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The Degenerated EP

by Ben Nickerson

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1.
Verse// I find myself stuck between a rock and a hard place I’ve been here before, too many times I don’t even have a dime to my name The same game, played with all the cheat codes on And I still can’t find a way home Prechorus// And I swear it’s true When I’m not with you It’s like I’m lookin’ at the world From the outside in I swear I wanna be there But it’s hard sometimes Yeah, it’s kinda hard sometimes Oh, hard sometimes Chorus/// He was a misfit, she was a princess If you hit the snooze on, you just might of missed it Level with me please: do I have a chance in hell? It’s easy to see me For what I am cuz I left the rest inside a photo on the floor This feeling is something I just can’t ignore Verse II// There’s a part of me that wishes I’d picked the roads that are easy The rhythm goes on, the measures are gone I’ve been here all night, but a night isn’t long Played the same game Cheated my way to the bottom Now I see what always Brought you down Bridge// Go on pretending The world isn’t ending You haven’t even found What you’re fighting for I hope I have the health for what comes next //Prechorus II Oh, who am I to kid? That’s the laugh I missed It’s like I’m seeing where I’ve been And all the things I did I am stretching thin, low on oxygen Making it easy to breathe out but hard to breathe it back in Chorus//
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Winter sucks, I think that it's true I need some snowfall before my balls turn blue Beautification is a fluctuatin' So throw me some Seasonal Masturbation And I'm not just bein' a cynical lyricist People go crazy under whimsical realists Just take a look around and I'm sure that you'll see All the biblical bureaucrats at the top of the tree And while the bureaucrats take their bureau-craps I'll take a bureau-nap before I bureau-fap They came with nothin' like a boy without porn And they still got nothin' but the place they're born We turned 'em away, we turned 'em down A bomb falls in the forest makin' no sound Well, there's no one to hear the post casualty orders Cuz they fired the only Doc's without borders We need to give 'em name tags just to be sure Labeling people; have we seen this before That's right I pulled the Trump card But I play the best when the hand comes down hard It's the second coming but not of the big G It's the whim of the whiny DT I'm not one to rhyme, it's not my style But to warm the winter I'll spit hot fire Chorus// I-I-I can't believe my eyes They always tell me lies just when I need them You haven't lived a second till the moment you see Through the guy who lives alone in mediocrity Verse II// I'm resourceful like cave You can find me chillin out in an unmarked grave If it I stopped to save my name it'd be a shame Since everyone calls me lame it's all the same I dug this hole, bit by bit Now I have a place to throw this fit Call it what you want but I ain't no hater I'm a screwball, no it all, pro-masturbator I always filter all the words that I'm sayin' That's manly as fuck if you see what I'm layin' Down with all the talk of hypocrisy I'd never say that someone was less than me Chorus// Bridge// I had sex with a girl while digging snow without a shovel She took snow blowing to a whole other level Who needs a pilots liscence, I'll just wing it Pleasure is a search engine, if you're desperate you'll Bing it If there's one thing that I'm good at it's rememberin' lyrics So... uh shit Chorus// Ah-Ah-I can't believe my eyes I'm always tellin' lies just when I want to I haven't lived a second that's what I hope you'll see There's a thousand million people, places I'll never do or see So don't take it from me I will admit when I'm wrong I know I said I can rhyme so This is the end of the track
3.
Take a breath, and let off some steam Tell yourself this has to be a dream Coincidence could never satisfy An explanation for just how and why We made it here to where we’re laying now Afraid to sleep, in case we’re wrong somehow I’m not one to ponder life’s mystique but I have to say: this feeling is pretty neat You seemed confused by my final try To show you how much f---in’ time’s gone by But then you closed your bright blue eyes And pressed your tiny little lips against mine Words just don’t seem to justify The mess we made before we said goodbye Life went on, I guess that’s not so bad Truth be told I guess I’m more than just a little glad Being alone was never quite as bad But now I’ve lost all I ever had Take my hand you know it won’t be hard If you’d rather stay, I send my best regards Let me tell you how I feel We intertwine among the notes like sine waves And if you listen to them closely you’ll find just what you wanna hear Thanks for giving me a chance To let me tell you how I feel
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Paradigm Verse// Well here we are, lost in translation again No magic quests, no hints, This time I’ve just gotta get out of bed Something tells me the road gets rough ahead Oh my-- Prechorus// I am not waiting for my chance To show you just who I am I’m not sure who the hell I’m supposed to be But time is running out Chorus/// I drank milk from the jug at 2am Oh, how in the hell do we get back here again Unbearable doesn’t justify how it feels to be trapped on the outside And I can’t maintain this paradigm Get me through this god damn semester please I’m slipping through the cracks of society In terms of where I’m going I’ll be discreet I gotta lotta people I’d like to meet I can’t maintain this paradigm _____________________________ Seems sorta rude to ask me why I’m doing what I gotta do just to get by but I see where’s there’s room to be confused Not everyone likes to be reused Life gives back the exact you put in Like a half assed- money back bargain bid I’m checking off the last of the cardinal sins Said the man who doesn't know the mess he’s in Gimme a break, I deserve it by now With the express knowledge gained I know how Cheating the system is not long term As an overpowered, mystery hour, kill confirm Why don’t you get it? Options are: end it This is judgement day or not I spent a lot of time thinking bout’ the facts And so this might just be my final act I know it’s hard I know it’s hard to get this through your head I am not your pawn Procedure supersedes your brawn Fear will not succeed Full disclosure’s what I need Last time that I checked You’re the one who can’t connect a If status quo is less than fine Find another paradigm //Chorus

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released January 31, 2018

Ben Nickerson, Hey Dog Dog, Tarsquang, Kaitlin Braden, Dinnerjoe

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