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The Great Swamps

by The Great Swamps

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somedayrosie honestly i love this album. its just really cute and fun, with the occasional catchy lyric or standout line. perfect :0)
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1.
Zach Braff 01:47
I don't get trapped inside my skin but I get trapped inside my head and I'm not always convinced I wouldn't be better off dead but I'm not dead that's important and I really like you but I don't wanna be your boyfriend I don't wanna be your Zach Braff but I wanna be your something that's important In my dreams I am a mascot with a zipper down my spine and I'm not always convinced what I'd be if I stepped outside but I'm inside and through these cartoon eyes I really like you but I don't wanna be your boyfriend like in 2004's Garden State I only know the things I don't want I think you might be the exception
2.
Sunset Friday in my bed saw you on Facebook chat green dot next to your head wanna tell you how I feel but I guess I'm waiting for a moment that's a little more ideal plus I don't want you to know that I'm sitting alone at home maybe I'll see you at the show unless you're too cool to go Saw you just the other night with your friends at the taco bar so I ducked outside wanna tell you what's been going on but when I see you my head goes blank and my mouth goes numb so I'll just sit here reading blogs in my sweats with the space heater on maybe I'll see you at the show unless you're too cool to go I wanna see you at the zoo! I wanna see you too I wanna see you at the mall! I wanna see you at all I wanna see you at my job! I wanna see you oh my god, I wanna end up in a dentist's waiting room with you but if I did I don't know what I'd do maybe I'll see you at the show unless I just don't go
3.
You were fifteen and you were so obsessive I liked that you liked me and it made me possessive you thought my writing was so impressive and we both had so much to prove We liked to argue we lived for friction and every proof you gave to me was proof by contradiction we fell in love a million times a day and I tried to outdo you just so you'd stay The sum of our love as T goes to N is the set of all things I hide from my friends You're sentimental you're so sentimental I had no idea you were so sentimental you gave her a box of mementos it looked just like the box I gave you You called me crying you really called my crying and I biked right over 'cause I'm such a good friend you tried to do it in the bath you tried to do it and I tried to talk you through it over IM The sum of our love as T goes to N is the set of all things I hide from my friends
4.
Mid Atlantic 02:25
Been a lotta places to find myself and then I went a lot of places to forget myself I came to this town to make coffee and walk dogs make curry for my roommates sing vapid little songs like doo doo doo Been to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior been down the Mississippi thinking of the Delaware today I didn't go anywhere don't know what's happening to me but all of a sudden I can't stomach violent movies Maybe when I'm twenty five I'll run away to the mountains til then I'll sit here waiting for old friends to come around again feel at ease most days lonely on the others but I'm tired of tiring my self out anyway I don't sing it often but I don't want my mom to panic and I really do mean it I really like the Mid-Atlantic I don't sing it often but I don't want my mom to panic and I really do mean it I really like the Mid-Atlantic like I came to this town to make coffee and walk dogs make curry for my roommates sing vapid little songs like doo doo doo
5.
Werewolf 01:43
I wanna remake my body in the image of a completely different form of valuation roll up to the greyhound station you see me my tongue in the wind hanging awooo I wanna wake up at midnight wanna feel my body rolling in completely strange directions ever greater in the crater of my subjection you see me well now that I have your attention awooo honey I could be a heartache! honey I could eat your heart out! I wanna run up the mountain wanna find some corner where no one will ever send for me live out the rest of my centuries you see me remade in your memory awooo
6.
I stay home you stay home there's no reason we should be alone let's hang out let's talk about absolutely everything I get sad you do, too I want everything to do with you if you take me where you're going I will take you where I'm going cause it would be so nice to trust somebody new I think I want everything to do with you you should know my hopes are low, don't wanna put on pressure or to presuppose I just thought that you had better know that when we speak I get weak I would really freak if you'd be free next week let's get a beer sit a while and then let's get out of here cause it would be so nice to trust somebody new I think I want everything to do with you
7.
