I keep letters from the ones who loved me
I will take all the dreams that Hollywood promised me
I want it now
We’re exotic monsters, dead from the waist down
How can I be clear?
Gratitude’s the first sign of waking
I won’t go back
Keep a kiss for me
Cos we all fall down under an international sky
Fighting to believe it’ll be all right
I’m on an extrasolar high
I seek narcissistic decoration
I crave soil, warmth, ventilation
I’d like to focus on my silent fiction
I need to kick this dopamine addiction
I dream of being someone’s happy memory
I want it all
We’re exotic monsters, dead from the waist down
How can I be clear?
Gratitude’s the first sign of waking
Please don’t keep me here
Keep a kiss for me
Cos we all fall down under an international sky
Fighting to believe it’ll be all right
I’m on an extrasolar high
Keep a kiss for me
Cos we all fall down under an international sky
Fighting to believe it’ll be all right
I’m on an extrasolar high
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Seventeen
03:52
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Happy birthday, time to say goodbye
Such a big girl, keep all this inside
Dial back those dreams
Wishing impossible things
Bursting your seams
It hurts when we grow
Tell me what you wanted
I was seventeen
Tell me I deserved it
Because I was seventeen
Toxic teens on mixtape afternoons
Photostatic memories of you
Fold paper planes
Pull them apart when it rains
Smash windowpanes
Stretching our wings alone
Tell me what you wanted
I was seventeen
Tell me I deserved it
I was seventeen
Tell me it was all my fault
I was seventeen
Tell me you remember
Tell me what you wanted
I was seventeen
Tell me I deserved it
I was seventeen
Give me a good reason
I was seventeen
Tell me you’re so sorry
I was seventeen
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Hell Together
04:00
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Thought you knew me, did you hell
We were thrown together
Mess of sticky red blood cells
That won’t forget
I can’t even wish you well
I was stuck in the middle
Then the day drops dark and silence suffocates me
Long lost lives
Electric eyes appear
It’s over cos we’re
Hell together
Precious cargo, bleeding heart
Am I lost forever?
Paper tiger, poisoned dart
Won’t let go
You’re so happy miles apart
I threw stuff at a wall
You could speak your mind if you’d earned the right
Long lost lives
Home can hide
Long lost lies
Electric eyes appear
It’s over cos we’re
Hell together
I can feel the storm coming, I can feel the storm coming
I can feel the storm coming
But I know we’re hell together
I can feel the storm coming, I can feel the storm coming
I can feel the storm coming
But I know we’re hell together
I can feel the storm coming (storm coming)
I can feel the storm coming (storm coming)
I can feel the storm coming
I can feel the storm coming
But I know we’re hell together
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We’re losing ourselves
Giving it away
I wasn’t made for this world
Rotten teeth decay
Ignoring all the broken pieces
Doesn’t stop the rain
I used to know everything
Now I’m not sure of much
I used to know everything
Now I see I haven’t learned enough
I used to know everything
Now I’m not sure of much
I used to know everything
Now I see I haven’t learned enough
I ditched the still life
For happiness and health
My flesh is tired, not tasty
Feast on someone else
Interrogating incarnations
Talking to myself
I used to know everything
Now I’m not sure of much
I used to know everything
Now I see I haven’t learned enough
I used to know everything
Now I’m not sure of much
I used to know everything
Now I see I haven’t learned enough
I used to know everything
Now I’m not sure of much
I used to know everything
Now I see I haven’t learned enough
I used to know everything
Now I’m not sure of much
I used to know everything
Now I see I haven’t learned enough
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5. |
Dispensable Body
04:17
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Dispensable body
Knowledge is a curse
Feel the weight of the world
Feel the weight of the universe
Gotta keep moving
Oh, but I stopped listening
Had a hell of a go of it
Now I’m putting my heart first
Far away, looking back from this constellation
Castaway, adrift on my own space station
Just breathe
Just breathe
Shape of a human
Borne on a thunderclap
Words in a diary
Perimeters intact
Tomorrow is today
So click your heels and think of me
From the eye of the hurricane
You’re my safe path back
Far away, looking back from this constellation
Castaway, adrift on my own space station
Just breathe
Just breathe
Far away, looking back from this constellation
Castaway, adrift on my own space station
Far away, from the loneliest generation
Castaway, I’m a project of my own making
Just breathe
Just breathe
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6. |
Seashaken
04:15
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Voices render me breathless
Gotta get off of this sinking ship
But the water’s deafening
I’m still dreaming of drowning
Trying to escape this relentless planet
But my sheets are paper thin
Tuck the violence in your pillow
Surf the silence
But don’t swallow all the tears
Wishing these days could be over
Going to bed when it’s light outside
And I flew 10,000 miles
I’m seashaken and screaming
Doing my best, but I’ve got to go
Don’t expect me for a while
Tuck the violence in your pillow
Surf the silence
But don’t swallow all the tears
Tuck the violence in your pillow
Surf the silence
But don’t swallow
Tuck the violence in your pillow
Stand and fight now
Meet me tomorrow
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7. |
Loving Echoes
03:29
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Call the doctor
I can’t remember how to be
Now the robots are working overtime
Tick the box and I win next day delivery
I’m not lazy
We’re being hypnotised
Open and close, shoulders and toes
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
Nightmares expose loving echoes
What do you fear?
