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Stupid Music

by The Vacant Smiles

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1.
Zombies 03:04
They told you, you wouldn't know it til it's over And now I know it and it's hard to forget but then what's to expect When you're staring at the floor They told you, it's like I've woken from a coma And I'll think over all the things that I did, why I'm feeling like this And why you're walking out the door, but I knew you would To do something different is to do something that has never been done To ride into the sunset is to ride into the sun And is it normal to feel like I want to escape? Well, I guess that's nothing new Standing in the rain, running risk of electrocution Standing in the rain, I was here before you They told you, and now I've woken from a coma And now I know it And it's hard to forget when you're not like the rest of them Come on, smash a window, man! And now I'm lost for words and I've got nothing to say But I guess I never did, so it hasn't changed And it's true, and my head just exploded into one hundred million pieces Standing in the rain, running risk of electrocution Standing in the rain, I was here before you I thought I knew you well, but I guess I was wrong I've got nothing to say here now and I'm done I'm not sorry, no, I'm not sorry I'm not sorry at all Are you worried? I said I'm pretty much choking here Give me oxygen cause I need it now I'm not sorry, no, I'm not sorry I'm not sorry at all
2.
New Shoes 02:46
You've got a new pair of shoes, you're gonna wear them around You've got a new pair of jeans, you're gonna wear them downtown Life's not a fantasy No, it's not a comedy And you'll die in tragedy Life must be hard when you get everything you want The only thing you live for is all the things you've got And having all this power doesn't make you just the best And soon you'll find that your biggest fan is just the one inside your head You've got a new bit of money for now to warm the back of your neck You've got a little bit of fame for when it's quiet and now we'll never forget Well, you're going to all the parties and getting into the clubs You've got some new kicks, yeah, but they're messing you up
3.
Benny's Bit 02:25
All these mattresses are breaking my fall But I don't have those dreams anymore I can't remember anything that you said, but I can't remember anything at all You're acting older but you still look so young You're acting smarter but you're still so dumb yeah
4.
This is the closing door and I close it way too late This is my final word before I close the door on my new aches And if I talk too loud, or if I yell too much Well, it's just my way to let you know that I'm not giving up And now the biggest problem, I still exist You say it's not my fault, but now I don't know what is And now I just can't speak, and now I just can't talk And I can't say it to your face, well then I'll say it to a wall I might not look that good and I've kind of got messy hair And I know I can't sing that well, it doesn't mean that I don't care I just want to be a punk, I just want to sing this song And now I just can't breathe, and now I just can't run And now it all feels wrong, and now I just feel sick These are just stupid parties with stupid music I'm not a stupid person I just get confused About what the hell I'm doing here but that's not an excuse This is the closing door and I arrive tonight And you don't have to tell me cause I'm not blind And please don't ask me about my ways I can tell that I am different, I can tell that I am not the same I can tell I've changed, I can tell that I am not the same I can tell I've changed, I can tell that I am not the same
5.
Cynics 04:06
The other day I saw you across the street I had to turn my head and look away Something stirred inside me, something left untold And then I realised That not looking at your face was just another way of wasting life And underneath everything's lined with gold I looked around I felt so much more relieved that I had both my feet upon the ground But I don't think I'll be able to sleep at all tonight I did my best I paid the price and I past the test It'll work out, everything's fine Open your eyes, open your mind Just waste your time if you've got nothing much to do And you're all cynics, no, you're all critics And you will criticise my every single move We'll reach an end And when we reach that point we'll have to turn around and start again Nothing gold can stay and some things end too soon And last night I had this dream And I know it wasn't real but I know that one day it could be real to me I don't think I could cope, I wouldn't know what to do And we haven't come this far Just to throw it all away, well I guess that makes us who we are And if that does make sense you don't need any proof I went to sleep And I woke up on the floor, I woke up tangled in between my sheets I woke up shaking in my boots Collate your brains Collect in sequence, connect the mains Reject the fame Close your umbrella if it rains One winter night, there's never enough time Stop living life like you've got something else to prove And you're all cynics, no, you're all critics And you will criticise my every single move Open your eyes, open your mind Just waste your time if you've got nothing much to do And you're all cynics, no, you're all critics And you will criticise my every single move
6.
Is it ever okay to let your feelings out? To tear down the walls and drain all the poison out Underneath this bed I'm scared Or would it be much better if we sell our souls And we all wear the same things and all have the same ringtones Underneath this bed I'm scared Sometimes you look all shiny and fluorescent You've got a plastic smile and I'm sure that it just won't last But it might, it might be cool to look transparent And you're looking at me like you're looking through a piece of glass You're just another boy that no one knows Cause nobody's seen you without a disguise And you're just as boring as everyone else Cause you're never being different, no, you're acting like another guy Alright, alright
7.
Fourteen 03:13
