bones to ohio (anyone else) [live @ db2024]
from THE GARAGES SIGN OFF @ DESERT BUS 2024 by the garages
written by max (noise-land.bandcamp.com) and beacon originally on short circuit 02 lead vocals by riley (yuppiesupper.bandcamp.com, @thwackamabob on tumblr and twitter) backing vocals by vigilant baker (vigilantbaker.bandcamp.com) lead guitar by max (noise-land.bandcamp.com) rhythm guitar by rolo (jenandrolo.bandcamp.com) and raph (apha.bandcamp.com, twitter.com/aphamusic) drums by hibi (hibi.bandcamp.com, twitter.com/hibiscuitss) bass by jennifer cat (jenandrolo.bandcamp.com) sax by rosie (thornsband.bandcamp.com, @rosie.drown on instagram) gang vocals by em (vigilanceandgrace.bandcamp.com), pitch (imperfectpitch.bandcamp.com), cliff, astrid, ras (ebhband.bandcamp.com), and tegan (tonalchroma.bandcamp.com)
i wanna be anyone i wanna be anyone anyone else anyone else but me give it up for a thicker shell i wanna be anyone anyone else so what’s it gonna be? don’t care if it hurts like hell i just wanna tear away every sticky cell that feels anything anything anything like myself don’t need anybody’s help i’m gonna be anyone anyone else yeah the shell is strong but the body’s weak you gotta learn how to yell before you learn how to speak it’s all bitter work with your face in the dirt do you think it’ll sting do you think it’ll hurt i want the burning taste of infinity put the scales in my eyes where everybody can see i just wanna be ok and i don’t wanna be myself today nothing left to call home half a season to be alone, be alone again what’s it take to leave my skin keeps getting tight i need someone to dig me out dig me out tonight and learn how to breathe nothing left in this desert town gonna burn it all burn it all burn it all down so what’s it gonna be? calling out for a god to help i’m gonna be anyone anyone else yeah the shell is strong but the body’s weak you gotta learn how to yell before you learn how to speak it’s all bitter work with your face in the dirt do you think it’ll sting do you think it’ll hurt i want the burning taste of infinity put the scales in my eyes where everybody can see i just wanna be ok i just wanna be ok i left a decent life for a step outside when it all comes down, will we be alright (hold on to me, darling, hold on to me) i swear i’m on a knife’s edge waiting to fall for anything i don’t care what the future brings i just gotta get away from the rest of me (hold on to me, darling, hold on to me) i don’t wanna be dead, i just wanna be free i don’t wanna be dead, i just wanna be free yeah the shell is strong but the body’s weak you gotta learn how to yell before you learn how to speak it’s all bitter work with your face in the dirt do you think it’ll sting do you think it’ll hurt i want the burning taste of infinity put the scales in my eyes where everybody can see i’m getting sick and tired of the shape i’m in do you think it’ll fail, do you think it’s a sin as i disappear in the hole in the sky was it worth all the pain? was it all just a lie? my body's getting sore and i'm not gonna be myself anymore