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about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee HIT CH 22

by the tortoise and my hair

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lovingU is easy glue that holds me to you tight as well Cclimb Fclimb CAPO4 loving you is easy glue the scooby doo • U do me well loveable the flavourful • jelly bean from jelly hell lovely under utter news • welfare clamps closed 4 more motels lovely water melon blue • per sueded shoe horse gifted mouth bridge Fbig loving U is easier than trying 2 beat my meat UP Off the flOOR loving U and snogling in the freezer withªthe cow car case s oh dah hORRWher loving you is easier then choosing love from some one else loving U the teaser clue that holds me 2 • U tight as swell lovely little loser drinking booze out ON a town house budget screwing with the rent ªU choose 2 crap it all on drag ON helper bridge Fbig loving you is easier than trying 2 sweep your feet UP off this floor lovely little baby blue yereyesSOtrue • look into mine • sea shore loving U is easier than swimming sinking thinking deep lovLY creepE cat ER pil lar • butt hurt flying fancy free hating her for loving me • praying falling fast asleep stutter B4 flutter • broken win doe eyed winged a trophy bridge Fbig loving you is easier than trying to keep my meat up off thE floor love U like A lazy lion just rest less • re wild ly raging war loving U is easier than telling U i told U so loving Us A winter flU • springing o’er blowing snow hugging her she kis sing ªholy cow his sins ªgod on ly knows traces of our bloodyªBIZness • still stuck UP • stinking down B low loving U is easier • the voodoo chill U sell so well loving U the sister christian common wealth and all that chaff regretful 4 the buzzing busy years • my ears still ringing bells angels hover notre ªdamn all gay mental apes • straight back2 he(a)ll (th)
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analia have you seen the sights - i’ve seen ya looking out your window i’m wondering what you see R you feeling you R hanging clothes for sunday drying trying to get real warm before you’re ironed and put away analia que has visto algo te veo mirando por la ventana quiero saber lo que ves analia te sientes que cuelgas ropa para el sequia domingo entendando de calentarte antes de que se plancha y estas guardada analia the ties have bound and beat ya and being scared beside you has left this knight afraid analia can we brave this love that bleeds from us and wake up to the morning glory of a brand new day analia las bondades te queda atada y golpeada analia podemos frentar este amor que nos sangre y amancer en la gloría de el dia vida analia you’ve been in the fight - i’ve seen ya cowering in the corner with a towel wrapped around ya analia if the butterflies could throw this fight they’d float above the stinging bees and make you well again analia maybe some day we’ll see reason for what has had to happen to so many hopeful souls analia do you think that if we plead with them that maybe if we’re all real good they’re gonna let you stay analia you’re now free from the fever and all the soulless suffering that some hearts must endure analia i see your smile, i see ya looking down on all of us - so obviously relieved analia U fly light as a feather frolicking so freely like an endless winding river analia if you do believe i bet you get your just dessert in dust and dirt blown on a summer breeze analia have you seen the sights - i’ve seen ya looking out your window i’m wondering what you see R you feeling you R hanging clothes for sunday drying trying to get real warm before you’re ironed and put away
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DOG HUNT dogs hunting in the dark tonight - i couldn’t get to sleep to get me peace of mind - dog hunt head heavy and my eyes are dim - can’t get to sleep it’s either me or him - can’t seem to keep him from my mind - thoughts trip quickly as my time unwinds - talk to myself to keep me sane - holes up in the roof - dogs are on my tail rainbow’s chasing me i got the gold – sunlight flickers click, the shutter’s closed – i claw at time falling down its hole - always crawling back to where i was before - my knees are grinding into gravel floor – chains dripping blood – scraping through to bone dulled mind inside a twister wind – i drink the poison that comes beaconing – it spills on out as i am breathing in - choking me up to where he’s got me pinned - i gasp for breath but then again begin – to suddenly remember - all i thought forgotten shark swimming in a salty soup – he dives down deep he takes you too – should i think to sink or should i swim – heat bleaching you above the sun again – water pouring down comes seeping in - sun peeling skin - like flesh is stripped from bone head long into a heavy wind – what blows me in is at my back again - water rising up above the rim - river over flowing love from some holy hymn - i feel the pain of unsung stinging sin – he’s got me going under before even going in broke window ripping straight through time - lost minutes missed the passing train – saints (go) marching hear them coming in – drumsticks always breaking where they’re wearing thin - i stumble in the dark too tired to sleep - my lungs are filled with lead - there’s trouble where i breathe
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1. TOOK ME ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE - OF DRUG INDUCED HIGH FLYING STATES - looking down it all feels great - from up above you‘ll seal/see your fate - (and) that second chance that keeps lingering still in your hands - as arms give way you start to fall - still longing for that everlasting dance 2. i went along with lucifer - i gave my car keys back to her - she drove me home i haven’t seen her since that sin - and now she’s up there on my shoulder whispering in my ear - telling me to go back to where the plot begins - so she can disappear 3. i always go to susan’s • susan is a dancer she can make her hands massage the can out of the cancer • so i try new things that take me to the melody • that is sink(g)ing deep inside the (heart of)night • the sweet vice of life providing me that is seeking deep(down) inside my heart • (of)inspiring need 4. she took me on wild GOOSE chase - through flying rings in outer space - dancing high before god’s grace - give me back my peace to pace - down these dank dark hallways - of my loneliness - give me back the space i need to grow up - ‘til i can rise again
