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Chucky

by Brother Toaster

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1.
Take a look around the bus, See yourself as someone else, All-living in their own personal hell The only way out, it seems, Is through bursting the seams Of their fragile illusion, If you know what I mean There's no averting That you are hurting, The world is falling apart And you're learning That while we're burning The things we should be returning You just let go of the "I" And say goodbye to the sky I see the world outside I know it's hard to adjust And I know it seems We put impossible trust In something that isn't real That must exist someplace else Did you go to the moon, Before you mastered yourself? There's no averting That you are hurting, The world is falling apart And you're learning That while we're burning The things we should be returning You just let go of the "I" And say goodbye to the sky Say goodbye to the sky Say goodbye to the sky
2.
I've been chewing And I've been sweating And I've been betting on That I am forgetting on And I've been having Moments of panic For no reason That I can believe In I've been sleeping Upside down in the hall That's if I'm even sleeping at all And I've been dreaming 'bout Telepathic freaking out I've been sleeping like shit But I don't want to smoke I don't want to smoke I've been feeling Like I've been stressing out And I've been fiending Like a rubber band that's stretching out You could bend me But you could snap me And I could fly into space For an eternity But I don't want to smoke I don't want to smoke And I never wanted to change So bad that I would rearrange The structure of things in my brain But I did and it feels so strange And I feel like I'm going insane I'm going insane I've been speaking With astral beings That aren't there for Everybody's seeing And they've been tellin' me That I'm a casualty To a life of illusion and uncertainty But I don't wanna smoke I don't wanna smoke I don't wanna smoke
3.
Maybe I'm 04:19
I swim I sink I sit I think But I always feel like I need to have somewhere to go I always feel like I need to have somewhere to go But I don't Maybe I'm I am I know Things come Things go But I always feel like I need to have something to say I always feel like I need to have something to say Not today Maybe I'm
4.
Anytime 03:41
Anytime you look and see I'm stuck in my mind Anytime you need me presently by yourside Anytime you see me closing my eyes to hide Anytime you feel my temperature start to rise Feel free to wake me You might have to shake me I would rather be here with you Anytime I'll do anything that you'll do Anytime If I had to choose between you And my mind I'd choose you Anytime Anytime you see me losing track of the signs Anytime you see me falling back to my whines Anytime you see me trying to tow someone's line Anytime you hear the words I'm saying are lies I might need reminding That everyone's finding their way I would rather be here with you Anytime I'll do anything that you'll do Anytime If I had to choose between you And my mind I'd choose you Anytime I would rather be here with you Anytime I'll do anything that you'll do Anytime If I had to choose between you And my mind I'd choose you Everytime
5.
505 Blues 01:19
I don't think you ride The 505 bus To work anymore I changed up my schedule So that I could ride The bus with you more I know that I'm see-through But when I first saw you You opened the door To some place in my heart Or my mind Where I had never ventured before But now I don't see you When I go riding From door to door I don't think you ride The 505 bus To work anymore
6.
Invocation 02:33
Instrumental
7.
Pickles 01:52
You are a cucumber Slowly being pickled By experience You will never return to this state You are lost forever To the deliciousness of evolution Each day that you live You will get closer and closer To your perfect form When your time comes And you are finally plucked from your jar You will understand nothing You are a cucumber Slowly being pickled By experience
8.
All I have to offer you Are fried pickles I made them with my Point of view All I have I'll give to you Fried pickles I'm fried enough for two All I need In this life is you And fried pickles And one of these will come true When I die Will I come back new? And if not, Will I get to fry with you? Will I get to fry with you?
9.
I'm going down I don't care who I take with me Here in the field I see it all So clearly Come catch a wave On a nuclear summer day Come catch a wave In a nuclear summer daze I watched them dissolve The stream missed me nearly It's gonna be hot And I'll miss you dearly Out on the waves On a nuclear summer day I lost my way In a nuclear summer gaze
10.
Real Life 04:20
