cardigan hate train

new album, titled "cardigan hate train," out february 17, 2023. lyrics below.

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"lovely, lovely"

featuring background vocals from luke tinsley

If boys will just be coys, then I will fight for poise

Draw me up to your window, darling

Slipstream starlings, don’t stop calling

We can do judo in the park after dark

And through and through, Pluto, you’re the one in my arms

Lovely, lovely, when push starts shoving

You can spit in my eye when I cut the funding

And cut it out, what you’re about

Is the path less traveled and it’s for a reason

It’s retiring early, it’s a glorious season

It’s a surly world, five easy pieces

So erase your past, it’s a scandalous mass

Indifference to the matter sodded over with grass

And indifference to me is what you’re toting around

You’re always floating around, so, darling, all I ask is

If girls will just be girls, why will I still unfurl?

I was inept when you crept to me

But I let you in and it’s plain to see that

When we’re together, you pass the time

I never thought that you’d take up quilting

I make my money off the one percent

You make your money from babysitting

And one percent’s the chance that you’re caring again

And sharing a friend is what I haven’t seen

It’s catastrophe and blasphemy and lots of adjectivity

And nouns and all the other things I wish were simply passing me

So shake your past, it’s a scandalous mass

Indifference to the matter sodded over with grass

And indifference to me is what you’re toting around

You’re always floating around, so, darling, all I ask is…

"if and when"

featuring background vocals from abby milatz, maggie o'brien, liam pyne, pat swanson, luke tinsley, and ethan tubbin

Goldaline, I hope we’ll see

The lacewings fly on silver green

I want you now, I want you then

But you would never hold my hand

I just want to know if and when

You are coming around again

Hold me close, watch me bend

I cannot fend for myself

Shalalalalalalalala

Lalalalalalalalalala

In the darkness of the movie theater

Nothing goes as planned

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

I’m the trash you call your man

I’ll take the train down to see you (That’s a long ride!)

No one ever made me feel the way you do

And nobody could beat you (That’s nobody!)

Luke Tinsley is a hell of a man

I just want to know if and when

You are coming around again

Hold me close, watch me bend

I cannot fend for myself

Shalalalalalalalala

Lalalalalalalalalala

"ghawi"

Trying just to cover it up

Relying on the run of your cup

Spying from the walls, I see you crawl

Take me when you’re splitting the scene

Fail me when you’re quitting the screen

Raging when the callers see you fall

Over when you’re finer than most

Corner, where you see what you know

Show her that you’re changing for the best

Run through everything in your head

Shown to open up in your bed

Broke through in the day for what you said

"non-smoking"

featuring background vocals from maggie o'brien and luke tinsley

I, well, I can’t help but stall

You don’t seem to see at all

I’m into you more than you’d ever be to me

To pay a fee

For a one way ticket back to your hometown

In the smoking section, make your rounds

Well, I’m fed up, I give up

When I talk to you, I flub

I get all flustered, I mustered the courage for no result

I catapult

Myself into a place I took the blame

And everything just stayed the same

I, I’m waiting by your house

Your Dad is freaking out

Won’t let you leave and once he does, says “Home by 10”

I’m back at 9 PM

Don’t think I’m coming back again

Think we’d be better off as friends

I’d wait a few houses down

And I’d see you coming ‘round

I crumble down and fall and take all your beratements

I sit on the pavement

And wish that I had never made it through

And forced myself to approach you

I’ll take the pieces, tape them up, and glue them down

For you

"cardigan hate train"

featuring background vocals from ethan tubbin

Why is it every time that someone coughs I hear you?

To loosen up the fright, it’s a sawed-off shotgun night

And you’re spread around my room, in my head I can see you

The poems and prose you’d write to warm me up inside

(Boy, girl, boy…)

Slander my name, cardigan hate train

Filter your faults and keep moving along

I can’t complain, cardigan hate train

Skill your assaults and keep doing your wrong

Why is it every time that someone calls I fear you?

If I had the choice, I wouldn’t hear your voice

And you seem to think that everything you feel is so see-through

Jar’s got a heavy lid and an incoherent tint

(Boy, girl, boy…)

Slander my name, cardigan hate train

Filter your faults and keep moving along

I can’t complain, cardigan hate train

Skill your assaults and keep doing your wrong

I’ll never brave where the breakdowns lie

I’ll never step over old fault lines

And I could never see myself with your newborn

I didn’t like your names

I won’t like you in old age

(Boy, girl, boy…)

Slander my name, cardigan hate train (I, I don’t)

Filter your faults and keep moving along (I don’t want you anymore)

I can’t complain, cardigan hate train (I, I don’t)

Skill your assaults and keep doing your wrong (I don’t want you anymore)

"devil tricks"

I was your only

You know me

You told me

Cover me slowly

Hold me

Throw me

Devil tricks

Play them on me

Relevance

Break it on me

You kept it so brief

You know me

You told me

Don’t go out tonight

Don’t leave

Hold me

Devil tricks

Play them on me

Relevance

Break it on me

Devil tricks

Play them on me

"call your bluff"

