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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

by adlt grrrl

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1.
24 Hour News 03:00
I turned on the 24 hour news It’s giving me the blues The empire crumbles and falls My world used to be small The spiral begins And I invite it in Again and again The only comfort I can find Is to take a walk outside And when I breathe the pine I remember that I’m fine I’m caught in a loop Cant help but consume More than I can chew sometimes things get desperate television is my only friend The cement looks like heaven But just when I’m ready for the end The cycle turns over again The end was the predictable part, But now I wonder how it starts
2.
Cubism 05:25
Compound, refract, compound refract My heart becomes a tesseract Break me open, split the cracks Let light shine in cut through the black The tv drones I’m home alone The cell decays, stare at my phone My broken brain pulled from my skull The empty stare, the void the null No one around to hear the sound My teeth make breaking against the ground My bloody bite I’m spitting spite You’re right you’re right it’s trite Carve out disease fill with cement Or you’ll become what you resent
3.
Bleed Me Dry 03:26
walk right up, step to the cusp swallow me whole swallow me up nothing to find the clock unwinds it's killing me, I'm killing time if they look I'll die look me in the eye I think I hate more than I love I've learned to live with the burn of my hunger with no need to cry consuming me from the inside it keeps me alive too tired to try I want, I get, I soon regret chewed to the bone and soaked in spit I'm feeling faint, my fist clenched tight drain me until my lips turn white you can bleed me dry
4.
Agoraphobia 03:29
I hate this room, it’s closing in like an ugly tomb It’s got a chemical smell like rubbing alcohol and purell This air is stale and dry I wish that I could forget how to breathe I could use an escape but I guess that I’m too chicken to leave I’m spinning out, I can’t control my stupid mouth I talk too much, I wish that somebody would shut me up I keep on rambling but I just can’t seem to find the right words I hope there’s a point ahead but honestly I’m not really sure Well I never know what to do with my hands And I’m never sure if my jokes will land I am sorry that I showed up late but I am guessing that it’s okay since nothing important depends on me Maybe it’s all in my head but just to be safe I think I’ll stay in bed
5.
Getting lost in Omaha And finally feeling free I got my head in the clouds and My eyes on the marquee Not knowing who I am but knowing who I’m not Life keeps spinning around while I lose my spot I drove through Kalamazoo Just to feel closer to you It didn’t matter to me That there was nothing to see Now I can’t tell whether it’s day or if it’s night I think I’m probably going to lose this fight I got the news in minneapolis A distant phone call that said it all How could it be that this could happen I wish I’d been there to break your fall I have a feeling that like I need you I really don’t know what to do Now I’m trapped in Indiana Getting drunk again off rhubarb wine I remember the day so clearly The time you told me it would all be fine I miss all the people that I used to know I don’t understand why they had to go Getting lost in Omaha While the world goes to hell Things have gone from bad to worse As far as I can tell And just like that it seems I lose another friend I think that this could finally be the end
6.
I am burdened by love I am frightened of my shadow I'm a glutton for punishment a rigid smile hold that pose hold that pose! self is one, one is many, take until there isn't any do I feel that I am special? do I feel that I am smart? I know I wake up afraid I know you'll tear me apart rip out my heart! self is one, one is many take until there isn't any well I'm the queen of the world I'm swinging the axe I'm the cruelest girl I'm miss mary mack I'm making heads roll all dressed in black self is one, one is many, take until there isn't any
7.
Wrap the belt around your knuckles And take a swing at me I am falling down, Bloody knees because I turned the other cheek I’m certainly stronger than the sticks and the rocks But I don’t exist just to take your knocks Well I feel just like a crash test dummy In your passenger seat Your foot is on the gas as we hurl forward Into the concrete I’m at the mercy of your unchecked desire The settling ash in the wake of the fire The violets are silent and the roses are dead There would be no violence if I weren’t a threat
8.
Why don't you cool it with the cool kid shit? Forget a sad song, write a summer beach hit No one really cares what the lyrics are anyways Party on the beach in the shadow of a tidal wave Everybody's sad cuz we're all gonna die put your feet in the sand and your hands in the sky Dance half-naked on the beach in the sunshine tear down the mountains turn it all into a coal mine money money money murder murder kill kill Running up your tab like you'll never pay the bill the tide's going out but we're still having fun there's a big black wave and it's blotting out the sun When the wave comes in it's gonna come fast castles in the sand aren't built to last we can't retreat cuz there isn't any high ground listen to this song it's a brand new old sound Dance in a circle around a bonfire civilization on a funeral pyre
9.
yeah, I'm bitter can you blame me? I'm not a quitter but it's hard when every single day, I'm hit another way so yeah, I'm bitter yeah I'm bitter and yeah I'm angry I'm up against the bricks I'm gonna scream and I'm gonna kick I am not afraid and I'm unashamed to say yeah, I'm filled with rage I'm filled with rage desperate times call for desperate measures I won't give up, here it comes I've had enough

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our first full-length album, including new, re-recorded versions of the first singles we released back when we were recording outside on an 8 track recorder because of the pandemic. it's been a few years in the making, but we have finally jumped all the hurdles and are so excited to share a finished product with the world.

we put a lot of love (and rage) into this album and we hope you like it!

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released September 2, 2022

written, recorded, and produced by ada bonnevie, asher platts, and sarah lapointe

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adlt grrrl Portland, Maine

adlt grrrl is an alt-rock power trio from Portland, Maine. Ada plays guitar and sings, Asher plays bass and sings, and Sarah plays drums.

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