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Comfortable

by Garden Mice

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1.
I showed up naked to work It’s a health and safety hazard Please don’t come any closer Or could you please put on a shirt So I don’t have to avert my eyes Oh sure It’s a metaphor for self disclosure (indecent exposure) But it’s not allowed aloud, allowed aloud, allowed But it’s not allowed aloud, allowed aloud, allowed I wear a full suit of armor To sit in the armchair I keep to myself I don’t need to share Oh we don’t need to go there I’d like to stay Right here It’s a metaphor for self disclosure But it’s not allowed aloud, allowed aloud, allowed But it’s not allowed aloud, allowed aloud, allowed…
2.
Altitude 04:12
Chew me up and then please spit me out The water is so high, and yet there’s still a drought Glass is half full but I pour it out Fuck the silver lining, I don’t need to be smiling now In the privacy of my house, I can freak out I haven’t gotten high in a really long time Cuz the last time I tried, I couldn’t come down When these anxieties they get to me I zipped my lip so I cannot speak Don’t think I can move, don’t think I can breath Don’t say my name please don’t touch me I’ve washed my hands a thousand times But they still aren’t clean, I still feel green I hate this place please leave me be Just drive me home or leave me in the streets How long till this nausea’s passed? How long till we get back to normal? We regret to inform you Delay in your flight Tomorrow you’ll leave but you’ll stay the night Not as advertised, this is not alright I’m taking a different airline next time Horizontal, I have become two dimensional I’m happy being square, laying on the floor in my underwear Let’s go outside, to get some air I’ll run into the forest, nobody will find me in there I’m making friends with the ocean Chew me up and then please spit me out The water is so high, and yet there’s still a drought Glass is half full but I pour it out Fuck the silver lining, I don’t need to be smiling now I don’t need to be smiling now I don’t need to be smiling now
3.
Slide 02:52
The mice are in the house I know I guess I’ll let myself out I can never get to comfortable Why can’t there always be a couch Lay me down Lay me down Infinite comforting I can never get it, never get it, never get it Infinite comforting I can never get it, never get it, never get it Infinite comforting I can never get it, never get it, never get it Infinite comforting I can never get it, never get it, never get it, never get it, never get it… Frictionless (I’m starting to slide) surfaces I (I’m starting to slide) can never stay in place Frictionless (I’m starting to slide) surfaces I’ll just (I’m starting to slide) slide away
4.
Tired 03:19
I haven’t done a thing in weeks I miss my routine I could get off my ass, and do it all by myself But I need somebody to make me I wanna be wild but I don’t want to leave the house I don’t like staying in, but I don’t like going out I could get off my ass, and do it all by myself But I need somebody to make me If I’m tired all summer And I’m tired all winter Then maybe I’m just tired If I’m tired all summer And I’m tired all winter Then maybe I’m just tired
5.
Get Smart 03:14
I’m Bill Murray stuck in a tree Please come talk to me It’s a lonesome state of being Please don’t leave me I don’t feel animate anymore I’m just a possession So possess me Will me to breath So possess me Take me underwater, I need the silence to scream The pressure at the bottom is heavy Put me on a plane, just to release me out the window I’m falling through the sky Can you catch me? Can you save me? Kiss me and kick me Can you save me? I changed my identity for you I grew and shrank three sizes I changed my everything for you How could you betray me like this?
6.
I think we might have got scammed In this hot air balloon I don’t know how to land We’ll be out of gas soon With these parachutes I don’t know how to use It’s my own damn fall Hopping out my bucket The winds an SUV and I’m a stop sign obstructed The driver couldn’t see me I guess it’s my own damn fault Why can’t I speak my mind? Why do I have to hide? Bottled up and kept it inside I know the place You don’t need to where to lie I know the way I don’t need to open up my eyes I know the day I don’t need to check the time Give me some space So I can spread my wings and fly High above my balloon It’s a fire ant in the cities pantaloons Admiring my arson I’m superman abandoning my platoon My vessel My crew Oh what did I do Oh what did I do
7.
Timid 02:29
Hide away, save a space For me, I wanna be included I’ll wait, I might not participate But I’d love to be invited Startling, questioning my abilities And it hurts to be forgotten Always, I could use some encouragement I’m a little bit timid It’s hard to make my needs known I don’t wanna be abandoned It’s hard to make my needs known I don’t wanna be a burden
8.
Take Care 03:15
When I was a big kid I read a lot of self help books They said sadness is a choice, it’s a decision that you make It was empowering for me, that I could choose to be happy When I got a little older I learned that nothing really matters Why worry about a thing, when it’s nothing I lived care free, and that made me happy But now, I have a lot to care about Sometimes I get sad, when the things I care about don’t work out Don’t work out It’s okay to be sad sometimes, It’s okay to care so much that you cry Sometimes Sometimes…

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A short album written in late 2019 and recorded over the years that followed. A variety of vibes. Varying levels.

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released October 18, 2022

Written and Recorded by Martin Grice
Additional Guitars on "Tired" and "Get Smart" by Amit Basran
Additional Vocals on "Altitude" by Sydney Freedman

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