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Born Strange

by The Manimals

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1.
Born Strange 03:29
I was born strange With a comet’s name Trying to find a way to exist on this plane I’ve heard tell I had a rebel yell I gave em hell, yeah I gave em hell Well maybe I was crazy Looking for someone to call me baby Well maybe I was crazy Because I left myself with those sad nights On fire escapes smoking Camel Lights Saying, "If you wanna just skip this drama Go on take your clothes off like you got no mama Take your clothes off like you got no mama, no mama, no mama" I was nineteen When he set me free I moved quickly cause there’s so much to see I’m just an alien Swimming in this skin I thought by now that my life would begin Well maybe I was crazy Looking for someone to call me baby Well maybe I was crazy Because I left myself with those sad nights In piss-smelling bars on the Lower East Side Saying, "If you wanna just skip this drama Go on and take your clothes off like you got no mama Take your clothes off like you got no mama, no mama, no mama" Yeah baby I was crazy None of those boys could ever save me Yeah baby I was crazy Because I left myself with those sad nights Sitting on the curb in my ripped up tights Saying, "If you wanna just skip this drama Go on and take your clothes off like you got no mama Take your clothes off like you got no mama, no mama, no mama" I was born strange With a comet’s name Trying to find a way to exist on this plane.
2.
Blitzed 03:57
I know you are who you are The one who always gets kicked out of the bar The one who fucks around til he's numb And I'm the one who's playing dumb I know what's right But I find a way to totally lose sight I'll be fine There are so many fish in the sea To waste my time I won't say I failed I just tried to find my bliss And I got blitzed If you need me, boy That ship has sailed If I had friends, you'd never know They only show up to say "I told you so" "You always love them too much" "You always give too much up" I know what's right But I find a way to totally lose sight I'll be fine Can't we just drink away, drink away the night? I won't say I failed I just tried to find my bliss And I got blitzed If you need me, boy That ship has sailed Listen baby I'm a smart girl I'm so amazin' when my guns are blazin' So what happened to the smart girl? Sorry to find, he fucked me blind You don't want me, but you want me there You prefer girls with brown eyes and curly hair I guess I knew that nothing would come Ain't it something to trust someone? I know what's right But I find a way to totally lose sight I'll be fine Can't we just drink away, drink away the night? I won't say I failed I just tried to find my bliss But I got blitzed If you need me, boy That ship has sailed No I won't say I failed I just tried to find my bliss So let's get blitzed If you need me, boy This bitch has bailed.
3.
29 (free) 02:36
If I could give you anything I would give you youth I would give you dreams so wild they’d runaway I’d make all of the cities strange And you and I would never ever age Past twenty-nine If I could turn the clock then I’d live in your dorm My room is on your floor I’d meet you at the bar “You’re that stud who plays guitar, All of the girls know who you are” I’d say This is for you No real moment you can pin down We'll be digging for proof We were here If I could give you anything I would give you time I would give you getting all the answers wrong Keeping secrets from your mom And driving to your favorite song On the radio If I had a DeLeorean We’d go to that park We’d go to set off fireworks at night Our parents don’t think we’re so bright But until that day we’ve gotta get it right We’ll be fine This is for you No real moment you can pin down We'll be digging for proof We were here But you know the taste of it So I’m sure we’ll find our way back to it Our way back, our way If I could give you anything I would give you hope I would lift the curse And tell you it’s okay It’s wasted on the young, they say You’re born a little more each day I find.
4.
Undertow 04:00
So you spent your life Just getting ready with the girls Makeup mirror portal to the world But who will you be when you step to the mic, step to the mic Boy you got a heart like a giraffe Did anybody teach you how to carry that load You’ve gotta rock and roll, cause where else can it go? Just fight the undertow So drink your whiskey up for the people Who thought you’d never be more than a zero Your voice is something strange and new So come on and do what you came here to On the brink of success and sorrow Just waiting for a melody to borrow Your mind is spinning endlessly with dreams they’ll never know So fight the undertow Although the night seems starless Your records warned you about this The restless sleep until you leap Yeah Babe you've got to run like the devil You’re growing older, staring down the barrel of a gun Don’t need to find yourself, create your life, the time is right Only here in dirty New York City Can they make them so fucked up and pretty I know you sometimes feel alone, but that’s when you will grow Just fight the undertow So you spent your life Just getting ready with the girls Makeup mirror portal to the world But who will you be when you step to the mic, step to the mic Boy you got a heart like a giraffe Did anybody teach you how to carry that load You’ve gotta rock and roll, cause where else can it go? Just fight the undertow
5.
Lobotomy 03:58
I can’t help but find it strange Our eyes don’t meet on the train Still I can’t complain Spent my life on that chain I knew better than to wait I know how a bone can break I know what a liver can take I’ve got to live awake Their names don’t matter anymore I locked that front lobe door This old mammal brain Doesn’t know no pain Still it amazes me Don’t you find You can go from fucking to nothing in no time If I can’t construct his face I could forget the taste Of all the talent I’d waste Just to be put in my place Goldfish swimming in a bag Playing reflection tag Seconds are all we have So I can't stay mad Their names don’t matter anymore I locked that front lobe door This old mammal brain Doesn’t know no pain Still it amazes me Don’t you find You can go from fucking to nothing in no time You’re nothing but a shadow Or do you have life in you yet? You’re nothing but a shadow Or do you have life in you yet? Their names don’t matter anymore I locked that front lobe door This old mammal brain Doesn’t know no pain Still it amazes me Don’t you find You can go from fucking to nothing in no time Still it amazes me Don’t you find That we were fucking worth nothing that whole time.
6.
Jukebox Dive 04:03
