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The Knack

by Slate

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1.
Caesar 04:19
The legs I’ve got, they’re all my own My eye's a coin that reflects the sun Running through the green and I see your promise You start the chase and it’s all in fun Until I realize you’ve got the gun You close your eyes because I’m the fool now Picture a scene that I see in my dreams And I can see it’s not as good as it seems You tell a lie that’s fully masked in truth You start the chase and it’s all in fun Until I realize you’ve got the gun You close your eyes because I’m the fool now Give me a time, give me a place Another chance that I know I’ll waste Our path’s a circle but still, I'm hoping We’re all guilty being pursued stock It’s hard to walk when you only talk for talk Chalk it up to all your lying and living You care too much, or none at all But can you realize it’s all your fault? Your aim is sharp and I’m a fish in a barrel Give me a time, give me a place Another chance that I know I’ll waste Our path’s a circle but still, I'm hoping Now I’m a pile of bone and dust A product of your untruthful trust My legs are yours and now I’m taken over You end the chase, you’ve had your fun And now I realized you’ve always won Open your eyes because I’m the fool now Give me a time, give me a place Another chance that i know I’ll waste Our path’s a circle but still, I'm hoping
2.
I'm feeling weary I pushed myself too far, this time I'm on a losing streak I'm on a losing streak and I'm falling apart The life I'm leading is a dangerous thing I'm losing myself and I'm killing my brain I can't take this for another day My breaking point's nearing I'm being followed I'm being dragged around in my body My mind is going insane My mind is going insane and I'm falling apart The life I'm leading is a dangerous thing I'm losing myself and I'm killing my brain I can't take this for another day My breaking point's nearing I'm on a losing streak I'm on a losing streak and I'm falling apart (Fool myself one time, shame on me Fool myself two times, I'm falling apart Fool myself three times, breaking point Fool myself three times and I'm falling apart) The life I'm leading is a dangerous thing I'm losing myself and I'm killing my brain I can't take this for another day My breaking point's nearing
3.
Allison 03:32
Allison, be knowin' You really got me goin' I saw you sing your songs to make me cry Allison, she's older I wish I could have told her How far she really made it in my heart And maybe one day our paths will meet She's got a cooler boyfriend Who sings and plays guitar She hides away from all those paparazzi motherfuckers She'll never know it She's really got me goin' The sparkles in her eyes look like a star And maybe one day I'll be the one you sing about And maybe she could take me out Allison, be knowin' You really got me goin' I saw you sing your songs to make me cry Allison, she's older I wish I could have told her How far she really made it in my heart Oh, baby, you gave me a fucking heart attack And maybe we could be friends with no strings attached Allison, be knowin' You really got me goin' I saw you sing your songs to make me cry Allison, she's older I wish I could have told her How far she really made it in my heart
4.
You told me yesterday that I was not the one you want But you regretted it, something that I had never thought You closed your eyes and by now I had left you for the stairs Mistakes were present but I never really seemed to care When the sun sets, you bet I’m going down And then your eyes said “you know what I am thinking and I know you’re thinking the same thing” Your lies are petty and you do it just to drive me mad A circumstance that seemed familiar, one that we once had Your eyes are pretty, pull me in, send fire through my bones And if you kiss me, I’ll tell you everything you don’t know When the sun sets, you bet I’m going down And then your eyes said “you know what I am thinking and I know you’re thinking the same thing” And your eyes fade, that’s when the lies change And when the lies change all bets are off and I think I know what you'll say When the sun sets, you bet I’m going down And then your eyes said “you know what I am thinking and I know you’re thinking the same thing”
5.
Boots 03:45
Show me clearly what it is you need Kiss me sweetly, weakening my knees Give me your problems I'll die just to solve them You know that I could not lie Your effortless beauty Your hands that could do me No harm I've not got inside Feel my feelings and waste away with me Hold me softly and tell me love finds a way The night that I left home Stayed out 'till tomorrow The rain froze inside my heart Your vices and virtues I'd die just to hold you The end's not far from the start
6.
Porcelain 03:44
