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Personal Fable

by Pat Llewellyn & the Parade

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1.
Peaceful Man 03:25
Something said aggressively and taken as it meant hence this black eye Salvaged what was left of dignity I'm doing fine Another needless casualty from war that's always raging in my head One side sabotages every path The other limps toward progress You can call me crazy And I'd slap that stupid smile right off your face I'd like to think myself a peaceful man But once bitter one cannot forget the taste Leading opposition there's a child stomping his feet pulling the strings Throwing temper tantrums when I don't let him win You can call me lazy For never anchoring my faith I'd like to think myself a decent man But once bitter one cannot forget the taste And you can call me crazy I'm proud to say you're not that far off base I'd like to cal myself a peaceful man But once bitter one will never be the same
2.
The culture I've been wading through is meaningless Since mediocrity has taken over Beating dead horses to a pulp There's some words that I've been writing to oppose it all And call to arms our brothers in dissent But who am I to judge? A simple joke For a simple mind The simple philosophies Of a simple man Full of toxic point of view and that's no way to live your life When honestly there's no honest way Functionally well behaved Dumb it down for myself all to maintain When a constant use of sarcasm Mistook for condescension Time after time The fine line between wit and being an asshole Discussing nothing over morning coffee when An impulse for an insult pushes forward With age I have learned to hold my tongue
3.
Anxiety 06:02
Impulsive to a fault With anger and my hate The life of a fool Lived the coward's way Have I no sense of pride? Is there face enough to save? Too tired to care But I'm not going to sleep Anxiety Gets the best of me Until I can't breathe Clawing at the sheets Fighting reality I'll be the death of me I'll stumble through the day Beaten into place A step out of line Took the coward's way I'll take my own advice The day it pays the bills The life of a fool For all the time I've wasted in my life For all the times I never even tried And regret so fucking powerful it haunts my every day And sleepless nights of self-destructive rage
4.
Distraction 03:43
Smashing the television It's getting hard for me to watch As decency is washed away Culture that leaves nothing To the imagination Raised in pride And ripe for shame Another pointless brush with fame But the excitement it can bring Keep the world at war When we're all just the same Sounds so plain C'est la vie I'm a man On my knees "Please distraction, keep distracting me" A need to feel special To be an individual Inside of the trend Pleasure and convenience The makings of an impulse It's obscene but seldom heard Another pointless bunch of words But the excitement it can bring Keep the world at war Cover progress in shame Until it's gone C'est la vie Standing up From my knees "Please distraction, why do you keep distracting me?" Keep the world at world In a battle for change Not ourselves Point the blame Ain't it all Just a game? "Please distraction, I'm not a child. Let me be."

about

I often feel like an over grown man-child and allow myself to be consumed by regrets of the past and fear of the future. I'm trying to not do that as much anymore. I'm probably a lot like you.

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released March 30, 2015

These songs were all written and recorded within one month of each other between October 2014 and January 2015.

"Peaceful Man" and "The Fine Line" music and lyrics written by Pat Llewellyn
"Anxiety" music written by Pat Llewellyn and Rob Freeman - Lyrics by Patrick Llewellyn
"Distraction" music and lyrics written by Pat Llewellyn and Steve Pultz

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Rob Freeman at Audio Pilot Studios - Boonton, NJ
Additional recording on "Anxiety" by James Strazza (Rockaway, NJ) and Scott Daniel (Boonton, NJ)
"Anxiety" noise by Pat Llewellyn and Joe Egan at Missile Silo Studios (Hopatcong, NJ)
Mastered by Joe Egan Jake Egan at Missile Silo Studios.

Artwork concept by Pat Llewellyn
Photos by Rob Freeman
Artwork layout and design by Brandon Schack

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