I just found myself, can’t give it up But you keep filling up my cup Who told you you should say those things to me Who told you you should sing me off to sleep? Gotta be some way to hold on to My peace of mind, and still hold you I think you could see me through dark days We’ve both got some darkness in our veins This was a record that my daddy played Jesus and Mary Chain You came with these maps just in time This was the place I tried to find I’ll go out searching for that jukebox dive And stay up drinking with you til the sunrise I just wanna know, how’s it gonna be How’s it gonna be when you love me? I only love the boys whose words are raw I only love the boys who write me songs I’ve always cried out with no response This heart just wants wants what it wants This is a record that my daddy played Jesus and Mary Chain You came with these maps just in time This was the place I tried to find I’ll go out searching for that jukebox dive I'll stay up drinking with you til the sunrise I just wanna know, how’s it gonna be How’s it gonna be when you love me? All of those thoughts, don’t hold them in And I’ll write my story on your skin If this is how a beginning feels What will we do when it gets real? Well, I’ll go out searching for that jukebox dive I'll stay up drinking with you til the sunrise I just wanna know, how’s it gonna be How’s it gonna be when you love me? Oh yeah, oh yeah
7.
I know the fall you’re waiting for I will meet you there My skirt will move the leaves When you look at me I wanna tell my sister You wanna tell your dad But we are undercover Keep it between each other I know this time is different but I can’t say how I will always picture you as you are now I know this time is different but I can’t say how I never thought I would Find somebody, find somebody This somebody, this somebody Oh and we’ll adventure Though we got no money We got no money No money, no money You said that you would drive Because I’ll never learn Glad we agree on where These secrets that we share We’re not without reason, it’s all in the book The song the band was playing and the pictures we took We’re not without reason, it’s all in the book I never thought I would Find somebody, find somebody This somebody, this somebody Oh and we’ll adventure Though we got no money We got no money No money, no money I can’t read the future but Surely I can read your face Baby we can rip out the sutures New skin grows now in their place I never thought I would Be so ready, be so ready Feel so steady, I feel so steady Even though my insides They beat so heavy, they beat so heavy So heavy, so heavy, so heavy...
8.
Halloween 03:00
I would've drank alone tonight, it's not a pretty sight It's better if we take this glass together And keep em coming all night long, we shout out another song Every word is aching to matter I know something is happening here You've got that look in your eye my dear Let's blow the rest of this lingering fear We won't remember how it started Are you gonna show your guts? Gather your bones up, and wear em on the outside Somebody to love, filling with new blood We are getting we're getting alive In my brain accordion, there are secrets there are sins I really can't expand my mind this time There's so much I don't wanna see You laugh and you agree The two of us are walking the line now I know something is happening here You've got that look in your eye my dear Let's blow the rest of the lingering fear We won't remember how it started Are you gonna show your guts? Gather your bones up, and wear em on the outside Somebody to love, filling with new blood We are getting we're getting alive I'd love to be Only happy I'd love to be Only happy So fuck the rest of em Baby let's party So fuck the rest of em Baby let's party
9.
Is there a name for us, just shy of growing up Hiding in the noise, we're lost little boys Go on and follow she, faking so authentically We've all been set adrift, maybe directionless Punk rockers, poets and queens Would-be geniuses and petty thieves Just wanna drink til we're dead Like Dylan Thomas did My mind's playing tricks on me Three decades of dreams Is this where we should be Are we really where we should be? They closed Max's Kansas City, but we've got new mythology Can't afford the Chelsea Hotel, still I feel that I knew her well Downtown once upon a time, go-gos in the bathroom doing lines Split a bottle of Jameson, but we'll remember everything Punk rockers, poets and queens Would-be geniuses and petty thieves Just wanna drink til we're dead Like Dylan Thomas did My mind's playing tricks on me Three decades of dreams Is this where we should be Are we really where we should be? I gotta know, are we on the right track? Cause we're just meteors looking for an impact I gotta know, are we on the right track? We're just some meteorites Punk rockers, poets and queens Are we geniuses or just petty thieves? We'll let it go to our heads Like Edie Sedgewick did My mind's playing tricks on me Three decades of dreams Is this where we should be Are we really where we should be?
10.
She's so much younger than me She's got the body I need She's got command of the room She's gonna have it all soon I can be twisted and mean I am afraid to be seen I disappear in my beer I say what you want to hear I'd leave it all on the line Got a titanium spine, I'm a tightrope walker I'm the one who drew the route I've got no doubts I am some big talker, huh It's all lies I've got the better part of half a mind To just hide in fear Honestly I don't know what I'm doing here Time never goes slow So I'll watch the world, safe, from my window He says til death do us part Why should I question his heart He wonders when I'll be happy I wonder if it's even in the cards for me In my dreams I'm brave and brazen Laughing in the face of reason And when I see that self on TV She's superhuman, gorgeous, skinny She'd leave it all on the line Got a titanium spine, she's a tightrope walker She's the one who drew the route She's got no doubts She is some big talker, huh It's all lies I've got the better part of half a mind To just hide in fear Honestly I don't know what I'm doing here Time never goes slow So I'll watch the world, safe, from my window I'd leave it all on the line Got a titanium spine, I'm a tightrope walker I'm the one who drew the route I've got no doubts I am some big talker, huh It's all lies I hit the ground, grab at the sky I trust, I fear I make more mistakes every year Time never goes slow Before you know, you are grown

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released June 19, 2012

Haley Bowery- vocal, music & lyrics
Patrick Deeney- guitar
Joseph Wallace- bass
Attis Jerrell Clopton- drums
Matthew Pop- additional vocals, keyboards

Produced by Andrew Krivonos with the Manimals at The Brewery Recording Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
Mastered by Kevin Carafa.

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The Manimals are Haley Bowery, Jack Breslin, Michael Jayne, Chris Sayre, and Trevor Walker.

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