Call the doctor
I can’t remember where I’ve been
A fuzzy picture is all that will remain
Take a step, I’m inviting you to feel something
If we forget to, there’s no-one to blame
Open and close, shoulders and toes
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
Nightmares expose loving echoes
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
Nightmares expose loving echoes
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
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8. |
I'll Start A Fire
03:03
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I stole a car in a dream
And now I’m feeling paranoid
Well I spent so long ignoring my instincts
Now I’m searching to destroy
I’ll start a fire while the world burns
I’ll start a fire, I’ll start a fire
So I sink these heavy words in a diary
And take them all to heart
Gonna build myself a fortress of vanity
And then I’ll fall apart
I’ll start a fire while the world burns
I’ll cut connections while the planet turns
I’ll start a fire cos it seems we’re elbow deep
In cheap banalities
I’ll start a fire, I’ll start a fire
I’ll start a fire while the world burns
I’ll cut connections while the planet turns
I’ll start a fire cos it seems we’re elbow deep
In cheap banalities
I’ll start a fire, I’ll start a fire
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Cancel Your Hopes
03:11
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Cancel your hopes, dear
Do you remember when this was all fields?
Boys in the boardroom backslapping their deals
There’s a hole in our bucket, dear Liza - a hole
Walk the high wire with no mind for the crash
Are we in denial or do we crave collapse?
Can’t look strangers in the eye
Is that cos we are terrified?
Cos you know that we said forever
And you see that there’s nothing left
So let’s stand til we all fall over
Take my hand cos it’s so fucking beautiful
Cancel your hopes, please
The planet’s on fire while we’re stroking our screens
Buy better headphones to muffle their screams
There’s a hole in our bucket
Walk the high wire with no mind for the crash
Are we in denial or do we crave collapse?
Won’t look strangers in the eye
Is that cos we are dead inside?
Cos you know that we said forever
And you see that there’s nothing left
So let’s stand til we all fall over
Take my hand cos it’s so fucking beautiful
Now I see that we’re going under
But I know that there’s nothing else
So as long as we stand together
Take my hand cos you’re so fucking beautiful
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10. |
Long Shadows
04:19
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White flags and parachutes
Don’t bring me peace
I won’t apologise
I won’t be pleased
Nil by photography
What would we do?
Hen in a pillowcase
Inventing truth
My love casts long shadows on the ceiling
Silhouettes of things I’ve kept alive
We’re just searching for a meaning
Sentimental, grieving to survive
Engaging cruise control
Trusting machines
Save us from alcohol
Protect my dreams
We’re so collectible
We sleep alone
You keep the cavalry
I’ll make it home
My love casts long shadows on the ceiling
Silhouettes of things I’ve kept alive
We’re just searching for a meaning
Sentimental, grieving to survive
My love casts long shadows on the ceiling
Silhouettes of things I’ve kept alive
We’re just searching for a meaning
Sentimental, grieving to survive
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11. |
Out Of The Blue
04:46
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Rain on my cheek, so tired of pretending
I’m getting lost again
Sea legs are weak, the tide’s never-ending
Capsized my only friend
I’m going nowhere
But I’ll come back to you
Lift my head out of the blue
Ink on my wrist, a sign for protection
My skin my only shield
When every note’s a cry for affection
Those bruises never healed
I’m going nowhere
But I’ll come back to you
Lift my head out of the blue
Yes I’ll come back to you
Lift my head out of the blue
Yes I’ll come back to you
Lift my head out of the blue
Yes I’ll come back to you
Lift my head out of the blue
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12. |
Black Car
04:42
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Remember the summer when everyone stayed at home?
Ships in a bottle, stacked up with our lives on hold
If we could really see the warnings that were written before
If we could really feel
Our hearts would smash all over the floor
Hear me now, I can feel the thunder
March me out with the fallen number
Will there be - is there a black car waiting for me?
Keep your loved ones close
This is surviving, but we’re having a god damn year
Tired of climbing, but the universe left us here
And on my worst of days
I want to keep wanting to be kind
But everywhere I see machines are taking over our minds
Hear me now, I can feel the thunder
March me out with the fallen number
Will there be - is there a black car waiting for me?
Keep your loved ones close
Keep your loved ones close
Even on calm waters, waves will rise
As my heart explodes
Loving echoes dancing in my eyes
Keep your loved ones close
Keep your loved ones close
Keep your loved ones close
Hear me now, I can feel the thunder
March me out with the fallen number
Will there be - is there a black car waiting?
Hear me now, I can feel the thunder
March me out with the fallen number
Will there be -
Is there a black car waiting for me?
Keep your loved ones close
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Penfriend Nottingham, UK
Music for people who like handwritten letters. Grungey guitars, synths and stories by music producer Laura
Kidd.
Videos: youtube.com/penfriendrocks
Back catalogue: shemakeswar.bandcamp.com
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