We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Guilt

by Garden Mice

supported by
midgey
midgey thumbnail
midgey Blessed album ++++ super blessed artist!!!!!! I love garden mice a whole bunch, and martin is so freakin cool and sweet!!!! The songs on this album are so good like I'll be listenin to them while walkin somewhere and just feel it idk skmgdfg its. so good??? big big love 2 this shit!!!! Favorite track: Streets.
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $5 CAD  or more

     

1.
Bird 03:47
I’m awake, to the birds singing I whistle back with them They reply we go back and forth I love to sing with my friends I’m awake, with my bird feed And my cage, waiting so patiently I’ll put you in my house You’ll only sing for me Oh how the caged bird sings
2.
Marooned 04:19
Oh how the waves break Oh how my darling vessel shakes There’s a thirst for adventure A need to explore I’d hope you’d reciprocate Oh how the waves quake This sure ain’t no retirement cruise The hull’s got holes The crew is confused Hell I am too I’ll be out there on the open sea You aren’t gonna maroon me I’ll be out there, oh you’ll see You aren’t gonna maroon me A rearwindow view I see myself in a cell It might as well be hell Being trapped in a room Even if it’s with you Oh this plane ticket All this baggage I’ve packed I can’t carry this weight There are certain limits To what I can take You have no business disrupting my dreams You aren’t gonna maroon me You either have to join me or let me leave You aren’t gonna maroon me You have no right to condemn me You aren’t gonna maroon me You have no business disrupting my dreams
3.
I just brought the fire Pour the gasoline Boy are we wired Let’s burn the batteries All our socks are scorched Walking bare feet Let’s burn our brothers bags While they are asleep Back in boy scouts, we just fucked around Back in boy scouts, we just fucked around Not so good at athletics Never collected any badges I just twiddled my thumbs, In hopes that something would happen At the ice rink The home-schooled girl is nice She gave my thumbs something to do And held them off the ice That Thursday at the ice rink, we just fucked around That Thursday at the ice rink, we just fucked around That Thursday at the ice rink, we just fucked around That Thursday at the ice rink, we just fucked around The adult life is nice. I can do what I like. But I chose, to do nothing The adult life is nice. I can do what I like. But I chose, to do nothing The adult life is nice. I can do what I like. But I chose, to do nothing
4.
What’s the point of doing anything at all Let’s just watch our show and have sex I’ve timed it out just right so once you climax You’ll have to leave to catch the bus I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions (cool solo) I said I’m going to bed but I’m up all night Texting somebody else But once I finally fall asleep I fantasize About leaving you I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions Is it more toxic to leave it to the last minute? Is it more toxic to leave it to the last minute? I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions I’m just going through the motions
5.
Pretentious 02:23
Just because you were kissing the asses of the programmers Doesn’t mean you’re getting any special treatment on the other side Up there they’ve got a special sense of humor Those script writers in the sky I went to college to make friends But all I got was this elitist pretentious sense of self No one is good enough for me And I’m not good enough for anyone else
6.
Drinking 06:04
I don’t drink It doesn’t sit well with me I can drive you home Or baby sit you vomiting I can’t handle the peer pressure Come on and have a beer Untie the noose you have hung You don’t need to be fun to get drunk Fuck man this is great We should do this everyday This is so much fun I should bite my tongue, because Someone’s screaming to a pillow And someone’s crying in the bathroom And I can’t help but laugh That someone’s pulled down his pants Someone’s gonna get hurt, I should drive home It’s 3am, no one will be on the road Thunder crackles on the outside The scientist crackles on the radio This is the worst storm of my life It wouldn’t be so bad, to die to Coldplay tonight *cue Coldplay and car crashing* I don’t drink It doesn’t sit well with me I can drive you home Or baby sit you vomiting I can drive you home (It wouldn’t be so bad, to die to Coldplay tonight) I can drive you home (It wouldn’t be so bad, to die to Coldplay tonight)
7.
