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i would never do that

by small dad

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1.
be easy 03:21
try to wrap your mind around it, child remember all the colors that you've seen it's been a minute since i've seen you smile remember all the places that you've been alright it's ok you'll be ok you'll be ok it's alright you'll be alright you'll be alright don't worry you worry you worry all the time it's ok you'll be ok i know how you forget what's right in front of you i know how you stop thinking when time is fleeting are you awake or are you sleeping? just lift your head dear and be easy it's ok you'll be ok you'll be ok it's alright you'll be alright you'll be alright don't worry you worry you worry all the time it's ok you'll be ok you'll be oooooooOOooOoOoooOO
2.
manhattan 03:21
i fell in love with you months and months ago when you first said hello to me we lay together in bed i'd share the thoughts that were in my head and you would smile and hold me i cannot count the times i'd go to Dollop with you in mind hoping to see you there but we knew it couldn't last now you're a part of my past, when i saw you again you'd cut your hair you're my darling girl, you mean the world to me i learned so much from your touch and philosophy but i cannot lie and say you didn't make me cry nearly every night it's tempting to romanticize the time spent in your smile when i felt alright but i think the anguish has passed, this friendship can last, i have faith i'll try not to fall again, i hope we can be friends cause no one can take your place you met my soul back in Chicago i lost control but I'm trying to get it back now that i'm home but I have to say goodbye to the idea of us intertwined, good night you'll always have a piece of my heart, thank you for a lovely start we have a complex situation, but goodnight with love and veneration
3.
he caught me in the driveway ready to pull me indoors can't talk empty wanna hang with you, but there's so much gunk i fall for i vote we make a break soon even though the rain blocks the door umbrellas are risky in this storm cause thunder loves metal in downpours ay yai ay yai yai yai yai ay yai ay yai yai yai yai ay yai ay yai yai yai yai ay yai ay yai yai yai yai you calm my nerves and hold my edges intact we should get climbing if we wanna eat on the roof outback ay yai ay yai yai yai yai ay yai ay yai yai yai yai ay yai ay yai yai yai yai ay yai ay yai yai yai yai (instrumental) ay yai ay yai yai yai yai ay yai ay yai yai yai yai you calm my nerves and you hold my edges intact you calm my nerves and you hold my edges intact you calm my nerves and you hold my edges intact you calm my nerves and you hold my edges intact
4.
not a man 03:48
i got a strange fascination with the lights in the hall i got a part of me inside me that don't like me at all i sit here staring at the carpet with my back to the wall i'd try to stand up but i'm afraid i'd fall lyin' here lookin' up at the sky all i see are the city lights maybe when i see the stars i'll feel alright until then i'll just softly cry i'm not a man i don't know who i am i'm not a man i do the best that i can i'm not a man don't you understand? i'm not a man koo-koo ay-ay-yann chick-ah there is a light on the water and a sun in the trees it's dark outside but it shines through the leaves there is a wind coming towards me as i step on the beach there is a raindrop on my brow, and a grin on my cheeks this is goodbye ain't no reason to cry this is goodbye enjoy the rest of your life this is goodbye you know it's been a rough night this is goodbye koo-koo ay-ay-yayy goodbye i'm not a man i'm not a man i'm not a man i'm not a mahaiayayan i'm not a man
5.
not for kids 04:41
if lightning strikes 504, it's my cosmic fault -- i did it all Plath on the shelf and Camus on the desk: who gives a teenager this? you know it's not for kids it's not for kids. now spirits coming up from the basement i think i brought them on my house and weave a circle 'round him thrice he on his own angst hath fed x2 hocus pocus, they put me away i looked at demon books -- i'm how a demon looks wish i never found that Zarathustra upstairs that German damned me for life, that void consumed my sight consumed my sight now spirits coming up from the basement i think i brought them on my house and weave a circle 'round him thrice he on his own angst hath fed x2
6.
let's go to Simon's house watch out it's quiet hours let's go to Simon's house watch out it's quiet hours let's go to Simon's house watch out it's quiet hours let's go to Simon's house watch out it's quiet hours let's go to 4-0-4 step in and shut the door let's go to 4-0-4 step in and shut the door let's go to 4-0-4 step in and shut the door let's go to 4-0-4 step in and shut the door
7.
bumbleboy 06:12
i will not be doomed future flower will bloom getting started is hard when departed, so i'll keep on going for now love is a feeling that i can believe in love is a feeling that i can believe in whisper; sound of the past does not define at the last worried thinking will get world to shrinking, so i'll just forget it for now love is a feeling that gives itself meaning love is a feeling that i can believe in bumbleboy, bumbleboy, windswept by the sea cast your stone into the waves brush off your sandy knee the glassy surf is crystals crashing the needles by the hay the sun submerges ever after bid farewell to the day bumbleboy, bumbleboy, sleeping on the seam stay in bed a second more breathe deep into your dream the waking mind is full of fuzz 'till starlight wanders by cool air is in the mind at night when the moon is in the sky
8.
dizzy quilts 03:02
i'm not sure where i've woken up my body won't stop aching my eyes are amorphous and my muscles still tense from dreaming i hit hard on the windowsill my head is nearly torn i sit in dirt with clouds above and sink right into the floor i fix on my wrist and i fix on my wrist i'm pretty pissed so there's something that you missed i fix on my wrist and i fix on my wrist you seem pretty pissed so there's something that i missed i'm not sure where i've woken up i think i feel better now spread my blanket water soft, there's no hazard around
9.
graduation 03:04
i am tired and I'm lying on the floor, crumpled and crying, desperately gasping for air i'm surrounded by a quiet empty stillness, silent and will less, but it's is what i need oh I know that it's tricky, we’ll figure it out my friend we said goodbye in a way that only we would understand i cried and cried and i tore my skin: i didn't want to be in the body i was in i sat alone and i looked in my eyes and i realized it wasn't yet time to die now I'm going home, maybe there i won't feel so alone i'll see familiar faces, but they're only traces of who i used to know

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released November 11, 2016

small dad is conor, jasper, molly, aaron, and sam. conor and sam play guitar, aaron plays bass, hugo plays the qchord, and jasper plays drums.

marco plays percussion on consonant why, simon's house, and bumbleboy. ananth plays cello on manhattan.

this record was recorded, mixed, and mastered by ananth at pretty good studios in takoma, dc. we are infinitely grateful for his time and experience.

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