I don't wanna be a burden I don't wanna be left hurting I don't wanna take it too slow I don't wanna lick my elbows I won't kiss someone I don't know I don't want more mashed potatoes I don't know just where the day goes I just do what's necessary I don't eat gluten or dairy I lie down when it gets scary close my eyes and eat a berry If you want to pet my dachshund If you don't eat any toxins we don't have to take it too slow I know you like Tarantino
8.
Boxer 02:21
you have a tattoo of a boxer on your shoulder I wanna be her I wanna be her I wanna be her call you up so I can see her but I don't when we have sex it doesn't hurt when you say no it doesn't hurt when we're alone it doesn't hurt and when you go it doesn't hurt I want you to hurt me I want you to hurt me I want you to make me feel so bad I only want boys I only want boys I only want boys when I'm sad and you're so sweet and you're so kind but you are rarely on my mind I want you to ghost me I want you to ghost me I want you to make me feel unsure I only need boys I only need boys I only need boys when I'm insecure you have a tattoo of a boxer on your shoulder I wanna be her I wanna be her I wanna be her call you up so I can see her but I don't
9.
Mahwah 01:35
I'm in a fresh new darkness the sun's abandoned me I pray for Dunkin Donuts and Mahwah answers me I drink my Dunkaccino it cannot comfort me I start to feel my heart sink into Bavarian Creme and I'm missing you like normal people do when they're in love but I'm not in love Pull out of Dunkin' Donuts and head out on the road drive over the Mahwah River wish this bridge would explode the fast food in me'd splatter and wipe me clean of this slow love and as my body sank down I'd find that peaceful place above where I'm missing you like normal people do when they're in love but I'm not in love
10.
Yardsale 03:13
of course I want your old clothes they're yours and they're old clothes of course I want that tea kettle unused bike lock? that sounds Heavy Metal of course I want that patio furniture of course I want this miniature cactus of course I want those Chinese leftovers you think that I collect too much? honey this is just practice. of course I want your old clothes they're yours and they're old clothes wanna smell like somebody else's personal history so much that it smells like my own personal history and speaking of smells I'll take that soy candle from your internet yard sale listing of course I'll take that xylophone I could learn to play the xylophone of course I'll take those garden gnomes of course I'll take that bed frame home of course I want 198 hours of professional wrestling on VHS! what did I even do before all this? of course I want your old clothes they're yours and they're old clothes
11.
Femme Blues 02:39
I like to skate at 2 in the afternoon when the park is devoid of teenage boys cause I don't want them to see me like that but I do want them to see me and I feel like Britney Spears when she shaved her hair cause I know I look good in my underwear but I don't want you to see me like that but I do want you to see me and all the girls in cartoons have bows in their hair all the boys in cartoons don't have anything when I open my mouth, high pitched sounds come out and you have no idea what I'm talking about and I don't want you to hear me like that but I do want you to hear me and I could be the star of your private fiction warm the engines of your late-night cyber sex addiction but I don't want you to text me like that but I do want you to text me and all the girls in cartoons have bows in their hair all the boys in cartoons don't have anything and we could be friends if I was taller
12.
my friends send me a small green bear from the crystal store my friends send me a Bonsai tree, cause I complained about the city it's okay if I don't see myself in five years anywhere I'll have knick knacks when I'm there I don't know how I'm gonna pay a new deposit when my lease expires I don't know how I'm gonna stay in this job for much longer, but it's okay I didn't expect this right? so I know I won't expect what's coming I can stick around Pancake Friday 'cause I worked pretty hard this week in general I can spare some pancake mix on myself once in a while oo-oo
13.

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released November 14, 2016

The Great Swamps are:
M@ Horowitz: vocals, guitar
Sky Kalfus: vocals, synth, percussion

this album also features:
Brian Seidman: bass (track 1)
Maxray Savage: snare drum (track 3), backing vocals (track 5), shaker (track 6), hand claps (track 7)
M@ Horowitz: glockenspiel / floor tom (track 8), bass (track 11)

Tracks 1-7 & 9-13 were recorded and mixed by Maxray Savage in Philadelphia, PA. Track 8 was recorded and mixed by Wes Meadows / Flowerpot Records in Berea, OH.

Album Art by Sky Kalfus

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The Great Swamps Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Great Swamps are M@ Horowitz (they/them; guitar, vocals) and Sky Kalfus (she/her; keys, percussion, vocals).

They live in Philadelphia, PA. They came to this town to make coffee and walk dogs.

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