It's way too soon to make excuses up So let's sit back and watch it from above I'll come around soon but for now I'll rest I'm too tired to think even at my best And here we are, we're on the edge of town I'm trying to look forward but I keep on looking down And it's really hard, you've got no idea Of all the places I could be it had to be here And I know, I will be waiting soon And I know, that it is way too soon And it's hard when there is nothing left to lose And I'll go because I didn't get to choose Hear the sound and there's no way to get free I've been here before, I can barely feel my feet I want to go back to an empty Saturday I want the afternoon, sitting in the shade My eyes are distant and my brain is fried We are the ones we're being hypnotised Because we're going too hard to put our foot on the breaks And I feel half asleep when I'm wide awake And now we've written all the pages And now we've been through all the stages You said we'd have the time and we'd be alright But now the pages are torn And we're all cracked and worn And we're starting to realise that we're losing ourselves And we're losing our minds
8.
Yeah 02:12
I want you to waste your time with me I wanna waste my time under the sea So I'll call up my friends, say let's go into town Yeah, the sun will be shining so we should hang around I wanna waste my time down on the beach I wanna waste my time under the sun I wanna waste my time with everyone And the water is cool so we'll go for a surf And yeah, the sun will be shining so we're gonna get burnt We'll take it easy on the beach with the other beach bums Thought I saw you in a submarine, yeah Thought I saw you in a limousine, yeah I want you to waste your time with me I wanna drive a car into the sea I wanna climb up a tree, I wanna look at the moon We might be wasting our time at least it's something to do I wanna hitch a ride to Hawaii I wanna climb up a tree, I wanna look at the moon We might be wasting our time at least it's something to do And then I'll fry and fall asleep
9.
Disappear 03:56
It's not my fault and it never was Those guys in suits and leather jackets, they're just looking on It's hard to believe that you're built to succeed Well, it's hard to believe cause you're not Oh, I feel much better when I'm hiding inside But I feel so much better when I'm alive And it's not a competition, I like your disguise the most But let's not cause a scene here, let's just grab a glass and make a toast to you It's alright, dear Just throw me in the corner and we'll both hope that I disappear It's alright, love Just throw it all away and kill the things that I've been thinking of And now we're all here and now I've got something to prove You're the word on the street, you're the word on the avenue And if we're all here then what are we fighting for? And I'll stand here in the corner with a smile as I stare at the wall It's alright, dear Just throw me in the corner and we'll both hope that I disappear It's alright, love Just throw it all away and kill the things that I've been thinking of It's alright, dear Is it cool to just pretend we know exactly what we're doing here? It's alright, love She said it's cooler if you leave, I said I'll tell you when I want it to stop. I can't see you here, I can't see you anywhere at all I want a disco now
10.
Sleep Talker 05:42
I don't know how to say this but I'm not sure where I've been I woke up on the floor, I don't remember anything And I'm not going to get upset, I'm not going to get mad And I won't show that I'm frustrated cause I'm much better than that And I don't know what I'm doing as the day turns into night I say I don't make plans to hide the fact I'm scared out of my mind And I'm looking out the window, but I'm looking at the ground I'm not looking for a reason, I'll just try to sound it out So please don't tell me when to stop Cause I'm old enough to know it on my own And please don't say that it's enough Cause it's probably something that I should have known Well, I'll meet you in the middle of the playground in our town I walk the long way home so I don't have to face a crowd And I wish that nothing mattered, but I'm so senseless I can't see I wish I lived down by the seaside in a house amongst the trees And I don't know if you've noticed but you're just the same as me If everyone's nostalgic, why not build a time machine? And I'm looking out the windows, I'm always looking at the clouds I won't try to read the future, I'll just let it come around So please don't tell me when to stop Cause I'm old enough to know it on my own And please don't say that it's enough Cause it's probably something that I should have known And I probably should have learned it long ago Yeah, it's probably something that I should have known
11.
Breakdown 06:25
Run away, you'll never find us Burst your lungs, you'll never hear us Never be what you're expect to Take me away to the calypso Turn away, I'll never miss you Take me away because I never lose Can I scream if I'm in distress? Said why are we here? We're here to impress Stand up straight and watch the floor fall through Sell the kids, we didn't need them Love ain't real, it's just a system I'm acting calm because my legs won't move Take me away to the calypso Turned away, I didn't mean to Break me down, you tell me what to do Run away, you'll never find us Run away, you'll never find me now And I don't want to talk to no one else And I don't want to speak with anybody else And maybe, I'll just wait over here And I don't want to look at no one else And I don't want to be confused by anybody else And maybe, I'll just go watch TV Run away, you'll never find me Tie me up, you'll never hear me cry I guess it's hard because I always lose Take me away to the calypso You've gone away and now I miss you You can't do that, man No, no, no, no, no, it just ain't cool Breakdown You'll never break me down

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Recorded at home from February to July 2013
Mixed and Mastered by Nicholas Di Lorenzo

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released August 3, 2013

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