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The Knownothings

by The Knownothings

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1.
Good Looking 03:00
Verse Okay Feeling just a little like cocaine Bit once twice then feel strange ‘Cause you know what I am You want to hold it Even though you’ve done sold it Looked once twice then fold it ‘Cause you know who I am So you gave it all away Now everybody says that's OK Now things will never ever be the same I guess just like you planned just because if it feels so good doesn’t mean anybody understood I Never ever really thought you could At least I know who I am Bridge Cuz it feels so good I feel so bad You wish you could or you never had Chorus And she’s so good looking Maybe she'll try not to love at all And he’s so good looking A feast for eyes so big and tall So baby you took it Now feel like a little less of a soul But so damn good looking Maybe just drink some more alcohol
2.
Verse Hey mister mister what do you need? Mister twenty-first century. Gonna take your chainsaw, cut through some trees? It just rips and strips and before long it bleeds! I need to find ideology, just like Johnny Unitas swinging up through the trees Modern man, he has lots of greed he just rapes and takes and it’s more than we need Hey mister can you listen to me. Can you spare some food to eat? The fruit is gone and so is the tree and this Styrofoam nutrition is killing me! You get what you got and you got what you need just like Jeffery Dahlmer stalking up through the trees Can’t get what I want with please, I guess I'll have to use any means necessary Bridge Skyrocket because it has to be Because we’re high, we’re in love, maybe it’s LSD? Skyrocket because it has to be on fire!—ie ie ah a ah Skyrocket because it has to be Because it's itchy, I can't sleep, maybe it’s PCP? Skyrocket because it has to be on fire!—ie ie ah a ah Chorus I am the forest don’t forget about me I’m the one that you want, I make the air that you breathe Don’t take your chainsaw and cut through me Cause looking ahead it’s looking pretty bleak And in the future there’s no suture we’ve already gone too far We don’t need to find it, we’ll just synthesize it now!—wo oh oh o oh o oh oh
3.
Johnny Covet 02:23
Verse Broken windows, empty room, a dim flashlight Everything is all gone And the cousin of my neighbor did prison labor and he's living next door to me You can get what you want and still have nothing at all And the neighbors are gone Got a cousin, owes a favor Pay a visit later tonight Bridge Johnny seemed to lost it Jenny sure did want it and Antonio is a thief Okay alright I'll never find who's got it He'll never know I robbed him aaaah aaaah— Chorus 1 Got it free cuz' you paid Sold it on Ebay Veni Vini Vincti Cuz' I covet what I can Feels like you got it Know that you want it but you never really had it at all All say Have it all some day Maybe you can please me we can share all that we have Feels like you got it Know that you want it but you never really had it at all Chorus 2 Maybe you can have me With enough money Now im gonna have to take everything that I can grab Feels like you got it Know that you want it but you never really had it at all All Say Who will I meet today yesterday has left me all alone with what I had Feels like you got it Know that you want it but you never really had it at all Interlude It goes on and on and on and on Feels like we got it all wrong It goes on and on and on—
4.
Better You 02:26
Verse Well it is the time for procrastination Feeling sorry and some shitty fast food Cause it is the end of our association Feeling sorry, yes I do, ‘cause it's true Chorus But it’s been too many times, so what betters you? What betters you? And I think it'll be all right if only we stay true, if we told the truth But if you can’t do what’s right then baby we are through, ‘cause I know what you do And its been too many times so what betters you? Bridge Always when you're around, you're bringing me down Sometimes think I’d be better off if you weren’t around Verse II So here we are and I feel so jaded Feeling lousy cause I think I love you But I’m sick and tired of in-communication Need to know right now if it's through If we're through
5.
Free Freak 02:41
Verse Heading out to the big city to find myself and who I really be Just a country boy with simple needs Now need to specify love and to redefine greed Cause everyone here that I do me takes something that's strangely apart of me And I know I should be myself as me but that’s exactly the problem you see ‘cause Life is hard for a boy of your kind Growin up I heard all the time But I find myself feeling oh just fine, changing games and winning minds Cause everyone here is caught in the grind A special smile is getting harder to find I’m not going to be another stuck in line Cuz it’s taken long enough for my time to shine Cause Chorus Outside is rocking, inside's all talking about me Everybody I know says I’m a son of a bitch Can't help it, in fact I sure really like it It’s exciting to be so free And if you don’t like rocking then cease all of your talking with me ‘Cause I’ll knock your ass out like Mohammed Ali Can’t help it in fact I sure really like me It’s exiting to be so fucking free Bridge It’s exciting to be, to be a freak like me It’s exciting to be this freak that sets me free.
6.
Verse Johnny’s all fucked up doing lots of meth again Jenny’s popping sleeping pills though she can’t remember it Danny’s smoking weed and he’s really got some good good tree But you know I’d rather just get… Everybody in school hangs around like real cool Till they tip the bottle then they're acting just like real fools Everyone’s a hippie and they’re trippy when they’re smoking weed But you know I’d rather just get… Chorus I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna get wasted tonight I'm gonna drink, gonna party, maybe get in a fight Everybody I know with me and my friends are getting wasted tonight! Outro Okay! Alright! Better to live fast than die with pride I'll die today, but I'd rather tonight As we try to live one more time this artificial life
7.
Your Choice 03:03
intro Woke up in the afternoon Hair in her eyes and a smile that didn't need no toothbrush and I get to get her right now Hotel, motel, livingroom in the backseat, in the bedroom I don't care I just want her right now Parents gone for the weekend Get to get her, get to get her, get together get together right now Started to take the shirt off her chest when I saw a cross around neck and she said, “Oh my god, we've gone too far now.” chorus 1 Because there is a book and it says I'm wrong so I'm going straight to hell and I've tried so hard not to be a sinner but I guess I was something else and it goes on and on and over again until the priests can repent their sins Do what you want to do The choice is up to you Oh what could I do The choice was up to you chorus 2 Because there is a man and he says I'm wrong so I'm going straight to jail And I tried so hard to be a winner but I guess I was just myself And it goes on and on and over again until the judge can set my bail Do what you want to do The choice is up to you What could I do The choice was up to you bridge And we're trippin like never before and we're trippin out— Because I'm a criminal Gotta bag of weed and a plant in my yard Is it me, am I crazy? Or is it the world?
8.
All Alone 02:14
Verse All of these thoughts of you are running through my mind Depression and misery are giving me a crooked spine You are a friend, a friend of the special kind I wish you were here right now and I wish that you were mine and I know Some of the best things I have ever had Linger sadly now somewhere in the past Time goes by oh so very fast I guess its true the good times never last And I know, Chours I’m on my own and I’m feeling so alone I wish all my friends could come on back to life and I know That if you go we'll never ever know Whether it was fantasy or if it could come to life but at least I tried I did not lie No, at least I tried So lets get high
9.
Thrown Away 02:56
verse So then you come to find That you weren't special as much unkind and then you realize everything you told me was a lie I thought you were my friend and I'll never let you in again- Never let you in again verse 2 So then you come to find That twenty good years are left behind And then she realized the kids are worth money so they are mine and all those things you said and I'll never let you in again- Never let you in again- chorus I heard you screaming but I did not let you in Because you threw me away And you wonder why I never want to see you again Because you threw me away And if you love me, then why search for better sin? Just to lead you astray- Because you threw me away Because you threw me away And I'm feeling just a little bit bitter!
10.
i have left my lover and leader to savor what was taught about duty and morals denying every word, allow myself to contradict what i'm told to be true, enveloped in what manifests i wait to be cured we must sacrifice our bodies in order to strengthen the spirit read directions of winds when drawing in the smoke it's struggle that brings the change there's only comfort found in suffering pollute the temples, you will find an emptiness called peace of mind chorus Cruel and unusual pleasure makes a man feel more mature. Heads covered without hoods prove the worst of odds. The sanity of our sisters sanctity is lost Free at last of masters Makes a man feel mature Prove the worst of odds bridge When my skin meets steel Is that all I can really feel? The sedation of our gods Gotta ask yourself What have I sought?
11.
Verse Load my memories into a cannon and aim it at my eyes. Burn away the disguise My fires fleeting Fade the photos Lost souls sold the chains of ink and books that bind tearing at the spine A page never opened Fragments crumble crushing into pupils without making a sound No longer holds me down Ground level rising Twilight open Glimpse the setting Heading to a place No one will find Fading of the light Words never spoken bridge And let me feel no more shame It's time to end this game And don’t tell me who’s to blame Cuz things will never be the same- chorus Tried life tried love gave up then it came I'm feeling weaker Try to float but I sink even deeper and things will never be the same
12.
Better Grace 04:20
Verse Feeling low, feeling strange, feel as though a bit deranged Sometimes I, feel no pain, that’s when the drugs are in my veins Because in my eyes, I don’t see, the harder you look the harder to believe And if you do, well don’t mind me, a lot of people feel sorry for other than me Pre-Chorus And these things come to light, when digging deeper Didn’t think very hard hey at least I tried Its true all things live and die, makes me feel much better Hearing all this talk about the other side Chorus And you know she will never make it when she’s needing me so badly Too bad grief comes so much later And if you could never fake it could it really ever happen? Maybe once or just believe it, until we find our better grace And you know I’ll never make it when I’m needing her so badly Flesh and lies don’t last forever And you know I never faked it so it never even mattered Bits and pieces come together or have we lost our better grace? Bridge Our better place ^A better way^ A brand new day And a brand new grace—don’t feel so down— ^In a better place^ Had it once but it got away Turnaround Didn’t always have to be this way Verse II Because I am still afraid Feeling like I do today ^Feeling low down not feeling brave^ ^There is a world with no pain^ And sorry never matters Bridge II No better place Still far away ^our saving faith^ Still be afraid It will always be this way— don’t feel so down— ^Afraid of today^ Was there once but I ran away Outro And you know I’ll never make it And you know I’ll never make it Because I never ever faked it And you knew I could never make it
13.
Fine Feeling 03:16
14.
Inside 03:09
Now you've realized your dreams bringing chaos as you please I will swim back up stream Where I'm to die Once was alive Only on the ride to see where it goes Nothing is mine Think I'm going to croak before anyone knows One day I might Go with the highs and come with the lows Might go outside It's the reason you hide when you are awake The reason why you sleep through everyday I didn't know it but I think I'm okay it's how I feel inside It's the reason I lie Jack Sprack Speagle and his silver spoon a chrome carborator is turning the moon I hear too much so I clear out some room inside my mind Hold only so much inside Black cat in the path means danger Guess I can try Better be a coward than to see a stranger Maybe I'm blind Once thought I knew you but I rearrange What I find

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released July 11, 2012

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The Knownothings Portland, Oregon

All I know is that I don't know nothing.



This album was recorded in janky conditions on a laptop. We are a band in progress.

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