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Creature Comforts

by Crescent Ulmer

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1.
yeah you're bitter so you're angy it's understandable, i'm trying to get a handle on this can't really talk now call back tomorrow and i'll be able to give you your "Who, whats, when, where, and hows" I see you moving i see you grooving to the music and you're under the influence of it but now your eyes are red, you're barely conscious do you see who you are now, I don't know and I find myself saying, "please come back, I will make this right I will stay up all night" and I did yeah, you're lost now can't find your way out I saw your flare and I went there you had twigs in your hair so I picked you up slung your arm over my shoulder "said we'll be lost together, we'll make it out of this shitty ass weather" but where did you go I felt so alone and where are you now I guess I lost you on the way out your new neighbors are moving in and they seem like really good people say goodbye I'm just an old friend pack your bags, we're moving out and I don't know where you left the note someday you'll know I was right all along and someday you'll realize you've changed and theres nothing I can do someday I'll know you were right all along and someday I'll realized I've changed and theres nothing you can do some day we'll know we were wrong all along and someday we'll realize we've changed again and again and again
2.
Decisions 03:08
I cannot give a description But I hope it knows that my heart is good I cannot make a decision but I hope it knows I did the best I could Oh what do you have to say to the ones you never loved anyway oh what do you have to say to the ones you never loved enough to stay I cannot give you honesty though I've been trying do you believe me I cannot give you all of me filled you up, but now I'm running on empty I took off my shoes I never told you I walked across the living room I never told you You pulled back the closet door I never told you I was hiding in a pile of clothes I never fooled you
3.
the devil is a lie and that's all i said and that's why all her lovers wind up dead and I know that she snaked her way into your bed and that's how she will find her way into your he'd "but please oh please oh please do not bait me," I said Oh the devil is a god damn lie she was in a dress when she arrived and there were no words to be contrived you stole you stole oh well, well I lied "but please oh please oh please do not hate me" she said the devil is a lie and that's all I know when she skipped town my heart was broke snuck off in the night with my soul oh the devil is a lie and that's all I wrote
4.
Like Me 06:05
My mother always told me to bite my tongue "speak when you're spoken to and understand that you're still young what do you know about love when all you've seen is heartbreak" she said, "like me" like me, oh like me don't be afraid if I follow you home it's just to make sure that you get there safe but this world is full of bastards these days but they're just like me like me, oh like me oh I sleep in a tree but it's hard to get rest when the moon won't stop laughing at me I told her it's not my fault that I was born with big feet but, I guess the moon, she's not a big fan of me my mother told me that I should be alone until I understand what it means to be alone my mother always told me that I should be alone until I understand what it means to be grown my mother always told me that I should be alone until I understand what it really means to let go never trust a soul whose eye's glow yellow... Like me like me, like me, oh like me they're just like me but I'm just like them
5.
I went to the river to watch you die and you came back up, pure of grace white and alive with no grin as promising i know you tried tell ourselves that we'll get better but we just lie to ourselves i want you to see me naked won't have to hide won't have to fake it i want to , to see you naked but I can't with eyes closed I tell myself that I'll be confident i'll be brave, won't hide my face but i can't look at you that way cause when I do i feel so ashamed when will the shame go away oh this feels like self induced vomiting after drinking and don't touch me, don't try to please me don't try to understand, even if you can and don't touch me, don't try to please me don't try to understand, maybe you can oh this feels like self-induced vomiting after drinking
6.
Futility 04:24
Trouble came, I watched it trickle down with the rain trouble came, I swore I wouldn't go around there again my troubled brain, it tears me apart it drives me insane problems came, I fucked up and let my troubles sleep over again I fell right in, who turned out the lights at the bottom of this lion's den lovers came, they came and they went with all my money spent so i bankrupted them, I did emotionally she wears a mask that screams... futility futility, she wears a mask she drinks from a bottle while I wipe my mouth wet from a flask futility, she holds my gaze she moves her hips, I'm lost for days futility, she wants me to give in she begs the question what's the point of living I have no answer, only a guess futility, is the bane of my existence
7.
New Shoes 04:21
I have a new pair of shoes they lace up and velcro too I used to wear them to school they didn't think me very cool ooh I used to hang out after school around our friend's pool we used to always complain about having nothing to do ooh my friend makenzie thinks I'm cool I think she's pretty cool too she let me stay at her house in an old bedroom ooh I have an old pair of shoes they lace up and velcro too I used to wear them to school they don't think I'm very cool
8.
if my adamance is senseless and your persistence belligerent well then we've backed ourselves this instance into a wall empty talk on the highway until we finally stalled and I was mustering up the courage to finally call you if you swear that you are, then I swear that I am in half if you swear that you are, then I swear that I am intact I swear that no one listens so wrapped in their intentions oh how eyes do glisten at the spark of a flame at the shout of their name it's always something, we don't know what to do just close your eyes now and I'll see you through we go so far, waiting on, on, on everything that I did was stupid everything that I thought meant nothing and everything that I said was lying and when it came time to tell myself the truth I just couldn't look at you
9.
Departure 05:24
the other night a friend asked if I was happy I decided to answer him honestly "no I'm not and I don't think I'll ever be" way a crossed town there was another who spent that night burrowed under their covers tossing and turning in the absence of body heat i stumbled upon a well lit porch, i was half drunk and severely bored we made small talk most of it oh i ignored cause I had my eyes fastened on your bedroom door, you gave me cigarettes I saw signals in your smoke, swallowed anxieties and tried not to choke, but you saw right through me as miserable and broke, so you moved on and I tried to let it go. days go by and I'm still self-loathing, what went wrong, I even wore nice clothing, feeble attempts at hanging out, you're so dramatic when acting out, but you're always wanting someone to see right through you. you know i do, though i doubt you see me too, cause you're full of distractions and I embody inaction, you're long division where I am subtraction hey there darlin' yeah I know I ain't a man, but I do think I'm just as good as them and I know I don't have shit to offer except, I will never let you suffer alone you saw me walking alone the other night, when you were turning left on your bike, shouted how are you I said I'm not alright, you glimpsed my withering frame beneath the moonlight. we shared a cigarette and I tried to make a joke, but my tears welled up oh and down I broke, I said, "'i'm so tired, I can't get no relief, persistent headaches and not enough aleeve, I feel so empty so void of all belief that i'll ever be worthy of anyone's care for me." to which oh you replied, "you know what you want, but not what you need, you don this plastic smile, but it ain't fooling me, though I think you like this cause it puts you to sleep, but I wanna wake you up and see you happy" Now I ain't a goddamn fool I won't always be your only, but at least for now neither of us are lonely, a wheel barrel full of lessons to learn and plenty lessons we should learn, but at least we love ourselves and that's a hard hard badge to earn hey there darlin' yeah I know I ain't a man, but I do think I'm just as good as him and I know I've got so much to offer as well I will never let you suffer alone hey there darlin' yeah you know I ain't a man, but you still think I'm just as good as him and I know I've got so much to offer as well I will never watch you suffer alone
10.
Escaping 05:06

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This is an album that I successfully funded through kickstarter, my debut album, and a whole lot of love has been put into this. I hope you enjoy

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released March 13, 2014

Eric Stewart: co-producer/engineer
Jonathon Perez: album artist
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Crescent Ulmer Bloomington, Indiana

Crescent Ulmer is a singer-songwriter from Indianapolis. He draws from many influences and genres. Stretching from hip-hop and folk, through jazz, r & b, indie rock, hardcore, pop, world, and punk rock, he pulls it all together to create a full and sweet acoustic sound that is refreshing and interesting to a wide and all inclusive audience. ... more

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