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Dial M For Meds

by Taking Meds

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1.
Memory Lane 03:30
I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I’m gonna capture the plane, ash into flame I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I’m freeing the neurons in my brain I’m letting them drive There’s plenty of ways you can feel alive I’m kicking the door in on my shrink I’m taking his notes Spray painting the tip of his microscope And there’s rose-tinted windows On the DMC I stole I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I’m gonna capture the plane, ash into flame I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I wanna go back to my old flame I’m clearing the air I’ll lie like a man who’s facing the chair I’m kicking the door in on my job I’m taking the drawer Just give me enough so I don’t need more Cuz I play close to the vest With my teenage war chest I wish I stayed I wish I stayed I wanna see the man I blame I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I’m gonna capture the plane, ash into flame I’m gonna capture the plane and crash it on memory lane I’m gonna, yeah I wish I stayed I wish I stayed I wanna see the man I blame On memory lane On memory lane I’m crashing the plane
2.
Outside 02:21
Ripped collar vintage shirt Vitalogy and Dirt Never looked at the insert Not especially covert Workwear and fish eye lens Bleached hair and hash oil pens Can’t tell if they’re my friends What’s means and what is ends So I’ll smile and shake the hand I’m not a stupid man But if you’re on the outside looking in Stop looking That metal neck guitar That cost more than my car She’s dancing with the stars Playing pop punk in a bar Workwear and fish eye lens Bleached hair and hash oil pens Can’t tell if they’re my friends What’s means and what is ends So I’ll smile and shake the hand I’m not a stupid man But if you’re the outside looking in Stop looking
3.
Aftertaste 03:32
I used to drive around for cocaine Now I just laugh at my own jokes I’m gonna chew with my mouth open But I don’t mind if you smoke Checking my cell phone Seventy times when it’s not ringing Check out this new home I can’t afford the one I live in now I wanna cancel all this bullshit I want possession of the ball I want the only thing that’s certain But I don’t have the gall So I wait for good days Singing to my reflection Like I’ll wake in my new place Earlier than I ever have before And I can’t wait to latch into place I can’t wait til I get a taste I can’t wait I’m gonna be the guy that I hate I can’t wait to latch into place For the aftertaste I never call anything special Because I know that nothing is So if I look for something special Maybe just mind your business Drenching my cell phone In flammable gas and it’s not burning Live in the unknown I can’t afford to be right here right now And I can’t wait to latch into place I can’t wait til I get a taste I can’t wait I’m gonna be the guy that I hate I can’t wait to latch into place For the aftertaste
4.
Life Support 03:45
I’m thinking of living on life support Plugged into a gas generator I’ll go to the JFK airport And get stuck in the elevator I’m taking a bath in good ideas Soon I’ll be in over my head I’m thinking of living on life support I can’t think of anything I’d wanna do instead Got caught in a brisk walk under the ladder of success Just talked to a guy who thinks my band’s called Taking Bets New idiot Disney boy gonna make me wait my turn Vans stamping on human face forever I’m thinking of living on life support Plugged into a gas generator I’ll go to the JFK airport And get stuck in the elevator I’m taking a bath in good ideas Soon I’ll be in over my head I’m thinking of living on life support I can’t think of anything I’d wanna do instead Coming out of my mouth there’s gonna be a plastic sword You can set it aside until the next time you get bored I’ll open a photo album next to my guitar Not even a song can remind me who these people are Nobody else can tell you You find out when you die Nobody else can tell you You have to act surprised Nobody else can tell you You find out when you die You have to act surprised I’m thinking of living on life support Plugged into a gas generator I’ll go to the JFK airport And get stuck in the elevator I’m taking a bath in good ideas Soon I’ll be in over my head I’m thinking of living on life support I can’t think of anything I’d wanna do instead
5.
Long Tooth 03:43
In the city of losers I could become the king As I fill out my checklist in disappearing ink Asked if I had advice for an 18-year-old me When they say “nobody cares,” take it literally Can I sell my ticket To this dumb convention Can I pawn my trophy It’s got stains like a cheap plate My words, a whisper in the woods Not like a scream I’ve heard would do me any good And that’s okay I’m as free as a bird now if you want to know the truth Just an iron rooster spinning on a roof Getting long in the tooth Just ‘cause it’s in the song it don’t mean it’s off my chest It’s just a couple of words that never could show the depths They lie around, fill up notebooks, take up space on the shelves A paperweight that don’t weigh enough to help Can I sell my ticket To this dumb convention Can I pawn my trophy It’s got stains like a cheap plate My words, a whisper in the woods Not like a scream I’ve heard would do me any good And that’s okay I’m as free as a bird now if you want to know the truth Just an iron rooster spinning on a roof Getting long in the tooth
6.
