Dead Batteries
from Delicate Creatures by Scarves
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumWe're playing live on KEXP on April 5th at 3pm PST! To celebrate, you can score our latest album, "Delicate Creatures," AND the one before it, "Dinner Dates for the End of Days," both on special edition color vinyl. One see through, one not. Both EXCELLENT! For a limited time only.
Includes unlimited streaming of Delicate Creatures via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 1 dayedition of 100Purchasable with gift card$30 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumWe're playing live on KEXP on April 5th at 3pm PST! To celebrate, you can score our latest album, "Delicate Creatures," AND the one before it, "Dinner Dates for the End of Days," both on Black Vinyl. None more black. Both EXCELLENT! For a limited time only.
Includes unlimited streaming of Delicate Creatures via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 1 dayedition of 100Purchasable with gift card$25 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumA color variant just as sweet as you are. Once they're gone, they're gone!
Includes unlimited streaming of Delicate Creatures via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 1 dayedition of 200Purchasable with gift card$22.99 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumColor vinyl not your thing? You're in luck and the proud owner of a 1 of 100 first edition black LP.
Includes unlimited streaming of Delicate Creatures via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 1 dayedition of 100Purchasable with gift card$19.99 USD or more
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift cardDownload available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
$1 USD or more
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lyrics
I’ve surrounded myself
With elegance
Broke the bank
Just trying to blend in
But every time I try
And speak their language
I just come across
As a little kid
I’m knocking on the door
Of a future
That won’t let us in
Cuz every hand shake
In this city will cost ya
And arm and a leg
And I’m all out of limbs
I’ve been surrounded
By elegance
Let the vultures
Tie knock offs around my neck
They claim they’re going
To lift you up
As they circle high above your head
But they’re really just waiting
To pick apart the dead
I’m knocking on the door
Of a future
That won’t let us in
Cuz every hand shake
In this city will cost ya
And arm and a leg
And I’m all out of limbs
I’m just trying to make something real
Cuz I am so sick of feeling
Just like I’m only
Dead batteries
Empty calories
Just a handful
Of useless things
Like a prayer for the president
Or a letter to your congressman
Just a quarter in a broken machine
With elegance
Broke the bank
Just trying to blend in
But every time I try
And speak their language
I just come across
As a little kid
I’m knocking on the door
Of a future
That won’t let us in
Cuz every hand shake
In this city will cost ya
And arm and a leg
And I’m all out of limbs
I’ve been surrounded
By elegance
Let the vultures
Tie knock offs around my neck
They claim they’re going
To lift you up
As they circle high above your head
But they’re really just waiting
To pick apart the dead
I’m knocking on the door
Of a future
That won’t let us in
Cuz every hand shake
In this city will cost ya
And arm and a leg
And I’m all out of limbs
I’m just trying to make something real
Cuz I am so sick of feeling
Just like I’m only
Dead batteries
Empty calories
Just a handful
Of useless things
Like a prayer for the president
Or a letter to your congressman
Just a quarter in a broken machine
credits
from Delicate Creatures,
released August 26, 2022
license
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