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walk drag my feet down the street 2 get me something 2 eat lOOk left 2 right my step 2 must go 4 ward late 2 night in 2 the darkness the daze is coming 2ward me 2 fast can’t any more keep my course is run the future’s past ate out meat so many times my parent’s always gave me heaping plates with every meal every breakfast sau sages we ate like candy even after crying A bout bambi never a clue proving virginia extant oF santa claus never mentioning your escape from omelas wake up wake up and smell the coffee BB wake up wake up 2 hear the music playing wake up wake up if we R going 2 C another day we’ve got 2 wake up 2 do what is appropriate i loved the lamb that mary’s lentil soup was sautéd in my friend chad had the tandoori- roasted chicken head i spied a pie filling flavoured full oF vegan shepherdmint all oF my while thought R those blinking eyes oF fish or men kept drinking wine and walked so proud i stole 12 dozen eggs i called A foul and made my way back 2 the plate my legs B came weak A sudden click the switch was made the hit was good now all that dark is only left up 2 the april fools we’re not gonna B your meat eaters no more w’ere not going to be robot voters no more we’re not going to be your tin soldiers no more we’re not going to be your sick children no more head for the hill rocky road winds 2 A black horizon i feel A chill the AIR still clearing in my foggy mind set UP ON day break sun shine will show off all her true disguises and what U left back behind just 2 B the brightest light
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all i got for summer was a sunburn full of bandages - all i got for winter was a case for alcohol - all i got from springtime is this bitter switch to melancholy - all i get from autumn - is a hopelessness and sudden urge to rake all i got for mother was a hankering for a hunk of cheese - all i got from father was his filthy alibi - all i get from sister is this canker sore before disease - all i get from brother is a longing look of UN bridalling desire all i got for summer was a bad dream full of sausages - bombing new born babies while i was burning ants - all i got for summer were these nightmares that have stayed with me - bending over backwards with these few good men with courage still to stand all i got for christmas was a stocking full of suffering - guess that’s what i get for having spent it on myself - all i got for christmas just a craving for another dream - gone wasted in the winds that slowly blow our christmas tidings into flakes all i got for winter was this careless little melody - all i got for winter is a gun cocked full of a cold - all i get from suffering is gaining time on long lost dreams - hanging in my stomach - helping me digest rehearsal day
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jesus christ - how’d ya get to be so almighty jesus christ - how’d ya get to being something you didn’t suppose you’d be - kinda just like me you are’t supposed to say? you walked across the water - what was the deal on that - my mother said the tides rolling in - my father said don’t even begin - it’snot worth thinking about - now - why not? got a message in a bottle - thrown out upon into the sea - so i need someone to walk upon the water - to fetch my soul for me so jesus christ i really really love ya - but i need to know just what yer all about tell me about your Fame - what’s your HISstory? how do ya think ya got yourself mixed/caught up with all of/ah that crap - that bullshit all sounds made up oh jesus christ makes amends before us but anyone of us is enough to keep it going with out amking all this fuss kinda like christmas oh wait now bow before us our saviour in all his gloriness is about to mix it up again this christmas as something he didn’t suppose he’d be
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sometimes i wonder if the things we do get well thought through or if the view has to do (if at all) with what i’m seeing where we go depends on flow we’ll never know time flows so slow so decision making seems to somehow thwart all meaning sometimes i wonder if the things we do get well thought through or if the view has to do (at all) with what i’m feeling many times i’ve felt left out of designing sense from what i ‘ve thought was always just a lot of lawyers reasoning sometimes i wonder if the things we do get well thought through or if the view has to do (at all) with what i’m dreaming this lullabye is for you my love the white doves at peace flying high above us it’s getting late you’re sleepy i feel your yawning so good night tonight my helpless child you’ll rest a while while twilight shines stars guiding us i’ll see you come the morning sometimes i wonder if the things we do get well thought through or if the view has to do (at all) with human being

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"Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you."

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released June 27, 2022

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the tortoise and my hair Guelph, Ontario

diary of a decomposing dog

this diary on this scary day is one of warmth again and play i am not going to say what my feeling really is in fact it’s just a lark that i have any at all no one’s left to listen, no one ever has, my bed’s been made un-wizened so been judged to be the best, but somehow just one wrinkle in my head is always left. ... more

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