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Zen Riddles

by Brother Toaster

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1.
Zen Riddles 02:45
can you answer for me? cause I don't wanna these zen riddles please cause I'm not gonna it's hot and it's gross a vile sauna when you're old and you're stoned on marijuana you're in too deep and you're all alone you're driving asleep just trying to get home you're counting your trips around that big sun one dollar a day but you ain't got none you're looking for love a deep connection you smear some around and get infections you're building a dream a nice invention but it's not what it seems despite intentions you try to be dumb a healthy habit you're chewing on gum you filthy addict one day you will get your great reward it's a bucket of death you can't avoid it so answer for me cause I don't wanna these zen riddles please cause I'm not gonna I'm not gonna I'm not gonna I'm not gonna woo
2.
these kids in the park said I'm too old to get stoned then they ripped me off and then they scootered on home I used to be cool I don't know where I went wrong I used to be hip I guess that never lasts long sing me a song tell me I'm wrong send me a way to where I belong get on your knees pray for disease I once met a dog with the same name as me ok sometimes I feel like I'm too old to get stoned but what would I do when I'm just sitting at home? could lecture myself on all the things I've done wrong but it's just not the same and I don't write drinking songs sing me a song tell me I'm wrong send me a way to where I belong get on your knees pray for disease I once met a dog with the same name as me take me away help me to pray I am too old to get stoned anyway call me a bore show me the door I am too old to get stoned anymore alright
3.
my life's been rolling along at a phenomenal speed when I'm not quick enough I always ending tripping on my feet I try to slow down and take it at a slower pace but lately I've been thinking I might just drop out of this race I'm asleep at the wheel I've got my hands at 10 and 2 but I'm not sure exactly where this vehicle is heading to but if you want to dig in then you can come for a ride and you can wonder why we ever even wasted all that time now I'm rolling along in my electric wheel chair I don't worry much about the things I eat or what I wear I'm feeling content I got my feet up in the air people look at me but I don't see them, I don't even care I'm asleep at the wheel I've got my hands at 10 and 2 but I'm not sure exactly where this vehicle is heading to but if you want to dig in then you can come for a ride and you can wonder why we ever even wasted all that time now my life's passing by I'm trying to open up my eyes but I'm fatigued and tired I don't have the energy to try when I think about it it's what I wanted for my self kinda funny how the things we seek become our prison cells I'm asleep at the wheel I've got my hands at 10 and 2 but I'm not sure exactly where this vehicle is heading to but if you want to dig in then you can come for a ride and you can wonder why we ever even wasted all that time I'm asleep at the wheel I've got my hands on my knees cause I'm content to let the universe just do what it will please if I ever wake up I'll probably go for a walk where I can wonder if I ever even wanted this at all
4.
my girlfriend only blinks with one eye when she's drinking, she only talks to other guys I've been thinking, is this house we built a home? or could it be that I'm better off out on my own I think I'll stay she costs me one dollar a day my girlfriend says she'll never go far then she comes home and she steals the keys to my car I've been trying, but I just can't leave her alone I'm her dog and I'm begging her to throw me a bone I think I'll stay she costs me one dollar a day
5.
communication is just something that we've gotta work on 'cause I'm confused about how I should act when you're gone am I someone who can confide in you or am I someone who's spoke of in harsh tones on your cellular phone you can smear me around if you wanna I don't mind you can rearrange the letters of my name and make it say something unkind you can smear me around if you gotta you could tell everyone that I'm stupid, filthy, worthless and pathetic but it still doesn't bother me none because I know you too well and I know you've got no truth to tell I know you and I can see straight through when you smear me around my reputation isn't something that I brag much about cause I've a history of getting high and freaking folks out I don't mean any harm even when I scream and shout so I don't mind if you feel the need to you can just pout you can smear me around if you wanna I don't mind you can rearrange the letters of my name and make it say something unkind you can smear me around if you gotta you could tell everyone that I'm stupid, filthy, worthless and pathetic but it still doesn't bother me none because I know you too well and I know you've got no truth to tell I know you and I can see straight through when you smear me around
6.
I wish I could get inside that head of yours and make things right I wish I could make it all clean I wish I could take a ride on a ferris wheel on a ferris wheel highway I wish I could build you a dream I wish I could read your mind that crystal ball behind your eyes I wish I could see what you see I wish I could climb inside that bed of yours and stay all night I think that you know what I mean
7.
Nicotine Gum 03:52
I don't know what I'm gonna do you don't know what I'm going through and I can never tell if it smells when I'm lying to you but I can't change for me so how could I change for you? I keep chewing that, chewing that nicotine gum and it ain't that fun I keep chewing that, chewing that nicotine gum and it ain't that fun I hate the way it tastes in the morning ruins my day while I'm still yawning need another piece like a hole in the brain it hurts my jaw and I'm going insane aw, it hurts my jaw and I can never tell if it smells when I'm lying to you I keep chewing that, chewing that nicotine gum and it ain't that fun I keep chewing that, chewing that nicotine gum and it ain't that fun I can never tell if it smells when I'm lying I can never tell if it smells when I'm lying I can never tell if it smells when I'm lying to you
8.
I went running out the door in the back and I went running down the railroad tracks when the sky turned red with blood and the water turned black I was feeling for a hole in my head and I was hiding trying to catch my breath I was just trying to stay two steps ahead of the bucket of death I was hauling all my things in a sack I was never gonna make it back the road froze cold with snow and covered my tracks I was remembering the things that you said when I caught you trying to smother my head I was just trying to stay two steps ahead of the bucket of death trying to stay two steps ahead trying to stay two steps ahead trying to stay two steps ahead of the bucket of death

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Zen Riddles is the third album by Brother Toaster.

Recorded by Brother Toaster between December 2016 and May 2017 in a bedroom outside Waltham, MA.

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released June 2, 2017

Brother Toaster: vocals, 6-string electric guitar, 12-string electric guitar, 6-string acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, samples, programming, effects, tape machine, tambourine. Recording, mixing, mastering engineer.

Cover photo and design by Matt Marsden.

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Jangly slacker rock from Boston, MA.

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