There’s something higher than archive punks There’s something higher than well dressed hunks There’s something higher than a body in the trunk than a body in the trunk There’s something higher than being well read There’s something higher than luxury beds There’s something higher but I don’t know what it is I know it’s there ‘cause I can taste it I know it’s there ‘cause I can taste it I know it’s there ‘cause I can taste it And you won’t catch me out here You won’t catch me out here You won’t catch me out here doing none of that There’s something higher than going pro There’s something higher than sold out shows There’s something higher than just living like Thoreau There’s something higher than perfect beasts There’s something higher than cheating death There’s something higher but I don’t know what it is I know it’s there ‘cause I can taste it I know it’s there ‘cause I can taste it I know it’s there ‘cause I can taste it And you won’t catch me out here You won’t catch me out here You won’t catch me out here doing none of that
7.
Wading Out 03:54
Waste of a day but I’m glad it’s over I’ll file away the time Four dozen nudes in deleted folders With new ones on the line Hands on the keys so I really mean it I’m saying what I mean Send the police ‘cause I really mean it But saying it sounds mean Oh my god my brain is down, it needs electric power and it’s been raining Oh my god I’m waning down beneath the pressure cloud, panel-created Oh that’s art, it’s concerned with bleakness, it’s a full lifetime of spiritual weakness All the best art is concerned with bleakness, tell me which came first, the bastard or the fetus? Traced the career of a brooding loner Right up until you die Death ain’t the problem when you’re alone It’s the years you spend alive Hands on the keys so I really mean it I’m saying what I mean Send the police ‘cause I really mean it But it ain’t what it seems Oh my god my brain is down, it needs electric power and it’s been raining Oh my god I’m waning down beneath the pressure clown, panel-created Oh that’s art, it’s concerned with bleakness, it’s a full lifetime of spiritual weakness All the best art is concerned with bleakness, tell me which came first, the bastard or the fetus? Oh my god my brain is down Oh my god I’m waning down Oh my god it’s raining out Oh my god I’m wading out I’m wading out
8.
I woke up from a dream Where I murdered my friend And I missed the free breakfast It ended at 10 And the movie that I’ll make Starring all of my friends That takes place where I grew up Is still in pre-production Here we go again I’m falling down the other end Paralyzed parrot staring at the clock It’s a six hour ride from Brooklyn to the ROC Here we go again I’m falling down the other end Motorized moron sitting in the shop It’s a six hour ride from Brooklyn to the ROC Here we go again I’m falling down the other end And I spent so much time Waiting to be interviewed That I realized that I had nothing to tell you And the movie I made Starring all of my friends That took place where I grew up It doesn’t exist Here we go again I’m falling down the other end Paralyzed parrot staring at the clock It’s a six hour ride from Brooklyn to the ROC Here we go again I’m falling down the other end Motorized moron sitting in the shop It’s a six hour ride from Brooklyn to the ROC Here we go again I’m falling down the other end
9.
Kindness 04:31
I got no kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness You don’t need to understand I just need you to adore I got no kindness for you I got no kindness I got no kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness And when you’re eating from my hand I won’t even hold the door I got no kindness for you I got no kindness You don’t need to understand I just need you to adore You don’t need to know the plan I just need you on the floor Like water into sand Don’t know how to say it without sounding like I’m making it too crude Kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness Kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness for you I got no kindness You don’t need to understand I just need you to adore You don’t need to know the plan I just need you on the floor Like water into sand Don’t know how to say it without sounding like I’m making it too crude Gravel underneath my shoe I have no kindness for you Black hole that you fall into I have no kindness for you You’re a product I consume I have no kindness for you Just a match to light the room I have no kindness for you You don’t need to understand I just need you to adore You don’t need to know the plan I just need you on the floor Like water into sand Don’t know how to say it without sounding like I’m making it too crude
10.
Tuesday’s going with the wind Close my eyes and there it is again As the years are going by Our friendship is probably gonna die The times they are not changing, don’t you know? Gave up searching for that heart of gold I can’t even start a fire with a spark All my rowdy friends are selling brown Everyone I know just goes to raves in the end We’re in mid-air and I see the clowns Leaving on a jet plane Who gives a shit, I’ll be back again I can feel it in my soul I never believed in rock ’n roll The times they are not changing, don’t you know? Gave up searching for that heart of gold I can’t even start a fire with a spark All my rowdy friends are selling brown Everyone I know just goes to raves in the end We’re in mid-air and I see the clowns

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released September 1, 2023

Taking Meds is:

Skylar Sarkis - vocals/guitar

Ben Kotin - guitars/vocals

James Palko - bass/vocals

Noah Linn - drums

Produced and Engineered by Kurt Ballou and James Palko

Recorded at God City Studios and Blackheart Sound

Mixed by Kurt Ballou

Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Mastering

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