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An Exercise In Patience

by Knope

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1.
Broken Couch 02:39
I'm always angry at the sun for constantly burning my body I was fifteen, and you were leaving I kind of felt like I was wasting your time But you assured me I was worth it You assured me you'd live alone Things didn't pan out the way you'd said No, things didn't pan out that way at all You started yelling while I was sleeping On the couch, because you had gone out shopping You started crying on your kitchen floor Before you stomped out of the house without a word You told your best friend I wasn't invited to stay at your house in the first place It was lonely when I got home; it was the first night in a while I'd spent alone So I made a new friend, her name was Julia Kinda felt like I was wasting her time But then I moved into her house, and I started sleeping on top of her broken couch Things didn't pan out the way you'd think; we just never felt compelled to in the first place. But then the phone rang, and I felt my heart sink I was reminded of that something I was missing You said, "I'm home now, and you can come back" But I was scared I'd make another mistake I started biking, I felt like crying When I saw your car pull into the driveway Knocked on the front door, prayed for an answer And thought of something clever to say: I sorta feel like you've been wasting my time.
2.
Holy Water 03:15
Valentine! Don't lose your stride, you got me good The way you tap dance through my daydreams makes my heart skip more beats than it should When will I finally shake it? I can't take it anymore I'm either waking up to more shit luck or sleeping in on the kitchen floor. The things you that made me fall for you still kind of freak me out Like when you found the trapdoor in my naval, then watched the blood start pouring out my mouth You're my fitted casket, and I wish I could tell you what I once had said before How I'd climb a mountain Just to shout with both my arms out and proclaim: I feel like that poet we saw, sweating at the center of the stage Clearly questioning perpetually if they should tear or turn the page And I'm not saying that it's working, I've just noticed some new trends I made like six bucks doing bar tricks in a basement with my friends And I don't have to say a prayer if you're there holding back my hair Because the spit inside your kisses feels like holy water in excess I can't protest coincidence, but I sense that there's more to fear Beneath these sorry situations, our fates are subtly revealed And I'm sorry that I had to be the one to let you hear that I'm still here.
3.
I think my soul just left my body You had your head on my hip; I ascended skyward like a rocket ship Dropped down the crown and now I'm hoping it'll reach the ground And those icy eyes remind me why I don't frown now Ever since you pulled my heart up out the lost-and-found... You made me feel that way You made me feel that way, yeah This season serves to remind you where this all began Because nowadays, I'm not sure if you could recall a word you said Or what it meant, the time we spent, hell bent Relentlessly pursuing selfish self-interests I guess it's for the best that we don't have to settle for any less You made me feel that way You made me feel that way, yeah You made me feel that way You made me feel that way, yeah
4.
Shimmer 03:55
Your shimmer beckoned, and I answered the questions you asked of me Scold my drunk reflection, never mention the lesson I should learn from the mess I made The world turned over; it sent me sailing towards the sun without a sound So into the sky I plummet, towards the clouds as if they were the ground And when your siren song, transcending, makes its way across the center of my eardrum I don't have to wonder what would happen if I let it permeate The parts of me that keep me breathing in the deepest, darkest alleyways of my brain Because you still take my breath away And it said it on your face Scribbled crudely in your makeup was a poem, but you left obscure the name Your shimmer glistened every time that I knew you were listening And that paranormal fission, that phantom heat between the center of our palms I still felt it burning long after you'd gone. Why do the tides remind me of the way that you'd bat your eyes? I'd resort to silence and embrace this persistence, but your voice inside my head would probably render me dead How many times are you gonna make the angel on your shoulder cry? And why do I always find a resemblance of your eyes in the stars at night as they stare down from the skyline?

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released September 16, 2020

Vocals/Guitar/Bass: Jack David
Lead Guitar: Ryan Bishop
Drums: Killian Brubeck

Recorded by John Brooks at Cue Recording Studios in Falls Church.

Mixed/Mastered by Gary Cioni.

All songs were written and performed by Knope.

Artwork by KC Marie Roberge @marie_kc1

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