I've been losing my mind To think that I've been so blind That I couldn't see The way the sun was shining Right on me Cause I'd been living my life In a cloud of desperate strife And it wasn't until my darkest of nights That I reached and I felt for the switch Of the light I've been dreaming my life away, honey I've been dreaming my life I've been dreaming my life away, honey But the dreams haven't always been nice Now I've been feeling it grow Some deep light in my soul And when I try and hold it In its place, I can feel it Radiating out from the Two holes in my face I've been dreaming my life away, honey I've been dreaming my life I've been dreaming my life away, honey But the dreams haven't always been nice
11.
Always Never 03:59
It's always never gonna be the same The things we built are never to remain Brace them and they'll fall down either way Because it's always never gonna be the same When you close your eyes Just try to remember that You are just passing by So don't get attached because You don't get to choose What you take That's your blues It's like I was born just yesterday And it's like I've got nothing good to say But nothing is always something in a way It's always never gonna be the same When you close your eyes Just try to remember that I am just passing by So don't get attached because I don't get to choose What I take It's my blues It's always never gonna be the same
12.
Chucky 02:14
Life is a river God is the sky Life is a river You're a swan Just floating on by God is a river God is the sky God is a river I'm a swan Just floating on by
13.
Chucky II 03:23
I hope you're seeing all clear In your windshield tonight Cause I've been sitting like a stone And I'm ready for flight No one waiting for me When I get home But I feel alright When I'm walking beside The Chucky Sometimes it seems like The sun's been shining too bright Comes and burns up the grass That only grows in the night No one's thinking of me When I get out But I feel alright When I'm sitting beside The Chucky Crickets chirping up a storm Of constant delight Sun is setting on the trees And diffusing the light And casting shadows On all that is perfect and right Alright Chucky!
14.
Supermodel nurse Supermarket curse Can I slip my number Into your purse? Supernatural burst Suicidal thirst Can I put my carcass Into your hearse?
15.
Thought I was in love But that was long ago Before all our captors Cracked all our codes She came out of the air And helped us out to grow And when there was leaking She plugged up the holes Things are different now And it only goes to show That people you trust Are really your foes So if you run into her I thought you'd like to know She's wearing a wire now She's wearing a wire now Thought I was in love But that was long ago Before the machines had Taken control So if you run into her I hope you'll make it known She's wearing a wire now She's wearing a wire now
16.
I've been waking in the early morning sun I've been wishing already the day was done 'Cause they keep pushing and shoving Like they did yesterday They keep pushing and a-pushing and a-pushing me away But I never cared too much about them anyway I've been sitting on the carpet since the middle of the day I've been shaking in the early morning rain I've been burning my fingers trying to capture a flame Cause they keep lying and hiding like they done throughout the years They just turn off the lights and clog up my ears But I never gotten caught up in their heartache and their tears And I've never gotten cut up by their scissors and their shears I've been waking up in last night's clothes I've been writing a novel about all your woes Cause you keep whining and rewinding like you do all the time If you can't go back, just leave it all behind So please excuse me if I act a bit unkind But I can't stay back if I've got something to find I've been waking in the early morning sun I've been wishing already the day was done 'Cause they keep pushing and shoving Like they did yesterday They keep pushing and a-pushing and a-pushing me away But I never cared too much about them anyway I've been sitting on the carpet since the middle of the day

about

All songs written by Brother Toaster except track 9, written by Brother Toaster and Tyler Arnott.

Recorded and produced by Brother Toaster at My Neighbors Hate Me studios in Waltham, MA between September 2017 and March 2018.

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released April 20, 2018

Brother Toaster: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming, shaker, tambourine, clave. Recording, mixing, mastering engineer.

Ryan Hiscock: drum set on "Say Goodbye to the Sky" and "She's Wearing a Wire," drum engineer, mastering consultant
Patrick Carr: keyboards and claps on "Anytime"
Tyler Arnott: guitar solo on "Real Life," claps on "Anytime," guitar explosion on "Nuclear Summer," hand rubbing on "Invocation"
Matt Marsden: harmony vocals on "Say Goodbye to the Sky" and "Invocation," claps on "Invocation"
Cody Pettengill: shaker and tambourine on "Anytime" and "Always Never"
Josh Rector: audio consultant and shaman

Album artwork by Cody Pettengill (@shit.comics)

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Jangly slacker rock from Boston, MA.

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