Don’t act so violent

You wreck me everytime

And I’ve got bruises on my mind

I stay so silent

I can’t stand being yours

And I can’t put it into words

You’re taking the longest time

You shake me ‘til I don’t feel right

So I will call

Your bluff, your bluff

You think you’re righteous

You let everyone know

That you don’t like the status quo

I try to hide it

On the outside I am yours

But I can’t put this into words

So I will call

Your bluff, your bluff

You’re taking the longest time

You shake me ‘til I don’t feel right

I tell you I’ll wait outside

I’ll try to get you off my mind

"weirdo summer hug"

contains lyrics from "gravity rides everything" by modest mouse, penned by isaac brock

Wasted for newer faces

Speeding down the interstate is

Getting old and worth no time

If your place is the destination

Early, early in the morning

It pulls all on down my sore feet

I wanna go back to sleep

Weekends spent in a basement

And if I left, I could be stating

I don’t want you anymore

Disarranging our arrangement

Early, early in the morning

It pulls all on down my sore feet

I wanna go back to sleep

"rid misanthropy"

featuring background vocals from maggie o'brien

I’m sick of snowy weather

I’m sick of not going outside

It’s just a footnote to the

Champagne Coast in paper cups in flights

I’m sick of Modest Mouse

Their music makes me miss my Dad

Catholic Financial Life

It seems I’m living in a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, my life is just a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, I’m living in a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, my life is just a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, I’m living and I’m

I’m sick of Wilco’s music

‘Cause it just makes me miss my Mom

The mystery of all the history

Behind me hits me wrong

I’m sick of dormitory life

These walls just cave in when I’m back

I’m feeling built to spill

It seems I’m living in a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, my life is just a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, I’m living in a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, my life is just a fad

It’s bad, it’s bad, I’m living in a fad

This chorus sucks, my life is just a fad

Ignore the crux, I’m living in a fad

The gist of it, my life is just a fad

It’s ignorant, I’m living in fad (This is the outro)

"flashlight tag"

Run downstairs again

You’re gone, it’s done, I’m coming down the hall

Fun found fair instead

You’re gone, it’s done, I’m trying for it all

Tag me off ahead

You’re gone, it’s done, I’m waiting for your call

I’m up at night, I’m waiting for your call (Simple minded, simple minded)

I’m out of sight, I’m waiting for your call (Simple minded, simple minded)

I’m up at night until

Flashlights hit my back

You’re gone, it’s done, I’m waiting on you

I’m up at night, I’m waiting for your call (Simple minded, simple minded)

I’m out of sight, I’m waiting for your call (Simple minded, simple minded)

I’m up at night, I’m waiting for your call (Simple minded, simple minded)

I’m out of sight, I’m waiting for your call (Simple minded, simple minded)

"siano"

Don’t you know it’s no fun to live on your own?

You recollect on all that you’ve shown

You see just how little you’ve grown (So says I, so says I)

You can go (so says I) to the parlor doors and throw stones

(So says I) You can kill all your time at your home

(So says I) You don’t have to go out if you don’t want to

(So says I, so says I)

Don’t you know? (So says I)

It’s no fun to live on your own (So says I)

You recollect on all that you’ve shown (So says I)

You see just how little you’ve grown (So says I, so says I)

You can go (so says I) to the parlor doors and throw stones

(So says I) You can kill all your time at your home

(So says I) You don’t have to go out if you don’t want to

(So says I, so says I)

"dogwalker"

featuring background vocals from danica hansen, abby milatz, maggie o'brien, jace ocker, liam pyne, frank signorelli, pat swanson, luke tinsley, and ethan tubbin

contains lyrics from "closer to the speed of sound" by duster, penned by canaan amber and clay parton

contains a sample from "leaf house" by animal collective

You fall too hard with no trouble coming down

I’ll run around just for now (I’ll run around)

Long distance love, catch my breath when I feel done

Don’t talk enough, guess I’m just my father’s son

Don’t, don’t, don’t come over tonight

Just take your time, keep feedback when you feel fine

I clear the blear off from your eyes (Your bleary eyes)

Your halcyon frights coming up from high at night

Need time alone, keep my ties from out of sight

Don’t, don’t, don’t come over tonight

Visa, Visa, MasterCard, Discover

Capital One, MasterCard, Discover

Visa, Visa, MasterCard, Discover

American Express, MasterCard, Discover

"lefty"

Lefty, why won’t you stop me?

And take me into your arms?

And show me, hold me still?

It’s a cup in the morning, constantly yearning

For the public strain to end

Your words sending me to flashbulb memories

Climbing for yourself

So show me, hold me still

I’m taking the bitter pill

Lefty, why don’t you stop by?

I’ve got yours, you don’t seem to want mine

So show me, hold me still