Why won't you just talk to me? Now I'm starting to feel the heat I've got these voices inside my head Who never listen to what I say You said you'd promise to get better But now that's starting to drag me under I love you too much to let you go Because I know I'm nothing on my own Don't be a cheat You know it fuels my insecurity I'm starting to see You give me something that I've never had before You said you feel like shit And I can see that you're starting to prove it You give me everything that I've ever wanted Because you're the only thing that I ever want Don't be a cheat You know it fuels my insecurity I'm starting to see You give me something that I've never had before
7.
Soil 03:12
I cry sometimes when it hurts There's never a feeling that it worked I try sometimes just to see What if you had loved me? There’s never a feeling I think I'm in need and You tell me you’re waiting But I’m never going back You never knew that you were wrong It all worked out and got along Took so long for you to see I never knew that you loved me I know that you’re feeling I know you’re believing You better be seeing That I’m never going back there I cry sometimes and it hurts My blood and hope is in the dirt Tried to hard just to see The reason you never loved me There’s never a feeling I think I'm in need and You tell me you’re waiting But I’m never going back there
8.
Pradera 04:21
I’m looking for something that I know I’ll never find I wake up for bedtime and the day stays up all night Your voice, it dilutes me and it fills me up inside I ran away shaking but now I’ve got to be alright You’re becoming a person, I never thought I’d see the day My state of immersion no longer stands the one to blame My brothers, my sisters, we drink a blood that toxicates My weapon of coping burns as it’s going up in flames I don’t know why you lie to my eyes When you know I cry all night I can’t decide if you have tried To fix all the pain in my life A crystal push needle holds the scriptures on my walls Stops me from wondering if my fingers could be claws My mother, my father, they gave their best shot at it all A bundle of impressions, it’s gotta be my fucking fault I don’t know why you lie to my eyes When you know I cry all night I can’t decide if you have tried To fix all the pain in my life My heart denies a hand that tries To reach out and cleanse my life I’ll never try to change my life Where would i be if you had never lied? I don’t know why you lie to my eyes When you know I cry all night I can’t decide if you have tried To fix all the pain in my life
9.
High Beach 04:11
You’ve got a ticket to ride A bonafide child to hide Shy to my eyes and clear to my mind I asked you but you said you’ve tried Spent a year around the bend Figured you were always a friend Got glass, still could never see You wanted to take me to high beach I gave her to my brother A guaranteed plan to suffer She was there and over the summer Found out one way or another Spent a year around the bend Figured you were always a friend Needed glass, still could never see You wanted to take me to high beach Spent a year around the bend Figured you were always a friend Needed glass just to see You wanted to take me to high beach Blown and blown again Shown and shown again Around and round again Bound and wound again Spent a year around the bend Figured you were always a friend Needed glass, still could never see You wanted to take me to high beach
10.
Lazarus 07:38
Take my bones Take my eyes Take my blood Take my life Take my veins Take my skin Take my lips Take my limbs I’ve got a knack of destroying beauty The ones I love who are never deserving I need to start over and turn my short life around Another start to give back more than what I’ve found Take my hope Take my joy Take my peace Take my love Take my friends Take mom and dad Take everything That I’ve ever had I’ve got a knack of destroying beauty The ones I love who are never deserving I need to start over and turn my short life around Another start to give back more than what I’ve found I’m on my way To fix my minds hate I’m turning back on all The pain that i made Please tell my mother Please tell my father I’ve made a mess And I’m picking up all the weight I’ve got a knack of destroying beauty The ones I love who are never deserving I need to start over and turn my short life around Another start to give back more than what I’ve found

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released June 14, 2019

All music by Slate
All lyrics by Noah J. Linker
Recorded and produced by Ilya Arbatman
Mastered by Justin Weis at Traxworks
Cover photo by Susan Mantle
Typography by Noah J. Linker

Noah J. Linker - Vocals, guitars, keyboards
Oliver Guinan - Bass guitar, backing vocals, trumpet
Cole Hendricks - Lead, rhythm, and underwater guitars
Aditya Krishnamoorthy - Drums, backing vocals, trombone
Evan Guinan - Keyboards, backing vocals

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