One time I was in the councilors office Looking at scholarships When I became aware Of all the awards For athletes and minorities But nothing for me So, I exclaimed There should be grants for the gays The councilor overheard what she thought were slurs And said, stop being homophobic Scene Councilor: So, do you understand why we pulled you out of the hallway today Martin: yes Councilor: Teenage suicide has become a huge issue and we don’t want you in the hallways crying Martin: okay Councilor: So, can you please explain to me what’s wrong Martin 1: I just don’t know what to do with my life, I’m so scared to become an adult and get a real job. I don’t even know what a real job is. I have no useful skills and I’m just so scared. Martin 2: I’m just so confused about my sexuality and my family won’t support me. I feel so alone and confused and I feel like if I go public I will become a pariah and I don’t want that. Martin 3: My girlfriend is so mean to me. She constantly tells me that she doesn’t need me and that she could do better with someone else and I’m just so frustrated because without her I’m nothing. Martin 4: I keep hearing a voice calling to me even though no one is there. It happens more often when I’m stressed or nervous. I’m worried I’m going crazy. All the alt-right weed pamphlets All the gender manifestos All the university course catalogs All the propaganda you could ever need And yet there’s nothing to read We’re so progressive (yah!) Let’s pat ourselves on the back Look at us west coast left wing Our kids are safe and we’re oh so glad We’re so progressive (yah!) Let’s pat ourselves on the back Look at us west coast left wing Our kids are safe (in safes) and we’re oh so glad (so sad)
8.
Maybe I should come with a warning label or a pamphlet of some kind, I’m unkind There are so many fish in the sea but they’re bleeding I’ve filled their houses with carbon monoxide, and gasoline You ain’t got nothing on me but screenshots and tainted memories I got off scot free I’m a villain sent from the sky To poison your ovaries I’ll just fuck you and say goodbye, goodbye I’ll just fuck you and say goodbye, goodbye I don’t come with STD’s but whatever I got You sure as hell, don’t need There are so many fish in the sea Why would you leave your worms for a bottom feeder, like me Although you have no case or evidence I’ve been behind the curtains, guilty as can be This complex has been my sustenance I deserve to be punished So, you should fuck me and say goodbye, goodbye Ya, you should fuck me and say goodbye, goodbye Oh you, should throw the dirt in my ears (dirt in my ears), you should stone me to death (stone me to death), you should cut off my fingers (you should cut off my fingers Oh, you should fuck me and say goodbye, goodbye I wanna figure myself out, without hurting you I just wanna grow up, without knocking you down I wanna figure myself out, without hurting you I just wanna grow up, without knocking you down I wanna explore, without leaving you behind I wanna figure myself out
9.
Streets 04:53
There’s a small patch of forest On the way to the bus bench Where I had my first kiss I pass by it every morning There’s a bridge across the street Underneath it there’s a tree Where we did a lot more than kiss Up the hill Threw my Slurpee at a stop sign Got pulled over by the police On his bike On Halloween I was You were We were Pretending Every goddamn street, I am bombarded by the memories Every goddamn street, There is something I’ve been missing Every turn I take, the nostalgia takes over I’m hungover, I drank too much of these Goddamn streets, with you And now, separately There’s the Costco where I sat in the cart There’s the Safeway where I stayed in the car There’s the Save on where you used to go to work Are you still there? (Are you still there?) Are you still there? Every goddamn building, I am bombarded by the memories Every goddamn building, There is something I’ve been missing Every turn I take, the nostalgia takes over I’m hungover, I drank too much of these Goddamn buildings, with you And now, separately I need to leave this city I need to leave this city I need to leave this city I need to leave this city *cue the choir* (I need to leave this city) (There’s a small patch of forest on the way to the bus bench) (There’s the Costco where I sat in the cart, There’s the Safeway where I stayed in the car) (Threw my Slurpee at a stop sign, got pulled over by the police, on his bike on Halloween)
10.
Letting Go 03:49
I tried to look at it from your perspective I tried so hard to force it Sometimes things just don’t work out, things just don’t work out Sometimes things just don’t work out, things just don’t work out I’ve been carrying you around for way too long It seems like I’ve been singing this same goddamn song I need to breath I just need to breath Sometimes you’ve gotta let go, you gotta let go Sometimes you’ve gotta let go, you gotta let go Sometimes you’ve gotta let go, you gotta let go Sometimes you’ve gotta let go, you gotta let go

about

please rat me out to coldplay

credits

released March 2, 2018

Written, Recorded, and Mixed by Martin Grice
Mastered by Jack Thomas

Extra Personnel
Solomon Etuk: Cello on Drinking, Councillors Office, and Guilt Complex
Leo Yamanaka-Leclerc: Piano on Drinking, Guilt Complex and Letting Go
Neil Dayton: Bass on Pretentious
Roy Marshall: Back up vocals on Extra-Curricular Activities and Valentines Day

All Tracks Recorded in Martin Grice's basement and engineered by Martin Grice except for

Pianos were recorded at Nimbus School of Recording Arts and engineered by Jack Thomas
Electric Guitar on Bird was engineered by Liam Bruce

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Garden Mice Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

contact / help

Contact Garden Mice

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Garden Mice recommends:

If you like Garden Mice, you may also like: